Events from: 05/28/2012

DCT is hosting a playwriting competition for new one-act plays.  In conjunction with Mental Health Month, plays will focus on imagination, the human condition, and/or mental health issues.  Prizes will be awarded to the top 5 plays.  First place will receive $2000, second place will receive $1000, third place will receive $500, fourth place will receive $300 and fifth place will receive $200. In addition to pize money , the winning plays will be produced as staged readings at the festival May 31 - June 2, 2012 at the POINTBank Black Box Theatre. The Festival will also feature workshops and discussion panels after each production.  Experts from the mental health and theatre fields will participate Festival registration limited - book early! This festival is made possible with thegenerous support of The Texas Commission on the Arts, MillwoodPsychiatric Hospital, and a specialfriend of Denton Community Theatre!Thursday, May 31, 2012 The festival, focusing on Imagination and the Human Condition, will be held in conjunction with Mental Health Month. SCHEDULE: 3-5:30 pm: Registration and Check-in at the Campus Theatre 6-7 pm: Opening reception at the Courthouse Lawn on the Denton square 7:30 pm--Staged reading of Captive Minds with panel talkback after at the DCT POINTBank Black Box Theatre 9 pm--Staged reading of The Night We Bombed Lincoln Towing with panel talkback after at the DCT POINTBank Black Box Theatre Friday, June 1 All events at the DCT POINTBank Black Box Theatre 9-9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:30-11 am: Panel discussion with Dr. Dan Creson and Julie Brinker, MFA: "Hamlet on the Couch: Method and Madness in Shakespeare's Characters" 11 am-1 pm: Lunch on your own 1-2:30: Talk/ Q& A with Michael Serrecchia, Professional Actor, Director, Choreographer, and original cast member of A Chorus Line 3:00 pm: TBA 7:30 pm: Staged reading of Samaritans, or, Where is Sylvia? with panel talkback after 9 pm: Staged reading of Clipped with panel talkback after Saturday, June 2 All events at the POINTBank Black Box Theatre 9-9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:30-11 am: Panel discussion with Dr. Linda Rubin  and Susanne Coffey on "Slings and Arrows, or, Why Theatre Gets Such a Bad Rap" 11 am-1 pm: Lunch on your own 1pm-2:30 pm: Panel discussion with Donna Trammell, Donna Fielder, Randy Schmidt, and John Evarts on the path to publishing: "The End. Now What?" 3 pm:  Workshop: "Play Therapy!" 7 pm: Staged reading of Family Matters with panel/talkback after 8:30 pm: Awards Ceremony and Closing Rece