2014 TRUSTUS PLAYWRIGHTS’ FESTIVAL

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Trustus Theatre Announces its Annual Playwrights’ Festival, a National Contest Culminating in the Professional World Premier of an Original Play.

Now in our 24th year, we’re one of America’s longest-running play festivals. Since 1988, many of our winners have been published and produced off-Broadway, in Hollywood or at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.

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THE WINNING PLAY will receive a staged-reading at our 2013 Festival and $250. During the following year, the playwright will develop the script for production as he/she wishes and in consultation with members of the Trustus staff and company. In August, 2013, the play will receive a full production--and the playwright an additional $500, plus travel/lodging for the Festival opening.
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READ THESE GUIDELINES!

Full-length plays only, with no previous professional productions. Academic productions and workshops are okay. We’re looking for innovative comedies and dramas on any topic, raw or polished, profane or polite—but please: no musicals or children’s shows.

• One set, minimal production needs preferred.
• Cast of eight or fewer preferred, ages 15-60.
• One script per author, please.
• No re-submissions. Write something new.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

****NEW FORMAT****

We are now taking submissions electronically. We do not accept paper submissions sent through the regular mail. All materials should be e-mailed to the literary manager, Sarah Hammond, at shammond@trustus.org.

Step One:

Between December 1, 2012 and March 1, 2013, e-mail shammond@trustus.org a query package containing the following items:

• An eight to ten page selection from the play. Do not send the full script.
• A 100-200 word synopsis, development history (if any), and cast breakdown, noting any special casting requirements.
• A resume or short bio.
• Name, address, phone number, and title of the play must be included in the body of the e-mail message.
• Only submissions received between December 1, 2011 and March 1, 2013 will be considered for the festival.

Step Two:

From the applications/synopses, we will identify 25-30 semi-finalists. If your play is selected as a semi-finalist, you will be notified and invited to send a full script. From those scripts, the artistic director will select a winning play by July 2013.

Questions may be directed to shammond@trustus.org.

SMITH & KRAUS SEEKS 10 MINUTES FOR PUBLICATION

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Smith & Kraus, theatrical trade publisher, seeks ten-minute plays for its annual ten-minute play anthology, edited by Lawrence Harbison.

Plays must be produced between May of 2012 and May of 2013

Submissions: between now and March of 2013. 

Send via e-mail to Lawrence Harbison (LHarbison1@nyc.rr.com).

Radio Theater Project Submissions

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We are currently accepting submissions for 2013-2014 season.

Submissions are open until March 1, 2013.

GENERAL GUIDELINES:

• Plays should have a running time of 50 minutes or less. Brevity is the soul of.
• Plays longer than 30 minutes will need to be able to be split in two parts with an intermission.
• Plays that originated as stage, film or prose are fine, but we produce radio theater – works originating in other forms will need to be adapted into a radio play
• The Studio@620 WMNF Radio Theatre Project reserves the right to make any edits necessary for length, clarity, or FCC regulations.
• Preference will be given to Florida writers and plays with Florida settings and subject matter.
• Send plays for consideration to Jim Wicker, Literary Manager, at jimwicker.actor@gmail.com.

REQUIREMENTS

• Please include a cover sheet with title, name of author, and contact information.
• On the second page, please include a plot summary and brief bio of the author.
• Please submit scripts in 12-point type with page numbers in the upper right-hand corner.
• The scripts will be broadcast over the radio, so FCC broadcast restrictions apply—no seven deadly words, obscenity, overt sex, or graphic bodily functions.
• Before your script is produced, you will need to put it into radio play format – see guidelines here.

TIPS

• Any action must be made clear by dialogue and sound effects; there are no visual cues.
• Characters should be identified frequently by name, and there shouldn’t be too many characters in the same scene. If characters aren’t part of the conversation, they disappear. Remember: the audience can’t see the actors. Don’t confuse them.
• Be judicious in your use of narration and monologue. Dialogue is generally more engaging for the listener.

If you have questions, please contact Jim Wicker, RTP Literary Manager, at jimwicker.actor@gmail.com.

UNRENOVATED play festival

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Seeking 10-minute plays to be performed in an unrenovated brownstone in Brooklyn.  The space is very raw and unfinished, with tools, 2x4s, and sheets of drywall scattered about.  There’s a cast iron radiator and an old nonworking fireplace.  The space is about 15’ by 10’. If you would like to see photos, send an email to the address below.

All plays must be 5 to 15 minutes long, with no more than 4 characters.  Dramas and comedies are welcome, but all plays should be set in the space where they will be performed (no plays set on boats, for example).  The topic of the play should be somehow relevant to the space. In other words, there should be a reason your play is set in a contruction site, other than that I told you to do so.

Deadline is February 15, 2013.

Send scripts in standard format to unrenovatedplayfest@gmail.com.

If you want to submit by snail mail, send an email requesting and we can work something out.

BRICOLAGE PRODUCTION COMPANY'S FIRST IN THE RAW FESTIVAL

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Bricolage Production Company is proud to announce a call for submissions of new full-length plays for its first annual In the Raw Festival, to be held in April/May 2013.

Expanded from Bricolage's ongoing In the Raw series, this year's 5-week festival format will give three playwrights the opportunity to work closely with a dramaturg to revise, explore, and solidify a new work. Each of the selected three plays will receive a week-long workshop with a director, a dramaturg, and professional actors. The workshop will culminate in two public readings at Bricolage Theater in downtown Pittsburgh, followed by audience response sessions.

"Our goal is to celebrate and cultivate new plays by local playwrights, incubate talent in our region, deepen our relationships with local artists, and expose our audience to the process of play development," say Tami Dixon, Bricolage's producing artistic director.

Eligible submissions must meet the following criteria:

• The work must be unpublished
• The work must not have been professionally produced, including pending professional productions
• The work must have an anticipated run time between 90 and 120 minutes
• The work must require no more than 6 actors (doubling is permitted)
• Submission deadline is February 25, 2013. 
• Winner announcements will happen the week of March 4, 2013
• Eligible submissions must include the following:
• Synopsis of the play (300 words or less)
• Description of how the playwright feels that this script would benefit from the workshop/revision process (300 words or less)
• Playwright biography
• Complete copy of the script

Playwrights must submit materials both electronically and in hard copy to:

In the Raw
c/o Bricolage Production Company
PO Box 42336
Pittsburgh, PA 15203

AND TO:
annie@webbricolage.org

Additional information to note:

• Submissions not adhering to all guidelines will not be considered
• Upon submission you will receive an e-mail confirmation within one week
• There will be no housing or travel provided in conjunction with workshop residency
• If you do not receive confirmation, please email Annie DiMario at annie@webbricolage.org
• Bricolage will NOT provide feedback on unselected scripts
• If you would like your hard copy returned to you, please include a self addressed envelope with sufficient postage

If you have any questions regarding submissions, please contact Annie DiMario at annie@webbricolage.org.

50/50 Applause Award Winners - multimedia

• A scene from Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker, produced by ICWP award winner Playwrights Horizon.

• Video clips from ICWP award winner Cleveland Public Theatre.

• Article about ICWP winner Symmetry Theatre Company in American Theatre Magazine.

Learn more about the 50/50 Applause Award and the International Centre for Women Playwrights.

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Related article:
Women Attend More Theatre Than Men: Why Not More Roles?

It appears that in many major theaters across the country, men’s roles out number women’s by half. One out of every three roles go to women. (An informal survey of 10 theatrical seasons from across the country that I did put women in only 35% of the total roles). This means that men’s stories out number women’s by the same amount. 

Those of us noticing this could be considered big old whiners if it weren’t for some solid business-y sounding facts: 

• Women buy 70% of theater tickets sold
• Women make up 60%-70% of its audience (see here and here)
• On Broadway, shows written by women (who statistically write more female roles than men) actually pull in more at the box office than plays by men

In any other market the majority of consumers would significantly define the product or experience. Why not theater?

Seeking New Musical Theatre Work

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RIFF is searching for new musical theatre pieces, or plays with music, that push form and showcase emerging talent to be presented in full production, developmental workshops, or concert reading format during our 2013-2014 season. Writing teams or solo writers should be excited for collaboration and intense development work, as well as interested in how their community can engage with their piece.

