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Thursday, January 26, 2017

SHORT PLAY NON-FEST 2017

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Seeking fully produced,
(cast, directed and ready to be performed by February/March.)
original, never-produced before, 11 - 30 minute 1 act plays
for Manhattan Repertory Theatre's
SHORT PLAY
NON-FEST 2017

February 1 - March 31, 2017
at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, 17-19 West 45th St.

We want to help you develop your play and bring it to the next level. So often short plays are the beginning of a much larger play. Seeing it come to life on an Off Off Broadway stage where the response is immediate and vital “informs” your play and your writing. Producers in the past have brought in short plays, and then developed them into full-length plays. Others have produced a short play so successfully here, they learn how easy a process it can be to develop a play, that they start work on a longer work. Getting your short play on its feet and on stage is the most important thing you can do in the development of your work as a playwright. It will help jump start your motivation and your career.

But to bring your short play to a big theatre FESTIVAL way downtown where everything is rushed and where the pressure is high, where you have to hire technicians and stage managers in addition to casting actors, where you are rushed in and out of the theatre so that more plays can be put up that night, IS THAT GOING TO HELP YOUR PLAY? Or will it just make you feel overwhelmed?

We have a better way. And easier way to bring your short play to life.

Each 11 - 30 minute play will be given:
A 20 - 30 minute play consultation meeting with Artistic Director and Playwriting mentor, Ken Wolf once accepted, (in person or via phone, Skype or FaceTime,) a tech rehearsal with our technician to run your sound and lights, a full dress rehearsal with the other plays participating, a minimum of 2 performances, (even more if your show is selling well), and after your show closes, if you wish, detailed feedback and next steps on the live play that you brought to life at the brand new (gorgeous) Manhattan Repertory Theatre on 45th St. in Midtown Manhattan a block from Times Square

To submit your 11 - 30 minute play production please email:

The complete script of the play as a .pdf,
a synopsis of the play,
the character breakdown,
the set and lighting requirements,
the play's production history (if it has been produced before and where)
your mailing address, and a creative team leader contact email address to:

manhattanrep@yahoo.com by February 15, 2017
Please put “Short Play NON-FEST 2017” in the subject heading. We will contact you within a week, if not sooner, as to your acceptance.

Plays that we love will be accepted on a First-Come First-Served basis.
The earlier you submit the better chances you have of being accepted for we may end submissions before February 15, 2017, if we fill up all available performance slots

There is no submission fee. NON-EQUITY ONLY.
We will supply a technician to run the sound and lights.

Once accepted, there will be a $40 commitment fee.
For more information, please log on to: http://www.manhattanrep.com/

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