Sunday, 15 September 2024

Gi60 20 Anniversary Live Edition

 Fri 27 and Sat 28 September

7.30pm

stage@leeds Leeds, UK

www.stage.leeds.ac.uk


60 plays in an hour drawn from across the last twenty years and featuring a collection of brand new plays for 2024. With submissions from the UK, US, Canada, Ireland, Spain and even Iran we celebrate the world of tiny heatre.

Get your tickets today


 

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Gi60 2024 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Gi60 2024 - 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 
 
NOW OPEN!!
Submission Deadline: Midnight March 1, 2024 (your time zone)
 
Our 20th Anniversary festival will feature a combination of brand new work and some of our favourite plays from the Gi60 vaults. We are very excited about reaching this milestone and we want to make this a truly memorable festival. Over the last twenty years one thing has remained central to our mission. Gi60 is open to everybody; all you need is an idea and an internet connection. 
 
Please email all submissions to screammedia@yahoo.com.
 
We have been reading thousands of plays over the last few months in preparation for Gi60 2024 so there is no need to send anything previously submitted. If we choose a piece of your work from a previous Gi60 we will contact you to get your permission to re-stage it.
 
Gi60 2024 will be performed live at the following times:
• Gi60 US: May 15 -19. The Tank NYC, Manhattan, US
• Gi60 UK: Sept 25 - 26 stage@leeds, Leeds, UK 
 
Thank you for your support over the last twenty years, it has meant the world to us.
Steve Ansell & Rose Burnett Bonczek
(Directors, Gi60 International One Minute Theatre Festival)
 
The Guidelines (The important stuff):
• Submissions must not last longer than 60 seconds.
• Submissions should be sent in the body of your email, as well as in an attachment.*
• ALL submissions should be in RTF or Word format only: NO PDF DOCUMENTS.*
• Scripts in PDF format WILL NOT be read.*
• The Title of your play should be in the subject line of your email.
• You may submit as many plays as you wish, but only one submission per email.
• All work must be totally original and the author's own work.
• Include your name and address/geographic location before the title of your work.
• Plays should not have been previously produced.
• Please do not submit plays that have previously been submitted to Gi60.
• Entries from schools must include a teacher's contact and School name, in addition to the writers.
 
*We receive between 700-900 submissions a year; by including the text of your play in the body of the email, it saves play readers time as they do not need to not have to open attachments. If your play is selected, the attachments in Word/RTF make it easier for us to then share those scripts with the creative teams. We’re not trying to make things difficult, we’re just trying to ensure that we have enough time to read everything.
 
Email all submissions to: screammedia@yahoo.com prior to the submission deadline of 03/01/2024 (see above for details)
 
Terms and conditions:
• There is no submission fee, prize or payment for Gi60 participation.
• Copyright remains with the author.
• Plays lasting longer than 60 seconds may not be considered.
• The organisers may use individual plays to promote the Gi60 festival.
• Final play selection will be announced on the Gi60 Website and Facebook Groups.
• Gi60 is staffed and created by professionals who are volunteers, and give their time free of charge.
• The organisers reserve the right to cut scripts without notification where necessary. E.g. if a play is running significantly longer than 60 seconds, we may delete some small lines if their intention is communicated elsewhere in the script.
• Gi60 festivals are recorded and made available for viewing on the Gi60 YouTube Channel. To view past plays: Gi60 Channel YouTube
 
PLEASE NOTE:
Due to the high volume of plays we receive each year we are unable to write to individual playwrights to notify them if their play has not been selected.

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

Gi60 2023: US Live Edition

Gi60 US Live Edition 

The Tank Theatre, New York

Join us Live: July 6-9 @ 7pm (EST)

Stream the show live: July 7,8,9 @ 7pm (EST)

The 19th Annual International One Minute Theatre Festival starts on July 6th at the Tank Theatre, New York. Over 50 plays performed live by the one and only Gi60 Company. You would be a fool to miss this.

