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This award is named in honor of Dr. John Cauble, Professor Emeritus of UCLA, and seeks to bring recognition to the area of student-written short plays and to encourage young writers to develop the short play form in preparation for the playwriting profession.

The short play is defined as a play of one act without intermission that, within itself, does not constitute a full evening of theatre; the running time of a one-act play is under 60 minutes, and when typed in standard format, a one-act play is approximately 15-45 (or so) pages in length.

Rules and Procedures

Entries for the John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play may be fully produced participating or associate entries, or they may simply be scripts entered by students from schools that have other associate or participating entries.

If entered as a Participating and/or Associate entry, one fee will cover a bill of up to three plays. Each play will be considered separately for individual awards. Participants in full productions will be eligible for Irene Ryan Acting Scholarships (one departmental nomination per bill), and all other appropriate awards.

All short plays (also called One-Act Plays) along with cover sheet should be sent to the regional NPP chair. The top two selected scripts at each region are designated national semi-finalists and forwarded to the Kennedy Center for national consideration.

• 1st Place Award of $500. 
• èßäAVAmerican College Theater Festival will provide the award recipient with an all-expenses paid professional development opportunity.
• The Dramatists Guild Award provides the recipient with Active membership in the Guild.