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Autumn 2008
Writers opportunities
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Walter Thinnes's latest...
Writer member Walter Thinnes's play HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEONARD was performed in Pittsburgh PA by the Future Tentants in their Future Ten Play Festival on November 14 & 15 and his play RETROSPECTIVE was an Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest 77th Annual Writer's Competition, Stage Play Division.
The 3rd annual Pandora Festival
The 3rd annual Pandora Festival
Presented by the Arizona Women's Theatre Company
CALL FOR SCRIPTS
The 3nd annual Pandora Festival seeks scripts written by Arizona women playwrights. Unpublished full length, one-act, and 10-minute plays will be selected by a juried panel for staged readings in May 2009.
Mail 3 copies of your script to:
Arizona Womens Theatre Company
PMB 272, 7904 E. Chaparral Rd, Ste. A110
Scottsdale , AZ 85250-7273
Scripts must be received by February 2, 2009, with a separate cover letter including name, address, phone number and email address if available.
No names on scripts please.
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Heartland Theatre Company 2009 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
2009 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
PLAY WRITING COMPETITION TO COLLECT ORIGINAL SHORT PLAYS FOR 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
Heartland Theatre Company is seeking eight short original plays to be considered for production in June of 2009 for our 7th annual 10-minute play festival. Last year’s plays focused on the theme "Coffee Shop." This year, the theme is “It’s Over!” The competition is open to all playwrights wishing to participate. Eight plays will be selected and performed from among all the submissions.
Learn more about Heartland Theatre Company's Performance Space.
Guidelines -
1. Stick with the theme: It's Over
2. Stick with the scenic limitations.
3. We prefer submissions by email. If you submit hard copy, please include a $25 entry fee to cover administrative and photocopying costs.
4. Please use no more than four characters, and no fewer than 2.
5. Characters should be within the 18-70 age range.
6. Your play should mainly consist of dialogue. Ten-minute monologues will not be considered.
7. No plays previously submitted to Heartland Theatre Company, no children's plays, no musicals, and no previously staged productions will be considered. In this context, “previously staged” means any production for which tickets were sold and admittance charged.
8. If your play cannot be considered for any reason (see items 4-7, etc.) you will be notified as soon as the problem is discovered. No entry fees will be refunded.
9. Please include a title page including your name, address, phone number and email address. Do not put your name on the play itself as plays are judged blind. Your title should appear on each page of the play.
10. Plays will be videotaped for archival purposes
11. No contracts beyond the guidelines mentioned here will be offered.
12. All applicants must complete and submit the Heartland Theatre 10-Minute Play Festival Entry Form. If you are sending your submission by regular mail, please complete the entry form on-line and print it to include with your entry.
13. No scripts will be returned
14. Only one entry per playwright, please.
15. Keep it TEN MINUTES long and in English.
16. Keep in mind the physical space at Heartland.
17. Remember something has to happen in those ten minutes.
18. MAKE IT GOOD!
We much prefer you attach your script in MS Word format in an email to playfest@heartlandtheatre.org or mail one hard copy to
Heartland Theatre Company
P. O. Box 1833
Bloomington, IL 61702
(Attention: Play Fest 2009)
We'll also need a brief summary or "blurb" of your play to help our readers as well as provide a guide for auditions and advertising if your play is produced. Please include this summary -- one paragraph, no more than 50 words -- after your cover page but before your script.
Deadline for entries February 1, 2009. Winners will be posted on the Heartland website by April 15, 2009.
For more information call Heartland's Box Office at 309/452-8709 or playfest@heartlandtheatre.org
Scenic Limitations:
2 tables and 8 chairs
Description of Heartland Theatre Company's Performance Space
Our intimate theatre is vital and immediate to all 90 spectators. We've effective sound resources, and adequate lighting. There is no off-stage wing space, and we find the most successful staging is designed to accommodate a three-quarter house. We do use four entrances in our presentations, two upstage openings, and two vomitoria that come from both sides of the center section of the audience. There is not a working fly gallery in our theatre, and the audience is terraced upwards so they are looking down on our presentations.
Ten-minute plays are performed in groups of four plays before intermission with a separate curtain call for those involved in those plays, and four plays following intermission. Ideally we'd find elements of all four plays at work on the stage from the beginning of the performance and move effortlessly from one play to the next with a minimum of re-arranging of properties and furniture. In an ideal world all necessary scene changes would transpire only during intermission. Exceptions to this are sure to arise, but by keeping your scenic requirements simple you are giving yourself an advantage
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Mattingly's YOUTH DANCE
NYCPlaywrights actor member Wayne Mattingly's play YOUTH DANCE will be performed Saturday Afternoon November 22 as part of the Karen's After Dark Playwrights Collective's Tales From The Algonquin North
@The Hudson Valley Cerebral Palsy Center
15 Mt. Ebo Drive South
Brewster, NY
For Information: 845-832-7243
Admission: Free (Donations Gratefully Accepted)
**Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Younger Children**
Do you like Phoebe Summersquash?
The Philly indie rock band Scary Monsters asks the musical question: "Do you like Phoebe Summersquash?"
http://www.myspace.com/scarymonsterphilly
They are indeed talking about the NYCPlaywrights actor member, who used to be a drummer in indie rock bands (and toured with Heavenly!) and now she is a legend in the indie rock scene! You can read about her rock career on Wikipedia.
Ensemble Theater Group is looking for Original works for 2009
Deadline Nov 23,2008
Seeking Short One Acts with no more than 3-4 Characters.
Age range for Female roles 25-35 for at least one of the Characters.
OR One Act/Monologues for Female
Looking for Drama Pieces, Comedy or Dramedy- Pieces no longer than 30 min and no shorter than 15 min.
Please contact Michelle Martin
Michellel740@gmail.com
Friday, November 14, 2008
Phare Play Productions seeks comedies/musicals
Phare Play Productions (www.phareplay.com) seeks queries for the remainder of its 2008-2009 season. What we're looking for:
· Full length Comedies or Musicals
· Minimal Sets and everyday properties
· Cast of 6 or more only
· Preference towards show with emphasis on younger actors (20's-early 30's)
· Slight preference to previously unproduced works, though all can submit
Please submit a query with the following:
· Cover letter introducing yourself and a one page synopsis of the show
· The show's production history
· Set and properties listing
· Cast Breakdown
· Playwright's brief bio and resume
· 10 page writing sample from the script you are submitting
· If it's a musical, 1 or 2 of the composed songs in either a wav file or a link to a website
· Playwright's full contact information (phone, email, address)
We are strictly seeking non-royalty plays at this time and cannot offer travel, lodging or any kind of financial compensation outside of tickets to the show if you happen to be in the NYC area. Please submit all your materials in either PDF or Word format, full scripts accepted only upon request. Acceptance will be on a rolling basis.
Please submit all materials to Michael Weems at submission@phareplay.com
No Submission Fee. Email submissions only please
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Scripts by women wanted
Nora's Playhouse, a theater company dedicated to developing and presenting the work of women playwrights, is calling for full-length and one-act plays for future readings. Scripts should have no more than five characters. Submissions may be sent via email or regular mail to the following addresses:
norasplayhouse@gmail.com
or to:
Caroline Reddick Lawson
Nora's Playhouse
127 Pacific Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Deadline for all submissions is January 31, 2009. For further information visit Nora's Playhouse at www.norasplayhouse.org
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
HOLLYWOOD SCIENCE THEATRE new new deadline
CAN YOU WRITE A 10 MINUTE PLAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING 2008?
Your cup of tea? Imagine what fun you'll have.
The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories......Carl Gustav Jung
THE IRAQ 10 MINUTE PLAYWRITING CONTEST
Can you write a 10 minute play before 27th Nov. 2008?
Think of "IRAQ" as a metaphor for Afghanistan,Middle East,Israel,USA,
UK, Iraq,muslims,jews,christians,w,saddam,osama,barney,Torah,
Koran,Bible,Hijab,rights of women,Peace,War,9-11, Etc.,Etc.
If you are for or against the war, this is your chance to express yourself.
How do you feel about soldiers and innocent civilians dying on both sides?
Can you write about a solution? Nonpartisan. Non-sectarian.
Based on real people or fascinating characters you create.
A ten minute play should have a great ending, be about 7 pages
and is about 1200 words, assuming you don't use words like
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian.
Submission Guidelines:
1. Original,unproduced,unpublished,not optioned
and not have won other contests. No monologues.
2. English language. 12 font or larger.
3. Up to but no longer than 10 minutes.
4. Contact info and biography on one page.
5. List of characters with brief Bios.
6. Limit,3 scripts per writer.1 drama,1 comedy and 1 work of pure genius.
7. No email script submissions. No id throughour script.
8. Include 3 copies of each script. Scripts will Not be returned.
9. Donation (Not mandatory)of $1 cash or the equivalent of $1.
in your currency or 3 first class usa stamps.
Those who donate or do not are treated equally.
10. Contest open to earth citizens,including Canadians and Mathematicians.
11. Deadline: 27th Nov. 2008.
12. Writers will be contacted for permission to perform your play.
13. Author owns rights.
Does your play have a powerful ending?
Please, no registered mail.
Address: HOLLYWOOD SCIENCE THEATRE
PLAYWRITING CONTEST John O'Donnell.
P. O. Box 291 460. Los Angeles, Ca. 90029 USA.
1st prize $100. 2nd prize $25. 3rd prize $25.
Check 30th Nov 2008 on website.Semi-finalists.
The 10 best plays will have a staged reading in Los Angeles in December 2008.