Get your tickets NOW for the 19th annual Gi60 US at The Tank NYC, performing LIVE July 6-9 at 7 pm, live streaming July 7, 8 and 9. 


For tickets: https://thetanknyc.org/.../gi60-international-one-minute...




Rose and Steve talk to the Tank Theatre about Gi60, absent friends and tiny plays





Steve Ansell and Rose Bonczek in lively conversation with Meghan Finn, artistic director of The Tank. We talk about Gi60, our history of tiny plays and our deeply missed Gi60 Family members Christopher Thomassan and Mike Flanagan. INCLUDES SPECIAL BONUS: we recovered 3 Gi60 Radio plays that Christopher Thomasson had been working on, appearing here for the first time: HIDE AND SEEK by Jonathan Hadley, TOP STORY by Tom Misuraca and EBB AND FLOW by Ted Wenskus. This week - Gi60 US performs at the Tank July 6-9, and Gi60 Houston performs July 6 and 7.







Thursday, 1 June 2023

Gi60 UK Live Edition 2023 - The Plays (well the first 45!)

Than you for your patience. We have been forced to move our performance date for the second time in two years and you have been very patient waiting for us to pick the plays for Gi60 UK Live 2023. We are still deliberating over the final five but here are the first 45.

Gi60 UK Live Edition Wed 27 September - stage@leeds, Leeds, UK - www.stage.leeds.ac.uk



Thank you to all the amazing writers who have submitted work this year. Without you, we are just a group of people aimlessly wandering around an empty stage with nothing to say.

My Dear Watson:                            Andy Smith and Joe Bryant
Small margins:                                Andy Hammond
Accommodate:                               Teddy Durgin
Your Mom:                                      Ava Love Hanna
Jelember:                                       Ellie Cansdale
Up in the air, in a balloon :         Shelley Stolaroff Segal
Homeless But Not Heartless:         Rohan Magerman,
Speed Date:            Colin Waitt
Against the Grain:            Glen Dickson
Blind Date           Debra A. Cole
The Compelled Chicken           Mark Harvey Levine
Breathless on Arthurs Seat:           Terry Collins
ESCAPE ROUTE                 Keith Burridge
Screen Time                 Ruben Carbajal
Hypothetical                 Adam Richter
Dog Chases Rabbit                 Adam Richter
RYAN’S TOOTH                 Alex Dremann
Pirates                 Steve Alguire
The Photo Wall:                 Michele Markarian
Setting the Scene                 Barry Wood
Star Crossed:                Sam Hurwitt
The Applicant:                Risa Lewak
Extroverts Anonymous               Barry Wood
Arrows             Guy R. Newsham
Terms and Conditions             Sandra Hosking
Delivery:             Sophia Vitkovitsky
Anniversary:             Ruben Carbajal
The Nihilists Victorious:             Scott C. Sickles
Well Met             Barry Hobbs
The groan strike back!             Arthur Sutcliffe
Heartless             Ron Burch
Sunday Morning coffee             Max Baker
I think They Shot Owen             Georgia Pickles
Spa Day             Steve Alguire
Spaghetti              Robin Baron
Tortoise & the Snail              Barry Wood
Opposites Attract              Barry Wood
Scrapbook              Alex Bernstein
Room 205             Debra A. Cole
Goodnight, Digby             Emily Brueggemeier
Between the Sheets             Thomas Coash
Rhyme ... Timed        Vivian Lermond
Dude we're getting the
band back together            Georgia Pickles
The 60 Second
Meta-Spectacular Farcical
Research Extravaganza           Luke Haywood

Friday, 3 February 2023

 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR Gi60 2023 - NOW OPEN!!

Gi60 (Gone in 60 Seconds) International One Minute Theatre Festival 2023 – Deadline: April 15, 2023

Submission Guidelines:

Gi60 is open to everybody; all you need is an idea and an internet connection. Since its inception in 2003, Gi60 has premiered thousands of new works written by people of all ages and backgrounds from around the world. Please email all submissions to screammedia@yahoo.com.

