NYCPlaywrights

Play submission for for The Flea theater

2010-03-07T09:43:00.002-05:00

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The Flea regularly produces 4 - 6 new plays per year. We are offering this questionnaire to consider propositions best suited for The Bats. See more information about The Bats.

Because The Bats are a young ensemble, we are only interested in work which reflects and features performers in their 20’s. (In other words, if your play is in a naturalistic style and requires grandparents or children, please do not occupy your time and ours by submitting answers to the questionnaire.) Although we seek large diverse casts, we are open to smaller ensembles – but do tend to favor plays that reflect the company’s diversity and size. We do favor work which is risk-taking, politically relevant, sexually charged, and intellectually engaging.

This questionnaire allows us to get a snapshot of your work – and enables us to efficiently consider work for this extraordinary company. Please be advised to fill out the answers thoroughly and feel free to use your writing skills to begin the conversation about you and your proposed work. (Incomplete questionnaires will not be considered.)

form here

Project Y's video monologue contest

2010-03-05T16:04:00.002-05:00

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CONFESSIONALS: Project Y's video monologue contest.

You do: monologue that's under 60 seconds. The theme: Confessionals.

We do: Pick 5 of them to rehearse, shoot, edit, and post on our site.

How to submit: Go to our PY Blog by March 14th and become a follower.

Project Y on Facebook

David Lamberton: ANTIGONE

2010-03-05T02:16:00.001-05:00

Actor member David Lamberton appears in "Antigone" (Creon)
at Baruch PAC Great Works Reading Series
Mon 3/8 -thru- Thurs 3/11
Admission Free but Reservations Required
Mon: 1:15p
Tue: 10:45a
Wed: 3:45p ... 5:40p ... 7:40p
Thur: 1p ... 5:40p

www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac
--or-- (646) 312 - 5073

Spare Change Theater: in a New York Minute

2010-03-02T14:54:00.001-05:00

sparechangetheater.com

Spare Change Theater is excited to announce a brand new theatrical event; In a New York Minute. This play competition will be a showdown of original plays with a maximum length of sixty seconds. The evening will consist of about 50 plays competing for various prizes. Like the nail biting sport of Curling... this event will include a qualifying round, quarter finals, semi finals, and the final face-off for the top prize. The winning plays of each round to be decided by the roar of the crowd. Included prizes are; cash, dinners, gift certificates, and the opportunity to have a free space for a reading of any of your full length plays. We are looking for playwrights in the NYC area to submit plays for consideration.

There is NO SUBMISSION FEE. This will be an opportunity for you to get exposure, and even earn a little cash if your play is one of the winners.

Deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 14th .

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 you send in their New York Minute Playwrights 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, March 17th

Visionfest 3 - Live Wire Chicago Theater

2010-02-28T12:37:00.000-05:00

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VisionFest 3 - PLAY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Submissions are required to adhere to the "Image" guideline or are discarded. Submissions are open to local, regional, national and international playwrights. Finalists will be announced when program is complete.

* Only original material may be submitted.
* Submissions must be postmarked between April 19th through July 31st to be accepted (Any submissions sent outside of these dates will be discarded.)
* Plays must be between 1 to 12 minutes in length; 1 to 12 pages depending on density of material. (Any scripts over 12 minutes will be discarded.)
* One submission per playwright will be considered.
* Previously produced scripts will NOT be accepted.
* Submissions should only include your playscript (bound preferred) with playwright's name on the title page only. (SASE for returning playscript is optional.)
* Submissions should be sent to LiveWire Chicago Theatre, ATTN: VISIONFEST, P.O. Box 11226, Chicago IL 60611-0226. E-mail Submissions will not be accepted.

Lebanon Community Theatre Play Writing Contest

2010-02-28T12:27:00.002-05:00

Lebanon PA

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Aspiring playwrights of all ages and experience are invited to submit scripts for LCT's 12th annual play writing contest.

Plays will be judged on content, dialogue, ingenuity, use of theme, and ability to be staged. Plays with special effects, lighting or elaborate sets can not be produced.

Previous years' winning plays came from throughout Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic area,
and from across the United States and Canada.

The authors will maintain all literary rights to their own material.

