The 20th Annual
Festival of Originals
(The FOO) 

Produced by Mimi Holloway

(Not covered by Season Tickets)

Five Plays | Five Directors | Five Casts

One Fantastic Evening!

Five plays will be selected and each playwright receives $100.  

General guidelines

• Limit of two entries per playwright of an original work that has not been published or produced.

• Monologues and one man/woman plays are not accepted.
• All genres are accepted (light comedies, heavy dramas, thrillers, mystery, sci-fi, satire) with no regard to language or subject matter.
• All plays should be approximately 20 minutes long, no exceptions. (If using standard play format a good gauge is 17-22 pages, excluding title page).
• There is no maximum limit of characters or sets, but common sense should be used as 5 plays will be produced in one evening.

Submission guidelines

• Scripts are accepted by mail only (no email or PDFs) and must be postmarked by March 15, 2017. Scripts are not returned.
• Scripts should have a title page that includes the play title and playwright's contact information (address, phone and email), as well as a list of characters and a brief, one paragraph synopsis of the play. Script pages should be numbered.
• ALL scripts should be stapled in the upper left-hand corner.
• There is NO ENTRY FEE.

Mail entries to:

Theatre Southwest
8944-A Clarkcrest
Houston, TX 77063
Attn: TSW-FOO