The Proscenium Prize for One-Act Plays
At a gala gathering of some 200 people on September 10, 2004, at the Theater am Käfigturm in Bern, Upstage proudly awarded the first Proscenium Prize for One-Act Plays to:
Ms. Sara Probst for Down in the Big Bend
and
Mr. Charles Slovenski for My Irish PalThe co-recipients received 1,500 Swiss Francs each, and Upstage presented a rehearsed excerpt from each play. The evening's entertainment included an address by Upstage President Hans-Ulrich Berger, speeches by the judges, and video interviews with each of the finalists, including:
Brian Hughes for Waltz Time
Neil-Jon Morphy for Moonlight on Water
James Sievert for HomecomingUpstage would like to thank everyone who contributed to making the Proscenium Prize such a success, and especially to the playwrights who submitted their work.
About the Prize
In December of 2003, Upstage, the English-language amateur theatre group of Berne, proudly announced the Proscenium Prize for One-Act Plays, a prize of 3,000 Swiss Francs. The prize is to be awarded to one, or shared between two original, one-act plays written in English by a writer who is a permanent resident of Switzerland.
The prize will be awarded based on the recommendations of a panel of three judges. Plays will be read between February 29 and May 31, 2004. All submissions must be in original English - no translations will be considered. Author nationality is irrelevant. If the judges deem no play or plays to be of sufficient merit, the prize will not be awarded.
In addition to awarding the prize money, Upstage reserves the right to a one-time performance of the winning play or plays.