All winning plays will be presented on the LCT stage on August 12, 13, 14, 2010 at
7:30 p.m. and at a Sunday matinee on August 15, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.

For further information call: Mary Lou Kelsey at (717) 274-0787
or send an e-mail message to pwc@lct.cc

LCT's Play Writing Contest Committee and the LCT Artistic Board will judge the entries.
The winners will be notified by letter near the end of June, 2010.
Each winner will receive:

a) a $100 cash prize; and
b) one season ticket for LCT's 2011 season for local winners; and
c) each of the winning plays will be performed on the LCT stage; and
d) each playwright may direct and cast their own play if they wish. Playwright directors will
be assisted by committee members; and
e) a DVD of the production of the winning plays.

All plays submitted should center on a common theme, idea or concept.
This year's theme is "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"

All plays submitted must be the original work of the author and must comply with
guidelines of length and appropriateness for community theatre audiences.

Plays not on theme or not written for this contest will not be judged.

Play's should be at least 10 minutes long, but must not exceed 20 minutes of production time.

Plays should have no more than three scenes using limited sets, props and costumes. Only simple on-off or fade lighting will be considered. The cast of characters must be at least two, but should not exceed eight.

Playwrights should keep in mind that they are writing for the stage and not television or film, and must use dialogue, not stage directions, to develop their play.

There is no limit to the number of plays each person can submit.

Please submit two copies of your play. Submissions should be typed and double-spaced
on one side only. Both copies should be unbound and stapled on the top left corner.
Do not use any covers. Use a simple font such as Times New Roman or Courier.

All plays must be submitted by April 30, 2010 and must include on the title page
a short paragraph stating how your play makes use of the theme.

Mail your plays to:

L.C.T
P.O Box 592
Lebanon, Pa 17042

Auditions for the winning plays will be held at LCT on Sunday, July 11th and Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. All winning authors who want to cast and direct their own play should be present. Playwrights are encouraged to recruit potential actors; and those auditioning will be considered for all winning plays.

Bruce Barton - GLEE CLUB

2010-02-28T12:24:00.002-05:00

Actor member Bruce Barton performs in Blue Coyote's GLEE CLUB Weds - Sat, March 3rd - April 3rd.

Tickets are now on sale at Smarttix.

http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID=&showCode=GLE1

www.bluecoyote.org

Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest

2010-02-27T15:20:00.000-05:00

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Shubert Fendrich, the founder of PIONEER DRAMA SERVICE, passed away in December of 1989. In tribute to him, the Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest is held annually to encourage the development of quality theatrical material for educational and community theatres.

CONTEST GUIDELINES

Individuals currently published by Pioneer Drama Service are not eligible for this contest. Pioneer Drama Service employees and their families are also excluded.

This is an ongoing contest, with one winner selected for each calendar year. The winner from the previous calendar year will be announced each year on June 1.

All plays accepted for publication will be considered contest finalists. The contest winner will receive a $1,000 royalty advance in addition to publication.

Entries should be sent to:

PLAYWRITING CONTEST
Pioneer Drama Service
P.O. Box 4267
Englewood, CO 80155-4267

Uhry Master Class

2010-02-27T14:58:00.001-05:00

Several NYCPlaywrights are attending the Alfred Uhry Master Class at the Cherry Lane Theatre. For more information: http://www.cherrylanetheatre.com/playing.php?page=masterclasses

NYCPlaywrights Spring Fundraiser

2010-02-21T18:19:00.002-05:00

The Spring Fundraiser will be at 8PM on Saturday, April 24, 2010. For location, lineup, cast etc. check in again later.

go here to see info about previous NYCPlaywrights fundraisers

Amanda Thickpenny: MAN AND SUPERMAN

2010-02-21T15:41:00.002-05:00

Actor member Amanda Thickpenny is playing Ann in George Bernard Shaw's MAN AND SUPERMAN at Love Creek Productions. It plays at the Beckman Theatre at the American Theatre of Actors at 314 W. 54th Street. The production runs as follows:

March 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 at 8:00 pm
March 6 at 3:00 pm
March 7 at 7:00 pm
March 13 at 3:00 pm
March 14th at 3:00 pm

Tickets are $18 and reservations can be made by calling 212-769-7973

Amanda's web site : www.amandathickpenny.com

North Park Playwright Festival

2010-02-21T14:15:00.000-05:00

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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. We have too much trouble with differing email, word processing, and computer platform issues to take them via email. Additionally, our selection process requires the directors read all plays submitted and the cost of printing all the plays we receive each year is prohibitive. 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, 2010.

