2009 Charles M. Getchell New Play Award Winner Honeyboy by Tommy Trull Open rehearsal – 7 PM Thursday     Staged Reading & Response –7 PM Friday Presented as a part of the 60th Annual Convention!     EVERYONE WELCOME! Honeyboy 1933. The world's most notorious magician – whispered to possess the actual ability to levitate – has vanished into thin air. When small-town reporter Gordy Walsh discovers the man's assistant hiding away on a farm in Virginia, he learns she has been secretly raising the magician's simple, troubled son … and the boy just may have inherited his father's dangerous talents. Playwright Tommy Trull's Echoes of Mercy won the 2007 Mark S. Gilbert Award and was produced by 3rd Stage Theatre under the direction of Stephen Hyers. Other recent productions include The Fraud, A Quiet, Public Place, and the upcoming Hotel. He also served as screenwriter for the short films Oblivion and Dues of the Heart. Tommy is an MFA in Playwriting candidate at Spalding University. He teaches playwriting and acting workshops for CityArts in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he lives with his wife, Mara, and daughter, Skye. Respondent Gary Garrison is a playwright, author, Executive Director for Creative Affairs of the Dramatists Guild of America and Artistic Director/Division Head of Playwriting for the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at the Tisch School of the Arts.

Mission: The SETC New Play Project is dedicated to the discovery, development and publicizing of worthy new plays and playwrights. This project will select one "winning script," present a staged reading of that script at the annual Southeastern Theatre Conference Convention in collaboration with the playwright, and conduct an adjudication of the play by a select panel of judges.

Eligibility: Playwrights who reside in the SETC region (or who are enrolled in a regionally accredited educational institution in the SETC region) or who reside outside the region but are SETC members are eligible for consideration. SETC Region states include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.

Guidelines:

1. Entries will be accepted between March 1st and June 1st.
2. One submission per playwright only. Full length plays or related one acts; No musicals or children's plays.
3. Plays must be unproduced (no professional productions) and unpublished. Readings and workshops are acceptable.
4. Plays must be submitted by email attachment in Microsoft Word or PDF format with the following guidelines:
   • Text should be in 12 pt type and in a plain font such as Times New Roman.
   • Script must include page numbers at the bottom of each page.
   • The author's name should not appear anywhere in the script.
   • Do not include resumes, playwright biographies or a history of the play.
   • 1 copy, Word or PDF format, attached to an email please
   • Completed application form included as separate email attachment. Electronic signatures will be accepted.
     
5. No previous submissions will be accepted without substantial rewrites having taken place.

Notification and Award: The winning playwright will receive a $1,000 cash award and be designated as the winner of the Charles M. Getchell Award.

1. The playwright will be invited to the SETC convention at the expense of SETC. The play will be considered for publication in Southern Theatre magazine.
2. The decision of the panel of readers will be announced in November of each year.