To submit, please send us an email to TheRiffCollective@gmail.com. Tell us a bit about yourself and what city you hail from, the latest draft of your project, and a few of your best demo tracks. Writer’s fees and ticket percentages will be negotiated after selection of works.

We review any and all submissions (unfinished work is more than welcome) and are excited to bring new music theatre work to Chicago. If you have any questions, contact artistic director JD Cannady at JD@RiffCollective.com.

Outcast Theatre Company is seeking play and musical submissions

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Outcast Theatre Company is seeking play and musical submissions from both new and established writers for an upcoming play reading festival and for future production.

We are a repertory company devoted to the presentation and exploration of live performance to encourage dialogue on social topics, the human condition, and the nature of connection. This mission is achieved through the production of top-quality mainstage productions, augmented by opportunities for social dialogue and interaction, and through an educational program targeted at secondary school-aged children in both the heart of Jersey City and in the greater NYC area.

If you feel your work falls under the auspices of our mission statement please send:

• A synopsis of the work
• A script sample
• A copy of the full script
• A resume
• If the work is musical, please include recorded tracks in mp3 form.

Send all work and/or questions to literary@outcasttheatre.org. No phone calls please.

FEMNOIRE: THE WOMEN'S PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL

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We are seeking submissions of your best ten minute plays for our THIRD ANNUAL: FEMNOIRE: THE WOMEN'S PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL to be held at the beautiful Whistler House Museum of Art on March 29, 30th at 8PM.

If you are interested in submitting a short play or monologue, please e-mail a WORD compatible document to us at imagetheater@comcast.net

No more than 2 submissions per person, please. We are looking for plays that are easily staged, limited set pieces, limited cast size, please.

Please include all contact info on the title page of your play.

DEADLINE is February 10th

If you have any questions, please feel free to call Jerry at 978-866-2125.

The winners of the 2012 International Centre for Women Playwrights "50/50 Applause Award"

NYCPlaywrights salutes the theater companies awarded the first "50/50 Applause Awards" by the ICWP. The winners were recognized for producing seasons in which half (or more) of the plays were written by women. 

If you are located near these theaters we urge you to give them your support.

• Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH 
• Little Colonel Theatre, Pee Wee Vally, KY
• Nora Theater, Cambridge, MA
• Playwrights Horizons, New York, NY
• Symmetry Theatre, Berkeley, CA

ICWP started in 1988 with a mission is to support women playwrights worldwide and bring attention to their work. The creation of the 50/50 Applause Award coincides with the organisation’s 25th birthday celebration. President of ICWP, Dr Jennifer Munday, has stated that “these companies need special thanks for the integrity of their decision-making.” 

In recent years, discussions within the global theatre community and the media have prompted both academic research and discussions to explain why the work of women playwrights is underrepresented in staged theatrical productions. In 2009, Emily Glassberg Sands released a study called “Opening the Curtain on Playwright Gender” which showed that only 18% of the productions done in the United States in 2008 were by female playwrights. She also found that “only 11% of shows on Broadway over the past decade [1999-2009] were written exclusively by women”. 

Other research from countries with developed economies has demonstrated similar imbalances. Last year, Lyn Gardner of the UK’s The Guardian stated “...of the 57 productions in the West End and the fringe that might be considered plays (rather than musicals or physical work), only six are written by women”. In Canada, Rebecca Burton and Reina Green reported that 30-35% of the nation’s artistic directors were female in 2006. 

Aside from the imbalance of theatrical expressions of women’s experience, there is a clear economic trajectory that starts with a production. A professional production is typically followed by script publication, book sales, further productions, royalty revenue for the playwright and other financial rewards like commissions, residences and travel opportunities.
To that end, ICWP’s qualifications for the 50/50 Applause Award were that theater companies produced women playwrights in both 50% of productions and 50% of total performances in their 2011-2012 season. Theaters that included producing women playwrights in their mission were not eligible. Five theatre companies have been recognised with the 50/50 Applause award, through a strict nomination process.

To learn more about the award and the criteria, visit www.womenplaywrights.org/award

Artemisia is accepting plays for its 2013 Fall Festival of Staged Readings

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Artemisia, a Chicago Theatre, is accepting plays for its 2013 Fall Festival of Staged Readings.  All plays submitted must be full length and fit within Artemisia's mission.  They must be about women, have a minimum of one female leading character and must challenge the audience's perception of women.

Visit artemisiatheatre.org and view the line up of plays selected for our 2012 Fall Festival of Staged Readings for further guidelines.

Please send all submissions electronically as a single file pdf attachment (no other format will be accepted) to Artistic Director Julie Proudfoot at artemisiatheatre@gmail.com.

Artemisia does not charge a submission fee to writers; anyone at any time can submit for free.

Submissions must be received by midnight April 1, 2013 to be considered for our 2013 Fall Festival.  Submissions received post deadline will be considered for the following year's festival.

NYCPlaywrights February 2013 Play of the Month: TUMMY BUBBLES by Jenny Lane

NYCPlaywrights received 115 submission for its February 2013 Play of the Month, and there were several plays that we really liked and we regret we don't have the resources to select more than one play for a video recording.

After a reading of the semi-finalists, we selected TUMMY BUBBLES by Jenny Lane. Thanks to Alice Anne English, David Lamberton, Doug Rossi, Kitty Hendrix, Renee Cole and Tim Lueke for their good work in the selection process.

Play of the Month reading

Tim Lueke and Doug Rossi

Thanks to the NYCPlaywrights reading team for their excellent work in reading the ten-minute semi-finalist plays.
The winner will be announced later today. 
Special thanks to Kitty Hendrix for hosting the reading at her beautiful apartment, as well as her amazing home-made vegan muffins and tofu-cheese pizza, and thanks to Alice Anne English, David Lamberton, Doug Rossi, Renee Cole (and Renee's home-made cupcakes!) and Tim Lueke for their great work and evaluation of the scripts.

Renee Cole and Alice Anne English

Kitty Hendrix and David Lamberton




To see more photos click the "Read More" link.

Tim Lueke and Renee Cole

Renee Cole and Alice Anne English

Alice Anne English, Kitty Hendrix and David Lamberton

Doug Rossi and Renee Cole

Submissions Now Open for All Out Arts’ 11th Annual FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL A Celebration of LGBTQ Arts & Culture Running July 8-21 in NYC

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All Out Arts is now accepting submissions for the 11th Annual Fresh Fruit Festival, New York City’s grassroots, multidisciplinary international festival of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer arts and culture.  A cornucopia of various forms of artistic expression, the festival will be presented July 8-21, 2013 at The Wild Project in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Entries are accepted through February 25, 2013, and there is no submission fee if submitted by February 11, 2013.

“Going into our 11th year, we have thus far featured performers from every group within the national LGBTQ community, as well as artists from as far away as Kenya, the Philippines, Japan, the Caribbean and Israel,” says Festival Founder and Artistic Director Carol Polcovar. “We’re excited for what lies ahead as we begin a new decade in amplifying artistic voices traditionally unheard.

The Fresh Fruit Festival showcases the whole spectrum of LGBTQ lives as expressed in theatre, performance art, dance, film, spoken word, graphic arts, music and beyond.  Thus, if it is “art” and it reflects any aspect of the LGBTQ community and its culture, you are welcome to submit.  The Festival seeks diversity, “color,” and things less traditionally available in mass media.  Last years’ festival featured a “high stakes” poetry slam, two weeks of theater and performance art, dance, jazz, an art exhibit, variety acts, and a comedy show, among other works.

The Festival provides AEA-approved performance venues & production insurance, marketing & publicity assistance, ticketing Services, full performance staff (logistics manager; light/sound technicians; front of house), repertory lighting plot & sound system, networking events & more!

APPLICATION

Click here to learn more & apply online now for the 2013 Fresh Fruit Festival.

IMPORTANT DATES

Regular Deadline: February 11, 2013 (No Entry Fee)
Late Deadline: February 25, 2013 ($10 Late Fee)
Notification: March 15, 2013
Festival: July 8-21, 2013

OUR HISTORY

Fresh Fruit Festival was the creation of two long-established LGBTQ community arts groups:

New Village Productions, established in 1989, has produced ten LGBTQ short play festivals, including an international short play Festival in conjunction with the Vineyard Theater and Gay Games 1994. New Village Productions is a not-for-profit theater company committed to diversity and the celebration of difference, both in selection of material and by inclusion of disabled and minority artists.

