Actor member Doug Rossi performs in Chekov's THE BEAR, part of Classically Skewed an evening of short plays by Sweetness and Light Productions

July 9 - 19, 2009
Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios
244 W. 54th St., 12th Fl, btwn Broadway & 8th Ave

web site

Create Ur Life LLC, the essential film acting workshop, taught by Tom Brangle will be holding its first Equity showcase this Fall at the Richmond Shepard Theatre.

The premier production entitled "The Create Ur Life Halloween One Act Festival" will be directed by Create Ur Life co-creator Anna Foss Wilson (star of Diane Paulus' The Donkey Show and director of last summer's Off-Off-Broadway hit Pick Me, Choose Me, Love Me).

The Create Ur Life Halloween One Act Festival will feature 3 one-act plays performed by Create Ur Life members.

Create Ur Life is seeking submissions for original Halloween-themed One-Act plays.

Maximum page number is 25.

Spooky, macabre, scary, creepy, evil, horror, comedic and dramatic themes are all encouraged.

There is no submission fee and this is a great opportunity for a playwright and their work to gain some exposure.

Writers should be ready to workshop their piece with the director and actors.

Submission deadline: August 1st
Submit to: CreateUrLife@gmail.com

Create Ur Life: Acting for Film is an on-camera acting class, but it's taught in a nurturing
environment by working actors. Most film acting classes are taught by casting directors, managers, and agents, so you always feel like you have to be "on" and you don't get to learn proper film acting technique. You also aren't able to make the mistakes needed to learn who you are as an actor on film. This class allows you to do just that and, most importantly, discover what Tom calls your
personal charisma. Create Ur Life gives you tools, so that when it’s time to walk in to an audition, or go on to a set, not only are you comfortable and ready, but you have the confidence to stand out.

Visit us on the web at createurlife.org

TheNEST is now seeking new full-length plays for our 2009-10 reading series. In addition to giving playwrights a venue in which to develop new work, plays from the reading series may become fully produced mainstage productions.

For consideration, please email a PDF version of your full-length play to Mark Cajigao at submissions@thenestnyc.org.

TheNEST is a Harlem-based nonprofit theater company committed to the development of contemporary and innovative theater. We are dedicated to playing an active role in the artistic education and expression of the community through progressive youth programs that foster the next generation of theater practitioners.

www.thenestnyc.org

The New England Vintage Film Society, Inc., a 501c3 Massachusetts charitable educational corporation, (www.nevintagefilm.org) is planning another book project, another compilation of essays.

Our recent book project, Spencer Tracy, Fox Film Actor: The Pre-Code Legacy of a Hollywood Legend (www.spencertracyfoxfilmactor.com) endorsed by TCM's Robert Osborne officially launched in January. It is available on amazon, barnes and noble, borders, xlibris.com and will soon be in all bookstores through Ingram.

We have researched the subject of 1920's & 1930's stage and vaudeville actors who later became film actors after silent films became talkies -- actors and performers who made the jump from stage to talking pictures.

We looking for numerous essays on this subject. The essays can focus on one star, i.e. Ethel, Lionel or John Barrymore, or more than one, a team, several or many.

All essays should incorporate several topics: the Golden Age of Theatre, the end of the Silent Era/Rise of Talkies, American cultural, political, economic, social, moral, technological issues, etc.

Essays should range from 750 - 7500+ words. Payment is with byline. Deadline for submission is March 2010. We need a dozen essays. We already have commitments for a fourteen essays.

If you know anyone who'd be interested, email the Executive Director, Brenda Loew, for more info or with your proposal.

For the past eight years, the Political Theatre Festival has been the highlight of our season, showcasing the talent of national playwrights and spreading awareness about contemporary Latino issues. This year's festival theme, “Across the Divide,” will explore the geographical divide between the United States and Latin America as well as the infamous “gender divide.” We are therefore looking for plays that pertain to Latino immigration and/or Latina women's issues. We ask that submissions call for minimal set, a maximum of three actors and run 15 – 45 minutes in length.

To submit electronically, please e-mail a copy of your play to al@teatrodelpueblo.org with “PTF 2010 Play Submission” in the subject line.

You may also mail a hard copy of your play to:
Teatro del Pueblo
PTF 2010 Play Submission
209 Page Street W. #213
St. Paul, MN 55107

All submissions must be postmarked no later than September 15th, 2009. There is no submission fee. Previously produced plays are fine, as long as they have not been staged in the Midwest in the past five years.

Videos for the Monologue Project coming soon - read more about the Project here.

