NYCPLAYWRIGHTS BLOG ARCHIVES

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Playwrights First Award

Playwrights First Award
National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park S., New York, NY 10003
Attn: Elizabeth Stevens, VP
Tel: 212-744-1312
Est. 1993. Consideration. Remuneration: $1,000, reading. Frequency: annual. Preference. Length: full-length (over 90 min). Style: comedy, drama. Material Must Be: unproduced, in English, by 1 author. Procedure. Best Material: full script, resume. Best Time: Jul-Sep. Deadline: 10/15/06. Response: by 5/1/07.

First Flight reading series

First Flight
Boomerang Theatre Co. , Box 237166, Ansonia Sta., New York, NY 10023
Attn: Tim Erickson, Artistic Dir.
Tel: 212-501-4069
Email: info@boomerangtheatre.org
Web: www.boomerangtheatre.org
Reading series of new plays. Consideration. Remuneration: 8% royalty. Frequency: annual. Preference. Length: full-length (over 90 min), mid-length (60-90 min). Style: adaptation, comedy, drama, translation. Author Must Be: age 21 or older. Material Must Be: unproduced. Procedure. Best Material: synopsis, 10-pg sample, SASE. Best Time: Sep. Deadline: 10/15/06. Response: 1 mo.

Jewish Ensemble Theatre Festival of New Plays

Jewish Ensemble Theatre Festival of New Plays
6600 W. Maple Rd., W. Bloomfield, MI 48322
Attn: Evelyn Orbach, Artistic Dir.
Tel: 248-788-2900; Fax: 248-788-5160
Web: www.jettheatre.org
Est. 1989. Consideration. Remuneration: $100, reading. Frequency: annual. Preference. Length: full-length (over 90 min). Subject: Jewish themes. Material Must Be: unproduced. Procedure. Best Material: full script, SASE. Best Time: May-Sep. Deadline: 10/15/06. Response: in Dec-Jan.

Plays about Jewish life wanted

BIMA-NY, NYC's newest Jewish theater company, is seeking new plays for our reading series at Makor, as well as proposals for future musical theater projects.

BIMA-NY is dedicated to exploring the drama, music and comedy of Jewish life. We are currently looking for:

Short plays and monologues (approx. 10 minutes) that focus on the themes of Chanukah and Shabbat; Full-length pieces that focus on Jewish themes, including Israeli/Arab issues; Proposals for musical theater projects that include Jewish musical forms, such as the music of niggunim, Klezmer and Ladino as well as Jewish-themed classical, jazz and hip hop.

Please submit 10-minute plays ASAP; full-length plays and musical theater proposals may be submitted through the end of October.

We will only accept submissions of plays that have not been produced in NYC. Plays should be submitted by e-mail to joly1@hotmail.com.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Actors Equity's Patrick Quinn dies

NYCPlaywrights is sorry for the premature death of Patrick Quinn, who was both a president of Equity and recently selected to be Equity's executive director.

the story at Playbill.com

THE BOCA RATON THEATRE GUILD’S 7TH ANNUAL PLAY READING FESTIVAL

Deadline: 10-2-2006
The BRTG Short Play Festival consists usually of eight 10-minute plays. These will be staged readings so please be aware of limited sets, props, costuming, etc. No musicals or music.

You may submit up to three plays as long as they are unpublished. Some previously read or produced works are allowable as long as they have not been done in the south Florida area within the past two years. Any genre except X-rated. Only one copy needed.

Each play must be stapled or bound, and have the playwright contact information, a short synopsis and character breakdown.

There is no cash award, but there is also no entry fee. All submissions must be sent via regular mail. No email submissions. We are an all volunteer organization so regrettably we do not acknowledge receipt or return plays.

Production will be Apr. 18 & 19, 2007 at 7:30pm at the Willow Theatre in Boca Raton. This two-day event is always a sell out, and you have the opportunity to have your work shown in front of an audience as well as participating in a feedback during the Q & A following the performance.

Please send your work to:
Deborah H. Briggs, Production Manager
7th Annual Short Play Festival
Boca Raton Theatre Guild
PO Box 273595
Boca Raton, FL 33427

For Information Only: dhbriggs@gmail.com

MadLab’s Theatre Roulette Submission Guidelines

Deadline: December 4, 2006

General Information

To maximize your chance of selection, please read all guidelines carefully before submitting.