Gi60 UK will perform in Leeds (Date TBA), and Gi60 US will perform at The Tank NYC on July 6, 7, 8 and 9 in Manhattan.

 The Guidelines:

·       Submissions must not last longer than 60 seconds.

·       IMPORTANT: Submissions should be sent in the body of your email**(see below), as well as in an attachment in RTF or Word format only: NO PDF DOCUMENTS.

·       Scripts in PDF format will not be considered

·       The Title of your play should be in the subject line of your email

·       You may submit as many one minute plays as you wish, but only one submission per email.

·       All work must be totally original and the author's own work.

·       Include your name and address/geographic location before the title of your work.

·       Plays should not have been previously produced.

·       Please do not submit plays that have been submitted to Gi60 prior to 2023 for consideration. 

·       Entries from schools should include a teacher's contact and the School name, as well as that of the author.

 

Email all submissions to: screammedia@yahoo.com prior to the submission deadline of April 15, 2023. 

 

Terms and conditions:

·       There is no submission fee, prize or payment for Gi60 participation. 

·       Copyright remains with the author.

·        Plays lasting longer than 60 seconds may not be considered.

·        The organizers may use individual plays to promote the Gi60 festival.

·        Final play selection will be announced on the Gi60 Website and Facebook Groups.

·        Gi60 is staffed and created by professionals who are volunteers, and give their time free of charge. 

·        The organizers reserve the right to cut scripts without notification where necessary. E.g. if a play is running significantly longer than 60 seconds, we may delete some small lines if their intention is communicated elsewhere in the script.

·        Gi60 festivals are recorded and made available for viewing on the Gi60 YouTube Channel. To view past plays: Gi60 Channel YouTube

 

PLEASE NOTE: due to the high volume of plays we receive each year we are unable to write to individual playwrights to notify them if their play has not been selected.

 

**We annually receive between 700-900 submissions; by including the text of the play in the body of the email, it saves play readers time to not have to open attachments. If your play is selected, the attachments in Word/RTF make it easier for us to then share those scripts with the creative teams.

Monday, 27 June 2022

Gi60 International One Minute Theatre Festival: US Live at The Tank NYC!

The 18th annual Gi60: International One Minute Theatre Festival: Live US, in collaboration with The Tank NYC, a home for emerging artists - is back LIVE in New York City July 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Catch up on all of your missed theatre as we premiere 50 one-minute plays written by authors from around the world, and performed by 12 intrepid actors in a single evening! With plays from Ontario to Ohio, and Great Britain to Brooklyn, this rich collection of stories captures life’s unique moments through the eyes of lovers, dreamers, and rebellious zombies. 

All four performances will be live at The Tank, with shows on July 7, 8 and 9 live streamed on their CyberTank platform; tickets from $10-$25 - Student Discount: STUDENT410. Gi60 US's proceeds will go to the Christopher Thomasson Memorial Fellowship, created by Gi60 and The Tank to support young directors and sound designers creating new works at The Tank.

Please note these performances will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees will be required to display proof of full covid vaccination before being admitted, either by showing a vaccination record (vaccination card) at least two weeks out from the final dose of an approved vaccine, or by using New York's free Excelsior Pass service. Patrons will also be required to wear masks while indoors at all times.


WHAT:

Gi60 International One-Minute Theatre Festival US - 50 plays

WHEN:

July 6, 7, 8 and 9 at 7 p.m.

WHERE:

312 W 36th Street, Floor 1, New York NY 10018

CONTACT:

For tickets, call 212.563.6269 or visit

https://ci.ovationtix.com/35658/production/1127646?performanceId=1110252





Tuesday, 24 May 2022

*** IMPORTANT ***Gi60 UK Live Edition: Performance date Re-scheduled

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Gi60 UK Live edition 2022 - Rescheduled to July 1st



Due to circumstances beyond our control Gi60 UK live edition which was scheduled to be performed on Wed 01 June has been postponed and will now take place on Fri 01 July.