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.

If Ophelia had a sassy gay friend

2010-02-21T08:39:00.002-05:00

Initially discovered by member Amanda Thickpenny

Penn State Summer Theatre Project

2010-02-20T10:17:00.001-05:00

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The Penn State Summer Theatre Project offers a unique opportunity to young theatre artists, ages 18 through 22, and young professional playwrights ages 18 through 25. Founded on the professional training methods used in one of the top five musical theatre programs in the country and by the professional playwrights and composers who form the core of two nationally recognized new works festivals, the Summer Theatre Project features an exciting liaison between training and practice. Penn State’s new play festival, Cultural Conversations, and The Penn State New Musicals Festival bring national and international composers, lyricists, and playwrights to Penn State to do new works, and the students in Penn State's School of Theatre have the privilege of working closely with professional writers on both creating and workshopping new theatre pieces. The relationship between the Summer Theatre Project and the two festivals creates an exciting environment of training and performance, and this extraordinary program is designed to serve the needs of both the highly motivated young theatre professional and the professional playwright, composer, and lyricist.

The playwrights chosen for The Project will take classes at Penn State in Hero's Journey, Theatricality as Metaphor, Revising a Play, The Workshop, and New Play Development, and participate in Master Classes with visiting playwrights and artistic directors in the field. This unique training and performance experience sets The Penn State Summer Theatre Project apart from any other summer theatre experience in the country, and the collaboration between creation and performance offers the young writer and actor an opportunity to study, refine, and present his or her own gifts in a supportive and artistically progressive environment.

nufan ensemble, Chi, A Table & Chairs, submit 8/15-9/15, no fee

2010-02-17T00:05:00.000-05:00

If you have any questions regarding submissions, you may direct them to info@nufanensemble.com

The n.u.f.a.n. ensemble has shifted its focus to producing festivals for the 2009-2010 season. We look forward reading new work created by writers from around the world.

New work is defined as a play that has never had a full production (table readings and workshops are acceptable, however).

Submissions must be in standard industry format, including page numbers and binding. Please remove all identifying information from the title page of the script. Your contact information should be included on a separate page.

(Please acquaint yourselves with these guidelines. If you are unsure how to format your script – please follow the link. We consider one properly formatted page equals roughly one minute. Binding can be anything from a staple to a folder, but the work must be securely bound.)

One hard copy of the script should be sent to;

The n.u.f.a.n. ensemble
c/o Paul Barile
4261 W. Addison
Chicago, IL 60641
Scripts will not be returned.

The following is our submission schedule. All scripts must be postmarked on or before the final day of each call for scripts. When submitting a play for a particular festival, please put the name of the festival on the outside of the envelope.

A Table and Chairs: a 10-minute play festival

Submissions accepted August 15 – September 15.

This festival is open to all playwrights.

Page count – no more than ten pages

Set pieces are limited to a table and two chairs.

When submitting a play for a particular festival, please put the name of the festival on the outside of the envelope.

Madhu on Gurney

2010-02-15T21:39:00.006-05:00

Madhu Rye, who was among the NYCPlaywrights who attended A.R Gurney's Master Class at the Cherry Lane Theatre generously allowed NYCPlaywrights to reprint this English-language version of his column from Divya Bhaskar. Thanks Madhu!

Heaven On Earth
by Madhu Rye
(adapted from his weekly column in Divya Bhaskar, the Gujarati language daily published from India in seven editions, date 1-13-2010)

Have you seen "Tumhari Armita", the Hindi language play starring Shabana Azmi and Farukh Sheikh? It has only two characters, who simply sit on their chairs and read a series of letters, electrifying the audience by just the words, the events those words describe, and the emotions bursting out of the cadence of their voices. There is no one threatening the bad guy by resting a foot on a chair and leaning menacingly, or averring "Oh, by the way..." No one gets poked in the chest with the stem of a Briar pipe, and no one weeps with muted sobs. An entire world of complex relationships and the quirky passage of Time rendered with disarming simplicity is presented through the 50-year-long series of letters between a man and a woman. It is spell-biding. That play was inspired by an American play "Love Letters" by Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr.

