delilah.

Written by Len Cuthbert


Selected from over 450 entries, delilah. premiered March 29, 2011 as a 10-minute play at a public reading by Rising Sun Performance Company in New York City. After audience and company voting, it went on to be produced with five other plays July 7-23 at the off-off-broadway theatre, The Red Room. The play was also produced at The London One Act Festival (winning top People's Choice Award), the InspiraTO Festival in Toronto (People's Choice), BoxFest Detroit, and two others.

In January 2012, a Theatre Creator's Reserve Grant was awarded to Len Cuthbert by the Ontario Arts Council, recommended by The Grand Theatre, London, to write delilah. to a full length script. As part of the process, a 60-minute version was first written and directed by Len Cuthbert and performed at a Fundraising Event on May 30 and then 6 times at The London Fringe Festival in June to raving media reviews. delilah. was nominated for three Beat Magazine DISH Awards (Best Original Script, Best Director - Drama, Best Drama) and a Brickenden Award (Original Script) for the June 2012 production.

From the experience and responses of these productions, the full length play was completed and premiered in London, April 3-6, 2013, again to great audience response and media review.


History of Original 10-Minute Version
March 29, 2011 Rising Sun Performance Co., NYC
** Selected from 450 entries for an off-off-Broadway Public Reading
April 26 & 29, 2011

London One Act Festival, London, ON

** 2 Performances
** People's Choice Award
** Outstanding Actress Award (Tammy Vink)
** Beat Magazine DISH Award Nominee: Outstanding Original Script
June 3-12, 2011: InspiraTO Festival, Toronto, ON
** 6 Performances
** People's Choice Award
July 7-23, 2011

Rising Sun Performance Co., NYC

** 9 OOB Performances
August 5-20, 2011 Boxfest Detroit, Detroit, MI
** 4 Performances
January 13 & 21, 2012 Acme Theater, Maynard, MA
** 2 Performances
May 11-13 & 18-20, 2012 Blue Slipper Theatre, Montana
** 6 Performances
2012 Minnesota Shorts Festival of Plays
** Semi-Finalist
   
History of Original 60-Minute Version
May 30, 2012 McManus Theatre (Fundraiser Event), London, ON
June 6-17, 2012 McManus Theatre (Fringe Festival), London, ON
** 6 Performances
** Brickenden Award Best Original Script Nomination
** Beat Magazine DISH Award Nominee: Best Original Script
** Beat Magazine DISH Award Nominee: Best Drama
** Beat Magazine DISH Award Nominee: Best Director
 
History of Original 2-Act Version
April 3-6, 2013 YFCLondon Youth Centre Theatre, London, ON
** 4 Performances
2014

True Stages Theatre Company, NY, NY
Winner of Playwriting Contest.

October 31, 2014

Scratch Scripts, Gatton Community Theatre, UK
Scene performed

June 2016

Lunch Box Theatre, Calgary, AB
Short Listed for Public Reading


Ontario Arts Council
Len Cuthbert gratefully acknowleges the support of the development of this script by the Ontario Arts Council
London Arts Council The London Arts Council was a supporter of the 2012 60-minute Fringe Festival Production and the 2013 Independent 2-Act Production.