Theater for Young Audiences at 92nd Street Y

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Deadline: April 1, 2022

Will be reviewed on a rolling basis

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Theater for Young Audiences at 92nd Street Y (92Y.org/MusicalTheater) is seeking to commission playwrights for a new series specifically designed to introduce 6-10 year olds to the exciting world of Shakespeare.

Theater for Young Audiences at 92nd Street Y is a series of performances and discussions centering children as the audience. Our shows are stimulating and compelling, using storytelling as a vehicle for building empathy, and learning essential life lessons. Our shows gather around movement as a shared language, a way to meet each other through the most universally shared experience: moving. Audience participation and a crafted handmade design remind children that they are essential creators in the story.

The commission requires writing a 40-minute performance piece for children and their families envisioning movement as an essential storytelling component in the play. Pieces should contain music as a theatrical element- both Musicals and Plays with Music are eligible.

• Piece should be an age-appropriate adaptation of a Shakespearian play. You do not have to use original language and can take some liberties with the context (“a play about Shakespeare writing As You Like It…”)
• Piece will be performed in our 2022-2023 season by professional performers (over 18+), Cast/Director/Choreographer/Production provided by 92Y.
• Must be ready for pre-production in June 2022
• Creators retain all rights to their material, but allow 92Y an exclusive option to produce the show with royalty payments negotiated each season.

Plays you can choose from are:

• All’s Well that Ends Well
• As You Like It
• The Comedy of Errors
• Measure for Measure
• The Merry Wives of Windsor
• The Winter’s Tale 

COMPENSATION 

The creative team will receive a minimum stipend of $2500 with increases based on experience, attendance of rehearsals or performances, participation in community engagement programs. 

To apply, please send: 

• A proposal for your play/musical of no more than 1000 words, including your basic premise as well as how it will incorporate the required elements of movement where movement is the vital element, and the story is told primarily through movement (as directed by the script). 
• A ten-page sample of your writing, preferably something that has been intended for a youth/family market. If you are proposing a musical please also include a demo recording of a previous TYA collaboration. 
• Your bio or resume 
• A statement as to why you think you are a good fit for this project 
• A description of your proposed timeline, participation and fees 

Send materials to Attn: Megan Doyle, Artistic Director, Mdoyle@92y.org (PDF and links preferred- please do not attach large files) or 92Y Musical Theater Attn: Megan Doyle, 1395 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY 10128

Tierney’s Tales of Terror seeks audio scripts of horror and the supernatural

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Deadline: May 19, 2022 at 11pm CST

Email with a pdf to strangeparadise1980@gmail.com 

(with the subject: Tierney’s Tale Submission – Season 2)

Theme: The Supernatural (This CAN take place in the future provided our current, modern day isn’t mentioned; ie the internet, politics, etc. A good example is to look at the original Twilight Zone and take inspiration from there.)

Rules:

1. Original audio plays only. (No audio plays including literary characters ie Frankenstein, Dracula, etc.)
2. Your script must be free of visual cues.
• Script guideline
3. Approximately 25-30 minutes in length (OR two 15 minute plays as 1 double-feature)
4. Horror genre
5. Family Friendly (no cursing, no sexually explicit themes, etc. This is because the original audio play, "A Tale of Tierney" didn't have any of that stuff and I'd like to keep it that way.

All winners will be notified one week after the contest is over.

Opportunity: 1st, 2nd, 3rd place scripts will be fully produced and distributed at several different sites, including two very prominent audio drama sites: Mutual Audio Network and Moonlight Audio Theatre.

