Deadline: December 1, 2021 5PM
SUBMISSION FORM
Submissions that do not meet the guidelines below will not be accepted to make room for others.
One submission per writer, please. Make sure everyone has a chance.
Winners will be announced March 30, 2022.
WHAT?
To celebrate the vitality of classical themes in new work, PAC invites playwrights to submit for consideration for our second annual - and first in-person - New Ventures Play Festival.
The theme for the plays is The Illusion of Time
5 plays of no more than 10 minutes each will be selected for a staged reading during our festival taking place on June 13th and 20th at the Proscenium Theatre at the Drake.
TO GET STARTED
For inspiration, take a walk through our website! Read through our mission, look at our past production and reading history, and even take a look at the adaptations and scripts we have worked on over the years.
Past PAC productions: https://www.philartistscollective.org/past-productions.html
PAC adaptations/script library: https://www.philartistscollective.org/script-library.html
Create a 10-minute play that responds, resonates or retorts the themes, characters, and/or essence of the work you discover. Use The Illusion of Time as your guide. It may lead to a new verse form or a new language altogether, or it may be a direct rebuttal of the themes you encounter. We are looking for creativity and honesty.
THE DETAILS
SELECTION CRITERIA
No exceptions or phone calls, please.
IF I GET SELECTED…?
MORE DETAILS
Submissions that do not meet the guidelines below will not be accepted to make room for others.
One submission per writer, please. Make sure everyone has a chance.
Winners will be announced March 30, 2022.
WHAT?
To celebrate the vitality of classical themes in new work, PAC invites playwrights to submit for consideration for our second annual - and first in-person - New Ventures Play Festival.
The theme for the plays is The Illusion of Time
5 plays of no more than 10 minutes each will be selected for a staged reading during our festival taking place on June 13th and 20th at the Proscenium Theatre at the Drake.
TO GET STARTED
For inspiration, take a walk through our website! Read through our mission, look at our past production and reading history, and even take a look at the adaptations and scripts we have worked on over the years.
Past PAC productions: https://www.philartistscollective.org/past-productions.html
PAC adaptations/script library: https://www.philartistscollective.org/script-library.html
Create a 10-minute play that responds, resonates or retorts the themes, characters, and/or essence of the work you discover. Use The Illusion of Time as your guide. It may lead to a new verse form or a new language altogether, or it may be a direct rebuttal of the themes you encounter. We are looking for creativity and honesty.
THE DETAILS
- Based on the theme of The Illusion of Time, please submit a play that:
- Is in response to, in conversation with, or inspired by classical work and ties into “The Illusion of Time”
- Is a finished piece with a beginning, middle, and end
- Is no more than 10 minutes in length
- An original, never published or previously produced new work
SELECTION CRITERIA
- Each of the 5 chosen plays will be selected based on:
- Clearly demonstrated excellence;
- Relevance to the mission of PAC;
- Incorporation of theme; and
- Creative use of language/classical themes/conversation with the classics as outlined in the TO GET STARTED section above.
- DEADLINE
- Submissions will be accepted until 5pm EST on Wednesday, December 1, 2021.
No exceptions or phone calls, please.
IF I GET SELECTED…?
- Selected playwrights will receive the following:
- Two staged readings of their script during the New Ventures Festival on June 13th and June 20th, 2022 by a core group of professional Philadelphia-based actors
- A dedicated dramaturg and director
- A commission fee of $100
- Final script approval and will be consulted on choices for shared ensemble cast
- Submission to National New Play Exchange
- The love and admiration of actors, peers, and audiences
MORE DETAILS
- Each script must be no longer than 10 pages (excluding title page and character list)
- Font no smaller than 11 point please
- When read aloud, play should not exceed 10 minutes
- Please submit in PDF format. Name the file as the exact title of your play.
- Please do not ask for comments on your submission
- Please submit only through the submission form