All Out Arts’ mission since 1992 has been to bring together the diverse artistic, organizational, political and financial resources of the LGBT community to foster awareness of the value of LGBT arts. The mission of All Out Arts is to support and present LGBT art and artists to fight intolerance. All Out Arts fulfills its mission by supporting arts organizations within the community through fiscal sponsorship, events, contests, collaborations, networking events for emerging artists, and by sponsoring productions, concerts and displays of visual arts.

The Fresh Fruit Festival is the primary expression of All Out Arts’ mission.

FAQ

What if my work is accepted?

Upon acceptance you will receive a packet that includes an information sheet and a contract that must be returned within two weeks to reserve your place in the Festival. All producers are guaranteed, at no cost to them, a share of ticket sales; and you may also choose from co-production plans that will pay a higher share of ticket sales.

What is the performance schedule and when is it set?

Full-length works will be scheduled for at least 4 performances; and solo or shorter works for one or two performances.  Work that attracts excitement and audience energy may be extended.  Films will be scheduled for one or two showings.  The Festival schedule will be fixed by mid-April, with performances in July.

What does Fresh Fruit provide to participating artists?

AEA-Approved Performance Venues • Festival Publicity (flyers, press mailings, listings, email blasts) • Media Advertising • On-line Ticketing Services • AEA-Approved Production Insurance • Limited technical/dress rehearsal as determined by the Technical Director • Limited Rehearsal space when available • Festival staff: logistics manager; light/sound technician; front of house • Repertory lighting plot & sound system • Front of house staff • Glossy, full-color festival programs • Networking events for all participants • Marketing Assistance • We will support your application for funding, grants or scholarships available to you.

What are the Privileges of Being a “Fruitie” (by virtue of submitting work to the Festival)?

Fresh Fruit is intended not only to be a celebration of LGBT culture, but also a continuing source of support for LGBT artists. By submitting or presenting work at the Fresh Fruit Festival we welcome you as a “Fruitie,” to a community of supportive artists and patrons.  All works in the Festival are eligible for Awards in several categories based on audience and jury opinions. The Awards are held at a Gala event each Spring. What does Fresh Fruit expect of you? You donate your talent to the Fresh Fruit adventure. You will also supply anything you need to make your show notable.  That includes musicians, set, director, actors, sound and lighting design, special machinery, video or other equipment. In short, you put up the show the way you envision it.  We do not ask for any control over your copyright -- only that we are   mentioned in any program where the work we have presented is shown.

You must publicize your show and work to secure a suitable audience.  It’s your proven supporters who are most likely to attend and you must keep them informed.  By virtue of being in the festival and cross promotion with the other shows your group will build upon its support list.

What if my work is not accepted? 

First and foremost, just by submitting work your are a “Fruitie,” joining a supportive community of artists with unlimited access to our website, Facebook page and Yahoo groups.  We will also alert you to upcoming events and submission possibilities.

In addition, we maintain a waiting list of worthy artists whose work, for reasons of time or funding, we were not able to accept at first.  If there are cancellations or changes in schedule that will accommodate your work, we will contact you immediately. And, you can still participate in the Festival by having a staged reading at the Festival or presenting an excerpt of your work at our bimonthly Fresh Fruit Playhouse in an informal cabaret setting.

Manhattan Repertory Theatre is seeking fully produced plays

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Manhattan Repertory Theatre is seeking fully produced plays (cast, directed & ready to perform) 40 to 120 minutes for MRT's SPRING NEW WORKS 2013, MARCH 6 - APRIL 28, 2013

To submit your play production please email: The complete play, a synopsis of the play, the running time of the play, the set and lighting requirements, the play's production history (if it has been produced before and where) and a creative team leader contact email address to:
manhattanrep@yahoo.com

by Wednesday FEB. 6, 2013.

Please put "SPRING NEW WORKS SUBMISSION" in the subject heading. Applicants will be contacted by FEB 11, 2013 as to their acceptance.

There is no submission fee. NO PAY. NON-EQUITY ONLY. Each play will be given a MINIMUM of THREE performances. A REFUNDABLE security deposit of $300 will be required upon acceptance. For more information and complete guidelines, go to www.manhattanrep.com

12th Annual 10 By 10 in the Triangle Call for Submissions

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Starting January 7, 2013
Deadline: February 4, 2013

An international festival of new, 10-minute plays
10 Plays! 10 Actors! 10 By 10!

A panel of judges will select 10 plays to showcase on
The ArtsCenter's Main-Stage Theatre July 5-21, 2013
 
The Submissions:
Please email new, original 10-minute plays with minimal set requirements.

Plays that have had no prior productions or with recent (last 2-3 years) production history are accepted.  Musical submissions with little or no accompaniment are accepted.   Monologues are not accepted. Plays that have been published are not accepted.

Playwrights may submit up to 2 plays in standard format (Courier or 12 pt font) in Word or PDF.

Send 2 separate emails for each play.

Email 1.
The subject line is the title of the play followed by the words 'contact info.'   (Example subject line: Fighting Mr. Right contact info).
The BODY of the email MUST include the title of the play and the playwright’s contact information (including playwright’s name, mailing address, phone(s), email).   Do not attach contact information as an attachment to this email. Send this email here.

Email 2.
The subject line and name of attached file is the title of the play.  (Example subject line: Fighting Mr. Right)
The attached file contains cast, set requirements, and script.  No contact information of any kind should be included in the script.  Send this email here.

When submitting two scripts four separate emails must be sent.  Please do not zip the files.

Submission Dates:
January 7, 2013-February 4, 2013
Submissions will start being accepted on January 7, 2013.  Plays submitted before this date will not be accepted.

Deadline:
Submissions must be received by the 5:00PM EST on February 4, 2013.  Plays will not  be accepted after this date and time.

We will notify the 25 semi-finalists by email and will post those titles on our website.

We will notify the 10 finalists by email and will post those titles on our website.

We are sorry we cannot respond to each individual playwright.

We will announce the final 10 productions by May 24, 2013.

The Award:
Playwrights receive an award of $100.

Playwrights' Gala: July 13, 2013
Playwrights who attend our Playwrights Gala on Saturday, July 13, 2013 will receive an additional $100 travel stipend. Participating playwrights are invited to a post-show discussion/reception and an overnight stay in Chapel Hill, NC.

The Space:
Our main-stage theatre is a 325-seat house with basic lighting and sound capabilities.

The Producer:
ArtsCenter Stage will provide directors, actors, designers, and technical crew for the festival.  The directors will contact the playwrights at the beginning of the rehearsal process.  For more information about The ArtsCenter visit our wesbite.

The Dates:
July 5-21, 2013, Thursdays-Sundays, Playwright Gala Saturday, July 13, 2013

The Production:
The ten final plays will be presented together as one evening of theatre.  All ten shows run each night and are performed by an ensemble of five men and five women.

If you have questions, please contact Jeri Lynn Schulke, Artistic Director, ArtsCenter Stage.

We’re looking forward to reading your work!

Jeri Lynn Schulke
Artistic Director, ArtsCenter Stage


Visit The ArtsCenter Website for More Info 

or Call The ArtsCenter Box Office at 919-929-2787 ext 201

Programs at The ArtsCenter are supported in part by The North Carolina Arts Council, The Orange County Arts Comission and Tony Hall and Associates.

Dionysus Theatre in Houston, Texas currently seeks script submissions

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Dionysus Theatre in Houston, Texas currently seeks script submissions. Dionysus is a unique non-profit, non-sectarian organization bringing the theater experience to those with disabilities as well as the able-bodied.

Dionysus Theatre is only interested in work which is written by or about people with disabilities.

Please send letter of inquiry, brief bio along with a synopsis and a 10-page selection from the script. If the material interests us, we will contact you with a request for the complete script.

