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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Mistress Ilsa explains it all...

Stephen Adly Guirgis gets a shout-out.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Last chance to see MISTRESS ILSA at MITF - tomorrow!

This is your chance to say you knew Mistress Ilsa back when!



Watch more at http://www.mergatroyd.org/mistressilsa

At the Midtown International Theatre Festival Saturday, July 30, 2011 @2:30.
Jewel Box theatre, Fourth Floor, 312 West 36th St. (between 8th & 9th Aves), New York, NY.

Call for tickets (only $15!) at (866) 811-4111

Horror-themed short play fest seeks scripts - no submission fee but $50 produce-your-own show fee

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The Players Theatre in NYC is hosting a horror-themed Short Play Festival in October 2011, and we will be seeking submissions for new works in the genre through August 15, 2011. We would love it if we could post a submission/application listing on your blog. Below is the information needed, as well as links to websites for the festival and the theatre:

5 plays. 4 nights. 15 minutes. 1 winner!

Every week for 3 weeks!

NOTE: Selected plays will be required to pay a $50 fee to cover staffing and programs. Players’ Theatre will provide production stage manager (lighting/sound technician), house manager and box office personnel. Lights will be a stage wash. We have dual CD player available. There is no storage space for props or costumes so limit them to what you can carry back and forth.

$100 refundable deposit.

The historic Players Theatre in the heart of Greenwich Village is accepting short play and musical submissions for the October Festival competition. This October our theme will be Horror. Starting in early October, five short plays will be presented each week for three weeks. The festival will run Thursday through Sunday in the Players Loft. Each week a Best of the Festival winner will be selected by audience vote. The winner will receive a cash prize of $100.

Submission deadline is AUGUST 15th @ 5PM. So sharpen your pencil and get to work - it's only 15 minutes!

For application and submission guidelines, please visit our website:
http://www.shortplaynyc.com

If you have more questions or need more information, you can call or email:
212.475.1449
playfestival@theplayerstheatre.com

City Theatre Submission Guidelines

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City Theatre Play Submissions Rules and Information

With the mission of developing and producing original short plays by established talents and promising new voices, City Theatre is looking for wonderful ten-minute plays for our annual Summer Shorts festival and other programming. Having produced hundreds of plays, we know what we want; scripts that are lively and timely, hilarious and thought-provoking, poignant and dangerous. We look for plays that span style and genre. We will consider bilingual scripts and ten-minute musicals. We have no restriction on the age range of the characters. In other words, for us to consider a script for production, we are seeking compelling plays that rise above the ordinary.

Please note as of March, 2011, City Theatre and the Actors Theatre of Louisville will no longer co-sponsor the National Ten-Minute Play Contest, though each theatre will continue its commitment to finding and producing excellent ten-minute plays, and getting to know the work of writers around the country. Playwrights who wish to submit to Actors Theatre of Louisville’s National Ten-Minute Play Contest should visit www.actorstheatre.org. Please review the criteria thoroughly before sending your submission to City Theatre.

Note: City Theatre does not produce any unsolicited full-length plays.

City Theatre Submission Guidelines; Plays will be accepted from August 15 – October 31, 2011. Scripts won’t be considered sooner or later!

Each playwright may submit only one script - send us your best!
No scripts will be returned - save postage. No SASE required.
Each script must be no more than ten pages long. We start counting when the actual play begins. Please remember to submit scripts with page numbers.
Previously submitted plays, children's shows, and any unsolicited longer one-act or full-length plays are not accepted and will not be returned.
Manuscripts must be typed and individually bound or stapled. Title page must include name, address, email address and phone number. We will accept electronic submissions provided all of the contact info and production history is included.
The volume of scripts submitted prevents us from providing feedback or criticism.
City Theatre will consider previously produced works, but there must be a production history included with submission.

Deadline - Submission Postmark Every Year by October 31st.

Address Submissions to:
Susan Westfall
Literary Director
City Theatre
444 Brickell Ave., Suite 229
Miami, Fl 33131
Susan@citytheatre.com
www.citytheatre.com

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Seeing LGBTQ-themed one-act plays

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The LSU Department of Theatre presents Outworks 2012, a festival of LGBTQ themed one-act plays.