NYCPlaywrights meetings are now on hiatus. We will be meeting again in September. The dates/location will be posted here soon.

And this web site will still remain active with postings of writers opportunities, videos etc. including upcoming videos of the winners of the Monologue Project.

The Valley Repertory Company (Enfield, CT, www.valleyrep.com) is seeking scripts for its first LabWorks Fifteen-Minute New Play Contest. Twelve plays will be chosen to be produced as part of LabWorks 2010, where the audience will vote for their favorite play. Please visit us at www.valleyrep.com for more details and full submission requirements.

Writer member Walter Thinnes's play MYFACESPACEBOOK.COM is part of the Shortened Attention Span One-Act Play Festival this weekend in the Players Theatre Loft at 115 MacDougal Street. Tickets are $18 at the door (though they often sell out ahead of time) or at www.theatremania.com (search for Shortened Attention Span Festival and pick the correct weekend). Shows are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00p and Sunday at 3:00p. Walter also performs in the play.

NYCPlaywrights actor member Mike Giorgio writes...

I recently completed a month long run of a Steven Dietz play titled More Fun Than Bowling at 12 Miles West Theater Company in Madison, NJ. In an effort to boost ticket sales on Thursdays, a traditionally slow night, we began the practice of combining 2-for-1 tickets with a post show talkback. After one particular Thursday Q&A, a gentleman none of our company had known previously approached me and remarked "You look very familiar.....did I see you doing a monologue on a website for a group called NYC Playwrights?" I confirmed that it was indeed me. I further said that I was very impressed and happy that people were finding the site and choosing to explore it further!

The moral of the story is twofold: Technology today is virtually erasing the chasms in local, and even global communication in the click of a mouse, making your impact immediate and far reaching. However, whatever you choose to put out there in the endless cyberworld had better be good! You just never never know who may be watching! :)

watch Mike's performance of Peter Nicholl's monologue A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO here...

flour city theatre company currently accepting submissions for September 2009 production, "Rochester Stories."

Whether you live in the Rochester area or not, we are looking for stories set in, or are about, Rochester, New York. Think George Eastman and Kodak, Frederick Douglass, The Flower City, Abolitionists, the Underground Railroad, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mount Hope Cemetery, Susan B. Anthony, Red Hots, and Rochester Red Wings, to name a few.

Submit by August 1, 2009:

~ for playwrights: short plays 5 - 8 minutes; plays longer than 8 pages will not be read. All submissions should be sent via email.

~ for choreographers, composers, musicians, photographers, painters, performance artists and filmmakers: submit a specific work for consideration on DVD, VHS, CD or link to a YouTube site.

Submissions may be sent via email to: flourcitytheatre@gmail.com
or via snail mail to:

flour city theatre company
attn: Mark Witteveen
459 Rockingham Street
Rochester, NY 14620

A small honorarium will be given to produced artists.
To learn more about us, visit our website at www.flourcitytheatre.org

The following pieces have been selected for the NYCPlaywrights' Monologue Project. These pieces will be videotaped and posted to the NYCPlaywrights' section of Youtube, and to this web site. We received over 100 submissions - thanks to everybody who sent work. Unfortunately we don't have the resources to videotape all 100+ monologues.

We will be recording and posting the videos in the next month or so, about 2 per week.

Special thanks to NYCPlaywrights members Leigh Harbin and Wayne Paul Mattingly for being primary judges for the submitted work.

Congratulations to all the selected writers.

==== SELECTED WORKS =====

BRICKLAYER
by Arthur M. Jolly

CAREGIVER'S RESUME
by Dwyer Jones

CORNER
by Meny Beriro

HANGUPS
by Alex Dremann

I WAS LOST
by Blake Hackler

MAKE BELIEVE
by Kimberly Prosa

MOTHER MARTYRDOM
by Charissa Richters

MOTHER'S DAY
by Chris Shaw Swanson

MRS. ROSENFIELD SPEAKS
by Cat Bistransin

WHO GETS KILLED?
by Alex Broun

Submissions now accepted for 2010 Festival competition!

Discovering New Mysteries is now accepting submissions of original plays, screenplays, teleplays, and short stories for both adult and youth audiences. Deadline for submissions is August 30, 2009. A panel of professional readers will blindly review the submissions and narrow the field to the final mysteries, who- dunnits, cops-n-robbers, courtroom dramas, thrillers, suspense or adventures.

The festival finalists will be personally notified by January 2010 with national press coverage of the finalists’ performances to be released shortly thereafter.

