KCACTF National Science Playwriting Award

Sponsored by physicist and novelist Alan Lightman, the KCACTF National Science Playwriting Award is offered every two years for the outstanding student-written full-length play written about science and scientists with the recognition that science is a part of culture. There will be a different required theme every two years. For 2008 and 2009, the play must deal in a significant way with Global Warming. The play should not be pedagogical but should stand on its own as an artistic work; nevertheless, the issues of Global Warming or the lives of scientists working on Global Warming must be addressed.

The first place award $3,000 and a fellowship to attend the Underground Railway Theater Company's professional staged reading of the play in Cambridge, MA.

The play must be produced by a college or university or publicly presented in a "rehearsed" or "staged reading" format following a significant development process. The play must be entered, as an Associate or Participating entry, in the KCACTF. It must comply with the guidelines for scripts entered in the KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Program.

Please refer to the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program Rules and Procedures.