NYCPlaywrights meets weekly for script-in-hand readings. Meetings are free and open to the public. Meeting schedule here. Contact: info@nycplaywrights.org
Writers opportunities, etc.
Please note: NYCPlaywrights does not list opportunities for writers that charge a submission fee.
17th Annual New York City 15 Minute Play Festival
Submission Guidelines for Playwrights
Turnip Theatre Company in association with American Globe Theatre will accept submissions for the 17th Annual New York City 15-Minute Play Festival through December 15, 2010.
This short play competition will be presented at American Globe's 75 seat theatre on West 46th Street in the heart of Times Square April 25 through May 7, 2011. Turnip Theatre Company established the 15-Minute Play Festival in 1995 to present audiences with short, well-crafted plays while at the same time offering a professional venue for theater artists. American Globe Theatre became a Festival co-presenter in 2001. Over the past 16 years more than 500 new short plays have been presented, with many going on to subsequent productions and several to publication.
Each year approximately 35 original short plays are selected from submissions from all over the United States and several foreign countries. Four to five plays are presented each of the first eight evenings of the semi-finals with one play chosen each night to move on to the finals and two additional performances. Finalists compete for $100 cash prizes for Best Play, Best Direction, Best Performance, and Audience Favorite. Finalists are also eligible for The Alan Minieri Memorial Playwriting Award in honor of Turnip Theatre Company’s late Co-Artistic Director who died of cancer in 1997. The $300 Minieri Award is presented to a playwright whose work challenges convention in both content and form. Each semi-finalist whose work is presented in the Festival receives a $25 royalty.
- Playwrights and/or their representatives are responsible for the production of their play including casting, rehearsals, props, etc. The Festival presenters provide basic set pieces and lighting, sound equipment, and production staff.
- Plays are selected solely on the script submitted. Please do not include a playwright resume or play production history. Plays should have a beginning, middle, and end (though not necessarily in that order). Plays that create a unique world, are unpredictable, and can stand alone without complex production values are favored by the presenters. Monologues and published plays will not be considered.
- Submissions must be typed in play script format and be no more than 15 pages and in a font size no smaller than 12 point Times Roman or Courier/Courier New. Only plays with a running time of 15 minutes or less are eligible.
- Only one submission per writer will be accepted. If several plays are submitted by a single author, only one will be chosen at random to be read by the play reading committee.
- Submissions should be sent by regular mail to 15 Minute Play Festival, c/o American Globe Theatre, 145 W. 46th Street, New York, NY 10036. Submissions are not accepted by email, fax, or express/overnight mail. Submissions must be postmarked by December 15, 2010. Playwrights whose plays are selected will be notified in mid-February 2011. Plays will not be returned, so please do not send a return envelope.
- There will be a mandatory meeting for all playwrights or their representatives on March 6, 2011 and a production meeting for all participating artists on April 24, 2011.
- Visit www.15minuteplayfestival.org or www.americanglobe.org for additional information.
- A SIGNED COPY OF THESE GUIDELINES MUST BE RETURNED WITH YOUR PLAY TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION. Download a print version here.
NYCPlaywrights writer member Olivia Arieti's play NOW BOARDING will be performed in the 'In a New York Minute' show by Spare Change Theater Company Friday September 10th & Saturday September 11th 8pm SLC Centres, 352 7th Avenue (30th Street)
NYCPlaywrights writer member Micharne Cloughley's play DEDICATION will be performed in the 'In a New York Minute' show by Spare Change Theater Company Friday September 10th & Saturday September 11th 8pm SLC Centres, 352 7th Avenue (30th Street)
Deadline for Submission: December 5, 2010
Award: $150 and production videotape
After a successful Outworks 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, The Louisiana State University Department of Theatre in Baton Rouge is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for Outworks 2011, a festival of new lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or queer (LGBTQ) themed one-act plays.
Submission Guidelines
- Submissions must be the author's own original work. Each entry shall be free from copyright restrictions and the author agrees to hold LSU, its officers, and directors free and harmless from all copyright claims.
- Scripts must be LGBTQ-themed.
- Submissions must be one-act plays, ranging from (10) ten to (20) twenty minutes in length.
- There is a limit of two scripts per playwright.
- All Entries should be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format via e-mail to outworksfestival@gmail.com with “Outworks 2011” in the subject line.
- Deadline is December 5, 2010
- Scheduled production dates are February 21 - 27 of 2011
Submissions will be read and scored by a faculty/student committee. The committee will select six plays. These six playwrights will receive $150 in monetary compensation, each play selected will be guaranteed three staged
Performances and each playwright will receive a video of his/her production. Playwrights wishing to attend the festival are responsible for all travel expenses.
The LSU Theatre Studio season retains all rights and privileges concerning casting, production, and programming for Outworks. LSU Theatre reserves the right to:
- Reproduce as many copies of the play as are necessary for distribution to the judges and participants in the production.
- Videotape the performance for archival purposes.
- Use the title, author's name and images from the production for publicity purposes related to the Outworks Festival.
The final play list will be announced December 30, 2010.
Submissions sent via email are preferred. Please send submissions or inquiries to:
Annemarie Stassi, Outworks Festival Curator, at:
outworksfestival@gmail.com and put "Outworks 2011" in the subject line.
In September actor member Patrick Oliver Jones performs the role of Duke/Carrasco in MAN OF LA MANCHA at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY. The show is directed by Jen Waldman.
Seeking One Act Plays for Harvest One-Act Play Festival
Variations Theatre Group, Inc (VTG) announces its first annual Harvest One- Act Play Festival. The Harvest One-Act Play Festival will help to sponsor emerging talent in all aspects of the stage, as part of VTG’s mission to provide an opportunity for artists to develop new, fresh work. The selected plays will will receive a showing at the beautiful LABA Theatre at the 14th Street Y beginning on November 11th, 2010. During the course of two (2) weeks, each play will have an opportunity to impress both audiences and a panel of judges composed of esteemed professionals from the theatrical and literary world. There will be three (3) official rounds of the festival, with winners of each round chosen by a combination of audience and judges’ votes. Additionally, two plays that the judges have agreed deserve another chance will compete on Wild Card Night for the last spot in the final round.
The playwright of the winning play will receive a grand prize of $1,000.00 and the opportunity to develop the play into a full length production with VTG next season. Awards will also be given out for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director. The awards ceremony and final performances will be on November 20th, 2010 at 4pm. In addition, each play has an opportunity to be selected for publication in our anthology, The Best Plays From the Harvest One-Act Play Festival: Volume 1.
Submissions: There is NO FEE to submit an application for consideration in the festival. You may submit up to two (2) plays/applications for the festival. Submissions will only be accepted online to harvest@variationstheatregroup.com. Please include a completed application form, a character breakdown of your play, and a copy of your piece. We will accept either PDF or word documents. All submissions must be received by 5pm on Friday, October 1st, 2010.
If your play is chosen to participate in the festival there is a participation fee of $300.00, to be paid immediately upon acceptance. This cost will help defray some of the expenses such as publicity and space rental. In addition, each playwright will receive two (2) complimentary tickets to the Awards Ceremony/Final Performance and one (1) ticket to the celebratory dinner party to kick off the 2010 Harvest One-Act Play Festival.
Please note: All playwrights are responsible for producing their own individual plays. Variations Theatre Group will assist with finding actors, directors, and any technical assistants needed.
For more information and to download an application, please visit www.variationstheatregroup.com.
Want to see what readings at NYCPlaywrights are like? Check out these videos from recent fundraisers (please note - some of these clips contain language some may find offensive):
LOVERBOY by Michael Jalbert - performed by Rebecca Aparicio and Carl Maguire, Sara Vize does stage directions.
THE MYDICK by Jamesai Schemmp - performed by Bruce Barton, Halley Mayo, Jason Styres, Mary Wilson, and Charles Major.
ALMOST WATERSHEDS by Micharne Cloughley - performed by Doug Rossi and Mary Wilson, Bruce Barton does stage directions.
SO THIS IS LOVE by Jan Fingland - performed by Bruce Barton and Sara Vize, David Lamberton does stage directions.