FESTIVAL DATES ARE: JUNE 17 – JUNE 27, 2010

The International Mystery Writers’ Festival awards are named for Oscar, Tony & Emmy Award winning star ANGELA LANSBURY. The "Angie Awards", will be presented in the following key categories:

BEST NEW WORK, plus a $10,000 prize
MOST PROMISING NEW WRITER, plus a $5,000 prize
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY or TELEPLAY, plus a $2,500.00 prize
BEST WORK FOR YOUNG ADULTS (ages 12-18), plus $1,000
BEST SHORT MYSTERY PLAY (1-Act plays, short screenplay, short story), plus $1,000

THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE FOR SUBMISSIONS!

Nearly $20,000 in cash prizes for winners + prestigious Angie Awards

Send FULL SCRIPT Submissions with a separate cover page with author information to:

"Discovering New Mysteries" at RiverPark
Attn: Kimberly Johnson,
Festival Coordinator
101 Daviess Street
Owensboro, KY 42302

Please do not list the author's name or contact information on script pages or title page.

http://www.newmysteries.org/submission_guidelines/

Deadline: Post Marked by August 31, 2009

One-Act Plays; number of copies 2

Must be unproduced in LA area, production in another area okay.

Notification of semi-finalists only.

Please Submit: Full script, typed and securely bound; no contact info on script/separate title page with contact info; Character breakdown and set requirements; SASP for acknowledgment if desired; Don't include SASE, scripts will NOT be returned.

Plays with simple staging requirements are favored, but we are willing to consider any quality writing. We are looking for plays with a running time of fifteen minutes or less. Plays that run over twenty minutes will NOT be considered.

All plays chosen will be cast from our resident company of actors. If you wish to see the company, please see our website, but we are acquiring new actors on a regular basis, so the actors available for next year's festival may be different.

Circus Theatricals was founded by Jack Stehlin in 1983. His philosophy on one-acts and the pieces which have done the best in the past are simple plays designed to dramatize a single and profound idea about humanity. We gravitate more to plays about people than about politics. We are looking for a piece of theatre which will resonate with the audience tomorrow and ten years from tomorrow.

Our company is in residence at the Odyssey Theatre, but we have produced plays at several theaters across Los Angeles. Circus Theatricals has garnered awards and nominations from the LA Drama Critics Circle, Back Stage West, the LA Weekly, LA Stage Alliance Ovations, and Dramalogue.

Please log onto our website for further information and to check out our current one-act festival, which is being performed through the month of June at the LEX Theatre in Hollywood.

Joe Bays, Literary Coordinator
PO Box 586
Culver City, CA 90232

www.circustheatricals.com

Now accepting submissions from emerging young playwrights. We are seeking the dangerous, the provocative, the sexy, the funny, the horrifying, the tense, the ORIGINAL.

Submissions should be of new works, 2-5 characters, 1-2 hours long. Otherwise, send us your wildest stuff.

The Confederates were founded on the principles of developing new process-oriented, forward-looking theater in New York City. We believe in the art of story telling, in collaborating with new young artists in the pursuit of creating dangerous, provocative plays that will stretch the skills of the artists and challenge audiences.

The Confederates Theatre Company
56-21 43 AVE 1FL
Woodside, NY 11377

Contact Matthew Boyce, Tom Bonner
ConfederatesTheatre@gmail.com

Thanks to everybody who submitted monologues for the NYCPlaywrights Worldwide Monologue project. We received over a hundred monologues and will be selecting our 10 favorites to be performed and videotaped by actor members of NYCPlaywrights (or invited guest actors.)

We will be announcing the winners on June 7 and posting the monologue performances in the weeks following.

Thespian Production is looking for Actors/Actresses, directors and playwrights for an upcoming showcase. We are accepting original scripts for our upcoming One Act showcase in late August 2009.

Playwrights

The guidelines for this showcase is as follows;

Plays can be of any subject and style but no longer than 20 minutes in length.
Plays must be One Acts and not previously produced in NYC.
Please include a brief synopsis of your play.
Only one submission per playwright per showcase, so please submit your best work. Be sure to include your name, address, phone number and email on the title page.
Please email submissions to: chelsea.spears9@gmail.com

Please put ‘One Act Showcase’ in the subject field of your email.


Please visit our website http://www.thespianproduction.com for more information about us and our previous productions.

Directors

Directors interested in participating in this showcase may send their resumes to the same email address above.

Actors/Actresses

Actors/Actresses please include your headshot, and theatre resume. (Non-equity actors only.)

