2023 10 x 10 New Play Festival Call for Directors

2024 10 x 10 New Play Festival Call for Directors

Rooftop is looking for creative, experienced and talented directors for the upcoming 2024 Ten Minute Play Festival.

If you would like to be considered to direct, please send an email expressing your interest and outlining your experience.  If you have a theatrical directing resume, attach it to the email and send to the Festival Producer, Deb Hansen at  [email protected].

Deadline for submissions is May 15, 2023

All submissions will be reviewed for consideration.  If you are selected, you will be notified as soon as possible.  At that time, each director will have the opportunity to review the scripts and select the top three choices they are interested in directing.

Obligations of Directing

Your attendance at the auditions for the 10 x 10 Festival is mandatory.  These auditions will be held on  Tuesday, June 18 from 7 – 9:30 and Saturday, June 22 from 3 – 5 pm.

Rehearsals will be held at the ARTfactory on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 – 9 beginning July 25th. If you and your cast are agreeable, it is possible to change the days you rehearse as long as you can coordinate with Deb Hansen, the director of the festival.

You are responsible for attending all technical rehearsals at the ARTfactory:  Monday – Wednesday, August 21-23th.

Your attendance is expected at all performances of the festival:  Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 24, 25 and 26.

You will be responsible for securing all props and costumes for your actors with the help of our festival manager, Deb Hansen.

You will be responsible for any sound cues used in the production.  There will be an opportunity for limited lighting cues, which you will provide during technical rehearsals.

How to Submit:  

Please send an email expressing your interest and experience in directing to Deb Hansen at  [email protected].  If you have a directing resume, please attach.