All tickets are transferable and refunds will be given to any customers not able to attend the new date. Customers have already been informed and the new date is now on sale,

We are extremely sorry about this and have only made this decision because we have absolutely no choice. Thank you to everyone who continues to support and contribute to the Gi60.

Steve Ansell (Gi60 Founder)




Thursday, 19 May 2022

 Gi60 International US Live Edition: Play Selection:

We're delighted to announce the 50 plays selected for 18th annual Gi60 International US Live:  performances at The Tank NYC, July 6, 7, 8 and 9 at 7:30 pm, 312 West 36th Street, NYC - live and live streamed, ticket links will be posted soon!
I can only echo what Steve Ansell wrote in an earlier post: we are humbled and overwhelmed with gratitude by the many, many hundreds of remarkable plays that writers submit each year. Funny, heartbreaking, whimsical, cautionary, mysterious, hopeful, and ultimately all powerful; these plays capture 50 tiny slices of life at this moment on Planet Earth. We know that these plays - and the ensembles that will bring them to life onstage - will do what theatre does best: help us all feel less alone in these challenging times. The plays for Gi60 US Live are:

Gi60 International US Live Edition: 

1)    The Anniversary by David Storck (Savannah, GA)

2)    Assumption by Steve Alguire  (Etobicoke, ON, Canada)

3)    Bent by Ramona Floyd   (Binghamton, NY)

4)    Charles Foster Kane in Iowa by Steven G. Martin  (Lafayette, IN)

5)    A Conversation by Len Jenkin  (Accord, NY)

6)    The Cup by Matthew Weaver   (Spokane, WA)

7)    Customer Service by Ruben Carbajal  (Kenosha, WI)

8)    Deception. War. Retribution by Scott C. Sickles  (Forest Hills, NY)

9)    The Disappearance of the Letter Q by Larry Rinkel  (Bayshore, NY)

10) Evermore by Heather Dooley  (Bellingham, WA)

11) Falling in Love by Quinn Smola  (Colorado Springs, CO)

12) Fast Forward by Sophia Vitkovitsky  (Toronto, ON, Canada)

13) Gilbert, You’re Eating a Grape by Larry Rinkel   (Bayshore, NY)

14) Goodbye by Aurora Stewart de Pena (Toronto, ON, Canada)

15) Good Books by Matthew Weaver   (Spokane, WA)

16) Good Night by Evan Braufman  (Long Beach, CA)

17) Happy Little Tree by Ramona Floyd  (Binghamton, NY)

18) Home is a Four-Letter Word by Sabra Shelly (Brooklyn, NY)

19) I Lost My Socks by Eugene Solfanelli  (Brooklyn, NY)

20) Invisible by Jennifer O’Grady   (Pelham, NY)

21) Ira and Irving Episode by Steve Ansell (Holmfirth, UK)

22) Jesus Comes Back by Jessica Moss  (Toronto, ON, Canada)

23) Kansas by Claudia I. Haas  (White Bear Lake, MN)

24) Knock over the Milk Bottles by Dana Hall   (Chicago, IL)

25) Labor Force by Thomas J. Misuraca  (Los Angeles, CA)

26) Leading Men by Tom Coash   (Louisville, KY)

27) The Longest Minutes The Sequel by Rosanne Manfredi  (Bayshore, NY)

28) Machamlet by Donna Latham  (Arlington Heights, IL)

29) Mandelas by Ruben Carbajal  (Kenosha, WI)

30) Mom’s Cookies by Mark Harvey Levine   (Indianapolis, IN)

31) The Murderlators by Ava Love Hanna  (Austin, TX)

32) Not Exactly How I Remembered It by Monica Cross   (Hayward, WI)

33) Obstacle Course by Dave Doster   (Mason, OH)

34) The Ocean by Mark Harvey Levine  (Indianapolis, IN)

35) Once Around the Sun by G. Atkins   (Los Angeles, CA)

36) Orders by Stephen Gracia   (Brooklyn, NY)

37) Out on the Lake by Alex Bernstein  (Cranford, NJ)

