Proscaenium Theatre Company Origins Theatre Festival seeks full-length plays for development

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Deadline: July 15, 2024 at 11:59 pm

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Origins Theatre Festival is a weekend long celebration held in the fall of 2024 dedicated to uplifting emerging artists from the BIPOC community innovating in the arts.

Proscaenium Theatre Company is in pursuit of plays that are looking to innovate and make a positive impact in their own communities. We are specifically seeking plays by members of the BIPOC Community or People of the Global Majority.

Thank you for your interest in submitting your work to Origins Theatre Festival. We are excited and honored to review it!

We specially encourage you to apply if you identify as Indigenous or as a Trans Person of Color.

What to expect:

Every Playwright whose work is chosen will receive a stipend of $250.

Four finalists will receive a developmental reading presented at The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre on 304 W 47th St. New York, NY, 10036.

One Play will be chosen to be part of Proscaenium Theatre Company’s following season.

Proscaenium Theatre Company will provide rehearsal space, a director to collaborate with the playwright, up to five actors, and a performance space for the developmental reading.

Each play will have 10 hours of rehearsal.

8 semifinalists will be chosen to have an interview with Proscaenium Theatre Company’s team through Zoom, and may be asked to submit more pages of your play.

You will receive an email notifying you if you are one of the 8 finalists no later than July 29th.

If not chosen, you are welcome to ask for feedback, please allow some time to get back to you.

We are excited to get to know you and your work!

Guidelines:

We strive to find highly imaginative stories that hold a mirror to humanity.
We seek to support artists who are committed to the craft and art of theatre.
We are only looking for plays of a maximum of 100 minutes without intermission. (We estimate 1-2 mins. per page of dialogue and 2-4 mins per page of monologues.)

Currently we are only accepting plays with a cast of 1-5 actors (the play can have more characters as long as they can be played by the same actors, and the integrity of the play is not compromised).

Plays can be submitted in English and Spanish, if submitted in Spanish there is a possibility of translating the piece if agreed.

Playwrights should submit 10 consecutive pages of the play in review.

Currently, we can only accept one submission per playwright or writing team.

We are happy to review plays in any stage of development, and from anywhere in the world. (Please note, Proscaenium Theatre Company will not provide transportation or accomodations in NYC, but will provide any virtual assistance for you to be involved in the process.)

Submission Deadline: July 15th at 11:59 pm.

UCROSS FELLOWSHIP FOR NATIVE AMERICAN WRITERS - 2025

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Deadline: July 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM

SUBMIT VIA SUBMITTABLE

Current work is requested. An applicant's work sample and project description are the most significant feature of their application. Unless work is interdisciplinary, i.e. the various genres interconnect, each applicant is encouraged to apply in a primary discipline and submit a work sample and project description that emphasizes this single discipline. Competition for residencies varies annually and with the number of applications. While only one Fellowship winner will be selected, all applicants will have the option of being considered for a general Ucross residency.

ELIGIBILITY: Residencies are open to Native American writers who meet the criteria below. They must:
Be a practicing contemporary writer who is currently producing works in one or more of the following genres, including but not limited to FICTION, NONFICTION, POETRY, DRAMA, SCREENWRITING, PLAYWRITING, and HYBRID FORMS;
Be an enrolled member of a state-recognized or federally-recognized Tribe, Pueblo, Nation, Native Community, Political Entity, or Alaskan Native Village.

PLAYWRITING WORK SAMPLE: Your sample should represent the genre in which you plan to work while in residence. Writing samples should be double-spaced and include your full name. * Appropriate samples: One complete play (documentation of production may be included, if relevant), noting the 20 pages that you would like the reviewers to read.

HOMINUM JOURNAL open for submissions

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Deadline: June 30, 2024

We are open to receiving other genres of the literary arts, including (but not limited to) hybrid pieces, one-act plays, screenplays, and songwriting. Guidelines for these submissions vary, so if you're unsure drop us an email or just send it along!

All submissions should be emailed to hominumjournal@gmail.com, with the subject line "GENRE-FIRST AND LAST NAME". Please include your submission as an attachment (.pdf, doc(x), or.rtf) along with a brief third-person biography. Cover letters are appreciated. Unless a submission is withdrawn, we ask that you do not submit more than once per reading period.

We appreciate standard conventions, i.e. 12-point Times New Roman or Garamond font. Prose should be double-spaced and poetry single-spaced. However, if deviating from these standards is integral to the artistic integrity of the piece, then by all means do so.

We ask for first North American publishing rights and archival rights on all submissions. All rights revert back to the author upon publication, but we do ask that you mention us in future reprints.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted on the condition that it is acknowledged in the cover letter and we are notified immediately if this work is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept previously published work unless solicited.

CRY HAVOC Company Playlist 2024

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Deadline: June 30, 2024

SUBMISSION FORM

Submissions are now open for the 2024 cycle of PlayList, a short play development series from The CRY HAVOC Company. 

Each participating playwright will complete the project with a submission-ready 10-minute play. 