If your prefer to mail it, please send to;

One Acts Showcase
C/O Rivera
PO Box 737
New York NY 10274


Include a SASE if you would like your script returned.

The submission dates for scripts is June 2, 2009 - June 19, 2009.

There is no submission fee and no pay for this showcase. You will have the exposure of having your work produced.

The University Performing Arts department of William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ announces their annual NJ Playwrights Contest. This project helps bring new playwrights and their work into focus in the community, the region and the state of New Jersey. The competition has two phases. First, three plays or musicals will be selected for staged-readings in the fall of 2009 from all entries received by June 25, 2009. Each of these finalists will receive a honorarium. Second, one of these finalists will receive a production in June, 2010 in the Hunziker Black Box Theatre, a flexible space that can accommodate any production concept. Compensation for the winner is commensurate with the level of participation. This contest is open to New Jersey residents only. Submissions should include: a cover letter, stating availability of the author for fall 2009 and the performance history of the play; a one-page synopsis of the play; and a resume of the playwright.

Submissions should be emailed to TheatreSeries@WPUNJ.edu or mailed to Theatre Series, H 105-B, 300 Pompton Rd., William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, 07470.

NO PLAYS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME. Requests for scripts & music and author interviews will be arranged later this summer.

Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA is happy to accept submissions of new full-length and one-act plays directly from artists as well as from talent representatives.
To submit a new play for production consideration, please follow the guidelines below.
We accept up to three scripts (total) from any writer during the submission window.
Submission window:

April 1 - June 1, 2008
Enclose:

One copy of the script

Character breakdown including age range, gender and other defining characteristics of each character

The play's production history (if any)

Artist's resume or bio

Artist's complete contact information, including name, address, telephone and email

If you would like acknowledgement that your script has been received, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard.

NOTE: Only scripts that have not premiered in Los Angeles will be considered. You will be notified only if your script is selected. We are unable to return scripts at this time.
Send to:

Literary Department
Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA
137 North Larchmont Boulevard, #134
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Little Bird's Festival of Original One Acts seeks plays.

We have already been reading some fantastic plays -- and we are still seeking more. Our final deadline for this season's play submissions is: July 1st. So... please tell your friends and friends of friends and whomever you know who is a great writer and/or director.

We are also looking for beautiful, evocative music and art work/photography for our show. So -- feel free to submit away!!! And to send people our way for their music and art as well.

We are also seeking excellent directors

Our show dates are: October 1st-4th, 8th-11th, and 15th-18th!!!

Please send all submissions to: littlebirdproduction@yahoo.com and please cc: lulu@gmail.com and kierenv@gmail.com

Writer member C.J. Ehrlich's play SECONDHAND GIFTS will be part of the Rapscallion Theatre Collective's Third Annual "Salute UR Shorts" New Play Festival, with five performances running from May 28-May 31 at the Access Theatre, 380 Broadway.

Performance Schedule:
Thursday, May 28th at 8pm
Friday, May 29 at 8pm
Saturday, May 30 at 3pm and 8pm
Sunday, May 31 at 3pm

Tickets - $18 www.Smarttix.com or (212) 868-4444

http://www.rapscalliontheatrecollective.com/pastproductions_2009.html#shorts

Member N. G. McClernan's adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's JANE EYRE will be performed July 17 - August 4 in Manhattan. More information

Actor member Mike Giorgio performs in 12 Miles West Theatre Company's production of MORE FUN THAN BOWLING by Steven Dietz
May 14 - June 7
Thurs. - Sat. @ 8PM & Sun. @ 3PM
Tickets are $26 General Admission/$21 Students & Seniors
Thursdays are B1/G1 followed by a talkback with the cast.
Thurs., May 14: Preview all tickets $15
Fri., May 15: Meet the Artists series reception follows the show
Sun., May 24: Audio Description
12 Miles West web site

Producer who works with the Theaters at 45 Bleecker St. looking for a playwright to create a play from source material....letters written by a husband and wife during world war II. There are over 1,000 pages of letters, that are now typed and in sequence order. The characters are strong and the material is full of conflict and has a strong spine. The piece will be produced by the Theaters at 45 Bleecker St. for an extended run and will also tour regionally. The Director will be a Drama Desk Nominee who has worked extensively with Manhattan Theater Club and Broadway productions. There will also be a musical director (tho the play is not anticipated to be a musical...more a play with music) who has worked extensively in professional theater and has directed internationally both opera, musical theater and cabaret).

Please send resume including education, workshop participation, biographical information.

