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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Kitchen Dog Theatre

Each year, Kitchen Dog Theater selects one original script to receive:
A fully staged production (as part of our regular season – a five-week run)
Paid travel to Dallas, TX (if necessary) to work with the Director, Cast and Crew
Royalty stipend (amount TBD)

Seven other original scripts will be selected for staged readings as part of the Festival (travel not included).

Prospective scripts must meet the following guidelines:
Full-length plays only (preferably one hour or longer)
Submitted scripts must be type-written
Have between one and five actors (character doubling acceptable)
There are no restrictions on play content.

If you would like your script returned, please include a SASE (with appropriate postage). Non-produced, non-returned scripts will be recycled. If you send more than one script, please mail each one separately.

Please send your script with cover letter to:
Attn: Tina Parker, Co-artistic Director
Kitchen Dog Theater
3120 McKinney Avenue, Ste. 100
Dallas, TX 75204.

DO NOT EMAIL SCRIPTS. ONLY COMPLETE SCRIPTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Deadline for 2006 New Works Festival: TBA

More info: http://www.kitchendogtheater.org/about-script.html

Comedy Playwrighting Contest

So encouraged by the outstanding response to the contest, The Gristmill Productions Board of Directors has voted to make the Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting Contest an annual event! The next submission deadline has been moved up to February 28th, 2006 with the award presented in September 2006.
The prize for the winning play is $3,000 and a public reading of the play before the end of 2006 at The Mountain Playhouse. In addition, Gristmill Productions will consider presenting a live stage production of the play during 2006 or 2007.
The rules for the contest are as follows:
No re-submissions of plays previously submitted unless revised 70% or more.

Must be a World Premiere
Cannot be produced before 2007
MUST have EIGHT actors or less
Must be a comedy
To submit your entry, please download the Playwriting Contest Agreement, print and sign it, then mail your play with the agreement to 7690 Somerset Pike, P.O. Box 205, Jennerstown, PA 15547.

If you wish to have your script returned after the contest is over, you must enclose a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage to cover the return.

More info at http://www.mountainplayhouse.com/playhouse/contest.html

Mulligan Stew Productions seeks playwright

Mulligan Stew Productions is a new production company looking for new writers.
We are seeking a play to produce next summer in New York City. The length does not matter as long as the story is unique and well-done. We are currently not interested in musicals.
The chosen play will be produced in the summer of 2006 by Mulligan Stew Productions. There is no compensation unless the production makes a profit.
If you have a play that you would like produced next summer, please send a summary along with the following information:
total page length of script,
your contact information,
a small paragraph telling us about yourself and your work.

Mulligan Stew Productions
New York, NY
Contact: Nicole
E-Mail: MulliganStewProd at hotmail.com
Starts: 1/1/2006
Duration: Production: summer 2006
Pay: pay if production makes profit

Sunday, December 11, 2005

News flash: theatre world still sexist

Why Female Directors Are Broadway's Smallest
Lousy title, interesting article in the form of interviews with New York theatre movers and shakers.
Especially interesting to playwrights is Robyn Goodman's comment:

Perhaps we should be asking why female playwrights are still marginalized and why their plays are considered to be gender specific while men's plays are considered to be universal. Or maybe we should ask why, when women are the predominant ticket buyers, there is only one female first-string critic in New York.

Monday, December 05, 2005

Solo Female performance piece wanted

Howling Moon Cab Company is looking for a 30-40 minute solo performance piece by a NYC-based female author/performer, to round out an evening. The piece should have strong narrative and dramatic qualities, though it may be surreal, dark, or fanciful. Since it will be companion to a work set in the south, we will give first consideration to works with an urban setting. There will be six performances at a venue in the Hamptons, with the possibility of one or two more in New York City. Dates will be set once we have the additional content needed. The piece preferably will not have been performed in New York City in the last six months. The performer will share in the proceeds, and Howling Moon will provide transportation from NYC to the Hamptons and accomodations there. Please email a synopsis, small photograph files, press or other relevant materials to Jonathan Wallace at jw@bway.net (no one megabyte and up submissions please; instead inquire for snail mail address).

