Thespys™ is an educational program that offers students the opportunity to receive constructive feedback on a student written play. One or two submitted selection(s) will be chosen to participate in a staged reading. Audience members will observe the readings and participate in a guided talk-back. The reading and talk-back process may be attended by any conference attendee during Georgia Thespian Conference.

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Submission Guidelines

• Plays must be the original work of a single Thespian writer. Collaborative works or adaptations won’t be considered, nor will plays that include music, lyrics, or dialogue written by anyone other than the submitting writer. 

• Plays can be about any subject but should have a running time of up to 30 minutes (approximately thirty typed pages). 

• Playwrights should adhere to the modern stage play format linked under resources. 

• Playwrights should include a title page and a cast list. The title page and cast list do not count as script pages. 

• Writers may submit more than one play for consideration. 

• Judging criteria is based on play structure, characterization, and dialogue. 

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Once registration materials are submitted and payment is made,  troupe directors should email scripts with conference registration confirmation to playwriting@gathespians.org. Finished scripts must be emailed by the registration deadline.