Also helpful: Any experience working with material from the WWII time period, especially knowledgable about the Irish and Italian American immigrant experience from that period.

Financial compensation will be negotiated.

Email materials to Joan Slavin at JoanSlavin@aol.com

The Movement Theatre Company (TMTC) is looking for submissions for its fall 2009 Elevator Reading Series located in NYC.

The Elevator Reading Series is designed to nurture playwrights interested in creating new representations of artists of color in the arts and the media. By paring a playwright with a director and actors, TMTC aims to forge the dialogue between playwright and director to continue the development of new work.

We are looking for submissions from playwrights from all backgrounds and ethnicities, whose work continues to explore themes of race, class, culture, identity, politics, family, in this ever changing and diverse world. We are looking for non-published one-acts, full length plays and short plays.

Submission deadline is June 14, 2009.

To submit a piece, please email a copy of the play, artist's resume, and application (found @ www.themovementtheatrecompany.org) to themovementtheatrec@gmail.com, subject titled: ELEVATOR 2009.

For more information about TMTC, our mission and the 2009 Elevator Reading Series Application please visit our website at themovementtheatrecompany.org

NYCPlaywrights announces its Worldwide Monologue Project.

We are seeking your original one-page monologue. We will select our ten favorite from all submissions to be performed by NYCPlaywrights' actors (or invited guest actor), videotape the performances and publish them to Youtube and to this web site - with full credit for you, web site links, etc.

Monologues are commonly used for actor auditions, but they are works of art in their own right. Even if you don't consider yourself a writer, you might want to tell your story through a monologue.

Submission rules

• Anybody in the world is eligible - you don't have to be a member of NYCPlaywrights.
  
  
• There is no payment associated with this project - no submission fee and no money given for the use of a monologue.
  
  
• The monologue must be in English.
  
  
• The monologue you send has to be able to fit on one standard 8.5 x 11 page - figure on about 450 words, with single spacing and standard 1 inch margins.
  
  
• Limit of no more than 3 monologues per person.
  
  
• Make sure you include your name, contact information and copyright on your monologue submission.
  
  
• Submissions must be sent by email - send to info@nycplaywrights.org.
  
  
• Please send the monologue in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word (.doc), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) or a text file (.txt) as an attachment to your email.
  
  
• Please put the words "NYCPlaywrights monologue project" in the subject line of your email.
  
  
• Deadline is June 1, 2009.
  

To get an idea of what the video of the monologue will look like, see the taped NYCPlaywrights members monologues, as part of our members-only project here: http://www.nycplaywrights.org/monologues

Shepard Productions is accepting submissions of original plays for possible future productions.

Shepard Productions is looking for cutting edge new plays about the life of teenagers. No matter how controversial or revealing. Shepard Productions is looking for Sex, Drugs, and/or Rock n Roll.

Submitted plays should be between one and two hours in length, and must have a teenager as a leading character.

Plays may have had prior readings and workshops, but must never have had a professional production.

To Submit a play, please email to ShepardProductions@gmail.com your script and, in a separate file, a cover letter, including your contact information, the title of the play, a brief description of the piece.

TOO FAR AWAY TO ATTEND NYCPLAYWRIGHTS MEETINGS?
Consider a Worldwide Writer membership - we will videotape a reading of your work for you, (and post an excerpt to youtube and our web site, with your permission) and give you feedback about the piece. For more information check out the Membership Page.

Fulton Theatre. The Discovery Project New Play Contest:

The National Historic Landmark Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is announcing a new initiative, The Discovery Project, a biennial contest to find and produce new full-length plays. The winning entry will receive a workshop performance during the theatre's 2009-10 season followed by a full Equity production on the Fulton's main stage during its 2010-11 season. Two runners-up will receive readings in 10-11.

Contest Guidelines:

1. Scripts previously produced are NOT eligible.
2. Scripts must NOT be committed to publication at the time of submission.
3. Scripts should NOT have representation.
4. If the play is an adaptation or dramatization, written proof must be provided that the original work is in public domain or that the permission of the holder of the copyright has been granted.
5. Musicals are welcomed, but submission should include a CD of the songs.
6. Only ONE submission per playwright is accepted.
7. There is NO fee for submission.
8. We regret that scripts cannot be returned.
9. Any future production or publication of the winning play will recognize the Fulton's Discovery Project New Play Contest and the theatre's premiere production of the work.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Manuscripts must be typed and securely bound with the title clearly visible. NO electronic submissions.
2. Author's name must NOT appear in any manner on the bound manuscript.
3. Submit two (2) copies of the manuscript and one (1) completed entry form. Both copies of the manuscript MUST include a brief synopsis and a cast list. The synopsis should be no more than one double-spaced page and should include:
a. an estimate of the play's running time
b. list of unusual effects or technical requirements
c. list of characters, noting age and sex (and possible doubling)
4. Supporting materials should NOT accompany the submission.
5. Enclose a self-addressed stamped postcard if you wish confirmation of receipt of your script.
6. Send the two copies of the manuscript along with the entry form below (or found on the Fulton Theatre website) to:
Discovery Project New Play Contest
Fulton Theatre
12 North Prince Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Att'n: Artistic Director Marc Robin