A Gujarati language adaptation of this play by Naushil Mehta, starred Mallika Sarabhai and Utkarsh Majumdar in Bombay. Being so low-maintenance to stage - the playwright asks that the actors not even rehearse, and so intense in its effect, that it must have had hundreds of adaptations, translations, renderings in other languages of India and of course the whole world. It has made Gurney a darling of stage performers all over the globe.

Gurney saheb entered his eightieth year last month. He has written forty-one plays to date, and three of his new plays are opening on professional stage in New York next month. By some cosmic miracle, courtesy of NYCPlaywrights, a group I am associated with, I was able to meet Gurney saheb in person in New York's Cherry Lane Theater "Master Class" - a series of interactive sessions for aspiring playwrights with masters of American Drama. It was a buoyant, humbling, joyous occasion.

Gurney saheb was teaching American Theater at the formidable Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he was forced to become a "showman" to keep his students from dozing off. So he put together a drama circle there to stage his plays. After twenty-five years of diligence, his "Scenes from American Life" made it to Broadway, which freed him to write full-time. He writes from 8am to noon as a daily ritual. This way it becomes a habit, even an addiction, he explained. In his benign, grandfatherly intonations he also answered questions from budding playwrights. Why no rehearsals for "Love Letters"? For spontaneity. And you can have different teams perform it to bring out different nuances. This play has been done by mighty professionals of Broadway stage as well as promising newcomers, with delightful results.

Gurney saheb has also written three novels. Has he tried converting his novels into plays, and the other way around? Well, it was only when the "Love Letters" manuscript was returned by the New Yorker magazine saying they didn't accept playscripts that the author realized that it was actually not a novel but a play! So he read it at a social gathering with a lady friend and the effect was exhilarating. It took off like a rocket after that and is still performed everywhere except in England. The English, the playwright muses, do not get the point of the play. Gurney loves writing plays because it involves other arts and crafts. Writing novels is a lonely occupation.

Gurney has made a dog compose poetry (Sylvia), threaded 18 scenes crisscrossing Time and Space in a single play (Dining Room), adapted a Cheever story into a musical (Love in Buffalo). He writes like a gardener cultivates rose bushes. There are no psychological dungeons of Tennessee Williams, nor complex architecture of Arthur Miller. His gift is simplicity. He has written about the WASPs but has inspired scores of black, yellow and brown dramatists to adapt his work in multiple incarnations over and over again. After 41 plays, at the age of 80, he has three plays opening this month. Heaven on earth.

Visit Madhu's web site at madhurye.net

Slings and Arrows, Season 1, Episode 1, Part 6

2010-02-14T13:04:00.001-05:00

Raconteur Theatre Company seeks scripts

2010-02-14T12:29:00.002-05:00

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Please note that Raconteur Theatre Company does not provide any comments or suggestions about work that we neither intend to develop nor produce. Although we accept material year-round, we do not guarantee that every script will be read. We will not return any materials physically mailed to us unless they are accompanied with a SASE and adequate postage. Please note that Raconteur Theatre Company does not provide any comments or suggestions about work that we neither intend to develop nor produce. Although we accept material year-round, we do not guarantee that every script will be read. We will not return any materials physically mailed to us unless they are accompanied with a SASE and adequate postage. If you have any questions or need additional information, please e-mail scripts@raconteurtheatre.com.
Include the following information to allow us to contact you if interested:

Full Name of Playwright
Complete Mailing Address
Email Address
The font should be easily readable and 10-14pt.in size.
Your script must contain page numbers.
Include a list of characters. Keep it brief but be sure to include any important
details such as gender, age and race if applicable.
Any script submitted must be the sole work of the playwright(s) and must not include any material you do not have permission to use.
All scripts must be in English.