The 2023 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award

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Deadline: March 21, 2022 12 noon GMT

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

• The 2023 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award aims to identify and champion debut/early career playwrights.
• You are an eligible writer if you have not already had a full-length play of more than 65 minutes produced for 3-4 weeks or more in any theatre, and two weeks or more in a major subsidised theatre/organisation including a national tour.
• You only have limited international credits where longer runs are not part of a country’s ecology and/or limited screen credits
• Work must be submitted by the writer or the translator and not through a third party/agent
• The reading process is anonymous. Please do not include your name or contact details anywhere in the text of your script. Your personal information will be held separately
• The online portal will be open for submissions from 12 noon (GMT) February 21 until 12noon March 21 2022. Any entries received after this time will not be eligible
• Only entries submitted online though theatre503.com/writers/submissionswill be accepted.
• Please do not submit any material by any other means. E.g. on paper, email, CDs, digital media
• Please do not submit or include any other material, or include images in your script
• Adaptations or musicals are not eligible
• Plays must be written/translated into the English Language
• Plays (including translations) must never have been professionally optioned, produced or published at the point of submission
• Only one script may be submitted by each writer
• Co-written scripts can be accepted, provided both writers are eligible under our Award criteria – prize money will be shared in the eventuality of a co-written play
• Theatre503 must be informed immediately should you wish to withdraw your play at any point

By submitting a script for consideration you agree that:

• You are over 16 years of age
• You have not had a play produced for a 3-4 week run in any theatre, two weeks or more in a major subsidised theatre/organisation including national tours, limited international credits and/or limited screen credits
• The script does not contain any detail of your identity
• You are the writer of the play and exclusively own and control all copyright and all other related rights to the play (and the translator owns and controls the rights to the translation)
• The play is over 65 minutes in length
• The play is original, unperformed, unpublished work for the stage and has not been produced anywhere in the world. In the case of a translation, this applies to both the English language translation and the work in its original language.
• The play is available for production and unattached to any other theatre or company
• If you are the winner you will receive £3,000 in prize money and £3,000 as an advance against 8% of the gross box office, to grant Theatre503 the exclusive license to produce the play for up to 18 months after the announcement of the award
• Samuel French Ltd, a Concord Theatricals company, will have the exclusive right to publish the winning play in return for an advance to be negotiated in good faith

Wild Culture co-production program

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Deadline: none given

Click here to submit your work for consideration in the Wild Culture program

Wild Culture is a co-production program where wild project partners with a cross-section of independent, downtown performance artists to help both professional and emerging theater performers nurture, broaden and advance projects that are in various stages of development. 

Wild Culture co-productions give artists subsidized access to wild project’s 89-seat theater, box-office split, tech staff and community outreach to sustain the innovative creativity of downtown performance and unburden independent artists from prohibitive production costs. 

The program generally grants each project limited engagements of one to three performances. Projects that wish to submit to Wild Culture should align with wild project’s mission to enrich and educate the community, explore issues relating to female, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ artist communities, and demonstrate a clear performance aesthetic.

Wild Culture adapts each partnership to the specific needs and artistic vision of the project. Wild Culture is an ongoing program throughout the year.

If you have a project that might be suitable for a Wild Culture partnership, please email Producing Artistic Director Ana Mari de Quesada at adequesada@thewildproject.org to get the conversation going to partner with us.

wild project is a theater, film, music, and visual arts venue that presents diverse, engaging, inspiring, and entertaining works to the vibrant and growing community of Alphabet City in New York’s East Village. Founded in 2007, wild project is an innovator among arts venues, providing an eco-friendly theater and gallery where the artists and space nurture each other. The company is dedicated to creating an environment that supports the artists, and to cultivating artists that support the environment. With an eco-conscious approach to presenting the dynamic works of hundreds of emerging artists each year.

Rogue Theater Festival

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Deadline: April 1, 2022

Now accepting new works for the fourth annual and uniquely hybrid Rogue Theater Festival! Rogue is looking for new works by emerging writers and artists to present their piece live for an audience OR virtually for an audience. We encourage anyone who feels they have a story to tell to submit their piece to the festival. Rogue believes in equal opportunity for all. 

SUBMISSION INFORMATION (CLICK HERE)

BASIC FESTIVAL DETAILS

Participants may choose to participate in Scenario A (in person and live in NYC) or Scenario B (remote filming anywhere in the U.S.and virtual presentation)

Performances: June 30th-July 3rd (each show will have 1 performance that performs at The Players Theatre or streams via ShowTix4U)

Each Scenario A show will have 1 technical rehearsal during the week of June 28th-July 1st at The Players Theatre

Each Scenario B show will give Rogue Theater Festival their edited piece by June 1st to be inserted into a final package before presentation by Rogue Theater Festival

Playwrights and Producers are fully responsible for putting up their production (e.g. Director, union contacts if choosing to use union members, rehearsal space, transportation fees, salaries, marketing, costumes, casting etc.).