Deadline for Submission: December 8, 2011
Award: $150 and production videotape

After a successful Outworks 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, the Louisiana State University Department of Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for Outworks 2012, 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 with “Outworks 2012” in the subject line.

Deadline is December 8, 2011

Scheduled production dates are May 1 - 6 of 2012

Submissions will be read and scored by a faculty/student committee. The committee will select six plays. These six playwrights will receive $150 in monetary compensation, 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 Lab season retains all rights and privileges concerning casting, production, and programming for Outworks. LSU Theatre reserves the right to:
Reproduce as many copies of the play as are necessary for distribution to the judges and participants in the production.

Videotape the performance for archival purposes.

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 January 16, 2012.

Submissions sent via email are preferred. Please send submissions or inquiries to:

Garrett Guilbeau, Outworks Festival Curator, at:

outworksfestival@gmail.com and put “Outworks 2012” in the subject line.

The LSU Theatre Lab 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 Lab 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.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Living Literature Festival: January 2012 - produce your script

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Living Literature Festival: January 2012
Horatio Alger

Submit
Deadline - September 30, 2011

Metropolitan Playhouse presents its 7th annual living literature festival, devoted
to the writing of Horatio Alger.

WHAT
Scheduled for January 16th through January 29th, 2012, the festival is a collection
of new plays celebrating the spirit of the artist who defined the term "rags to riches". Horatio Alger became famous at a time in America when class was still an issue and his boys' adventure stories were inspiration to many readers. Adaptations of Horatio Alger's works, biographies or stories drawn from inspiration of what has become known as the Horatio Alger Myth are all welcome.

HOW IT WORKS
The annual festival is a co-production of Metropolitan Playhouse and the participating artists.

Metropolitan will curate, host and promote the festival, while the participants will
create and perform the plays in the festival. Proceeds will be divided
between Metropolitan and the participants.

WHO CAN SUBMIT
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
20th Season, devoted to the theme of "Class".

WHAT KIND OF WORK
Submissions may be twenty- minute plays, one-acts, or full length performances
(though no longer than 1 hour and 45 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,
relationship to Horatio Alger, and suitability for the venue.

However:
No Scripts alone! Please note, we are seeking submissions of performances which we
will co- produce. We are NOT seeking scripts for Metropolitan to produce. We will
not provide directors or actors for productions.
And plays from the period will receive lowest consideration. This festival is
particularly devoted to new theater pieces inspired by non-theatrical writing.

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
Kind of work: Adaptation of story/stories, Biography, etc.
Performance Length (Max. 1 hr, 45 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 script for the proposed performance or a comparable
work by the key artist(s))


Acceptance
Submission Deadline: September 30 , 2011

Metropolitan will invite collaborators to be a part of the festival by October 31.

Mail to:
Metropolitan Playhouse
220 E. 4th Street
New York, NY 10009
Attn: Living Literature

Questions?
E-mail to:
david@metropolitanplayhouse.org

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition

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Rules for the Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition
(Entries accepted between August 1st and November 1st)

1. Authors must be U.S. Citizens or legal residents.

2. Entries must be original, full-length plays (minimum of 75/80 minutes playing time), unpublished, unproduced, and not currently under any option. "Unproduced" means: No previous production of any kind (Equity or non-Equity) for which actors or authors were paid or admission was charged, or both. No musicals are eligible. Plays with an occasional song for ambience are considered.

3. An author may submit only one entry, whether under his or her name, or a pseudonym. Co-Authorships are permissible.

4. Entries must be written in English and typed or computer printed (no dot matrix) in standard American or English stage play format. The plays must be securely bound.

5. The following entries are not eligible: musicals, short one act plays (less than 75 minutes), groups of short one act plays (related or unrelated), translations, plays for children, a play that has won any other competition, a play that was entered in any prior year's Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Playwright Award Competition. For entries adapted or based or suggested by/from other materials, which are copyrighted, authors must provide proof of copyright owner's sanction. (e.g. under current copyright).

6. Entries must be submitted with completed and signed applications and received by BHTG between August 1st and November 1st (postmark accepted) of the contest year. Only entries received between these dates will be eligible. Scripts sent before or after these dates will not be accepted, read or returned. Results will be announced on this web site the following June.