Deadlines:

1. Submissions must be received by June 15, 2009. We recommend using United Parcel Service or Federal Express for ease in tracking. Late submissions will NOT be accepted.
2. Winners will be contacted in October 2009.
3. Submissions not following the guidelines will be considered ineligible.

Questions? Please address inquiries to Barry Kornhauser at Bkornhauser@thefulton.org.
All of this information, including the Entry Form, can also be found on the Fulton's website: www.fultontheatre.org.

1. Short new plays (no more that 15 minutes, less is fine) that are easily staged and have casts with no more than four people. Our theater is very small and we normally use a minimal set concept in this festival. We have to be able to change sets in just a few minutes as we do six to seven plays each evening of the festival. We don't have space for large casts.

2. We request new work. A play that has had workshops or one or two previous productions is OK, but we are not interested in work that has been produced in numerous other places. Our goal in building the theater was to have a place to produce brand new work and let playwrights have a chance to see their work done for the first time.

3. We seek complete plays rather than excerpts from a larger work.

4. Work will be chosen by the directors we have in the festival. It is not a "contest" and we are not really judging plays in the formal sense. The directors choose the plays we will produce, within the production budget guidelines we give them.

5. Most subject matter is OK. We don't mind controversial issues, etc., but we don't do nudity.

6. We ask that all submissions be sent to us via snail mail at the theater. Address is: North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe, 2031 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92104, Attn Summer Golden, Artistic Director. Please insure submissions have a title page with complete contact information, a character summary, and are in proper script form. There is no charge to enter.

7. Submissions must be postmarked by June 30, 2009.

8. Send only one script. Multiple submissions do not increase chances of production.

General information:

We are trying to support new work and involve actors, playwrights, and directors of all experience levels. We have had a wide variety of artists involved from very experienced to first time directors and actors, to an 8 year old playwright (very short, well received play). We feel having a wide range of experience involved helps the new people learn from the more experienced.

We really appreciate your interest in our theater.

Jeff Bushnell and Summer Golden
North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe
2031 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92104
http://www.northparkvaudeville.com

HighTide is open for play submissions for HighTide 2010.

HighTide are looking for new full-length scripts from emerging writers.

Writers may submit one unproduced, unpublished full-length play. There is no restriction on subject matter.

HighTide welcome international scripts, written in English, on the basis that all selected writers are available in the UK for the dramaturgy, rehearsal and production period from November 2009 to May 2010.

The play should be sent to the address below, and must have a title page with author's name, address and telephone number. Scripts will not be returned.

The play must also be emailed to scripts@hightide.org.uk Please enter your name and title of script in the subject line.

Submission deadline: 31st July 2009.

Please send all submissions to:

HighTide
24a St John Street
London EC1M 4AY

The Festival 2010 season will be announced in January 2010.

web site

Move over Dougie Howser - NYCPlaywrights actor member Nick Fondulis is now a doctor on the NBC series Mercy

Watch him get yelled at by the head nurse here.

At least she doesn't sock him like that Kings guy!

The Global Age Project (GAP) is Aurora Theatre Company's annual festival celebrating fresh forward-looking visions of global
significance. The festival provides a development opportunity for
plays that explore the world as it is, and as it might be, at the dawn of this Global Age. Themes that have appeared in the work of past winners include the environment, childcare, automation, cloning, life-span, family, currency, communications, business, politics, spirituality, warfare and entertainment, but are not limited to these. Plays may be comedic or serious, and experimentation with innovative forms of theatrical storytelling is also encouraged.

Submissions will culminate in a four-week festival of staged readings in the spring of 2010. Four scripts will be selected with the potential of a full production the following season.

Remuneration: $1,000, reading, travel and housing for playwrights outside the Bay Area, possible production.

Submission: ONE unproduced play per playwright, per year. We will accept the first submission only - anything submitted afterwards will be discarded without consideration.

