ABOUT THE SHOW: TEN FOR ALL | Civic’s 10 minute play festival

Back for its 4th year, the Ten For All festival will once again present original world premiere 10-minute plays written by West Michigan playwrights. Plays are anonymously read and scored and the top Semi-Finalist scripts in each category are read live on stage. Those Semi-Finalists are then adjudicated by local theatre experts and media and business leaders and then one finalist in each category is named. The finalist plays are then fully produced, staged, and performed during the premiere event, and audience members vote to give one playwright the coveted “Audience Choice” Award.

Rating pending based on submitted content.

 

PERFORMANCE DATES 

May 17-18, 2024

PRESENTING SPONSOR

Ten For All is proudly sponsored by SoundOff Signal. 

CATEGORIES

* YOUTH | Students grades 1-12
* ADULT | Comedy, Drama, and the newly added College category, open to any West Michigan playwright who is enrolled in a West Michigan college during the 2023-24 Academic Year

SUBMIT YOUR PLAY

To submit a play, CLICK HERE for all details related to participating in the 2024 Ten For All Playwriting Festival, including categories, rules, scoring, and production information. Submissions are open from October 10, 2023 through January 1, 2024.

TICKETS

Ten For All Finals is a Civic Special Event held at Grand Rapids Community College at Spectrum Theater on May 17 and 18: Click HERE for tickets.

It’s free to attend the Semi-Final Staged Readings at Grand Rapids Civic Theatre on March 11. For tickets, click HERE for YOUTH at 6pm, click HERE for ADULT at 7pm. We hope to see you at both!

MEET THE PLAYWRIGHTS, PRODUCTION STAFF, AND CAST

ONE IS SILVER AND THE OTHER GOLD
By Eleanor Paarlberg
Representing the Youth Category
Director: Cara Glass
Stage Manager: Allison Baker-Mathys
CAST
Amelia: AVERY FOSTER
Amelia’s Mom/Realtor: ERIKA THOMAS
Cece: ARI THOMAS
Emerson: WILDER BARE
Elliot: MAX KETTLE
 
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS BANANA
By Jesse Aukeman
Representing the Drama Category
Director: Erica Soto
Stage Manager: Bre Blackwell
CAST
Arnie: MICHAEL EMPSON
Linda: RACHEL HOFFMAN
 
EVOCATORE
By Marc Stoufer III
Representing the College Category
Director: Danira Stanojevic
Stage Manager: Laurie Hamilton
CAST
Lilia: ANDROMEDA BROOKS
Evocatore: CAS EAVEY
 
THE CHANGELING
(NOT THAT ONE. NO, NOT THE OTHER ONE EITHER)
By Abby Burgess
Representing the Comedy Category
Director: Brock Gabbert
Stage Manager: Carlie Sprik
CAST
Zoe: JEWELL STAHR
Margot: MAE FLETCHER
Veronica: MARIEA LUISA MACAVEI
Lexi: BRITTANY BENGRY
 

VOLUNTEER

CLICK HERE to get involved with the production.

RELATED PROGRAMS

Any related programs and community partnerships will be shared here.

ACCESSIBILITY RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS

We believe that all people should experience the thrill, excitement, and storytelling of live theatre. CLICK HERE to see a variety of accessible programs and services based on the needs of our community.  

DIGITAL PLAYBILL

Once the show has opened, you can CLICK HERE to access the show’s Digital Playbill. Why digital and not printed? This decision had many factors that went into it including the reduction of our paper footprint in an effort to be more climate-conscious as well as budgetary restrictions coming out of the pandemic. Digital Playbills remain archived long-term and can be accessed HERE.

MEDIA AND MARKETING

From promotional and production video trailers to local television and radio spots, you’ll find it all here.

CLICK HERE for the FOX17 Morning Mix Interview. 

CLICK HERE for The Shelley Irwin Show on WGVU Interview.

CLICK HERE to meet the playwrights. 

For media requests, contact Noddea Skidmore, Director of Marketing and Communications, at n.skidmore@grct.org.

 

 

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2023/24 SEASON AT Grand Rapids CIVIC THEATRE?

2023/24 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO