NYCPLAYWRIGHTS BLOG ARCHIVES

Monday, February 26, 2007

plays for students wanted

Play Submissions
What We're Looking For

Have you written something suitable for student performance? Theatrefolk is seeking original creative scripts for publication.

We are looking for full-length plays, one-act plays, and collections of scenes and/or monologues.

With the exception of classical adaptations, the majority of the characters in the script must be youths.

Preferred Scripts
Plays with the following characteristics tend to be more popular with our customers:

Flexible casting
(e.g. doubling, gender flexible)
More females than males
Short one-acts
How to Submit
Scripts may be submitted via email (strongly preferred) or by regular mail. If submitting a hardcopy, the script must be typewritten or computer printed in any legible format and be securely bound or stapled. Please include a brief synopses along with production history & reviews (if applicable).

Your play will be returned to you only if you enclose a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope with sufficient Canadian postage to reach you. Otherwise, it will be recycled.

More info: theatrefolk.com

24-hour play festival

Tip My Cup Productions seeks performers, directors and writers for its first annual 24-Hour Play Festival. Groups will have exactly one day to write, rehearse and perform an original, short play. Participants must be comfortable with impromptu creativity and must play well with others. Divas need not apply!

Performances will take place at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre in NYC on Friday, April 20th. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE COMPLETELY AVAILABLE FOR A FULL 24 HOURS PRIOR TO PERFORMANCE.

To be considered, please submit a brief e-mail introducing yourself and explaining why you are interested in being a part of this festival in addition to the following information, which must be sent in attachments:Performers-Headshot and resume, Directors- Resume and two professional references,Writers- An original one-page writing sample of your choice.

All submissions must be sent to tipmycup@gmail.com by March 11th, 2007.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Thanks David Ives!

David Ives sat in on our meeting last night, offering feedback on a variety of plays. To learn more about David Ives, check out this Interview with David Ives.

And also see this excellent essay by Ives Why Write for Theater?

Saturday, February 17, 2007

CAPTAIN NIGHTMARE returns

Member Michael Quiones' play CAPTAIN NIGHTMARE, part of last Winter's fundraiser, will receive 2 performances at 7:30 pm, on Sunday February 18 and Monday February 19 (with other plays, running about two hours) as part of the Strawberry Festival, at Chernuchin Theater – 314 W 54th St. between 8th & 9th Avenue, Manhattan
Ticket info: $20. Now on sale at www.therianttheatre.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl/page=tickets.html

Thursday, February 15, 2007

NO REGRETS - 10 minute play

GUIDELINES FOR PLAY SUBMISSIONS
Each script must be no more than ten pages long.
Plays should be inspired by the theme NO REGRETS .
DEADLINE: APRIL 27, 2007
Each playwright may submit up to two scripts.
Previously submitted plays, plays that have received production and any unsolicited longer oneact or full-length plays are not accepted for consideration in The Seven.
Each manuscript must be typed and individually bound or stapled. Title page must include name,address, phone number, and e-mail.
Entries will be acknowledged by e-mail once they have been received by our literary manager.
No scripts will be returned unless you include a SASE with correct postage.
The volume of scripts submitted hampers our ability to comment individually on each work; therefore we do not offer criticism.

Send your submissions to:
FUSION Theatre Co.
Attn: Jen Grigg
700 1 st Street NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
Questions: jeng@fusionabq.org
www.fusionabq.org

Seeking dark and disturbing tales of evil

Darknight Theatrical Productions is currently taking script submissions for their Darknight Gallery 3 playwriting festival. Seeking scripts which tell dark and disturbing tales of evil with thought-provoking themes. Good dialogue that gets to the point and tells a complete story in 45 minutes or less (max 30 pages). Strong characters, socially conscious themes and dramatic tension that intertwines with suspense. Submit via email only. Top prize $400. Please visit our site for further details.
http://www.dtpsite.org Contest closes April 29, 2007.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Seeking submissions from female playwrights from around the world

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS (ICWP) is seeking
submissions from female playwrights from around the world for CHICAGO
HER-RAH! 2007. This high-profile four-day event will present the
world's best, production-ready plays by women to Chicago audiences and
literary managers/artistic directors from theaters around the Midwest.
For complete guidelines, downloadable submission application, and event
information, visit www.internationalwomenplaywrights.org
. There is pay.
Women playwrights only; all submitters must join ICWP. No calls.

Monday, February 12, 2007

Stage Left accepts synopses

Script Submissions
Stage Left does not accept unsolicited full manuscripts from individuals. We do, of course, accept them directly from literary agents.

However, if you believe you have a play that fits our artistic mission to raise debate on political and social issues, please send us:

- Cover Letter
- Resume
- One page synopsis
- 10-page excerpt
- Supporting Materials: Any other information you feel may be helpful, including letters of recommendation from Artistic Directors or Literary Managers of other professional theatres.
- Reliable email address

Should your materials interest us, we will contact you and ask for the complete script.

Please refer to our production history page if you would like more information on the types of scripts we have produced in the past.

