Our Mission:
Lake Tahoe's Only One-Act Play Competition & Staged Reading Event
Our vision for WordWave is to host an annual cultural event at beautiful Lake Tahoe in a setting that honors Lake Tahoe's rich history. Every culture uses story to entertain, educate, preserve traditions, and connect. The underlying principle of WordWave is that stories—in song, theater, oral tradition, and books—change lives. WordWave provides a venue for locals and visitors to share their stories and validate their creativity, an annual gathering where anyone can come, create, and be inspired by our lake.
WordWave features an annual one-act play writing competition that opens in spring and running through summer that culminates in a winners’ event on September 11, 2022 at 7:30pm. Three submissions will be selected each year as the winners and each winner will receive cash prize and be offered a 2-night stay in South Lake Tahoe to see their work directed and produced as a staged reading at the historic Valhalla Boathouse Theatre.
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From The Committee
Cultivating a Space For Creative Ideas
We feel that theater is essential in our culture and in helping people share experiences and create connections. Theater brings us together to laugh, to cry, and to engage in stories of being human. We created this event for new playwrights to showcase their creativity and to see their work on a real stage; for directors & actors to perform new work and meet new talent; and for theater lovers to experience the joys of theater with an evening of entertainment and discovery. Creating a dialogue between new playwrights, directors, actors, and audience members allows all four to become more invested in the power of creativity, specifically in the joy of theater. We hope you will become a part of this incredible event, whether you are a playwright, a director, an actor, or an audience member. Support theater in South Lake Tahoe.