NYCPLAYWRIGHTS BLOG ARCHIVES

Monday, June 26, 2006

WAREHOUSE THEATRE’S (Croydon, UK) INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL 2006

Deadline: 6-30-2006

Submission Guidelines:

1- The IPF is open to any author regardless of nationality, but all plays should be in English.

2- Plays must be full length and previously unproduced, estimated playing time, not less than 90 minutes and not more than 120 minutes. (Just over a minute a page is a rough guide, when scripts are typed as per rule 3 below.)

3- Scripts must be clearly typed on bond paper, double-spaced with wide margins, pages must be numbered and the text securely bound. Plays must be submitted using a pseudonym to ensure impartiality and the author’s real name removed from all pages of the script. Whilst all reasonable care will be taken, the IPF does not accept responsibility for loss of, or damage to, submitted scripts.

4- Authors must guarantee that they have sole rights to all matter contained within the play. Any play accepted for production elsewhere before the judges’ decision is announced will be disqualified.

5- The Warehouse Theatre Company reserves the right to buy the exclusive option to produce any play entered subject to contract.

6- Authors of the short-listed entries should make all reasonable efforts to attend a Press Call in late October 2006 and to be available to attend rehearsals and readings in November as required.

7- The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence concerning the results can be entered into.

More information about the company and the contest (including rules/ entry form) at: http://www.warehousetheatre.co.uk/ipf.html

NORTH PARK PLAYWRIGHT FESTIVAL

Deadline: 6-30-2006

The festival was very successful and we produced 23 new plays over four weekends. We are happy to announce our fourth festival for October of 2006. We are planning on four weekends of new short plays. We would love to have you submit another script. We are looking for:

1. 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 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 will choose the plays we will produce, within the production budget guidelines we give them.

5. Any subject matter is OK. We don't mind controversial issues, etc.

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. Please insure submissions have a title page with complete contact information, a character summary, and are in proper script form.

7. Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2006

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 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. Please see our website for pictures of our little theater and some of our past productions.

We really appreciate your interest in our theater.

Jeff Bushnell and Summer Golden, North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe, 2031 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92104 http://www.northparkvaudeville.com

THE CURAN REPERTORY COMPANY’S NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND FESTIVAL

Deadline: 6-30-2006

The Curan Repertory Company is accepting original one-act plays for their yearly festival, Notes From The Underground. The festival will take place October 2006. Deadline for submissions is June 30th. Submissions should be original (non-published) plays, no longer than 30 minutes. Cast size - no more than eight actors. The more minimal the set requirements the better. Submissions can be emailed to: terrellatcuran@yahoo.com or sent to: Ken Terrell, Curan Repertory Company, attn: Notes From the Underground, 561 Hudson St. #88, New York, NY 10014 Website: http://www.curan.org/about.html

Stoneham Theatre seeks synopsises

Stoneham Theatre is committed to fostering new playwrights and producing new works for the stage. Currently we are accepting submissions of full-length plays and musicals for readings, workshops and production consideration.

Submitted plays should have cast sizes of 12 or less and musicals 18 or less. Submitted materials will not be returned. You will hear back from us regarding your submission within 3-4 months.

Please submit synopsis and full scripts/recordings to:
Weylin Symes, Artistic Director
Stoneham Theatre
125 Main Street, Suite F
Stoneham, MA 02180
email: weylin@stonehamtheatre.org

Monday, June 19, 2006

MILDRED and ALBERT PANOWSKI PLAYWRITING AWARD

The Playwriting Award was established in 1977 by the Forest Roberts Theatre at Northern Michigan University. From 1978 through 1993, the Shiras Institute, a prominent Upper Michigan philanthropic fund, participated in this event, which was known as the Shiras Institute/Forest Roberts Theatre Playwriting Award. Beginning with the Fourteenth Annual Competition, Dr. James A. Panowski, Director of the Forest Roberts Theatre, has provided financial assistance for the competition in memory of his parents, Albert and Mildred Panowski. In 1993, Dr. Panowski became the sole benefactor of the competition, which now bears the name of his parents. The award is designed to encourage and stimulate artistic growth among educational and professional playwrights. It provides students and faculty the unique opportunity to mount and produce an original work on the university stage. The playwright will benefit from seeing the work on its feet in front of an audience and from professional adjudication by guest critics.

