ATTENTION WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS!

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The Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company is accepting submissions of one-act plays to be performed during a weekend of staged readings for our “See, Hear, Taste, Touch” series in March.  This event is part of our Women’s Month celebration and will be performed in New York City.

We are only accepting original work by women playwrights.

All plays must be production-ready, typewritten, have 1-6 characters, and must have a running time of 20 minutes or less.

Any genre (comedy, tragedy, etc) is accepted, but the plays must have a fresh plot, sufficient conflict, and a provocative and engaging text.

Deadline for submissions is January 25, 2013 at 10pm EST. 

The Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company cannot offer royalties but can offer a production opportunity.  For inquiries or to submit your work, please email: lbulos@moderndaygriot.org.

Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company is a fiscally sponsored project of The Field, an arts service organization which is not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501 (c) (3) organization serving the New York City performing arts community.  Contributions to Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company through The Field are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information about The Field contact: The Field, 161 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013, (212) 691-6969, fax: (212) 255-2053.  Any contribution that you make to our cause will be greatly appreciated and used for our benefit.

ATHE's Playwrights and Creative Teams Program (PACT) seeks new, previously unproduced short plays

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ATHE's Playwrights and Creative Teams Program (PACT) seeks new, previously unproduced short plays for its 24th annual New Play Development Workshop at the ATHE Conference, at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida, July 31 – August 4, 2013.

We invite playwrights to submit plays ranging in length from 4-10 minutes (scripts over 10 pages long – not including cover page - will not be accepted); there is no restriction on subject matter, style, or intended audience. A jury of readers will select six to eight scripts. Each playwright will be assigned a director, dramaturg, scenographer, and a group of actors; these creative teams collaborate on the scripts throughout the conference in a developmental process (participants may attend the rest of the conference). The workshop culminates in a public, script-in-hand reading of the plays in a SHOWCASE OF SCRIPTS.

The New Play Development Workshop affords playwrights the opportunity to work on their scripts with artists experienced with original material from all over the country and to have their work presented at a major academic theatre conference. In past years, plays which have gone through this process have been published in a PACT Program anthology.  These plays achieve a high rate of success in securing subsequent productions and publication.

PLEASE READ SUBMISSION POLICY CAREFULLY AS INCOMPLETE/INCORRECT SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED:

1. Electronic script submissions, in standard Samuel French playwriting format - 12 point font, character name centered or 3.5 inches from left margin, 1” margin all around - should be emailed to:  charlene@charleneadonaghy.com 
2. Scripts must be no more than ten pages long, not including your cover page.
3. Please remove all playwright identification from the script including name, mailing address and telephone/fax/e-mail
4. Do not send a synopsis or playwright resume
5. In the body of the email include:  Script Name, Playwright Name, Playwright Email, Playwright Telephone Number, Playwright Postal Address
6. In the body of the email indicate that you are willing and able to attend ALL workshop sessions for your play at the time and city as noted above.  Please note there is no compensation for travel or accommodations.
7. Only one submission per playwright will be accepted.
8. Scripts will not be returned.
9. If your play is selected, you will be notified, via email, of the reader’s selection on/about  April 1.
10. To be considered for the NPDW, scripts must be RECEIVED by 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time January 15; late entries will not be read.
11. For additional information, contact Charlene Donaghy charlene@charleneadonaghy.com

Monty Python vs. Theater

Mr. Neville Shunte - railroad playwright

Wilde, Whistler, Shaw

   

 Working Class Playwright

 

40th Annual National Playwriting Competition

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NOTE: open to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at any college or university in the United States

AWARDS
The selected playwright's script will be workshopped, culminating in either a staged reading or a fully realized production by the WSU School of Performing Arts Program. Active participation by the playwright is required. The production will be an associate or participating entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and the script will be submitted to KCACTF for consideration in playwriting award categories.The "prize" for the winner is travel and lodging so that the playwright may attend the production.

JUDGING
Judging will be conducted by a panel of three or more selected from the school faculty and may also include up to three experienced, faculty approved WSU School of Performing Arts students.

RULES
1) The contest will be open to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at any college or university in the United States. Please indicate school affiliation.

2) All submissions must be original, unpublished and unproduced.

3) Both full-length and one act plays may be submitted.
(a) Full length plays in one or more acts should be a minimum of 90 minutes playing time.
(b) Two or three short plays on related themes by the same author will be judged
as one entry. The total playing time should be a minimum of 90 minutes.
(c) One act plays should be a minimum of 30 minutes playing time to a maximum
of 60 minutes playing time.
(d) Musicals should be a minimum of 90 minutes playing time and must include
a CD of the accompanying music.

4) Scripts should contain no more than 4 to 6 characters and setting must be suitable for
an 85-seat Black box theatre.

5) Eligible playwrights may submit up to two entries per contest year.

6) One typewritten, bound copy should be submitted. Scripts must be typed and arranged in professional play script format. See information provided in The Dramatist's Source Book or the following website: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/format.html for instruction on use of professional format. Two title pages must be included: one bound and the other unbound. The unbound title page should display the author's name, address, telephone number and email address if applicable. The bound title page should only display the name of the script; do not include any personal identifying information on the bound title page. Scripts may be submitted electronically to the following web address bret.jones@wichita.edu Submit in PDF format. Please include ALL information requested for mail in scripts with your electronic submission.

7) The deadline for submission is January, 16, 2013 (postmarked). The winner will be announced after March 15, 2013.

8) No entry may be withdrawn after March 1, 2013


SUBMISSIONS
Send manuscripts to:
Bret Jones
Professor of Theatre
School of Performing Arts
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount
Box 153
Wichita, KS, 67260

Phone: (316) 978-3646
Fax: (316) 978-3202
Email bret.jones@wichita.edu

BIG Theatre Company is currently seeking submissions

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BIG Theatre Company is currently seeking submissions for a spring production of "Untitled Poe Project" as part of their FlashWorks Series, which showcases original works inspired by the writings of a single, iconic author or subject matter.

Submissions should be no longer than 15 minutes in length and based on a short-story and/or poem of Edgar Allan Poe. Examples include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Black Cat," "The Bells," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "Eldorado," and so on.

Submissions may be plays, musicals, or other performance interpretations of Poe's work. Please email submissions to bigtheatrecompany@gmail.com with "FlashWorks Series: Poe" in the subject line. 

The deadline for submissions is January 13, 2013.

Call for Scripts: Freshwater Theatre Goes Back to High School

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Freshwater is issuing a call for original one act scripts for our upcoming spring repertory production, Freshwater Goes to High School.  All chosen scripts will be non-exclusively published in an anthology.  Authors will retain all rights to their work and all future royalties.

These scripts should be written to follow the Minnesota State High School League guidelines for one act play competitions (please see link below).   Our goal with this show is to produce an evening of truly new, topical one acts suited in tone, content and length for production at the high school level, and provide new material for high school directors in the region.

Set and costume requirements should be simple, as they must be portable and quickly set up in a competition situation.  Thirty five minutes is the maximum length allowed.

We are looking for pieces that will stretch and challenge young actors.  Just because we are seeking scripts appropriate for teens does not mean the shows cannot grapple with tough issues. Comedies and dramas will be be given equal consideration.

For further rules and guidelines:
http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/publications/code/finepolicy/OAP.pdf

Please send submissions (PDF preferred) or questions to submissions@freshwatertheatre.com by January 15, 2013.

Distilled Theatre Company accepting short plays

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Distilled Theatre Company is now accepting plays for their first short play festival. Plays are welcome that have not been previously produced. Other guidelines: Plays must be contemporary, must contain 5 or fewer characters, and must not exceed 20 minutes in length. Musicals or TYA plays will not be accepted.

To enter your short-play for consideration, please submit the following: an electronic document of your play (word doc or PDF), your contact information, and a short bio to submissions.dtc@gmail.com by January 18th, 2013

Distilled Theatre Company produces high quality and innovative theater that breathes life into original works. While staying true to the vision of the playwright, our work focuses on new plays that are accessible to all theater goers and generate thought-provoking dialogue.

You Heard It Here First, Call for Submissions

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You Heard It Here First, is a free new podcast that connects artists and listeners via the power of the internet. The podcast is simple: a live recording of new or underexposed work that brings together hardworking writers and actors to share their talent with the wider world every single month.