All Submissions should be sent to: andy@madlab.net.
Please put "THEATRE ROULETTE SUBMISSION" in the subject line.
If you do not have email, please call 614.470.2333 to set up different arrangements.
Theatre Roulette is a juried festival
Submissions must arrive no later than December 4th, 2006.
Submissions will be chosen and applicants informed if her/his piece was chosen on January 2nd, 2007.

All applicants should keep January 20 & 21 open as potential dates for viewing auditions if your script is selected. All playwrights are strongly encouraged to attend auditions if possible.

Submission Guidelines
1) Scripts should be between five minutes and forty-five minutes in length. Scripts of greater lengths will be considered, but due to time constraints it is unlikely that unsolicited full-length plays will be selected for the festival, unless you are a Nobel or Pulitzer Prize winning writer, in which case your script will automatically be accepted for production as long as you waive your standard royalty, which would probably be more than the budget for the entire festival. If you are not sure whether or not you have won a Nobel or Pulitzer Prize, please find out through the glory of the world wide web and let us know.

2) Due to the number of plays that will be presented each night, an ideal Theatre Roulette script will have minimal set and technical requirements. This does not mean writers should restrict themselves or their imaginations. But be aware that, all things being equal in terms of script quality, the script with fewer or less stringent requirements will probably win the day. PLEASE DO NOT IN ANY WAY THINK THIS MEANS YOU MUST SUBMIT MINIMALIST WORK. Just be aware that you may need to make compromises in order to accommodate all the shows of the festival; welcome to the world of non-profit theatre. MadLab does have video projection capabilities for the run of Theatre Roulette. MadLab cannot, however, guarantee that MadLab staff will be able to edit media for your show. If you are under the impression that a video toaster is good for baking bagels or that a mouse is something that should be screamed at and stomped on, please do not have any hard feelings if we don't let you anywhere near our gear ya Luddite.

3) You may submit multiple scripts, but please indicate the order in which your submitted scripts should be read. (MadLab does not guarantee that it will read more than one script per applicant, although being the incredibly kind and considerate--not to mention handsome--people that we are, we usually read everything we receive.) A maximum of three submissions per applicant is permitted.

4) Script submissions WILL NOT be returned to the applicant; MadLab will destroy all evidence of your creative instincts upon a funeral pyre at an undisclosed location in order to protect both the innocent and the guilty. Ashes will not be returned to you unless you purchase a commemorative urn from MadLab at the bargain basement price of $99.95.

5) YOU MUST EMAIL YOUR SCRIPT TO US. IF EMAILING IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU, PLEASE CALL US AT 614.470.2333 SO WE CAN MAKE ALTERNATE ARRANGEMENTS.

EMAIL PROTOCOL: Please send your script attached as a Microsoft Word document or as in PDF format. SCRIPTS SHOULD BE EMAILED TO andy@madlab.net. PLEASE PUT “THEATRE ROULETTE SUBMISSION" AS THE SUBJECT LINE. IF "THEATRE ROULETTE SUBMISSION" IS NOT YOUR SUBJECT LINE, YOUR SUBMISSION MAY NOT BE RECEIVED. All submissions will receive a reply email to ensure that your submission was received.

6) If you've made it through all of this, congratulations. At least you've got the potential patience to deal with the travails of theatrical production. If you have any questions, please email them to Managing Director Andy Batt at andy@madlab.net.

8) Thanks for your interest, good luck with your submission, and regardless of the outcome here, be sure to keep producing new work.

THE RUBY LLOYD APSEY PLAY SEARCH

Deadline: 12-1-2006
In every even-numbered year, Theatre UAB seeks new and original plays confronting racial or ethnic issues, especially those calling for ethnically diverse and/or multi-racial casting. We are especially interested in full-length dramas or comedies that could be produced as part of our regular season (that is, that could be performed by a diverse and talented group of college students).

The Apsey Award is a $1000 prize plus a staged reading at Theatre UAB and the possibility of a fully mounted production. Previously produced and unproduced scripts are equally welcome.

