NPP Ten-Minute Plays
Region IV NPP Chair
David Beach
kcactf4.npp.chair@gmail.com
Region IV NPP Vice Chair
herberj@wfu.edu
The ACTF Ten-Minute Play Festival is a regional award program designed to support the work of student playwrights, dramaturgs, and directors.
Each student playwright may submit no more than two ten-minute plays.
ACTF guidelines describe a ten-minute play script as being ten pages or fewer (in 12-point typeface, not including character information or title page.) The limit is ten pages. Please do NOT send us any more than ten pages in the belief that the runtime will be under ten minutes. We want ten pages OR FEWER.
Up to SIX ten-minute plays will be chosen as finalists and will be given rehearsed readings at the Region IV Festival. From these six, TWO finalists will be chosen for the national Ten-Minute Play Festival, and the playwrights will be asked to submit their scripts to the national festival for consideration.
If you are a director and you are interested in directing a ten-minute play, go to the Directing Initiative Program page: https://www.kcactf4.org/directors/directing-for-the-ten-minute-play-festival/
Playwrights for Selected Ten-Minute Plays
During the festival, you will work with the student director, dramaturg, and actors to create a concert reading showcasing your words and ideas.
Submission deadline: November 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM ET
During the submission season, click the button below to send your script to us via Submittable!
Please contact David Beach (kcactf4.npp.chair@gmail.com) with any questions.
During the festival, you will work with the student director, dramaturg, and actors to create a concert reading showcasing your words and ideas.