Writers, please email us your dramatic work (30 min or less) and a brief bio to youhearditherefirstpodcast@gmail.com for consideration in an upcoming podcast.

Visit us at youhearditherefirstpodcast.wordpress.com to find out more, and please listen to us on iTunes. We can also be found on Twitter and Facebook.

SEEKING SHORT PLAYS ADDRESSING GUN CONTROL THEMES

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NoPassport invites dramatists, storytellers and poets to send work in the 3-7 minute range and take part in a Theatre Action for weekend of January 26-28, 2013 (to coincide with the March on Washington for Gun Control).

The pieces must be sent by January 15, 2013 to nopassport2013forguncontrol@gmail.com
and able to be read/performed script in hand, no frills.

In DC: Theater J in D.C. has offered to collaborate with NoPassport and host an after-show event at 5 PM on January 26, 2013 after their performance of Bogad: An Enemy of the People at Georgetown University's Gonda Theatre where writers, actors and storytellers can read from their work.

On the national level: NoPassport invites practitioners and theatre venues (professional, academic or otherwise) to join us in this theatre action. Please let us know if you wish to take part and collaborate with us in some way.

On the global level: NoPassport recognizes all too well that gun control is not merely a US issue, but affects all of us. If your local company wishes to join us in this action, do let us know.

Basic information about this theatre action for January 2013 will be live on www.nopassport.org by 5 January 2013.

Live Girls Theater call for submissions

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Live Girls Theater currently seeking the following submissions of plays written by women for 2013:

• 10-minute plays for our 14th annual festival of shorts, Quickies.
  (Plays submitted for Quickies may have had previous productions outside of Seattle, but new works are encouraged.)

• Full lengths and longer one-act plays for our Spring Reading series.
  (These plays may have had public readings but not full productions)

The deadline for submissions is January 7th, 2013. 

Email submissions only.

Please read the submission guidelines below carefully and follow the instructions!

More about the projects:

Quickies is a Live Girls! trademark event and the longest running program. 2013 will bring our 14th installation of this short play event, which includes 7 short plays by women every year, as well as up and coming local directors and actors. Quickies Volume 14 will be performed in association with Theater Off Jackson in June 2013. We are working with the themes of  ”Exploration” & “Discovery” for our 14th edition and plays that fit these themes are highly encouraged (though not required).

Returning for 2013 is our Spring Cupcake Reading Series. We will be presenting readings of 5-8 plays over a week to showcase a wide variety of plays and writers.  Dates and location TBA.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

GENERAL

Please send all submissions to submissions@lgtheater.org
SEND QUICKIES SUBMISSIONS IN A SEPARATE EMAIL FROM WORKS BEING SUBMITTED FOR READINGS.
In the body of your email please introduce yourself. We are always excited about meeting new playwrights! You should also include: any previous production history for plays submitted.  You may include a bio or resume if you like, but they are not required.
Plays submitted should be sent as attachments;  MS Word is preferable (More compatible with e-readers) but PDFs are also accepted.
Deadline for submissions is January 7th, 2013. Submissions will receive a reply no later than the end of February 2013.
FOR QUICKIES

Please put ‘SUBMISSION FOR QUICKIES 14” in the subject line of your email to help us sort submissions.
PLEASE DO NOT send submissions for readings in the same email as your Quickies submissions if you are doing both.
Themes for Quickies 14th edition are “Exploration” & “Discovery.” Plays that fit these themes are highly encouraged (though not required)
Playwrights may submit up to 3 short plays total.  They should be close to a 10-minute running time.
Keep in mind we are a small theater taking the risk to produce new works,  and probably can’t accommodate very large casts or long lists of tech requirements.
FOR READINGS

Please put ‘SUBMISSION FOR CUPCAKE READINGS” in the subject line of your email to help us sort submissions.
PLEASE DO NOT send submissions for Quickies in the same email as your reading submissions if you are doing both.
We are looking for a wide variety of interesting plays for readings.  All styles and subject matter are welcome.
Playwrights may submit up to two plays and should include a brief synopsis of the play along with character descriptions.
Please note if you consider this a finished play or if you are considering or working on editing it.

Seeking new, original musicals to receive readings/ workshop productions in New York City.

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Works selected will meet with a Producer/ Director/ Choreographer to discuss an individual plan for your musical including submitting it to festivals after a series of readings and workshop productions. Musicals selected will have their musical COMPLETELY financially produced as well as turn there work over to an extremely collaborative Director/ Choreographer who will work with the authors the entire time to ensure their work is being handled properly.

To submit, please send a detailed Synopsis of your musical including a Cast List. Please also send a recording of what you consider the best song in the show and a brief context to go with the song (who sings it? When? Why?). Please also send a list of writers including their bios.

DO NOT send any part of the Script or score. This is for your protection and ours.

Submissions will be accepted until March 1st.

Please send submissions to newmusicalssubmit@gmail.com

EMOTIONAL CREATURES: discount ticket code for NYCPlaywrights

A New Play by Eve Ensler

Directed by Jo Bonney

Music by Charl-Johan Lingenfelder 

The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre

At The Pershing Square Signature Center

480 West 42^nd Street (between 9^th & 10^th Avenues)

Featuring Ashley Bryant, Molly Carden, Emily S. Grosland, Courtney Thomas, Sade Namei and Olivia Oguma

Discover, celebrate and embrace your Emotional Creature! From the woman who shattered taboos with The Vagina Monologues, comes a compelling, 90-minute theatrical experience. Tony Award winner Eve Ensler’s new play empowers the Emotional Creature within every human being. Staged by Obie Award-winning director Jo Bonney, with original music by Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, the bold voice of a new generation takes center stage with a cast of six outrageous and talented young actors. You’ll laugh, cry and dance with them as they share the heartbreak and thrills of being a young, alive, Emotional Creature.

"A joyous, girl-powered production!" - The New York Times

"The beautifully insightful, heartbreakingly honest Emotional Creature masterfully evokes the complexities of what it is to be young and female in this modern world." - NY1

"If you know a girl, identify as a girl, used to be a girl or care about girls in general, you'll find playwright, performer and activist Eve Ensler's vibrant new play, Emotional Creature, to be a joyous and empowering exploration of issues facing girls around the globe today." - Associated Press

"Absolutely magnetic!" - Entertainment Weekly

"Empowering and entertaining!" - New York Observer 

"Hilariously touching. If you don't cry, you have a heart of stone." – Backstage

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 Bring a printout of this offer to the Pershing Square Signature Center box office – 480 West 42^nd Street (between 9^th & 10^th Avenues) *Box office opens 75 minutes prior to performance. 

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*Blackout date 12/5. Ticket price does not include $1.50 facility fee. Additional fees apply to online/phone orders    

Yale Institute for Music Theatre seeks three original music theatre works

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The YALE INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC THEATRE (Mark Brokaw, Artistic Director) will select up to three original music theatre works to be developed in an intensive lab setting in New Haven June 3–16, 2013.

Submissions will be accepted October 29, 2012, through January 8, 2013. 

Now in its fifth year, the Yale Institute for Music Theatre bridges the gap between training and the professional world for emerging composers, book writers, and lyricists. The Institute seeks distinctive and original music theatre works by emerging composers and writers to be developed in an intensive lab setting. During a two-week summer residency in New Haven, the Institute matches the authors of the selected works with collaborators, including professional directors and music directors, as well as a company of actors and singers that includes professionals from NYC and current Yale students. The residency culminates with open rehearsal readings of each project, presented as part of the 2013 International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Originally established in 2009 by Yale School of Drama and Yale School of Music, the Institute became a part of the Binger Center for New Theatre in the 2012-13 season.


ELIGIBILITY

The Yale Institute for Music Theatre accepts applications for projects at various stages of development but focuses on work that is ready to be explored musically and dramatically with performers and directors. Submissions cannot have had a professional production.

Book musicals and other imaginative music theatre projects are welcome. Only composers, book writers, or lyricists who are current graduate students; or who have graduated from an accredited degree-granting institution (undergraduate or graduate) within the past five years; or who are current Yale students (undergraduate or graduate) are eligible to apply.

Applicants may only submit one work for consideration. Composers and writers may apply as individuals or as part of a team.

Participants must be available for the full duration of the residency. Each member of the writing team will receive an honorarium of $1,000, as well as round-trip transportation and accommodation.



GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

Submissions will be accepted beginning October 29, 2012, and must be received by January 8, 2013. Note: this is not a postmark date.

All submissions must include one copy of each of the following:

a script with lyrics or a full libretto (no DVDs, videotapes, or photographs);
a synopsis of no more than one page, with a list of characters and instrumentation;
a CD (no audio tapes) of at least 20 minutes of music, including a minimum of five songs accompanied by the sheet music for those songs. Piano and vocals are sufficient, and a composer’s demo is acceptable though not preferred. Studio demos are not necessary. No midi recordings will be accepted. Music files must be in mp3 format. Songs must be in sequence on the CD and clearly noted in the script;
a one-page biography or resume for each creative artist;
the history of the work’s development and a brief description of what the creative team hopes to achieve at the Institute;
a completed application form signed by all collaborators (composer, book writer, lyricist). If the proposed project is an adaptation of an existing work that is not in the public domain, proof of fully secured rights must accompany the submission.
Submissions should be addressed to:

Yale Institute for Music Theatre
c/o Yale School of Drama
P.O. Box 208244
New Haven, CT 06520-8244

For more information about the Yale Institute for Music Theatre or the application process, please email yimt@yale.edu or call (203) 432-8117.

All applicants will be notified of selection by March 15, 2013.

Shoestring Radio Theatre accepts submissions from writers

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"Shoestring Radio Theatre" accepts submissions from writers. We are always looking for good, original radio plays of any genre. We have produced dozens of scripts submitted by writers from all over the world who originally found us on the web.

Format
Your script needs to be a radio play (i.e. no stage directions or visual cues). We do not accept stage plays or screenplays. Radio drama scripts should include only things you can hear—i.e. dialogue, sound effects and music cues (stings, transitions, etc.). There is no industry standard for radio drama script layout, so we will leave the exact formatting up to you; just make sure that it's easy to distinguish the dialogue from the sfx and music.

Length
To fit into our weekly 30-minute broadcast, plays can be a maximum of 28 minutes long (most scripts are about one minute per page but it depends on the formatting). Therefore, we accept 25-28 minute plays (which air in one part) and 50-56 minute plays (which air in two parts). We also accept shorts, which can be up to 10 minutes in length.

Fame Not Fortune
As a non-profit organization which really does operate on a shoestring budget, we do not pay for scripts at this point in time. However, if we produce your play, we absorb all production costs and it will air nationally on public radio stations across the country (including our RealAudio simulcast). You will also receive a copy of the finished production.

Agreement
If we accept your script, we will send you a writer's agreement, which:

• Grants us permission to produce your script
• Grants us Public Broadcasting rights to the finished production
• Grants you, the writer, all rights to the original script

Feedback Policy
Unfortunately, due to the volume of scripts we receive, we cannot provide feedback on your scripts. Please do not be discouraged if we reject your submission. We reject scripts for any number of reasons, including excessive length, unsuitable content, and sometimes writing quality. Unfortunately, even if we really like the idea, we do not have time to work with writers to improve their scripts. Our advice is to keep writing as much as possible to gain experience, show your scripts to others for feedback, and take writing classes if you feel it would be helpful. Good luck!

Mailing Address and Email Address

We accept both hard copies of scripts and email submissions.
Please mail scripts to:

Monica Sullivan, Producer
Shoestring Radio Theatre
P.O. Box 590163
San Francisco, CA 94159-0163
U.S.A.

You can email scripts in Microsoft Word, PDF or Text Tile format to:
srt@shoestring.org

CALL FOR SCRIPTS: M-NCPPC ONE-ACT MUSICAL

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DEADLINE JANUARY 15, 2013

The Maryland-National Capital Parka and Planning Commission, Arts & Cultural Heritage Division in Prince George's County, announces a call for submission of original scripts, in English, musical or non-musical, to be used for the annual children's theatre production that tours Prince George's County as part of M-NCPPC programs. Intended audience is children 6 to 12 years of age. The play will be developed as a musical and performed by actors aged 16 to 20. Awards of $1,000.00 will be presented to finalists, whose plays shall be developed during the Spring of 2013 and produced by M-NCPPC during the Summer of 2013, at its sole discretion. Up to two First Prize Awards may be chosen. A play submitted with full musical score including recorded soundtrack suitable for performance use shall be eligible for an additional award of $1,200 for Musical Composition. 

Guidelines: Original plays to be submitted may be new, original conceptions or may be adaptations or dramatizations of fairytales, myths or other works. If adapted material is submitted, written proof must also be submitted indicating that the material used for the script is in the public domain. Only one submission per playwright or collaborating team will be permitted. 

A collaborating team, who will share the First Prize Awards, may write the book, lyrics and musical score. In the case of a play submitted as book and lyrics only, a composer will be selected by The M-NCPPC to score the music and produce the recorded soundtrack. 

Submissions must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2013.

Total Playing Time, must be 45 minutes minimum to a maximum of one hour.
Plays submitted must limit to no more than ten (10), the number of actors needed to perform the piece, although actors may perform more than one role. Scenic elements are set-up by the actors in 30 minutes before each performance and are loaded out after each performance. Plays should not be dependent upon theatrical lighting instruments. Plays may call for a pre-recorded musical sound track and other sound cues, but cannot require a live orchestra or band for production. Electronically synthesized music or pre-recorded piano accompaniment is acceptable. 

For additional information contact christel.stevens@pgparks.com, telephone 301-446-3238, TTY 301-446-6802.

Thespian Production is seeking one-act scripts for its 2013

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Thespian Production is seeking one-act scripts for its 2013 "Theatre Madness" showcases.  We are also looking for scripts dealing with the issues of domestic violence and "going green".  Scripts for the "Theatre Madness" showcases must not be longer than fifteen minutes.  Scripts for domestic violence awareness and "going green" cannot be longer than twenty minutes.  Please send submissions to charsunshine64@gmail.com or submissions@thespianproduction.com.

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10-minute play wanted for the Abingdon Theatre Company’s THE COLD CASE CRISIS PLAYS Benefit Challenge Series

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

New York/Metropolitan Area Only 

Abingdon Theatre Company’s

BENEFIT CHALLENGE SERIES

THE COLD CASE CRISIS PLAYS

Dear Playwright,

You are invited to submit an original 10-minute play to Abingdon Theatre Company’s THE COLD CASE CRISIS PLAYS Benefit Challenge Series. This effort engages artists who support a theatre dedicated to new plays.

Our Cold Case Crisis Benefit Challenge Series asks you to unleash your creativity by writing a short play where a character deals with or is confronted by a person, item, or unresolved issue that has been long gone, dormant or missing but has been suddenly reactivated.  It can be an internal revelation or an external force where the character is driven to seek resolution.  This resolution may not be successful.  Be creative!  Consider all forms of the cold case, from a missing person or item, to an unsolved crime, to an unresolved relationship.

We strongly encourage original play submissions that are developed for this presentation.

Using your skills and imagination, write an original play that will be presented as a staged reading on the set of Abingdon’s next production, BODEGA BAY, by Elisabeth Karlin and directed by Sturgis Warner.   The Benefit Challenge Series seeks plays written in any style that reveal a fresh plot, sufficient conflict and a running time of 10 minutes, maximum. Plays are due at midnight on Friday, January 11, 2013.  SERIES A performs on Tuesday, February 5, and SERIES B performs on Tuesday, February 12. Are you ready? Here are the guidelines. Please read carefully! 

GENERAL GUIDELINES:

1. Abingdon presents the play. We provide the actors, directors, stage manager, rehearsal space and the theatre (the 55-seat Dorothy Strelsin Theatre at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, 312 W. 36^th Street, NYC).  There is no fee or cost to the playwright!
2. This is also a fundraiser to support Abingdon’s New Play Development Program. ALL participants are donating their time and talent, and HELPING TO RECRUIT AN AUDIENCE. Our goal is to fill every seat in the house!  The suggested audience donation is $10.
3. Each playwright and director will be able to attend the staged reading of their script in designated seating.
4. Every play gets two performances.

Please make sure you follow all submission requirements.

SCRIPT GUIDELINES:

1.     Your play must adhere to the theme of a cold case.

2.     Your play must define the setting.  The stage is a raised, open platform.  Your play can take place in or out of doors.  Available set pieces are a table and 2 chairs.