7. Submissions in non-compliance of these Rules and the Submission Procedures will be ineligible for entry in the competition. For return of ineligible submissions, please read Number 7 under "Submission Procedures."

8. The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild has the right to accept or reject any entry without explanation, and will not correspond with, or discuss with any person the results of the competition or the acceptance or rejection of any entry. No entry is returned.

9. The competition judges' decisions are final in all respects.

10. As a sponsor of this Competition, the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild has the following rights, which it may exercise at its sole discretion:

a. To declare any entry ineligible if prior to Competition's close (June 1), the entry is in violation of rule #2. Authors must notify the BHTG of any change in status.
b. To reproduce as many copies of an entry as are necessary for distribution among the judges or to request an author to supply a specified number of copies. The author must comply with that request.
c. To use the author's name and title of any award winning entry for publicity about this Playwright Award and the results of the competition.
d. To present one script-in-hand, rehearsed reading of an award winning entry to an invited, non-paying audience. No royalty payment will be due to the entry's author for that reading.

11. Each award winner shall, at all times, in connection with publication, production, publicity, programs, posters and advertisements about an award winning entry, designate that the play is an "Award Winner of the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild/Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition." Award winners must consent to sign a letter of agreement with BHTG to this effect.

12. Each entry shall be free from copyright restrictions relating to this Award and the author shall hold The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild, its officers, and directors free and harmless from all copyright claims.

13.The BHTG is not a producing organization. No production is connected with the competition nor any prize awarded.

14. Sorry, the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild - Julie Harris Playwrights Competition does not sponsor scholarships, fellowships, educational grants, or loans to students or private individuals. Nor does the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild as an organization.


Submission Procedures

1. "You"=Author or co-authors. "BHTG"=The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild.

2. You must submit your entry with a completed application form. You may obtain an application form by sending a self-addressed, business-size stamped envelope to:

Candace Coster, Competition Coordinator
BHTG - Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition
P.O. Box 148
Beverly Hills, CA 90213.

3. You must personally sign the application. Entries must be legible and signature clearly the name of the writer(s). The author(s) must sign the entry form. Proxy or agent signatures are not accepted and will lead to disqualification.

4. Bind your entry securely, and include the following: Cast List, Time and Place, Number of Acts and Scenes. Scripts must be securely bound. A clip holding pages together unfortunately doesn't constitute being "bound". (This is insisted upon for the protection of the script and benefit of the writer. Loose scripts may have pages become misplaced or lost. The competition is not responsible for loss or damage to entries or parts thereof.)

5. Do not show your name, address, or any identifying information on any page or on the cover of your entry. Attach with a removable paper clip a sheet containing the title of your entry, your name, address, phone number and any other information. You may enter the copyright or registration date and number on the title page of the bound script.

6. To preserve anonymity, all entries will be identified by numbers for judging; all identifying marks will be removed.

7. Submissions will not be returned. Enclose with your submission a stamped, self addressed, #10 envelope for our response.

8. You may enclose a self-addressed stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt of your entry. Competition winners to be announced on this web site in June.

9. The BHTG is not responsible for loss or damage to entries.

10. No script will be accepted by fax or e-mail. No electronic submissions or correspondence.

11. No entry is returned.

Address All Inquiries To:
Candace Coster, Competition Coordinator
Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition
P.O. Box 148
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
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Friday, July 22, 2011

Fallfest 2011 submissions wanted

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Submit your play production for Manhattan Repertory Theatreʼs FALLFEST 2011
Oct. 1- Dec. 10, 2011

Seeking fully produced plays (cast, directed & ready to perform) 40 minutes to 120 minutes for MRTʼs FALLFEST 2011, at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, 303 W.42nd St. NYC.

To submit your play production please email: The complete play, a synopsis of the play, the running time of the play, the set and lighting requirements, the playʼs production history (if it has been produced before and where) and a creative team leader contact email address to: manhattanrep@yahoo.com

By Mon. August 8, 2011. Please put “FALLFEST SUBMISSION” in the subject heading. Applicants will be contacted by Tuesday August 9, 2011 as to their acceptance.

There is no submission fee. NON-EQUITY ONLY. Each play will be given a MINIMUM of
THREE performances. A REFUNDABLE security deposit of $300 will be required upon
acceptance.