All manuscripts, including a synopsis and character breakdown, should be submitted to this address:

The Ruby Lloyd Apsey Play Search
Theatre UAB ASC 255
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham AL 35294-1263

We now welcome email submissions! Send your script as a PDF, RTF, WordPerfect, or MS Word file to leeshack@uab.edu

Any submission questions not answered here? Write to us:
leeshack@uab.edu Further information available at:
http://theatre.hum.uab.edu/apsey.htm

New member

Welcome new NYCPlaywrights member Christina Nocerino

Reagan in Acoustic Nerve

Member Reagan Wilson performs in THE ACOUSTIC NERVE
Dates: September 26th, 28th & 30th
Tickets $15
Location: The Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond Street, between Lafayette and Bowery
Reservations 212-252-2402
www.groovemamaink.com
www.luvrae.com

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Ron Voz in Extreme Unction

Member Ron Voz will read (and/or chant in Latin) the part of the Celebrant - Priest in the "Extreme Unction" by Marvin Cotlar at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Studio II, 311 West 43rd Street, on Thursday, October 19, 2006, at 7 P.M.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Scott as Clarence

Member Scott Sortman performs as Clarence Darrow in FOLIE A DEUX, produced by Maieutic Theater Works at The Rock Theater (300 W 43rd St 5th Floor, New York,NY)
OPENING Oct 26-29, 2006
Thu-Sat 8pm, Sun 7pm, Oct 31-Nov12
Tue-Sat 8pm / Sun 7pm TICKETS $20.00
RESERVATIONS - GO to TICKETS (on the website) and fill in the form
Call: (646)421-2897 or email: resevations@mtworks.org

The Strange Case of Einhorn v. Mergatroyd

Member Nancy McClernan's article about her recent federal court case vs. a director who sought to establish a director's copyright (and who demonstrated through his own actions just exactly what is so wrong with the concept) is in the latest issue of The Dramatist, the magazine of the Dramatists' Guild. The article can be read online at The Strange Case of Edward Einhorn v. Mergatroyd Productions.

New Harmony Project

New Harmony Project
Box 441062 , Indianapolis, IN 46244
Attn: Joel Grynhein, Project Dir.
Tel: 317-464-1103
Email: newharmony@newharmonyproject.org
Web: www.newharmonyproject.org
Est. 1986. Development of work thru rehearsals & readings in 2½-wk. conference. Consideration. Assistance: room/board, travel. Remuneration: reading. Frequency: annual. Preference. Subject: exploring human journey by offering hope & showing respect for positive values of life. Procedure. Best Material: 2-pg synopsis, 10-pg sample, full script, audio, resume. Deadline: 10/1/06.

Monday, September 18, 2006

SHAG RUG SHOWS seeks plays by women from major cities

SHAG RUG SHOWS

Deadline: Octgober 31, 2006
Shag Rug Shows, a Baltimore-based production team, is working with The Mobtown Players, a theatre company and theatre space, also in Baltimore, MD, to produce new short plays scribed by women who hail from major cities across America. The collection of works is entitled Double X: The Bad-ass Lands and will highlight snapshot stories of “bad, bold and beautiful women from the baddest, boldest and most beautiful cities.”

The production will tie together pieces that explore the similarities and differences of a diverse sampling of women living in metropolitan areas, sharing their joys and pains of struggling to get by either financially, emotionally, intellectually, sexually, politically and/or socially in these hip and happening towns. Lead characters must be women who are able to represent a glimpse into their city-life so that the audience may travel on an “American Dream” journey.

Selected scripts will receive full production in Spring 2007 at Baltimore’s Mobtown Theatre. Selected playwrights will receive bound copies of the collection of works, which may also be considered for publication.

This is not intended for workshop productions. We are looking for solid, polished scripts that surprise us!

Requirements for Submission:

All submissions must be written by women
Playwrights should currently reside in the play’s city setting
Subject must deal with the woman’s urban experience in relation to social, political and/or sexual themes
Maximum 6 characters, lead character must be female
Maximum 15-20 minutes length (10 minute plays preferred)
Previous productions okay (please supply dates and venue of any prior production)
Must be Baltimore premiere
Only accepting unpublished scripts
Scripts accepted September 1 through October 31, 2006
Electronic Submissions Only to: shagrugshows@gmail.com

THE GREAT PLAINS DRAMATIST EXCHANGE AWARD

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE THEATRE and THE GREAT PLAINS DRAMATIST EXCHANGE AWARD
Deadline: November 15 2006
This festival is founded in the honor of the late Claire Donaldson. Ms. Donaldson was a 2000 Augustana College graduate passionate about the art of playwriting. We will produce 8 10-minute plays and the top three, chosen by a panel of judges, will receive cash prizes. Plays must be 10 minutes in length. There are no subject restrictions. Must be unpublished/unproduced. Please submit full script, typed and securely bound; Short bio SASE for return if desired.