3.     Write for a cast of 2-3 actors (any age, race, ethnicity, or gender).

4.     We prefer scripts that can be staged without relying on stage directions. If stage directions are necessary, please keep them to a minimum.

5.     Your script will be presented as a staged reading in accordance with AEA guidelines. Keep production values to a minimum. Costumes are at the discretion of the director and the willing cooperation of the actors. No hand props can be used.

6.     Plays should be in standard script format: 12 point font, 1” margins on all sides, and character names on a separate line. On your title page, please include your contact information (phone, email and address).  Be sure to number all pages.

7.     Submit scripts in MS-Word - preferred - or PDF format.

8.     Scripts longer than 10 pages – title and character breakdown pages are not counted – will NOT be considered.  Regardless of the number of pages, the running time MUST be no more than 10 minutes!

9.     You may only submit one script for consideration.

10.  Playwrights must attend the staged readings of their play.  Please specify your availability for SERIES A (2/5), and/or SERIES B (2/12). If you are available for either slot, let us know that, too!

11.  We encourage you to attend rehearsals, if possible.  The schedule will be determined later.

12.  The deadline for script submission is midnight, January 11. Up to 12 scripts will be chosen.

HOW TO SUBMIT:

1.     Email your scripts to Bara Swain at Bswain@abingdontheatre.org

2.     Write in the subject line: COLD CASE SUBMISSION / Your Name

3.     In the body of the email, send your complete contact information (name, phone, email address) and a one-line summary of your play as well as your availability (Series A and/or Series B).

4.     You will be contacted regarding your script’s status in mid-January.

If you have any questions, contact Bara Swain or Kim T. Sharp, Co-Producers. For more information on Abingdon Theatre Company, see our website at www.abingdontheatre.org. We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Bara Swain

Bswain@abingdontheatre.org

Kim T. Sharp

Ksharp@abingdontheatre.org

Co-Producers

Abingdon’s Benefit Challenge Series

Seeking Writing Submissions for a new piece exploring War, Family, Grief, Anger and Love in the legacy of the Vietnam War

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Poetic Theater Productions and Project Agent Orange are looking for writers to collaborate on a new poetic theater movement piece for a reading in Poetic Theater Productions' second annual festival of new poetic theater, Poetic License, January 21-27, 2013 at Wild Project located in the East Village in NYC.  Particularly looking for writers who identify as one of the following: Vietnamese, Asian diaspora, veterans of the Vietnam War or their descendants.

Please send a short 3-12 minute script written as a monologue, dialogue, ensemble told story, a poem, or narrative aligned with the description of the show below to submit@poetictheater.com by 3PM on Monday, January 7th. 

Poetic Theater Productions seeks to define the modern genre of “poetic theater” by connecting and fostering a community of artists who are passionately creating relevant and accessible work and reinvigorating a conscious theater of language.  Through a multi-runged platform of developmental programming, Poetic Theater Productions offers resources and opportunities for poets, playwrights, and theater artists to develop new work and see it through to production. PTP seeks out and creates opportunities to connect with communities affected by the issues of topic within our productions, in NYC and nationwide, through collaborative projects and exchanges of art and ideas.  Poetic License is Poetic Theater Productions' festival of new poetic theater.  The festival will run Jan 21-27th 2013 at the Wild Project in New York, NY. www.poetictheater.com

Project Agent Orange is a movement company dedicated to understanding how war is inherited in the body. Founded by Natalia Duong in 2010, the interdisciplinary movement and research collective is interested in what movement can illuminate about trauma and memory through live performance. The work draws on testimonies from people affected by Agent Orange, ethnographic studies conducted through community devised performance in Vietnam, as well as research in Trama Studies, Affect Studies, and Performance Studies. The company recently performed three nights of an evening length show to sold out audiences at Dixon Place in Lower Manhattan and has toured to Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New Jersey. PAO was the recipient of a space and production grant in Chen Dance Center's newsteps program, a featured artist in a4's Locating the Sacred Festival, and was nominated as a recommended artist for New York Live Arts' Fresh Track Series. projectagentorange.blogspot.com

Questions? Email info@poetictheater.com.

We look forward to reading your submissions!

Little Festival of the Unexpected

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Submissions for the upcoming Little Festival of the Unexpected are accepted year-round on a rolling basis (we are currently reading for the 2013 festival).

All submissions received after January 1 will be considered for the following year's Festival.

Only scripts and samples of full-length plays are considered for the Festival.

•  Literary agents may submit complete scripts on behalf of their clients at any time.
•  Playwrights who do not have agents may submit 10-page dialogue samples for consideration. Dialogue samples must be accompanied by a synopsis, production history and character breakdown.
• Plays are eligible for development at the Little Festival of the Unexpected only if they have not previously been professionally produced or workshopped with Equity actors. This restriction includes Actors Equity showcase and waiver productions. Plays that have had readings or non-AEA productions are still eligible.

Only one submission is accepted per playwright in a given year.
Submissions of 10-page samples (from playwrights) must be sent by U.S. Mail only - no e-mails, faxes, etc.

Submit by mail to:
Portland Stage Company
Attn: Literary Manager
P.O. Box 1458
Portland, ME 04104

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Mixed Blood submission guidelines

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Mixed Blood welcomes submissions of contemporary plays that pursue and realize the company’s mission and aesthetic. Mixed Blood uses theatre to address pluralism, usually manifest in race, culture, language, disability, gender, nationality, affectional orientation, and political worldview. Predictably unpredictable, the theatre particularly invites polyglot plays, scripts from the global stage, and work that advances the art form. We prefer e-submissions.

If you think you play might be a good fit for us, please send a query letter, your bio or resume, a brief synopsis, and a 10-page sample of your play to the Mixed Blood Literary Manager - literary@mixedblood.com

Our Mission


Mixed Blood Theatre, a professional, multi-racial company, promotes cultural pluralism and individual equality through artistic excellence, using theater to address artificial barriers that keep people from succeeding in American society.

Our Vision
To be the definitive destination where theater artists and audiences representing the global village can create and share work that spawns a ripple effect of social change and revolutionizes access to theater.

Our Core Values
Pluralism
Mixed Blood’s programming, audience, artists, board and staff model a plurality of coexisting peoples that makes the broadest range of human differences acceptable to the largest number of people.

Excellence
The company’s evolution is toward better programs and operations that ensure artistic excellence, operational efficiency and financial solvency.

Egalitarian
Mixed Blood offers an environment of transparency and consideration that is in keeping with the company’s mission of individual equality.

Predictably Unpredictable
Mixed Blood advances its artistry and mission through the selection and production of bold, new, and risk-taking programming.

Broad Focus
Mixed Blood connects its decisionmaking to a broader perspective by asking and answering “how does each significant decision advance Mixed Blood, its communities, and the regional theatre movement?”

Playdough is seeking new plays and musicals

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Playdough is a brand new company dedicated to molding new live events and performances with only the most inspiring writers and directors. Right now, Playdough is seeking new plays and musicals to be produced in their 2013 reading series. Small cast shows will be given preference.

Playdough has a unique and personal submission process. Interested applicants must email a sample scene (no more than 5 pages), 1-3 sample songs (if a musical) and a short paragraph about the personalities already working on the project. From this submission, select writers will be invited to PlayDate Appointments (Jan 17 and 18) to meet the Playdough Staff and present their best elevator pitch. After these pitches, Playdough will request scripts for the pieces they are interested in before choosing the first plays for their inaugural reading series.

Playdough is focused on having fun and vibrant hard-working experiences and therefore seeks to work with only open and growth minded individuals driven by love of what they do.

Playdough will bring chosen pieces to their next stage in the creative development process, producing workshops and productions until the pieces are ready to enter more commercial environments.

Email sample scenes, songs and how awesome your team is to info@playdoughproductions.com. Full scripts are not accepted at this point.

2013 NATIONAL LATINO PLAYWRITING AWARD

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Seeks unproduced, unpublished full-length & one-act plays (50 pp min) on any subject by Latino playwrights currently living in the US, its territories or Mexico for the Latino Playwriting Award. Submissions may be in English, Spanish or combination. Winner receives $1,000 & poss inclusion in Arizona Theatre Company’s Café Bohemia play reading series.

