Deadline: April 1, 2023 12 Midnight CMT
Submit by uploading pdf of original work:
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1. Playwright must be the sole author of the submitted work.
2. Playwright must publicly and openly identify themselves as African-American, Black, or of the African diaspora.
3. Previously published or produced work by the author or theatre/company is not allowed (See definitions below).
4. Play must run no longer than 10 minutes long on stage, but no shorter than 8 minutes. (Conduct informal readings to ensure).
5. Play should accommodate a “bare-stage” set requiring only a minimum of removable stage props and require basic lighting and sound cues.
6. Play must not be a musical.
7. Play must not be written for children or youth.
8. Play must not contain characters that are under 17 years old.
9. Play must not be a re-submission of previous Fade To Black play festival seasons.
10. Play must not be considered a translation or adaptation.
11. Play must not be a film. Screenplays/Scripts written for television or cinema will not be accepted.
12. Play should be "stand-alone", a separate body of work that has not been extracted from a larger, previously written play.
13. Author must be at least 18 years of age.
14. Play must be submitted in a PDF format.
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1. Playwright must be the sole author of the submitted work.
2. Playwright must publicly and openly identify themselves as African-American, Black, or of the African diaspora.
3. Monologue must run no longer than 3 minutes long on stage, but no shorter than 1 minute.
4. Monologue should accommodate a “bare-stage” set requiring only a minimum of removable stage props and require basic lighting and sound cues.
5. Monologue must not be a musical.
6. Monologue must not be written for children or youth.
7. Monologue must not be a film. Screenplays/Scripts written for television or cinema will not be accepted.
8. Author must be at least 18 years of age.
9. Monologue must be submitted in a PDF format.