Submission Address:

Heidi S. Meyer, Festival Coordinator
Augustana Theatre Department
'8 in 48' Submissions
2001 S. Summit Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57197

or send electronically to: haleyhayworth@hotmail.com
Notification on or about December 15th, 2006

Chameleon Theatre Circle 8th Annual NEW PLAY CONTEST

The Chameleon Theatre Circle announces its 8th Annual NEW PLAY CONTEST
Rolling Submission Deadline: November 13, 2006

Note to Playwrights: No application is needed, just a cover letter with your submission.

This document is also available as a pdf document

The Chameleon Theatre Circle (Twin Cities area in Minnesota) is seeking original works that have never been produced. All styles and genres are welcomed (i.e. one-acts, musicals, full length dramas, etc.). The winning plays will be showcased in a concert-format festival in February 2007. All shows submitted will automatically be placed on the slate of shows in consideration for the 2007/08 season by the Season Planning Committee.

SUBMITTING GUIDELINES

We are proud to announce that for the eighth consecutive year we are not charging a submission fee! We do ask that you please send three (3) copies of each script to the address below. Do not bind any author identification with your scripts. We will distribute the scripts “blind” to our readers for complete objectivity. Include the show’s title on at least the first bound page. Once the winning scripts have been chosen, we will disclose the playwrights’ identity to our readers (and the world). Please include author contact information on an unbound page with a statement that the show has not been produced (we accept plays that have had workshops and other readings. Receipt of play(s) will be acknowledged only by request by email or if a SASP/E is provided. Scripts are non-returnable.

Like last year, this year's contest will have multiple categories:

TEN-MINUTE PLAYS

• 3-5 Winners will receive $25 each plus a reading at the New Play Festival.
All short plays will be entered in this contest. Generally, scripts of about 15 pages or less will fall into this category.
ONE-ACTS

• 1-2 Winners will receive $50 each plus a reading at the New Play Festival.
Any play that can be joined with one or two other shows of similar length to make up a complete evening of theatre will be entered in this contest. Generally, scripts of about 20-60 pages will fall into this category.
FULL-LENGTH

• 1 Winner will receive $100 plus a reading at the New Play Festival.
Any play that can constitute a complete evening of theatre will be entered in this contest. It is important to note that these shows can be one, two or more acts - as long as it makes up a complete evening of theatre.
MUSICALS

If more than five musicals are submitted, the theatre reserves the right to create a "musical" category. Musicals are defined as any original play using original or rights permitted musical dialogue to further the story and/or the characters. In the absence of enough qualifying scripts, or if the theatre determines not to create an additional category, any musical will be entered into the appropriate category as defined above.
THEATRE-FOR-YOUTH

If more than five plays intended for - and/or by - youth by are submitted, the theatre reserves the right to create a "theatre-for-youth" category. Theatre-For-Youth plays are defined as any original play intended for young audiences, young participants, or both. In the absence of enough qualifying scripts, or if the theatre determines not to create an additional category, any theatre for youth submission will be entered into the appropriate category as defined above.
OVERALL-CONTEST WINNER/AUDIENCE-FAVORITE WINNER

At the theatre's discretion, we reserve the right to designate or not designate an Overall-Contest Winner from any category and an Audience-Favorite Winner from any category at the conclusion of the New Play Festival. No additional prize-money is awarded, just bragging rights.
Each playwright may submit up to two plays in any of these combinations:

One full-length play
One one-act
One ten-minute play
One full-length play and One one-act
One full-length play and One ten-minute play
Two one-acts
Two ten-minute plays
One one-act and One ten-minute play
Please submit 3 copies of each script by *November 13, 2006 (in hand, not postmarked) to:

8th Annual New Play Contest
The Chameleon Theatre Circle
819 E. 145th Street
Burnsville, MN 55337
chameleon@seetheatre.org
*Note: This is a rolling deadline. Any plays submitted after this date will be considered for the following year's contest.