2013 National Latino Playwriting Award Guidelines:Latino playwrights residing in the United States, its territories, or Mexico are encouraged to submit scripts for the Award.  Each script will be read and evaluated by a culturally diverse panel of theatre artists. Finalists will be judged by ATC artistic staff.

Deadline for Submission:
Scripts must be postmarked by December 31, 2012. 

Submission Procedure:
We respectfully ask that you adhere to the following application requirements:

• Submit one script, securely bound by brads, a three ring binder, a presentation folder or any other non-permanent binding system. Please do not send a script that has been spiral-bound.
• Please include a title page on the script that includes the play's title, the author's name and contact information (including a phone number, mailing address and email) on the front page.
• Include a cover letter of no more than one-page, describing the play's developmental history and any other relevant information about the play.

Mail manuscripts to:
 National Latino Playwriting Award
ATTN: Katherine Monberg, Literary Assistant
Arizona Theatre Company
343 S. Scott Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
We do not accept scripts via email.

One playwright will be awarded $1,000 and the possible inclusion of the winning play in Café Bohemia, ATC's unique play reading series.

Eligibility
The award is open to all Latino playwrights currently residing in the United States, its territories, or Mexico.

Scripts may be in English, English and Spanish, or solely in Spanish. (Spanish language and bilingual scripts must be accompanied by an English translation.)

Plays must be unpublished and unproduced (professionally) by the time of submission.

Full-length and one-act plays (minimum length, 50 pages) on any subject will be accepted.

Selection Process
Scripts will be read by a culturally diverse panel of theatre artists. The award-winning play will be selected from a group of finalists by ATC's senior artistic staff.

Scripts
Scripts become the property of Arizona Theatre Company and will not be returned. In this case, "property" means the physical property of the theatre, not the intellectual property or any rights to the play.

Announcement
The winner will be notified by August 1, 2013.

For More Information:
Katherine Monberg, Literary Assistant
kmonberg@arizonatheatre.org

2012 – 2013 PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT CONTEST

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The Colonial Players theatre in historic Annapolis is hosting a Promising Playwright Contest for unpublished scripts of all lengths and genres except musicals.

To be considered eligible, playwrights must be residents of one of the original thirteen colonies, West Virginia, or the District of Columbia. 

The scripts must be original or adapted with permission, and cast size is limited to 10 actors. The winning script will be offered as a staged reading at the culmination of a summer 2013 weekend workshop. The playwright will be awarded a $1000 cash prize. Detailed contest guidelines and an application form are available on the Downloads page of our website. Scripts can be submitted by mail or electronically and must be received or postmarked no later than December 31, 2012. For more information, contact promisingplaywright@thecolonialplayers.org.

2012 – 2013 PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT CONTEST GUIDELINES

1. The competition is open to any aspiring playwright residing in any of the states descendant from the original 13 colonies (Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia), West Virginia, or Washington, D.C.

2. The Colonial Players, Inc. will accept mailed entries only if they bear postmarks between September 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. Consideration will not be given to plays received with postmarks before or after this time period. Plays submitted electronically via email must be received by Colonial Players between September 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. Consideration will not be given to plays that do not comply with these deadlines.

3. The winning play/playwright will be announced no later than May 1, 2013.

4. The Colonial Players, Inc. will present the winning playwright with a cash award of $1,000. The winning play / playwright will be given a weekend-long workshop with participation by the playwright in a rehearsed reading by The Colonial Players, Inc. In addition, The Colonial Players, Inc., at its sole option, may choose to give the play a fully staged production at a future date.

5. The Colonial Players, Inc. will consider one-act and full-length plays. Cast size is limited to ten actors or fewer. Musicals are not eligible.

6. To enter the Contest, contestants must submit:

a. the complete script, 

b. a synopsis (two-page limit) of the play,

c.  any ten (10) consecutive sample pages from the script, and 

d. a completed application form with check-off list (see website).

7. If mailed, the complete script must be typewritten and firmly bound in a cover; no brads, no staples, and no ring binders. For all submissions, entries must comply with all requirements set forth in the Application Form, No. 4, items a through f. The author's name should appear only on the application, not anywhere on any other material. Scripts provided on electronic media (CD, USB drive, etc) will not be considered.

8. The Colonial Players, Inc. will consider only one submission per author or collaborative team. Plays submitted that do not conform to these requirements will not be considered.

9. Plays submitted must be free of royalty and copyright restrictions that would prevent The Colonial Players, Inc. from workshopping or producing the play.

10. No responsibility can be assumed by The Colonial Players, Inc. for lost manuscripts. All reasonable care will be taken to avoid loss. Scripts will not be returned unless accompanied by a manuscript size, self-addressed, and stamped envelope.

11. Printed manuscripts must be sent to The Colonial Players, Inc., Promising Playwright Contest, 108 East St., Annapolis, MD 21401. Electronic copies must be sent to promisingplaywright@thecolonialplayers.org.

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL: NEW PLAY SUBMISSION

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NEW WORKS FESTIVAL: NEW PLAY SUBMISSION

Scripts must be received by January 1, 2013 to be considered for the 2013 Festival.

Each year, Kitchen Dog Theater selects one original script to receive:
* A fully staged production (as part of our regular season – a five-week run)
* Paid travel to Dallas, TX (if necessary) to work with the Director, Cast and Crew
* Royalty stipend (amount TBD)
* Seven other original scripts will be selected for staged readings as part of the Festival (travel not included).

Prospective scripts must meet the following guidelines:
* Full-length plays only (preferably one hour or longer)
* Submitted scripts must be type-written
* Completed scripts only
* Do not include a synopsis and/or reviews (if any) of the play
* Ideally have between one and five actors (character doubling acceptable)
* There are no restrictions on play content.
* Only one script per playwright may be submitted.

All unproduced scripts will be recycled.

Please send your script with cover letter to:
Attn: Tina Parker, Co-artistic Director
Kitchen Dog Theater
3120 McKinney Avenue, Ste. 100
Dallas, TX 75204.

DO NOT EMAIL SCRIPTS. ONLY COMPLETE SCRIPTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

DEADLINE for 2013 New Works Festival: RECEIVED BY JANUARY 1, 2013

SEEKING SHORT MONOLOGUES/DIALOGUES FOR ONLINE SECOND LIFE PRODUCTION

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The Critique Speaking Contest is not only your opportunity to share your experience, but get a short video made of that experience!

• All submissions will be read. 
• In February 2013, 25 will be chosen to receive a reading live by the Avatar Repertory Theater on the virtual world, Second Life, produced by The Sanity Patrol Players.
•  Recordings of these readings will be posted on The Sanity Patrol website. 
• For the month of March, anyone and everyone will vote for their favorites. 
• The Sanity Patrol Players will produce videos of the top 3-5 pieces on Second Life. (see examples of the videos) 
• Videos will be posted on YouTube and The Sanity Patrol Press website in May 2013.

Submission Guidelines

1.    Submissions must be 500-1000 characters in length.

2.    Entries must be a monologue for Tikka or a dialogue between Tikka and Arthur.

3.    The point of view must be that of Tikka.

4.    Submissions can be real, fictional, speculative, or anything in between.

5.    Do not include stage directions unless absolutely necessary.

6.    Submit entries in an email to: contest@thesanitypatrol.com

7.    Maximum of 5 entries per person

8.    Winning writers maintain copyright and license The Sanity Patrol for noncommercial use of the material

9.    DEADLINE: December 31, 2012

About Tikka. Tikka loves literature, plays, movies and games. She also loves authors – they possess a magic that transports her into alternative realities. From her own efforts at writing, she has learned that developing a new work requires she not only understand the rudimentary elements of story, but learn ways to best communicate with authors.

About Arthur. Arthur identifies himself as an author. Like most authors, one minute he’s articulate and profound, and the next he’s self indulgent and goofy. Sometimes he’s earnest and open to feedback, and others he’s smug and cynical. He recognizes he needs help and establishes a relationship with Tikka.

About Second Life. Second Life is a virtual world that anyone with a computer and online access can access for free. Participants select (or design) an avatar they can maneuver through the many environments built by other participants, attend live concerts and theater, shop for all kinds of dazzling fashion and role play under a wide range of circumstances.

About The Sanity Patrol Players. Since 1998, The Sanity Patrol Players have produced live theater, industrial theater, virtual theater and mixed reality theater.

