The KCACTF Ten Minute Play Festival is a regional award program designed to support the work of student playwrights, dramaturgs, and directors.
KCACTF 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 by readers outside the region, 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 at the Kennedy Center, and the playwrights will be asked to submit their scripts to the Kennedy Center for consideration.

If you are a director and you are interested in directing a ten-minute play  – go to the  Directing Initiative Program page to apply. 

Playwrights for Selected Ten-Mintute Plays

During the festival, you will work with the student playwright, dramaturg, and actors to create a concert reading showcasing your words and ideas.