WORDSMITHS by N. G. McClernan - performed by Doug Rossi, Mike Durell, Bruce Barton, Linda Sanders, Dianna Glinski, stage directions by Mary Wilson
MARRIAGE THE GAY WAY by George Bistransin - performed by Brett Holland and Nathan Norcross, stage directions by Bruce Barton
Dedicated to the discovery and nurturing of new playwrights and new plays. Professionally staged readings will be conducted of three selected plays from those submitted to the series. The playwrights will present at these readings and honored at a reception following. The top play will receive a cash award. One or more of the plays may be included in the regular season with a full production on the main stage.
GUIDELINES:
Plays which have been produced professionally are ineligible. (Eligibility not affected by workshops, readings, community or academic production)
Plays must be full length
No musicals or children's plays are accepted at this time
Please include with the script, a synopsis of the play, a character breakdown, production requirements, time and place, a production history, and playwright's biography.
SUBMISSIONS:
New Stage Theatre will begin accepting submissions for the 2011 Eudora Welty New Plays Series on June 1, 2010. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2010. Please note: Any plays submitted after this date will be considered for the following year's series. Three selected plays will be announced and staged readings will take place in the Spring of 2011.
Mail hard copies of plays or letters of inquiry to the address below: manuscripts will be returned only if accompanied by self addressed and stamped envelope; acknowledgement of receipt only with enclosed SASE or postcard.
Eudora Welty New Play Series
New Stage Theatre
1100 Carlisle Street
Jackson, MS 39202
NYCPlaywrights member Wayne Paul Mattingly's YOUTH DANCE has won a place in The Secret Rose Theatre/Fire Rose Production's 8th Annual International 10-Minute Play Competition and will be produced in Hollywood, CA., in October.
This fithth annual women's playwriting festival is sponsored by The Pikes Peak Arts Council, The Pikes Peak Library District and Manitou Arts Theatre (MAT). The festival will be held April 2011, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Please note: There are changes in the guidelines from previous years. Please read below.
1. Any woman 16 or older can enter. Collaborations are accepted.
2. Play must be published or unpublished and may be previously produced. Original works only.
3. Play content must focus on the theme of "CHANGES" and be appropriate for our community and theatre. The reading committee and producing theatre are seeking scripts with the potential for "dynamic staging of richly established characters in original dramatic and comedic relationships". Please no "television sitcom situations" or "talking heads."
Authors of the six chosen plays agree their plays will be produced by The 6 Women Playwriting Festival during April 2011. Cast will be chosen by six community directors and performed by local actors chosen through an audition process.
The six winning playwrights will receive an honorarium of $125.00.
4. Play scripts must not exceed ten pages.
5. Scripts should be typewritten on standard paper size, bound with staple only. Please use appropriate one-inch margins with pages numbered.
6. Submit three copies with title only. Include one unbound sheet which includes title of play, author’s name and address, email, and phone number. Playwright's name will not be known to the play-reading panel.
7. Scripts will not be returned to author unless a SASE is provided.
8. Authors may submit no more than two plays.
9. No musicals or children's plays.
10. Entries are accepted from July 1 to October 31, 2010. Entries postmarked later than October 31, 2010, will not be considered.
Send your submission to:
6 Women Play Festival
c/o Pikes Peak Arts Council
PO Box 1073
Colorado Springs, CO 80901
Manhattan Repertory Theatre is seeking One Act Play Production submissions
for ONE ACT PLAY SERIES 2010, September 25 - Nov. 6, 2010 at Manhattan
Repertory Theatre, 303 W. 42nd St. (at Eighth Ave.), NYC. Seeking
Productions of Original One Act Plays: 20 minutes to 1 hour, with simple sets that
can be easily struck.
No Pay. Non Equity.
Production creative team leaders should EMAIL their play production
submission which includes: the complete play, a synopsis of the play, character
breakdown, approx. running time, set and lighting requirements, production
history (if it has been produced before and where), and a production
creative team leader contact email address, to: manhattanrep@yahoo.com
There is NO submission/reading fee.
Submission deadline is Thursday August 26, 2010. Applicants will be
notified by Saturday August 28, 2010 by e-mail as to their acceptance. For more
info, including complete guidelines and procedures of ONE ACT PLAY SERIES
2010, visit www.manhattanrep.com.
1. Submitted plays must explore scientific and/or technological stories, themes, issues and/or events. Science and/or technology must figure prominently in the script, whether in form or content or both. Biographical dramas, history plays, and medical dramas are discouraged unless they significantly employ science and/or technology. Authors are strongly urged to avoid the stereotypes often assigned to science, technology, and those who engage in these disciplines. This competition is not open to plays written in the genre of science fiction.
2. All entries must be postmarked on or before December 1, 2011.
Important Note to Entrants: New guidelines and our next deadline have been posted so that writers may know the requirements and begin to prepare entries in advance, but please note that the Competition will not accept scripts until September 15, 2011. At that time, the Entry Form on this site will become active and submissions will be accepted. Any entries submitted before September 15, 2011, and without submission of both an online Entry Form and a printed and signed hard copy of an Entry Form, will be disqualified.
3. Specific eligibility requirements:
1. All plays must be original, full-length (minimum running time: 70 minutes), and submitted in English. (See item 3.f, below, for information about translations.)
2. Plays that have been published or reviewed, or that have begun (i.e., first rehearsal) or received a professional production prior to the submission deadline, are not eligible. Plays that have had readings or a workshop are acceptable.
3. Plays or theatre pieces incorporating multi-media are eligible and encouraged, as is material presented in a new form or not entirely script-based. To enable adequate evaluation in these cases, authors must submit a detailed artistic statement that describes such elements in a clear and understandable manner. Those working with/in multi-media/new forms must also submit samples of the visual/aural interpretation of the piece, e.g., sketches, slides, DVD, CD, or the like.
4. Musicals are eligible. When submitting musicals, the inclusion of any available supplemental materials (e.g., a CD with excerpts from the musical score) is strongly encouraged.
5. Original material based on an existing published work or the like may be submitted if the author(s):
1. are the owners of the existing published work, or
2. have written permission from the author and owner of the existing published work to adapt this work for the stage and a copy of this written permission accompanies the submission of the play and all supporting materials.
Any adaptations that do not fulfill these requirements are not eligible.
6. Plays that have been translated into English:
1. must be submitted as a collaborative script by the author(s) and translator(s), or
2. must include a written statement from the translator giving free and clear ownership of the translation to the original author, and
3. are not eligible if they have been published or performed in their original language (as per item 3.b, above).
7. Authors may submit only one script per contest cycle.
8. Scripts submitted in a previous contest cycle may be resubmitted only if:
1. they have been significantly re-written, i.e., more than 50% of the script must be substantially changed from the previous submission, and
2. they have been submitted only once before. No script may be submitted a third time.
9. No screenplays are being accepted at this time.
10. Those involved in any aspect of the STAGE Script Competition application or review process are not eligible to enter.
4. To assist the STAGE Competition in ongoing fund-raising efforts - and to thereby assist future artists - winning author(s) are asked to specifically acknowledge the support of STAGE, the Professional Artists Lab, and the California NanoSystems Institute in the credits of any work that incorporates the winning play.
5. The winning play will be announced on this website in July, 2012. The winning author will be notified directly, prior to public notification.
6. Scripts will be judged by an esteemed panel of jurors. For a list of past judges, please click here.
7. All submissions must include:
1. A cover letter.
2. Completed and signed entry form, as follows:
Please submit the entry form online. After you click on the "Submit Entry Form" button, a confirmation page will appear on your screen. Please print out this confirmation page, have all collaborators sign and date the form in the space provided, and mail it in with your script copies and other submission materials. Click here to go to the entry form.
3. A bio/resume for each author/collaborator.
4. Two copies of a separate one-page (maximum) synopsis of the script. Include the name of the play at the top of this page, but identification and/or the name(s) of the author(s) must not appear anywhere on the synopsis.
5. Two copies of a separate written statement with answers to the following three application questions:
1. How, specifically, does your play relate to the fields of science and/or technology?
2. How has your play developed up to the present? Include information about the artistic evolution of the play and its ideas. Also include information regarding past readings, workshops, etc.
3. How do you envision the future development of the script and the culmination of this work?
It is understood that, in some cases, names of collaborators may need to be mentioned as part of the developmental history, but again, do not include the name(s) of the author(s) anywhere in your answers to these three application questions.
6. Three (3) copies of the play, in English. Since scripts will be read as blind submissions, the title pages on all copies of the play must include only the name of the play and the year in which it was written. Identification and/or the name(s) of the author(s) must not appear anywhere on the scripts. Each script must include a list of characters or a cast breakdown. Double-sided photocopies of scripts are encouraged.
