Starra Andrews, actor & author |
You can read about the first WaM4M challenge here and read the selected monologues here.
Actors are always looking for good monologues. NYCPlaywrights wants to help them find one by putting out this call for submissions. We are looking for monologues tailored to a specific actor, a different actor each month.
We plan to make this a monthly event during 2017 and possibly beyond.
We will select the top three monologues based on quality of writing and relevance for the actor and share them on the NYCPlaywrights web site (with your permission.)
The actor will select his/her favorite from those three and we will video-record him/her performing the monologue and post the video on NYCPlaywrights (via YouTube with your permission.)
This month we'd like you to write a monologue for Starra Andrews an actor and writer in New York City.
Bio:
Starra grew up writing fantasy stories and acting on stage. After attaining a B.A. in Theatre and completing the LACC Acting Academy in Los Angeles, her non-fiction book The Pursuit of Acting; Working Actors Share Their Experience and Advice was published to help student actors. She’s performed such roles as Helen Keller’s mother in The Miracle Worker, Claudia Draper in Nuts, as well as gritty, fun roles such as a Kit Kat girl in Cabaret.
Starra has also been seen recently giving a tour on the NYCPlaywrights web site.
About the kind of work Starra is looking for:
I love all things paranormal, and since Halloween is coming - it's perfect timing. I would love to perform and bring to life your favorite Halloween story. It can be fun loving or frightening. Think "Stranger Things" or something in that genre. Trick or Treat!
THE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
YOU MUST READ THEM BEFORE SUBMITTING
The deadline is Sunday October 22, 2017 at 11:59 PM EST.
- Send only one monologue per author to info@nycplaywrights.org.
- Please put the words "Write a Monologue for Me" in the subject field of your email.
- The monologue should be no more than one page.
- The submission should be sent by email, with the script itself as a file attached to the email.
- File format should be .pdf because it will retain your original script formatting.
- There is no fee for submission.
- All rights will remain with the playwright.
- The script must be submitted by the author of the script, no agents or others may submit.
- Make sure you have your name and your email address on the script.
- The monologue can be submitted by anybody, anywhere in the world but must be primarily in English (a few non-English phrases are acceptable, but the phrases must include English translations.)
- A monologue that has had a production is not acceptable - we want you to write a new monologue with our actor in mind.
- A monologue that has been published is also not acceptable.
- The NYCPlaywrights selections decisions are final.
- NYCPlaywrights reserves the right to select no monologues.
- We will notify submitters of the decisions and announce the winning monologues on the NYCPlaywrights web site by Sunday October 29.
- For some thoughts on writing monologues go here.
Thanks.