The 2024 PlayList project will culminate with a public presentation of the play collection. 

This cycle of the series—

PlayList: Duets—focuses on plays for two characters inspired by duet songs. CRY HAVOC is especially seeking artists from underrepresented communities for this project. 

If you are interested in participating in PlayList, please submit:

• a 10-page writing sample and brief description why/how is this sample representative of your work

• a duet song that has particular significance to you and brief explanation - why this song?

• a work of art that evokes “duality” (e.g. painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, dance, etc.) and brief explanation - why this work of art? How does it evoke “duality” to you?

Seeking writers of all backgrounds who are interested in participating in a moderated feedback process to develop their work and the work of others. 

MTC Quill To Act New Play Festival seeks full-length plays

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Deadline: July 1, 2024

Or when they get 100 scripts

*Members of the Dramatists Guild can have the $15 fee waived by producing proof of membership via uploading to the submission page or via email to submissions@murphyscreektheatre.org.

SUBMISSION FORM

Murphys Creek Theatre is now accepting submissions for our 2024 Quill to Act New Play Festival. 

Three finalists will win $100 and have a staged reading of their script.

The winner will have their play workshopped and produced as part of MCT's 2025 Season

Please read ALL of the guidelines and prepare your PDF script accordingly BEFORE starting the submission process.

Basic Requirements:

Full-length drama or comedy, intermission preferred. If there is no intermission, then there is a 75-minute maximum running time allowed. 

MCT Quill to Act presentations are performed in a concert reading style (no costumes, lighting, sound effects, set, or props). The emphasis is on the language and dialogue of the play. Stage directions will be read and are considered part of the running time. Submitted scripts should meet the timing requirement with this in mind.

Previously unproduced. All scripts submitted to MCT must be unproduced and remain unproduced until after MCT’s 2024 Quill to Act festival. Any presentation by a theatre (including non-Equity, regional, or community theatre) DOES count as a production. This includes virtual presentations. College/academic productions and development workshops and readings are exempted.

Maximum of six actors. Doubling (or more) is permitted, provided a doubling plan is included with the cast list.

Submitting author is (or “authors are” when in collaboration) the sole owner(s) of the script copyright.
Document Criteria

Legibly typed 12-point font in standard play script format with 1′′ margins. You can find general play script format guidelines here:

www.playwrightslocal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Samuel-French-Formatting-Guide.pdf

No indication of authorship (your name) on any of the pages. 

– The reading of the scripts is to be blind. Any script received with the author’s name on it will be disqualified.

Submitted as a single PDF – only scripts formatted as a PDF file will be considered.

Page 1: Cover page with only play title and this disclaimer: This script is copyright protected and may not be reproduced, distributed, or disseminated without the prior written permission of the author.

Page 2: Brief synopsis of the play (200-word maximum) and a cast list that includes each character’s name, age, and brief description.

All pages are numbered.

Characters’ names are shown above dialogue.

The end of the play is indicated with Fin or End.

Artistic Merit

Murphys Creek Theatre’s Quill to Act New Play Festival is committed to the presentation of new dramatic work that is uniquely theatrical, has literary merit, and appeals to our audience’s emotions and imagination. Such work invariably reflects an original concept or theme, possesses a clear and cogent structure, and includes characters whose language expresses their individual worldview.

MCT does not accept:

Film or TV scripts
Children’s Theatre
Musicals

We do accept adaptations and parodies of works in the public domain.

Submission Process

Read ALL submission requirements first.

Fill out the submission form (enter your playwright name, script title, contact information, etc.).

Upload membership to Dramatist Guild (if applicable)

Upload your script.

Submit your registration information.

On the confirmation page, follow the provided link to process the $15 submission fee*.

You will receive an email receipt automatically, which lets you know we have your submission and payment. If there is an issue with adherence to our guidelines, MCT will send you an email so the issue can be addressed.

Thank you for sharing your work with MCT!

The Fine Print

Full-Length Scripts

Submissions are limited to one script per author per year. Collaborations are accepted and count as the submission for each author (i.e., a playwright cannot submit both a co-written script and a singularly-authored script in the same year). Once a script has been submitted to MCT, we cannot accept revisions. Please note that MCT does not provide feedback on scripts beyond the talkback following each of the finalists’ readings.

Refunds are not given for plays that are not accepted.

Playwrights whose plays are selected as finalists will be notified by August 31st, 2024, and will be announced publicly in September. 

Stage readings of the finalist scripts are slated for the 10th, 17th, and 24th of October, 2024.

Following the readings, a winning script will be selected from the finalists. The winning script will be produced as part of MCT’s 2025 season. Upon notification of their selection, the winning playwright(s) must sign the Playwright Agreement, providing permission for workshopping and public performance of their script.

All playwrights are responsible for the cost and arrangements for transportation to and from Murphys should they choose to attend in person.

Directors, performers, and technicians for the readings are drawn entirely from a pool of local professional artists.

Questions?
E-mail submissions@murphyscreektheatre.org

North Park Playwright Festival 2024

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Deadline: June 30, 2024

Our goal in building the North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe was to provide a small theater to produce new, untested plays. In support of this goal we have produced the North Park Playwright Festival each October. The festival provides a platform for brand new, short (ten minute), plays written by playwrights from around the world. Over the past seventeen years more than 600 new plays have been produced. We encourage new directors and actors to become involved in theater through the festival as well. Through the North Park Playwright Festival over ninety playwrights, directors, and actors each year are able to showcase their talents. We invite interested playwrights to submit work to the festival. Please follow the guidelines below.

We are looking for:

1. Short new plays (no more than 12 pages, less is fine) that are easily staged and have casts with no more than four people. Our theater is very small and we normally use a minimal set concept in this festival. We have to be able to change sets in just a few minutes as we do six to seven plays each evening of the festival. We don't have space for large casts.

2. We request new work. A play that has had workshops or one or two previous productions is OK, but we are not interested in work that has been produced in numerous other places. Our goal in building the theater was to have a place to produce brand new work and let playwrights have a chance to see their work done for the first time.

3. We seek complete plays rather than excerpts from a larger work.

4. Work will be chosen by the directors we have in the festival. It is not a "contest" and we are not really judging plays in the formal sense. The directors choose the plays we will produce, within the production budget guidelines we give them.

5. Most subject matter is OK. We don't do nudity or off color humor.

6. We ask that all submissions be sent to us via snail mail at the theater. Address is: North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe, 2031 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92104, Attn Summer Golden, Artistic Director. We have too much trouble with differing email, word processing, and computer platform issues to take them via email. Additionally, our selection process requires the directors read the plays submitted and the cost of printing all the plays we receive each year is prohibitive. Please insure submissions have a title page with complete contact information (including email), a character summary, and are in proper script form. There is no charge to enter. No need to go to the post office. You can just staple your play together, put in a business size envelope and drop in the mail. You can print on both sides if you want to save postage.

7. Submissions must be postmarked by June 30, 2024. Please do not send plays by any method that requires a signature from us. We are not often at the theater when delivery occurs. We will email notice of receipt to all playwrights submitting plays.

8. Send only one script. Multiple submissions do not increase chances of production.

General information:

We are trying to support new work and involve actors, playwrights, and directors of all experience levels. We have had a wide variety of artists involved from very experienced to first time directors and actors, to an 8 year old playwright (very short, well received play). We feel having a wide range of experience involved helps the new people learn from the more experienced.

We really appreciate your interest in our theater.

Jeff Bushnell and Summer Golden
North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe
2031 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92104
www.northparkvaudeville.com

Bluebird Theatre Company seeks works for staged readings

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Deadline: June 28, 2024

Bluebird Theatre Company invites you to submit your scripts for consideration at our upcoming Bluebird Salon, happening the first half of August (exact date TBD) at Young Ethel’s in Brooklyn.

Bluebird Salon is a gathering of artists and enthusiasts alike, offering a platform for the presentation and exploration of new works in a staged script reading style. Whether it’s a thought-provoking screenplay, a captivating stage play, or any other form of creative expression, we welcome diverse voices and narratives. See prior shows archived here: https://www.bluebirdtheatre.org/salon

- Email your script to salon@bluebirdtheatre.org by June 28, 2024.
- Include a brief synopsis and any relevant production history.
- Scripts of all lengths and genres are welcome, scripts with 2-5 actors are preferred.

Note to NYC Locals: If you’re a resident of the greater New York area and interested in participating as a reader at the Salon, we’d love to hear from you! Please indicate your availability and willingness to participate and we will get back to you.

Please note: This is an unpaid opportunity for a free event. The sole and unique goal of Bluebird Salon is to offer a platform for emerging voices in the arts to showcase their work and connect with fellow artists.

For inquiries and submissions, please contact salon@bluebirdtheatre.org. 

For further information email info@bluebirdtheatre.org.

Join us as we celebrate the power of storytelling and support emerging voices in the arts community. We look forward to experiencing your creations!

The Playwrights Group Weekly Workshop

                            The Weekly Workshop

Join our nationwide community of playwrights on Zoom. 

It’s a great way to stay connected and motivated.

 

Participating in a weekly workshop can give you the kick you need to see your script through from beginning to end.  You can bring in anything you’re working on — a full length script, a musical, a TV pilot, whatever. And when your script is ready — we’ll present it in a Public Reading. We also bring in Guest Speakers, like Pulitzer Prize winner Margaret Edson (Wit). 

 

 

Sit in on a session and see for yourself!

Tuesdays or Thursdays 7 - 9:30pm EDT

 

Check out our website for more details and rates. 

 

Script Consultations

 

If you don’t have time for the workshop but have a script you’d like some feedback on — just send a PDF of your script and you’ll get a critique via email and/or video conference. See website for rates.

 

Richard Caliban has worked with  individuals on their scripts from all over the world — Indonesia, China, Greece, Australia, Serbia, as well as right here in New York. A script consultation will provide you with feedback on the structural soundness of your story, the dramatic arc of your protagonist, thematic unity and much more.