Requirements:
-The play must be full length.
-There will be no compensation if your play is selected to be produced
-You will only be contacted if we would like to read the complete script
-Small cast, simple set scripts preferred
-work must be written by or about people with disabilities

Send submissions to:
The Dionysus Theatre
5300 N. Braeswood #226
Houston, Texas 77096

Thank you very much, and we look forward to reading your work!

ONE-ACT PLAY FOR MINNESOTA FRINGE FESTIVAL

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We are looking for submission of one-act plays (40-60 minutes) for the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Our play last year, NEVERMIND, was the most attended production in its venue, and received overwhelmingly positive reviews. If we are selected for a slot again this year, and are anticipating a similar response.

We are searching for a dark comedy, historical piece, drama, or farce.  Casting can range from 3-15 actors between the ages 8-68.

We also love to see collaborative pieces with music, movement, and forms of expression on the stage.

Email scripts or proposals to director Jesse Gibbs - mrjessegibbs@gmail.com.

Call 213-400-6399 with questions.

Theatre One Productions Seeks New 10 minute Plays for March 2013 Festival

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Theme: When Life gives you Lemons How Do You Make Lemon-Aid?

Theatre One Productions, Inc. a non- profit theatre company located in Middleboro MA since 1982, will be producing our 5th “Slice of Life New Works Festival,” at the Alley Theatre, 133 Center Street in Middleboro, MA, on March 23rd and 24th.

We are seeking 10 minute plays. Theme; When Life gives you Lemons, how do you make Lemon-Aid?

The goal of Theatre One through the festival is for playwrights to be heard and encouraged. Playwrights are welcome to attend and participate in conversation with the audience following the readings or if you prefer you will be sent the results of a feedback questionnaire regarding your play.

Please when submitting your work send all contact information. A brief synopsis of the play, one submission only, cast size 2 to 6 characters, age range 20’s to 60s, and play not previously performed. We are looking for material that can be potentially developed into full length and produced by Theatre One. No monologues please. Six plays will be selected for performance.

The new plays will be performed script in hand with some blocking, minimal set and props with stage directions read.

There is no entrance fee and playwrights will be notified if their work is selected by early March 2013. No hard copies please.

Final date of submission, February 2, 2013. 

Print of all scripts must be submitted on PDF format or word doc. Font size 12 and exactly 10 minutes in length. Send to theatreoneproductions@yahoo.com.

12th Annual 10 By 10 in the Triangle

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Call for Submissions

Starting January 7, 2013
Deadline: February 4, 2013
10 By 10 in the Triangle!
An international festival of new, 10-minute plays
10 Plays! 10 Actors! 10 By 10!

A panel of judges will select 10 plays to showcase on
The ArtsCenter's Main-Stage Theatre July 5-21, 2013
 
The Submissions:
Please email new, original 10-minute plays with minimal set requirements.

Plays that have had no prior productions or with recent (last 2-3 years) production history are accepted.  Musical submissions with little or no accompaniment are accepted.   Monologues are not accepted. Plays that have been published are not accepted.

Playwrights may submit up to 2 plays in standard format (Courier or 12 pt font) in Word or PDF.

Send 2 separate emails for each play.

Email 1.
The subject line is the title of the play followed by the words 'contact info.'   (Example subject line: Fighting Mr. Right contact info).
The BODY of the email MUST include the title of the play and the playwright’s contact information (including playwright’s name, mailing address, phone(s), email).   Do not attach contact information as an attachment to this email. Send this email here.

Email 2.
The subject line and name of attached file is the title of the play.  (Example subject line: Fighting Mr. Right)
The attached file contains cast, set requirements, and script.  No contact information of any kind should be included in the script.  Send this email here.

When submitting two scripts four separate emails must be sent.  Please do not zip the files.

Submission Dates:
January 7, 2013-February 4, 2013
Submissions will start being accepted on January 7, 2013.  Plays submitted before this date will not be accepted.

Deadline:
Submissions must be received by the 5:00PM EST on February 4, 2013.  Plays will not  be accepted after this date and time.

We will notify the 25 semi-finalists by email and will post those titles on our website.

We will notify the 10 finalists by email and will post those titles on our website.

We are sorry we cannot respond to each individual playwright.

We will announce the final 10 productions by May 24, 2013.

The Award:
Playwrights receive an award of $100.

Playwrights' Gala: July 13, 2013
Playwrights who attend our Playwrights Gala on Saturday, July 13, 2013 will receive an additional $100 travel stipend. Participating playwrights are invited to a post-show discussion/reception and an overnight stay in Chapel Hill, NC.

The Space:
Our main-stage theatre is a 325-seat house with basic lighting and sound capabilities.

The Producer:
ArtsCenter Stage will provide directors, actors, designers, and technical crew for the festival.  The directors will contact the playwrights at the beginning of the rehearsal process.  For more information about The ArtsCenter visit our wesbite.

The Dates:
July 5-21, 2013, Thursdays-Sundays, Playwright Gala Saturday, July 13, 2013

The Production:
The ten final plays will be presented together as one evening of theatre.  All ten shows run each night and are performed by an ensemble of five men and five women.

If you have questions, please contact Jeri Lynn Schulke, Artistic Director, ArtsCenter Stage.

We’re looking forward to reading your work!

Jeri Lynn Schulke
Artistic Director, ArtsCenter Stage


Visit The ArtsCenter Website for More Info

or Call The ArtsCenter Box Office at 919-929-2787 ext 201

Monologues & Poetry for "Poems, Pie and Prose Program"

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The Unique Thistle Dew Theatre

and the members of Sacramento's Original Playwright's Workshop:

1901 P Street, Sacramento, CA

Call for submissions:

Monologues & Poetry

for our

"Poems, Pie and Prose Program".

Submission deadline is February 15, 2013 for once per month weekend production beginning March 20213.
All submissions will be read.
In February 2013, 15 - 25 will be chosen to receive a reading live at the Thistle Dew Theater.

Submission Guidelines:

• Content:  Nothing dark or dramatic.  Only comedic and/or humorous
• Poetry & Monologue submissions can be no longer than five (5) minutes in length
• Submissions can be fiction or non-fiction.
• Email submission only to:  tddtheatre@aol.com 
• Maximum of five (5) entries each (poem or monologue) per person

In depth submission details can be found @:
http://thistledewtheatre.blogspot.com/ 

The Newburgh Free Academy Drama Department will be accepting ten-minute play submissions

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NOTE: A $1 donation is requested with submission but not required.

3rd Annual NFA New Works Festival

The Newburgh Free Academy Drama Department will be accepting ten-minute play submissions for their 3rd annual new play festival hosted by the upper level acting classes. NFA is an at-risk high school located in Hudson Valley, NY. The plays will be performed in our state-of-the-art black box theatre where students run every aspect of the show, including the reading and choosing process.

Guidlines are as follows:

*Only Ten Minutes (or less). 

*Playwright may submit up to two plays only. Please send multiple copies of your work, as the school has limited faculty and staff on how many copies we’re allowed to make. 

*Plays must be unplublished. Recent past or present productions/workshops/readings are okay.

* We prefer plays with no more than three characters. Four is the maximum. There are 23 actors in the troupe (21F/2M). Of course, we cast blind so guys can play female roles and vice-versa. There is no limit on content or themes, however should your work be chosen, the playwright may be asked to rework questionable language or content. Students will NEVER change something without the consent of the playwright. In fact, one of the great things about this project is the opportunity for students  and professional writers to correspond with one another. 

*NO electronic submissions. 

Send to: 

Newburgh Free Academy

201 Fullerton Ave, Newburgh, NY 12550 

(attention Terry Sandler, Drama)

*Deadline: Post-marked by February 1, 2013. 

Selected plays will be notified early March. 

*$1 suggested donation. In the past, we’ve used our donation money on the purchasing of stage props, costumes, and other theatrical supplies to enhance our new works festival production. Checks made out to: Newburgh Enlarged City Schools. Contact tsandler@necsd.net or terrysandler@hotmail.com for more details.

“Play Café” is looking for a few good playwrights for our Spring/Summer season

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“Play Café” is looking for a few good playwrights for our Spring/Summer season.
This Berkshire-based (western MA) community access TV show, which presents table readings of short scenes and plays followed by a discussion with the playwright, is gearing up for its first full year of production. The series was developed to allow viewers to see how plays grow through watching them being read and discussed by the playwrights and actors themselves. The show is broadcast in the Berkshires of MA, and is streamed online for a wider audience.