There is a one time, nonrefundable, participation fee. You do NOT need to pay to submit your play, only if you plan to participate in the festival.

Each show will need to sell a minimum of 10 tickets or participate in a buyout of those tickets with Rogue Theater Festival.

Each Scenario A participant will need to show proof of vaccination in order to have access to The Players Theatre technical rehearsal and performance opportunity.

Scenario A participants will not need to wear masks during rehearsal or performance within the theater, but will be required to wear a mask when in any public spaces within The Players Theatre.

Rogue will require audience members to show proof of vaccination and wear masks for each performance.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Overtime Theater Seeks New Works for Women’s History Month Program

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Deadline: March 12, 2022 11:59 PM

The Overtime Theater in San Antonio, Texas is seeking new works from playwrights who self-identify as women, transwomen, or nonbinary individuals for its 2022 New Play Development Series. The chosen play will be given a staged reading at the Overtime Theater on March 10, 2022 in celebration of Women’s History Month. The script submissions window is open from Feb. 8, 2022 until 11:59 p.m. Mar. 12, 2022.

Though full-length plays are welcome, the Overtime especially seeks previously unproduced one-act plays that require one to four actors, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The chosen play (or plays) will be given two rehearsals and one staged reading, which includes an audience feedback session.

Devoted to producing new and original work, the Overtime is particularly interested in bold, innovative plays from across the female spectrum that are both provocative and entertaining.

For environmental reasons, the Overtime Theater is unable to accept script submissions delivered by mail or in person. Only submissions in a Word document or PDF will be considered. Applicants should use the title of the play as the name of the document, followed by the full name of the playwright. One play per applicant. The Overtime accepts submissions from writers based in the U.S. or Canada.

The Overtime Theater, an all-volunteer organization, compensates playwrights with one equal share of donations to our tip jar at the end of the play’s one-night presentation.

Submissions should be sent to submissions@theovertimetheater.org. Attn: Jade Esteban Estrada, artistic director. Deadline is 11:59 p.m. Mar. 12, 2022.

The Painkiller Project March 2022

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Deadline: March 10, 2022 10 PM GMT

The Painkiller Project will reopen for submissions on Monday 7 March (10am) until Thursday 10 March (10pm).

To listen to previous episodes of the podcast, click here.

The Painkiller Project is a playwriting competition with a £250 prize for each winning play. From May 2021 we will be open every other month for submissions.

Since March 2020 the project has played an important role in the development of numerous emerging playwrights. While established artists have risen to the challenge of creating work during the pandemic, a new generation of playwrights have not been given a meaningful platform. This initiative exists as a remedy.

During our Submission Windows we will allow access to the submission portal, which can be found here. You will only be able to submit your script during a submission window.

 

Before submitting your script, please make sure that:

• Your name, email address and any personal details do NOT appear anywhere on your script
• Your script is no longer than 1500 words, including directions and character names.
• It includes a title page with a title, a synopsis and a casting suggestion for each character
• It is either a PDF or Word file

Plays should be written for 1 or 2 actors.

 

The two selected playwrights will receive £250 each. We will try to give feedback to as many plays as possible but will only give it if we think it is helpful rather than for the sake of it - we don't have all the answers!

Each winning play will be produced (in audio form) and released on The Painkiller Podcast.

 

We request you do not submit more than one play per submission window.

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We want playwrights to feel they can write about whatever they want to write about and we recommend that you have a listen to the podcasts we have already released on The Painkiller Podcast to get a sense of the kind of work we select.

 

We are also excited to read writing that seeks to push the boundaries of what can be achieved within this form. 

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Finally, we like work that embraces complexity and moral ambiguity, and that understands how humour is essential to good writing.

 

@BitterTheatre on Twitter for updates.

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Playwrights must be 18 or over to apply.