We are seeking sponsors. If you or your company wish to sponsor us, we would love to
hear from you. Any suggestions? Or you could make a check out to:
Hollywood Science Theatre. Thank you.
Contact: www.hollywoodsciencetheatre.com/
john (at ) hollywoodsciencetheatre.com..
John O'Donnell. Artistic Director.
Tympanic wants your play
Tympanic needs your writing for our third production of the season, slated to go up in Summer of 2009. It might be a full length, it might be a night of short plays, it might be both, so we're looking for scripts of all lengths, genres, shapes, colors, and sizes. Whether it's a full length or a 10 minute we want to see whatever you've got. Our literary committee will be reading submissions between now and March 1st, so send them in! Our only requirement is that your script must never have been produced in Chicago (unless it was as a reading or in an educational setting).
Send all scripts to submissions@tympanictheatre.org in either PDF, Word, or RTF format by March 1st, 2009. We prefer electronic submissions, but you may also mail scripts to:
Tympanic Theatre Company
ATTN: Literary Committee
P.O. Box 25881
Chicago, IL 60625-0881
We will be announcing the selected script(s) in April of next year. Multiple submissions are acceptable. Good luck!
Tympanic web site
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Huntington Theatre Company submissions
The Huntington Theatre Company will accept unsolicited submissions from agencies in the United States‚ Canada‚ and the UK. Unsolicited submissions from writers without agents will not be accepted. However‚ the Huntington Theatre Company has made a strong commitment to fostering the work of local writers‚ and to that end‚ the Literary Department will accept unsolicited‚ unagented scripts from playwrights who are residents of the Greater Boston region. For these purposes‚ the Boston region includes all of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. We accept full scripts only –– no queries‚ summaries‚ or sample pages‚ please.
If you wish us to return your script‚ please include a self–addressed stamped mailer with correct postage. Scripts unaccompanied by SASEs will not be returned. Due to the large volume of submissions‚ there is a 6–12 month reading time for all scripts. Scripts may be sent to:
Ilana Brownstein, Literary Manager
Huntington Theatre Company
281 Huntington Avenue
Boston‚ MA 02115
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NYCPlaywrights members in the 10-min. Playfest
Actor members Mike Selkirk and Jonathan Alexandratos and actor/writer member Ann Farthing appear in Mergatroyd Productions 10-min Playfest this Saturday and Sunday at the Penny Templeton Studio, 261 W. 35th St 3rd floor (where NYCPlaywrights meets.) Ann's play EXERCISE IN ETHICS is in the 10-minute play lineup, along with plays by other NYCPlaywrights writer members Walter Thinnes, J. L. Osborne, Mike Jalbert and N. G. McClernan - their plays BLOOD, THE MISTRESS, HOT APPLE PIE and YULE COUNTY respectively, are in the show.
Tickets are only $10 and can be reserved by sending the number of tickets and contact information to plays@mergatroyd.org.
The 9th Annual Short Play Reading Festival - submission guidelines
The Boca Raton Theatre Guild
Presents
The 9th Annual Short Play Reading Festival
The Willow Theatre at the Sugar Sand Park
300 South Military Trail
Boca Raton, Fl. 33486
April 24, 25, 26, 27, 2009
1. Submit ONE 10-minute unpublished play or a monologue of up to 3-minutes. Previously staged or produced works are allowable as long as production/reading has not taken place in southeast Florida for the last three years. Any genre except "X" rated. Send ONE copy, stapled in the upper left-hand corner. No binders. No paper clips. No Musicals.
2. The first page of the play must have your contact information along with the name of the play, cast of characters, simple set/prop list, and a brief synopsis. Do not include a cover letter, a bio or a blind cover sheet. You MUST have an email address to be eligible.
Plays are staged readings. Do not submit work that needs complicated sets, etc.
3. The deadline for receipt is December 20, 2008
4. Plays will not be returned.
5. All plays must be submitted by regular land-mail. No email submissions.
Send your ONE play ONLY to:
Deborah H. Briggs, Production Manager
Boca Raton Theatre Guild
P.O.Box 273595
Boca Raton Fl 33427
Email for questions only: polowhite [at] aol [dot] com
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Thursday, November 06, 2008
Johnny acts
NYCPlaywrights member Johnny Culver will be appearing as Officer O'Hara in the Forest Hills-based Gingerbread Players production of "Arsenic and old Lace". The show runs November 8-16.
More information can be found here: http://www.stlukesforesthills.org/gingerbread/gingerbread.html
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Premiere Stages
Premiere Stages at Kean University is an Equity Theatre Company committed to emerging playwrights and the development and production of original work. The Premiere Stages Play Festival provides a safe haven for playwrights to have their work developed through panel evaluations, sit-down readings, fully staged readings, and fully produced Equity productions. The Festival is open to playwrights living in the greater metropolitan area (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania) and there is no fee to
enter.
web site - click the Premiere Play Festival link to download submission guidelines in PDF
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
DOWNTOWN URBAN THEATER FESTIVAL
NOW ACCEPTING NEW WORKS
The Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) returns for its seventh season to accept new works from playwrights. Although the dates of the festival are yet to be determined, this annual event will showcase a two-week celebration of urban theatrical expression by a cross-section of emerging playwrights whose work is underrepresented in American Theatre in NYC. For the past three years, the legendary Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, has been the venue of choice to host the festival, however, for DUTF 2009, the staff will be considering other venues. Below are submission details.
For DUTF 2009, the staff will accept 12 theatrical works; six full-length productions (60-90 minutes) and six shorts (30-45 minutes). Each work is performed only once during the festival. Three of the outstanding works produced during the festival will receive $1,000 in cash in the following categories of Best Play, Best Short and Audience Awards.
Please forward all materials to Marie Denise Jean-Louis, mjeanlouis@arcos-ny.com by 5pm on Friday, December 19, 2008 or via mail at Downtown Urban Theater Festival, C/O Arcos Communications, 341 West 38th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10018.
Must include the following:
Biography with contact information of the playwright’s name, address, telephone number and email address, and photo
Synopsis of theatrical work
Complete script of theatrical work
Biographies of actors, director, and crew, if available
Description of stage set (if any) and production needs (i.e. sound and lighting)
About DUTF
Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) has been recognized as one of the world’s best festivals for new works and described as “not only prestigious, but a slice of heaven for playwrights who want the chance to freely express themselves.” (Theater Festivals, 2005) From an inclusive, multicultural perspective, DUTF presents works that echo the true spirit of urban life and speak to a whole new generation whose lives defy categorizing along conventional lines. It has been a catalyst and an outlet for some of NYC’s most vibrant and creative playwrights and has presented 64 original theatrical works for more than 7,000 urban theatre-goers.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Mattingly's STRIPPING EDEN
Actor member Wayne Paul Mattingly's plays STRIPPING EDEN will be part of Emerging Artists Theatre's Fall Eatfest Nov 4th - Nov 16th
Roy Arias - Off Broadway Theatre
300 W. 43rd St @ 8th Ave
Series A Tue-Wed at 7 pm, Sat at 7:30, Sun at 4:30
6th annual Tennessee Chapbook Prize
Announcing the 16th annual Tennessee Chapbook Prize. 20-24 page manuscripts of poetry and/or short plays welcome. Winner published in Poems & Plays #16, March 2009. Author receives 50 copies. All participants receive copy of issue. Send entries (with s.a.s.e., acknowledgements, and $15.00) by November 30, 2008. To: Poems & Plays, Gaylord Brewer, Editor, English Department, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132.
During this same period, we are also having open submissions for short play. No fee required. Postmark by Nov. 30. Thanks.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Renegade Theatre Experiment
Script Submission
Renegade Theatre Experiment™ is always seeking new works to produce and accepts script submissions of new full-length plays.
To understand the types of pieces that interest us, please review our Company Description, our Mission, and our Production History. We seek works that challenge the mind and feed the soul. We want works that compel our company and audience to examine the world we live in and their role in our social drama. We like the unconventional, the odd, and the perverse. Excite and tantalize us.
While we accept works from any playwright, we give preference to Bay Area playwrights.
All query package submissions must be sent via email to:
litmanager-at-renegadetheatre-dot-com
PLEASE NOTE: Due to receiving an inordinate amount of SPAM, we have changed our Literary Manager email address and spelled everything out. Please be sure to replace -at- with @ and -dot- with .
Your query package should include the following:
1. A cover letter (including production history, staged readings and workshops).
2. One page synopsis of the play (include setting and character breakdown).
3. Your resume.
4. Ten pages of dialogue.
5. Audio samples of original music if script is a musical.
Please be sure you include your contact information (email address, phone, etc.) on your cover letter. Documents should be either PDF or Word files. Audio samples should be either MP3 or WAV files.
PLEASE NOTE: We no longer accept paper submissions of query packagaes or scripts.
Response time for query packages is 8-10 weeks. We will not provide any comments or suggestions about work that we do not intend to either develop or produce.
web site: http://www.renegadetheatre.com/aboutus/scripts.html
Pittsburgh Public Theater accepts unsolicited queries year-round
Pittsburgh Public Theater accepts unsolicited queries year-round. Queries should include a cover letter with the playwright's contact information, a one-page synopsis of the play and a dialogue sample of up to 10 pages. Response time for queries is two to four months. Please include a SASE for our response. Queries will be recycled unless otherwise requested.