Script Submission Suggestions
Raconteur is a small company with under 20 members. We typically perform scripts which allow us to be as minimal as possible or include only one or two locations. We read a lot of scripts to find the ones we feel fit us best. The following are a few suggestions to help you to have the best possible opportunity

We accept scripts of all lengths. We do not accept screenplays.
Providing a cover page including the title, playwright name, contact information, a little background on the playwright, cast size, genre, approximate run time, and a brief synopsis is helpful.
Electronic submissions are strongly preferred.
Including a production and publication history if applicable is strongly preferred.
Proofread to be certain there are no serious grammatical errors.
Consider audiences when choosing a title, think about how it will look on a poster or in a press release. It should compel audiences to come see the show.
Try not to include stage directions or costume design unless they are imperative to tell your story.
We suggest limiting your cast of characters to no more than 8 and your list of settings to no more than 2.
Special interest is given to writers from the Central Ohio area.
Thank you for your interest in Raconteur Theatre Company. We look forward to reading your work.

7th Biennial Festival of Ten-Minute Plays

2010-02-11T20:08:00.002-05:00

The Department of Theatre at The College at Brockport - State University of New York is pleased to announce its 7th Biennial Festival of Ten-Minute Plays

+ All submissions are online. Please visit our website for complete submission and format guidelines: http://www.brockport.edu/theatre/Fest2010ad.html

+ Each submission must have a cover sheet – available with the complete submission guidelines

+ Each script must have a running time of seven to fourteen minutes

+ Only original scripts allowed

+ Maximum of two scripts per playwright

+ No musicals

+ Previously produced plays, for which admission was charged, are not accepted

+ Entries will be acknowledged by email

+ Scripts must be submitted by April 15, 2010 midnight EST

+ The top ten scripts will be produced in fully realized productions as part of the College at Brockport Festival of Ten VII in February 2011

+ Awards will be given to the top three selected plays

+ Finalists will be notified by December 3, 2010

+ For more information please visit our website: http://www.brockport.edu/theatre

NYCP & Cherry Lane Theatre

2010-02-11T20:05:00.002-05:00

Once again Cherry Lane Theatre has generously offered complimentary passes to NYCPlaywrights - this time to participate in Lee Blessing's Master Class. Read more about it here.

Submissions for Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival

2010-02-11T00:10:00.007-05:00

Submissions are now open for the 2010 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival

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Samuel French is now accepting submissions for its 2010 Festival. Festival application and guidelines are available here.

Deadline is March 12th, 2010.

FAQs

What is the deadline to submit to the OOB fest?

All submissions must be postmarked no later than March 12th to be considered for the festival.

When will I know if I'm a chosen finalist?

Our decision on our final forty plays will be made in May.

Why do I need a liaison/producer?

The Samuel French OOB Festival requires a producing body for each play, because this is a performance festival. This means you need someone to produce the play you put on paper – a liaison. In some cases this is a third party, in many cases this is the playwright themselves. If chosen to participate in the Festival, the liaison is responsible for all production-related issue.

Wait! I have to do a production of my play?

Please remember that this is a PLAYWRITING festival, not a PRODUCTION festival. That said, the production should be audience-ready as these are not staged readings. Samuel French will provide stock set pieces, dressing rooms, basic lighting, and curtains. Remember, the focus is on the writing.

At this early stage, I don't know who would want to act as my liaison - can I act as my own liaison?

Yes, you can act as your own liaison. When applying, just include your own information in the section labeled "agreement by liaison".

How long can my play be?

Your play can be up to 30 minutes in length. It can be less, but not more.

How many plays can I submit?

Each author is allowed to submit up to three scripts.

I'm not from the New York area. Will I be able to cast my play in New York?

You can absolutely cast from a New York pool of talent, you can also feel free to bring your cast from wherever you are.

My play has been part of other festivals. Is it still eligible for yours?

The winners of the OOB Festival are published and licensed by Samuel French. So if your play, as part of another festival, is under any other contract for publication or licensing, then you would not be eligible. However, if it has not been published or licensed, we encourage pieces that have already been workshopped and produced in other festivals. Prior workshops and readings can only help the development of your play.

I don't live in the United States. Are international submissions accepted?

Of course. We encourage submissions from around the globe. Our one condition is that all plays MUST be written in English, though foreign expressions may be used.

When is the festival?

The OOB Festival will be taking place from Tuesday, July 13, to Sunday, July 18, 2010 at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row in NYC.

This should help answer most question you may have. If any further concerns come up that aren't addressed here, direct them to oobfestival@samuelfrench.com and we will answer them promptly.

