QuickSCRIPTS
Creating 10-minute plays in 24 hours
What is QuickSCRIPTS?
QuickSCRIPTS is a night of four 10-minute plays, written, cast, and produced in 72 hours. Writers are given a prompt and 24 hours to create a script. Directors have 24 hours to read and cast the show. Actors are provided only 24 hours to rehearse before the audience arrives.
Stripped of costumes and scenery, these plays offer audiences and participants a glimpse into the process of making theatre. Playwrights, directors, and performers are encouraged to take risks, go with their instincts, and make choices in order to beat the clock. Each QuickSCRIPTS performance is followed by an audience talkback.
QuickSCRIPTS Prompts
QuickSCRIPTS Audiences
QuickSCRIPTS Participants
| Days To Show | Action |
|---|---|
| 12 days | 5pm: Selected Playwrights are notified |
| 10 days | 5pm: Selected Playwrights deadline to accept |
| 5pm: Selected Directors notified. | |
| 5pm: Performers notified of expectations if cast. | |
| 8 days | 5pm: Directors deadline to accept |
| 5pm: Performers deadline to accept expectations. | |
| 3 days | 5pm: UT provides playwrights with prompts |
| 2 days | 5pm: Playwrights submit scripts to UT via email. |
| 7pm: UT provides scripts and performer video statements to directors | |
| 1 day | 5pm: Directors provide UT with cast lists |
| 7pm: UT provides casts with roles and scripts via email. | |
| 8pm: UT provides directors and performers with rehearsal space schedules. | |
| Day of Show | 9am – 10:50 am: Company A granted access to Studio Theatre |
| 9am – 10:50 am: Company B granted access to Rehearsal Hall 150 | |
| 11am – 12:50pm: Company A & B swap spaces. | |
| 2pm – 3:50pm: Company C granted access to Studio Theatre | |
| 2pm – 3:50pm: Company D granted access to Rehearsal Hall 150 | |
| 4pm – 5:50pm: Company C & D swap spaces. | |
| 7pm – 7:25pm: All companies tech transitions in Studio Theatre | |
| 7:30pm: House opens and performers warm up | |
| 8pm – 9:30pm – Performance and 20-30min talk back. |
Playwrights can submit their names for consideration by filling out the form below. Each potential playwright will need to provide a writers’ statement. We suggest preparing this statement prior to starting the form.
This statement should answer the following:
- Tell us a bit about yourself, your approach to your writing, and what stories you like to tell.
All four playwrights will receive the same prompt at 5pm the Wednesday before performance with scripts due 24-hours later. All four plays will be based on the same prompt.
Scripts must abide by the following:
- The material is respectful of human differences. If racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, or other hate oriented behaviors are present in the play, they are a source of exploration and not merely a given circumstance.
- Can be performed in no more than 10 minutes
- Can be performed in no less than 5 minutes
- Can be performed with no more than 5 performers.
Playwrights can expect their script to be played on a bare stage with basic rehearsal lighting. Directors will have access to:
- One couch
- Two Club chairs
- Rehearsal blocks (sm, med, & lg)
- One square table
- Four chairs
Audio/Lighting requirements within the script are discouraged.
All performers, from all four plays, will be seated upstage during the performance.
- Open to the public.
- Must be 18 years or older to participate.
- Current NC State enrolled students will be given priority consideration.
- Deadline to register for June 17 performance: June 1 @ 12 noon
Directors can submit their names for consideration by filling out the form below. Each potential director will need to provide a written artistic statement. We suggest preparing this statement prior to starting the form.
This statement should answer the following:
- Tell us a bit about yourself, your approach to your directing, how you like to organize the rehearsal process, and what stories you like to tell
Directors will receive their script at 7pm the Thursday before performance.
Directors should be available for rehearsal on Saturday based on the schedule above. UT will provide final rehearsal schedule once cast list is posted following the schedule above.
Directors can expect a bare stage with basic rehearsal lighting. Directors will have access to:
- One couch
- Two Club chairs
- Numerous rehearsal blocks (sm, med, & lg)
- One square table
- Four chairs
All casts will be seated on stage during a roughly 1-hour performance and will assist in scene changes between the four groups
- Open to the public.
- Must be 18 years or older to participate.
- Current NC State enrolled students will be given priority consideration.
- Deadline to register for June 17 performance: June 7 @ 12 noon
Performers can submit their names for consideration by filling out the form below. Each potential performer will need to provide a 90-seconds or less video artistic statement. We suggest preparing this video prior to starting the form.
The video should not be overly complicated or produced, in fact we welcome video submissions by camera phone simply answer the following prompt:
- Tell us a bit about yourself, your approach(es) to performance, how you prefer to rehearse, and what stories you like to tell.
By submitting materials for consideration, performers are agreeing to be cast by directors based solely on the video artistic statement and form answers.
Unlike traditional auditions, there is no script to peruse prior to auditions. If you are uncomfortable being cast without first reading the script, this project may not be for you. Please visit our other opportunities here
Performers will be provided scripts and roles no later than 7pm the Friday before performance and rehearsal schedules no later than 8pm that night.
Performers should be available for rehearsal the very next day.
All casts will be seated on stage during a roughly 1-hour performance and will assist in scene changes between the four groups
- Open to the public.
- Must be 18 years or older to participate.
- Current NC State enrolled students will be given priority consideration.
- Deadline to register for June 17 performance: June 7 @ 12 noon
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