Gulfport Community Players One-Act Play Contest

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Deadline: March 15, 2022

Established in July 2000, the Summer One-Acts is the longest-running one-act play competition in the Tampa Bay area. We accept submissions from authors who reside in the United States of America. Entries are judged anonymously on their literary content.

Running time 5 to 15 minutes maximum.

Never produced in the Tampa Bay Area

No adaptations, children's plays, or monologues.

Cast size 8 maximum. Simple staging and sets.

Family-friendly. No nudity, foul language.

You can submit up to three plays.

No entry fees.


MAILING GUIDELINES


Include a cover letter with author name, mailing address, telephone, email

Include 2 copies of play - eliminate any author info from script pages

Include the number of characters, character breakdown, a synopsis on the first page.

Only use paper clips. No staples, binders, folders

Scripts will not be returned

No email submissions

Do not visit the theater to "drop off" scripts


MAIL PLAYS TO:

Gulfport Community Players
Summer One-Acts
1619 49th Street S
Gulfport, FL 33707

Use regular US Mail. Do not send scripts by certified mail or signature required.

A stipend of $50 will be paid to the author for any one-act that we produce.

All applicants will be notified of decisions no later than April 15, 2022

Plays will be presented for July 14-24, 2022

Members of the Gulfport Community Player vote for their "favorite" playwright, director, actress, actor.

Awards presented - August 2022

Women's Project Theater Lab Application

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Deadline: April 1, 2022 at 11:59 EDT

WP Theater is looking for early career Women+ playwrights, directors, and producers who crave an artistic home, professional support, and the resources to launch them into the next phase of their careers to join the WP Lab.

The Lab provides up to fifteen artists with community, a vital professional network, entrepreneurial and leadership skill-building, free rehearsal space and, most significantly, tangible opportunities for the development and production of bold new work for the stage.

If you have specific questions, please email wplab[at]wptheater.org after reading the Frequently Asked Questions section below. No phone calls, or emailed applications please.

*When we say Women+ we mean: cis women, trans, non-binary, or gender-nonconforming people and all gender identities which have been systematically oppressed throughout history in the theater and beyond.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY:

• Must be a Woman+ artist living within 90 minutes of WP Theater via car or rail.
• Must be able to attend evening meetings at WP Theater up to two times each month from September 2022 to May 2023, and September 2023 to May 2024, as well as other events throughout the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons, such as previews, performances, retreats, and other special events at WP.
• Must be available for the 2024 Pipeline Festival (March-May 2024).
• Regular attendance is mandatory and therefore applicants should view the program as a two-year-long commitment. Lab meetings will be a mix of in-person and virtual as needed to keep everyone safe.
• Must have received COVID-19 vaccinations (including eligible boosters).
• Must be aged 21 or over.
• Must be available for either an in-person or virtual interview.

THE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS WILL:

• Receive a stipend of $2,500 each year of Lab participation.
• Participate in a semi-monthly lab meeting led by WP Artistic Staff and Lab Liaisons.
• Participate in a semi-monthly meeting of the five artists in their concentration led by a mentor in their field.
• Participate in events and conversations led by established artists and leaders in the field.
• Receive complimentary tickets to WP shows, invited dress rehearsals and other special events.
• Receive artistic support and professional development guidance from the artistic staff.
• Participate in The Pipeline Festival, a festival of five new plays, written, directed and produced by the WP Lab, to be presented during the second year of the residency.
• Receive access to WP’s rehearsal space at no cost, when space is not in use.

For further clarification of Requirements for Eligibility, please see the Frequently Asked Questions section below.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
All applicants must submit the following:

• Current resume
• One page statement that describes your artistic vision and/or approach to creative producing and the specific process behind it.
• One short essay answer detailing why this residency is useful to you at this moment in your career.
• One short essay answer describing what you need to move your career forward.
• A list of 3 professional references, including title/affiliation, phone and email.
• Playwrights:
• In a separate PDF, the full length script most representative of your work and that you believe to be ready for production.
• The draft should not have your name or any other identifiers.
• The play must be at least 60 pages long, and must be a completed draft, though it need not be a final draft.