If you are interested in pursuing development for your script, please refer to our Downstage Left program. A printable application with specific guidelines other than those listed above is available on the DSL-for-artists page.

Estimated turnaround time for unsolicited submissions: Three months
Estimated turnaround time for full manuscripts: One year

Please send submissions to:

John Sanders
Director of New Play Development
Stage Left Theatre
3408 N. Sheffield
Chicago, IL 60657

If you have questions, please contact Literary Manager LaRonika Thomas at scripts@stagelefttheatre.com

Thank you for you interest in Stage Left!

http://www.stagelefttheatre.com/script_submissions.html

ID AMERICA FESTIVAL Call for PLAY SUBMISSIONS

Quo Vadimus Arts
is proud to announce
submissions are being accepted for the
ID AMERICA FESTIVAL

A festival of short plays about American identity written by playwrights from around the nation, performed in New York City, November 2007. www.idafestival.org

Submissions are being accepted for Quo Vadimus Arts' ID America Festival. America is made up of many communities and our diversity is what makes dialogue both difficult and vital. QVA is looking for plays and playwrights to help us create a festival that questions, explores, challenges and celebrates what it means to be living in America today.

The ID America Festival was inspired by QVA's growing concern over the polarization of media in America. News organizations are increasingly biased towards the left or right, and it is rare to find an open forum where differing points of view are given equal weight. We are becoming divided by the papers we read, or the news stations we watch; a nation whose people are pigeonholed based on their political or religious affiliations, by their lifestyle choices. We are demographics before we are Americans. We at Quo Vadimus Arts want to create a festival where everyone, audiences and artists alike, emerges having seen the world from a different point of view; having walked in someone else's shoes.

QVA is looking for playwrights of all ages, of all levels of experience, from all over the country. If you are native-born or foreign-born, whatever your political or religious affiliation, if you consider yourself an writer or just have something to say, we want you to send us a piece that reflects your view of America.

10-16 short plays will be chosen to be performed several times at the Clemente Solo Velez Center in New York City, from November 16-21, 2007. At the end of the festival, 4-5 plays will be selected as part of an evening of winning plays. In addition, QVA intends to take the winning plays on a national tour of Universities and regional theaters in 2008.

Visit www.idafestival.org or www.qvarts.org to submit your play or to learn more about the festival. All submissions will be considered anonymously and will be selected by committee.

Quo Vadimus Arts is an international community of artists working to promote the exchange of ideas and experiences between cultures. Quo Vadimus means 'where are we going?'. This is a question that our company seeks to continually explore by broadening the scope of dialogue at a community level. It is the constant confrontation of this question that gives us direction. Our projects are chosen to bring new stories and voices to audiences who may have not had an opportunity to hear them otherwise.

TITLEWave/Cleveland Public Theatre Seek 10-Minute Plays

TITLEWave/Cleveland Public Theatre
Seek 10-Minute Plays

After a successful inaugural production of AtTENtion Span: A Festival of 10-Minute Plays , TITLEWave theatre and Cleveland Public Theatre will team up once again to produce an evening of ten-minute plays.

Please submit plays via email to: titlewavetheatre@yahoo.com with “10-Minute Plays” in the subject field.

Deadline is March 10, 2007. We will only accept ONE play per playwright. Email us your favorite.

Only plays under 10-minutes will be considered. If they’re longer than 10, send something else. If we feel it’s longer than ten minutes, we will not read it. You know the drill, figure 10 pages.

Plays will be performed all throughout the Gordon Square Theatre which means the less set the better. This helps with fluidity of the evening. So simplicity works best when it comes to set. Our audiences focus on the words and the actors more than anything.

We love comedies. So do our audiences. A good drama never hurts though.

Plays that stretch the imagination, the mind and theatricality are always welcome. We’re not TV so we don’t try to be. We always ask ourselves why theatre?

Thanks for all the work you do for the American theatre.

Regards,

Greg Vovos, Artistic Director
TITLEWave theatre
www.titlewavetheatre.com

Monday, February 05, 2007

Silver House Theatre Third Annual Playwright

Silver House Theatre announces its Third Annual Playwright
Festival. Over the last 3 years, the Silver House Theatre has
committed itself to the development of new playwrights. Due to the
large number of scripts submitted in the past, the Silver House is
announcing its call for submissions early this year.

Deadline: Feb. 15th, 2007

Send scripts to:
Silver House Theatre
Reginald Edmund
Attn: Silver House Playwright Festival
P.O. Box 88074
Houston, Tx 77288-0074

Previous winners of the Silver House Playwright Festival include:

2006- MJ Hancock- New Improved God
2005- Sophia Ansari- Lost and Occasional Found

Rules and guidelines:

The competition is open to all playwrights. Up to two plays may be
submitted.

Plays must be original works which have never had a professional
production.

Plays should be bound in a manner that permits sheets to be
separated. Please, do not use staples. First inside pages should
contain a list of the cast of characters and their ages. Please do
not send originals or only copies.

Play running time should be no more than 25 minutes and have no more
than 6 actors.