In order to be considered, scripts must be under 15 minutes long with three or fewer actors. Any topic is considered, though this is broadcast during daytime and prime time.

Playwrights may submit more than one work.

Author must own the copyright for the script

The playwright must be available for in-studio taping and have the actors ready to go on the day of show. Unfortunately, due to our budget constraints, we cannot accommodate a union cast at present.

We can offer credits, glory, and a copy of the DVD for all those involved to add to their reels.

Electronic submissions only to playcafe7@gmail.com

Deadline for this round 2/1/2013.

Theatre Trail Writers Competition 2013

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Deadline: 31st January 2013


The Arundel Festival Theatre Trail, conceived and presented by Drip Action Theatre Company, is now in its thirteenth year. It performs at the end of August, on each of the Festival’s eight days, eight short plays at eight different venues all over Arundel – this year, for example, in a church hall, a kitchen, a ballroom and Arundel Jailhouse. An audience of nearly 2,000 came to see the eight 2012 Theatre Trail plays. The Trail is firmly established as one of the major components in the Festival and is a great showcase for both new and established writers.

Writers are invited to submit plays for next year’s Trail.

Plays should be between 30 and 40 minutes long, with practicable casting, props and effects. All entries should be submitted to

Drip Action Theatre Trail 2013
c/o SCGIS Ltd
65a High Street
Arundel
West Sussex
BN18 9AJ

One play only per entrant, in hard copy (not e-mail). Please enclose an SAE if you’d like your play returned. There is no reading fee.

Our reading committee will select the plays that will be performed, with the best submitted script receiving the Joy Goun award of £250 at our Theatre Trail launch in May 2013.

Each successful playwright will receive a £150 writer’s fee.


For further information call 01903 885250 or email info@dripaction.co.uk


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February 2013 Play of the Month update

Thanks to everybody who submitted work for the NYCPlaywrights February 2013 Play of the Month call for submissions. We received 115 ten-minute plays. We will be reviewing the semi-finalists on Wednesday, February 6 and will announce the winner shortly after. Thank you for your patience.

Scorpio Theatre is now accepting script submissions for its 2013-2014 season

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Scorpio Theatre is now accepting script submissions for its 2013-2014 season. Scorpio Theatre’s mandate is to workshop and stage any new work, or works which have not been staged in Calgary. If you’re interested, please direct all submissions to “aconrad@scorpio.ca“ and include the following:

• “2013-2014 Script Submission” in the email subject line.
• Which aspect of the production (if any) that you’d be interested in undertaking.
• A brief explanation of why you feel your script is a great choice for Scorpio.

Our many thanks in advance. We look forward to seeing what exciting new works we can bring to Calgary in the coming season!

Please note that priority for consideration for the 2013-2014 season will be given to those scripts submitted on or before January 30th 2013. Any submissions received after this date, may be considered for future seasons.

Call for Submissions to the second annual BUA Takes 10: LGBT Short Stories evening of ten-minute plays

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Submission Dates: Now through January 31, 2013

Call for Submissions to the second annual BUA Takes 10: LGBT Short Stories evening of ten-minute plays.  BUA Takes 10 will run four weekends beginning June 22, 2013, at Buffalo United Artists, 119 W Chippewa St, Buffalo, NY 14202.

Submission Guidelines:

*Please review and follow guidelines. We’re more apt to take a play seriously when it’s clear that the playwright has taken us seriously.

*All plays must have an LGBT theme that is central to the play’s premise.

*Playwrights may submit no more than two plays.

*Please don’t resubmit plays that were submitted last year.

*All plays must be no longer than ten minutes, which may actually be fewer than ten pages. If you’re not sure, please read it aloud.  No exceptions, no matter how brilliant the extra minutes may be. We mean it.

*All plays must have minimal set requirements. Plays chosen will receive full productions at BUA’s black box theater, but as there will be ten plays being performed, there will be no time for elaborate set changes.

*Please email ten-minute plays with minimal set requirements to buasubmissions@gmail.com in standard format in Word or PDF.

*Important: subject line should have your name and title of the play, e.g. BROWN/MY GAY PLAY.

*Body of email should contain contact information (including email and phone) and the play’s production history ONLY. You don’t have to write a cover letter, so seriously, please don’t.

*Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered.

 The Deadline:

Submissions must be received by January 31, 2013. We prefer earlier to later, as we’ll be reading and culling as the submissions come in.

You will receive a confirmation email when we receive your play. Finalists will be notified by email by April 30. We are sorry we cannot respond to each individual playwright.

The Producer:

Buffalo United Artists will provide directors, actors, designers, and technical crew for the run of the show.  If necessary, directors will contact playwrights at the beginning of the rehearsal process.  For more information about Buffalo United Artists, please visit our Web site: http://www.buffalobua.org. Dates are tentatively set for June 22-July 13, but are subject to change.

The Production:

The final ten plays will be presented together as an evening of theatre.  All ten shows run each night. Each chosen playwright will receive four complimentary tickets to be used any night of the run, as well as a minimum $20 royalty (and, if in attendance, a drink after the show).

If you have questions, please contact buasubmissions@gmail.com

 We look forward to reading your work!

Women's Work: Call for Sapphic Scripts

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Pride Films and Plays presents Women's Work, a contest for writers who just happen to be women. We endeavor to enhance the visibility of women who write and offer them opportunities to be heard loud and clear. Or in this case, loud and queer.

The Women's Work contest fosters excellence in work written by women intended for live performance. All scripts submitted must be written by a woman (or women) and feature lesbian characters, history, or themes pertinent to the lesbian community and relevant to the world. We are accepting both full-length scripts and short plays.

Scripts will be judged by a panel of theatre professionals. Past judges include Barb Lhota, Ebony Joy, Lindsay Bartlett, Marga Gomez, Rebecca Kling, Tara Mallen, and Vanda.

Contest finalists will receive a cash prize and a staged reading of their work in Chicago.

There is no entry fee if you submit between January 15 and January 31, 2013.

For complete details, please visit:

http://pridefilmsandplays.com/wwsubmissions.html

Labels: women-only, LGBT, full-length plays, 10-minute plays, one-act plays

Ars Nova Announces ANT Fest 2013

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NOTE: 

• Due to the developmental nature of ANT Fest, shows are not open to review.
• All submissions will be considered, but we are especially interested in shows that have not yet premiered in New York.
• Evenings of staged readings are not eligible for consideration, and performances may not be script-inhand.
• The maximum runtime of all ANT Fest shows is 90 minutes.
• Still have questions? Feel free to email them to artistic@arsnovanyc.com.

Ars Nova announces a call for submissions for its sixth annual ANT Fest, a month-long festival of all new talent from June 3 to June 29, showcasing fresh material from New York’s most exciting emerging artists.

Ars Nova is on the prowl for talented artists who see the future of live entertainment and want the chance to show off their skills.  We’re interested in edgy, offbeat, charged performances that tell a story, make us laugh, showcase musicians with a vibrant new sound, or blur the boundaries between theater, music and comedy.  If it can be performed live on stage, we’re interested.

Beginning this year, ANT Fest will be expanded to include a late night 54/10 Concert Series, featuring performances by rising singer/songwriters, musicians and bands. The integration of Ars Nova's successful 54/10 Music Marathon into ANT Fest will create an even larger platform for burgeoning music artists, introducing them to a variety of theatre-makers and Ars Nova's artist community at large, in an effort to spark future project collaborations, in addition to showcasing individual work.

Think you’ve got the skills?

To submit for ANT Fest:
Send us a completed application form, a description of your evening (one page max); and a script, CD or DVD if you have one.

To submit for the 54/10 Concert Series:
Send us a completed application form, and a CD or DVD with music and/or performance samples.

Artists may submit both applications for separate consideration.

Please mail all materials to:

Ars Nova
511 W. 54th St.
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10019

Performers must cover their own transportation costs.

A range of unique submissions will each be given a spot to perform in Ars Nova’s intimate 99-seat theater and the opportunity to be a part of artist-driven parties and events throughout the festival. Please refer to the Logistics section on the application form for important logistics and details.