Web site

Seeking controversial plays

THE THEATRE EXPANSION
Deadline: 11-10-2006
Seeking controversial plays that can easily be adapted or performed to include dance as another layer to the story.

The mission of The Theatre Expansion is to produce controversial
professional productions from different genres that unite the theatre and dance communities by combining an actor's insightful voice with a dancer's expressive body. We choose work ranging from contemporary dramas to dance adaptations to solo performances where dance plays a part either peripherally or centrally in unraveling each theatrical story.

Past productions have included Painted Alice by William Donnelly The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer as well as being presenters for artists such as Joan Merwyn, Andary Dance and Fusionworks Dance Company.

Producing Artistic Director
The Theatre Expansion
104 Ives St. #4
Providence, RI 02906

info@theatreexpansion.org
http://www.theatreexpansion.org
(401) 440-5440
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Friday, September 15, 2006

Coffee House: The Writers

Coffee House, a monthly event presented by The Daryl Roth Theatre features "new work from writers of all varieties: playwrights, poets, short story writers, essayists, etc. Each writer will present approximately ten minutes of his or her new work," according to notes on Coffee House.

"Created as a venue for writers to share their work in a casual atmosphere in front of an audience, Coffee House exists to promote the work of writers both established and up and coming, serving as a testing ground for new compositions."

There is a $7 cover charge, as well as a two-drink minimum. The D-Lounge is located within The Daryl Roth Theatre complex, at 101 East 15th St., right off of Union Square East.

To submit work, or for reservations, please e-mail dloungeroth@aol.com, or call 212.375.1110, ext.3. Visit www.dloungenyc.com for more information.

NYCPlaywrights member Joseph Barone's play SANDSPOTS, which was also read at an NYCPlaywrights meeting, was part of the inaugural August installment of the series.

Monday, September 11, 2006

Women Playwriting Festival wants submissions of unproduced, ten- minute plays

The first annual 6 Women Playwriting Festival wants submissions of unproduced, ten- minute plays written by women exploring the topic of friendship. The festival sponsored by The Pikes Peak Arts Council will be held April 19-22nd, 2007 at the Manitou Art Theatre in Manitou Springs, Colorado, Each of the 6 winning playwrights will receive an honorarium of $75.00. The play chosen as the audience favorite during the weekend will receive an additional $50.00. Contest rules can be found on our website: www.sixwomenplayfestival.com. Deadline December 31st, 2006.

GUIDELINES
The 6 Women Playwriting Festival proudly announces a ten-minute playwriting contest exploring
the joys and complications of friendship. This new festival sponsored by The Pikes Peak Arts
Council and Manitou Arts Theatre will be held April 19-22nd, 2007 in at Venue 515 in
Manitou Springs, Colorado.
1. Any woman 16 or older can enter. Collaborations are accepted
2. Play must be unpublished and not previously produced. Original works only.
3. Play content must focus on the subject of friendship and appropriate for our community and
theatre. Authors of the six chosen plays agree their plays will be produced by The 6 Women
Playwriting Festival , April, 19-22nd, 2007. Cast will be chosen by the selected directors through an
audition process. Playwrights will receive and honorarium of $75.00 for the festival. The audience
favorite will receive and additional $50.00.
4. Play scripts must not exceed ten pages.
5. Scripts should be typewritten on standard size, bound with staple only. Pages numbered.
6. Submit three copies with title only. Include one unbound sheet which includes title of play,
author’s name and address, email, phone. Playwright’s name will not be known to the play-reading
panel.
7. Scripts will not be returned to author unless a SASE is provided.
8. Authors may submit more no more than two plays.
9. No musicals or children’s plays.
10. Entries are accepted from September 1st to December 31st, 2006. Entries postmarked later than
December 31st,2006 will not be considered.
Send your submission to: 6 Women Play Festival
% Pikes Peak Arts Council
PO Box 1073
Colorado Springs, CO 80901

Sunday, September 10, 2006

FIRST ANNUAL RIVER PLAY FESTIVAL 2006-07

TRUENORTH THEATRE PROJECT and
THE BEACON INSTITUTE FOR RIVERS AND ESTUARIES
present
FIRST ANNUAL RIVER PLAY FESTIVAL 2006-07

Deadline: 10-15-2006

The goal of this annual Festival is to create a theatre event for the Hudson Valley area and in turn, bring together professional actors, directors, designers along with educators, conservationists, scientists and all who live in the Hudson Valley. Through this venture we will produce an evening of one-act plays written
specifically for and about RIVERS.