Queries should be addressed to:
Pittsburgh Public Theater
attn: Heather Helinsky, Resident Dramaturg
621 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
web site: http://www.ppt.org/content/scriptsubmissions.cfm
Barrington Stage submission guidelines
Barrington Stage accepts submissions of plays and musicals from individuals as well as agents from September to April each year. Submissions should consist of a one-page bio of the playwright (s), a synopsis of the play/musical and a 10-14 page sample of the work. If submitting a musical, please include a CD of at least one-half of the score although a complete score is preferred. Plays/musicals will not be returned unless a SASE is included. Please address packet to Literary Associate, Barrington Stage Company, 30 Union St., Pittsfield, MA 01201.
web site: http://www.barringtonstageco.org/aboutus/submissionpolicy.php
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Eudora Welty New Play Series
Eudora Welty New Play Series
March 20, 21, & 22, 2009
Dedicated to the discovery and nurturing of new playwrights and new plays. Professionally staged readings will be conducted of three selected plays from those submitted to the series. The playwrights will be invited to be present at these readings and honored at a reception following. One or more of the plays may be included in the regular season with a full production on the main stage.
GUIDELINES:
Plays which have been produced professionally are ineligible. (Eligibility not affected by workshops, readings, community or academic production)
Plays must be full length
No musicals or children's plays are accepted at this time
Please include with the script, a synopsis of the play, a character breakdown, production requirements, time and place, a production history, and playwright's biography.
SUBMISSIONS:
Submit plays by December 1, 2008. Please note: Any plays submitted after this date will be considered for the following year's series. Selected plays will be announced by February 1, 2009 and staged readings will take place in the spring. Three playwrights will receive an honorarium. Check our website for exact production dates and announcement of selected plays.
Mail hard copies of plays or letters of inquiry to the address below: manuscripts will be returned only if accompanied by self addressed and stamped envelope; acknowledgement of receipt only with enclosed SASE or postcard.
Eudora Welty New Play Series
New Stage Theatre
1100 Carlisle Street
Jackson, MS 39202
web site
The Ruby Lloyd Apsey Play Search
Every other 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).
* 2005 Winner: The Poetry of Pizza by Deborah Brevoort
* 2007 Winner: Valu-Mart by Sean O'Leary
All manuscripts should be submitted to this address:
The Ruby Lloyd Apsey Play Search
Theatre UAB ASC 255
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham AL 35294-1263
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.
This is a biennial contest. The next submission period will begin September 1, 2008 and end on December 5th, 2008.
We prefer hard-copy submissions, but we do accept electronic submissions as well. Send your script as a PDF or Word file -- to us via the address leeshack@uab.edu -- and please consolidate your entire submission (title page with full contact information, synopsis, character and scene list, and complete script) into ONE FILE ONLY. Scripts submitted as multiple files run a very high risk of being lost.
Any submission questions not answered here? Write to us.
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HotCity Theatre of St. Louis announces a call for submissions
ALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OF NEW PLAYS
HotCity Theatre of St. Louis announces a call for submissions for the fourth annual GreenHouse New Play Festival, to be held in June of 2009.
Four to six plays will be selected for the Festival. These plays will receive a professional public reading followed by audience response sessions. HotCity artistic staff will select one script for fully produced world premiere as part of 2010 mainstage season. (Winner will also be eligible for developmental workshop based on script status and playwright availability.)
Eligible plays must meet the following criteria:
--received no later than Nov. 1, 2008
--require a maximum of six actors
--running time of between 75 and 150 minutes
--never before published
--never before professionally produced
Submissions should include the following:
--one-page cover including plot synopsis, reading/production history, cast requirements
--ten-page sample from the script
Please Note: All requested information must be formatted into a SINGLE attached Word Document. Scans or pdfs will not be considered. Do not send entire text.
Submissions should be sent via email to: submissions@hotcitytheatre.org
Approximately 20 plays will be selected as semi-finalists at which time full scripts will be requested. Semi-finalists will be announced no later than Jan 31, 2009. Festival finalists will be chosen from these submissions. Festival finalists will be notified no later than May 1.
web site
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
4th STAGE Script Competition Submission Guidelines
1. Submitted plays must explore scientific and/or technological stories, themes, issues and/or events. Science and technology must figure prominently in the script, whether in form or content or both. Biographical dramas, history plays, and medical dramas are discouraged unless they significantly employ science and/or technology. Authors are strongly urged to avoid the stereotypes often assigned to science, technology, and those who engage in these disciplines. This competition is not open to plays written in the genre of science fiction.
2. All entries must be postmarked on or before December 15, 2009.
Important Note to Entrants: New guidelines and our next deadline have been posted so that you may know the requirements and begin to prepare your entries in advance, but please note that we will not accept scripts until after June 15, 2009. On June 15, the Entry Form on this site will become active and submissions will be accepted. Any entries submitted before June 15, 2009, and without submission of both an online Entry Form and a printed and signed hard copy of an Entry Form, will be disqualified.
3. Specific eligibility requirements:
1. All plays must be original, full-length (minimum running time: 70 minutes), and submitted in English.
2. Plays that have been published or reviewed, or that have begun (i.e., first rehearsal) or received a professional production prior to the submission deadline, are not eligible. Plays that have had readings or a workshop are acceptable.
3. Plays or theatre pieces incorporating multi-media are eligible and encouraged, as is material presented in a new form or not entirely script-based. To enable adequate evaluation in these cases, authors must submit a detailed artistic statement that describes such elements in a clear and understandable manner. Those working with/in multi-media/new forms must also submit samples of the visual/aural interpretation of the piece, e.g., sketches, slides, DVD, CD, or the like.
4. Original material based on an existing published work or the like may be submitted if the author(s):
1. are the owners of the existing published work, or
2. have written permission from the author and owner of the existing published work to adapt this work for the stage and a copy of this written permission accompanies the submission of the play and all supporting materials. Any adaptations that do not fulfill these requirements are not eligible.
5. Authors may submit only one script per contest cycle.
6. Scripts submitted in a previous contest cycle may be resubmitted only if:
1. they have been significantly re-written, i.e., more than 50% of the script must be substantially changed from the previous submission, and
2. they have been submitted only once before. No script may be resubmitted a third time.
7. No musicals, translations or screenplays are being accepted at this time.
8. Those involved in any aspect of the STAGE Script Competition application or review process are not eligible to enter.
4. To assist the STAGE Competition in ongoing fund-raising efforts - and to thereby assist future artists - we ask the winning author(s) to credit, accompanied by respective logos, on the title page of all printed materials of future readings, workshops, productions, programs and publications of the winning piece, as follows: "Developed with the Assistance of the Professional Artists Lab, the California NanoSystems Institute, and the STAGE Project."
5. The winning play will be announced on this website in July, 2010. The winning author will be notified directly, prior to public notification.
6. Scripts will be judged by an esteemed panel of jurors. For a list of past and present judges, please click here.
7. All submissions must include:
1. A cover letter.
2. Completed and signed entry form, as follows:
Please submit the entry form online. After you click on the "Submit Entry Form" button, a confirmation page will appear on your screen. Please print out this confirmation page, have all collaborators sign and date the form in the space provided, and mail it in with your script copies and other submission materials. Click here to go to the entry form.
3. A bio/resume for each author/collaborator.
4. Two copies of a separate one-page (maximum) synopsis of the script. Include the name of the play at the top of this page, but identification and/or the name(s) of the author(s) must not appear anywhere on the synopsis.
5. Two copies of a separate written statement regarding:
1. the specific manner in which the play relates to the fields of science and/or technology;
2. how the play has developed up to the present (including information about the artistic evolution of the play and its ideas, as well as information regarding past readings, workshops, etc.); and
3. how the author(s) envision the future development of the script and the culmination of this work.
It is understood that in some cases, names of collaborators may need to be mentioned as part of the developmental history, but again, do not include the name of the author(s) anywhere in the written statement.
6. Three (3) copies of the play, in English. Since scripts will be read as blind submissions, the title pages on all copies of the play must include only the name of the play and the year in which it was written. Identification and/or the name(s) of the author(s) must not appear anywhere on the scripts. Each script must include a list of characters or a cast breakdown. Double-sided photocopies of scripts are encouraged.
Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail.
We regret that it is not possible to return any submission materials.
Click here for a summary/checklist of all required submission materials.
Send submission materials to:
STAGE Script Competition
Professional Artists Lab
CNSI - MC 6105
3241 Elings Hall - Bldg. 266
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6105
Please direct all inquiries about the STAGE Script Competition to:
E-mail: stage@cnsi.ucsb.edu
To learn more about the Professional Artists Lab or the California NanoSystems Institute, please visit our respective websites:
* The Professional Artists Lab
* The California NanoSystems Institute
web site
Source Festival 2009 call for submissions
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
1. 10-Minute play submissions are due November 15, 2008
2. Each applicant may only submit ONE play (send us your best!).
3. Plays must be submitted ONLINE.
4. Submissions must be world premieres.
(A play that has been read or workshopped is eligible for submission. A play that has been produced with any design elements or actors who were off-book is NOT eligible for submission. Please use your best judgment.)
5. Submissions must be unpublished.
6. Only 10-minute plays will be accepted.
Eligible plays should be no longer than 10 PAGES in standard play format (click here for example). A play that is longer than 10 pages will not be accepted. Please do not shrink margins, line spacing or font.
7. Playwrights who have submitted to the Source Festival in the past are encouraged to submit again, but only with a play that has not been previously submitted. Previously submitted plays to the Source Festival may NOT be resubmitted..
8. All plays must include the title of play and name of playwright in the header or footer of EVERY PAGE.
9. All plays must have page numbers.
10. The title page must include the playwright's full name and contact info (including mailing address, phone number and email address).