Applications must be postmarked by Monday, January 28. 

Artists chosen for the festival will be notified by Friday, March 22.

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About Ars Nova

Ars Nova is committed to developing and producing theater, comedy and music artists in the early stages of their professional careers.  Its unique development programs are designed to support outside-the-box thinking and encourage innovative, genre-bending work.  By providing a safe environment where risk-taking and collaboration are paramount, Ars Nova gives voice to a new generation of artists and audiences, pushing the boundaries of live entertainment by nurturing creative ideas into smart, surprising new work.  For more information on Ars Nova's programs, visit www.arsnovanyc.com.  Ars Nova was founded in memory of Gabe Wiener.

Producing credits include Producing credits include: most recently, the critically-acclaimed, sold-out extended engagement of Dave Malloy's electro-pop opera Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, directed by Rachel Chavkin, ANT Fest, The Urban Dictionary Plays, The Lapsburgh Layover, Be a Good Little Widow, The Wii Plays, Now Circa Then, Bloodsong of Love, Missed Connections NYC, Sax & Dixon: We Thee Wed, Mel & El: Show & Tell, Two Girls for Five Bucks and the Ten Dollar Heartbreakers, Playlist, Jollyship the Whiz-Bang, boom, From Up Here, The Wikipedia Plays, Dixieʼs Tupperware Party, At Least Itʼs Pink, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, Holy Cross Sucks!, Freestyle Love Supreme and The Wau Wau Sisters.

Abuse, addiction, affliction - How to write/produce/direct/design/costume/light/star in your own one-man/one-woman solo show! by Naomi Grossman

NoPassport and NYU Gallatin present the seventh annual NoPassport theater conference: Dreaming the Americas Staging New Theaters/Challenging Hierarchies

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NOTE: free and opened to the public

2013 Conference
NoPassport and NYU Gallatin present the seventh annual NoPassport theater conference:
Dreaming the Americas
Staging New Theaters/Challenging Hierarchies

A one-day conference exploring the intersections between theater and late capitalism; modes of new work production and methodologies; theater-making and theory; and the role creative activism can play in staging new theater in the 21st century.

Initiated and curated by Caridad Svich (playwright, founder, NoPassport)

Co-curated by Kristin Horton (director and faculty member, NYU Gallatin) and Sharon Friedman (faculty member, NYU Gallatin)

March 1, 2013
10 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
1 Washington Place, New York, NY  10003

Free and open to the public.
RSVP at www.nopassport2013conference.eventbrite.com

Staging New Theaters/Challenging Hierarchies features a keynote address from Todd London, the Artistic Director of New Dramatists, and opening remarks from John Eisner, the Producing Artistic Director the Lark Play Development Center.

Also featured in the conference line-up are:

• Ken Prestininzi, Artistic Director of Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep;
• Lisa Phillips and Dana Whitco, Co-Directors of Positive Feedback, an initiative of The Earth Institute;
• a dance performance by Signdance Collective International from the UK;
• and a panel moderated by scholar-playwright Saviana Stanescu.

Click here for the preliminary conference schedule. 
NoPassport and NYU Gallatin present the seventh annual NoPassport theater conference:

Dreaming the Americas
Staging New Theaters/Challenging Hierarchies

Preliminary Conference Schedule
A complete conference schedule, including all panelists, will be available in mid-January at www.nopassport.org.

10 a.m.
Opening Remarks: John Eisner (Producing Artistic Director, Lark Play Development Center)

10:30 a.m.
Art, Agency, Gift and Capitalism: a curated panel on new writing and production moderated by Ken Prestininzi (Artistic Director, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep and playwright), with Migdalia Cruz (playwright) and Patricia Ybarra (Brown University)

12:15 p.m.
Keynote Address: Todd London (Artistic Director, New Dramatists)

1 p.m.
Lunch Break

2:30 p.m.
Better Than Barter: Artists and Scientists Redefine Collaboration, Mentorship and Community: a panel co-curated by Lisa Phillips and Dana Whitco (Co-Directors, PositiveFeedback)

PositiveFeedback is an initiative of the Earth Institute at Columbia University; Center for Creative Research at NYU; and CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities—designed to support the research collaborations of artists and scientists focused on climate change.

4 p.m.
New Writing and Challenging Hierarchies: a panel curated by Otis Ramsey-Zoe (Howard University; series editor, NoPassport) with Tony Adams (Halcyon Theatre, Chicago), Ed Cardona Jr., EM Lewis, Oliver Mayer (USC), Matt Paul Olmos and more.

5:45 p.m.
Tapas Break

6:30 p.m.
Dream Act, Capital Acts: a panel curated by Saviana Stanescu (Ithaca College; Immigrants, Artists and Scholars in New York)

8 p.m.
The Other Side of the Coin: performance by Signdance Collective International, UK.

The Other Side of the Coin explores Federico Lorca’s final poems, “Ferias and acts of creative and political resistance against fascist structures and oppression.” Signdance Collective International is led by Isolte Avila and David Bower, principal figures in disability arts practice, who developed the art form signdance theater in 1987.

Signdance Collective International (SDC) was established in 2001 as a platform to further the art form through international collaborative projects. SDC is the company in residence at Bucks New University’s Theatre Department, where it empowers aspiring performers through workshops that focus on diversity as well as the technical and expressive capability of the performers. Learn more at www.signdancecollective.co.uk.

NoPassport is an unincorporated alliance and a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas. NoPassport is devoted to the advocacy, publication and production of cross-cultural work that celebrates aesthetic difference and diversity. Donations for NoPassport’s work may go directly to www.fracturedatlas.org/donate/2623/.

Wilder Wilder Everywhere Video Contest.

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As part of the ongoing celebration of the 75th anniversary of Our Town, and in recognition of Thornton Wilder’s position as one of the preeminent chroniclers of American life, Playscripts, Inc. and The Wilder Family LLC are proud to announce the Wilder Wilder Everywhere Video Contest.

The Basics

To enter, create a video that either faithfully dramatizes, or adapts one of Thornton Wilder’s playlets into a short film.  Wilder's plays present a universal and timeless vision of American life; your videos are an opportunity to stage his work  in your America.  We'd love to see videos filmed in unexpected, intriguing or iconic settings all over America- from the top of Mount Rushmore to the bottom of your neighborhood swimming pool.  You can read all the playlets here.
During the submission period (January 14th-28th) you may upload your video to our Facebook event page here,  and encourage your friends and family to "like" your video on the page.

The Rules

• Your video must use all the original characters from the selected playet, but feel free to add characters.
• Your video must contain at least 5 lines of dialogue (one line is defined as at least one sentence long) from the selected playet. The lines of dialogue do not have to be consecutive.
• Your video must between 90 seconds and 3 minutes.
• The videos with the most "likes" will advance to the finals.
• Please review the full contest rules here.

The Timeline

• October 8, 2012 - The contest begins
• January 14, 2013 - Submissions open and public voting begins at 12:00 AM EST.
• January 28, 2013-  Submissions and public voting are closed at 12:00 PM EST. Finalists will be announced later that day.
• February 8, 2012- The Winner is announced!

The RewardWe will be giving a $1000 cash prize to the creator(s) of the winning video!

Suspense: Scriptwriting contest for radio theatre

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Rules for Scriptwriting Contest for Radio Theatre

• The script should be between 15 minutes and 25 minutes in length.

• It must be an original script, unpublished, unproduced and free of royalty and copyright restrictions.

• It must be appropriate in language and theme for a “family” audience.

• There are no limits on cast size, sound effects or settings, but keep in mind that your script should be able to be performed with an ensemble of 6 to 12 people, and the sound will be created by a table full of gadgets, gizmos and the vocal talent of our sound effect wizards. We use an electronic keyboard for musical intros and outros, but we do not use pre-recorded sound effects or licensed musical recordings in our shows.

• You can choose to write in the style of old-time radio, or you can go for something completely modern and original. We want to shed new light en the audio drama as an entertainment form, and introduce a new generation to the enjoyment of Theatre for the Ear.

• Up to 3 scripts may be submitted by one author.

• All scripts must he postmarked by or before February 1, 2013. 

Winners will be notified by April 1, 2013.

