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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Thanks to Liz Hall

For her generous donation to NYCPlaywrights.

Plays for Clockwork Theatre

The Clockwork Theatre, Inc., a newly established not-for-profit organization is seeking original plays and musicals for its upcoming seasons. At this time we are accepting comedic and dramatic scripts which focus primarily on human relationships. Works should be full in length and ready to be work-shopped. Submitted scripts should not have been produced professionally prior to submission.

Script submissions should include a cover letter, a synopsis, a recording of the music (if applicable) and one copy of the script. Submissions should be sent to The Clockwork Theatre Inc, Attn: New Works, P.O. Box 09-0608, Brooklyn, NY 11209.

Compensation will be discussed if your submission is selected for production.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at theclockworktheatre@yahoo.com.

Monday, November 28, 2005

Happy Birthday NYCPlaywrights

NYCPlaywrights is 5 years old

We started meeting uptown November 2000. We started out with 5 people in a room with a table and chairs. We are now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with 50 members, supported by dues, donations and fundraisers.

Autumn Stages wants seasoned playwright

Autumn Stages
15 Sherman St.
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: 917-301-7842
Contact: Joan Slavin
E-Mail: JoanSlavin@aol.com
Starts: immediately
Pay: negotiated fee..% of door when play is produced

We are looking for an seasoned playwright to help us write a show about our experiences as middle aged women who decide to go back to New York and "live our dream" of becoming a professional actress at the age of "somewhere in our fifties". We work in an improvizational style...that is...actors would do improvs of scenes and writer could then translate the work into a script and incorporate it with his or her own ideas.

We produced last season the U.S. premiere of a play by Marie Jones (author of STONES IN HIS POCKETS) at Irish Arts Center
In addition, we have produced the U.S. premiere of several Irish and English plays (THE WHISPERERS, SPRING MEETING, SHADOWED VOICES: IRISH WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS HEARD). I have a M.A. in Arts Marketing and have worked as the Marketing Director at George St. Playhouse, the Arden THeatre Co. and have worked for several years as an off Broadway producer in NYC

Please, only serious inquiries. We are looking for a playwright with a track record who likes to work improvizationally with actors to create scripts.

One Acts wanted

Emerging Artists is accepting submissions of one-act plays for their Spring Eatfest. Plays must be unproduced or must not have been produced in NYC. Plays may be from 10 to 50 minutes in length and you can submit up to 3 plays for consideration. Simply send us the script with a paper clip - no need for fancy binders or folders. There is no fee for submission. Hard copies of scripts only - no online submissions. We will notify by email after Jan 15th - only send SASE for return of play Our website is www.eatheatre.org. Deadline is Jan 1, 2006. Please mark "Spring Eatfest" on outside of envelope and send your submissions to:
EAT
311 W. 43rd St 5th Fl
New York, NY 10036

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Laurence Cantor, FOOL FOR LOVE

Actor member Laurence Cantor appears in FOOL FOR LOVE, Thursday, December 08, 2005 through Sunday, December 18, 2005 at June Havoc Theatre @ The Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, 312 West 36th St., NYC
Tues & Wed 7pm, Thurs - Sat 8pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 3pm

For more information: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=FOO0

The Straight Dope on Shakespeare

Why is William Shakespeare considered the greatest English language writer of all time?

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

New Member

Welcome new actor member Richard Monaco.

Steiner's HYPATIA

The musical drama,"Hypatia"(c) or alternate title "Brava Stella Grande" (c)- book/lyric by NYCPlaywrights member Griselda Steiner, music by Aurora Northland - will receive a reading on Monday, December 5 at 7 pm, by Cold Cuts,Ten Grand and a Burger Productions at St. Malachy's Church, 239 West 49th Street, NYC (between 7th and 8th)

Monday, November 21, 2005

One act plays wanted

BARNSTORMERS THEATER, a nonprofit professional company, is
seeking original unproduced one-act plays for May 2006 production.
Stipend: $100. Three to five plays chosen by 3/15/06.
Send scripts and
SASE to
One-Acts
Barnstormers Theater
Box 434, Tamworth, NH 03886

Generic Theater 10 Minute Play Festival

10 Minute Play Festival

In the Spring of 2006 The Generic Theater will host its 1st 10-minute Play Festival. Submissions are now being accepted. We are looking for fun, dramatic, quirky, inspirational, comic, thought-provoking, you name it, pieces!