Receipt of complete submissions will be sent by e-mail. Please note that it may take up to three weeks for entries to be processed before a receipt is sent.
We regret that it is not possible to return any submission materials.
Click here for a summary/checklist of all required submission materials.
Send submission materials to:
STAGE Script Competition
Professional Artists Lab
CNSI - MC 6105
3241 Elings Hall - Bldg. 266
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6105
Please direct all inquiries about the STAGE Script Competition to:
Every other year, Theatre UAB seeks new and original plays confronting racial or ethnic issues, especially those calling for ethnically diverse and/or multi-racial casting. We are especially interested in full-length dramas or comedies that could be produced as part of our regular season (that is, that could be performed by a diverse and talented group of college students).
The Apsey Award is a $1000 prize plus a staged reading at Theatre UAB and the possibility of a fully-mounted production. Previously-produced and unproduced scripts are equally welcome.
The Apsey winner will be a play with intriguing characters, an engrossing plot, a strong sense of the true power of live performance, meaty roles for university-level actors, and a fresh examination of race relations in America with genuinely challenging insights.
We prefer hard-copy submissions, but we do accept electronic submissions as well. Send your script as a PDF or Word file -- to us via the address leeshack@uab.edu -- and please consolidate your entire submission (title page with full contact information, brief synopsis, character and scene list, and complete script) into ONE FILE ONLY. Scripts submitted as multiple files run a very high risk of being lost.
Hard-copy manuscripts should be submitted to this address:
The Ruby Lloyd Apsey Play Search
Theatre UAB ASC 255
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham AL 35294-1263
Wide Eyed Productions is hosting and evening of One-Act plays written exclusively by women. The evening will be performed at The Red Room Theatre in New York from 2/3/11-2/19/11.
Guidelines:
Plays must be
-10-30 minutes in length
-1-8 characters
- any theme
- PDF or Word format (PDF is strongly preferred)
- include the play's production history
- include the character breakdown
- include a bio of the playwright
Please submit all plays via email to:
playsubmissions@wideeyedproductions.com
The Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize was established in 2004 in support of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's longstanding commitment to the development and production of new works by both established and emerging playwrights and to the introduction of powerful and inventive new voices to the American stage. Mickey Jarson Kaplan was one of Cincinnati's most generous and enthusiastic arts patrons and philanthropists. The prize was created in tribute to her memory by her husband, Dr. Stanley Kaplan.
The play selected as the Kaplan winner receives a full production at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park as part of the theatre's annual season and is given regional and national promotion. The playwright receives a $20,000 award as well as travel and residency expenses for the Cincinnati rehearsal period.
Guidelines for submission
Plays must be full-length in any genre: comedy, drama, musical, etc. Translations, individual one-acts and any play previously submitted for the Kaplan Prize are not eligible. Collaborations are welcomed, in which case prize benefits are shared. Plays cannot have received a full-scale, professional production prior to submission. Plays that have had a workshop, reading or non-professional production are still eligible. Playwrights must be citizens of the United States. Playwrights with past production experience are especially encouraged to submit new work. Only one submission per playwright is allowed each year.
Submission is a two-phase process:
Phase I: Submit a two-page maximum abstract of the play including title, character breakdown, brief story synopsis and playwright bio or resume. Also include 10 pages of consecutive sample dialogue. If submitting a musical, please include an audio cassette or CD of selections from the score. Do not send sheet music, videos or DVDs. Literary agents may submit full scripts of their clients' work.
All abstracts and dialogue samples will be read. From these, selected manuscripts will be solicited. (See Phase II). Do not send a manuscript with or instead of the abstract. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be read. Submitted materials, including audio cassettes and CDs, will be returned only if a self-addressed, stamped envelope with adequate postage is provided. If you would like notification that your submission was received, please send it with Delivery Confirmation, Certified Mail or Return Receipt through the U.S. Postal Service.
Phase II: All solicited manuscripts will be read. Manuscripts should be neatly typed, securely bound and have the playwright's name, contact address and phone number clearly visible on the front page. No solicited manuscript will be returned without a self-addressed, stamped envelope with adequate postage.
All final selections are made by Edward Stern, Producing Artistic Director of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
Submissions are accepted between June 1 and December 31 (postmarked).
We do not accept electronically submitted materials.
Address all submissions to:
The Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
P.O. Box 6537
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
Seeking submissions from writers for a new anthology web series
Seeking submissions from writers for a new anthology web series in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone. Each fifteen-minute episode features a different script, director and cast. Writers should submit up to three scripts for consideration. Each script should be between ten and fourteen pages in standard script format. All genres will be considered but areas of specific interest are dramas, mysteries, thrillers, psychological dramas, horror, science fiction and the supernatural. You may send screenplays, teleplays, or stage plays suitable for adaptation. Submissions are for evaluation purposes only. Writers retain all rights to submitted material. Material must be wholly original and not based on previously published material unless the material is in the public domain. Submissions should be sent as a PDF document to webseries2011@gmail.com. Deadline for submissions is September 10, 2010. No pay. webseries2011@gmail.com
A student once asked Joe Dowling, artistic director of the Guthrie Theater, where he would advise aspiring actors, directors and playwrights to do graduate work. For the first two, Dowling named the usual suspects, Yale Drama and Juilliard. Playwriting was another matter entirely. He said he was drawn to the writer "with an entirely personal response to the world, not someone who works from what he's read, but rather from who he is" and explained that he found it ridiculous to tell a playwright to reach a turning point after 30 pages of dialogue. "What if someone had said that to Beckett or Pinter?"
The Last Frontier Theatre Conference has released its Call for Plays for the 2011 Play Lab. The Conference will take place from June 12-18, 2011. Selected plays receive public readings at the Conference, with both public and private feedback sessions led by theatre professionals. Authors must register for the Conference and be in attendance for their reading.
This Play Lab will feature plays from 20 minutes to 2 hours in length. Accepted writers will also have an additional opportunity to present their work in the 10-Page Play Slam, the Monologue Workshop, and the late-night Fringe Festival.
1. The submission guidelines are as follows: Plays must be received by December 31, 2010.
2. Submissions should include an approximate running time for the play, between 20 minutes and 2 hours.
3. The play must not have received a professional production; readings and amateur productions are acceptable.
4. No musicals are accepted.
5. One submission per author.
6. Plays can be submitted via e-mail as either a PDF or Word document to dmoore@pwscc.edu.
Plays presented at the Conference have gone on to productions throughout Alaska and the rest of the United States due to the exposure received there. Updates about this year’s Conference will be posted at www.pwscc.edu/conference. Questions can be addressed to Conference Coordinator Dawson Moore at 907-834-1614 or dmoore@pwscc.edu
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PLAY SUBMISSION. Toy Box Theatre Company is devoted to the creation of new works. Please read the criteria listed below carefully before you submit.
New Works Submission Criteria:
1. New York based playwrights (we like to collaborate closely with our playwrights).
2. Toy Box is a multi-disciplinary company, so the scripts we work with must allow for the possibility of multi-disciplinary production (choreography, live music, projections, puppets, etc.)
3. The piece must never have been produced
4. Please send a letter of introduction with a brief synopsis of the play as well as a 10 page dialogue sample in PDF FORMAT to submissions@toyboxtheatre.org.
The Submission Period for ScriptFEST 2011 (October 2011) will open August 1, 2010.
Scripts will NOT be accepted BEFORE August 1st.
There will be a LIMIT to the number of submissions accepted. This is a change in our rules, and the limit will be posted here at a later date.
The GUIDELINES listed below were for ScriptFEST 2010. There may be some slight changes for this next submission period, but authors can begin preparing their scripts according to these guidelines. Any changes to these guidelines will most likely be minor.
Changes will be posted here on this webpage.
* New scripts of full-length plays and musicals in English that are unpublished and previously unproduced. No One-Acts. (Scripts that have gone through a developmental process or other readings are eligible. Scripts produced by amateur community theatres and/or educational theatres are eligible. Scripts produced by professional theatres are not eligible.)
* TWO "hard" copies of scripts are required.
Author's name and other author information should not appear in the scripts.
* One Author Resume.
* Playwrights may submit up to two different titles each submission period.
* Excerpts and summaries will not be accepted without the FULL script.
* No One-Acts.