 

Online One-on-One Courses

 

If you’re looking for more, check out our One on One Online Playwriting Courses:

 

•       The Art of Playwriting

•       Write a Play in 10 Weeks

•       3 Hour Short Course

 

All are with instructor Richard Caliban, and since it’s One on One, the courses can be adjusted to fit your level of experience. 

 

Please visit our website for further Info and Rates: 

 

www.theplaywrightsgroup.com

 

Contact us at 

scripts@theplaywrightsgroup.com

Theatrical Shenanigans - Season 4

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Deadline: June 30, 2024 UK time

Send scripts or questions to rfwscripts@gmail.com

- playwrights can submit to both mini and theatrical shenanigans but they need to be separate emails

- all scripts need to be submitted in pdf form

Theatrical Shenanigans - Season 4

Looking for scripts:

• Between 15 - 20 pages
• Four characters MAX
• Scripts written for audio (Minimal visuals)
• Any theme or subject matter
• No Monologues
• No Musicals
• One Submission per playwright 

Mini Shenanigans - Season 4

• Up to 10 pages
• Four characters MAX
• Scripts written for audio (Minimal visuals)
• Any theme or subject matter
• No Monologues
• No Musicals
• One Submission per playwright 

THE 2024/25 THEATRE503 INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRITING AWARD

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Deadline: June 30, 2024 at midnight

SUBMISSION FORM

Please read our Award criteria carefully, as we will be unable to consider any play or writer that does not meet what we have set out below. If you are a translator or collaborating with a translator, there is further information at the bottom of the page to take into account.

Entry condition

The 2024/25 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award aims to identify and champion debut/early career playwrights.

You are an eligible writer if you have not already had a full-length play of more than 65 minutes produced for 3-4 weeks or more in any theatre, and two weeks or more in a major subsidised theatre/organisation including a national tour. You only have limited international credits where longer runs are not part of a country’s ecology and/or limited screen credits.

• Work must be submitted by the writer or the translator and not through a third party/agent
• The reading process is anonymous. Please do not include your name or contact details anywhere in the text of your script. Your personal information will be held separately
• The online portal will be open for submissions from 9am (GMT) June 1st until 12pm (midnight) June 30th 2024. Any entries received after this time will not be eligible
• Only entries submitted online though theatre503.com/writers/submissions will be accepted.
• Please do not submit any material by any other means. E.g. on paper, email, CDs, digital media
• Please do not submit or include any other material, or include images in your script
• Adaptations or musicals are not eligible
• Plays must be written/translated into the English Language
• Plays (including translations) must never have been professionally optioned, produced or published at the point of submission
• Only one script may be submitted by each writer
• Co-written scripts can be accepted, provided both writers are eligible under our Award criteria – prize money will be shared in the eventuality of a co-written play
• Theatre503 must be informed immediately should you wish to withdraw your play at any point

For Translators

• While we are very keen to encourage first time translators, we are aware that a degree of experience may also help the realisation of the original writers script, so we are open to a wider pool of translation experience.
• Please ensure permission of the original writer has been secured before submitting the translation (and vice versa)
• Should a translated play win the award, the prize money and advance shall be split equally between both parties
• Both parties shall also be credited as winning writer and translator (or as finalists) in all subsequent award information and publicity
• More than one translation can be submitted but each must have a different original writer

By submitting a script for consideration you agree that:

• You are over 16 years of age
• You have not had a play produced for a 3 week run in any theatre, two weeks or more in a major subsidised theatre/organisation including national tours, limited international credits and/or limited screen credits
• The script does not contain any detail of your identity
• You are the writer of the play and exclusively own and control all copyright and all other related rights to the play (and the translator owns and controls the rights to the translation)
• The play is over 65 minutes in length
• The play is an original, unperformed, unpublished work for the stage and has not been produced anywhere in the world. In the case of a translation, this applies to both the English language translation and the work in its original language.
• The play is available for production and unattached to any other theatre or company
• If you are the winner you will receive £3,000 in prize money and £3,000 as an advance against 8% of the gross box office, to grant Theatre503 the exclusive license to produce the play for up to 18 months after the announcement of the award
• Samuel French Ltd, a Concord Theatricals company, will have the exclusive right to publish the winning play in return for an advance to be negotiated in good faith

22nd Annual New Play Festival

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Deadline: July 1, 2024 11:59 PM

SUBMIT VIA SUBMITTABLE

• Submissions are open to any playwright whether from South Carolina, the region, country, or from around the world! 
• Multiple entries per playwright/playwright’s representative is permitted.
• Playwrights must submit a cover letter along with their script that includes a brief summary of the play, a description of the playwright's connection to South Carolina, and a suggestion of the unique perspective or experience provided by the playwright's body of work.
• NO entries may be previously published.
• Likewise, NO entries may have previously fully realized, regionally produced performances through the dates of the Centre Stage New Play Festival 2023 (previous readings and workshops are acceptable).
• Entries may have NO more than seven (7) actors required.
• All entries must be no more than 120 pages, but one-act and full-length plays are welcome.
• Scripts must be in the Traditional or Modern format for plays as defined by the Dramatists Guild. 
• While screenplays and 10-minute plays will NOT be accepted, musicals and plays with music may be submitted.