Submission Guidelines:
· Plays must be original works that have never had a production. Prior staged readings and amateur/college productions are permissible.
· Scripts cannot be submitted by e-mail.
· Scripts should be approximately 7-10 pages typed in 12 point font on 8.5"x11" paper in standard play script format, and must have a reading time of no more than 10 minutes.
· Scripts should be a complete play, not an excerpt from a longer work.
· More than one script may be submitted.
· Minimal to no set. Set should be able to be suggested.
· No more than 4 characters
· One cover letter. The cover letter should contain the following information:
the title of the piece.
your name, address and full contact information.
one paragraph synopsis of your piece
one paragraph biography.

Submission Deadline: December 20, 2005

If you would like your script returned, please include a SASE (with appropriate postage). Non-produced, non-returned scripts will be recycled.

Mail Scripts to:
Generic Theater
PO Box 11071
Norfolk, Virginia 23517
Attention: 10 Minute Play Festival

Larry Hayes's PICKLE

Member Larry Hayes's play IN A PICKLE will be part of the Strawberry Festival February 4 & 5 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at the Producers Club II, 616 Ninth Avenue, between 43rd & 44th Street, NYC.

Outworks seeks one-act plays

The Louisiana State University Department of Theatre presents Outworks, a festival of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or queer (LGBTQ) themed one-act plays.

They want submissions 5-50 pages in length which will be read and scored by a faculty/student committee. The committee will select 3-6 plays and each chosen script will receive at least one staged reading as part of the LSU Theatre Studio Season during May 2006. Each performance will be followed by a moderated discussion

Three playwrights will receive a travel stipend up to $250.00 to attend the performance and talk back. Housing will be provided for all chosen playwrights wishing to attend the performance

You can send submissions - 2 scripts max, Word or PDF format - to Christopher J. Krejci via email to ckrejc1@lsu.edu

Deadline - January 21, 2006

Ambitious works for the theatre

Visual Fields Collaborative is looking for new, exciting, ambitious works for the theatre for its 2006/2007 season

Five finalists will receive a reading in New York City in May of 2006 and the audience will vote to select a winner which will be fully-produced the following Fall

They are particularly interested in works that " ... engage and challenge our team of award-winning actors, designers, and technicians. Because process and collaboration are integral to our mission, the playwright must be willing and able to be present for the reading and, if selected, the rehearsal process"

Plays must be full-length (straight play or musical) requiring simple-staging and 6 or fewer actors.

Send bound scripts (and recorded music sample, if submitting a musical) to -

Melissa Gawlowski, Literary Manager
Visual Fields Collaborative
60 Haven Ave., #27C
New York, NY 10032

Deadline - February 1, 2006

Premiere Stages Play Festival

The Premiere Stages Play Festival at Kean University offers an annual play festival for playwrights born or residing in the greater metropolitan area (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania)

Three playwrights will be given public readings of their work in early April. One playwright will receive a cash prize of $2000 and a fully-produced Equity production in July; another will receive $750 and an Equity staged reading in June, and a third will receive a cash prize of $500

For more information go to http://www.kean.edu/premierestages/playfestdesc.html#

PLEASE NOTE: NYCPlaywrights found out through hard experience that the producing artistic director of this series is extremely thin-skinned and reacts very badly to what he considers impertinent questions, going so far as to imply that he will destroy your career as a playwright through his immense influence. Take this into serious consideration before getting involved with this Festival.