* No film or television scripts, translations or adaptations.
* Adaptations of novels and short stories are acceptable. Adaptations of movies and stage scripts are not acceptable.
* If you have submitted a particular title of yours in a previous year, it may be submitted again IF and ONLY IF you have made significant revisions to the script since it was last submitted to us.
* If you would like for SART to mail back your scripts, please provide a LARGE self-addressed, stamped envelope. The size of the envelope should be appropriate for the size of the scripts, and postage should be the required postage necessary to deliver your scripts from Mars Hill NC to your address. This return may end up being a year or so later after your submission, and metered postage will expire. So, use stamps only.
Submission Guidelines: Please insure that ALL pages are
( standard ) 3-ring hole-punched, or better yet, in a binder.
Your submission should include;
1. Title Page: with no other information on it but the title
2. Synopsis Page(s) (optional) inserted directly behind the Title Page: containing play synopsis, character descriptions, and other notes. (Do not include synopsis, notes, or other important information in your cover letter. It will not be read by the reviewers.)
3. Script
4. *DO NOT have the author''s name anywhere on the Title Page, Synopsis Page or the pages of the script. If you do, your submission MAY NOT be accepted!
5. Provide ONE additional and separate Title Page including author's name, date, etc.
6. Author's resume or some given background including thorough information.
7. If you include a cover letter, do not include synopsis, notes or other important information in the letter. Anything you want the reviewers to read, include on the inserted synopsis page(s) of the scripts.
Other Tips and Methods
* White paper. Two-sided or one-sided pages is author's choice.
* Musicals should be submitted with the above materials, and in addition a score and/or a recording of at least four songs on cassette or CD. (Only ONE recording is necessary for each title.)
* SART will not notify you of receipt of your submissions, unless with your submission you provide a reply-postcard for us to send you, including postage. (optional)
* SART will contact you by email if your submissions are not chosen in the final twenty. If you would prefer postal-mail notification, you must provide a SASE with your submission. (optional)
The deadline for submission for the 2010 ScriptFEST Conference is a postmark of no later than October 31, 2009
Submit to:
SART ScriptFEST '10, PO Box 1720, Mars Hill NC 28754-1720.
(We suggest you mail by the US Postal Service. UPS will not deliver to PO boxes.)
Thespian Production is now accepting one-act play submissions for our upcoming Domestic Violence 2010 showcase. We are looking for plays involving domestic violence with inspirational endings. Plays should not exceed 45 pages (45 minutes).
Submission guidelines:
Play must not have already been produced in New York (Staged readings are acceptable.)
Playwrights may submit no more than 2 plays of the same theme.
Please include the following;
Include a cover sheet with the title of the play, playwright's name and contact information together with the script.
Include a brief synopsis of the play.
Include a brief bio
The submission: August 11, 2010
Deadline: September 25, 2010
There is no submission fee.
We prefer all submissions sent via email to songhaiwalton@comcast.net
Please include "Domestic Violence" in the subject line of your email.
If you would like to send your script by regular mail please use this address;
Thespian Production
PO Box 7393
Fort Myers, FL 33919
The Short Play Lab is starting its fall season. It's time to drum up a few good shows for Sept. 18 - 19. New participants are welcome! The rules are easy-peasy:
Deadline is Sept. 8.
Plays should be 1 - 10 pp. in standard playscript format.*
Submit scripts in MS-Word.
You produce the play; the SPL provides the theatre (probably at the Roy Arias Studios, 300 West 43rd Street, NYC).
Productions must be non-union: no showcases please! (And no Equity waivers, either.)
Keep production values to a minimum: costumes and hand props are okay. We provide rehearsal cubes, chairs, a table or two, and a small futon couch.
We provide a board op, box office, and venue management.
There are no fees. The SPL keeps the door.
Tickets are $18. Each playwright and director gets to watch his/her show for free. There are no other comps.
There is a tech rehearsal, on the afternoon of Sept. 18. Plays get either 15 mins of tech (1 - 5 pp.) or 30 mins. of tech (6 - 10 pp.).
Every play gets 2 performances.
We don't do staged readings. Be off-book, please! Plays not off-book during tech will be removed from the line-up.
*12 pt Times Roman; character names in the middle on their own line; line spaces between speeches and stage directions; indented stage directions.
The SPL is a lot of fun and a good way to see your work on its feet in a supportive environment. It's also a great way to see actors and directors at work.
To submit a script, send it as an attachment to john.chatterton@gmail.com. Any questions, don't hesitate to shoot me an E-mail!
Thanks,
John Chatterton
Executive producer, Short Play Lab
20 min Pieces or Ten min Pieces
For Los Angeles and New York Readings
All Genres open
Cast min 2 Cast max 8
8 entries per Playwright
You will be notified if your piece has been selected for either Staged Reading.
This will be under the Direction of Working Directors and Actors.
Seeking edgy, fun pieces in all genres: lets get people talking!
EndTimes Productions is now seeking submissions for its 4th annual one-act variety show, "Naked Holidays 2010." We are looking for all manner of holiday-themed plays, especially those with an emphasis on the absurd, the off-color, and/or the comical. (Nudity NOT required.)
All submissions to the festival should be sent electronically to submissions@endtimesproductions.org. Plays should be no more than 25 pages, typed in standard play format. Microsoft Word or PDF files preferred. Please include your full contact information - name, title of submitted play, email address, phone number - in the body of the email and use the subject line 'NH 2010 SUMBISSION.'
Deadline for submissions is August 15, 2010.
For more information about who we are and what we do, please visit our website: http://endtimesproductions.org/
Cake Productions is seeking original full-length plays
Cake Productions is seeking original full-length plays to be considered for production with a three-week run in November 2010. Longer one-act plays also considered. In order to be considered, plays must have four strong (not necessarily equal) parts for women between ages 20-40.
Cake Productions
254 W 51st St.
Suite 16J
New York, NY 10019
Contact Marta Kuersten
cakeproductions.nyc@gmail.com
Please submit to the mailing address or email address above. If e-mailing, please make the subject "Submission". If mailing a hard copy, please write "Submission" on the outside of the envelope.
Notes/What to bring: Full-length, longer one-acts considered
Needs 4 distinctive, strong parts for women ages 20-40
Shortened Attention Span seeks scripts for its 4th annual HORROR FESTIVAL to be held This October. Scripts should be no longer than 25 pages with a running time no longer than 20 minutes. Seeking scripts with a Horror, Sci-Fi, Twilight Zone, Zombie, Grand Guignol theme. Please send scripts to The Players Theatre, 115 Macdougal St, NY, NY 10012. For questions or Electronic Submissions email ShortenedAttentionSpan@yahoo.com. Deadline for Submissions is August 24th
Accepted scripts will be notified by August 26th.
Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions (Jake Lipman, Artistic Director) is seeking original solo shows for the Fall 2010 Plus One Solo Show Festival.
Tongue in Cheek’s mission is to tell stories which resonate with universal truths, and which make our audiences laugh in recognition of these truths. So, we’re looking for solo shows that embody seriously funny theater.
If selected, you will receive two evening performances in a black box theater in midtown on Sunday, October 10 and Monday, October 11, 2010.
Submission guidelines:
- The solo show must be an original, unpublished piece for which the submitting applicant has the rights
- A running time of twenty minutes or shorter (about 10 pages typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. font)
- Minimal production needs (we will provide a chair, and simple lights up and down, but no sound cues)
Your submission e-mail must include:
- A cover letter introducing yourself and the piece
- A 1-line teaser for your show
- Your headshot
- Your theater resume
- Your final script (in Word format only, please)
- Your cell phone number
- Links to any online performance of the piece (YouTube or other websites), if available
Please e-mail your submission materials to scripts@tictheater.com by 11:59 pm on Friday, August 27, 2010.
Selected solo shows will be notified by e-mail by Friday, September 3.
If selected, it is the responsibility of the solo show performer to obtain a director for the piece and fully rehearse and memorize it for performance, and to promote your performance.
Selected pieces will receive two evening performances at 8 p.m. on Sunday, October 10 and Monday, October 11, 2010 in the Bridge Theatre at Shetler Studios (244 West 54th Street, 12th floor). The solo show performer and their director must also be able to attend the entire tech rehearsal on Sunday, October 10 from 3-6 p.m. in the theater.
