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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

SECOND GENERATION SEEKS MANUSCRIPTS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATION

Second Generation is currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts through November 1, 2005, for development consideration, especially for our In The Works reading series.

Second Generation is a non-profit theater company in New York, dedicated since 1997 to bringing Asian American stories to the world’s stage.

In The Works represents the developmental, literary wing of Second Generation’s productions. Since its inception in 1999, the series has presented more than a dozen new plays by emerging Asian American playwrights. The In The Works process begins with a workshop and rehearsal period designed to provide each writer with a safe and productive developmental environment, including an experienced director and cast, culminating in a public staged reading. Past events have been hosted by some of New York City’s most venerable artistic and theatrical institutions, including the NYSF/Joseph Papp Public Theater, the Asian-American Writers’ Workshop, the Culture Project/45 Bleecker, HERE Arts Center, and the Asia Society.

Previous plays presented In The Works have earned awards from the New York Foundation of the Arts and the New York Asian American Film Festival, and received production at theatres throughout the country, including East West Players and the National Asian-American Theatre Company (NAATCO), among others.

For submission guidelines and more information about Second Generation, go to www.2g.org

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Dayton Playhouse FutureFest

FutureFest 2006 Submission Guidelines

Entry MUST be a full-length play ---a minimum of 75 minute running time. Musicals and children’s play WILL NOT be accepted.

The entry must be an original work and cannot have been published or produced where admission was charged prior to July of 2006. Staged readings and/or workshop production would not be disqualifying factors.

Adaptations must be accompanied with written permission from all parties.

There is no restriction of subject, style, treatment, etc.

More than one entry may be submitted.

Playwright must submit one typewritten BINDER BOUND no brads, staples or clips (unbound scripts will be destroyed) copy of the script with a title page containing:

title

author's name

mailing address

phone number

e-mail address

Character list/descriptions and synopsis must also be included.

Playwright must include a resume.

Scripts will not be returned unless accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope.

Entering into the festival, the playwright gives Dayton Playhouse permission to photocopy scripts for reading/production purposes.

Six finalists will be notified by May of 2006. Finalists will also be posted on the Dayton Playhouse website www.daytonplayhouse.com. Finalists must attend the festival and participate in all events.

The winning playwright must recognize the Dayton Playhouse if/when the script is published.

The winning playwright awards the Dayton Playhouse the option to produce the winning play on its main stage in Dayton, OH at no cost.

DO NOT send entries via USPS if you request a signed confirmation. Entries sent via USPS should include a self addressed stamped postcard if delivery confirmation is needed. Dayton Playhouse will only provide signed confirmation via UPS, Federal Express, or Airborne.

Entries accepted beginning June 1, 2005

Entries must be postmarked no later than October 31, 2005.

Mail entries to
Dayton Playhouse, Inc.
Attn: FutureFest 2006
1301 E. Siebenthaler Avenue
Dayton, OH 45414

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

STAGES wants musicals

What is STAGES?
Stages is a weekend festival of new musicals presented in various formats by Theatre Building Chicago. Stages takes place in the three-theatre complex of the Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont in Chicago, in August.

Festival attendees include producers, directors, writers, composers and musical theatre aficionados from all over the country. One audience member called it "a religious retreat for musical theatre lovers." Stages is an opportunity for authors and composers to see and hear their work interpreted by a production team and performed for an audience. It is also an opportunity for producers and directors to assess new musicals and musical theatre talent.

Come to STAGES 2005 & see what it's all about!

Now is your opportunity to make plans for Stages 2005, August 12-14. A three day festival, celebrating the Great American Art form of musical theatre.

Nine New Musicals written by old friends and new favorites

All in no-frills concert and staged readings, focusing on the craft of writing and the talent of the performers.

A convocation of hundreds of authors, actors, artists, theatre producers and music lovers.

Friday Night Kick-off Opening August 12

Lyricists' Forum: Sunday, August 14
An insightful & interactive panel discussion on the challenges & triumphs of writing lyrics for the musical theatre. Join us for this special event with distinguished and award winning writers (TBA).

Deadlines for Stages 2006 submissions is October 1st, 2005 [submission for STAGES 2005 is now closed].

How are new musicals entered in Stages?

Applicants for Stages 2006 must submit the following materials by October 1, 2005:

Completed Stages 2006 application form

Synopsis of musical (two pages maximum)

A sample book scene (three pages maximum)

3 cassette recordings and piano/vocal score (not a lead sheet) for three songs from the work

Letter of recommendation from a professional theatre company or workshop

Letter stating proof of rights (if work is based on a source not in public domain or is not an original idea)

Resume

Note: Do not include SASE as all materials will be destroyed following evaluation

Stages 2006 application form will soon be available here (pdf file).