About Avatary Repertory Theater (ART). Founded in 2008, ART is a troupe of actors, graphic artists, pro­gram­mers, musicians and sound eng­ineers from all over the globe to produce virtual theater on Second Life.

About Critique Speak. Critique Speak is an upcoming comprehensive graphic ebook on the language of constructive feedback. Tikka and Arthur serve as the main characters.

The Spring 2013 Ten Minute Play Workshop

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The Spring 2013 Ten Minute Play Workshop (TMPW) sessions are now open for signups and script submissions.

Each week, we host online workshopping sessions for ten-minute plays. All sessions happen online (you just need a webcam or a telephone to participate) and are recorded and posted on the Ten Minute Play Workshop website (tenminuteplayworkshop.com).

Submit your script to be workshopped, or join in as a workshopper to help the community grow!

You can hear last semester's workshops, read the script submission details, and sign up for TMPW sessions at http://tenminuteplayworkshop.com. We hope you join in the fun!

Submissions wanted for EAST VILLAGE CHRONICLES

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Submissions Accepted through December 28th, 2012 
for Metropolitan Playhouse's Annual New Short Play Festival

EAST VILLAGE CHRONICLES

Seeking new plays inspired by the life and lore
of the East Village/Lower East Side
Theme: The American Dream

Guidelines: www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/EVC9guidelines

Metropolitan Playhouse, New York's OBIE Award-winning explorer of America's theatrical heritage, is currently accepting submissions for new plays inspired by the life and history of New York's Lower East Side. Plays should respond to The American Dream as it relates to life in the East Village of today and in eras past.

Plays should be of up to 30 minutes in length, and able to be performed by no more than 5 actors. Metropolitan will cast and stage the productions on its 3/4 thrust stage in our 51 seat theater at 220 E 4th Street, as part of the 4th Annual East Village Theater Festival, scheduled to run from April 15th - May 5th, 2013.

Playwrights of selected plays will receive and honorarium of $50.00.

Completed scripts must be RECEIVED, by mail or e-mail, by 5:00 pm Friday, December 28, 2012.

Metropolitan Playhouse
220 E 4th Street
New York, NY 10009
East Village Chronicles, Vol. 9 is the theater's 9th festival of new, one-act plays that celebrate and explore the varied history and eclectic culture that have defined Manhattan's Lower East Side (within any of its disputed borders.)  Combined into two, distinct evenings of short plays, which run on alternating nights over three weeks, the presentations will include a variety of styles and tones, unified by their being clearly related to life in the theater's neighborhood.

For further information, visit www.metropolitan playhouse.org/EVC9guidelines

Inquiries: Alex Roe 212 995 8410 or EVC9@metropolitanplayhouse.org

Eudora Welty New Play Series

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Dedicated to the discovery and nurturing of new playwrights and new plays. Professionally staged readings will be conducted of three selected plays from those submitted to the series. The playwrights will present at these readings and honored at a reception following. The top play will receive a cash award. One or more of the plays may be included in the regular season with a full production on the main stage.

GUIDELINES: Plays which have been produced professionally are ineligible. (Eligibility not affected by workshops, readings, community or academic production)

Plays must be full length

No musicals or children's plays are accepted at this time

Please include with the script, a synopsis of the play, a character breakdown, production requirements, time and place, a production history, and playwright's biography.

SUBMISSIONS: New Stage Theatre will begin accepting submissions for the 2012 Eudora Welty New Plays Series on March 1, 2012.  

The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2012.

Please note: Any plays submitted after this date will be considered for the following year's series. Three selected plays will be announced and staged readings will take place in the Spring of 2013.

Mail hard copies of plays or letters of inquiry to the address below: manuscripts will be returned only if accompanied by self addressed and stamped envelope; acknowledgement of receipt only with enclosed SASE or postcard.

Eudora Welty New Play Series
New Stage Theatre
1100 Carlisle Street
Jackson, MS 39202

Playbills from the Playbill Vault

Musical - Original
Winter Garden Theatre
First Preview:September 23, 1982
Opening Date:October 7, 1982
Closing Date:September 10, 2000

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: T.S. Eliot

A group of cats prowl a junkyard and compete for the honor of ascending to the Heaviside layer in order to enjoy another of their nine lives, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of a book of T.S. Eliot poems.
More about CATS

Musical - Original
Uris Theatre
First Preview:February 6, 1979
Opening Date:March 1, 1979
Closing Date:June 29, 1980

Lyrics & Music: Stephen Sondheim
Book: Hugh Wheeler

A barber who was unjustly imprisoned for years by a corrupt judge returns to England bent on revenge — a revenge that turns indiscriminately murderous, leading his resourceful accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, to bake the victims into meat pies.
More about SWEENEY TODD

Drama - Original
Henry Miller's Theatre (February 04, 1938 - February 12, 1938)
Morosco Theatre (February 14, 1938 - November 19, 1938)
Playwright: Thornton Wilder

The Stage Manager guides audiences through a small New England town in the early 1900s, as its inhabitants grow up, get married and discover the beauty of life

More about OUR TOWN

Play - Original
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
First Preview:January 30, 1983
Opening Date:February 22, 1983
Closing Date:February 22, 1983

Playwright: Arthur Bicknell

The owners and a group of guests at a hunting lodge in the Adirondacks discover that a murderer is among them.

More about MOOSE MURDERS

Coriolis Theater Company is now seeking one act and full length scripts

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Coriolis Theater Company is now seeking one act and full length scripts to be considered for our 2013-2014 season!  Coriolis Theater seeks to build innovative, collaborative, and authentic performances for the new 21st century audience. The piece can be of any genre and of any length.

Please include a short cover letter and a brief description of the play.

Deadline: 12/31/2012

To submit, please send your script attached to submissions@coriolistheater.org.

One-Act Plays Wanted

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The Second Street Players of Milford, DE is looking for original one act plays and directors!  We're looking ahead to the Delaware Theatre Association (DTA) Festival of one act plays in March 2013 that will be hosted by Possum Point Players in Georgetown, DE. Anyone interested in working on this project to be considered for festival entry should send inquiries to Susan Newark at snewark@msn.com.

The Brick Oven

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The Brick is now accepting submissions for its new play reading series, The Oven.

Each month, The Brick will pair a playwright with a director, dramaturg, and team of actors to work in depth on their script over the course of one week. At the end of each development period, The Brick will present a public reading at its space in Williamsburg.

Plays must be full-length, between 45 minutes and 2 hours in length, unproduced and original. Only one submission per playwright. Preference will be given to plays that embrace The Brick’s mission and aesthetic.

There are no geographic limitations on who can submit, but please note that all rehearsals will take place in New York, and playwrights are responsible for their own expenses.

Plays that have had readings or workshops in NYC during the past six months will be ineligible. To apply, send a cover letter, resume and PDF or Word file of the play to oven@bricktheater.com.

St. Louis Actors' Studio seeks plays for LaBute New Theater Festival

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Each July, beginning in 2012, St. Louis Actors' Studio will produce the "LaBute New Theater Festival."

The Theater Festival will run yearly at the Gaslight Theater, 358 North Boyle Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108( Inaugural event July 5-28, 2013)

Submissions will be accepted October 1 through December 31, 2012. Successful entries will have no more than four characters, and be crafted specifically to exploit our intimate performance space. (18' x 18' stage) Changes in scenery or setting should be achievable quickly and with few major set moves.  Our focus is on fundamental dramaturgy: plot, character and theme.

Professional, new and previously unproduced one-act play submissions should include a letter of inquiry, a synopsis and a 10-page sample from the script.

Eight plays will be chosen: four to be performed in the first two weeks, four in the second two weeks.

Submissions should be sent to:

LaBute New Theater Festival
360 N Boyle
St. Louis, MO 63108

The Ronald M. Ruble New Play Festival

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Please note: there is no submission fee, but only before January 1, 2013. 
There is a $10 reader's fee on and after that date.


Caryl Crane Youth Theatre Presents The Ronald M. Ruble New Play Festival

Each year Caryl Crane Youth Theatre hosts a national playwriting festival, showcasing new plays for young adults and children. A national search is currently looking for the best and most promising unproduced theatrical works relevant to youth today. The weekend long festival, held at the end of April each calendar year, consists of 5-6 staged readings of previously unseen theatrical works and will take place in the McBride Auditorium on the BGSU Firelands campus in Huron, OH. A winning work will be chosen through committee/audience/participant voting and the author(s) will receive a $500 cash prize as well as the option of a 3-week workshop of their production during the following CCYT season.