Lee Review submission guidelines

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Send submissions to leereview@gmail.com with a clear and obvious subject line. Submissions are always open and always free. 

Welcome to Lee Review, Lee University’s official literary magazine. We publish annual online issues with the fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, and photography of students, professors, and writers from around the world.

We believe as humans, we are inherently creative. Lee Review strives to discover, foster, and highlight that natural creativity.

Lee Review accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, plays, translations, essays, art, and photography.

Lee Review includes writing and art from students of all majors, professors, and writers from around the world.

While we strive to be inclusive, please understand our standards and requirements. We will not accept anything with graphic violence or gore, overly sexual content, slurs or hate speech (including but not limited to sexism, racism, and homophobia), blatant emphasis of drugs and/or alcohol, or heavy swearing.

We accept simultaneous submissions and previously published works. Include your name, title and genre of work, and anything else you think is important to know about the work.

To ensure the integrity of all formatting, unless absolutely necessary, please refrain from sending PDFs or documents from Notes or Pages.

Because we are a team of students with classes, jobs, clubs, and other commitments, immediate responses to submissions cannot be expected. We will do our best to get back to you ASAP, but please allow three months for a response before sending another inquiry.

The Garden State New Play Festival: Bridging Art and Community

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Deadline: June 30, 2024

Submissions via Google Docs Form

The New Jersey Play Lab is thrilled to partner with Jersey City Theatre Center (JCTC) and the Department of Theatre and Dance’s BA Theatre Studies Program at Montclair State University on The Garden State New Play Festival, an innovative model that reimagines the approach to new play development and festivals, fostering a supportive environment for playwrights while actively engaging audiences and communities.

Submissions are now open for the inaugural festival which will take place in the spring of 2025. Submissions will be accepted through June 30th, 2024

Plays in all styles and traditions that center around social justice (locally, nationally, or globally) will be considered. Social Justice can mean many things so we encourage playwrights to think broadly, individually, and personally around this topic. 

There are no residency restrictions on submissions, but playwrights will be expected to be in-person in Jersey City on a number of occasions between October 2024 and May 2025. There is assistance with housing but travel costs are not included and will be the responsibility of the playwright.

Playwrights must submit and will be chosen for this new play festival in one of the following categories:Working or Career Playwrights (This category is for writers who consider playwriting to be their primary career path.) 

Beginning or Non-Career Playwrights (This category may include writers who are relatively new to the full-length format, or writers who have been creating plays for years but have opted for an alternative professional career path).

Playwrights should submit:

• a cover letter
• a resume
• a synopsis of the play
• the first 20 pages of the play

Other participants in this multi-faceted festival will include community members from Jersey City-based advocacy groups, student playwrights from local universities and high schools, and an international artist either from abroad, or from one of the area’s thriving immigrant populations.

All of these artists will engage in a 6 month (October-March) development and exchange program under the dramaturgical guidance of The NJPL, with assistance and mentored participation from Dramaturgy Students and Alumni from The BA Theatre Program at Montclair State University .

This new approach to new play development aims to bring artists of all career levels together without barriers of hierarchy, and to blur the lines between artist and audience, while still respecting the integrity of each individual artist’s craft and experience. It aims to frame the art of playmaking as a means of expression and advocacy, and as a tool for deeper understanding of self and one’s surroundings. It aims to detract from an emphasis on quality and viability and place the focus on intention and communication. It aims to serve as a model for how to truly bring audiences into the process of playmaking through cultivating and honoring their own artistic impulses, thus simultaneously inspiring more people to create art and fostering an audience with an appreciation and appetite for new work on the stage.

For more information please contact info@njplaylab.org.

New Work, New Voices 2025

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Deadline: July 1, 2024 @11:59PM EDT

SUBMISSION FORM

New Works, New Voices (NWNV) is an initiative at the Syracuse University Department of Drama created to support the development of musicals by writers and composers whose perspectives have been historically underrepresented in the musical theater canon.

The Syracuse University Department of Drama is seeking submissions for its Spring 2025 New Works, New Voices (NWNV) initiative. NWNV was created to support the development of musicals by writers and composers whose perspectives have been historically underrepresented in the musical theater canon. NWNV is seeking completed musicals or musicals-in-progress from teams who are interested in developing their work with undergraduate BFA students. 

One musical will be selected, to receive a 3-week developmental reading in the Spring 2025 semester, directed and music directed by SU Drama faculty and performed by SU Drama students. NWNV 2025 will take place from 4/4/25 - 4/27/25. The writing team will participate virtually in the evenings during week 1, and will be in residence in Syracuse during weeks 2 and 3 of the rehearsal process (4/13/25-4/27/25), travel and lodging provided by NWNV.