Horror Scripts wanted

Short horror scripts and music needed. Rude Boy Media Group, inc. & Allie Way Films, Inc are looking for short gory, violent, dark humor, horror and erotic horror scripts, for DVD project. Must be done for low budget. Nothing truly offensive. Writers from tri-state area. Must submit release stating sole ownership. No pay. Send synopsis only to alliewayfilms@aol.com

US writers who write in a foreign language

Producer in Nashville is interested in the works of US writers who write in a foreign language. Por que? Pour quoi? Gothic Theater of Nashville is starting a division called F.L.A.G. (stands for Foreign Language Acting Group) and is looking for multi-lingual works to present. Contact Jaz Dorsey, Dramaturg: Jazmn47@aol.com

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Short script contest

The Poco Loco Players host short script contest. Scripts must use simple sets & props, be 1-10 minutes long, and have small casts (1-3 preferred)

They're particularly interested in scripts set in New Mexico or written by New Mexican authors, and also scripts written by young people or written for young actors

But they're willing to consider any short play. You can submit via email at pocolocoplayers@yahoo.com

Deadline - December 30, 2005

Seeking monologues, scenes

North American editor with substantial publishing history is seeking English-language monologues or two-character scenes for an anthology of new work to appear in 2007

Extracts should be suitable for actors 12-24 years of age, and should be taken from plays that have recently been produced in some form

Send extracts or full scripts - MS-Word attachment - with production history to Dr. Roger Ellis at ellisr@gvsu.edu

Deadline - January 4th, 2006

Thursday, November 10, 2005

Ruth Tyndall Baker play

Ruth Tyndall Baker's play Rapture will be performed Thursday, November 17 at 2PM, Friday, November 18 at 8PM and Saturday, November 19 at 2PM at the Royal Theatre of The Producers Club, 358 W. 44th Street
Reservations: admin@catparker.com

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Downtown Urban Theater Festival

We are currently accepting submissions for the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF), which returns to NYC June 14 to June 24 for its fifth season. This special anniversary season will run again at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village.

DUTF, presented by Creative Ammo and produced by Arcos Entertainment, is a two-week celebration of urban theatrical expression by a cross-section of playwrights and performing artists. This annual event showcases theatrical works that echo the true spirit of urban life and speak to a whole new generation who lives defy categorizing along conventional lines.

For DUTF 2006, we plan to accept 12 theatrical works; six full-length productions (60-90 minutes) and six shorts (30-45 minutes). Each work is performed only once during the festival. Three of the outstanding works produced during the festival will receive $1,000 awards in the categories of Best Play, Best Short and Audience. Past honorees include Mayda del Valle, Bill Fowkes, Reg E. Gaines, Nancy Fales Garrett, James Gillard, Desmond Hall, Desi Moreno-Penson and muMs.

To submit for DUTF 2006, please forward the following:

(1) Bio with contact information of the playwright - name, address, telephone number and email address; photo of playwright

(2) Synopsis of theatrical work

(3) Complete script of theatrical work

(4) Actor/director/crew bios, if available

(5) Description of stage set (if any) and production needs (i.e. sound and lighting)

To Tyrus Townsend at Arcos Communications by Friday, December 2, 2005 at:

Email- ttownsend@arcos-ny.com

Or

Mail – Tyrus Rochell Townsend, Event Coordinator
Arcos Communications
341 West 38th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10018
212-807-1337 ext. 16

Friday, November 04, 2005

Marcia plays

Two short plays by member Marcia Slatkin will get readings at the Jefferson Market Library at 10th Street and 6th Avenue Wednesday evening, November 16. The program starts with other work at 6 PM.

Stuart D'Ver play

Stuart D'Ver's play, Tragedy (A Comedy), will be performed in FULLY PACT, Series B on November 11, 12, 13 15, 17, 19, & 20, at
Altered Stages Theater
212 West 29th Street, 2nd Floor, (Between 7th & 8th Avenues)
Tickets $15, Both Destinations $25, Students $10 (w/ID)
Reservations: 212.981.8952 or www.theatermania.com TDF Vouchers
accepted
Info: playwrightsactors@yahoo.com

Thursday, November 03, 2005

THE BROOKLYN PLAYS call for submissions

Howling Moon Cab Company announces the "Brooklyn Plays" Festival, to be scheduled sometime in May or June 2006. (This time around, we're collecting the plays first, then will set the date after we have enough good ones!)

We are seeking ten minute plays that tell Brooklyn stories, reflecting both the mythos and the reality of the borough. We are looking
for works which take place in Brooklyn's very diverse communities, and
which most of all, have some reason to take place there--plays which tell us something about Brooklyn, and in which the events are partly determined by the setting. Please do not do a general search-and-replace on your play set in Tucson and submit it to the Brooklyn plays.