For more information and complete guidelines, please log on to:
www.manhattanrep.com

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Mistress Trixie will see you now...

MISTRESS ILSA a play by NYCPlaywrights member N.G. McClernan and performed by members Alice Anne English, Renee Cole, Doug Rossi, Carolyn Paine and Mike Durell will be performed tonight and July 28 & 30.

MISTRESS ILSA makes a good living as a dominatrix but it isn’t easy - she has to deal with fussy, freaky clients; an apprentice dominatrix who wants to go to Disneyland; and worst of all, the Snake, a rival dominatrix who will stop at nothing to destroy Mistress Ilsa’s business.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Urban Stages - Words by Women

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Accepting New Plays by Female Playwrights
From July 26th to July 28th, Urban Stages will debut its first reading series aimed at celebrating up-and-coming and established female playwrights of today called WORDS BY WOMEN.

We are currently seeking submissions for the second installment of this series to take place the first week of September 2011 and possibly a third installment TBA.

ELIGIBILITY: Female Playwrights (only!) in the United States. Plays may have been developed elsewhere, but never produced in New York City. Subject matter and character variations are open but special attention will be given to plays with cultural significance.

TO BE INCLUDED WITH EVERY SUBMISSION: A biography and/or author's history of the play, character breakdown, and brief synopsis of the play.

ON THE ENVELOPE WRITE "WORDS BY WOMEN" OR YOUR SCRIPT WILL BE PUT IN THE GENERAL SUBMISSIONS PILE.

There is not a fee, but there is a one (1) submission per person rule.

WHEN TO SUBMIT: Now until August 15th. Submissions must be postmarked by August 15th. Submissions are not accepted by email (sorry).

Genre: One-Acts and Full-Length plays. No translations or adaptations.

CAST SIZE: No more than seven (7) actors/actresses for Full-Lengths. No more than four (4) actors/actresses for One-Acts.

SUBMISSION REVIEW: Please DO NOT call or email our office or theater to inquire on the status of your play. Please give us time to respond to your submission.
*** If we do not get back to you by mid-September, we are still considering your play for other reading series at our theater and request your patience.

PLAYS RETURNED: If a playwright wishes for a play to be returned, the play should be accompanied by a manuscript-size SASE with appropriate postage. If there is no manuscript size SASE, plays will be recycled.

Please send submissions to:
Urban Stages
555 8th Avenue #1800
New York, NY 10018

Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre Scriptfest

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Thank you for your interest in ScriptFEST. The submission period of scripts for ScriptFEST 2012 will be August 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011.

Scripts postmarked before August 1st or after September 30th will not be eligible.

We welcome your submission and hope the following information will answer your questions. If you need more information, please call the SART business office at 828-689-1384.

New scripts of full-length plays and musicals in English that have not been published nor professionally produced. No One-Acts. No Children's Plays.
(Scripts that have gone through a developmental process or other readings are eligible. Scripts produced by amateur community theatres and/or educational theatres are eligible.)

Playwrights may submit only one title each submission period.
Excerpts and summaries will not be accepted without the FULL script.
No film or television scripts, translations or adaptations.
Adaptations of novels and short stories are acceptable. Adaptations of movies and stage scripts are not acceptable.
If you have submitted a particular title in a previous year, it may be submitted again if and only if you have made significant revisions to the script since it was last submitted. It would be best if you explained this in a cover letter so we wouldn't have to contact you for verification.
No scripts will be returned.

Submission requirements:

TWO "hard" copies of script on white paper are required. One or two-sided paper format is the author's choice. All pages must be standard 3-hole punched, or better yet, in a binder.
Synopsis Page(s) (optional) inserted directly behind the Title Page containing play synopsis, character descriptions, and other notes.
**Do not have the author's name and/or other identifying information anywhere on the title page, synopsis or pages of the script. If you do, your submission may not be accepted! **
Provide one additional and separate Title Page that includes the author's name, date, etc.
Author's Resume, or detailed background information.
If you include a cover letter, DO NOT include synopsis, notes, or other important information in the letter. Anything you want the reviewers to read must be included on the inserted synopsis page(s) of the scripts.

Other Information

Musicals should also include a score and/or a recording of at least four songs on cassette or CD. Only one score/recording is necessary.