Playwrights from around the country are invited to participate in this festival by writing one-act plays with RIVER being the jumping off point. The quotes on this page are to give the writers some idea of the spirit of this festival.

Along with three selected plays, one-acts will be written for our festival by celebrated playwright and screenwriter John Peilmeier (Agnes of God, Voices in the Dark, The Boys of Winter) playwright and poet Irene O'Garden, (Women On Fire, Little Heart, Fat Girl) and Michael Heintzman, co-founder and playwright of TrueNorth Theatre Project. The evening of theatre will be produced at the newly constructed Beacon Institute Building One, at Denning's Point on the Hudson River at Beacon, New York.

" To live by a large river is to be kept in the heart of things."
— John Haines

Criteria
15-page plays - unpublished and unproduced
Cast - four (maximum)
Theme - River

Submission
Postmark no later than October 15th, 2006
Send three bound copies of your play along with a single page writer biography to:

River Play Festival 2006
TrueNorth Theatre Project
P.O. Box 228
Beacon, NY 12508

Finalists will be announced in November 2006. Three winners will be announced January 2007. $400 to be awarded to the three winners along with production of their plays in May 2007.

Website: http://www.truenorththeatre.org

TALLAHASSEE WRITERS ASSOCIATION wants plays

Deadline: 10-1-2006
Project Stagelight is for any length play submitted in its entirety, with no restriction on content. The first acts of selected top-scoring plays will be presented as staged readings at the Tallahassee Little Theater (TLT).

Project Autumnlight should be a one-act play crafted primarily for actors aged 50+. Selected plays will be presented as staged readings at TLT.

Please Submit: Full script - typed and securely bound, No contact info on script/separate title page with contact info, Application fee, Brief synopsis of play, Short bio, Letter-sized SASE for notification.

Ted Simmons, treasurer
PO Box 3428
Tallahassee, FL 32315

treasurer@tallahasseewriters.net
http://www.tallahasseewriters.net
850-894-6181
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QUEER SOUP THEATER'S NEW PLAY FESTIVAL

The Anniversary Series Deadline: 10/1/06

To enter the festival: Print and fill out the form and send it in the mail or email with your manuscript to the Queer Soup Festival Director. Be sure and read the rules that precede the entry form.

Entry Form available online at:
http://www.queersoup.net/opportunities.html

Attention playwrights and friends of playwrights!

Queer Soup Theater is seeking scripts for its first ever festival of
new plays to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Queer Soup’s mission to introduce, unite, and incite audiences by using laughter to smuggle ideas across society's borders

Full-length plays and musicals are ineligible
All rights must be fully owned by the author
Submissions will be accepted from July 1st through October 1, 2006 (receipt date)
(Winners will be notified no later than December 31st, 2006)
Plays selected will receive a full production
Accept submissions via mail or email

For additional information, see "Rules" below or write/call:

Queer Soup Theater
ATTN: Festival Director
24 Hopkins Road
Arlington, MA 02476
(617) 824-4297
email: festival@queersoup.net

Rules: Queer Soup Theater’s New Play Festival: The Anniversary Series

1. Scripts must be standard-sized and legibly typed. Standard
Dramatist Guild form is preferred. Scripts should not have the
playwright’s name anywhere in the text or on the title page of the script. This information MUST only be on the Entry Form. The Entry Form available online at: http://www.queersoup.net/opportunities.html

2. Submissions (one per playwright) may be 5 – 30 minutes long, and MUST be no longer than 30 minutes in length (standard practice states that one page equals 1.5 minutes).

3. Playwrights must reside in the New England region.

4. Submissions must be queer-oriented (LGBTQA) and address in some way the festival theme of "anniversary."

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

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

7. Enclose a self-addressed stamped postcard if you wish Queer Soup to acknowledge receipt of your script.

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

9. Plays are limited to 4 actors with minimal set and prop pieces. Four to six plays will be selected and presented each evening in a festival format, so quick set, prop and costume changes will be strictly enforced to keep the evening within a two hour timeframe.

