Branch County Community Theatre - Pickering Award winner

 
 

· Deadline: December 31, for each year’s competition. Annual production follows in late winter or early spring, date varies from year to year.

· Type of manuscripts: Full length, unproduced plays and musicals. Children’s plays accepted. Unable to return without an SASE.

· Selection Process: Chairman and five committee members read and review each entry and select ten finalists from which the first, second and third place winners are chosen.

· Production: Branch County Community Theatre reserves the right and agrees to produce the first place winner in this yearly competition. First place winners are required to sign a production contract.

· Production House: All BCCT productions are staged in the historic Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater, Michigan. Built in 1882, Tibbits is a completely restored 500 seat proscenium theater.

· Branch County Community Theatre: BCCT is an amateur theater group founded in 1980. Todays membership produces four full productions each year.

· The Award: This annual award was established to honor past member and playwright, Bob Pickering, and to provide a vehicle for playwrights to see their works produced. Full production and $200 is awarded for first place, $50 for second place and $25 for third place.


Send submissions to: 

BCCT

14 S. Hanchett St.

Coldwater, MI 49036






Past Pickering Winners

  1. 1.2012 - What Would Dickens Do?

  2. 2.2011 - Daddy’s Girls / The Calibration of Bliss

  3. 3. 2010 - The Connnoisseurs

  4. 4.2009 - No Body Like Jimmy

  5. 5.2008 - Keeping Faith

  6. 6.2007 - To Whom God Speaks

  7. 7.2006 - Authors Anonymous

  8. 8.2005 - Interruptions

  9. 9.2004 - Drinking Habits

  10. 10.2003 - Companion Pieces

  11. 11.2002 - Fole! Ole!

  12. 12.2001 - Grand Forks Detour

  13. 13.2000 - Hey Dick

  14. 14.1999 - Genie in Love

  15. 15.1998 - Everything’s Relative

  16. 16.1997 - The Will of George

  17. 17.1996 - Things That Go Bad in the Night

  18. 18.1995 - The Death and Sales of Alexander Goland

  19. 19.1994 - The Slow Burn of Deceit

  20. 20.1993 - Match Point

  21. 21.1992 - House of Wonders

  22. 22.1991 - To Wit

  23. 23.1990 - Absurdly Yours

  24. 24.1989 - Murder Most Fouled Up

  25. 25.1988 - It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

  26. 26.1987 - Big Al Goes Straight

  27. 27.1986 - Folly’s Quarter

  28. 28.1985 - Cooperative Living

  29. 29.1984 - Hang Onto the Horse

  30. 30.1981 - A Nice Place to Visit

  31. 31.1979 - A Slight Exaggeration

 

How to Submit a play

The winner of the 2012 Robert J. Pickering award is:

“What Would Dickens Do?” by M.W. Estes


For audition information see our home page.


2nd Place:  “The Sing Sing Suite” by Jay Huling


3rd Place:  “The Immortals” by Aaron Paul