11. The website can only accept one attachment per submission. Please be sure that the entire play, including the title page, is one document.
12. Plays will only be accepted in the following formats: .doc, .pdf, or .rtf. We will NOT accept .fdr documents. Plays in .fdr must be converted to a .pdf in Final Draft.
web site with submission form
Lori Kee - Moving Mike
Actor member Lori Kee is featured in the film "Moving Mike" - a wacky urban comedy about four friends in Manhattan on a day from hell - which will have its world premiere at Images Cinema Saturday, October 18th at 12 noon as part of the Williamstown MA Film Festival. For more info: http://www.williamstownfilmfest.com/blog_williamsfestival08.shtml
Walter T Fishing/MyFace...
Writer member Walter Thinnes's ten-minute play FISHING was chosen as best production by audience vote last weekend at the Shortened Attention Span Horror Fest at the Players Theatre Loft in the Village and his ten-minute play MYFACESPACEBOOK.COM will be performed in Putnam CT (northeastern corner of the state) as part of the Bradley Playhouse Blockbusters 2008 Playwrights Festival. more info at www.bradleyplayhouse.org
Monday, October 13, 2008
Outworks call for plays
The LSU Department of Theatre presents Outworks 2009, a festival of LGBTQ themed one-act plays.
Deadline for Submission: January 21, 2009 Award: $250 and production videotape
After a successful Outworks 2006, 2007 and 2008, The Louisiana State University Department of Theatre in Baton Rouge is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for Outworks 2009, a festival of new lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or queer (LGBTQ) themed one-act plays.
Submission Guidelines
· Submissions must be the author's own original work. Each entry shall be free from copyright restrictions and the author agrees to hold LSU, its officers, and directors free and harmless from all copyright claims.
· Scripts must be LGBTQ-themed.
· Submissions must be one-act plays, ranging from (10) ten to (20) twenty minutes in length.
· There is a limit of two scripts per playwright.
· All Entries should be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format via e-mail to outworksfestival@gmail.com.
· Deadline is January 21, 2009
· Scheduled production dates are April 28-May 3 of 2009
Submissions will be read and scored by a faculty/student committee. The committee will select between three and six plays. There will be $250 in monetary compensation awarded to each playwright of the chosen scripts, each play selected will be guaranteed three staged performances and each playwright will receive a video of his/her production. Playwrights wishing to attend the festival are responsible for all travel expenses.
The LSU Theatre Studio season retains all rights and privileges concerning casting, production, and programming for Outworks. LSU Theatre reserves the right to:
a. Reproduce as many copies of the play as are necessary for distribution to the judges and participants in the production.
b. Videotape the performance for archival purposes.
c. Use the title, author's name and images from the production for publicity purposes related to the Outworks Festival.
The final play list will be announced on or about February 21, 2009.
Submissions sent via email are preferred. Please send submissions or inquiries to:
John Mabry, Outworks Festival Curator, at:
outworksfestival@gmail.com
The LSU Theatre Studio Season
The LSU Theatre Studio season, produced by the Louisiana State University Department of theatre, offers audiences an "alternative" theatrical experience. Providing a diverse and exciting schedule, the LSU Theatre Studio Season highlights the tremendous talents of the LSU graduate and undergraduate students (B.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D.) both on and behind the stage.
Plays for the NYCPlaywrights 2008 Autumn Reading
Coming up October 25
Ballerina Tea by Johnny Culver
Happily Married by N. G. McClernan
Herbert by Michael Jalbert
On the Merry-Go-Round by Paul Manuel Kane
Peter Pan Makes Managing Director by C. J. Ehrlich
Sole Connection by Walter Thinnes
The Emo Club by Jonathan Alexandratos
The Halloween Agreement by Eugene Young
The Kiss by Jan Fingland
The Real World According to Willie by Ruth Tyndall Baker
The Tarot Reader by Aliza Einhorn
White Noise by Mark Rose
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Death in Mozambique reading
NYCPlaywrights writer/actor member Jonathan Alexandratos' play DEATH IN MOZAMBIQUE receives a reading on Oct. 27 at 7:00pm at Theatre 54 (244 W. 54th Street, 12th Floor). Guests should RSVP to contact@industrypowerplay.com.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Fresh Fish Ten-Minute Play Festival
Send us your best script of ten pages or less for Walking Fish Theatre's annual Ten-Minute Play festival, Fresh Fish 2!
All submissions can be e-mailed as a .doc or .pdf attachment to freshfish2submit@gmail.com.
Entries will be acknowledged by e-mail. All playwrights will be notified by e-mail when or before the winners are announced in January.
Each script must be no more than ten pages long.
Plays that have received an Equity production and any unsolicited longer one-act or full-length plays are not accepted for this project. Special consideration is given to playwrights in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.
Each manuscript must be typed. Title page must include name, address, e-mail address and phone number. All pages must be numbered. Please use a 12-point font. In the subject line of your e-mail submission, please include your name and your play's title in the following format:
Lastname Firstname Title
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 Fresh Fish, Walking Fish's annual ten-minute play festival in April, 2009.
2009 DEADLINE
Midnight, Monday December 1, 2008
Address Submissions to: freshfish2submit@gmail.com, or mail to:
Fresh Fish Ten-Minute Play Festival
2509 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19125
For more information about Walking Fish Theatre and B. Someday Productions, please call 215.427.WALK or visit www.walkingfishtheatre.com.
Utah Shakespearean Festival's New American Playwright's Project
Submitting Your Script
To submit your script for consideration in the New American Playwrights Project, follow the guidelines below:
The Utah Shakespearean Festival's New American Playwright's Project is devoted to discovering and encouraging American playwrights, established and emerging, who write dramatic works that explore our American experience, spirit, and heritage, with special emphasis given to Western playwrights, themes, and characters.
The new scripts selected will be given three rehearsed staged readings with the Festival professional actors and directors before an audience, allowing feedback for the playwright's further development of the script.
The project is an advocate for American playwrights regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, physical disabilty, sexual orientation, or economic status. All American playwrights are welcome.
In addition to presenting staged readings of the selected scripts, every season the project will be committed to presenting a world premiere production of one of the selected scripts. A new play festival is planned for future Utah Shakespearean Festival seasons.
1. All entries for the 2009 season must be received between July 1 and December 1, 2008.
2. Only one submission per playwright per year is allowed.
3. The cast size must be no more than eight actors; submit a doubling plan if your script has more than eight characters.
4. The following must be submitted with each script: a cover page with the title and playwright's name only, bound into the script; a one paragraph biography of the playwright; a brief synopsis (two paragraphs maximum) of the play; a self-addressed-stamped envelope if acknowledgement of receipt is desired.
5. Plays should be original, un-produced, full-length, bound scripts that are finished enough to profit from a workshop reading by professional actors but still open to revision. We do not accept synopses, musicals, screenplays, collaborations, one acts, translations, adaptations, children's theatre, or plays by multiple authors.
6. Scripts may not exceed two-hour performance time or no more than ninety pages of dialogue.
7. The Festival is especially interested in material that explores characters and ideas that focus on our Western experience, spirit, and heritage. We will also accept scripts that focus on "classic" characters, subjects, and themes such as Shakespeare and other figures of historical, literary, or artistic significance.
8. After we receive scripts, they will be forwarded to our play selection committee. All authors will be notifed after March 15, 2009 regarding the status of their plays.
9. Scripts will not be returned.
10. The New American Playwrights Project consists of play readings only. Your manuscript, if selected, will receive a full staged reading with the Festival performing company.
11. If your script is selected, you must be willing to provide that in all subsequent productions the Utah Shakespearean Festival receives credit in all programs and publicity material. The appropriate format would read: "Original reading by the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar City, Utah."
12. If your script is selected, you must be able to be in residence at the Festival for one week of rehearsal and performance in August. The Festival will provide transportation, lodging, and complimentary tickets to each of the summer season productions presented during your stay.
All scripts should be submitted to:
Charles L. Metten
Director, New American Playwrights Project
Utah Shakespearean Festival
351 West Center Street
Cedar City, UT 84720
Telephone: 435-586-7880
2009 residency for black playwrights
We are now accepting applications into our Residency for Black Playwrights. The residency begins in Fall 2008 and lasts through August 2009. It entails:
- A commission to write a new play that features a Black LGBT protagonist.
- Entry into Freedom Trains Play Development Workshop.
- Two (2) staged reading performances of each work at Fire! New Play Festival in August 2009.
- Facilitation of The Open Workshop, a playwright's salon where writers bring in work to receive feedback from their peers and Resident Playwrights.
- Freedom Train hosting an Offstage Series Discussion around the socio-political issues of each playwrights new work. - An honorarium.
The Residency Selection Committee weighs the following key application areas in their judgment: strength of writing and form, the playwright's vision for political theatre, and prior production experience.
TO APPLY
Please visit our website for the full application guidelines:
http://www.freedomtrainproductions.org/html/resapp.html
Call for Ten-Minute Plays
Longwood University is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Longwood Ten-Minute Play Festival. Open to any theme, style and approach, playwrights are invited to submit a maximum of one (1) script.
(NOTE: Anyone affiliated with Longwood University--students, former students, employees and their families--are ineligible for this competition.)
COMPETITION GUIDELINES
Scripts should run no longer than ten minutes.
Stapled copies are fine.
Set and technical requirements should be minimal.
Each script must include author-contact information on its cover page.
There is no fee to enter.
PRIZES INCLUDE:
This year five winners will receive full production.
