History Theatre (St. Paul, Minnesota) is accepting proposals and/or completed scripts for our Raw Stages New Works Festival in January 2015.
The Raw Stages New Works Festival is an opportunity for playwrights to workshop a script with a team of professional artists and receive audience feedback at a public reading.
History Theatre focuses on TRUE stories which have a connection to Minnesota or the Midwest (we do not produce historical fiction). Playwrights may submit an idea for a script (which has yet to be written) OR an already-completed script.
One or two entries will be selected for the festival. Playwrights will be awarded $1,500 and at the conclusion of the festival their script may be considered for a full commission and production in History Theatre's mainstage season.
Playwrights should submit:
- One-page treatment which includes plot synopsis, cast of characters, and a statement of why you believe the play would fit History Theatre's mission.
- Ten-page writing sample from previous dramatic work (or from the completed script being submitted.)
Treatment submission deadline: June 1, 2014
Playwrights will be notified by July 1st if their treatment is selected and will have until Dec. 15th to submit a first draft. The Raw Stages workshop and reading will take place in the first three weeks of January 2015.
Send submissions as an electronic Word or PDF document to the following address with "Raw Stages 2015" in the subject line: newplays@historytheatre.com
For more information about History Theatre, visit www.historytheatre.com