are new works and adaptations
but all for our genre of theatre.
Last year we had 26 of the 50
states represented and work
from six countries. From all of
the submissions we select four.
We give two readings - one in
the fall and one in the spring.
And then we select one of those
and give it a fully mounted Eq-
uity production; that’s the prize
itself. This winner came from
Alberta, Canada.”
In Boy Sees Flying Saucer,
Bobby Radcliffe is sure he has
lost his brand-new bicycle. Af-
ter his parents go out for the
evening, he is left with his sister
and instructions from his father
to “make sure the bike is found
and in the garage” before Bob-
by goes to bed. Frustrated that
he can’t find his bike, he returns
home and decides to tell a lie
to his gullible sister; “A flying
saucer came down and took my
bike.” Half believing what he
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says, she asks him for details of
how it happened – and a story
starts to develop. The sister runs
to the phone to tell her best
friend what Bobby just told her.
The best friend tells her father
who is the town Sheriff and tells
her he is coming over to the
house.
“The story just grows and
grows,” continued Fredericks.
“The national media gets in-
volved and he becomes very
popular in school because he’s
had this experience. It’s just one
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