If you wish notification of receipt of your submission, please include a postage-paid card for us to return to you.

SART will contact you by email if your submission is not chosen as a finalist. If you would prefer postal mail notification, you must provide a self-addressed stamped envelope with your submission.

Submit to:

SART ScriptFEST ‘12, PO Box 1720, Mars Hill NC 28754-1720.
(We suggest you use the U.S. Postal Service, as UPS will not deliver to PO boxes.)

Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest

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Attention Political Playwrights: Call For Entries 2012

The Castillo Theatre is seeking new scripts for the stage that engage the political/social/cultural questions affecting the world today for its fourth annual Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Contest. The purpose of the Political Play Contest is to encourage the writing of such plays, and to provide a stage for scripts that might not otherwise find one.

While Castillo recognizes that in the broadest sense, all theatre is political, the contest is seeking politically progressive plays that: look at social and/or economic problems and challenges; explore possibilities of social transformation; and, reflect the concerns and interests of communities and/or which explore the importance of community. Castillo also encourages scripts that experiment with form and seek new ways of seeing and new ways of experiencing theatrical performance.

The plays submitted to the Fratti-Newman Contest may be written in any style, set in any historical time, geographic or imaginary location, contain any number of characters and be of any length. The plays must be in English and cannot be musicals or adaptations. No scripts will be considered that have previously been submitted to this contest, have received a production or won other contests. Only one script per playwright will be accepted.

The contest is judged by a team of distinguished theatre artists. The winning script(s) will receive a reading and/or a production at the Castillo Theatre in New York City during the theatre’s 2012 summer season.

All scripts should be submitted in hard copy and must be accompanied by:

statement of the political/social/cultural questions that the playwright is engaging with the script;
a brief synopsis;
character breakdown, including specific gender, age and ethnic requirements, if any;
set requirements, including how many sets and any special effects needed;
100-word biography of the playwright;
a current email address in order for us to acknowledge receipt of the script and be able to contact you during the selection process

Please note:

Scripts will not be returned.
Castillo will not give critical feedback to playwrights/contestants.
Contest winners are required to sign a letter of agreement, which will include but not be limited to granting the right for Castillo to produce one or more readings and/or a full production of the winning play.
Contest winners are responsible for travel expenses or any other expenses incurred as a result of participating in the development of the play with Castillo, or as a result of attending the reading and/or full production.

All scripts must be postmarked by October 1, 2011. The winner(s) will be publicly announced at the Otto René Castillo Awards for Political Theatre in New York City in May of 2012.

Send all submissions to:
Castillo Theatre
543 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Attn: Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest
Questions and inquiries should be addressed to Madelyn Chapman at 212-356-8485 or madelynchapman@gmail.com.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Madcap Theatre submission guidelines

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We are interested in reading plays of any length to consider for future productions.


LENGTH OF PLAY: Any length.

SUBJECT MATTER: Completely Open.
Both comedies and dramas will be considered. We do prefer plays that haven't been staged before. If you would like to submit a play that has been produced, please include a production history with your script.

SEND TO:
E-mail entries (MS Word or PDF files preferred) to: scripts@madcapplayers.com

If you are unable to submit electronically, mail to
Madcap Players
405 6th Street NE
Washington, DC 20002

Include a self addressed stamped envelope if you would like the script(s) returned to you.

Everyone Has the Right script submission process

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Everyone Has the Right is a rolling script submission service (i.e. there is no deadline) for plays with human rights at their heart. A joint initiative with Amnesty International, Everyone Has the Right provides a natural home for writers exploring human rights stories to create surprising and entertaining theatre.

If you have a script you’d like to submit, find out the details here

Read more about our first round of Everyone Has the Right performances…

More on Everyone Has the Right:

What is a human rights story?
How it works
History of the Project

Submissions

Please send your script, short synopsis (no more than 200 words) and cover sheet (Download as Word Doc or as PDF file) to: Everyone Has the Right, iceandfire, Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LS.

Due to the high volume of submissions, there is currently a delay in responding to writers. Please allow at least 3 months for a response – thanks! Plays from outside of the UK are welcomed but we are only able to report on new plays, that have not been professionally produced, written in English. Plays can be of any length, but we will only read full scripts (no outlines or synopses please) written for theatre. We cannot accept scripts by email or fax.

