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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Submissions wanted for EAST VILLAGE CHRONICLES

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Submissions Accepted through December 28th, 2012 
for Metropolitan Playhouse's Annual New Short Play Festival

EAST VILLAGE CHRONICLES

Seeking new plays inspired by the life and lore
of the East Village/Lower East Side
Theme: The American Dream

Guidelines: www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/EVC9guidelines

Metropolitan Playhouse, New York's OBIE Award-winning explorer of America's theatrical heritage, is currently accepting submissions for new plays inspired by the life and history of New York's Lower East Side. Plays should respond to The American Dream as it relates to life in the East Village of today and in eras past.

Plays should be of up to 30 minutes in length, and able to be performed by no more than 5 actors. Metropolitan will cast and stage the productions on its 3/4 thrust stage in our 51 seat theater at 220 E 4th Street, as part of the 4th Annual East Village Theater Festival, scheduled to run from April 15th - May 5th, 2013.

Playwrights of selected plays will receive and honorarium of $50.00.

Completed scripts must be RECEIVED, by mail or e-mail, by 5:00 pm Friday, December 28, 2012.

Metropolitan Playhouse
220 E 4th Street
New York, NY 10009
East Village Chronicles, Vol. 9 is the theater's 9th festival of new, one-act plays that celebrate and explore the varied history and eclectic culture that have defined Manhattan's Lower East Side (within any of its disputed borders.)  Combined into two, distinct evenings of short plays, which run on alternating nights over three weeks, the presentations will include a variety of styles and tones, unified by their being clearly related to life in the theater's neighborhood.

For further information, visit www.metropolitan playhouse.org/EVC9guidelines

Inquiries: Alex Roe 212 995 8410 or EVC9@metropolitanplayhouse.org

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