38) Recalculating by Marilyn LT Klimcho  (Reading, PA)

39) A Scene from a Philly Lunch Counter by Michael Greenspun  (Sherman Oaks, CA)

40) Secret Admirer by Thomas J. Misuraca   (Los Angeles, CA)

41) Separate Worlds by Brent Leibowitz  (Chicago, IL)

42) Silver Lining of the Bottomless Pit by Janice Hibbard  (Indianapolis, IN)

43) Subway by Glen Alterman  (New York, NY)

44) Superheroes Don’t Need Guns by Daniela Gonzalez y Perez  (Brooklyn, NY)

45) These Days by James McLindon   (Northampton, MA)

46) Trick or Treat by Hank Kimmel  (Atlanta, GA)

47) Vermillion Flags by Paddy Gillard-Bentley  (Kitchener, ON, Canada)

48) What I Don’t Like by Aurora Stewart de Pena (Toronto, ON, Canada)

49) What You Ask For by James McLindon  (Northampton, MA)

50) Wrecks by Janice White Greenop  (Fishkill, NY)


Saturday, 14 May 2022

Gi60 UK Live Edition 2022 PLAYS SELECTION

Gi60 UK Live Edition: Ticket Link

I am very pleased to be able to announce that the majority of plays for Gi60 UK live edition have been chosen. The quality of writing has been so high this year that we are still making final decisions over the last few plays. All playwrights chosen for Gi60 International UK Live edition will be contacted within the next few days and offered a free ticket to the live event or the online streaming. This year we will be broadcasting the stream in the same week as Gi60 International US Live edition for a truly international festival feeling.
Thank you, as usual, to all our writers who have once again sent an amazing collection of tiny plays that seem to perfectly encapsulate the times in which we live. It’s a long process but it really is a pleasure and an honour to read such a body of work each year. I look forward to seeing the selection of the Gi60 UDs Live panel when it’s released.
Very best regards
Steve Ansell
Gi60 International UK Live Edition: Play Selection
Hold Your Peace Raymond - P. Weath
Fatal Bite Arthur - M. Jolly
The Zebra Matthew - Weaver
Good News Steve - Alguire
Skittles, A day in the Life - Terry Collins
Even Briefer Encounter - Terry Collins
Walter The Legend - Debra A. Cole
Cup of Tea - Jennifer Whittaker
REUNION II - Ruben Carbajal
The Last Out - Dave Doster
Lost - Marilyn LT Klimcho
The Good Fight - Janice Morris Neal
Chekhov's Gun - Ruben Carbajal
Me and Love - Janice Morris Neal
COURSE CORRECTION - Ted Wenskus
G.I Poe - Jay Strong
Presence - Ruben Carbajal
Clothes Shopping With a Friend - Michele Markarian
STOP and GO - Gary Wadley
ROOF - KNOCKING - Marco Di Stefano
ONE THING AT A TIME - Leo Byrne Jenicek
What do you Want from Me? - Ellie Cansdale
Scream - Georgia Pickles
Old Dog New Trick - Dana Hall
Untitled, A Short Play - Ruben Carbajal
STILL SEEN - Jay Nickerson
Second Sleep - Marilyn Anne Campbell
Not About You - Ivy Vale
Ghombie - Georgia Pickles
10 Second Rule - 3 Second Dog! - Jennifer Whittaker
HOLIDAY PLANNING - Stu Welkovich
PLEASE SMILE - Robin Baron
A Creative Challenge - Phil Taylor
Queue Life - Abi Sutcliffe
Let's Do Something - T Salib
CHEESY - Vivian C. Lermond
Window - Sophia Vitkovitsky
WHITE NOISE - Alex Dremann
Films - Joel Dean
Tree Funeral - Olly Leighton
Hookie - Hilary Bluestein-Lyons
Every Fairytale Ever Told… - Colette Murphy
Flight of Thought - Dana Hall
The last Few Meat Sacks - Lewis Fraser
Groan in 60 - Arthur Sutcliffe
4 - Barry Hobbs