We are interested in scripts for all ages, so if you write theatre for young people please consider submitting to this scheme.

Lorraine Hansberry Theatre script submissions

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We accept submissions of new scripts from established and emerging playwrights.

Hard copies may be sent to:
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
777 Jones Street
San Francisco, CA 94109-6414
Please do not send your only copy.

Electronic Copies may be sent to:
submissions@LHTSF.org
Scripts must be in Microsoft Word Format (.DOC or .DOCX)
or Portable Document Format (.PDF)

Monday, July 11, 2011

The Valley Repertory Company's 3rd LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest

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The Valley Repertory Company (Enfield, CT) is accepting submissions for its 3rd LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest.

Full submission details are available at www.valleyrep.com, and "Like" us on Facebook for updates.

Deadline September 17, 2011

Thursday, July 7, 2011

One-act play competition - Manhattan Repertory Theatre - $1000 prize for best play

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Seeking fully produced one act plays (cast, directed and ready to perform) 10 minutes to 30 minutes for MRTʼs Fall One Act Play Competition, Sept.14 - Sept. 30, 2011 at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, 303 W.42nd St. NYC.

FIRST PRIZE for BEST PLAY: $1000.00. To submit your one act play production please email:

~ The complete play,
~ A synopsis of the play,
~ The running time of the play
~ The set and lighting requirements
~ The playʼs production history (if it has been produced before and where)
~ A creative team leader contact email address to: manhattanrep@yahoo.com

By Tuesday July 12, 2011.

Please put “One Act Competition” in the subject heading. Applicants will be contacted by Monday July 18 as to their acceptance.

There is no submission fee.

NON-EQUITY ONLY.

Each play will be given a MINIMUM of THREE performances, more if the play moves on to the finals.

A Sound and Light board tech will be provided by Manhattan Rep. Once accepted, there will be a $150.00 participation fee which includes all of the above.

There will be NO additional security fees or Manhattan Repertory Theatre based production fees. For more information, please log on to: www.manhattanrep.com

THEATRE THREE 15th Annual Festival of One-Act Plays

THEATRE THREE, Port Jefferson, New York, is now accepting submissions for its . . .

15th ANNUAL
Festival of One-Act Plays

. . . to be held on its Second Stage, the Ronald F. Peierls Theatre, during March 2012.

Submission Guidelines

Only unproduced works will be accepted.
Plays that have had staged readings are eligible.
No adaptations, musicals, or children's plays.
Cast size maximum: 8.
Length: 40 minutes maximum, no minimum.
Settings should be simple or suggested.
Playwrights may make multiple submissions. They need not be made under separate cover.
Please do not submit works that have been previously submitted.
Scripts must be postmarked by September 30, 2011.
Please submit a cover letter, a synopsis, and a resume along with one copy of the play. Cover sheet of play should have title, author, author's address, author's telephone number, and author's email address (if available). Plays should be neatly bound or stapled on the left-hand corner (no loose pages and no binders, please). All submissions must include a standard SASE for correspondence. Or, if playwrights wish to have their works returned, an appropriate SASE must also be included.

Selected plays will be presented for 10 performances. Playwrights will receive a small stipend.

Plays should be submitted to The 15th Annual Festival of One-Act Plays, Attn: Jeffrey Sanzel, Artistic Director, THEATRE THREE, P.O. Box 512, Port Jefferson, NY 11777-0512. We do not accept electronic (email) submissions. Please do not call or stop by the theatre.

Final selection of plays will be in late 2011.

Yale Drama Series scripts wanted

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Yale University Press and Yale Repertory Theatre are seeking submissions for a major new playwriting competition, The Yale Drama Series. The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale Rep. The winning play will be selected by series judge John Guare.

There is no application form or entry fee. Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript:

1. This contest is restricted to plays in the English language, though submissions are accepted worldwide.

2. Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Submissions must be original, full-length plays. Translations, musicals, and children’s plays are not accepted. The Yale Drama Series is intended to support emerging playwrights. Playwrights may win the competition only once.

3. Plays that have had professional productions are not eligible.

4. The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play’s title and your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address (if you have one), and page count; a second title page which lists the title of the play only; a list of characters; a list of acts and scenes; and (if applicable) a list of acknowledgments.

