NYCPLAYWRIGHTS BLOG ARCHIVES

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Theatre Three Festival of One-Acts

Box 512/412 Main St., Pt. Jefferson, NY 11777
Attn: Jeffrey Sanzel, Artistic Dir.
Tel: 631-928-9202; Fax: 631-928-9120
Email: jsanzel@theatrethree.com
Web: www.theatrethree.com
Est. 1997. 5-6 world premieres in Non-Equity productions. Consideration. Remuneration: $75. Frequency: annual. Preference. Length: one-act (30-60 min), short (under 30 min). Style: comedy, drama. Production: cast limit 8, minimal set. Material Must Be: unproduced. Procedure. Best Material: full script, SASE. Deadline: 9/30/06. Response: 6 mos

Jerome Fellowships

Playwrights’ Center
2301 Franklin Ave. E., Minneapolis, MN 55406
Attn: Carlo Cuesta, Exec Dir.
Tel: 612-332-7481; Fax: 612-332-6037
Email: info@pwcenter.org
Web: www.pwcenter.org
Fellowships to emerging playwrights for 1-yr residency (Jul-Jun) in MN using Center services. Consideration. Assistance: $9,000. Frequency: annual. Preference. Author Must Be: citizen or resident of US, not professionally produced with 2 shows. Procedure. Best Material: application. Deadline: 9/16/06.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

SILK ROAD plays wanted

SILK ROAD THEATRE PROJECT is looking for scripts by playwrights of Asian, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean backgrounds.

SILK ROAD THEATRE PROJECT showcases playwrights of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean backgrounds, whose works address themes relevant to the peoples of the Silk Road and their Diaspora communities. Through the creation and presentation of outstanding theatre, we aim to promote discourse and dialogue among multi-cultural audiences in Chicago.

We encourage experimentation in form, structure and character, but also celebrate accessibility and engagement. We are not looking for plays that offer easy answers, or represent only a single point of view within a complex issue.

Script Submissions
Silk Road Theatre Project welcomes playwrights of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean backgrounds to submit full-length plays that have not been produced in the Chicago area. Although we appreciate the fact that many non-Silk Road playwrights write plays with Silk Road content, often with very compelling and brilliant results, we do not, at this time, produce their work.

To be considered, a play must be relevant to a people (or peoples) of the Silk Road and/or their Diaspora community(ies). Furthermore, the play's protagonist must be of an Asian, Middle Eastern, or Mediterranean background. We are interested in dramas, comedies, and musicals. Solo pieces and performance art pieces are also welcome. Submissions will be considered for either a staged reading or a production.

Please include a resume with production history when mailing your script. Scripts will not be returned. No e-mail submissions accepted.

Mail all submissions and inquiries to:

Silk Road Theatre Project
Attn: Stuart Carden, Literary Manager
The Historic Chicago Temple Building
77 West Washington Street, Pierce Hall
Chicago, Illinois 60602

Due to the high volume of submissions, please allow three months for a response. You may submit an e-mail query to stuart@srtp.org. For more information on the company please visit www.srtp.org.

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Summer Play Festival accepting submissions

The 4th Annual Summer Play Festival is currently accepting submissions for its annual festival. Applications are submitted electronically via SPF’s online application which can be found at its website: www.spfnyc.com .

SPF accepts submissions for plays, musicals, and now children’s shows.

Eligibility requirements for Plays and Musicals:

-Each script may be no less than 45 pages.
-Each script will only be accepted in the following formats: doc pdf rtf.
-No one person shows.
-The website will only accept one attachment per application including cover page and multiple acts. (no separate cover pages or separate act attachments)
-For scripts with no cover page please include the title and playwright’s name on the header of each page.
-Make sure each script includes page numbers.
-Translations (of plays only) will not be accepted.
-Adaptations (of plays only) will not be accepted.
-If the playwright has had a play in a New York City theatre with more than 99 seats, the playwright is ineligible for acceptance
-Writers who participated in past Summer Play Festivals are not eligible to be accepted again.