Tongue in Cheek will provide participants in the festival with a board operator to do simple lights up and down between pieces, online ticketing services, box office personnel, playbills, advertising on its website and space on its postcard for its production of Dead White Males, which is running evenings in the same space.
Participation in the Fall 2010 Plus One Solo Show Festival is FREE. Tongue in Cheek Theater shall retain 100% of all box office revenues for the performances.
For more about the company, visit www.tictheater.com
Manhattan Shakespeare Project - Manhattan’s All-Female Shakespeare Company, is seeking 25 min, original, never been produced, one act works-in-progress for its first annual Emerging Female Voices Playwright’s Fest.
Manhattan Shakespeare Project’s mission is to foster the growth of the female artist in all its incarnations.
The mission of the Playwright’s Festival is to give female playwrights the opportunity to hear their words off the page so they can develop their writing voice with professional actors in front of a live audience.
The Emerging Female Voices Playwright’s Fest is a series of 21 readings over the course of 7 nights. This year’s theme is The Seven Ages of Man:
Oct 11 - the infant
Oct 18 - the school-boy
Oct 25 - the lover
Nov 1 - the soldier
Nov 8 - the justice
Nov 15 - the pantaloon
Nov 22 - second childishness and mere oblivion
Audience Favorite will be presented with $50 in gift certificates to The Drama Book Shop.
Company Favorite will be given the opportunity to expand the piece to 90 mins and be fully produced the following summer: July 2011.
Deadline for submission materials is by 11:59 pm on Saturday, August 14, 2010.
For full submission guidelines visit: manhattanshakes.org/playwrightsfest
Playwrights and/or their representatives are responsible for the production of their play including casting, rehearsals, props, etc. The Festival presenters provide basic set pieces and lighting, sound equipment, and production staff.
Plays are selected solely on the script submitted. Please do not include a playwright resume or play production history. Plays should have a beginning, middle, and end (though not necessarily in that order). Plays that create a unique world, are unpredictable, and can stand alone without complex production values are favored by the presenters. Monologues and published plays will not be considered.
Submissions must be typed in play script format and be no more than 15 pages and in a font size no smaller than 12 point Times Roman or Courier/Courier New. Only plays with a running time of 15 minutes or less are eligible.
Only one submission per writer will be accepted. If several plays are submitted by a single author, only one will be chosen at random to be read by the play reading committee.
Submissions should be sent by regular mail to 15 Minute Play Festival, c/o American Globe Theatre, 145 W. 46th Street, New York, NY 10036. Submissions are not accepted by email, fax, or express/overnight mail. Playwrights may begin submitting plays on August 1 of each year and must be postmarked by December 15 each year (December 16 if the 15th is a Sunday). Playwrights whose plays are selected will be notified in mid-February. Plays will not be returned, so please do not send a return envelope.
There will be a mandatory meeting for all playwrights or their representatives in early spring and a production meeting for all participating artists in April or May.
A SIGNED COPY OF THESE GUIDELINES MUST BE RETURNED WITH YOUR PLAY TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.
Rules for the Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition
1. Authors must be U.S. Citizens or legal residents.
2. Entries must be original, full-length plays (minimum of 75/80 minutes playing time), unpublished, unproduced, and not currently under any option. "Unproduced" means: No previous production of any kind (Equity or non-Equity) for which actors or authors were paid or admission was charged, or both. No musicals are eligible. Plays with an occasional song for ambience are considered.
3. An author may submit only one entry, whether under his or her name, or a pseudonym. Co-Authorships are permissible.
4. Entries must be written in English and typed or computer printed (no dot matrix) in standard American or English stage play format. The plays must be securely bound.
5. The following entries are not eligible: musicals, short one act plays (less than 75 minutes), groups of short one act plays (related or unrelated), translations, plays for children, a play that has won any other competition, a play that was entered in any prior year's Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Playwright Award Competition. For entries adapted or based or suggested by/from other materials, which are copyrighted, authors must provide proof of copyright owner's sanction. (e.g. under current copyright).
6. Entries must be submitted with completed and signed applications and received by BHTG between August 1st and November 1st (postmark accepted) of the contest year. Only entries received between these dates will be eligible. Scripts sent before or after these dates will not be accepted, read or returned. Results will be announced on this web site the following June.
7. Submissions in non-compliance of these Rules and the Submission Procedures will be ineligible for entry in the competition. For return of ineligible submissions, please read Number 7 under "Submission Procedures."
8. The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild has the right to accept or reject any entry without explanation, and will not correspond with, or discuss with any person the results of the competition or the acceptance or rejection of any entry. No entry is returned.
9. The competition judges' decisions are final in all respects.
10. As a sponsor of this Competition, the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild has the following rights, which it may exercise at its sole discretion:
a. To declare any entry ineligible if prior to Competition's close (June 1), the entry is in violation of rule #2. Authors must notify the BHTG of any change in status.
b. To reproduce as many copies of an entry as are necessary for distribution among the judges or to request an author to supply a specified number of copies. The author must comply with that request.
c. To use the author's name and title of any award winning entry for publicity about this Playwright Award and the results of the competition.
d. To present one script-in-hand, rehearsed reading of an award winning entry to an invited, non-paying audience. No royalty payment will be due to the entry's author for that reading.
11. Each award winner shall, at all times, in connection with publication, production, publicity, programs, posters and advertisements about an award winning entry, designate that the play is an "Award Winner of the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild/Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition." Award winners must consent to sign a letter of agreement with BHTG to this effect.
12. Each entry shall be free from copyright restrictions relating to this Award and the author shall hold The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild, its officers, and directors free and harmless from all copyright claims.
13.The BHTG is not a producing organization. No production is connected with the competition nor any prize awarded.
14. Sorry, the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild - Julie Harris Playwrights Competition does not sponsor scholarships, fellowships, educational grants, or loans to students or private individuals. Nor does the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild as an organization.
Submission Procedures
1. "You"=Author or co-authors. "BHTG"=The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild.
2. You must submit your entry with a completed application form. You may obtain an application form by sending a self-addressed, business-size stamped envelope to:
Candace Coster, Competition Coordinator
BHTG - Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition
P.O. Box 148
Beverly Hills, CA 90213.
3. You must personally sign the application. Entries must be legible and signature clearly the name of the writer(s). The author(s) must sign the entry form. Proxy or agent signatures are not accepted and will lead to disqualification.
4. Bind your entry securely, and include the following: Cast List, Time and Place, Number of Acts and Scenes. Scripts must be securely bound. A clip holding pages together unfortunately doesn't constitute being "bound". (This is insisted upon for the protection of the script and benefit of the writer. Loose scripts may have pages become misplaced or lost. The competition is not responsible for loss or damage to entries or parts thereof.)
5. Do not show your name, address, or any identifying information on any page or on the cover of your entry. Attach with a removable paper clip a sheet containing the title of your entry, your name, address, phone number and any other information. You may enter the copyright or registration date and number on the title page of the bound script.
6. To preserve anonymity, all entries will be identified by numbers for judging; all identifying marks will be removed.
7. Submissions will not be returned. Enclose with your submission a stamped, self addressed, #10 envelope for our response.
8. You may enclose a self-addressed stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt of your entry. Competition winners to be announced on this web site in June.
9. The BHTG is not responsible for loss or damage to entries.
10. No script will be accepted by fax or e-mail. No electronic submissions or correspondence.
11. No entry is returned.
Address All Inquiries To:
Candace Coster, Competition Coordinator
Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition
P.O. Box 148
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
The Acadiana Repertory Theatre is seeking unpublished, unproduced full-length plays for their inaugural New Works Reading Series in February 2011.
We are seeking full-length plays (no short plays or musicals, please) from playwrights around the country. Selected plays will receive one staged reading as part of a weekend-long festival. One play from the reading series will be chosen for full production by Acadiana Repertory Theatre as part of their 2011-2012 season.
Interested playwrights are asked to submit a cover letter, short synopsis and 15-page writing sample via email to codydaigle@acadianarep.org. Please, no full scripts. We will request the full script of plays in consideration for slots in the series.
Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2010. Plays selected for the series will be announced by November 1, 2010.
Acadiana Repertory Theatre is a theatre company based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The company is dedicated to producing work that engages, enlightens and entertains. The company's New Works Reading Series aims to develop new plays from emerging playwrights around the country.
