Deadline: July 20, 2021
(Please note that Teatro Chelsea will only be accepting the first 100 submissions)
Chelsea Massachusetts
Teatro Chelsea is now taking submissions for the Second A-Tipico Latinx New Play Festival, taking place October 20–23, 2021 in-person at the Chelsea Theatre Works Blackbox.
Teatro Chelsea is soliciting submissions of plays by Latinx playwrights for their A-Tipico New Play Festival. We encourage local, national and international artists to submit full-length plays during our open submission process.
A-TÃpico was born out of a desire to see a more diverse set of stories told about our Latinx communities. It is a place to foster Latinx playwrights and spotlight those stories that so often go untold. In this upcoming iteration of the festival we want to highlight a variety of plays, including stories about and by Afro-Latines, indigenous Latines, and queer Latines.
Following the submission process, Teatro Chelsea will select four plays to receive staged readings in the festival. Three of the selected plays will be presented in-person at the Chelsea Theatreworks Blackbox and one play will be presented virtually via Zoom.
Their selection will be vetted by Teatro Chelsea’s creative team and the final scripts will be considered for a full production in the Spring 2022 or 2023 season.
If selected, this opportunity will pay a stipend of $250.
Qualifications
The works submitted must meet the following criteria:
--The playwright must be 18 years of age.
--The play must not have had a professional production, or be scheduled to have a professional production, prior to June 1, 2022. A professional production means a fully staged production with a full rehearsal process and all of the theatrical elements traditionally expected are present.
--We are seeking to develop plays of all shapes and sizes; however, we are prioritizing full-length plays. One acts, Solo pieces, theatre for young audience pieces will still be accepted and put under consideration.
--We accept both original and adapted works, provided that the rights to any material not in the public domain have been granted.
--Playwrights interested in submitting a play for consideration in the A-Tipico Festival should send the following to Teatro Chelsea between June 15, 2021 – July 20, 2021. Email submissions should be sent to: tc@teatrochelsea.com
A-Tipico New Play Festival Submission
In your submission please provide the following:
--Your contact information – First/Last Name, Email, Phone Number
--Title of the play
--Character breakdown and description
--Time and place of the play
--A short one-paragraph synopsis of the play
--A PDF of your play.
If selected, this opportunity will pay a stipend of $250.
Qualifications
The works submitted must meet the following criteria:
--The playwright must be 18 years of age.
--The play must not have had a professional production, or be scheduled to have a professional production, prior to June 1, 2022. A professional production means a fully staged production with a full rehearsal process and all of the theatrical elements traditionally expected are present.
--We are seeking to develop plays of all shapes and sizes; however, we are prioritizing full-length plays. One acts, Solo pieces, theatre for young audience pieces will still be accepted and put under consideration.
--We accept both original and adapted works, provided that the rights to any material not in the public domain have been granted.
--Playwrights interested in submitting a play for consideration in the A-Tipico Festival should send the following to Teatro Chelsea between June 15, 2021 – July 20, 2021. Email submissions should be sent to: tc@teatrochelsea.com
A-Tipico New Play Festival Submission
In your submission please provide the following:
--Your contact information – First/Last Name, Email, Phone Number
--Title of the play
--Character breakdown and description
--Time and place of the play
--A short one-paragraph synopsis of the play
--A PDF of your play.
Selection Process
--We will solicit the help of volunteer readers to read the submitted scripts. These readers may include but are not limited to the following: Teatro Chelsea’s Artistic Team, actors in previous Teatro productions, industry playwrights, local Chelsea arts advocates and other industry professionals.
--There will be one round of reading for outside readers and each reader will read between 5 and 10 scripts. There will be a second round of reading of a short listed selection of submissions. A final third round of reading will be done by Teatro’s Artistic Team in order to select the finalists from a short-list of scripts that have been evaluated in rounds one and two of reading.
--The reading of scripts will take place over a one month period and the four scripts will be chosen no later than the end of August 2021.
--We will solicit the help of volunteer readers to read the submitted scripts. These readers may include but are not limited to the following: Teatro Chelsea’s Artistic Team, actors in previous Teatro productions, industry playwrights, local Chelsea arts advocates and other industry professionals.
--There will be one round of reading for outside readers and each reader will read between 5 and 10 scripts. There will be a second round of reading of a short listed selection of submissions. A final third round of reading will be done by Teatro’s Artistic Team in order to select the finalists from a short-list of scripts that have been evaluated in rounds one and two of reading.
--The reading of scripts will take place over a one month period and the four scripts will be chosen no later than the end of August 2021.