DAC Play Contest seeking submissions
The Durango Arts Center invites emerging and professional playwrights to submit works to its fourth annual 10-Minute Play Contest. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 13.
Submissions will be judged, and the top five will be performed in staged readings in the spring. The contest will culminate with the 10-Minute Play festival –featuring the finalists and winners staged in full productions – in the fall of 2015.
For contest guidelines, rules and a schedule, visit www.durangoarts.org. For information specific to the contest, email Theresa Carson at theresa@durangoarts.org or call her at 259-2606, ext. 17.
Telluride Bluegrass releases initial lineup
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival released the initial lineup for its 2015 festival, which will take place June 18-21 in Telluride Town Park.
The lineup features collaborations of Ry Cooder, Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs, Grammy-winning country singer Kacey Musgraves and the John Butler Trio.
Joining those acts are Trampled By Turtles, the Telluride House Band, Yonder Mountain String Band, Lake Street Dive, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Leftover Salmon, Punch Brothers, Hot Rize, Greensky Bluegrass, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Jerry Douglas Band, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer, Rhiannon Giddens, Rock my Soul featuring the Fairfield Four & The McCrary Sisters, Lau, Noam Pikelny & Stuart Duncan, Trout Steak Revival and Telluride Troubadour and Band contest acts.
Single-day tickets for Thursday and Sunday of the festival – as well as camping – are still available at www.shopbluegrass.com.
Herald staff