Length: any length.

Styles: all styles.

Origin: Currently accepting scripts from USA, Canada and Mexico

Language: Must be written in English, and submitted by the original author - no translations, please.

Subjects: Pertaining to the future state of the global community.

Deadline: August 15th, 2009

Response: February, 2010

http://www.auroratheatre.org/gap.php

"Stephanie's Mom" part of the NYCPlaywrights monologue project, performed by Phoebe Summersquash

There are people out there who will tell you if they don't like your play, often in very harsh terms. Sometimes it seems as if they weren't even paying attention to your play, getting details wrong, harboring preconceived notions, wrong-headed ideas. Sometimes they are petty. Sometimes they seem needlessly biting and sarcastic.

These people are called "theatre critics."

And if they work for a large media organization like the NYTimes, they can make or break your play.

The reason that NYCPlaywrights does not tightly control post-reading feedback, and does not force the audience to only give feedback deemed to have sufficient "clarity and care" is because this is not what the real world of the theatre is about. And those who are serious about writing plays understand this. Those who do not have what it takes to write plays are the ones who most often take offense at "negative" feedback.

There is a place where you can go to learn the basics of playwriting with plenty of constructive criticism - that place is called "a play writing course." NYCPlaywrights is not a play writing course. It is a service which allows writers to hear their work read aloud in order to discover what is not working. And if the writer asks for feedback after a reading, it is presumably because they want to know what is not working for the audience.

But NYCPlaywrights is unique among writers groups in Manhattan because it does not place emphasis on verbal feedback. And because of this, its mission is often not understood - it is assumed that it is like every other group in the city, where the entire point of a reading is for the audience to give verbal feedback. Other groups are run by meeting facilitators who try to create the appearance of an audience consensus about a play during feedback - saying "we think this" and "we felt that" - which actually decreases the likelihood of honest feedback from individuals in the audience.

Politicians constantly seek consensus. Artists seek the Truth.

Thanks to NYCPlaywrights member Leigh Harbin for all those delicious brownies she's baked for the group...

Thanks to actor member Alan Brown for the wine he's donated to meetings and fundraisers

Thanks to Guy Bitetto for running the ticket booth for the latest NYCPlaywrights fundraiser.

Actor member Valerie David performs an original monologue she wrote called Fluffer Nutter at the Cornelia Cafe
Time: 6 p.m. Price is $7 includes a drink

Watch Valerie sing DaiYeNu in "How I Became That Jewish Guy"

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Playwriting Competition Rules

1. There is no restriction as to theme or genre for the competition.

2. The competition is open to any playwright, but only one play per playwright may be entered per year.

3. Entries must be original, full-length plays. They also may be co-authored, based upon factual material or an adaptation. The legal clearance of materials not in the public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.

4. Musicals, one-act plays, and works previously entered in playwriting competitions sponsored by Northern Michigan University are ineligible.

5. Submission is restricted to plays that have not been previously produced or published.

6. No revisions will be accepted once a script has been submitted.

7. Scripts must be securely bound within a notebook, cover or folder and clearly identified. All entries must be accompanied with a synopsis, unbound from the script, of no more than one page. Scripts bound with staples or fasteners are not acceptable. They must be either typewritten or word processed. Entries not meeting these criteria will be disqualified.

8. The window for submitting entries opens on August 15. Entries must be received no later than October 31. The Winner will be announced on or about April 25.

9. Northern Michigan University reserves the right to accept or reject any play entered in the contest.

10. No written or oral critique will be given on plays submitted.

11. If the play is among the finalists, the author will, upon request, provide additional copies for the panel.

12. Each script must be accompanied with a stamped, self-addressed envelope and a 3 X 5" index card with:

Name
Address
City, State & ZIP
Area Code & Phone Number
E-mail Address
TITLE OF PLAY

Index card should be paper-clipped to the script!

IMPORTANT:

13. Entries not accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage will not be returned.

14. All entries will be handled with extreme care, but Northern Michigan University cannot assume responsibility for lost or damaged scripts. It is suggested that playwrights retain copies of their scripts.

