Submissions for the The Ronald M. Ruble New Play Festival

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There is no submission fee for the CCCT Ronald M. Ruble New Play Festival

Submission deadline for the 2012 Festival is February 1, 2012.

Scripts received after that date will be considered the following
year. 5-6 finalists will be selected on March 15 of that year and their names will be posted to the CCCT website at that time.

Must be a full-length play/musical for children or young adults without a prior major U.S. production.

A brief synopsis must be sent together with a bound complete manuscript. Submission must include a contact phone number and e-mail address on the play’s title page. No electronic submissions will be accepted.
The play must be at least 1 hour and no longer than 90 minutes.
The play must be appropriate for audiences of all ages.
Dramas, comedies and farces (with or without music) are all welcome.
Cast size limited to no less than 5 or more than 20.
The plays selected will be acted by our student actors with a mix of regional artists where necessary. Plays that can be effectively cast within our market will be considered favorably.
Playwrights who are questioning whether or not their play is a good match for CCCT are strongly encouraged to contact Artistic Director Brian Marshall at mbrian@bgsu.edu before submitting.
All plays that are not selected for the festival will be recycled. Please do not include return postage.
All serious submissions will be read by at least three readers on the festival committee as well as the members of the Teen Board. Be advised that the following are not considered serious submissions:
Screenplays submitted as theatrical plays and Obvious first drafts
Plays with typos and spelling errors and Plays not formatted to industry standards
Plays with excessive profanity or violence or are inappropriate for child audience members
For more information contact:
Brian Marshall, Artistic Director
mbrian@bgsu.edu, 419.372.0642

Plays should be submitted to:
Caryl Crane Children's Theatre
c/o CCCT New Play Festival
BGSU Firelands
One University Drive
Huron, OH 44839-9719