Go Try Play Write June 2024

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Deadline: June 30, 2024

SUBMISSION FORM

June 2024 prompt A revealing prompt. Write a 1 to 6 page monologue of an influencer or a politician or a newscaster where they say a Freudian Slip that reveals something about themselves or the product, issues, or person they’re selling. Like saying “crappy” instead of “happy,” or saying “cousin” instead of “constituent,” etc. They can catch themselves or not.

Winning entries will be performed/read by actors, filmed, shared via social media, and archived on Kumu Kahua Theatre and Bamboo Ridge websites.

Scripts will be submitted to the judges anonymously. Winners will receive $100 and a subscription to Bamboo Ridge Press.

PlayGround-NY Writers Pool 2024

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Deadline:  June 30, 2024 11:59pm ET

Are you a New York-based early-career or aspiring professional playwright? Have you ever wanted to see your plays performed on stage by leading local professional actors? Do you respond well to deadlines?

PlayGround is seeking applications for the fourth PlayGround-NY Writers Pool. Only members of the Writers Pool are invited to submit for the Monday Night PlayGround short play staged reading series, from which each year’s Best of PlayGround are selected. PlayGround releases a prompt on a Friday morning and writers have just four-and-a-half days to write an original ten-minute play inspired by the prompt. Of the submitted scripts, 6 get chosen for a fully-staged, partly-teched, script-in-hand reading led by leading local directors and actors, on fourth Mondays, October-March. Writers not chosen in any given month can participate in PlayGround Recess, with the opportunity to hear their work read aloud by professional actors and receive peer feedback in a private setting.

The PlayGround Writers Pool has featured some of the nation’s most distinguished new writers of the past two decades, including Lauren Yee, Christopher Chen, Jonathan Spector, Geetha Reddy, Vincent Terrell Durham, and Diana Burbano, among others.

POOL REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible, writers must reside within the five burroughs of New York City.

Writers Pool members must commit to submitting for at least four of the six Monday Night PlayGrounds in any season. The submission of a script to Monday Night PlayGround grants PlayGround the exclusive option to stage the play as part of the Monday Night PlayGround and, should it be so selected, to present the world premiere as part of Best of PlayGround and the non-exclusive right to publish the script in the “Best of PlayGround” anthology.

All selected writers must attend a mandatory meeting for the Writers Pool on Monday evening, August 26, 2024.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

To apply for a place in the 2024-25 writers pool, please submit a 10-page max, double-spaced script as a Portable Document Format (.pdf) attachment. Both previously produced and unproduced scripts are eligible. The script must have the playwright’s name, address, email and phone number at the top of the first page and include a detailed cast breakdown, and all pages must be numbered. The script title must be labeled by Lastname_Firstname_Title.

Excerpts from longer works are not accepted but short plays that meet the above requirements and are derived from a longer work are accepted. BIPOC, trans/gender-non-conforming & differently-abled playwrights are encouraged to apply.

Applications must be received by 11:59pm ET on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The 2024-25 PlayGround Writers Pool will be announced on or before August 1, 2024.

The submission form can be found HERE.

For any questions not answered above, email to info@playground-ny.org.

Applications for Irons in the Fire 2025 are now open

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Deadline: Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 11:59pm EDT

ONLINE PROJECT APPLICATION

Irons in the Fire is Fault Line Theatre's year-round reading series of new plays in development.

Every play and every playwright require something a little different, so the format and timeline for each project is malleable. Our only requirement is a public sharing of the piece at some point in the process. Each reading is also supported by a fun social event that brings the Independent Theatre Community together in a meaningful way.

A Few Thoughts Before You Apply

Applications are due Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 11:59pm EST

You can apply with a project as either a writer or director

At this time, we can only accept one application per artist

Projects need not be finished. We accept proposals for pitches, outlines, drafts, and everything in between

There is no set template for each Irons in the Fire project. The only requirement is a public sharing of the piece at some point in the process.

The two lead artists on each Irons in the Fire project– usually a playwright and director– will receive a $1800 stipend.

Fault Line Theatre creates and produces socially relevant, character-driven plays for today’s audiences. We love all sorts of plays that fit into our mission.

Submission Components

You will need to be prepared to upload the following documents:

Project Information Sheet (click here to download)

A maximum 20 Page selection from the proposed script and a brief primer on what we need to know. (Note: Send us your favorite 20 pages, not necessarily the first 20 pages!) If it’s just an outline or pitch try to give us a clear sense of the project. Feel free to submit a pitch deck with images, a text-based outline, or anything in between.

Resume

Music samples, if applicable (links or mp3 files)

Sapphest NYC Summer 2024 seeks 10-minute plays

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Deadline: June 25, 2024 at 5PM

Submit via Google Forms

If you are a queer woman/sapphic playwright and would like to submit a play, please write an 8-10 minute play (must not exceed 10 minutes) inspired by the title of a classic sapphic pop song (think "Good Luck, Babe" "Honey," "Lunch," "Slumber Party," "Where Does the Good Go," "Her Body is Bible," "Lipstick Lover," "Fast Car," etc.) The possibilities are endless. The play should not have more than 4 actors (can have more than 4 characters but must only be played by max 4 actors).