Actingworks NYC is seeking submissions for the Love Fest: A One-Act Festival, to be presented at the legendary Jan Hus Theatre NYC; a 120 seat, proscenium stage theatre
SEEKING: One-Act plays 30 minutes or less with a theme of LOVE (any form).
Plays must be postmarked by August 29, 2010 along with a cover letter explaining why you and your play should be chosen, a brief bio and all contact info, including email.
No limit of Play submissions per playwright.
Plays may have been produced or published before.
Must have simple light, sound and set requirements.
Theater is a shared space, must be prepared to take your props, set pieces and costumes away with you after each performance.
You will have access to rep plot, CD and IPOD,
Plays should be neatly bound or stapled on the left-hand corner with numbered pages (no loose pgs. & no binders please.)
If chosen your play will be given a minimum of 6 performances, Thurs.- Sat., Nov. 04 – Nov 13 and one tech rehearsal prior.
There is no participation fee.
We will be providing Production/ lighting/sound technician for all 6 shows, however the nominal cost of this service will be divided amongst the chosen playwrights.
PLEASE NOTE: Actingworks NYC is presenting your show. Producing your show; i.e. all publicity… YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. For more information about our company and the festival please visit our websites www.thelovefest.info and www.actingworksnyc.com
Plays should be mailed to B.Trama, Ansonia Station P.O. Box 231287 NYC, NY 10023 Please note: Do not contact the Jan Hus Theatre. And please do not email submissions, hard copy only. Plays will NOT be returned.
All's Well Theatre is seeking sexy ten minute original plays for our "Night of Sexy Shorts" play festival.
There is no submission fee.
Looking for plays that are sexy, funny, witty for our late night festival.
Plays need to be no longer than 10 minutes
8 plays will be selected for production in late September.
DEADLINE for submission August 1st 2010
Please have your name, email, phone number, short bio and play attached in a single pdf or doc file. Email submissions only. Submit to: Hollie@allswelltheatre.com
Due to our limited staff and funding we are unable to offer feedback on submissions. Only those plays selected will be notified. Thank you and we look forward to reading your submission.
Spare Change Theater announces its third "In a New York Minute" playwriting competition on September 10th and 11th. This play competition will be a showdown of original plays with a length of around sixty seconds. The evening will consist of up to 30 plays competing for various prizes. Like a sports competition... this event will include a qualifying round, quarter finals, semi finals, and the final face-off for the top prize. The winning plays to be decided by the roar of the crowd. We will award cash prizes and the chance for a free space to read your full length play.
There is NO SUBMISSION FEE. We want this to be an opportunity for you to get exposure and even earn a little money if your play is a winner.
Deadline for submissions is Sunday, August 15th .
Important. Please have your plays submitted with the following information. You can submit up to 5 plays.
Name: Address: Phone #: Cell #: Email:
Please submit to plays@sparechangetheater.com
By emailing your play, you certify that you give Spare Change Theater permission to produce all plays in their New York Minute Playwriting Competition. You understand that the play must be under one minute and that all cuts or other changes must be made and/or approved by the playwright. If your play or plays are chosen, we will notify you by Wednesday, August 17th.
Banta Productions 2nd Annual Midway Festival of Plays
Following on the success of the inaugural production of the Midway Festival of Plays, Banta Productions, in association with the Thoroughbred Community Theater, is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Midway Festival of Plays playwright competition. This competition is for 10-minute plays only; it is open to any playwright. This year, the judging will be by professional directors, playwrights and teachers of theater. The rules are simple and are as follows:
1. Any playwright may enter; only one script per playwright.
2. The play must be a 10 minute play (meaning it will be approximately 10 pages long).
3. All plays should be emailed with a separate cover page with play’s title, author’s name, email address and phone number. The play itself should only have the title; no identifying information contained in or on the 10 page script.
4. All plays must be received by July 31st.
5. The contest is open to the first 150 entries received.
6. Winning entrants agree to a full production of their scripts.
That’s it! This year, the production of the winning plays will be expanded to two weekends. They will be fully realized, staged productions; each performance showing all winning scripts. The top 7 scripts (as determined by the 5 judges) will be performed by active members of the Bluegrass theater community. The top 3 plays (again, as determined by the judges) will receive $300 for first, $200 for second and $100 for third place. $50 will be awarded to each of the 4 other plays.
All entries should be sent to: sweftdart@yahoo.com with “10-min play fest” in the header.
NYCPlaywrights founding member N. G. McClernan's play JULIA & BUDDY will be performed this weekend, Saturday July 17 @7PM and Sunday July 18 @2:30 PM as part of Midtown International Theater Festival's "Short Subjects" at the Jewel Box Theater at the Workshop Theater Company, 312 West 36th Street, Fourth Floor.
Details go to the JULIA & BUDDY web site.
JULIA & BUDDY is performed by the lovely Kat Chua and the lovely Daniel Genalo.
JULIA & BUDDY was developed through readings at NYCPlaywrights meetings from May 2009 - through May 2010 and benefited from great actors and useful feedback. Consider joining.
Yale University Press and Yale Repertory Theatre are seeking submissions for a major new playwriting competition, The Yale Drama Series. The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale Rep. The winning play will be selected by series judge John Guare.
There is no application form or entry fee. Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript:
1. This contest is restricted to plays in the English language, though submissions are accepted worldwide.
2. Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Submissions must be original, full-length plays. Translations, musicals, and children's plays are not accepted. The Yale Drama Series is intended to support emerging playwrights. Playwrights may win the competition only once.
3. Plays that have had professional productions are not eligible.
4. The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play's title and your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address (if you have one), and page count; a second title page which lists the title of the play only; a list of characters; a list of acts and scenes; and (if applicable) a list of acknowledgments.
5. Plays must be typed/word-processed, numbered and in standard professional play format. A brief biography may appear at the end of the manuscript, but is not required.
6. Do not bind or staple the manuscript.
7. Playwrights may submit only one manuscript per each year.
Send the manuscript to Yale Drama Series, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040.
Submissions for the 2011 competition must be postmarked no earlier than June 1, and no later than August 15, 2010.
Do not send the only copy of your work. Manuscripts cannot be returned after the competition. If you wish receipt of your manuscript to be acknowledged, please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard. If you wish to be informed by June 2011 of the contest results, please include an email address on your title page.
CONTACT US
For more information regarding the Yale Drama Series please write to us at:
Yale Drama Series
P.O. Box 209040
New Haven, CT
06520-9040
Native Aliens Theatre Collective is accepting submissions for their Holiday Jubilee Show that will be produced in December 2010. For information on submitting guidelines please visit our website at www.nativealiens.org. All short plays must be under 10 minutes in length and should be about a holiday of any kind. We look forward to your submission.
Fourth Annual Original One-Act Play Festival
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Prizes will be awarded:
Grand Prize $100
Second Place $75
Third Place $50
Audience Favorite Award
Guidelines for Submission:
All submissions must be original, unpublished one act plays.
Submissions must be postmarked between July 1, 2010, and November 30, 2010.
Additional Information:
1. Send a duplicate copy, not the original.
2. All scripts should be legibly typed, bound and of a standard size.
3. Scripts will be returned only if accompanied by a manuscript size, self addressed, stamped envelope.
4. Playwrights will be notified by e-mail when their manuscript is received.
5. Scripts should include:
a. A separate title page with name, address, telephone number and e-mail address.
b. A cast of characters with descriptions.
c. A brief synopsis.
d. Numbered pages
6. Playwrights will be notified by March 15, 2011, if their play has been selected.
7. Selected plays will be listed on our web site, www.stagedoorproductions.org
8. All production and publication rights remain the property of the playwright.
9. Stage Door Productions shall have the right to produce selected scripts without payment of royalties.
10. Production will be at the discretion of SDP.
11. Only stage plays will be considered. Musical, film or TV scripts will not be accepted.
12. Scripts will be judged on concept, dramatic action, characterization, and dialogue. Technical requirements will be noted.
13. Critical analysis of scripts will not be provided.
14. Playwrights should be aware that the size of our stage is limited. There are no opportunities for elaborate scene changes. Utilizing existing walls in the space and minimal set pieces is encouraged. .
15. SDP suggests that scripts have running times of between15 to 30 minutes.
16. Auditions will be held in March.
17. Please consider our audience and do not send erotica or gratuitously violent scripts.
Submissions should be sent to:
Stage Door Productions
P.O. Box 8451
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22404
Attn: One Act Festival
The Valley Repertory Company's
Second LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest
The Valley Repertory Company (Enfield, CT, www.ValleyRep.com) is seeking
scripts for its Second LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest.
