16 short-form playwrights to face off in Seoul Players' 10-Minute Play Festival
Seoul's international theater community prepares for battle once again, as the 10-Minute Play Festival (10MPF) takes to the stage to find this year's top playwright. This will mark the 13th year of the contest, brought to the stage at Dulwich College in southern Seoul by Seoul Players, a not-for-profit, volunteer-run English-language theater group founded in 2001. For this year's contest, they…
Seoul's international theater community is gearing up for an intense competition as the 10-Minute Play Festival (10MPF) prepares to crown its top playwright. This marks the 13th year of the annual contest, organized by Seoul Players, a volunteer-run English-language theater group established in 2001. The organization received an impressive 410 submissions from 354 playwrights spanning various countries in March and April.
The surge in submissions has become a trend, with last year's festival receiving over 500 entries within two weeks, necessitating an early closure.
According to Lorne Oliver, a producer for Seoul Players, one member of the board expressed concerns about the possibility of AI-generated plays among the submissions. However, Oliver did not fully agree with this assessment, stating that the majority of the plays were not up to standard. He added that they did not conduct AI checks on the submissions, trusting that the cream would rise to the top.
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