How Do You Produce A 10-Minute Play?
One of the first ways for people to break into playwriting and directing in New York City is by participating in many of the theatre festivals that happen all through the year in New York City and all through the summer months all around the world. For your own peace of mind, rather than renting out a space which will cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars for a single week and trying to stage a play all by yourself, the theatre festivals provide you with all the basics that you need for your own play to be able to be seen. Once it’s written, read it! Too often too many playwrights rush to production with a play that’s fresh off of their typewriter. Before you send off your “completed” pride and joy to a festival judge who probably won’t get back to you for months and will, if your play is not ready, no doubt deliver a crushing blow, you should do a reading. All it takes is the requisite amount of people in your play in your living room. Once you are comfortable with your piece, get