Applications for Stages 2006 can be also obtained from the following locations:

Theatre Building Chicago
1225 W. Belmont Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
Contact: John Sparks 773/929-7367, x222

The Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop
335 N. Brand Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Glendale, CA 91203
Contact: John Sparks 213/465-9142

ASCAP
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Contact: Michael Kerker 212/621-6234

New musicals can be submitted by producers, theatres, agents or writers. We actively encourage theatres and producers to submit and sponsor new musicals that they are developing. Theatre Building Chicago's goal is to help producers and collaborators to take a more objective look at new musicals in the early stages of development. TBC?s staff will select all pieces to be presented in Stages from the submission entries and will determine which category of presentation a piece will receive.

There are only three requirements for selection for Stages: the application must be accompanied by a recommendation from a theatre, workshop or other professional association; the authors must agree to attend Stages if their piece is selected; and the authors must agree to give program credit to Theatre Building Chicago, acknowledging festival participation for any future production. That's it! There are no other encumbrances or rights restrictions placed on any entry, separate from any that the authors may have on their own.

Web site: http://www.theatrebuildingchicago.org/workshopStagesApply.htm

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Gay Positive Plays

The Foundation is pleased to announce a Playwriting Competition for the Foundation’s 2005 writing grants. All works must present the gay and lesbian lifestyle in a positive manner and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historic person, culture, work of art, or event. You may think your affair with the dancer from the Russian ballet was historic, but it doesn’t count. One work per author, please.

All works (Drama or Comedy or Musical) submitted must be unpublished, original, and in English. Adaptations or translations of other works of fiction are not acceptable. Plays may be full-length, a long one-act, or an evening-long collection of related one-acts. All works selected by the judges will be announced in Spring 2006 at the Annual Lambda Literary Awards Dinner and will receive a cash award of $1,000 (not limited to a single winner).

All submissions must be postmarked by midnight November 30, 2005. Mail manuscript, including author’s name, address, phone number, and a note on the historical inspiration for the work to our new address. Because of the large number of submissions expected, NO manuscripts will be returned.

Web site: http://www.aabbfoundation.org/playwriting.htm

Friday, August 19, 2005

Marriage, Death & Religion

Streetlight Productions is currently looking to build three new evenings of theatre and is looking for One Acts and short plays or 10-minute plays and long-form monologues revolving around the themes of "MARRIAGE," "DEATH," and "RELIGION." There is no specific point of view we are looking for -just material that has thoughts on those three subjects specifically or obliquely addresses them. Send to:

Script Coordinator
Streetlight Productions, Inc.
110-64 Queens Blvd., PMB # 175
Forest Hills, NY 11375.

Go to: www.streetlightproductions.org for more information under the "Stage Company" heading.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Future Fest looking for plays

Dayton Playhouse is proud to be the home of FutureFest. FutureFest is the one-of-a-kind nationally renowned festival of new works. FutureFest was developed, in 1991, out of the need to introduce new works into the American theatre and at the same time provide playwrights the rare opportunity to see their works produced and professionally adjudicated during the early stages of development. This feedback is invaluable for the creative process and assists in advancing the script to the next level. Peter Filichia, New York Theatre “A” Critic and columnist from The New Jersey Star Ledger and theatremania.com called FutureFest “The best deal around for budding playwrights.”

Each year, over 400 original scripts are submitted into the festival from playwrights across the country. A diverse committee of 25 volunteers begins the process of reading each script. To guarantee a variety of opinions and lively discussions, each script is read a minimum of three times before it can be submitted for further consideration or disqualified. This process lasts from September – February and during this time the committee narrows the entries down to 18 semi-finalists. The 18 semi-finalists are then submitted to a final reading committee of 9 to read and choose the six finalists.

The format for FutureFest consists of six original never before produced scripts that will be presented over one weekend. Three of the scripts will be fully staged and three scripts will be staged reading. This is done to make the change over after each show possible. Following each production, the adjudicators evaluate the script on five different topics: Idea/Dramatic Concept, Plot/Story Development, Character/Dialogue Development, Page to Stage, and Theatrical Life. The final adjudicator gives a general wrap-up of the script including audience reaction. Following the adjudication, the audience is given the opportunity to provide their opinions and ask questions regarding the script. David Van Fleck, playwright and author of FutureFest 2000 winner “Four Beers’ credits Dayton Playhouse for launching the script to an off-Broadway debut in October 2003.

Nationally, FutureFest will continue to place Dayton on the map for new works and at the same time introduce six new scripts into the American theatre. Since 1991, 21 playwrights have emerged out of FutureFest to see their script published and produced across the country. Dayton Playhouse is given credit as the scripts premiere production. The importance of FutureFest to a playwright is evident by the increase of submissions revived each year and the prestige garnered by being a finalist.

