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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

GOING TO THE RIVER IS LOOKING FOR YOUR YINS AND/OR YANGS in the form of Short Plays

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CALLING ALL FEMALE PLAYWRIGHTS OF COLOR
We are currently accepting scripts focused on the following subjects:
1.THE CARETAKER'S JOURNEY
The Loved One and/or The Caregiver 
2.HARASSMENT WHILE JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET
Sexual and/or Other 
3.WOMEN EMBRACING THEIR RACE AND CULTURE
and/or Those Who Don't 
4.SKIN COLOR & HAIR TEXTURE
Light and/or Dark /Straight vs. Nappy and/or Good vs. Bad 
5.AGING IN A YOUTH ORIENTED CULTURE
Fearing it and/or embracing it 
6.STANDARDS SET FOR WOMEN’S APPEARANCE
Over Sexualization by the Music Industry and/or the Media 

If you have a play or wish to write a play apropos to any of the above topics...
Please submit by February 29th, 2016
Email to: director@goingtotheriver.com

THERE ARE NO ENTRY FEES
The plays chosen will be part of a SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL in the Spring/Summer of 2016 in New York City.

THE GUIDELINES:
16 Minute plays by female playwrights of color
  • New and never produced
  • Limit of 2 plays
  • Estimated running time of 10 to 16 minutes.
  • Please be mindful of cast size.
  • The submission deadline is Monday February 29th, 2016
  • Only e-mail submissions addressed to director@goingtotheriver.com will be considered.
  • All submissions in a PDF Format and organized as follows:
a. Page 1 Cover Page to include: The Title, estimated running time, the playwright’s name, address, city, zip code, phone numbers and email address. 
b. Page 2 a biography of the playwright 
c. Page 3 Character Breakdown
d. Page 4 Begin the body of the play and add title and numbers to each page. 

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