5. Plays must be typed/word-processed, numbered and in standard professional play format. A brief biography may appear at the end of the manuscript, but is not required.

6. Do not bind or staple the manuscript.

7. Playwrights may submit only one manuscript per each year.

Send the manuscript to Yale Drama Series, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040.

Submissions for the 2012 competition must be postmarked no earlier than June 1, and no later than August 15, 2011.

Do not send the only copy of your work. Manuscripts cannot be returned after the competition. If you wish receipt of your manuscript to be acknowledged, please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard. If you wish to be informed by June 2012 of the contest results, please include an email address on your title page.

CONTACT US

For more information regarding the Yale Drama Series please write to us at:

Yale Drama Series
P.O. Box 209040
New Haven, CT
06520-9040

or email us at yaledramaseries@yale.edu

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

MISTRESS ILSA @MITF

NYCPlaywrights writer member Nancy McClernan's one-act play MISTRESS ILSA will be part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival's Short Subjects July 20, 28 & 30.

Actor members Alice Anne English, Renee Cole, Doug Rossi, Carolyn Paine and Mike Durell perform. More information: http://www.mergatroyd.org/mistressilsa

Write Angle 10-minute play contest

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Send us your 10 minute plays and see your script on the web!

Award winners will remain on our contest page for at least one month or until we find a new play that deserves publication.

Email your scripts to Write Angle Playwrights. Make sure the subject of your email is Contest. We prefer that all scripts be in Microsoft Word format (though most formats will work). It isn't necessary to resend your script for each month's contest, but you can send a different script each month. Only one script per playwright, per month will be accepted.

Please note: because of the number of scripts received, we can't provide a critique of your play.

All scripts can be sent to: Ken Crost kcrost at msn.com

Jackalope Theatre Company seeks scripts

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Jackalope is always searching for new works that may inspire us.

Please send us your playscripts for consideration.

For STAGED READING, For WORKSHOP, For PRODUCTION

Please mail us a cover letter, resume, and a hard copy of your script. No digital scripts please. It hurts our little eyes to read plays on computer screens. Send your paper to:

Jackalope Theatre Company
Attn: New Work Development
5857 N. Kenmore Ave., Suite #3
Chicago, IL 60660

Bonderman Playwriting for Youth early bird registration

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Deadline June 30, 2012

Plays should be intended for young audiences third grade through high school (no play is expected to appeal to all ages simultaneously).

Playwrights must suggest the appropriate age category on the official entry form.

Scripts designed for the youngest audience, grades 3-5, should be approximately 30-45 minutes in length. Plays designed for grades 6 and above should have a minimum performance length of approximately 45 minutes.

One development slot will be reserved for a script aimed at the 3-5th grade audience.

Scripts must not be committed to publication at the time of submission. Commissioned works that are not in development are eligible.

Scripts previously produced in an educational or vocational setting are eligible, if playwrights are eager to pursue development of the script.

Scripts previously produced professionally are NOT eligible. (i.e., productions in which the director and actors have been paid).

If the play is an adaptation or dramatization, written proof must be provided that the original work is in public domain or permission of the holder of the copyright has been granted.

Musicals will not be accepted for the 2011 contest.

Only ONE submission per playwright is accepted.



Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically as editable digital files (no scans).

Author's name MUST NOT APPEAR in any manner on the manuscript.

Each submitting playwright must also complete and send an entry form electronically.

All submissions MUST include a brief synopsis and a cast list. The synopsis should be no more than one page and should include:

List of unusual effects or technical requirements;
List of characters noting age and sex, (and possible doublings).
Supporting materials (reviews, publicity, etc.) SHOULD NOT accompany the submission.
All submissions will be acknowledged via email.
Plays submitted to previous Bonderman National Youth Theatre Playwriting Workshops are ineligible.
Playwrights give permission for their work or portions of it to be read at the Symposium and to be archived in the Child Drama Collection, Hayden Library, at Arizona State University.
Playwrights whose work is being considered for full development (ie a potential finalist) will be asked to submit a brief history of the work and goals for the week of development. Subsequently, each playwright will be expected to confer with his/her director and dramaturg prior to casting.
Playwrights are expected to be in residence in Indianapolis throughout the workshop and symposium.

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