Challenge 1 – Due 02/02 at 09:59:59am GMT (do not miss the deadline or you will be disqualified)
So, when you registered this year, I called you all ‘brave little soldiers’.
Some of you questioned why I did that…
some of me questioned why I did that too… so let’s pretend it was intentional preparation for the first challenge, and this is it:
Write a play about a brave little soldier.
Maybe you can write a hard-hitting drama about a soldier coping with PTSD talking to their partner?
or perhaps about Elf-land who are at war with the Trolls?
How about a monologue by a piece of bread debating whether “to egg or not to egg”?
Or a historical play about any of history’s brave warriors?
What about two characters: Mrs Brave and Mr Little discussing the futility of war whilst torturing a soldier?
Or simply a play set in a kindergarden with the characters: Bray, Vee, Lit, Talis, Ola and Dre!
As this is the first challenge, make it simple. Simple language, simple uncomplicated plot, simple characters, simple minds! And don’t you (forget about me)!
Write in the style you feel most comfortable in… fantastical, absuridcal, satirical, realistical, abstractical, farcical, musicalcal, whatever ‘ical’ your ickle mind licks… likes!
And now for the 28 Plays Later world famous bonus points…
For bonus points – and to completely intentionally tie it in with the pre-task-dry-test-run – set the play in your hometown!
For those of you new this year, bonus points are everything! EVERYTHING I say!
They make the world go around
They make the sun rise and set
They make brave soldiers run in fear (see what I did there? It’s all intentional!)
Chalo! Yalla! Vamonos! Pame! Awn ni! Lad os ga! Laten we gaan! Geh ma! Allons-y! Andiamo! Poyekali!
Woke up to this in my mailbox after submitting:
From: 28 Plays Later Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 11:25 PM To: Clay Subject: Re: Challenge 1 (due 02/02 at 10am GMT) That’s really sad and beautiful…
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