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Monday, December 26, 2022

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—–-๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ

Do you live in or hail from Orange County, CA? If so, please submit a play to OC-centric: Orange County’s New Play Festival! Our twelfth festival happens in August 2023 at Chapman University in Orange.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. Of course, we also welcome non-musical works. As was the case in 2022, we are looking for longer one-act plays (30-60 minutes long) and full-length plays that are roughly 90 minutes long. Each play we produce will receive several performances during the festival.

๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ด
* Submit scripts to occentric@gmail.com in PDF or MS Word format.
* Submissions accepted through Monday, January 9. Submissions after January 9 will not be considered.
* No submission fee.
* Playwrights will receive a small honorarium/royalty ($100-150).
* No restrictions on language or subject matter, but no nudity.
* Plays should have casts of 12 or less and be producible in a black box theatre space with playing area of approximately 20' x 25'.
* Playwrights may submit a maximum of two plays. If you are resubmitting a script that you have submitted to us within the past three years, let us know if (and how) it differs from the earlier version.
* The playwright’s name and contact information must appear on the title page of the script(s).
* ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜†, ๐—–๐—”. (For scripts that are collaborations, at least one collaborator must live in or hail from Orange County.)

Since 2011, we have produced scripts from Diana Burbano, Lojo Simon, Megan Breen, Erica Bennett, Karen Fix Curry, Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm, Joni Ravenna, Robert Riemer, Baylee Shlichtman, Jordan R. Young and many other OC-linked playwrights. Our festival regularly features actors from the OC storefront theater scene, the greater Los Angeles area, and Chapman University students.

Questions? Email us at: occentric@gmail.com

We look forward to reading your work!

Sincerely,Tamiko Washington, Producing Artistic Director
Eric Eberwein, Associate Artistic Director

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