Submission Criteria

There is no submission fee for all plays received before January 1, 2013. 

A $10 reader’s fee must be included with all works submitted after January 1st, 2013, for the CCYT Ronald M. Ruble New Play Festival

Submission deadline for the 2013 Festival is February 1, 2013.

Scripts received after that date will be considered the following year. 5-6 finalists will be selected on April 1 of that year and their names will be posted to the CCYT website at that time.

Must be a full-length play/musical for children or young adults without a prior major U.S. production.
A brief synopsis must be sent together with a bound complete manuscript. Submission must include a contact phone number and e-mail address on the play’s synopsis page. No electronic submissions will be accepted.
The play must be at least 1 hour and no longer than 95 minutes.
The play must be appropriate for audiences of all ages.
Dramas, comedies and farces (with or without music) are all welcome.
Cast size limited to no less than 5 or more than 32.
The plays selected will be acted by our student actors with a mix of regional artists where necessary. Plays that can be effectively cast within our market will be considered favorably.
Playwrights who are questioning whether or not their play is a good match for CCYT are strongly encouraged to contact Artistic Director Brian Marshall at mbrian@bgsu.edu before submitting.
All plays that are not selected for the festival will be recycled. Please do not include return postage.

All serious submissions will be read by at least three readers on the festival committee as well as the members of the Teen Board.

Be advised that the following are not considered serious submissions:

• Screenplays submitted as theatrical plays and first drafts
• Plays with typos and spelling errors and plays not formatted to industry standards
• Plays with excessive profanity or violence or are inappropriate for child audience members.

For more information contact:
Brian Marshall, Artistic Director
mbrian@bgsu.edu, 419.372.0732

Plays should be submitted to:
Caryl Crane Youth Theatre
c/o CCYT New Play Festival
BGSU Firelands
One University Drive
Huron, OH 44839-9719

Las Vegas Little Theatre 5TH ANNUAL NEW WORKS COMPETITION

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Las Vegas Little Theatre announces an open call for submissions for our 5th Annual New Works Competition. Submissions will be accepted through December 31, 2012. The Winner of the New Works Competition will have their play produced in the April / May Black Box Production slot.

1. All plays must be full length (90 minutes or more). No musicals, please.
2. Plays must have no more than 8 characters -- doubling is allowed.
3. The set must be simple or representational.
4. Ideally looking for subject matter that will appeal to an age range of 18-30.
5. Seeking new plays that have not been professionally produced or published.
6. Plays will be screened by the competition committee. The top 5 will be submitted to the judges.
7. Prizes--1st prize = Production of the play in the Fischer Black box in May plus $150. 2nd prize = $75. 3rd prize = $50.
8. Contestants must sign a release form to authorize production.
9. Scripts cannot be returned.
10. Materials that are adapted from or otherwise derived from copyrighted source material must also submit permission to use the material at the time of submission.
11. The winning author agrees to the production of his/her play with no royalty payment. The author also agrees to allow LVLT to video tape the production. The author will receive a DVD of the production. LVLT cannot provide transportation, lodging or other compensation for the author to travel to Las Vegas for the production.
12. Members of LVLT's board of directors may not submit for this competition.
13. Submissions will be accepted throught Dec 31, 2012. The winner will be announced no later than March 15, 2013.
14. Decision of the judges is final. Any disputes will be decided by the LVLT board of directors.
15. Each submission will be assigned a number and author's name will not be provided on judges copies of the script to prevent any bias.

Click Here to Download the Rules (MS Word .doc format)

Click Here to Download the Entry Form (MS Word .doc format)

All Submissions MUST be accompanied by a completed Entry Form

Email to NewWorks@LVLT.org

Tony Kushner on the power of plays

ANGELS IN AMERICA won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993, and was produced for television on HBO in 2003.

Nylon Fusion Theatre Company seeks Valentine's Day plays

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Submissions requested for Nylon Fusion Theatre Company's first quarterly short play festival for 2013, "This Round’s on Us": Valentine's Day. 

Plays should not be longer than 10 pages and/or minutes. 

Casts no larger than four and minimal props and costumes. 

Sorry, no musicals. 

The premise is up to you, but all plays must be thematically linked to Valentine's Day, be original and never been produced before. Plays can take place on Valentine's Day but do not have to be about love necessarily. Authors agree to permit Nylon Fusion to produce their submitted play if the company wishes to do so. The company is responsible for all aspects of production including selecting a director and casting. The author will retain full copyright and ownership of their play. 

Participation in the rehearsal process may be requested, therefore residence in the NYC metropolitan area is prefered but not will not be a factor in the selection process. 

Authors must be available via email/phone. Performances will be in NYC. No pay. 

Please send a short cover letter with contact information and the full script with title and author’s name on each page in PDF to Ivette Dumeng at nylonsubmissions@gmail.com with 

SUBJECT LINE: This Round's On Us Submission: [NAME OF PLAYWRIGHT.]

Deadline: December 23rd, 2012

Accepting Submissions for Cold Reads Off-Broadway

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Deadline is December 20, 2012

Send Scripts to Development@TheTheatreProject.org

In February 2013, The Theatre Project is proud to present Cold Reads, a new play development lab. Featuring 4 new plays by 4 playwrights in reading workshops over the course of 4 weeks, Cold Reads workshops and promotes contemporary theatrical productions.

The Theatre Project's Cold Reads Series seeks to develop these 4 new plays and produce them both Off and Off-Off-Broadway. For each reading workshop, the audience and a panel of industry judges will vote on plays in Cold Reads. At the end of February the winning play is selected. Both the winning play and the three plays get to grow in different developmental tracks.

The Winning Play

The winning play will receive a 5 month Development Spa.
An Off-Broadway Limited Engagement, at The Historic Players Theatre.

The 3 Plays

The 3 additional plays from Cold Reads will be developed and featured in our Off-Off-Broadway Micro Festival.

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NYC 15-minute play festival

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Submission Guidelines for the 2013 Festival

* Playwrights and/or their representatives are responsible for the production of their play including casting, rehearsals, props, etc. The Festival presenters provide basic set pieces and lighting, sound equipment, and production staff.

* Plays are selected solely on the script submitted. Please do not include a playwright resume or play production history. Plays should have a beginning, middle, and end (though not necessarily in that order). Plays that create a unique world, are unpredictable, and can stand alone without complex production values are favored by the presenters. Monologues and published plays will not be considered.

* Submissions must be typed in play script format and be no more than 15 pages and in a font size no smaller than 12 point Times Roman or Courier/Courier New. Only plays with a running time of 15 minutes or less are eligible.

* Only one submission per writer will be accepted. If several plays are submitted by a single author, only one will be chosen at random to be read by the play reading committee.

* Submissions should be sent by regular mail to 15 Minute Play Festival, c/o American Globe Theatre, 145 W. 46th Street, New York, NY 10036.

Submissions are not accepted by email, fax, or express/overnight mail.

Playwrights may begin submitting plays on August 1 of each year and must be postmarked by December 20, 2012.

Playwrights whose plays are selected will be notified in mid-February. Plays will not be returned, so please do not send a return envelope.

* There will be a mandatory meeting for all playwrights or their representatives in early spring and a production meeting for all participating artists in April 2013.

* A SIGNED COPY OF THESE GUIDELINES MUST BE RETURNED WITH YOUR PLAY TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.

InkTank 2012 seeks playwrights of color

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INKTANK 2012 GUIDELINES

Rising Circle Theater Collective is now accepting submissions for INKtank 2012, our play development lab for playwrights of color.  INKtank has a two-fold mission of providing emerging playwrights of color an artistic home and support system while assisting them in the creation of a more developed draft of a full-length script.  The final drafts of the INKtank plays will be presented at PlayRISE, a culminating festival event where the selected works receive a public reading.  The 2012 Writers Lab seeks to select 3 writers of color who are invested in the revision process of their own work as well of their peers in an artistic community environment with a shared intention of honest feedback and earnest conviviality.  The lab will be facilitated by playwrights Sevan Kaloustian Greene and Melisa Tien.

INKtank’s  lab is a collaborative process where Rising Circle will provide structure and resources while playwrights create what happens week-to-week based on the needs of each writer.

