AN OVERVIEW

of SART's ScriptFEST

ScriptFEST, the Playwrights' Conference, typically receives 150-200 scripts each year. SART volunteers read each submitted script, and those recommended for further review are read again by a committee of theatre professionals. Once all scripts have been reviewed, SART invites up to six playwrights to the annual conference to hear their plays read by SART actors and Mars Hill College Theatre Arts students. Playwrights join the directors, actors, and audiences in discussions and critiques following each reading. One script may be considered by SART to be included and fully produced in an upcoming SART summer season.

SART's 30th Annual Playwrights' Conference will be held October 21-23, 2011 in the historic Owen Theatre on the campus of Mars Hills College in Mars Hill, North Carolina. The Conference is free and open to the public; all are welcome to attend. Playwrights invited to participate in the Conference are selected by early September and receive room and board while attending the Conference. If a play is chosen for production by SART, it will be scheduled for a one to three week run in Owen Theatre during June, July or August of one of the subsequent years. The author will receive a $1,000 honorarium plus room and board.

Since its opening season in 1975, SART has produced fifty-seven new plays, many supported by a New Works grant from the North Carolina Arts Council.

SART recognizes that developing new scripts is neither an easy nor a short process. The testing and development of new material at the Conference allows the playwrights to refine and build the work toward possible production. SART's commitment to developing and producing new plays has distinguished the company from other regional summer theatres and earned a Professional Division Award from the North Carolina Theatre Conference (NCTC).

SART MISSION STATEMENT

SART is dedicated to presenting theatre of the highest professional quality
thereby enriching the Southern Appalachian Region
through artistic programming, education, and outreach.

Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre
P.O.Box 1720 / 44 College Street
Mars Hill, NC 28754

Business Office
828.689.1384
828.689.1272 (fax)
email

Box Office
828.689.1239
(May-August)

SART presents the mainstage summer season of productions each year in the historic Owen Theatre on the campus of Mars Hill College, Mars Hill NC.
Owen Theatre is equipped with hearing-impaired assistance devices
and wheelchair designated seating / access.

SART is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council
with funding from the state of North Carolina
and the National Endowment for the Arts,
which believes that a great nation deserves great art.