10. A Queer Soup entry form must accompany each submitted script (see below).

11. Scripts may be submitted from July 1 until October 1, 2006
(receipt date).

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. It is encouraged 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 to be scheduled for July of 2007. The visiting dates are at our discretion. Playwrights, and the directors of their plays, can participate in one post-show question-and-answer session with the audience. Attendance at the festival is not a requirement for your play to be accepted.

14. Any submissions that do not meet the above criteria will not be considered for the festival.

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.

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.

The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop seeking scripts to produce

Aspiring Playwrights and Screenwriters - JBActors.com

Working actors within the professional community at The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop are seeking scripts to produce into plays and films. We are accepting short film scripts and plays of any length. We are open to all genres and are specifically seeking intense, dimensional, socially and politically relevant, character-driven scripts. Please do not submit your script unless you are convinced it is of the absolute highest quality.

Snailmail submissions to:

The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop
432 East 14th Street, Suite 1903
New York, NY 10009

Thursday, September 07, 2006

New writer member

Actor member Greg Oliver Bodine has become a writer member of NYCPlaywrights too.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Twain-athon seeks plays

Mark Twain-athon Celebration seeks proposals for works inspired by Twain. Metropolitan Playhouse is accepting proposals for long and short new theatrical adaptations and original works inspired by the writings and/or life of Samuel Clemens for inclusion in a “Twain-athon” 1/15-28. Submissions will be considered for co-production. Individual artists and companies may apply. Guidelines online at www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/twainguide.htm Call Alex Roe with questions: 212.995.8410 or e-mail him at twainathon@metropolitanplayhouse.org Mailing address: Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 E 4 St., New York, NY 10009.

Members upcoming shows

Starra Andrews is member of the Grown Ups Playground Improv group @ the New York Comedy Club. Our shows are every Saturday night @ 6:00pm. She will be doing two shows per month (average), and tickets bought from me are $5.00 (2 drink minimum). Otherwise, it's $10.00 for the show.

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Reagan Wilson's Ciona Taylor Productions presents Rise, an unpretentious evening of poetry.
This is not a slam.
September 12 @7PM.
The Duplex, 61 Christopher Street.
Reservations 212-255-5438

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Lawrence Cantor performs in UNMASKED for 5 performances on Wednesday, 8PM from September 6 through Saturday, September 9 and has a closing matinee on Sunday, 9/10 at 3:00.
All performances are at the Sage Theater, a few doors south of 48th Street at 711 7th Avenue.
Tickets are $18 each and can be reserved by phone at 212 595-3268 or by email, with your name, date of performance, and number of tickets you want to reserve, at unmaskedtheplay@aol.com.

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Scott Sortman performs in THE BEGINNING OF THE AND, produced by the Audax Theatre Group) will run through the 16th, at the 78th Street Theatre Lab. Performances are Tuesday through Saturday, 8pm curtain.
Tickets available at the door, or through Smarttix. The Theatre is at 236 W. 78th St., just east of Broadway.

2007 Kansas City Women's Playwriting Festival

Potluck Productions is accepting submissions for the 2007 Kansas City Women?s Playwriting Festival. The Kansas City Women?s Playwriting Festival is open to all female playwrights writing in English, including students enrolled in a BFA or MFA playwriting program. In a strictly juried selection process, six to ten plays will be chosen to appear at the festival. Special attention is given to emerging Kansas City area writers.

The Kansas City Women?s Playwriting Festival was first produced in 1995 by Potluck Productions to create more opportunities for emerging female playwrights to produce their work. The company?s goal is to produce an annual festival highlighting the best in new scripts by local (and occasionally national) female playwrights. The first production premiered at the Theatre for Young America and was invited for encore presentation at both Johnson County Community College and Penn Valley Community College. Since then, Potluck Productions has produced festivals around the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Submissions must be postmarked by October 1, 2006 to be considered for this year's festival.

For additional details about Potluck Productions and the Kansas City Women?s Playwriting Festival, please visit our website at www.kcpotluckproductions.com.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

The Strange Case of Edward Einhorn v. Mergatroyd Productions

The Strange Case of Edward Einhorn v. Mergatroyd Productions covered by Sivacracy.