The Strawberry Theatre Festival

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The Riant Theatre is seeking submissions for The Strawberry Theatre Festival (runs Aug. 3-26) and The Strawberry One-Act Festival (runs July 31-Aug. 18). Van Dirk Fisher, artistic dir. Both festivals run at the 160-seat Theatre at St. Clements in NYC.

The Strawberry Theatre Festival—Full-Length Plays: 60-90 minutes; Full-Length Musicals: not to exceed 120 minutes; Short Plays: 40-60 minutes; Staged Readings.

The Strawberry One-Act Festival—One Act Plays: 15-30 minutes. Note: Plays can advance from the first round to semi-finals, finals, and the awards show and performance. The judges for the finals will consist of two artistic directors, one agent, and one casting dir. The four best plays will perform at the awards ceremony on Aug. 18 and have the option to do an encore performance at one of the Riant Theatre's partner theater companies.

To submit, email RiantTheatre@gmail.com or download an application at www.therianttheatre.com. Deadline to submit is May 15. Those producing plays selected for The Strawberry Theatre Festival can perform for three to five performances and elect to share a percentage of the box office by paying a theater usage fee between $1-$9 per ticket to receive a 10-100 percent share of the box office. For the Strawberry One-Act Festival, plays can advance from round one, semi-finals, finals, and the awards show and performance. The judges for the finals will consist of two artistic directors, one agent, and one casting director. The four best plays will perform at the awards ceremony on Aug. 18 and have the option to do an encore performance at one of the Riant Theatre's partner theater companies. For more information, visit www.backtoonenyctheatre.blogspot.com, www.facebook.com/RiantTheatre, and www.twitter.com/RiantTheatre. Participation fee for the Strawberry Theatre Festival for short plays is $350 and $500 for all other types of work; participation fee for the Strawberry One-Act Festival is $350, which includes an on-camera interview for your play, inclusion in the Riant Theatre's mailing brochures and the Riant Theatre Review Magazine, one ticket to the launch party, two comp tickets whenever your play is performed, one ticket to the finals, and one ticket to the awards ceremony. The production voted "Best Play" receives $1,500; additional awards are given for Best Director ($150), Best Actor ($150), Best Actress ($150), and Best Short Film—The Video Diaries Project, a documentary about the artists in The Strawberry One Act Festival ($250). Some plays will be selected for publication in the "The Best Plays from the Strawberry One Act Festival," an anthology. There is no sharing of the box office for the One-Act Festival.