JUDGING

Each play will be read and judged by members of a university-wide screening committee. Semi-Finalists will be read by a select departmental committee and Finalists will be judged by an undergraduate and graduate theatre student, the director, the designer, a playwriting instructor and an at-large play reader.

AWARD

$2,000 cast award to the winning playwright.
A fully-mounted production during the upcoming Forest Roberts Theatre Season.
The winning playwright will be flown to Marquette to serve as Artist-in-Residence the week of the show.
The production of the winning play may be entered in the American College Theatre Festival competition.
Room and board will be provided.
Classroom and media appearances, along with conducting seminars and workshops will be part of the residency.
The winning playwright may be asked to participate in a Script Development Workshop during the summer, working with a professional dramaturge, the director, and an assembled cast. Transportation, room and board will be provided.
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WINNING PLAYWRIGHT
Northern Michigan University has the right to produce the play for five performances, as part of the Forest Roberts Theatre season and for any additional performances if entered in the American College Theatre Festival.
Northern Michigan University has the right to use the name of the play and the author's name in publicity and promotion.
Northern Michigan University has the right to negotiate with the playwright for future productions of the work.
In the event of all subsequent publications or productions of the winning manuscript (or versions thereof), and as one of the stipulations of the award, the author agrees to indicate in a footnote or in the playbill that the script won the Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award by the Forest Roberts Theatre at Northern Michigan University.
Northern Michigan University will not make any additional claims to the use of the script.
The winning playwright is ineligible to enter future playwriting competitions at Northern Michigan University.
The Forest Roberts Theatre reserves the right to video tape the production for archival purposes and/or the Kennedy Center/ American College Theatre Festival
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RULES
1. There is no restriction as to theme or genre for the competition.

2. The competition is open to any playwright, but only one play per playwright may be entered.

3. Entries must be original, full-length plays. They also may be co-authored, based upon factual material, or an adaptation. The legal clearance of materials not in the public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.

4. Musicals, one-act plays, and works previously entered in playwriting competitions sponsored by Northern Michigan University are ineligible.

5. Submission is restricted to plays that have not been previously produced or published.

6. No revisions will be accepted once a script has been submitted.

7. Scripts must be securely bound within a notebook, cover or folder and clearly identified. All entries must be accompanied with a synopsis, unbound from the script, of no more than one page. Scripts bound with staples or fasteners are not acceptable. They must be either typewritten or word processed. Entries not meeting these criteria will be disqualified.

8. The window for submitting entries opens on August 1st. Entries must be received no later than October 31st. The Winner will be announced in April

9. Northern Michigan University reserves the right to accept or reject any play entered in the contest.

10. No written or oral critique will be given on plays submitted.

11. If the play is among the finalists, the author will, upon request, provide additional copies for the panel.

12. Each script must be accompanied with a stamped, self-addressed envelope and a 3 X 5" Index Card with:

Name
Address
City, State & ZIP
Area Code & Phone Number
Email Address
TITLE OF PLAY

and paper clip it to the script!

IMPORTANT:

13. Entries not accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage will not be returned.

14. All entries will be handled with extreme care, but Northern Michigan University cannot assume responsibility for lost or damaged scripts. It is suggested that playwrights retain copies of their scripts.

15. A list of the finalists and the winner is available upon request by enclosing a SASE.

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SUBMISSION

One copy of each play submitted should be mailed to: Playwriting Cordinator, Panowski Playwriting Competition, Forest Roberts Theatre, Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Ave., Marquette, Michigan 49855-5364. It is recommended that the manuscript be insured against loss or damage by the United States Postal Service. For further information or to request a brochure, contact: Playwriting Award Information, Forest Roberts Theatre, Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Ave., Marquette, Michigan 49855-5364.