For Musical Submissions:
-Applications require a script attached via the website application. Musical Scores are not required.
-Applications require a CD (and CD only) of recorded selections from the musical. CDs can be mailed to

SPF SUBMISSIONS
PO BOX 778
New York, NY 10108

For Children’s Theater Submissions:
-Writers who have had a major New York production in a theater over 99 seats
are still eligible to submit children’s theater pieces only
-Adaptations are acceptable for children's theater, provided writer has
the production rights to the play. Public Domain is acceptable.
-Applications require a script attached via the website application. Musical Scores are not required.
-All forms of children’s plays will be considered.
-If applications require a CD (and CD only) of recorded selections from the musical. CDs can be mailed to

SPF SUBMISSIONS
PO BOX 778
New York, NY 10108

The Summer Play Festival wrapped up a successful third year on July 30. Throughout the entire month of July, SPF showcased 15 shows to sold out houses. SPF also presented four well-attended public discussion panels featuring theatre industry professionals with the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting. The reading series “Thursdays @ 9,” a collaboration with Naked Angels, also filled Theatre Row’s houses.

The plays showcased in at SPF this summer were:
The Butcherhouse Chronicles by Michael Hidalgo, Father Joy by Sheri Wilner, The Fearless by Etan Frankel, Gardening Leave by Joanna Pinto,Hardball by Victoria Stewart, Hitting the Wall by Barbara Blumenthal- Ehrlich, Marge by Peter Morris, Millicent Scowlworthy by Rob Handel
Sonia Flew by Melinda Lopez, Spain by Jim Knable, Splitting Infinity by Jamie Pachino, The Squirrel by Alex Moggridge, Swansong by Patrick Page, Training Wisteria by Molly Smith Metzler, A Wive’s Tale by Christina Ham

Under founder Arielle Tepper (a producer of Broadway’s Monty Python's Spamalot, The Pillowman, A Raisin in The Sun, and Freak), The non-profit organization The Living Room for Artists Inc./Summer Play Festival provides emerging writers, directors, designers and producers an opportunity to work on their material and their craft in a protected environment, guided by established professionals at no cost to them. The festival takes place throughout the month of July at Theatre Row on 42nd Street. Tickets to all SPF shows are $10 each.

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

"Friday Night Footlights" at the Dramatists Guild

In an effort to help our members have their work seen and heard, the Guild is now sponsoring a Friday night reading series. The idea is simple - we will make the Frederick Loewe Room available on Friday nights in 45-minute slots. You can reserve a slot and invite an audience to hear your work. You might choose to work with other DG members to share an audience and present 2 or 3 works in an evening, or you may want to invite a select few to hear your work as you put on its feet for the first time. It's up to you.

There will be three slots available eachf Friday: at 6:00PM, 7:00PM and 8:00PM.

There are always rules, so here they are:
1. Contact Tom Epstein at 212-398-9366 x11 or sevents@dramaguild.com to reserve a slot.

2. All reservations will be for 45-minute slots (including set up and breakdown). Each slot will begin on the hour (at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm), and the cast, crew and audience will be promptly cleared from the room 45 minutes thereafter, without exception. However, any two members can reserve 2 consecutive slots and any three members can reserve all 3 slots for a given Friday, subject to availability.

3. If you need rehearsal space, you can rent the Loewe Room during the day on Friday at the membership rate.

4.Each member may only reserve one slot per year, and each presenting author must be a member at the time of the presentation.

5. The Guild will provide only the use of the Frederick Loewe Room (Rm 710), which includes chairs, a piano and music stands. You must provide anything else you need, including any and all producing elements (casting, staffing, marketing, etc).

6. There is no food permitted in the Loewe Room.

7. All members will be required to sign an agreement before using the space. z

Please remember, the Guild is making the space available but cannot produce your event. Each registrant is responsible for all aspects of their own presentation.
We hope you will find this new program of value and encourage you to participate.