Each submission should include:

1. Playwright's name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-
mail address on the Title page.

2. A self-addressed, stamped, letter-sized envelope for notification.

3. One page biography of playwright

Lebanon Community Theatre's Playwriting Contest

Aspiring playwrights of all ages and experience are invited to submit scripts for LCT's 9th annual playwriting contest.

Plays will be judged on content, dialogue, ingenuity, use of theme, and ability to be staged. Plays with special effects, lighting or elaborate sets can not be produced.

Previous years' winning plays came from throughout Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic area, and from across the United States and Canada.

The authors will maintain all literary rights to their own material.

All winning plays will be presented on the LCT stage on August 16, 17, & 18, 2007 at
8:00 p.m. and at a Sunday matinee on August 19, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.

For further information call: Mary Lou Kelsey at (717) 274-0787 or send an e-mail message to Kelsheads@aol.com.

LCT's Play Writing Contest Committee and the LCT Artistic Board will judge the entries. The winners will be notified by letter near the end of the June, 2007 Board of Directors meeting.
Each winner will receive:

a) a $100 cash prize; and
b) one season ticket for LCT's 2008 season for local winners; and
c) each of the winning plays will be performed on the LCT stage; and
d) each playwright may direct and cast their own play if they wish. Playwright directors will
be assisted by committee members; and
e) a DVD or the production of the winning plays.

All plays submitted should center on a common theme, idea or concept.
This year's theme is: "Dreams".

All plays submitted must be the original work of the author and must comply with
guidelines of length and appropriateness for community theatre audiences.

Plays not on theme or not written for this contest will not be judged.

Play's should be at least 10 minutes long, but must not exceed 20 minutes of production time.

Plays should have no more than three scenes using limited sets, props and costumes. Only simple on-off or fade lighting will be considered. The cast of characters must be at least two, but should not exceed eight.

Playwrights should keep in mind that they are writing for the stage and not television or film, and must use dialogue, not stage directions, to develop their play.

There is no limit to the number of plays each person can submit.

Please submit two copies of your play. Submissions should be typed and double-spaced
on one side only. Both copies should be unbound and stapled on the top left corner.
Do not use any covers. Use a simple font such as Times New Roman or Courier.

All plays must be submitted by April 30, 2007 and must include on the title page
a short paragraph stating how your play makes use of the theme.

Mail your plays to:
L.C.T
P.O Box 592
Lebanon, Pa 17042

SUMMER SHORTS 2 FESTIVAL

YOUTH EDUCATION ON STAGE
Williston North Dakota
is seeking Submissions of 10-15 minute plays for their
SUMMER SHORTS 2 FESTIVAL
Late-June 2007

We thank the many of you that submitted last season and made the first year a huge success. We were able to select 8 plays which were given 4 performances each with a different panel of judges each evening selecting the Top Three Plays of the Festival. In addition, an Audience FAVORITE was named.
Again this year, we will select 8 scripts. Each will be given a full production with a cast of students (ages 6-18). The playwright will be given a video of the production, a souvenir tee-shirt, program bios and plenty of press coverage! Hopefully we can throw in a little more this year in the way of a royalty to the Top 3 Winners IF one of the Grants we have applied for come thorugh for us. But, once again there is NO FEE to enter.
I too am a playwright and a member of these yahoogroups so understand what we all go through in submitting and realize it is not a simple task even to get a script into the hands of a theatre. I lived in North Dakota for 21 years and go back now only for the summer season at my Theatre there. So please send all SCRIPTS to the New York address listed below.

GUIDELINES FOR 2007
1. We are calling for a Theme of "SCHOOL'S OUT!" and are looking for plays that are set in a school room, a school yard, principal's office, lunch room, etc. The subject matter can be anything - (Keep in mind that this is the heartland! So keep it clean.) Just give us something about EDUCATION. And no publised Scripts.

2. Any play longer than 15 pages will not be read by our committee. The running time of any play presented cannot exceed 15 minutes.

3. Keep in mind that all roles WILL be performed by Students Ages 6-18 which does not mean they must be all students. However, all adult roles are played by teenagers.

4. All Plays must be submitted by snail mail. We cannot accept via email (although, I truly wish we could and hopefully by Festival 3 that will be a possibility) Send One copy to:
JACK DYVILLE
YOUTH EDUCATION ON STAGE
560 West 43rd Street Apt. 8B
New York, New York 10036

5. DEADLINE: All Scripts MUST be RECEIVED NO LATER than
April 16, 2007

Martin Zuckerman's GARDEN PARTY

Martin M. Zuckerman's THE GARDEN PARTY, adapted from the Katherine Mansfield short story will be performed Sunday, February 18, 3:00 p.m. (Series J)
American Theatre of Actors

314 West 54th Street
(between 8th and 9th Avenues), 2nd Floor
Tickets $20

Reservations: 646-623-3488 or www.therianttheatre.com
For online viewing: www.therianttheatre.com/video
(For other possible performances call 212-362-7348 on Tuesday, February 20)