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Contests

24-Hour Playwriting Contest Winner

24-Hour Playwriting Contest Winner

After 24 non-top hours of typing, pacing, deleting and caffeinating, our participants are tired. But we have a winner. Congratulations to Matthew Heiti of Sudbury for Receiver of Wreck. Second place goes to  Evan Tsitsias of Mississauga for Back, while  J.E. Anderson of Ottawa placed third for The Gods and Calvin Brewer. Wendy Philpott, one [...]


24-Hour Playwriting Contest 2010

24-Hour Playwriting Contest 2010

We’re doing it again. Pat the Dog Playwright Centre will be hosting our second annual 24-Hour Playwriting Contest from 4:00 PM Friday, October 1st to 4:00 PM October 2nd, 2010. Fire up the computer, grab your lucky mug and jump into your pjs because this year all contestants write offsite. Hit the keys at home, [...]


24-Hour Playwriting Contest Winners

24-Hour Playwriting Contest Winners

Waterloo, we have a winner! Allowed only a page of notes, a computer and their imaginations, playwrights from across Ontario spent 24 non-stop hours drinking coffee and pounding out an original play. Some wrote from the comfort of their homes, while others brought their laptops to Kitchener City Hall and wrote in the rotunda. After [...]


24-Hour Playwriting Contest

24-Hour Playwriting Contest

Part of the IMPACT Festival Your mission, should you choose to accept it:  Write a play in 24 hours with only one page of notes and no sleep. WHO: First 30 playwrights to enter. WHEN: 4:00 PM, Friday, September 25, 2009 until 4:00 PM Saturday, September 26th. WHERE: Kitchener City Hall or your home. It’s [...]