Prospect Theater Company Seeks Submissions for 2006-07 Dark Nights Series

Prospect Theater Company seeks submissions for it's 2006-07 Dark Nights Series. The deadline for submitting a project proposal is July 31, 2006.

Prospect has eight production slots available in its 2006-07 "Dark Nights" Series, as well as several "one night only" performance opportunities. This is an exciting chance for emerging artists to have their work presented in a Prospect venue on the "dark nights" of one of the company's three 06-07 mainstage productions. Through this program, Prospect's goal is to interact with and support a wide range of artists while filling the theater's dark nights with engaging programming that will bring in new audiences.

Past Dark Nights Series presentations have included: one act plays, cabaret acts, magic acts, concerts, festival evenings of 10 minute plays, sketch comedy shows, and many other formats. Dark Nights projects will ideally be at least 60 minutes and not more than 120 minutes in duration, feature primarily non-union performers, and require minimal production value, as they will be performed on the set of (and using the lighting for) the mainstage production.

Prospect will provide each selected project with 1-4 performance slots, a modest fee to assist with project expenses, and additional (but limited) support for the project's implementation. Prospect will retain all box office income.

To receive submission guidelines and an application please email a request to Dark Nights Producers Dev Bondarin and Merete Muenter at darknights@prospecttheater.org.

For more info, visit www.ProspectTheater.org and click the "Dark Nights" link on the left hand toolbar.

NATIONAL TEN-MINUTE PLAY CONTEST

Actors Theatre of Louisville and Miami's City Theatre have joined forces to co-sponsor the National Ten-Minute Play Contest.

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GUIDELINES

Each playwright may submit only one script -- send us your best!

No scripts will be returned - save postage. No SASE 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.

Each manuscript must be typed and individually bound or stapled.
Title page must include name, address and phone number.

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.

DEADLINE
Submission Postmark November 1, 2006

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.

Monday, June 12, 2006

New Jersey Playwright's Competition

NO PLAYS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME. Requests for scripts and author interviews will be arranged later this

The Performing Arts Theatre Series of William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ announces their third annual NJ Playwright competition. This project helps bring new playwrights and their work into focus in the community, the region and the state of New Jersey.

The competition has two phases.

First, three plays will be selected for staged readings in the fall of 2006 from all entries received by July 17, 2006. Each of these three semifinalists will receive a small honorarium.

Second, one of these three plays will be selected to receive a production as part of the university's spring 2007 season.

Compensation for the winner will be commensurate with the author's level of participation.

This competition is open to New Jersey residents only.

Initial submissions should include a cover letter stating availability of the author for fall 2006 and history of the play, a one page synopsis of the play and a resume of the playwright.

The submission should be emailed to TheatreSeries@WPUNJ.edu or mailed to Theatre Series, H 105-A, 300 Pompton Rd., William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, 07470.

GayFest NYC

GAYFEST NYC (Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman, producers)is now accepting submissions for its Festival of New Plays and Musicals to be presented in New York City, May 9-June 2, 2007.

Festival will feature three Main Stage productions, a Studio reading series of new works, guest speakers, talk-backs and other events.

Two plays and one musical will be selected for fully-produced Main Stage productions with Actors’ Equity Association casts and professional directors and staff personnel. Each Main Stage production will receive between 6-10 performances. Plays or musicals chosen for the Studio Reading series will not necessarily be presented in their entirety.

Young and emerging writers as well as experienced and professional playwrights and composers are encouraged to submit their work. You don't have to be Gay or Lesbian to submit a play! We do, however, ask that the work you submit deal with LGBT characters or issues in some literal or metaphorical way. Submission Guidelines:

1. GENRE: All submissions must be original, unpublished, full length works dealing with LGBT characters or issues. Legal clearance of materials not in the public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright. Librettos and musical scores must be complete, not merely in developmental form. Plays or musicals do not need to have a contemporary setting. Please remember that scripts must be original and be ready for production.

2. RESTRICTIONS: Plays and musicals may have no more than three settings and a cast of no more than nine actors. There are no restrictions on subject matter but salacious or unsavory material will not be considered for presentation in the Festival. Playwrights may only submit one script.

