Deadline: August 31, 2024 - end of day
The submission process for Capital Repertory Theatre’s Fourteenth Annual NEXT ACT! NEW PLAY SUMMIT is now open!
NEXT ACT!, now in its fourteenth year, is an expansion of Capital Repertory Theatre’s (theREP) commitment to the development of new work. The multi-day summit is also designed to complement the Upper Hudson Valley’s rich diverse populations. NEXT ACT! New Play Summit 14 will take place in April 2025 (exact dates coming soon) and will swirl around the theatre’s 2025 World Premiere Production of “Rosie Is Red And Everybody Is Blue” by John Spellos, the winning script from the 2023 Summit.
The annual summit will feature readings of several never-before produced plays, with additional events throughout.
theREP is looking for scripts that use theatre to address injustices, inequities, and cultural collisions, providing a voice for the unheard on stage, in the workplace, the Capital Region and beyond. Specifically seeking scripts with racial, ethnic, generational, religious and gender diversity. Scripts that engage art and social justice.
Accepting full length plays only.
(No Musicals.)
Pieces written by and featuring POC stories and characters encouraged.
Maximum of 5 actors (doubling is allowed if it works to illuminate the story).
Comedy and Drama welcome!
ELIGIBILITY
Eligible plays cannot have been previously produced, though previous readings are allowed. Plays can have no more than a cast of five (5) actors (doubling is allowed if it works to illuminate the story).
Plays previously submitted to NEXT ACT will not be considered!
Agent and non-agent submissions accepted – both must adhere to the guidelines.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Submissions should be one (and only one) document, either a Microsoft word document OR a PDF file, via email attachment; containing all the materials detailed below.
Said document must include: a short one-paragraph synopsis – illuminating the play’s entire plot including its ending; the character descriptions for the full cast and the first ten (10) pages (and only the first ten pages) of the play.
Submission documents must be void of playwright’s name and contact information.
Electronic submissions only.
Email your submission to nextact@capitalrep.org with 2025 SUBMISSION in the subject line.
Submissions that do not conform to the guidelines stipulated will not be accepted, no exceptions!