More information at the Dramatists Guild web site

Monday, August 07, 2006

10-minute monologues for Riverside Theatre in Iowa

Riverside Theatre invites playwrights to submit monologues for performance in Walking the Wire: Monologues at Riverside. This eighth annual evening of original work features 10-minute monologues by both established and up-and-coming playwrights.

Submissions are due Tuesday, 8/15; final selections will be announced by 8/25.

Guidelines: Up to two submissions per author of original, unpublished monologues (may be dramatic character or personal memoir) under ten minutes length. The copy must be easy to read: double spaced in a minimum 12pt. font, and should include the playwright's name, mailing address, email address, and phone number. Simple is best. It is important that each monologue require as little production as possible; set-pieces, props, or effects needing set-up, strike, or special technical support may disqualify an otherwise excellent submission. Area playwrights may indicate an interest in performing their own work, or include the name of an actor interested in performing, although neither is required. Submissions should be mailed to: Attn: Jody Hovland, Artistic Director, Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert Street, Iowa City, IA 52245. For more information, contact Rachelle Saunders, Marketing Director, at 319-887-1360, marketing@riversidetheatre.org.

Friday, August 04, 2006

Actors at American Girl Place Store Go on Strike

Fans of American Girl dolls have learned about the immigration experience and the woman’s suffrage debate. Now comes the next social history lesson: the labor movement.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

10 - 60 minute plays wanted

Theatre One Productions located 45 miles south of Boston is seeking 10 minute to 60 minute plays. Contemporary satires, comedies, mysteries and dramas. No monologues. We perform in a small town please be conservative with language.

Also we work out of a black box so cast size 2-5 . 1 set, no more than 2 scene changes and please number pages and keep stage directions at a minimum or none at all. Deadline November 1, 2006.

We will acknowledge receiving scripts however further contact will be only if we use scripts for stage readings, our play Festival in February or a full production We pay royalties on a full production,a 60min play. Please e-mail scripts with a synopsis of play to Peg Holzemer Artistic Director pegasus@tmlp.com

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

New member

Welcome new writer member Ralph Scholl

NYCPlaywrights on the Fringe

Several NYCPlaywrights members will be part of this year's New York Fringe Festival.

Michael Jalbert performs in PERFECT.

Janice Mann performs in A COLLAPSE.

Laurence K. Cantor performes in TRADITION.

Michael Quiñones's play NAUGHTY PREP SCHOOL STORIES will be performed by a cast that includes NYCPlaywrights actors Sheila Tapia and Brett Holland.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Looking for stories, memoirs, poems and monologues about Irish and Irish American women

We are a not for profit theatre company, looking for stories, memoirs, poems and monologues about Irish and Irish American women that will be compiled and workshopped into a play that will premiere this March in New York City. Our focus is to give voice to and explore the issues that Irish and Irish American women faced in the past and in the present day. All submissions are welcome! Send your work to irishproject2006@yahoo.com. Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2006. If we decide to use your work in our theatre piece, we will contact you about working on the project. To learn more about our theatre company, to www.turtleshellproductions.com.

If you would just like to share some thoughts you have about Ireland and women, please do!! We’d love to hear from you. Here are some questions that might stimulate your thoughts:

Where do we belong and who are we now as Irish/Irish American women?

What does Ireland and being Irish mean to you ?

What do you think of the changes in Ireland today? Are they for the best? How do they change the role of women in Ireland?

Do you mourn the loss of the “old country” that is now the “Celtic Tiger”?

Do you feel at home in Ireland? Do you own property there? If you are Irish American, do you have any stories about your visits to Ireland?

If Irish American, when did your family come to the US? Do you have any stories of the Irish women in your family and their life in America?

If Irish, do you have any stories about women in your family and their life in Ireland?

How do you feel about the issues that are important to Irish women now…changes in family life, equal rights, women and the church, the “trougles” in the North, divorce, abortion, gay rights? Do you have any stories about Irish or Irish American women and these issues?