3. ELIGIBILITY: If your play or musical had an Equity showcase in the past year or if you are planning an Equity showcase within one year after the Festival, the work is ineligible for acceptance. If this work has been produced in a New York City theatre with more than 99 seats, it is also ineligible.

4. REQUIREMENTS: On the title page, in addition to the title of work, please include author’s name, address, phone number and email address. Please make sure the CD or cassette of the score is properly marked as well. Also include: a biography and/or author's history of the play, character breakdown, and brief description or synopsis of the work.

5. RETURNS: If you would like your script returned, include a manuscript size S.A.S.E. with appropriate postage affixed. If no S.A.S.E. is included, your script will be recycled.

6. SUBMISSION FORM: Scripts must be typed, with pages numbered, securely bound in a (preferably soft) cover, in standard professional manuscript format. No disks or emails, please. No changes or revisions accepted after submission. No double-sided pages. All submissions will be handled with care. However, GAYFEST NYC assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged scripts.

7. SUBMISSION REVIEW: It usually takes three to four months for us to read and process your script. We ask that you please do not call or email our offices in the interim to inquire on the status of your submission.

IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN YOUR PLAY OR MUSICAL, WE WILL CONTACT YOU BY PHONE OR EMAIL.
8. WHERE TO SUBMIT: Mail two copies of your script and one copy of your score (on CD only) to: GAYFEST NYC, c/o Bruce Robert Harris, One River Place, Suite 917, New York, NY 10036.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: SEPTEMBER 30, 2006.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Teatro del Pueblo is seeking submissions for its Sixth Annual Political Theatre Festival

Teatro del Pueblo is seeking looking for both 10-20 and 40-50 minute long political plays that deal with issues pertaining to Latino immigration and/or youth in the United States or Latin America. We request that the scripts call for no more than 3 actors, and a minimal set. Can be submitted in English or Spanish.

Hard copy submissions must be received by August 1, 2006 at Teatro del Pueblo.
(E-mail submissions are acceptable)

For more information, email or call: Alberto Justiniano and Toni Knorr

Teatro del Pueblo
209 West Page Street, Suite 208
Saint Paul, MN 55107
Telephone: (651) 224-8806
Fax: (651) 298-5796
www.teatrodelpueblo.org
teatrom@bitstream.net

Teatro del Pueblo is a small, non-profit Latino theater located in St. Paul, MN. Fostered by the Latino community on the West Side, it has grown since its inception in 1992 to serve not only St. Paul but also Minneapolis, the metro area and greater Minnesota.

Teatro del Pueblo's mission is to promote cultural pride in the Latino community, to develop and support Latino talent, to educate the community at large about Latino culture and to promote cultural diversity in the arts.

Northern Kentucky University Y.E.S. New Play Festival

13th Biennial Year End Series
Northern Kentucky University

April 12-22, 2007

To enter the festival: Print and fill out the form and send it in the mail with your manuscript to the Y.E.S. Project Director. Sorry, no electronic submissions. Be sure and read the rules that precede the entry form.

Attention playwrights and friends of playwrights!

The Department of Theatre of Northern Kentucky University is once again seeking scripts for its award-winning Y.E.S. Festival of new plays.

Full-length plays and musicals are eligible
All rights must be fully owned by the author
Submissions will be accepted from May 1st through September 30, 2006
(Winners will be notified no later than December 31st, 2006)
Selected playwrights will each receive a cash prize of $500.00 and an expense-paid visit to NKU to see their play in production.
Plays selected will receive a full production.
For additional information, see "Rules" below or write/call:

Northern Kentucky University
Sandra Forman, Project Director
Y.E.S. Festival
Department of Theatre, FA 228
Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099
e-mail: forman@nku.edu

Rules
Y.E.S. New Play Festival 2007

Northern Kentucky University

Department of Theatre

1. Scripts must be standard-sized, legibly typed, and bound. Standard Dramatist Guild form is preferred.

2. Submissions (one per playwright) must be full-length and should include a one-page synopsis and a cast list with brief character descriptions.

