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The David Mamet Write-Alike Contest
'Mametspeak,' 'Mametian,' yes, David Mamet is such a unique playwright, he's inspired his own vocabulary words. Now, as part of Goodman Theatre's upcoming David Mamet Festival, we invite you to walk a mile in this great Chicagoan's shoes by writing a Mamet play of your very own.
Open to all Chicagoland writers, entries will be judged by members of Goodman's artistic staff, and the winning scripts will receive a public staged reading during the run of the Mamet Festival. Winners will also receive valuable prizes, including free tickets to our production of Mamet's A Life in the Theatre, directed by Robert Falls, a Lettuce Entertain You ® restaurant gift certificate and handsome Mamet Festival t-shirts!
Click here for more information on the David Mamet Festival.
The Goodman is proud to announce the 10 finalists for the Goodman's David Mamet Write-Alike Contest!
Please join us for the SpeakEasy on Thursday, April 6 beginning at 8:30pm, and then the Mamet Slam! on Friday, April 21 - honoring these great submissions. Click here for details on the SpeakEasy and the Mamet Slam.
The Finalists:
- David Mamet's Annie
- by Marjorie Gustafson
- Keep Twenty
- by Kalena Victoria Dickerson
- House Of Cakes
- by Robert Georgalas
- David Mamet's Our Town
- by Scott Fenstermaker
- The Plebeian Decimal
- by Dennis Gordon
- Glengarry Glen Oz
- by Kenneth Green
- American Buffalo
- by Amanda Martinez
- My Fair Oleanna
- by Robert Costello
- Cut Out Of The Action
- by Penny Penniston
- The Tragedy of Mamlet
- by Brad Lawrence
Honorable Mention: Mametogram by Randy Gener