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Every year, Circle Theatre hosts an annual High School Playwriting Project to benefit local student playwrights. We invite all DFW Metroplex high school teachers to enter 10-minute scripts, written by their students, for evaluation by an experienced panel of judges. All who enter scripts receive a complimentary ticket to a Circle Theatre show.

• The top 20 scripts move on to the next round where they are evaluated by TxWes University's playwriting class. 

• All 20 scripts receive written feedback. 

• Scripts which place between 5th-8th place are our semi-finalist plays.

• Scripts that place in the top four are read by professional actors as a part of our FINALIST READING SERIES.

• The semifinalist and finalist plays all receive trophies, stipends, and theatre tickets to theatres around DFW.

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2023 HSPP DIGITAL PROGRAM
 

HSPP 2023 Finalist Playwrights | Click to read

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HSPP 2023 Semifinalist Playwrights | Click to read

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HSPP 2023 FINALIST READING SERIES PARTICIPANTS

2023 HSPP FINALIST & SEMIFINALISTS

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We are SO excited for our 2023 High School Playwriting Project semifinalist and finalists! We are THRILLED for these writers who will receive trophies, scholarship, and the opportunity for their plays to be read by professional actors. Line up coming soon — but make your Free reservations for May 21 at 4:30pm at Texas Wesleyan University here: https://bit.ly/CircleTickets

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒:

 

Micah Chesney

Seeds for Jack, Flowers for Nora

Sarah May Dages

Roof Kids 

Bella Reale

This is a Robbery

Lynda Clayton

Bumz

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐇𝐒𝐏𝐏 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒:

 

Layla Williams

The Compromise

Houston Howard

Mister Refuge

Christian Steele

Magnolia Shoes

Avery Jones

The Home is Where the Heart Lives

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2023 Information + Materials

Sample Materials

Blind Title Page

Identification Title Page

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Submit Seperately

** Please note, this does not need to be submitted separately, but should appear as the first page of the script.

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Sample Script Page

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Submit As Page 1 of Script

Submit Materials

Please email your teacher submission sheet to hspp@circletheatre.com. If you have any issues submitting your materials, you may also email them over. Please allow 48 hours for confirmation email.

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