• Scripts will be judged anonymously by a panel selected by the Board of Directors of the On-the-Air Radio Players.


How to Submit a Script:

All scripts should be typed, numbered and securely bound. The author’s name should not appear anywhere in the manuscript except the first title page.

Please include TWO title pages: The first one will include the title, your name, address, phone number, and email address. The second title page will have the title only.

Use a standard radio script format — see sample.

Scripts will not be returned, so save a copy for yourself!

Send your script to:
County of Henrico Division of Recreation and Parks
Attn: OTARP Radio Scriptwriting Contest
P. 0. Box 907755
Henrico, VA 23273

Judges’ decision is final. Judges reserve the right not to award all prizes if no suitable script is chosen. If your script is chosen we reserve the right to edit for time and format. The County of Henrico does not assume responsibility for loss, damage or return of scripts.

Questions? Feel free to contact us or email us at info@OTARP.com

The Bertarelli Foundation Creative Minds Festival Playwright Competition

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You're a playwright? Or you're a teacher and want to encourage your students' creative self-expression using playwriting as a catalyst?

Or maybe you're a parent looking for something constructive for your kids to do this Easter, or a theatre professional hoping to make a dramatic difference for UK’s youth.

If any of these are you, then The Bertarelli Foundation Creative Minds Festival may be of interest.

An annual event, held in Stoke-on-Trent every July, the Creative Minds Team are launching a playwright competition, looking for three ten – twelve minute pieces to be staged during the 2013 festival ( 2 – 6 July 2013)

The competition will see three awards of £350 to the author / authors of the three pieces selected.

The Theme
The theme is LOCAL & GLOBAL with particular reference to Stoke and Staffordshire. It could cover such areas as:-

What is happening in the local community?
What is happening in the world at large?
What is it to be born and/or live in Stoke and Staffordshire
What does the region offer the world
What has the region offered the world

The piece should generate a great deal of discussion as it will ask participants and practitioners, those acting in it, directing it and seeing it performed, to look at current as well as historical issues within the region and, through debate, offer the opportunity to make sense of what is going on today as well as reflect upon what has happened in years gone by.

It should also encourage everyone involved to look at issues both at home and in the wider world and allow everyone the chance to explore their own attitudes and values within a structured framework

The Submissions

A submission must be:

• submissions must be no longer than six pages in length double spaced (reading time around ten minutes)
• it can have up to thirty parts BUT only a maximum of ten speaking parts

All work presented will be developed by non professional participants led by the professional practitioners.

The Selection Process

Every piece will be read by a team of professionals from the theatre industry and/or academia. Sorry, but no critique or feedback will be offered.

Playwrights may submit as many pieces as they wish.

What to do now

To submit please  email your text including your name, address, email and contact telephone number / mobile to ianmoore@theambassadors.com

Once done you will receive a thank for submitting email.

There is no fee for submitting.

A decision on the winning entry will be made by Friday 26 April with the winners announced via the Creative Minds website

Best wishes and good luck

Heartland Theatre Company is seeking eight short original plays

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2013 10-Minute Plays Rules and Guidelines

Heartland Theatre Company is seeking eight short original plays to be considered for production in June of 2013 as part of our 12th annual 10-minute play festival. This year, the theme is “The Parcel, the Package or the Present,” which means we are looking for plays which involve a parcel of some sort.

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THE PARCEL, THE PACKAGE OR THE PRESENT

The Misdelivered Package is a plot staple, whether the parcel in question contains the Maltese Falcon, a bomb about to go off, the names of all the spies in Poland, or a kilo of cocaine from Colombia. There have been more packages used as McGuffins in plays, movies and TV shows than you can fit inside the largest box UPS will deliver.

When you have a parcel, when you don’t know what’s inside, when the recipient is suspicious of the giver or the sender, when the giver can’t rely on how the recipient will react, there’s plenty of dramatic potential.

Your 10-minute play can center on a tiny blue box from Tiffany & Co., a beautifully wrapped birthday present, a weird old shoebox with breathing holes poked in the top, a wooden crate full of albums from the 70s, a plastic “cremains” container, a makeup case with Barbie stickers on the outside, or a strange, lumpy parcel covered in stained brown paper and secured with string, bearing no return address but postage from Ulan Bator.

It can be any kind of parcel, package, packet, box, bundle, case, carton or container, as long as it’s no smaller than a ring box and no bigger than an orange crate. Anything in the middle is just fine. And what’s inside this mysterious parcel is completely up to you.

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The competition is open to all playwrights who wish to submit a play. Eight plays will be selected and performed from among all the submissions

RULES & GUIDELINES

1. Your play must fit the theme – THE PARCEL, THE PACKAGE OR THE PRESENT – or it will not be considered.
2. Your play must fit our theater and its performance space.
3. We require internet submissions in MS Word.
4. When formatting your play, we ask that you follow our style sheet.
4. We are looking for NEW plays. Please do not send us anything that has previously been produced.
5. Your play may contain no more than four (4) characters and no less than two (2).
6. Heartland Theatre Company has a pool of actors ranging in age from 18 to 70. Make sure that your characters can be played by actors within that range.
7. Your play should consist mainly of dialogue, not monologues.
8. No children’s plays, musicals, or plays which were previously chosen as winners in any Heartland Theatre playwriting competition will be considered.
9. Do not put your name on the play itself, as submissions are judged blind. Make sure your title appears on every page of the play, however.
10. If your play cannot be considered for any reason, we will notify you as soon as possible. If, in the judges’ opinion, the problem is easily fixable and the play otherwise has merit, we may ask you for revisions. Asking for revisions is completely up to the judges and depends a great deal on timing. No plays submitted after January 1 will be considered for revisions.
11. Those plays which win and are staged will be videotaped for archival purposes.
12. No contracts beyond the guidelines mentioned here will be offered.
13. Only one entry will be accepted from any playwright.
14. Your play must be written in English.
15. Keep your play under ten minutes in length.
16. Remember that something has to happen in those ten minutes.
17. MAKE IT GOOD!

If you’d like to see what criteria the judges consider, please read the Judging Sheet.

All entrants must complete and submit the Heartland Theatre 10-Minute Play Festival Entry Form.

You must attach your script in MS Word format when you send the entry form.

***Deadline for entries considered for revisions is January 1, 2013. If you want the opportunity to do revisions, your play must be entered by January 1.***

DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS FEBRUARY 1, 2013.

Semifinalists will be notified approximately February 20.

Finalists will be notified approximately March 15.

Winners will be announced approximately April 10.

The 2013 10-Minute Play Festival is in performance at Heartland on June 6, 7, 8, 9 and 13, 14, 15 and 20, 21, 22, 23 and 28, 29 & 30

Call for entries: WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS

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On Saturday, March 30, 2013, the east side’s Ensemble Theatre and the west side’s Convergence Continuum will host Northeast Ohio’s contribution to the sixth annual SWAN Day, an international celebration of women in the arts.  Here in the 4th-largest theater-producing area in the USA, SWAN Day CLE – 2013 will be staging readings of short plays to raise awareness and to celebrate women playwrights, directors, and actors.
If you’re interested in participating, meet ALL of these criteria:
1.You’re a woman
2.You’ve written a 6-10 page play* that speaks to women’s experience or history or both
3.Your play calls for 2-5 actors (double-casting for more roles is fine)
4.Your play calls for more than 50% female actors (2:1 or 3:2 women:men, or all female)
5.Your play is new or slightly used – no more than one previous public reading or workshop or production
6.You save your play in standard format* as a PDF file that includes numbered pages; a separate page with character list, settings, time period, production notes; a separate title page; 12-pt type; at-least-1-inch margins
7.You put your PDF standard-formatted play*, contact info, and a
100-word bio into an email
8.The subject line of your email is Your Name - Title of Your Play - Your City, State
9.You send that email to SWAN Day CLE – 2013 BY January 30, 2013

NOTE: You don’t have to be from the Cleveland, Ohio area to submit, but Cleveland-area playwrights will be given greater consideration than those from outside the area.  Submissions will be capped at 100 Cleveland-based entries, or Cleveland-based entries plus however many non-local entries total 100, as of midnight EST 1/30/13.  The number of plays chosen depends on their relative lengths and how they fit into a 90-minute staged reading.  Submitting does NOT guarantee that your play will be chosen.