All materials will be reviewed by a panel of theater professionals. Finalists will be notified about interviews in late spring of 2022. Interviews will be a mix of in-person and virtual. The 2022-2024 Lab will begin in September 2022 and conclude in May of 2024, with a summer break in between the two years.

Petaluma Radio Players submission guidelines

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Have a play you would like us to consider for broadcast?

We're looking for 30 minute and 60 minute Radio Plays and Radio Plays in series, or stage plays that can easily be adapted to radio. We'll consider all genres including comedies, dramas, thrillers, historical fiction, adventure, noir and more. Please avoid submitting plays containing  long monologues. 

If we accept your script we may provide notes to assist you in making minor changes to fit our air time requirements or for dramatic enhancement.

Send your script as either a Word file or pdf file

to: info@petalumaradioplayers.com.


In your Subject line, please write: 'SUBMISSION'.

Please include all of your contact information. If your play is represented by an agent please include the agent's name, agency name, and contact information. For PRP to consider an agented play for production, agented plays, like all scripts we vet and approve, must adhere to our Standard Use terms and conditions.

Our Troupe will read your play within four eight (8) to twelve (12) weeks of receipt at one of our Script Review Sessions, then notify you with our acceptance or rejection decision.

We review one (1) play per same author every six months. Please do not submit more than one play at a time and please abide by our request. We log all submissions.

Standard Use Terms & Conditions:

If PRP accepts your play, we will pay you a fee of $100. PRP reserve rights to broadcast your play up to three (3) times per calendar year on kpca-lpfm (103.3 in Sonoma County, California) and stream  on the world wide web via www.kpca.fm, and via podcast ('PODCAST' tab on petalumaradioplayers.com)  and on other non-commercial stations on a case by case arrangement. We also reserve the right to upload to our Podcast and keep your play active on our Podcast for a period of three (3) years with the option to renew subject to payment of a $50 renewal fee for an additional three (3) years. In the event we consider your play for future syndication on noncommercial or commercial stations, or for distribution via a third-party publisher (Blackstone Audio, Amazon's Audible, etc.), we will contact you to discuss  additional compensation. Our standard royalty for playwrights is five percent (5%) of net profits.

We retain broadcast copyright for material we produce. You retain all other rights to your play.

Theater J Expanding the Canon Commission

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Deadline: March 15, 2022

Established in 2022, Theater J’s Expanding the Canon initiative will commission seven extraordinary racially and ethnically diverse Jewish writers to create new full-length plays that thematically and visually center diverse Jewish narratives. This program is for Jews of Color, Multi Racial/Multi Ethnic Jews, Indigenous Jews, and Mizrachi and Sephardic Jews who seek to correct and broaden the historically limited portrayals of Jewishness on stages in the US and around the world. Expanding the Canon is made possible in large part by funds granted by The Covenant Foundation.

Each writer will receive a $10,000 commission to create a new play over two and a half years; each will also have access to a $5,000 developmental budget that can be used for readings, workshops, research, and travel.

The program will commence in August, 2022 with a three-day intensive “Beit Midrash” led by Rosh Beit Sabrina Sojourner, a Shaliakh Tzibur and nationally recognized Jewish leader, and an exceptional teaching faculty. They will guide the cohort of commissioned writers through a curriculum covering Jewish life, philosophy, history, and literature. This intensive introduction will give playwrights access to texts and understandings of Jewish thought and tradition that will inspire them as they begin to craft their plays. Throughout the commission, writers will meet monthly to continue to learn, share additional resources and workshop written material.

Excerpts of the finished scripts will be shared in a final gathering in December, 2024. All commissioned scripts will be strongly considered for Theater J mainstage productions.

To learn more about playwright eligibility and submission requirements, please see below.

To learn more about the project leaders, click here.

To read Theater J’s Mission, click here; our Response to We See You, White American Theater, click here; our History, click here.


Playwright Eligibility and Submission Requirements

For too long, the American Jewish theater has overwhelmingly consisted of plays by and about white, Ashkenazi Jews. Theater J’s Expanding the Canon program will provide $10,000 commission to seven racially and ethnically diverse Jewish playwrights to create new full length plays that thematically and visually center diverse Jewish narratives.

