About #ENOUGH
Metro Theater Company is proud to partner with #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence—a new campaign of theater activism on a mission to provide middle and high school students with the platform to spark critical conversations about gun violence across the country. The project enables teens to express themselves through storytelling, foster open dialogue in their communities, take on leadership roles, and inspire creative action.
Launched in 2019 by director Michael Cotey, #ENOUGH puts America's young people at the center of the conversation on gun violence through the transformative power of storytelling. Through June 20, 2020, middle and high school students may submit original 10-minute plays on the topic of gun violence through the #ENOUGH web site. #ENOUGH culminates in an evening of simultaneous staged readings across the country of the most impactful plays on December 14, 2020 - the 8th anniversary of Sandy Hook.
#ENOUGH is about youth engagement, youth-led creativity, and above all, youth-driven action.
June 20, 2020 // Call for Submissions closes at 11:59 pm. 21st anniversary of Columbine.
June 1, 2020 // Semi-finalists announced.
June 1-July 1, 2020 // Semi-finalists read by Finalist Selection Committee.
July 2020 // Finalists chosen and notified.
August 16-23, 2020 // Workshop of Finalist Plays at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
Mid-October 2020 // Finalist Plays and Discussion
December 14, 2020 // Nationwide Reading. 8th anniversary of Sandy Hook.
Eligibility
Only plays written by students currently in grades 6-12 will be accepted. A student may submit a play if they are currently in 12th grade and will be graduated by the end of the 2019-2020 school year.
Guidelines
Plays must address the impact of gun violence.
Completed scripts must be no longer than 10 minutes when read aloud.
Scripts may have up to, but no more than six (6) characters.
Plays must be the original work of a single writer.
Collaborative works or adaptations won’t be considered, nor will plays that include music, lyrics, or dialogue written by any-one other than the submitting writer.
Writers may submit more than one play for consideration. Any submission must be previously unpublished.
