The Florida Players is offering the chance to get a play produced at its annual New Works Festival.
The festival lets residents and students submit a play to be considered for production.
It is funded by Student Government.
“This year is looking really, really good,” said artistic director Megan Wicks. “It’s just an opportunity for new playwrights to get their work out there and to actually see it done.”
Two shows will be featured in this year’s festival, which will take place on Nov. 22, 24 and 25.
The plays will be held on campus in the McGuire Pavilion Black Box Theatre.
The shows include “Change Provided,” a play that takes place in a toll booth on Interstate 4 in Orlando.
The other play is “Mullier Ridiculum,” which is a sketch comedy show.
Lauren Killer, publicist for Florida Players, said the advantage of the Florida Players is that it gives students a chance to get involved in theater.
The selection committee usually receives about 10 submissions, and it then chooses one to three shows to put on during the festival, Wicks said.
During intermission, attendees can watch staged readings featuring works that were not accepted for production, Wicks said.
She said one of the perks of being involved in Florida Players is the actors and actresses get the opportunity to be in the original cast of a play since most of the plays are being put on for the first time.
Wicks was a member of the original cast of “Iceland Play,” which debuted at the festival last year.
The playwright is now in New York City trying to get the play produced for Broadway.
A version of this story ran on page 5 on 10/22/2013 under the headline "Festival to showcase local plays"