The audience will guess which play is inspired by which classic sapphic pop songs which will all be listed in the playbill. 

*Please note, the play should not be a direct retelling of the song but instead inspired by the title or lyrics of the song. The play does not need to contain exclusively sapphic characters or be a sapphic story. The point is to center sapphic playwrights and directors. Each playwright may submit one play per event.

The plays will be chosen by a committee of queer judges. All plays will be read blind. Information in this survey is collected to help us understand who we are reaching. You will be notified by the first week of July if your play was chosen.

Please fill out the form ASAP (you don't have to have your play ready to submit). The form will close once submissions are full. Play submissions are due via email (sapphestnyc@gmail.com) June 26th at 5pm.

Exhume submissions for Fall 2024

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Deadline: June 30, 2024

We strive to publish visual art, poetry, prose, and drama in order to help writers who discuss queerness and trauma find a home for their works. Though we especially seek submissions that discuss these topics, we accept good writing across the board. We appreciate work that speaks to the human experience on a raw level. Consider works like Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” Jo Ann Beard’s “The Fourth State of Matter,” and John Cheever’s “The Swimmer.” Above all else, we want writing that makes us feel something. Writing can be traditional, experimental, or a hybrid of the two. Surprise us!

We accept both established and emerging artists and writers across the board. We welcome simultaneous submissions, though we ask that you let us know immediately should your submission be accepted somewhere else. At this time we do not accept previously published work.

All submissions should be emailed to exhumeliteraryjournal@gmail.com. 

Please list the genre you’re submitting under in the subject of your email, as well as your first and last name. Please paste your third-person bio, maximum 75 words, in the body of your email and submit your works as attachments in .doc or .docx format. All documents should be submitted in 12 point fonts.

Submit up to 3,500 words of prose in one double-spaced document.

NY THEATER FESTIVAL SPRING/SUMMER and FALL/WINTER 2024

 NY THEATER FESTIVAL

SPRING/SUMMER and FALL/WINTER 2024

25TH CONTINUOUS SEASON

 

THE NEW YORK THEATER FESTIVAL COMPETITION 

for PLAYS and MUSICALS

 TOTAL PRIZES $8,000 • FIRST PRIZE $3,500 • FULL LENGTHS • ONE ACTS • SHORTS • SOLOS

Producing your play or musical is the best way to review and develop your work.

 

TESTIMONIALS

https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/testimonials/

 

ALL PRODUCTIONS CAN OBTAIN A VIDEO RECORDING OF THEIR SHOWS

 

 

WE MAKE A VIDEO RECORDING OF THE PRODUCTION AVAILABLE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS – WE USE FOUR CAMERAS SO PARTICIPANTS HAVE FOUR CAMERAS ANGLES WITH WHICH TO EDIT INTO A COHESIVE CUT.

 

THE FESTIVAL OFFERS RAW FOOTAGE FROM 4 CAMERAS OR CAN SIMPLY DELIVER THE RAW FOOTAGE FROM THE CENTRAL CAMERA’S WIDE ANGLE WHICH CAN FUNCTION AS A RECORDING WITHOUT ANY EDITING REQUIRED.

 

PARTICIPANTS CAN USE THE RECORDING OF THEIR SHOWS AS AN ASSET FOR FUTURE MARKETING AND TO PROVIDE REEL MATERIAL FOR FUTURE INDUSTRY MANAGERS 

 

FURTHERMORE, FILMING THE SHOW MEANS THAT FRIENDS AND FAMILY CAN PURCHASE TICKETS TO ATTEND OVER ZOOM - SPECIFICALLY THOSE WHO CAN'T TRAVEL TO SEE THE PERFORMANCES. THIS MAKES IT AVAILABLE TO ANYONE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY OR THE WORLD

 

When you stage your work, you discover ways to enhance and improve your presentation and story.

This is a unique opportunity to invite people from the industry to see your production! People are more likely to go see a show than to read an unsolicited script - some industry people receive on average thousands of submissions per month. They understand that the journey for a show to be successful often goes through several productions and this is your chance to show that you can start that process! 

Our dedicated team is here to help you get your work out. We are with you from the moment you begin tech rehearsals, all the way through to your closing performance.

You will never be left alone during the process. We will help you choose from the 85 set/furniture pieces we offer to dress your stage for your run, and we will give you a complete crash course on how to use the audio/light/video system in just 3 minutes, which are intentionally designed to be very user friendly. 

 

After we show you how to use the tools we provide and how to best utilize the space, The Festival’s team will provide prime responses to every inquiry, as well as a telephone # you can call anytime during relevant hours throughout the run of your show

 

In 12 years and 22 seasons we have successfully hosted 1,400 plays and 300 musicals, as well as rewarding over 300 participating artists cash prizes.

 

Yours could be the next production onstage!

 

AMERICA'S LARGEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS PLAYWRIGHT-MUSICAL FESTIVAL-COMPETITION

 

To submit to the Festival, go to:

https://NewYorkTheaterFestival.com/ 

Send your submissions now – we only accept submissions from playwrights who lives within 30 miles of Manhattan.