In its first LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest, staged February 18-20th,
2010, Valley Rep produced 12 wonderful new short plays. These plays were
chosen from over 265 submissions by 175 playwrights from all over the United
States and from four countries on two continents. The response by our audience
was overwhelming, and we are excited to be able to offer the LabWorks 15-
Minute New Play Contest again in our 2010-2011 season. The contest will be
staged in February 2011 (specific dates TBA). Audiences will choose a winning
play in the categories of comedy and drama. The winning playwright(s) in each
category will win a prize of $150.
For those who submitted to our first contest, please read our submission
guidelines closely, as changes have been made.
Objectives of the Competition
1. To provide opportunities for writers of new, unproduced plays to gain
recognition for themselves and their work.
2. To give VRC the opportunity to supplement its season with unique
productions not yet seen by any of its patrons.
3. To provide opportunities for new and aspiring directors at VRC.
4. To provide opportunities for actors new to the VRC as well as VRC
veterans.
Submission Guidelines and Restrictions
1. The competition is open to any playwright, but only two (2) plays per
playwright may be entered. Members of VRC are eligible to submit plays to
the contest, but if their script is chosen as one of the 12 semifinalists, they will
be prohibited from working on the production of the contest in any capacity.
2. Entries must be original plays. Scripts may be co-authored, based on
factual material, or an adaptation. Legal clearance of materials not in the
public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.
3. Submissions are restricted to plays that have not been published, and they
must be royalty-free to VRC for this contest.
4. All scripts must be those that have not been slated for staging or staged in
full production for a paying audience as of the date postmarked for
submission. Scripts that have been staged in a workshop production, or those
that have had a script-in-hand staged readings, are acceptable. VRC is
seeking new plays which can be produced as world premieres.
5. VRC is not seeking, and will not consider for competition, one-man or one-
woman shows, musicals, or children's theatre.
6. Plays must have a running time of no more than fifteen minutes (less is
acceptable). Therefore, scripts are limited to no more than 15 pages
(excluding the title page), using typeface no smaller than 12-point. Scripts of
16 pages or more will be rejected. While plays with running times of 10 to 15
minutes fit our contest best, any script of 15 pages or fewer will be considered.
7. Casts must consist of 2 to 5 characters. Scripts with 6 or more characters
will be rejected.
8. VRC will accept submissions postmarked no later than Saturday,
September 4th, 2010. VRC is accepting submissions by snail-mail only.
Mail three copies of each play being submitted (limit 2 plays).
Mail submissions to:
The Valley Repertory Company Play Contest
P.O. Box 928
Enfield, CT 06083
The latest video of the Worldwide Monologue Project is "Mrs. Rosenfield Sets Your Ass Straight" by Cat Bistransin, performed by Mary Wilson is now online.
The NYCPlaywrights web site has survived a hack attack. There are a few things that need to be updated for the web site, but for the most part we're back to normal.
"Burqavaganza" is a love story in the time of jihad. A young couple struggle to form a relationship as societal forces try to keep them apart.
The satirical play, which was recently banned by the Pakistani government, doesn't sidestep any of the country's problems: a creeping radicalization, terrorism, government corruption, and interference by Western nations, especially the United States.
Everyone in the play, both men and women, wears a burqa. In the drama, the veil is a metaphor for hypocrisy in a "hidden nation." But the script also mocks the burqa, a sacred symbol in Pakistan.
The theater group putting on the play, Ajoka, has earned a reputation for its radically anti-establishment works in the last two decades, and its willingness to provoke.
Case in point: It defied the government ban on "Burqavaganza" by scheduling a different production, and then putting on "Burqavaganza" at the last minute.
Before the March ban, the play had run three times at the National Art Gallery, a prized venue in Islamabad.
But the Pakistan National Council of the Arts and the Ministry of Culture banned the play after the head of the nation's largest Islamic party, a woman, wrote a letter to the prime minister condemning the play.
A senior official at the Ministry of Culture said the play "pollutes young minds" and "should not be shown anywhere in Pakistan." The Senate's cultural committee concluded a venomous debate by issuing a recommendation that "plays not hurt the feelings of anyone."
"This is an Islamic democracy, not a working democracy," said an official in the Culture Ministry.
The Valley Repertory Company's
Second LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest
The Valley Repertory Company (Enfield, CT, www.ValleyRep.com) is seeking
scripts for its Second LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest.
In its first LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest, staged February 18-20, 2010,
the Valley Repertory Company (VRC) produced 12 wonderful new short plays.
These plays were chosen from over 265 submissions by 175 playwrights from all
over the United States and from four countries on two continents. The response
by our audience was overwhelming, and we are excited to be producing 12 new
plays again our 2010-2011 season. The contest will be staged in February 2011
(specific dates TBA).
For those who submitted to our first contest, please read our submission
guidelines closely, as changes have been made.
Objectives of the Competition
1. To provide opportunities for writers of new, unproduced plays to gain
recognition for themselves and their work.
2. To give VRC the opportunity to supplement its season with unique
productions not yet seen by any of its patrons.
3. To provide opportunities for new and aspiring directors at VRC.
4. To provide opportunities for actors new to the VRC as well as VRC
veterans.
Submission Guidelines and Restrictions
1. The competition is open to any playwright, but only two (2) plays per
playwright may be entered. Members of VRC are eligible to submit plays to
the contest, but if their script is chosen as one of the 12 semifinalists, they will
be prohibited from working on the production of the contest in any capacity.
2. Entries must be original plays. Scripts may be co-authored, based on
factual material, or an adaptation. Legal clearance of materials not in the
public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.
3. Submissions are restricted to plays that have not been published, and they
must be royalty-free to VRC for this contest.
4. All scripts must be those that have not been slated for staging or staged in
full production for a paying audience as of the date postmarked for
submission. Scripts that have been staged in a workshop production, or those
that have had a script-in-hand staged readings, are acceptable. VRC is
seeking new plays which can be produced as world premieres.
5. VRC is not seeking, and will not consider for competition, one-man or one-
woman shows, musicals, or children’s theatre.
6. Plays must have a running time of no more than fifteen minutes (less is
acceptable). Therefore, scripts are limited to no more than 15 pages
(excluding the title page), using typeface no smaller than 12-point. Scripts of
16 pages or more will be rejected. While plays with running times of 10 to 15
minutes fit our contest best, any script of 15 pages or fewer will be considered.
7. Casts must consist of 2 to 5 characters. Scripts with 6 or more characters
will be rejected.
8. VRC will accept submissions postmarked no later than Saturday,
September 4th, 2010. VRC is accepting submissions by snail-mail only. Mail
three copies of each play being submitted (limit 2 plays). Mail submissions to:
The Valley Repertory Company Play Contest
P.O. Box 928
Enfield, CT 06083
Actor member Bruce Barton writes: Hi gang, I'm appearing as McLeavy in a production of Joe Orton's LOOT at the Secret Theatre at the Long Island Arts Center in Long Island City, Queens. Very easy to get to, it's the first stop in Queens on the E train (23St./Ely) or the third stop on the 7 train (45Rd/CourthouseSQ). From either you just walk north (look for the Manhattan skyline on your left) up 23rd Street,
past 44 Ave AND 44 Road. Very easy to find...
LOOT is running in rep with Orton's WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, THE RUFFIAN ON THE STAIR & ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE, hence this wacky schedule:
Tues 6/15 at 8pm
Wed. 6/16 at 8pm
Wed. 6/23 at 8pm
Thur. 6/24 at 8pm
Sat. 6/26 at 8pm
Tue. 7/6 at 8pm
Sat 7/10 at 3pm
NYCPlaywrights had its last meeting before the summer hiatus tonight - and look at the lovely cake, baked for the occasion by actor member Renee Cole! Other refreshments were provided by Allan Brown, Robert Anthony and Randy McHaney - and thanks to Randy McHaney for taking the cake photo.
NYCPlaywrights starts up its tenth year September 14, 2010.
Potluck Productions is always looking for original scripts from women playwrights for inclusion in upcoming festivals. If you are interested in submitting a script for consideration, the following information will explain what we are looking for and how to make a submission.
