Final Analysis

"Monks and Bunnies"
2010 play reading festival

As I noted in an earlier post, St. Louis has a small but active play writing community.  They find it hard to attract attention locally for, I suspect, the same reason home town performers find it hard to attract attention locally: a kind of reverse English version of the "not invented here" syndrome.  If an artist is local, he or she is presumed to be inferior to someone who is just passing through.

I bring this up because First Run Theatre, the only company hereabouts dedicated to producing the work of local playwrights, just sent me the press release listing the finalists in their 9th annual script submission contest.  Here it is.  More power to them, I say.
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First Run Theatre is proud to announce the finalists of our 9th annual script submissions. These scripts were selected from full length and one act plays received from January 1 2010 to November 30 2010.

'In His Service' by Cate Richard
'The Kerpash Affair' by Richard LaViolette
'Divine's Grace' by Richard LaViolette
'Behind The Chair' by Jason Slavik

These plays will be presented as on-stage readings with actors and afterward audience discussion in our 9th Annual Play Reading Festival March 25,26, & 27 2011, in the Thomas Hunter Theatre at DeSmet Jesuit High School, 233 N New Ballas Road, Creve Coeur MO. From these readings First Run will select two scripts to be presented for our 9th season starting June 17th 2011.

Congratulations to our playwrights.

For more information contact First Run Theatre by phone 314-352-5114, email info at firstruntheatre.com, or our web site at www.firstruntheatre.com