The Edele Winnie
Women's Monologue
Competition
Post Productions is thrilled to announce The Edele Winnie Women’s Monologue Competition, a new annual event that aims to give actresses from the Windsor-Essex region an opportunity to show audiences and theatre professionals the best of their acting talents – and win some cash in the process!
HOW IT WORKS
Each contestant will select and rehearse a brief (3-5 minute) monologue from award-winning playwright Edele Winnie’s new book of 100 original monologues, Big Mouth, published through Amazon in paperback, hardcover, and e-book editions.
Once contestants complete their registration, they will receive two sessions with one of three acting coaches to help them prepare for the live two-night competition on 28 and 29 January 2022, at The Shadowbox Theatre.
BIG MOUTH: 100 unusual monologues for women can be read/purchased via amazon.ca HERE
THE LIVE EVENT
At the live event, contestants will perform their monologue each night to a panel of judges, each representing a different theatre company, as well as a live audience. Both judges and audience members will submit scores for all contestants. Winners will be determined based on the final scores tallied across both nights. The judges’ scores and the audience’s scores are each worth 50% of a contestant’s final score.
Once scores from both performances have been tallied and combined at the end of the second performance (29 Jan 2022), winners will be announced and CASH PRIZES bestowed.
The gold level winner will receive $250.
The silver level winner will receive $150.
The bronze level winner will receive $50.
TICKETS to the live event can be purchased via Eventbrite HERE
COMPETITION ELIGIBILITY
Contestants must be women, non-binary, and/or gender fluid
Contestants must be at least 18 years of age as of 1 January 2022
Contestants must live and/or work in the Windsor-Essex region
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Complete submissions must be received via email (postproductionswindsor@gmail.com) no later than 11:30 PM, 13 January 2022, including:
1 – Contestant’s name, age, email address, phone number
2 – Proof of full vaccination against Covid-19
3 – Contestant’s top three monologue choices from Edele Winnie’s Big Mouth, in order of preference, including the name and page number of each monologue chosen
4 – $20 entrance fee (to be paid via e-transfer to postproductionswindsor@gmail.com)
To ensure all potential contestants have access to the competition regardless of their economic circumstances, Post Productions encourages members of the community who wish to SPONSOR POTENTIAL CONTESTANTS (by paying their entrance fee) to contact us at postproductionswindsor@gmail.com)
PANEL OF JUDGES
Moya McAlister (Arts Collective Theatre)
Kristen Siapas (University Players)
Shana Thibert (Revolution Youth Theatre)
Fay Lynn (Post Productions)
COACHES
Joey Ouellette (Purple Theatre Company)
Eric Branget (Tall Tale Theatre Co.)
Michael K. Potter (Post Productions)
MC and COMPETITION CO-ORDINATOR
Michael K. Potter (Post Productions)
HOW IT WORKS
Each contestant will select and rehearse a brief (3-5 minute) monologue from award-winning playwright Edele Winnie’s new book of 100 original monologues, Big Mouth, published through Amazon in paperback, hardcover, and e-book editions.
Once contestants complete their registration, they will receive two sessions with one of three acting coaches to help them prepare for the live two-night competition on 28 and 29 January 2022, at The Shadowbox Theatre.
BIG MOUTH: 100 unusual monologues for women can be read/purchased via amazon.ca HERE
THE LIVE EVENT
At the live event, contestants will perform their monologue each night to a panel of judges, each representing a different theatre company, as well as a live audience. Both judges and audience members will submit scores for all contestants. Winners will be determined based on the final scores tallied across both nights. The judges’ scores and the audience’s scores are each worth 50% of a contestant’s final score.
Once scores from both performances have been tallied and combined at the end of the second performance (29 Jan 2022), winners will be announced and CASH PRIZES bestowed.
The gold level winner will receive $250.
The silver level winner will receive $150.
The bronze level winner will receive $50.
TICKETS to the live event can be purchased via Eventbrite HERE
COMPETITION ELIGIBILITY
Contestants must be women, non-binary, and/or gender fluid
Contestants must be at least 18 years of age as of 1 January 2022
Contestants must live and/or work in the Windsor-Essex region
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Complete submissions must be received via email (postproductionswindsor@gmail.com) no later than 11:30 PM, 13 January 2022, including:
1 – Contestant’s name, age, email address, phone number
2 – Proof of full vaccination against Covid-19
3 – Contestant’s top three monologue choices from Edele Winnie’s Big Mouth, in order of preference, including the name and page number of each monologue chosen
4 – $20 entrance fee (to be paid via e-transfer to postproductionswindsor@gmail.com)
To ensure all potential contestants have access to the competition regardless of their economic circumstances, Post Productions encourages members of the community who wish to SPONSOR POTENTIAL CONTESTANTS (by paying their entrance fee) to contact us at postproductionswindsor@gmail.com)
PANEL OF JUDGES
Moya McAlister (Arts Collective Theatre)
Kristen Siapas (University Players)
Shana Thibert (Revolution Youth Theatre)
Fay Lynn (Post Productions)
COACHES
Joey Ouellette (Purple Theatre Company)
Eric Branget (Tall Tale Theatre Co.)
Michael K. Potter (Post Productions)
MC and COMPETITION CO-ORDINATOR
Michael K. Potter (Post Productions)
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