All winners, as well as one honorable mention, will also receive publication with One Act Play Depot. One Act Play Depot will hold non-exclusive rights to the work (meaning the playwright is free to publish their work elsewhere at any time.)
Winners will be notified by e-mail and then posted on brierycreekpress.org on or before November 30, 2008. Plays will be produced in late April.
Please send plays (hard copies only) to the following address postmarked by October 15:
Longwood Ten-Minute Play Festival
English Department
Longwood University
201 High Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Monday, October 06, 2008
Walter T on the boards
Member playwright Walter Thinnes will be acting in his play FISHING - he's replacing actor member Mike Selkirk who had a sudden operation (he's fine and back to twittering away like a man half his age)
Actor member Bruce Barton also performs in the show.
FISHING will be performed as part of the second week of the Shortened Attention Span Horror Festival at The Players Theater at 115 McDougal Street.
Performances are Thursday, October 9 - Saturday, October 11 at 8 PM and Sunday October 12 at 3 PM.
Tickets are $18 and available at the door (it is an Equity Showcase production) or are available in advance at http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/147329
Thursday, October 02, 2008
PLAYWRIGHTS WANTED
30th Oct 2008 deadline.
We are challenging writers to write a 10 minute play
in 21 days about usa-iraq. Can you do it? Ten minutes
in 21 days? Of course you can.You're you!...what did
you have planned for this weekend anyway. This will give
you something worthwhile to do. It will also make you feel
good, I promise. Please share with other writers.
Thank you. Any questions?
John O'Donnell. john@hollywoodsciencetheatre.com
The 10 MINUTE USA=MIDDLE EAST PLAYWRITING CONTEST
Hollywood Science Theatre....Los Angeles.
THE IRAQ 10 MINUTE PLAYWRITING CONTEST
Can you write a 10 minute play-screenplay before 30th Oct. 2008?
Think of "IRAQ" as a metaphor for the Middle East,EU,USA,UK, Iraq,
muslims,jews,christians,w,saddam,osama,barney,Torah,Koran,Bible,
Peace,War,9-11, Etc.,Etc.
If you are for or against the war, this is your chance to let the world know.
How do you feel about soldiers and innocent civilians dying on both sides?
Can you write about a solution? Do you have enough talent to do it?
Nonpartisan. Non-sectarian. Based on real people or fascinating characters
you create. Please forward to your colleagues.Many thanks.
A ten minute play should have a great ending,be about 7 pages
and is about 1200 words, assuming you don't use words like
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian.
Submission Guidelines:
1. Original,any genre,unproduced,unpublished,,not optioned
and not have won other contests. No monologues.
2.English language.
3. Up to but no longer than 10 minutes.
4. One page biography.
5. List of characters with brief Bios.
6. Limit,3 scripts per writer.1 drama,1 comedy and 1 work of pure genius.
7. No email script submissions.
8. Contact information.
9. Include 3 copies of each script. Scripts will Not be returned.
10. We request a donation (Not mandatory)of $1 cash or 3
1st class usa stamps or the equivalent of $1.(pound,Riyal,
Afghani,Euro,Dinar,Shekel,,Etc.Etc).Those who donate or
do not are treated equally.
11. Contest open to citizens of earth,including Canadians and Mathematicians.
12. Deadline: 30th October 2008.
13.Writers will be contacted before we do anything with your script.
Author owns rights.
Address: HOLLYWOOD SCIENCE THEATRE
PLAYWRITING CONTEST John O'Donnell.
P. O. Box 291 460. LosAngeles, Ca. 90029 USA.
1st prize $100. 2nd prize $25. 3rd prize $25. 4th tru 9th prizes $10
Check 22nd Nov 2008 on website.Semi-finalists.
The 10 best plays will have a staged reading in Los Angeles in late November 2008.
We are seeking sponsors so we can perform the plays on the same day
in New York,Paris, Dubai, Dublin and London. If you or your company
or your government wish to sponsor us, we would love to hear from you.
Any suggestions?
Or if you like to support creative people,
you could make a check out to: Hollywood Science Theatre.
Thank you.
Contact: www.hollywoodsciencetheatre.com
john (at ) hollywoodsciencetheatre.com..
John O'Donnell.
Live Girls! theatre in Seattle seeks plays by women
It's that time again!
Live Girls! theater in Seattle Washington is seeking plays by women for our 2009 season. All submissions must be submitted by October 12, 2008 to be considered for 2009.
WE ARE SEEKING:
* 10-minute plays for our annual festival of shorts, Quickies
Plays submitted for Quickies may have had previous productions but new works are encouraged.
* Un-produced plays seeking development for The Bakery
Plays submitted for the The Bakery series will receive a public reading. We are interested in both one-act and full-length plays and will accept proposals for plays currently in development.
* Additionally, if you are submitting one of the above and you also have a full-length, completed script that you would like us to consider for full production, you may send a short synopsis for our perusal. If it seems like it might fit our season, will request the full script.
Please note that we only produce two full-length scripts a year and make an effort to prioritize local playwrights, so opportunities for full production are limited.
THE FINE PRINT! (Please read it all!)
* Please send all submissions to submissions@livegirlstheater.org
* In the body of your email please introduce yourself, we are always excited about meeting new playwrights! You may also include: your bio as a playwright or resume, and any previous production history for plays submitted
* Playwrights may submit up to 3 plays total, or 2 plays and one synopsis
* Plays submitted should be sent as attachments in MS Word or PDF format
* Keep in mind we are a small theater taking the risk to produce new works; and probably can't accommodate large casts or long lists of tech requirements.
* If you are submitting a proposal for The Bakery, please include another writing sample of your work along with your proposal.
* All submissions will receive a reply within 3 months of the date submitted
Thanks, we are looking forward to reading your work!
web site
Summer Play Festival submissions
We'll be accepting submissions for the 6th Annual Summer Play Festival through November 15, 2008.
General rules and eligibility requirements:
1. Writers who have had their work produced in New York City in a venue with more than than 99 seats are not eligible.
2. As per Equity guidelines, plays that have had an Equity showcase within the past year, or will have an Equity showcase within a year after the Summer Play Festival, are not eligible.
3. Applicants may only submit one script per Festival.
4. Applications for the Festival must be completed online.
5. The website will only accept one attachment per application. Please be sure to include title page and all acts in a single document.
6. Scripts will only be accepted in the following file formats: doc, pdf, or rtf. Please note that we are no longer accepting fdr. Documents in fdr must be converted to pdf in Final Draft.
7. Please include the title and playwright's name on the header of each page.
8. Scripts must have page numbers.
9. Only full-length plays and musicals will be accepted.
10. We do not accept adaptations of existing works, or one-person shows.
11. We accept English translations of new work from other languages, providing all other eligibility criteria are met.
12. Previously submitted work can be resubmitted.
13. Writers who participated in past Summer Play Festivals are not eligible to reapply.
14. There are no fees to submit.
Additional rules and eligibility requirements for musicals:
1. Musical theatre writers who have had a New York production in a theater over 99 seats are still eligible to submit musical theatre pieces only, providing the piece has not received any Festival, Broadway or off-Broadway production in New York City.
2. Submissions of musical scripts must be made through the website application. Please do not send musical scores.
3. Applications additionally require two CDs of recorded selections from the musical. CDs can be mailed to:
SPF Submissions (Musical Theatre)
P.O. Box 778
New York, New York 10108
Additional rules and eligibility requirements for work for children's theater:
1. Works for children's theatre cannot exceed one hour in length.
2. Adaptations of existing novels and literary works are acceptable for children's theatre only if writer has the production rights to the play, or if the work is in the public domain.
3. 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.
SPF web site
Playwrights' Forum
Playwrights' Forum seeks full-length plays. Style: adaptation , comedy or variety. TRAVEL ASSISTANCE: $350.00. HOW TO SUBMIT: Professional recommendation. WHAT TO SUBMIT: 10 page sample, Full script. MATERIAL MUST BE: Not published. OTHER REMUNERATION: Production. BEST MONTH TO SUBMIT: June. Playwright must attend production to receive travel stipend. SEND TO: 553 Beale St. #201, Memphis, TN 38103. PHONE: 901-270-9645. FAX: 901-756-2356 EMAIL: bpullen@scsk12.org.
FutureFest
Dayton Playhouse is proud to be the home of FutureFest.
FutureFest is the one-of-a-kind nationally renowned festival of new works. FutureFest was developed, in 1991, out of the need to introduce new works into the American theatre and at the same time provide playwrights the rare opportunity to see their works produced and professionally adjudicated during the early stages of development. This feedback is invaluable for the creative process and assists in advancing the script to the next level. Peter Filichia, New York Theatre "A" Critic and columnist from The New Jersey Star Ledger and theatremania.com called FutureFest "The best deal around for budding playwrights."
Each year, over 400 original scripts are submitted into the festival from playwrights across the country. A diverse committee of 25 volunteers begins the process of reading each script. To guarantee a variety of opinions and lively discussions, each script is read a minimum of three times before it can be submitted for further consideration or disqualified. This process lasts from September - February and during this time the committee narrows the entries down to 18 semi-finalists. The 18 semi-finalists are then submitted to a final reading committee of 9 to read and choose the six finalists.
The format for FutureFest consists of six original never before produced scripts that will be presented over one weekend. Three of the scripts will be fully staged and three scripts will be staged reading. This is done to make the change over after each show possible. Following each production, the adjudicators evaluate the script on five different topics: Idea/Dramatic Concept, Plot/Story Development, Character/Dialogue Development, Page to Stage, and Theatrical Life. The final adjudicator gives a general wrap-up of the script including audience reaction. Following the adjudication, the audience is given the opportunity to provide their opinions and ask questions regarding the script. David Van Fleck, playwright and author of FutureFest 2000 winner "Four Beers' credits Dayton Playhouse for launching the script to an off-Broadway debut in October 2003.