3. A play may not have had a previous professional or university production.

4. Scripts are not returnable (unless specifically requested and accompanied with a self-addressed envelope and postage).

5. Enclose a self-addressed stamped postcard if you wish Y.E.S. to acknowledge receipt of your script.

6. All rights must be fully owned by the author.

7. No children's theatre, one-acts, or reader's theatre pieces will be considered. Adaptations will be considered only if the adapted work is in the public domain.

8. In deciding which play to submit, a writer should know our actors will be students ranging in age from 17-30. Some faculty members or guest artists may be available for the Festival. However, a play with especially strong demands for mature character roles would not be as likely for selection as one of equal quality with roles for young adults.

9. Musicals with small orchestra demands will be considered. Musicals should be submitted only if a vocal score and piano conductor score is available.

10. A Y.E.S. entry form must accompany each submitted script (see below).

11. Scripts may be submitted from May 1 until September 30, 2006

Northern Kentucky University
Sandra Forman, Project Director
Y.E.S. Festival
Department of Theatre
Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099

12. Selections will be made and winners notified no later than December 31st, 2006. Returnable scripts will be mailed back after the winners have been notified.

13. An honorarium of $500.00 will be awarded to each selected playwright, as well as travel expenses and housing while attending the festival.

14. It is important that selected playwrights be available to visit the festival about a week before opening, so their visit can be arranged to include late rehearsals and the premiere of their play. Festival dates are April 12-22, 2007. The visiting dates are at our discretion. Playwrights, and the directors of their plays, will participate in one post-show question-and-answer session with the audience.

Entry Form: http://www.nku.edu/~theatre/yesfestivalrules.htm

Monday, June 05, 2006

London company seeks scripts

London based theatre production company is currently developing projects to be shown both in Europe and the USA (London and New York confirmed) and invites submissions of plays for production in London during the second half of 2006.

The Company requires plays of a strongly theatrical style - e.g. plays that could only work in a theatrical context and are not written to be transferable to other media. They will only accept plays which adhere to the following -

- under an hour in length

- must not rely upon set or props to express their meaning or story

- must contain no more than three characters

- dialogue should be "poetic" rather than naturalistic/"observed speech"

The production will be fully funded and the writer will be invited to be involved in the creation of the performance

Send to Artistic Director Chris New at cjnew @ mac.com

Theater Forum seeks full-length scripts

Theater Forum an off-off Broadway company located in Midtown Manhattan, seeks new works for its Fall 2006 production and future seasons.

Scripts should be full-length plays in a 20th-century or abstract setting, using 3-8 actors. Comedy is preferred for this season, but all genres will be considered

Theater Forum's mission is to "provoke discussion of deep themes of the human heart"

Submit your play with a one-page summary and any development history via email
arts @ cfan.net
Deadline - June 12, 2006

Horror wanted

The Immediate Theater Company (theimmediatetheater.org) is looking for an original horror/ frantasty script for a February 2007 production- Horror plays, ghost stories, grand guignol, Exorcisms, over the top violence and gore welcomed.
Address 445 Classon Avenue apt 1, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Contact Jose Zayas
jose@theimmediatetheater.org

Saturday, June 03, 2006

Reggie Buckingham in THE RIGHT TO LIFE

Actor member Reggie Buckingham will perform in THE RIGHT TO LIFE on Saturday, June 10th at 7pm at UJAMAA Black Theatre, 300 W.43rd, btwn 8&9 Aves, on the 5th floor. Tickets are $25 in advance. Get tickets from Reggie at wickedwitch4489 @ yahoo.com

Friday, June 02, 2006

Michael Quiñones's CAPTAIN NIGHTMARE

Michael Quiñones's one-act play "Captain Nightmare," first performed at the NYCPlaywrights January Fundraiser, was accepted into the 30th ANNUAL SAMUEL FRENCH OFF-OFF BROADWAY ORIGINAL SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL. It will be performed Saturday June 10 at 5:55 p.m. at Chernuchin Theater at the American Theater of Actors (314 W. 54th Street), where it will compete against 120 other productions for publication.