There is NO FEE to submit.

All participating artists will receive a $50-minimum stipend, because we believe in supporting women artists now.

*standard play format 12-pt type, at least 1" margins, page numbers: examples
Dramatists Guild OR Indiana State University

Columbia-Greene Playwright Project 2013 - JFK

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Director Stewart J. Zully, in association with Columbia-Greene Community College, has announced a play competition for spring 2013 that focuses on the subject of former President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Taking its inspiration from the 50th anniversary of the J.F.K. assassination, in 2013, the Columbia-Greene Playwright Project 2013 kicks off with requests for plays related to any of the individuals connected to the date Nov. 22, 1963, including such figures as J.F.K. himself, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, Jackie Kennedy or Lee Harvey Oswald. Submitted plays should be full length, with a maximum of eight characters. Only one play per writer will be accepted.

"I am please to initiate this exciting new project at Columbia-Greene Community College," Zully said.

Deadline for submission is February 1, 2013. 

The selected play will be chosen March 15, with the winning playwright receiving a $200 stipend.

Plays, as well as requests for information, should be e-mailed to Zully at playwrightworks@aol.com.

2013 NEW AMERICAN VOICES PLAY READING SERIES NOW ACCEPTING SCRIPTS

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Deadlines for submissions is January 31, 2013

Play Submissions

The Landing Theatre Company in conjunction with Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company and Wordsmyth Theater is now accepting full-length plays for the new Landing Theatre Festival being held July 17-21, 2013 in Houston, Texas. Four plays will be selected for staged readings at the festival. Selected playwrights receive a complimentary Festival Pass, but must cover their own travel expenses. The Festival will offer a number of workshops, and discounts to Landing Theatre Company productions.

Fees

There are no fees for submitting.

Format

1. Selected playwrights must attend the festival.  
2. Each playwright will be paired with a local director prior to the Festival to prepare for the event.
3. Director will cast the play prior to the festival.
4. Each production will receive at least two rehearsals prior to the official reading.
5. One rehearsal will be scheduled when the playwright can attend.
6. The play will then be read in front of an audience, with a moderated discussion of the play afterwards.
7. Video tape of reading and discussion will be provided to the playwright after the event.

Submissions must meet the following criteria:

1. Playwright must be a citizen or legal resident of the United States of America.
2. Play must not have been produced.
3. Play must not have had a public reading in the Houston area.
4. Submission must be received on or before January 31, 2013.
5. Submission must be a minimum of 30 pages long and have a minimum run time of 45 minutes.
6. Submission must be in .doc, .pdf or .rtf format.
7. Plays are given blind reads, so there should be no playwright identifiers anywhere on the script.  Your name and/or contact information should only be in the email.
8. Only one play per playwright per submission period.
9. No musicals, children's plays, or one-person plays. 
10. Playwrights will only be notified if your play is selected.

Please submit scripts online at www.landingtheatre.org.

NYCPlaywrights Play of the Month - February 2013

Submissions are now being accepted for the NYCPlaywrights February 2013 Play of the Month.

The theme is "Two Hander in Love." It can be a comedy or a drama, but should not have a bitter, cynical, take-my-wife-please approach. This is about sincere romantic love. The romantic love can be hetero-normative or LGBT, but the script should call for no more than two characters on stage - it should be a two-hander.

The deadline is Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 11:59 PM EDT.

1. Send only one ten-minute play per author to info@nycplaywrights.org
2. The script submission should be sent by email, with the play itself as a file attached to the email. File format should be in either Microsoft Word (.doc) or pdf. Most preferable is .pdf (Portable Document Format) because it will retain your original script formatting.
3. The script can be no longer than 10 pages (not including title page, setting info page, etc. - pages will be counted only from where the actual stage directions and dialog begin.)
4. The script should be in standard playscript format. If you are not sure what that is, see this page on the NYCPlaywrights web site: http://nycp.blogspot.com/p/playscript-formatting-template.html
   Plays that are not in standard format, or that have more than 10 pages (not counting title page, etc.) will be rejected immediately.
5. Make sure you have your name and your email address on the title page of the script.
6. Plays can be from anybody, anywhere in the world, but must be primarily in English (a few non-English phrases are acceptable, but the phrases must include English translations in production notes or stage directions.)
7. There is no fee for submission.
8. The writer of the selected play will be awarded $10.
9. The NYCPlaywrights selection decision is final and NYCPlaywrights reserves the right to select no plays from those submitted.
10. The play must have been written by the person making the submission.
11. A play that has had a production is acceptable.
12. A play that has been published is not acceptable.
13. All rights will remain with the playwright.
14. The selected play will be video-recorded and posted during the month of February 2013.
15. The video recording of the play will be posted to the NYCPlaywrights YouTube account and from there embedded into the NYCPlaywrights blog. The playwright will be asked to review the video recording and approve it before it is made public.
16. The play must reflect the month's theme in some meaningful way.
17. The play should be a complete 10-minute play, not an excerpt from a longer work.
18. Save yourself some time and trouble - don't send your bio, resume and list of theater accomplishments along with your submission. We only care about the script. If your play is selected, you will then be asked for your theater bio.

NOTE: The play recording may be anything from a script-in-hand reading to a movie-like production. To get an idea of the possibilities for the video recordings of the selected scripts see the page on the NYCPlaywrights web site with samples of past readings of Plays of the Month: http://nycp.blogspot.com/p/play-of-month.html

Any questions email info@nycplaywrights.org

Thunderclap CALL FOR SCRIPTS ABOUT SEX, RELIGION, OR POLITICS

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Deadline: February 1, 2013

Material type: Comedic and dramatic one acts about any of the following topics: sex, religion, and politics.

Length: One acts; recommended length: 20-60 minutes

Thunderclap Productions is looking for three plays – about sex, religion, and politics respectively — that can be presented together for an evening about this forbidden trinity of polite conversation.

Please follow these instructions to submit:

1. Submit a script.  Include a cover page with the title, a breakdown of characters by gender (e.g., 2m/1w), and a 1-2 line synopsis.
2. Please also include a short bio and a performance history of your play if it has been previously performed.
3. Send all of your files to submissions(at)thunderclapproductions(dot)com with “Sex, Religion, and Politics Submission” as the subject line.

Accepted File Types:

• pdf
• WORD (.doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt)

Minifest

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Each year, the Acadia Theatre Company presents a student run festival of 6-8 one act plays. Minifest, now in its 22nd year, is one of Acadia's most popular student events. Minifest is the final production of the Theatre year.

We welcome submissions from new and experienced playwrights. If you have a play that meets these guidelines, please submit it for our consideration. Plays are selected by a student selection committee.

Submission Deadline: January 31, 2013


Minifest Submission Guidelines

Anyone can submit an original play, provided that it has not been previously performed.

Guidelines

1. The play can be NO longer then 30 minutes in length. Playwrights can submit more than one play.
2. Plays with more than two or three characters, and plays with substantial parts for women actors will be of particular interest.
3. The plays selected will be chosen for their dramatic quality, but also for their suitability for the actors and numbers of actors available in any year. Since Minifest is modestly funded, plays will also be considered from the point of view of their simplicity in staging requirements. Plays requiring elaborate scenery and effects may have to be passed over in spite of their quality.
4. Manuscripts must be submitted no later than midnight on January 31, 2013.
5. Playwrights are invited to attend rehearsals, by agreement with their director. Rehearsals start in March 2013.
6. Minifest will present up to six plays on two consecutive nights. Each evening of plays will then play two more times. Minifest 2013 will take place April 3-6, 2013.
7. Successful playwrights will not be offered royalties, but will be offered four complimentary tickets for their first night.
8. To ensure anonymity in the selection process, the author's name should only appear on a page that can be separated from the script.
9. Scripts which have not been selected will be returned to their authors, provided that a stamped, self-addressed envelope is included with the MS.

Mail submissions to:

Minifest 2013
The Department of English and Theatre
Beveridge Arts Centre, Rm 415
10 Highland Avenue
Acadia University
Wolfville, Nova Scotia  Canada B4P 2R6

Or email to: english.theatre@acadiau.ca

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.