Nationally, FutureFest will continue to place Dayton on the map for new works and at the same time introduce six new scripts into the American theatre. Since 1991, 21 playwrights have emerged out of FutureFest to see their script published and produced across the country. Dayton Playhouse is given credit as the scripts premiere production. The importance of FutureFest to a playwright is evident by the increase of submissions revived each year and the prestige garnered by being a finalist.
Helen Sneed, an adjudicator for 15 years and recently named one of the 50 most influential people in American theatre says it best, " For a community theatre to do this is supposed to be impossible, but Dayton Playhouse manages to do it and does it right!"
Amy E. Brown
Executive & Artistic Director
Dayton Playhouse
(937) 424-0057
(937) 424-0062 (fax)
Seeking Submissions Original Musicals for Teenagers
Kidz Theater is dedicated to helping young performers to reach their professional performing arts goals by providing performance opportunities in Manhattan. We work with professional or professionally minded children ages 7-19.
Frustrated by the limited and overdone choices available in the current musical theater lexicon, we are searching for up and coming writers to submit original musicals. We are especially looking for musicals that have creative set and costume opportunities. Kidz Theater is free for children to perform in and so our budget for sets and costumes is small. We are looking for smart, creative and challenging material that is suitable for teenagers and children.
It is a plus if you can provide an accompaniment CD for performance, and we especially like contemporary music, however, we will look at all styles and will consider hiring a band.
If your musical is chosen, we will produce your musical in Manhattan. Musicals will get a 2 week run at an Off-Broadway or 99 Seat Off-Off Broadway theater. Most of our performers have professional (even Broadway!) experience, and our productions always have a very professional edge. In addition to a fully produced production, you will also get $1.00 per ticket sold (we generally sell 600-1100 tickets per run).
Kidz Theater does 3-4 productions per year, so production times may vary depending on availability.
Please submit scripts through Email at Kidztheater@aol.com (only if you are able to Email music clips or send a website with music clips) or you can mail submissions with music clips on CD to Kristen Caesar, Artistic Director, 610 W. 164th St., Apt. 6, New York, NY 10032.
NYCPlaywrights reading fundraiser BEST OF edition
Thanks to everybody who came out to support the NYCPlaywrights reading fundraiser on Saturday! Special thanks to our actors: Bruce Barton, Reggie Buckingham, Ann Farthing, Mike Giorgio, Lori Kee, Mike Selkirk & Reagan Wilson
You can watch video clips of the fundraiser here.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
MultiStages seeks full-length plays
MultiStages, a multicultural multidisciplinary theatre company, is seeking unproduced, non-traditional, multidisciplinary/ multicultural full-length plays for its 2009 New Works Contest. Artistic disciplines may include dance, music composition (play with music, opera, or NOT traditional music theatre), visual arts, puppetry, poetry, masks, multimedia, etc. Note: We do not produce traditional musicals. For Guidelines and details on past winners, please visit: www.eljallartsannex.com/multistages.htm. Deadline December 31, 2008. The mission of MultiStages is to encourage new collaborations between emerging/established playwrights and artists (from within and outside the theatre arena), and to develop new artistic ideas through the creation of multicultural, multidisciplinary works that celebrate a fusion of art forms rarely found in today's theatre. By supporting these cross-collaborations, new works are created that enrich, explore, and reinvent the world. MultiStages is the recipient of the 2008 Manhattan Community Arts Foundation Award. For questions, contact Lorca Peress at multistages@nyc.rr.com.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
No meetings December 5, 26, Jan. 2
NYCPlaywrights will not be meeting Friday, December 5 due to the annual Christmas party at the Penny Templeton Studio.
There will be no meeting December 26 or January 2 due to the winter holidays.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Frederic Sinclair's AIKEN IN CYBERSPACE
Writer member Frederic Sinclair's play AIKEN IN CYBERSPACE (some of which was read at NYCPlaywrights) will be given a reading by Orange Hanky Productions, along with a post-reading wine and cheese reception and a talk-back with the playwright on Monday, October 13, at 7 pm
The Directors Company
311 West 43rd Street, Suite 409
Between Eighth and Ninth Avenues
How:
Admission is free, but reservations are recommended.
Seating is limited.
For tickets, call 917-224-0071 or email orangehanky@gmail.com.
For more information, visit www.orangehanky.com.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Timeline Play submissions
Playwrights who would like their plays to be considered should submit the following:
* one-page synopsis of the play
* ten-page writing sample from the play
* playwright’s resume
Email submissions are preferred. If you must mail your submission, please send the above information to the address below. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your materials returned.
No phone calls, please.
Ben Thiem
Literary Manager
TimeLine Theatre Company
615 W Wellington
Chicago, IL 60657
Lavender Footlights Festival
The Lavender Footlights Festival is seeking submissions for the Seventh Annual Lavender Footlights Festival to be held in Miami on February 28th – March 2nd, 2009.
Deadline: December 1, 2008
(Online submission by midnight)
The Lavender Footlights Festival is dedicated to providing a voice and a venue for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer plays and supporting the work of emerging playwrights, directors and actors.
Eligibility
* Multiple submissions ARE accepted (maximum of 3).
* Submissions cannot have been produced in Florida.
* Musicals may be submitted with accompanying CD of score.
* Bi-lingual scripts are welcomed.
* Plays must be Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer in nature and should be of immediate importance and/or interest to the LGBTQ community.
Areas of special interest are:
* Plays that support sexual and cultural diversity
* Plays that address Latino/Caribbean issues & themes.
* Plays that deal with issues not commonly dealt with in LGBTQ theater
* Plays dealing with controversial issues from a unique viewpoint
Guidelines:
Each submission should include the following:
* Cover letter with return address and contact information, including a statement that piece has not been previously produced in Florida.
* 1 copy of the script to be read
* 1-page synopsis of play (for full length plays only)
Online submissions:
Format: Adobe or Word documents only
Submission email address: Ryan@lavenderfootlights.org
Deadline for online submissions: December 1st, 2008 by midnight.
Hard copy may be mailed to (postmarked by December 1st, 2008):
Living Arts Trust
Attn: Ryan Capiro
PO Box 942107
Miami, FL 33194-2107
Do not send originals. Plays will not be returned.
Notification
Plays will be reviewed by a jury panel. All playwrights will be contacted via email by January 15th regarding their work’s inclusion in the festival.
For more information about the festival, please visit us at www.lavenderfootlights.org.
Ryan@lavenderfootlights.org
Womens Theatre Project
The Women's Theatre Project, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida is developing the:
* First Annual Fabulous Lesbian and Friends Play Festival
* Readings will take place in March 2009.
* Seeking 10 minute plays and short plays (20-30 minutes) written by women with a lesbian theme; cast limit (women and men) is 2-8.
* Limited submission: No more than 2 scripts per playwright.
* Small stipend paid to playwrights selected.
Scripts may be submitted to twtp@bellsouth.net with Lesbian Playwriting Festival written in subject line. Scripts may also be sent to our mailing address: 1314 East Las Olas Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Scripts must be received by midnight (EST) on December 31st, 2008.
Publisher seeks ten-minute plays
Smith & Kraus, theatrical trade publisher, seeks ten-minute plays for its annual series of ten-minute play books. Plays must be produced between May of 2008 and May of 2009. Send via e-mail to Lawrence Harbison (LHarbison1@nyc.rr.com). In addition, they seek full-length plays for their annual New Playwrights anthology. The above production parameters apply. Send queries to Lawrence Harbison. Finally, they seek scenes and monologues for their annual series of scene/monologue books. Preference is given to plays which have been, or will be, published. Send queries to Lawrence Harbison.
Cape codders and others...
THE 2008 NEW PROVINCETOWN PLAYERS’ FALL PLAYWRIGHTS’ FESTIVAL- October 30th -- November 2nd
Short play submissions sought from the following three groups by October 1st:
* Provincetown Theater Playwrights’ Lab members
* Playwrights who have had plays previously produced in Provincetown Theater Playwrights’ Festivals (and are not Lab members)
* Playwrights who live on Cape Cod for most of the year
* No more than 10 minutes (about 10 pages), but can be shorter, keeping in mind simplicity with regard to set/costumes, casts.
* No prior production ( readings permitted).
* Any subject matter will be considered.
* Submissions will include a title page with name of playwright, address, phone/s and email address. Name cannot appear on any other pages of submission. Only one submission per person will be considered. Send or hand deliver three hard copies by October 1st (no exceptions) to the Provincetown Theater, 238 Bradford St., Provincetown, MA 02657.
* Plays should also be available in electronic format upon request. (Email, scanning or faxing will be acceptable.)
* Selected plays will be produced by the New Provincetown Players in four performances, October 30, 31, November 1 and 2.
* Compensation will be in the form of complimentary tickets to performances (# TBD).
* Questions may be directed to Operations Manager, Kristin Hatch at 508-487-7487 or: OperationsMan@NewProvincetownPlayers.org
Thinnes, everyone?
Writer member Walter Thinnes's play MEETING WITHOUT END (part of this Saturday's NYCPlaywrights Best Of Reading was a finalist in the Rogue Valley Ten-Minute Play Contest in Ashland, Oregon.