Howling Moon produced two well-received festivals in 2005, the Park Plays (performed in Brooklyn Bridge Park in August) and the Hamptons Plays (NYC and Amagansett NY in October).

Plays should be no more than twelve pages, using minimal sets and no more than five actors. Email your work as a MS Word (preferred) or .pdf file attachment to Jonathan Wallace at jw@bway.net.

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

SLAM Theatre seeks playwrights

SLAM Theater, Act 2 @ The Tank Monday November 7, 14, 21, 28 Calling all playwrights to take part in the original SLAM Theater at The Tank! After a very succesful first run, we announce: SLAM, Act 2. All you have to do is show up with your work, completed or not, and sign up to take part in a theater SLAM, where actors will perform your pieces and judges will score them. Pieces that score well will go on to get further developed in front of an audience as you are alloted more time in each round. Each round, the playwright unveils more of their work, as they give notes and workshop their pieces. This has been an exciting event, with talented and brave actors and playwrights & growing & energized audiences - please PLEASE BRING AS MANY COPIES OF YOUR WORK AS THE NUMBER OF ACTORS THE CAST CALLS FOR so that each actor who is called up can have a script in hand. MONDAYS IN NOVEMBER (11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28) @ 7PM at The Tank - 208 west 37th Street, between 7th and 8th Aves.

ENTRY IS FREE and bring a crowd along because ADMISSION IS FREE too Hope to see you there, Zoe & Nick SLAM Theater â€œ...The atmosphere is friendly and casual and, most importantly, eager. The playwrights are eager to learn, the actors are eager to play, and the audience is eager to see and hear the stories that these unheard wordsmiths have to tell. Â This is a recipe for magic--Â pure theatre magic.â€ - Jerrod Boggard, Playwright RSVP to zoe@projectsixteen.org for more info

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

May Reading memories

Info about the May 2005 Reading fundraiser is online here:
http://www.nycplaywrights.org/nycplaywrights/may/default.asp

We will be doing another Reading in January 2006. Stay tuned for details.

Seven Deadly Sins Theatre Brut Festival

New Jersey Repertory will present the Third Theatre Brut Festival this November. For this event they are soliciting ten-minute plays that deal with the "Seven Deadly Sins", their counterparts, or both. Playwrights can submit more than one script and once again we stress that innovation is viewed as a virtue not a detriment.

Keep in mind that Theatre Brut seeks to foster the creative impulse unfettered by social and artistic convention. So be adventurous. If you have ever aspired to "experiment" or stretch the boundaries of theater, this is the time to do so. The more "you push the envelope", the more intrigued we are.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Seven Deadly Sins Theatre Brut Festival
Deadline: April 15, 2006
Length: 2-10 pages
Type: monologues, comedy, drama, musicals
Setting: unit set, simple props
Actors: 1-4
Previously unproduced.
Previously unpublished.
We prefer plays written specifically for the Festival.
No payments or royalties, playwright retains all rights.
Hard copies send to: New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ 07740 attn: Theatre Brut Festival

For more information, please visit http://www.njrep.org

Fresh Squeezed Theater Group seeks plays

Fresh Squeezed Theater Group based in Los Angeles, is looking for a three to five character dramatic comedy full length play. The play must be unpublished, single set preferred (but multi-set possible), rated at or less than "R". A major plus if the play lends itself to two additional sequels, in other words this first play is one of a series of plays that make a trilogy

They'll accept submissions via email attachment: jpatterson@freshsqueezed.org

Deadline - December 15th, 2005

Next Big Thing

Next Big Thing, a new producing arm of This Woman's Work Theatre Co. will be producing an evening of collected monologues, written by men and women, and performed by a diverse group of actors (male and female, all ages and a variety of types)

They are looking for 2-5 minute monologues (comedic and dramatic) with a "birth" theme. They're wanting a wide variety of pieces written on all types of birth (emotional, spiritual, literal, physical, existential, and so on) and welcome pieces written from the perspective of men, women, and children

They'll accept submissions via email at thiswomansworktheatreco@hotmail.com. Multiple submissions accepted

Deadline - November 23rd, 2005

New Member

Welcome new writer member Stanley Levine.