For submission guidelines, please visit http://www.daytonplayhouse.com
or email Adam Leigh, Executive Director of Dayton Playhouse, directly at adam@daytonplayhouse.com.

Sunday, August 14, 2005

THE HAMPTONS PLAYS

Howling Moon Cab Company is issuing a call for submissions of ten minute plays set in the Hamptons. Playwrights, if not residents of the Hamptons, should have spent enough time there to write plays that have authentic local color.

We are looking not only for falling-in-love-in-the-share-house plays, but other funny or dramatic works which draw on a knowledge of Hamptons politics, social relationships, summer people vs.year rounder stresses, and the presence of the large immigrant population which provides badly needed blue collar services but cannot afford to live in the area. We would also particularly like to see submissions set in the African-American community in Sag Harbor and elsewhere.

IMPORTANT: Please do not take your existing play set in Painted Post, New Mexico and do a global search and replace. Plays which describe horse watering troughs and tumbleweed on the streets of East Hampton will not be considered.

Deadline for submissions is September 15 and we hope to contact playwrights whose work has been selected within a week after that. Performances will be October 27, 29 and 30 in a venue in East Hampton. At least one performance will be a benefit for a local social services organization.

Plays should be approximately ten pages long and should contain playwright's name, phone number and email on the cover page. Please email plays to jw@bway.net.

Monday, August 08, 2005

Stark Raving Theatre

Stark Raving Theatre will be accepting submissions for their 2006-2007 season between July 21 and December 1, 2005.

No email queries.

To submit, send us the following:
1. A cover letter
2. A full theatrical resumé
3. A synopsis of the play(s) you are submitting.
4. The first 10 pages of the play(s) you are submitting.
5. A current, reliable email address for our reply.
6. An SASE if you want your materials returned; otherwise, we will recycle.

They are usually able to respond to queries in 2-3 months, and to full scripts in 6-8 months.

Send materials to:
Stark Raving Theatre
Attn: Gretchen Icenogle, Literary Manager
PMB 383
25 NW 23rd Place, Ste 6
Portland, OR 97210

For more information, see their web site at http://www.starkravingtheatre.org/playsubmit.php

Friday, August 05, 2005

Larry Corse Prize

Columbus State University Theatre The Third International Playwriting Competition
offering the Larry Corse Prize for Playwriting

The Larry Corse Prize for Playwriting was established in 2003 by Larry Corse, Professor Emeritus of Theatre and English at Clayton State University, to encourage the development and production of new works for the stage. The 2004 competition was won by Robert Karmon for his play “Caliban and Miranda.” In 2005, the competition moved to its new host, Columbus State University Theatre, Columbus, Georgia. The 2005 competition received 325 plays from 12 countries and was won by William Missouri Downs for his comedy “Seagulls in a Cherry Tree.”

The Prize: $1,000 and a production by Columbus State University Theatre.
Eligibility: The competition is open to all.
The Play:
1. A play submitted to the competition should be finished, original, in English, and must not have been previously published or performed (excluding workshop readings).
2. The play may be either full-length, one-act, or a series of related one-acts, and should have a running time of between 45 and 120 minutes.
3. The number of actors needed for the play should be between 5 and 10.
4. A play previously submitted to this competition may not be re-submitted without substantial revision.

Columbus State University Theatre will have first production rights for the winning play. The playwright will retain all other rights, including copyright, publication and performance rights. If for some reason, Columbus State University Theatre is not able to produce the winning play within two years of the announcement of the winner, first production rights revert to the playwright. If, in the opinion of the jury, no play worthy of the prize is submitted, Columbus State University Theatre reserves the right to withhold the prize.

Submitting a Play:
1. Because the play will be submitted to the juries anonymously, the author’s name should not appear on any page of the play.
2. Plays should be submitted with a cover page containing the following information:
a. Author’s name
b. Author’s address
c. Title of play
d. Author’s phone number and e-mail address
e. A signed statement that the play has not been previously produced or published.

Following the cover page, please include a brief synopsis of the play.
3. Deadline for Submission: Plays must be received by the Columbus International Playwriting Competition on or before November 7, 2005.
4. Address for Submissions:

Columbus State University Theatre
International Playwriting Competition
#324
931 Monroe Drive NE, Suite A102
Atlanta, Georgia USA 30308

Plays cannot be submitted by e-mail. Copies of the plays submitted will not be returned. Please do not send one and only originals. The plays will initially be read by theater professionals. Eight to ten finalists will then be submitted to the Theatre Faculty of Columbus State University for final judging. The selection process should be complete by February, 2006.

For additional information, contact Steve Graver, Department of Theatre, Columbus State University at Graver_Steven@colstate.edu or by writing to the above mailing address.