10% off Spring 2010 Semester at Primary Stages for NYCPlaywrights

2010-02-10T17:36:00.002-05:00

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Mention you saw this notice on the NYCPlaywrights web site
and receive a 10% discount on a writing class at Primary Stages
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The start of Primary Stages' Spring 2010 semester begins February 16, and there are still a few spots left within its Writing Department.

The writing classes are designed to create an environment that breeds creativity and growth. Join small class sizes with writing mentors (rather than strict teachers!) and a fabulous community of artists working toward a common goal. Courses still open for enrollment include:

Face the Blank Page and Write
Adaptation
The One-Act
Television Writing

In addition to traditional writing classes we
offer the following courses that round out your education:

Script Analysis
Dramaturgy

Can't commit to a full semester but still looking for a boost of encouragement?
Check out our workshops with David Adjmi, David Grimm and Itamar Moses.

Contact Tessa LaNeve tessa@primarystages.org or 212.840.9705 x212
for more information or to enroll..

Learn more about PSST here

SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR "EMERGING ARTISTS" PLAYWRITING RESIDENCY

2010-02-10T17:31:00.002-05:00

SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR OUR "EMERGING ARTISTS" PLAYWRIGHTING RESIDENCY

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DEADLINE MARCH 1st, 2010

Seeking one act or short play (60-75 minutes run time) featuring a cast of no more than 4 performers (roles can be doubled and trebled) age 18-35 that can be produced appropriate to our "bare bones" approach to production (see website, www.shakespeareinthevalley.com for examples of our costuming, sets, lighting, etc) and can be rehearsed in 4-5 days (actors will be cast in advance and will arrive to rehearsal off book) leading up to a three night run on our various Main Stages in July 2010. Work must be at least a NH premiere (prefer never produced pieces). Classical or Shakespearean content appreciated but not mandatory. Playwright will also direct. No pay. Travel stipend, housing and all production support provided.

No limit to scripts submitted by same person as long as they follow the guidelines given.

The casting session will be done by playwright/director (if available to do so) and artistic director in NH 2 weeks prior to start of rehearsals. The director/writer will not be supplying actors--they will already be on site in NH as part of our summer festival company. If writer/director is unavailable to come for casting, then AD will cast and playwright/director will meet cast at start of rehearsals.

Please send cover letter, CV/Resume and submission (prefer Word format) attention "Donna Devlin, Founding/Producing Artistic Director" at info@shakespeareinthevalley.com.

If prefer to send via postal mail, please send c/o Donna Devlin, 1020 Grand
Concourse, Suite 20K, Bronx, NY 10451. IF SENT VIA POST, SCRIPTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

Finalists will be notified of our decision by April 1st and an interview scheduled with the Artistic Director at that time. Final decision will be made prior to May 1st, 2010.

Affair with a Fish

2010-02-10T17:12:00.001-05:00

Member Wayne Paul Mattingly's latest full-length play, AFFAIR WITH A FISH, has been selected a semi-finalist in the 2011 Trustus Playwright's Festival. Winner to be announced this April/May.
more info here

Firehouse Theatre Project 9th Annual Festival of New American Plays

2010-02-09T00:48:00.000-05:00

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Firehouse Theatre Project
9th Annual Festival of New American Plays
Rules for Submission

Full length scripts only.

Plays must not have been previously produced. Readings are acceptable if no admission was charged and actors read from the script.

Submissions should be made in standard manuscript form and with no fancy binding. This
means no discs, no e-mails. Please just use a binder clip to secure the script pages, no folders, no plastic covers, etc. All author information must be on a title page separate from the body of the manuscript and no reference to the author is permitted in the body of the script.

Scripts must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a theater company or
individual familiar with your work. Letters of recommendation do not need to be specific to the play submitted; they may be general recommendations of the playwrights work. All letters must be received with the script, not under separate cover. Scripts received without a letter will not be considered.

Entries must be postmarked no later than June 30, 2010.

Due to volume of mail, manuscripts cannot be returned.

Send submissions to:
Firehouse Theatre Project
7th Festival of New American Plays
1609 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23220

Two winners receive staged readings and prizes of $1,000 and $500. In the case of a tie, each winner will receive $750.

Winners will be announced January 1, 2011.