Saturday, December 03, 2005

TADA Contests & Submissions

Contests & Submissions
2005-2006 Annual One-Act Playwriting Contest
Deadline: January 9, 2006
Click here for the entry form
TADA!'s 15th Annual Staged Reading Series

Submission Guidelines
The contest is open to playwrights of all ages and social backgrounds. Playwrights must submit their work under one of the following categories:

1) Young Writers: If you are 19 or under then you are eligible to submit your play in the “Young Writers” category.

2) General Submission: For playwrights over the age of 19; all levels are welcome (from beginners to professionals).

Scripts must be original, unproduced and unpublished.
Scripts must be one-act plays for teen actors and audiences.
Scripts submitted must handle issues that are relevant to teens and the teen experience.
Plays do not have to be contemporary.
Cast must be made up primarily of teenagers ages 12 to 18. Children will not play adults; adult actors will be hired.
Limit one or two adults per cast.
Musicals are not accepted for this series but can be submitted to TADA! separately.
Plays with animals and non-human characters are highly discouraged.
Writers may submit more than one script.
What Should I Submit?
1) A completed entry form. Click here to download a printable version.
2) Four (4) copies of the play with the playwright's information on front cover; please include an e-mail address if available.
3) A character breakdown with brief descriptions including age.
4) Proof of age if you are submitting your play in the "Young Writers" category (School ID, letter from parent verifying age, etc.).
5) Mail appropriate materials to:

TADA! Theater
Annual One-Act Playwriting Contest
15 West 28th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10001

* Please note: Any materials submitted for TADA!'s Annual Stage Reading Series will not be returned

Musical Submission Policy
TADA! offers original musical theater productions three times a year, a unique year-round Resident Youth Ensemble composed of 40-50 NYC kids ages 8-18, renowned education programs and theater classes in schools and at TADA!, taught by professional teaching artists.

Over the past 19 years, TADA!--a not-for-profit, 501(c)3, youth theater--has created a unique niche in the New York City theater community: children working with professional directors, playwrights, composers, lyricists, choreographers and designers on original musicals. TADA!'s high quality, original works reach children on an emotional, intellectual and intuitive level because performances are by children, about children and for children. TADA! does not merely "cultivate" a future audience for the theater--children become enthusiastic theatergoers in the space of one show.

TADA! musicals highlight the joy of childhood, the magic of the theater and the endless possibilities of youth. A TADA! musical is truly a rare and special experience; not at all your typical children's theater piece. TADA's musicals are commissioned for our Resident Youth Ensemble, ages 8 to 18. Since children and teenagers are at the center of what we do both on stage and off, our musicals entertain and inspire without being condescending or childish.

Commissions
TADA! is always looking for new writers to work with and maintain an "open-door" policy towards new and exciting work and ideas. If you are interested in writing a commissioned musical for TADA!, please see below for submission guidelines. Please note: TADA! does not generally produce already completed or previously produced works.

Submit the following:
A brief summary of the play (including number of child, teen, and adult characters and a brief technical summary of the piece i.e. set, costumes, etc.),10-pages from the script , a CD or cassette tape with songs from the score and a copy of two songs of the actual score. Once your material is submitted it will take anywhere from 2 to 3 months to evaluate. If we are interested in your work we will mail you a letter requesting the entire script and score. (See the guidelines below.)

If you have a musical or an idea that you think would be perfect for TADA! the guidelines are as follows:

Scripts based on original ideas are highly encouraged.
Scripts must be unproduced and unpublished.
All musicals must be an hour-long one act for family audiences with a strong story and plotline.
Musicals must be written for a varied age-range. Cast must be made up primarily of character ages 8-18. Age specific shows written for teenagers are also allowed.
Plays with animals and non-human characters are highly discouraged.
Mail all materials to:

Jim Colleran, Ensemble Manager/Resident Musical Director

15 West 28th Street,3rd Floor
New York, New York 10001

For more information, go to TADA's web site