The Eric Bentley contest has been suspended for the present.
For more details, please write to either Robert Waterhouse or Richard Lambert at newphnxtheatre@aol.com.
Previous winners of the Eric Bentley New Play Competition have included ORGANIC MOVEMENT OF THE CHAIR AND PITCHER and EMBODY (pictured below).
Winner of the 2005/2006
Eric Bentley New Play Competition
ORGANIC MOVEMENT OF THE CHAIR AND PITCHER
By Tim McPeek
Previous years featured a brand new play that explores the boundaries of theatricality and/or gender for its World Premiere at the New Phoenix.
Tim McPeek's exploration of eroticism and representation in the work of Egon Schiele
[Image Credit: Egon Schiele
Nu assis avec un bandeau bleu
(Sitting Nude with Blue Headband), 1912,
Editions Hazan, Paris
Winner of the 2006/2007
Eric Bentley New Play Competition
EMBODY
By Lauren Gunderson
Previous years featured a brand new play that explores the boundaries of theatricality and/or gender for its World Premiere at the New Phoenix.
Lauren Gunderson's new drama was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's trial for sodomy.