How to Enter
Please mail two (2) paper copies of your script, a show synopsis, resume, and cover letter to the address noted below. At this time, only snail mail submissions will be accepted. Electronic submissions are not allowed.
Send submissions to:
Potluck Productions
7338 Belleview
Kansas City, MO 64114
Enclose two (2) SASE envelopes or postcards. One will be used to acknowledge receipt of your submission and the other to tell you the result of the judging.
Scripts will not be returned. If you would like your play returned, please include a SASE envelope large enough to contain the submission. Be sure there is adequate postage.
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Special attention is given to emerging Kansas City area writers.
Deadline
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Submissions must be postmarked by September 1, 2010 for consideration in the 2011 Festival. Entries postmarked after that date will be held for consideration in the 2012 Festival.
Rules
The Kansas City Women’s Playwriting Festival is open to any female playwright, although submissions must be in English.
Scripts should be short plays or monologues that have not been previously published.
Estimated playing time for each script should be not less than 10 minutes and not more than 20 minutes.
Scripts must be clearly typed on bond paper, double-spaced, and with wide margins. Pages must be numbered, include the name of the play, and the be securely bound.
To ensure anonymity during the reading process, no personal information should appear anywhere on the submitted script. Personal information should be included only on the cover letter, including name, address, daytime and evening telephone numbers, and email address.
While all reasonable care will be taken, Potluck Productions does not accept responsibility for loss of, or damage to, submitted scripts.
Authors must guarantee that they have sole rights to all matter contained within the script.
By submitting a piece for consideration to the festival, the playwright agrees that Potluck Productions may produce the script during the festival. Furthermore, the playwright agrees to waive any royalty for the production of the piece in the festival. Additionally, the playwright grants Potluck Productions exclusive production rights to the piece within 100 miles of Kansas City for the duration of the Festival.
The committees’ decision is final and no correspondence concerning the results can be entered into.
Play Selection Process
Six to ten plays will be chosen to appear at the festival.
By December 31, all playwrights who made submission will be notified, in writing, of their script’s inclusion or exclusion from the festival.
Production Process
Plays will undergo 4 weeks of rehearsal before receiving a fully staged production. Playwrights will be allowed to attend several rehearsals during the 4 weeks prior to production. Rewrites during this time will be allowed at the discretion of the festival’s director.
At the end of the rehearsal process, plays will experience a 2 - 3 week full-production run in front of an audience. Because of the nature of the Festival, unit sets will be used (unit sets indicate changes in location by use of lighting or slight alterations in the set pieces). But, in all other aspects (lights, sound, costumes, etc.), each playwright will have the opportunity to see her piece professionally produced.
Actors Theatre of Louisville and Miami's City Theatre have joined forces to co-sponsor the National Ten-Minute Play Contest.
GUIDELINES
Each playwright may submit only one script—send us your best!
No scripts will be returned—save postage. No self-addressed stamped envelope required.
Entries will be acknowledged by postcard in January and all playwrights will be notified when or before the winner is announced in the fall.
Each script must be no more than ten pages long.
Previously submitted plays, plays that have received an Equity production, musicals, children's shows, and any unsolicited longer one-act or full-length plays are not accepted and will be returned. Plays that have received Equity waver showcase productions are eligible.
Each manuscript must be typed and individually bound or stapled.
Title page must include name, address, phone number and e-mail address. We are unable to accept electronic submissions.
The volume of scripts submitted hampers our ability to comment individually on each work, so we do not offer criticism.
All ten-minute plays will be considered for the Heideman Award ($1000)*, the Humana Festival of New American Plays, City Theatre’s Summer Shorts Festival and the Short Cuts Tour. Plays that meet the following criteria will also be considered for the annual Actors Theatre Apprentice Showcase: age range 18-28; minimal sets, minimal props, minimal costume requirements.
Playwrights must be citizens or permanent residents of the USA.
*The Heideman Award was established in 1979. Made possible by the late Ted Heideman, a Louisvillian, the $1,000 cash prize is bestowed annually upon the winners of the National Ten-Minute Play Contest (1990 – present). The contest receives more than 1,400 short plays annually and is co-sponsored by Actors Theatre of Louisville and City Theatre in Miami.
NEXT DEADLINE
Submission Postmark is November 1, 2010
Address Submissions to:
NATIONAL TEN-MINUTE PLAY CONTEST
Actors Theatre of Louisville
316 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-4218
For more information about City Theatre’s Summer Shorts Festival and Short Cuts tour, please call 305-755-9401 or visit www.citytheatre.com.
Circus Theatricals welcomes full length play submissions.
Guidelines:
* Play may have been previously produced, but not in Los Angeles or Southern California.
* Plays with simple production value are preferred.
* Previous production history is required for all submitted plays.
* Playwrights may submit more than one play.
* All styles (comedies, dramas, etc) considered.
Please Submit:
o Short synopsis of play
o 15 representative pages
o Cast breakdown
o Set requirements
o Please do not include SASE, scripts will NOT be returned.
o NO electronic submissions.
Submit to:
Circus Theatricals
Attn: Joe Bays, Literary Coordinator
PO Box 586
Culver City , CA 90232
info@circustheatricals.com
310 226-6144 ext. 1
PlayFest (April 8-17, 2011) is seeking new full-length plays or musicals based on or inspired by works of classic literature or historic events, famous persons or advances in science. These events, persons or advances can be from any age in history, including the present. We prefer plays that require six actors or less, and have an interest in one-person shows. However, even in the case of one-person shows, we are not looking for history lectures, or museum piece adaptations that are faithful to a fault, but rather dynamic new theatrical versions of classic stories that speak to the contemporary mindset.
In musical submissions, we will be a little less strict about the cast size, but are only interested in musicals based on or inspired by the same criteria as the plays mentioned above.
In order to qualify for PlayFest a play must:
1. NOT have received more than two professional AEA productions
2. NOT have received a Broadway of Off-Broadway production
3. NOT have received Orlando production in current form
4. NOT be published for general distribution with the rights held by the Publisher
Each year we select around ten new works to be presented as readings. Two those may go on to be developed in workshops during the following year's PlayFest - The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays. Playwrights will receive a stipend, travel and housing expenses. Some plays may go on to be fully produced as part of a subsequent Orlando Shakespeare Theater season.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES - PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES!
At this time we are not looking for full scripts. We are asking for a simpler initial submission:
Non-musical submissions should include a cover letter, bio/resume, a one-page synopsis, five pages of sample dialogue, a character breakdown, and the mailing address, email address and direct phone number of THE WRITER on the cover letter. Musicals should include all of the above and the most recent Demo CD of the show. Please do not send full scripts until requested to do so.
Mail submissions via regular mail to:
Patrick Flick
Director of New Play Development
PlayFest - The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays
Orlando Shakespeare Theater
812 East Rollins St. Suite 100
Orlando, FL 32803
Email submissions will not be accepted.
Initial submission deadline for PlayFest 2011 is August 31, 2010. If you wish to be notified of receipt of your submission, please include a SAS Postcard. Otherwise you will only hear from us if we would like to see a full script.
Art Drama, based on the musicological distinction of "art music," is a theater dedicated to the conviction that "classics" aren't necessarily something of the past that have earned their title over time, but rather something of all generations, including the present, that have earned their title by their inherent aesthetic value.
Art Drama takes the art of drama with the utmost seriousness, and doesn't have time for "pop" theater, or works with a strictly social, political, or narrative agenda. Art Drama's primary priority is aesthetic value, and outlines four basic aspects of work in which it seeks:
- Poetry
- Formalistic complexity
- Gesamtkunstwerk
- Works that reflect the uniqueness, and the ideal, of the dramatic form: to "show," rather than "tell." Works with this principle, emphasizing the presentness of drama, and limiting the amount of reference to history or character background, will be favored.
Works must be written predominantly in English, for English. Works incorporating spoken language, translated from another language into English, will not be accepted. Plays of any length, as well as any form – soliloquy, mime, etc. - will be considered. We also plan on later opening up submissions to music drama, as well as plays incorporating music, but for the moment, we are not. This is not a play development/experiment center. Please only send fully completed and perfected works.
Those interested may send their full script to inspirato19@aim.com. Response will be made only to those scripts we are interested in.
Although NYCPlaywrights has met all during the past year on Tuesdays, the last meeting of the year will be on a WEDNESDAY, June 16. Same time 7 - 10 PM.
Location is Shetler Studios, this time in Studio 1.
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