 

A+ Playwriting Contest for Teachers

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Deadline: June 30, 2024

Sixty years as one of the leading play publishers for the educational market has taught us that some of our best-selling shows are written not by professional playwrights, but by teachers who create a play based on the specific needs of their drama program. Once published, these plays are quickly embraced by other teachers who share the same opportunities, challenges and limitations that seem universal in schools.

We want to encourage the development and publication of quality plays written specifically by teachers and other educators. Our A+ Playwriting Contest for Teachers is open to all teachers employed at an accredited K-12 public or private school in the US or Canada. All plays submitted for publication through this contest must have been produced within the past two years at the school where the playwright teaches.

Submissions will be accepted on an on-going basis with a June 30 cutoff each year. All qualifying manuscripts accepted for publication will be considered contest finalists. Pioneer Drama Service reserves the right to forego naming a winner from the finalists, at its discretion.

The contest winner, selected from contest finalists and announced no later than October 31 each year, will receive a $500 royalty advance and a one-time $500 donation to the school theatre program where the play was first produced.

Contest Rules

Only entries submitted in accordance with all rules will be eligible for consideration.
Playwright must be a current or retired faculty member at an accredited K-12 public or private school in the US or Canada.

Only entries submitted with an Official Contest Entry Form will be considered.

Only entries that have been fully staged at the teacher’s school no more than two years prior to the submission date will be considered. We encourage you to take advantage of this production to revise your script as needed before submitting your manuscript.

All entries must be accompanied by proof of production in the form of a copy of the program, a newsletter or newspaper article, a review, a photo or a letter from the school principal.

Contest entries must meet all Pioneer Drama general guidelines and requirements for play submission, which can be found at pioneerdrama.com/playwrights/submit.asp.

Individuals currently published by Pioneer Drama Service are not eligible for this contest. Pioneer Drama Service employees and their families are also excluded.

All manuscripts submitted for this contest will automatically be simultaneously considered for our annual Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest, which is open to all individuals not previously published by Pioneer Drama Service. See pioneerdrama.com for more details.

Questions? Contact us by email or by calling 800-333-7262.

Black Theatre Festival of South Florida 2024

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Deadline: June 21, 2024

SUBMISSION FORM

We are now accepting submissions for the 2024 Festival. 

If you have questions, email BlackTheatreASF@gmail.com. Festival Dates are projected for 10/17-19/2024. We have two submission evaluation periods for works inclusion: Jun 2024 & Jul 2024, or until all spaces are full. First round submissions are due by Jun 21st, 2024. If space allows 2nd round submissions will be due no later than Jul 5th, 2024.

The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award

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Deadline: June 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM ET 

*Please note that the application form on Submittable will automatically close & stop accepting applications at this time.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award is open to New York State playwrights and screenwriters, including those who live within the five boroughs of New York City.

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Must be a working playwright or screenwriter. Acceptable forms of playwriting or screenwriting include stageplays, screenplays, teleplays, libretti, radio plays, and audio dramas. No audio is accepted. 
• Must self-identify as LGBTQ+.
• Must be a current full-time resident of New York State for a minimum of 12 months at the time applications close.
• Must be at least 25 years of age at the time the application closes.
• Cannot be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind.
• Can be past recipients of any NYFA grant or fellowship programs, except past recipients of the The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award.
• Cannot be a NYFA employee, members of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above.

Questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions Page or email apply@nyfa.org

More information on the website here.

The Playwrights Group's Weekly Workshop

The Weekly Workshop

Join our nationwide community of playwrights on Zoom. 

It’s a great way to stay connected and motivated.

 

Participating in a weekly workshop can give you the kick you need to see your script through from beginning to end.  You can bring in anything you’re working on — a full length script, a musical, a TV pilot, whatever. And when your script is ready — we’ll present it in a Public Reading. We also bring in Guest Speakers, like Pulitzer Prize winner Margaret Edson (Wit). 

 

 

Sit in on a session and see for yourself!

Tuesdays or Thursdays 7 - 9:30pm EDT

 

Check out our website for more details and rates. 

 

Script Consultations

 

If you don’t have time for the workshop but have a script you’d like some feedback on — just send a PDF of your script and you’ll get a critique via email and/or video conference. See website for rates.

 

Richard Caliban has worked with  individuals on their scripts from all over the world — Indonesia, China, Greece, Australia, Serbia, as well as right here in New York. A script consultation will provide you with feedback on the structural soundness of your story, the dramatic arc of your protagonist, thematic unity and much more.

 

Online One-on-One Courses

 

If you’re looking for more, check out our One on One Online Playwriting Courses:

 

•       The Art of Playwriting

•       Write a Play in 10 Weeks

 

Both are with instructor Richard Caliban, and since it’s One on One, the courses can be adjusted to fit your level of experience. 

 

Please visit our website for further Info and Rates: 

 

www.theplaywrightsgroup.com

 

Contact us at 

scripts@theplaywrightsgroup.com