His play COAL CREEK will receive a reading on October 1 as part of the Humble Play: Appalachian New Play Festival at ARTS/West in Athens, Ohio.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Mergatroyd Productions' 10-min PlayFest
Mergatroyd Productions announces its 10 min. playfest, a staged reading of ten 10-minute plays - two performances, a different group of plays each performance. To be performed Saturday, November 15 & Sunday, November 16 2008.
* DEADLINE: October 15, 2008
* There is no submission fee
* email scripts in .pdf or .doc format (that's Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word formats) to plays@mergatroyd.org - do NOT send hard copies of script by snail mail - they will be discarded
* Play scripts should be no more than 10 pages (not counting title page, character list page, etc.) Less than 10 pages is fine, but all play scripts we receive that are longer than 10 pages will be discarded
* Play scripts should be in standard play script format. All play scripts we receive that are not in standard play script format (within reason, we aren't going to measure your margins with a ruler) will be discarded.
* Plays must be written primarily in English. Anybody may submit work. There is no compensation for plays chosen for the reading.
* Each playwright may submit up to 3 ten-minute plays.
* We don't care about the history of the play - prior productions are OK, or it could be brand spanking new. However, there must not be any royalty fees associated with the play.
* Plays must be submitted by the playwright him/herself.
* Playwrights whose work(s) are selected for the playfest will be notified by November 1, 2008.
The kind of plays we like
* Plays where something happens. (Plays where people sit around bickering endlessly - not so much)
* Plays that have something interesting to show or say
* Plays that have good, non-traditional roles for female actors, not just the standard wife/girlfriend/foil-for-a-man roles
* Plays that have characters that are not one-dimensional or stereotypical.
* Plays - ten-minute plays, at least, with no more than four characters. We may still choose your play with more than four characters, but actors may play double roles during the reading.
10 min playfest web site
Short plays in Nyack NY
Main Street Theater in Nyack NY is seeking short comedic one-act plays (around 10 minutes) to be part of their November One Act festival.
Interested parties should send email submissions (.doc or .pdf) to playsubmission08@gmail.com by September 20, 2008.
Contact playsubmission08@gmail.com
playsubmission08@gmail.com
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
MadLab Theatre Roulette
MadLab Theatre in Columbus, OH is now accepting submissions for its Tenth Annual Theatre Roulette shorts festival. Submissions should be between 5-45 minutes. The deadline for submissions is November 15th, 2008 and all those who submit will be notified of receipt of her/his submission. You will also be notified as of January 2nd, 2009 whether or not your play was accepted. Feel free to submit as many plays as you like. Last year we received 999 plays. Please see www.madlab.net/tr2009guide.htm for more information.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Mark Rose - CAREGIVERS
Writer member Mark Rose's play THE CAREGIVERS will receive a staged reading at the Freehold Theatre in Seattle.
more information
Thursday, September 11, 2008
article by playwright Theresa Rebeck on Broadway's glass ceiling
There's some feeling in rehearsal halls and writers' retreats and drunken dinner parties, that maybe the American theatre participates rather too enthusiastically in the supposed gender bias that the American media tosses about willy-nilly while discussing candidates for higher office. Mostly it is women playwrights who feel that way; male playwrights think the system is really, really fair and that women playwrights who raise these questions are whiners or dirty feminists. After all, everyone is discriminated against! It's show business! Nobody's happy! We're all narcissistic egomaniacs, you can't expect it to make sense! This is about the work. Which means, apparently, that any woman who cares enough to raise her voice about the fact that women's stories are not reaching the stages for which they are intended is a whiner, a dirty feminist and a lousy artist too - because a true artist wouldn't care.More here
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
6 Women Playwriting Festival 10-minute play contest
GUIDELINES
The 6 Women Playwriting Festival proudly announces a ten-minute playwriting contest
exploring the “beginnings and endings.” This third annual festival is sponsored by The
Pikes Peak Arts Council, The Pikes Peak Library District and Manitou Arts Theatre will
be held April 16-18, 2009, in Colorado 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 “beginnings and endings” and be appropriate for our community and theatre. Authors of the six chosen plays agree their plays will be produced by The 6 Women Playwriting Festival during April 16-18, 2009. Cast will be chosen by the selected directors through an audition process. Playwrights will receive an honorarium of $100.00 and a travel stipend to attend the festival.
4. Play scripts must not exceed ten pages.
5. Scripts should be typewritten on standard paper 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, and phone number. 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 no more than two plays.
9. No musicals or children’s plays.
10. Entries are accepted from September 1 to December 1, 2008. Entries postmarked later than December 1, 2008, will not be considered.
Send your submission to:
6 Women Playwriting Festival
Pikes Peak Arts Council
PO Box 1073
Colorado Springs, CO 80901
web site
Sunday, September 07, 2008
The First Annual Foster Care Ten-Minute Play Contest
The Foster Kids Play Fest 09 is accepting ten-minute plays. Plays are accepted in one of two categories. The first category is made up of any playwright of any background and/or from former foster children, foster parents or social worker. In the second category the play’s author MUST have been in foster care, anywhere in America, for at least two years, within the last forty years, OR have been a foster parent for not less than one year, OR have been a social worker directly involved in the placement of children into foster care.
There is no fee to enter the contest. Plays are not to exceed ten pages.
We are interested in what you have to say about foster care, not how well you write or spell. Tell us your story.
The plays should be typed or hand printed very legibly, in standard play format, using one side of each page only.
You may submit up to five plays for consideration, however only one play per author will be chosen. The plays must be original, unpublished, unproduced and ten minutes. Plays that have had staged readings are okay to submit; plays that have received productions are not.
Please make sure that your name and email address or your mailing address is on the title page of your script. Hard copy submissions only. If you wish to have your play returned to you, please include a self addressed, stamped envelope.
Plays must be submitted by Feburary 1, 2009. Playfest winners will receive a $100 prize.
All submissions will be judged by a panel of writers, actors, director and educators. Winners announced May 1, 2009. All submitters will be notified of the results.
Please include a cover page with the plays title, your name and address, and, if you have one, an email address. All submissions will be handled with care. However, the Foster Children’s Fest assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged scripts.
Play may be submitted by Email to: fosterkids09@gmail.com.
Or by standard mail to:
Play Fest
c/o Mary Skala Smith
1489 Chain Bridge Road
Suite 204
McLean Va. 22101
Melvillapalooza: January 2009
Deadline - October 15, 2008
Announcing the Fourth Annual Festival of American Authors....Melvillapalooza.
Scheduled for January 12th through January 25th, 2009, Melvillapalooza is a collection of new plays celebrating the spirit of Herman Melville. Works adapted from, inspired by, relating to Herman Melville's work, life, and spirit are all welcome.
We are seeking submissions for co-production and submissions are welcome from individual artists and performance companies alike. Co-producers will take responsibility for conceiving and creating their contribution to the festival, with use of Metropolitan's space and physical resources. Metropolitan will coordinate and promote the festival as a part of its 17th Season: "Work."
Submissions may be ten-minute plays, one-acts, or full length performances, no longer than 1 hour and 50 minutes. There are no restrictions concerning style. Adaptations, biographies, fantasies, treatises will all be considered. Selection by Metropolitan Playhouse will be based on artistic quality, feasibility of production, and suitability for the venue.
Guidelines
Submissions will be accepted by e-mail or snail mail, and must include:
1. Cover sheet with
* Name of Company/Artist taking responsibility for producing the work
* Project Title
* Melville-ishness (ie. relation to Melville or his work)
* Performance Length (Max. 1 hr, 50 min. This is extremely important for scheduling.)
* Contact Person
* Telephone Contact
* E-mail Contact
2. Project narrative of no more than 2 pages
3. Key artist biographies and, if applicable, company history
4. Sample text (may be the proposed script or a comparable work by the key artist(s))
Submission Deadline: October 15, 2008
Mail to:
Metropolitan Playhouse
220 E. 4th Street
New York, NY 10009
Attn: Mellvillapalooza
E-mail to:
melville@metropolitanplayhouse.org
Acceptance
Metropolitan will invite collaborators to be a part of Melvillapalooza within two weeks of submission deadline.
Questions?
Alex Roe - 212 995 8410 or alex@metropolitanplayhouse.org
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Taste plays wanted
Play Submission Guidelines
Inspirato Festival Contest
This year's theme: Taste
Here's what we need from you, our potential playwright:
A script of a ten-minute play (no shorter than 7 minutes and no longer than 12 minutes). The sense of taste must be an important element of the play.
New or previously produced plays will be considered.
There is no submission fee. You may only enter ONE play (so make it count).
To submit your play go to the "submit your play to" link below and:
1. Fill out the submission form, completely.
2. Attach your script in a WORD document only. The WORD document must be compatible with Windows XP. (Note: Vista & Mac formats are not compatible).
3. The cover page should have the title of the play, the playwright's name and the list of characters. The pages should be numbered.
Submit your play to (click on the link):
http://www.inspiratofestival.ca/write-a-play2.php
All submissions must be emailed by midnight, January 4, 2009. Only those playwrights whose plays have been selected will be notified by January 25, 2009.
If selected, your play will be performed in Toronto, Canada, between May 28 to June 14, 2009. 12-14 plays will be selected and performed!
1st Prize: $600 (CDN). The 1st Prize recipient will be selected by a panel of judges in the Toronto theatre community.
People's Choice Award: There will be two People's Choice Awards selected by the audience.
Should your play be selected for inclusion in the festival, you are giving the non-exclusive right to the Inspirato Festival to produce and perform the play from May 28 to June 14, 2009. The Inspirato Festival will find the cast, crew and market your play.