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS
Each playwright must submit by December 31st the following:

• Materials needed as stated by the INKtank online application form.  Visit www.risingcircle.org to submit.
• One full length script for consideration (For this year, we are not accepting one-character plays).
• An artistic statement explaining your personal rewrite goals, and what you feel are the strengths of the script.  
• Include what you would like to focus on for the piece during the developmental process.  Please include the developmental history of this piece, if it has had readings in the past, or if there are any upcoming readings of your work. Statement should not exceed 500 words.
• Finalists will be contacted for an interview.
• Each play must have the following in order to comply with our culminating project vision:
• First drafts of full-length scripts. (Does not have to be polished.  In fact, scripts should be at a very raw and early stage of development.)
• 5-actor maximum.  (No exceptions.)
• Be in line with Rising Circle’s mission statement to expand the scope of storytelling on the American stage by giving voice to unheard stories of people of color.

TIME REQUIREMENTS

The structure for the lab and culminating event is greatly determined by participant availability.

• Mid-February – Lab commencement.  1st half of lab runs Mid-February through Mid-April.
• 1 month sabbatical.
• Lab reconvenes in Mid-May through Mid-June.
• Each session is 3 hours.

LAB REQUIREMENTS & GOALS

• Every playwright must read the selected scripts prior to the first meeting.  
• Generation of new/rewritten pages: 5 page min – 20 page max per week. 
• A midpoint reading of selected scenes with actors. (Playwrights select scenes.  30 minutes per playwright. With 30 minutes discussion after each.)  

CULMINATING EVENT:  PLAYRISE FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS

• Public readings of all plays during June. (Final date to be determined during lab process).
• There will be five hours of rehearsal with director and actors before each reading.
• All playwrights will receive an honorarium.

from the NYTimes archives... the new play by George Bernard Shaw, April 1914

Pygmalion is in the public domain and can be read at Bartleby.com.

More NYTimes articles about George Bernard Shaw going back to 1905.

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Branch County Community Theater-Pickering Award

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Deadline: December 31, for each year’s competition. Annual production follows in late winter or early spring, date varies from year to year.

• Type of manuscripts: Full length, unproduced plays and musicals. Children’s plays accepted. Unable to return without an SASE.
• Selection Process: Chairman and five committee members read and review each entry and select ten finalists from which the first, second and third place winners are chosen.
• Production: Branch County Community Theatre reserves the right and agrees to produce the first place winner in this yearly competition. First place winners are required to sign a production contract.
• Production House: All BCCT productions are staged in the historic Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater, Michigan. Built in 1882, Tibbits is a completely restored 500 seat proscenium theater.
• Branch County Community Theatre: BCCT is an amateur theater group founded in 1980. Todays membership produces four full productions each year.
• The Award: This annual award was established to honor past member and playwright, Bob Pickering, and to provide a vehicle for playwrights to see their works produced. Full production and $200 is awarded for first place, $50 for second place and $25 for third place.

Send submissions to:
BCCT
14 S. Hanchett St.
Coldwater, MI 49036

15 Minutes Live seeks scripts

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15 Minutes Live is Slung Low's live radio project.  For each event Slung Low commissions 5 writers to write a 15 minute play for voices

The plays are performed in front of a live audience. All the sound effects are done foley-style (imagine the old Goon shows) and all the music is played live by musicians.  It takes places on a sunday afternoon. The audience watch all 5 plays being performed and have a bite to eat between pieces.  A recording of each play is then released on the internet for a new audience to experience it.

The next 15 Minutes Live will be on 24th February 2013. It will be performed at the Holbeck Underground Ballroom in Holbeck, South Leeds and is funded by Leeds Inspired.  The plays will all be upon the theme of rebuilding, regrowth.

5 writers have already been commissioned; Judith Adams, Mark Hollander, Alex Kelly, James Phillips and Stephanie Street.  And Slung Low would like to add your name to that list.

They are inviting submissions of 15 minute plays for voices.

If you have a 15 minute play that you think would be suitable and would like to be considered, then send it to script@slunglow.org

The plays will be read by Slung Low and Henry Swindell from BBC writersroom North. One play from those submitted will be selected to be performed at February's event.
The selected writer will be paid a fee of £450 (as all writers involved in 15 Minutes Live are). The copyright of the script remains with you after the event. Although a recording of the event will be hosted on the internet.

Deadline for submissions: 21st December 2012

There is no preferable style or genre- whatever you write is the best choice for you. There is no restriction on cast- as many or as few voices and types of voices as you see fit. And entry is not based on experience- if you've never written a play before that's no impediment to entry but if Alan Bennett is reading this then we are keen to read your piece too. An open call!

For more information, visit the Slung Low website.

Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival seeks musicals

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Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival
Presents
THE PiTCH
June-August 2013
       
Created by Ed Sayles
THE PiTCH Coordinator: Walter Ryon

THE PiTCH and How to Submit

The Rationale: The purpose of The PiTCH is to provide a venue for creative teams to explore their vision of a musical theatre piece in its early stages and to garner audience reactions to assist them in the development of the final product.

The Format: Three members of the creative team (composer, playwright, musical director, etc.) present a 60-70 minute summary version of their musical theatre piece. Instrumentation will be on piano and/or other instruments which members of the creative team may play. The Festival will provide a piano only. If it is a book musical, it must contain substantial pieces of at least five songs. Solid descriptive narration is suggested when summarizing important plot points.

The Setting: Each week for ten weeks one creative team will be invited to PiTCH their idea. 10 projects will be selected. Each team will PiTCH before live audiences in the 80-seat Theater Mack located in Auburn, NY. Audience feedback will include a short face-to-face session following each presentation, as well as written surveys collected from the audience after each presentation.

Artist Support: Those creative teams invited to present their idea will receive travel expenses to and from Auburn, as well as accommodations during their one week stay. Rehearsal space will be provided for the entire week. Creative teams will be encouraged to change the presentation as they see fit based on audience responses.

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2012

To Submit a Show:

The following application materials are required for 2013 Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival submission:

A complete submission cover sheet.
A 100-word summary of the show.
A rough draft of a maximum 70 minutes of material to be presented at The PiTCH, including song placement.
A demo recording, at least 50% of songs in the show.
Bios for creative team members.
Proof of rights (required for any material that is not your own).
$25 Non-refundable processing fee.
Optional material to include with your submission:

A working draft of the script and score.
Video or Video link of full songs, scenes or any material from the show.


Send Your Materials:

By Email:
PiTCHsubmissions@FingerLakesMTF.com
If submitting by email, processing fee should be sent separately. A submission will not be reviewed or considered until processing fee is received.

Mail:
Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival
The PiTCH Submissions
17 William Street - Suite 304
Auburn, NY 13021

Monkeyman Productions, Toronto's geekiest theatre company, is now accepting submissions for THE SIMIAN SHOWCASE

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Monkeyman Productions, Toronto's geekiest theatre company, is now accepting submissions for THE SIMIAN SHOWCASE. We want your short play to be part of our smorgasbord of theatre, music, and merriment in April 2013.

To qualify, your script must:

• Be no longer than 15 minutes in length
• Be ready for presentation
• Contain themes of geekery, fandom, and/or obsession with pop- and/or sub-culture
• Require minimal tech and encourage suspension of disbelief

Your play may:

• Have had previous readings/productions
• Be a work in progress (playwrights will be welcome to attend rehearsals as part of their
• script development process)

Send your script as a PDF or DOC file to:
showcase@monkeymanproductions.com
Submissions due: December 15th, 2012

Plays will be selected by: January 12th, 2013

Final script changes for the showcase due: March 9th, 2013

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Since 2008, Monkeyman Productions has created postmodern theatre with real relevancy to a culture informed by comic books, monster movies, and video games. We speak in the language of an audience that has most truly found its voice in the meme-ridden YouTube-obsessed depths of the Internet. We draw from popular culture in the way that Shakespeare drew from the common culture of his day – these are our mythologies, our tales of comedy and tragedy.

Through the development and performance of work which examines our obsessions and preoccupations in the 21st Century, we hope to discover the ways in which we truly have changed, for better or worse, and the ways in which we remain the same – with a definite eye toward the absurd, but also a corresponding empathy for a subject matter that, in the end, encompasses all of us.

To assess the cut of our jib, visit: www.monkeymanproductions.com