15. A list of the finalists and the winner is available upon request by enclosing a self-addressed stamped envelope.

found on the En Avant Playwrights web site

Dragon Lady Players a One-Act play production company in Syracuse, NY is
seeking One-Act plays of all genres.
We are seeking plays 10-45 mins in length.
Plays with a wide range of ages and roles for middle aged actors are great.
Roles for middle aged women a real plus.
NO ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS Snail Mail submissions only.
For more information and submission details, visit
http://www.dragonladyplayers.com

Dragon Lady Players is looking for good one-act plays.
Here's what we're looking for in a one act play, with some strong hints for getting your work accepted for production. (The wise playwright will read carefully)

* GENRE: We accept one act plays in any genre.
* TIME: Submitted plays should run between no less than 10mins and no longer than 45 minutes max. (Why? Under 10mins is tough to program and most competitions require plays shorter than 45 minutes, we might like to compete your play in a festival.)
* SET: We are a minimalist Playhouse, with small production budgets; we have no sets only a few pieces of furniture. If your play requires a grand set, don't submit.
* ACTORS: We expect a one-act play to have a small cast. Remember if a play is under 20 or 30 minutes the cast should be typically under 4-5 persons tops. A rule of thumb; one acts don't have a cast of extras!
* ACTORS AGES: Everybody in the world is not 20 years old! HINT: write good meaty parts for mature actors and you'll have actors advocating for your work to be produced. Make everybody barely drinking age and your script goes to the bottom of the pile.
* ACTORS GENDER: FACT: 80% of actors who come to auditions are females 25 to 55 years old with mixed ethnicity. Community Theaters typically have major problems getting male actors. HINT - one act plays with meaty roles for middle aged female actors are a hot commodity and first in line to get produced.
* STORY: The story focus for a one act play is a story that is completely told in the stage time allotted. There is little time to develop sub plots.
* COMEDY vs DRAMA: Comedy's sell 5 to 1 over dramas. "Drama is easy, comedy is hard."
* PROFANITY: Profanity if suitable to the character is ok, if carefully and sparingly used. Too much will spoil the work and upset the paying customers. Controversial themes are more acceptable than gratuitous profanity. A gay kiss is more acceptable than gratuitous profanity. Generally, we're a PG-13 playhouse.
* SPIRITUAL-RELIGIOUS: Spiritual themes are acceptable if they are respectfully of others. In fact a good story of good spiritual values usually sells! A warm thoughtful story grounded in gospel is fine; just don't beat us over the head with Bible chapter and verse - in other words, no proselytizing.

Submission Process
We have very exacting specifications so please follow our submission rules carefully. Failure to follow our rules will get your script tossed in the dumpster.

STRICT RULES for Submitting One Act Plays
1: We DO NOT accept electronic submissions. Period!
2: We accept only typed (12point), stapled scripts.
3: Every script sent to us must have a cover-spec sheet (see requirements below). A script with no spec sheet will not be read or reviewed and will most likely end up in the dumpster!
3: We are strictly a ONE-ACT PLAY HOUSE ONLY; do not send us full length work.
3: Our royalty payment is a FLAT $15 per performance; non-negotiable.
4: If you plan to attend our performance you will be given two comp tickets, only.

What a Cover Spec Sheet should contain!
• Title of the play
• Author & complete contact information. If we can't contact you we can't hire you, don't give us an email address that changes every month.
• One-liner: Synopsis (used in the program, think TV guide)
• Synopsis: Must include a concise 25-55 words about the story.
• The estimated run time of the play
• Period: {when is it happening}
• A list of the Characters by name, gender and age range.
• Optionally: A character line weight is helpful.

Example: Of a good Spec Cover sheet

Title: Gadzooks and Ophelia
Author: Cheryl Ann Costa
Cheryl Ann Costa c/o
Feminine Touch Fabrics
519 W. Fayette St.
Syracuse, NY 13204
Cheryl.Costa@DragonLadyPlayers.com
(315) 399-4099

Oneliner: A minor Norse god must inspire a failing mortal artist in order to return to Valhalla.
Synopsis: Gadzooks a little known minor Norse warrior god offends Odin with his slacker ways. The warrior is punished and sent to earth to inspire a young mortal artist who is flunking out of art school. Gadzooks is confronted by the liquored up and cantankerous Ophelia, a college gal whose artistic works are dismal.
Runtime: 35 minutes
Period: Opening Valhalla scene timeless, core scene 1960's
Characters:
Odin: Tall imposing, Older with graying hair. 50 something- Lines: 20
Gadzooks: Tall, muscular, think Thor, 20-30 something- Lines: 180
Ophelia: plain but 60's hippy-ish, college age, Lines: 140

Mail or Drop your script to us at the following address:

Linda Miller Poore, Executive Producer
C/O Feminined Touch Fabrics
519 W. Fayette,
Syracuse, NY,US,13204
315-399-4099