Authors retain copyright and full ownership of their plays.
This is open to everyone without age and geographic restriction.
Get inspired. See your story come to life.
Quick Tips for Writing Your Ten-Minute Play
1. Write what inspires you and then see if there are elements in your play where you can have the characters evoke a specific taste. Alternatively you can start with a certain taste that evokes memories or triggers your imagination.
2. For example, you can have the taste of coffee as an important element of your play. The taste of coffee is referred to throughout the play but the play doesn't have to be about coffee. The coffee taste helps illuminate the message, theme or premise of the play.
3. Be imaginative. Taste can also be used metaphorically like having poor taste in clothes etc.
4. The sense of taste should not be gratuitous (i.e. only used once).
5. Any style of a play is acceptable.
6. Your ten-minute play should be a complete, compact play, with a beginning, middle and end. It should have a central character that wants something with a clear conflict and resolution.
Common Mistakes Playwrights Make in their Submission
Below are common mistakes people have made that have disqualified their plays:
1. The play was longer than 12 minutes. Read you play out loud. Time it. Whether you squeeze it into ten pages or five we know if this play will go over 12 minutes.
2. The play didn't have any element of the theme (in this case taste). Mentioning the theme in passing or only using it once is not enough.
3. The format was inconsistent and/or difficult to read. We accept any format that is consistent and easy to read.
4. The play had too many characters (usually 5 or more). The best ten-minute plays have two characters, maybe three, certainly not more than four characters. Do you really need that waiter walking on stage?
5. The playwright insisted on elaborate set requirements (i.e. a deluxe bedroom set). There is less than two minutes to make a set change. Keep set requirements to a minimum.
6. The submission was not a play; the character(s) didn't have a goal or want with a clear conflict and resolution.
web site
Piven Theatre
Piven Theatre seeks submissions: Query, Synopsis or Treatment, 15 page sample. See web for details. WEB: www.piventheatre.org
16th Street Theater seeks submissions.
Full-Length Plays: Adaptation, Comedy or Variety, Drama. We give preference to writers residing in Illinois who are able to commit to being a "playwright-in-residence" for the season. We happily welcome "second productions." No musicals please. We are an Equity CAT Tier N 49-seat new theater 10 miles west of downtown Chicago dedicated to writers. See web site for production history. EMAIL: info@16thsttreettheater.org. www.16thstreettheater.org
Submissions for Harvest Festival of New Works
The side project is always accepting full-length scripts for the ongoing Harvest Festival of New Works. Please e-mail full script with synopsis to scripts@thesideproject.net or mail to the side project ATTN: Literary, 1439 W. Jarvis Chicago, Il 60626. Local writers are encouraged to submit, as the playwright is expected to be in town during the rehearsal process and final staged reading. Harvest readings take place throughout the season.
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Doorway Arts Ensemble seeks plays
Doorway Arts Ensemble is a nonequity professional theater. We are looking to produce one full-length play and several staged readings of plays in various venues throughout the Washington, DC metro area each year. DAE will also consider submission of plays for fringe festivals in Washington, DC and New York. Submissions considered must be new plays or a creative, contemporary interpretation of a well-known play (any genre).
We welcome all types of small scale productions including plays which incorporate dance and music. Material that is in development and has been produced as part of a staged reading workshop or in any public venue with reviews will be accepted.
Plays with small casts (4 or less) will be considered for full productions. Plays with larger cast sizes will be considered for staged readings or full production as budget permits. All work will continue to receive further development prior to public performance. Playwrights must be able to commit to hard deadlines. All workshop readings and rehearsals will be held in Washington, DC and writers must be present for readings as needed. Playwrights outside of the Washington, DC area will need to provide own housing and transportation.
Each submission must contain:
* One script with numbered pages and cover page
* Contact information (links to personal web sites are not acceptable)
* Playwright's bio including any awards
* Short play synopsis: not to exceed one paragraph
* A list of characters
* Play reviews
* History of play production
* Submissions may be done electronically as a MS word attachment to info@DoorwayArts.org, or mailed on standard CD in MS word format along with a SASP to acknowledge receipt of your materials. Entries that are incomplete or do not conform to the requested format will not receive consideration.
Mail entries to:
Doorway Arts Ensemble
5904 Beech Ave
Bethesda, MD. 02081
Visit our website at www.DoorwayArts.org
Thursday, September 04, 2008
NYCPlaywrights starts up again this Friday
And we have a new location:
Penny Templeton Studio
261 W. 35th Street
Suite 304
New day - Friday
Same old time - 7 - 10 PM
See you Friday!
Monday, September 01, 2008
Endtimes Productions calls for submissions
Naked Holidays NYC
Endtimes Productions, is now seeking submissions for its 2nd Annual presentation of “Naked Holidays NYC”, a collection of off-beat, unconventional, comic plays, songs, and monologues, dealing with the dark underbelly of the holiday season. Last year’s offerings included a portrayal of Santa’s workshop as a fascist state, a white trash holiday pageant, in Whoosville, a chorus line of grim reapers, in g-strings, and a Patti Smithesque number sung by Santa’s youngest daughter. Think more well-conceived “sketch comedy”, than “one-act”. Plays should be no more than 30 pages. Deadline for submissions is 9/30/08. Submissions can be made electronically to: endtimesscripts@gmail.com, or by mail to: Endtimes Productions@the Gene Frankel Theatre/24 Bond Street/New York, NY 10012.
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Vignettes for the Apocalypse 2009
Endtimes Productions, is now seeking submissions for its 3rd Annual One-Act Festival “Vignettes for the Apocalypse 2009”. Preference is given to works with a science-fiction/horror style, or political, and religious themes, but all submissions will be considered. Last year’s collection, led to the publication of “Title Fight”, by Ian August, and “Work Sucks”, by Adrienne Dawes. Plays should be no more than 50 pages. Deadline for submissions is 10/15/08. Submissions can be made electronically to: endtimesscripts@gmail.com, or by mail to: Endtimes Productions@the Gene Frankel Theatre/24 Bond Street/New York, NY 10012.
GROUNDSWELL FESTIVAL: A FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS BY WOMEN
NIGHTWOOD THEATRE IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS
FROM PLAYWRIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR ITS 2009/10 GROUNDSWELL FESTIVAL
Groundswell, Nightwood's play development program is the nationally recognized forum for the creation and development of new work by women. It brings together emerging and established playwrights, directors and actors from across the country, for provocative creative exchange. Six playwrights receive ongoing dramaturgical support over the course of the season culminating towards a week long festival of public staged readings.
Submission Guidelines
Please submit the following:
• A full script or work-in-progress
• Project description including a synopsis, a brief outline of your plans for development, what you want to achieve in Groundswell, and why Nightwood Theatre
• Your Resume
Playwrights will work independently on their play throughout the year and, with the Artistic Director, have one-on-one dramaturgical sessions on an as needed basis. As well, two playwright retreats (2 days long) will be scheduled over the course of the year wherein the scripts will be read aloud and discussed. For playwrights from out of province attendance is strictly optional. The Groundswell Festival is a culmination of eight months of work and the playwrights will workshop the script with professional director and actors leading up to your public Groundswell readings.
Please note: Groundswell participants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Out-of-province submissions will be accepted.
Application Deadline: October 15, 2008
Submissions will not be accepted via fax or email
Send to:
Attn: Groundswell Submission
Nightwood Theatre
55 Mill Street, Suite 301
Case Goods Building
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 3C4
For more information please contact Kelly Thornton at kelly@nightwoodtheatre.net
web site
SHAW FESTIVAL SCRIPT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The Shaw Festival will look at previously produced plays and scripts in development. Submissions can be sent to Literary Manager Joanna Falck throughout the year and can include full-length plays, one-acts, translations, adaptations and musicals. Plays from outside of Canada will also be accepted. We will not accept submissions via fax or email.
All plays submitted must be set within the mandate period (1856-1950) – otherwise, no other style or content restrictions apply.
WHAT YOUR SUBMISSION SHOULD INCLUDE:
• A cover letter detailing the development and/or production history of the play.
• Your full mailing address and email address.
• If you are submitting a musical, please include a CD if possible.
• Please submit only ONE play per package.
• If you wish to have your play returned to you, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Please send your submission to:
Joanna Falck, Literary Manager
OR
Paul Sportelli, Music Director (if you are submitting a musical)
The Shaw Festival
10 Queen's Parade, Box 774
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
L0S 1J0
Canada
Your submissions will be reviewed by members of the Play Development team and recommendations made to Jackie Maxwell, Artistic Director and Neil Munro, Resident Director.
HOW WE RESPOND:
• We will acknowledge receipt of your sample package or script either by email or letter.
• We do not provide a critique or dramaturgical feedback.
• Response time can vary considerably: 3-4 months minimum.
• If you do not include a SASE with your submission, your play will be recycled once it has been read and responded to.
Questions about play development and script submissions can be directed to Joanna Falck, Literary Manager, at playdevelopment@shawfest.com
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North Carolina Central University wants new plays
NEW PLAY PROJECT
Staged readings of new plays, each one produced for an audience and accompanied by a production critique with audience participation. Selected plays may also be considered for production in the Department's theatre season.
DEADLINE: Submission Postmark Or Delivery
By December 1
GUIDELINES
SCRIPT SUBMISSION
. Entries must be original full-length or one-act plays which have neither been produced nor published. (NOTE: Special interest will be given to scripts that increase awareness of health disparities that exist among African Americans and other minority groups in the U.S. ).
- Each playwright may submit only one script.
- Scripts must be typewritten or word processed and