Eligibility

This program is for Jews of Color, Multi Racial/Multi Ethnic Jews, Indigenous Jews, and Mizrachi and Sephardic Jews who identify as Sephardic and Mizrachi, even if they are members of a majority Ashkenazi community. The commissioned artists may be seasoned playwrights, early-career playwrights, or experienced writers of other genres (novelists, poets, etc). We define “Jewish” broadly to include religious Jews, secular Jews, those with Jewish heritage, and others who have a Jewish identity. All playwrights must reside in North America (Canada, the United States, and Mexico) and be over the age of 18.

Writers must commit to the entire two and a half year commission process, including an initial 3-day on site Beit Midrash in August, 2022 (travel and housing will be provided). They must regularly attend the monthly online cohort meetings with their fellow commissioned writers.

We encourage you to read our “Frequently Asked Questions” below.

Submission Requirements

To submit, please email litoffice@theaterj.org with the subject line “Expanding the Canon Submission” and the following attachments in PDF:
Statement of interest that addresses how you are a fit for this program and why it interests you. Please note that you do not need to describe the play you would intend to write. (Page limit: 1 page)
Two writing samples. Samples can be excerpts from plays, as well as novels, poetry, or any other form of writing. Samples do not need to center racially and ethnically diverse Jews. (Page limit: 10 pages per excerpt).
A resume or C.V.

We may request additional materials as finalists move through the process.

Deadline for submissions: March 15, 2022

THE 30th ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

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Deadline: March 15, 2022

Every summer, The Blank Theatre produces the 12 best plays by playwrights ages 9 to 19, chosen from a nationwide competition. In the past 29 years, we’ve produced 357 plays by these young writers. Winning playwrights are provided careful mentoring and direction from industry professionals to help prepare their work for public performance and hone their skills, talent and confidence.

Nowhere else in the nation can young playwrights receive the prize of seeing their vision come to life on stage in a professional production featuring known actors from film, television and theatre. The plays are crafted by seasoned professional directors and each is given several public performances in a month-long Festival.

Submissions are accepted annually from January to March 15 and the 12 winning plays will be produced by The Blank each summer.

SUBMISSION RULES - Please read carefully

DEADLINE: Plays or musicals must be submitted by MARCH 15, 2022.

FEES: There are no fees for submitting your work to the Festival.

ELIGIBILITY: Playwrights must be 19 years old or younger on March 15, 2022; co-written plays are allowed, provided all writers meet age requirement.

CONTENT: Original plays or musicals of any genre, subject and length.

LIMIT: Up to 3 plays per playwright or playwright team.

FORMAT: All plays must be in PDF format and have a cover sheet, title page and numbered script pages. Musicals should have sample tracks uploaded as mp3 files with submission.

COVER SHEET: Submissions must include a Cover Sheet with:

• Title
• Playwright Name 
• Playwright Date of Birth (with year)
• Age 
• School and Teacher Name (if applicable)
• E-Mail Address
• Contact Phone Number 
• Physical Mailing Address

NO RETURNS: Scripts will not be returned so please do not send originals.

NOTIFICATION: Festival Competition winners will be announced in April/May 2022.

The Playwrights Group ~ take advantage of our online offerings!

Take advantage of our online offerings! 

 

Script Consultations

 

Have a script you want feedback on?  Just send a PDF of your script and you’ll get the answers you’re looking for via email and/or video conference. 

 

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

 

Weekly Zoom Workshop

 

Get feedback on a finished script or one you’re just getting started on. We read everything from a one page scene to a full length. Plays, musicals, film scripts — whatever it is you’re working on. This is a great way to keep yourself focused and to connect with other playwrights across the country. 

 

We meet (virtually) Thursdays from 7 - 9:30pm EST.  Check out our website for more details and rates — and arrange to sit in on a session and see for yourself.

 

Online One-on-One Courses

 

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

 

•       The Art of Playwriting

•       Write a Play in 10 Weeks

 

Both are One on One with instructor Richard Caliban, who has spent his life in rehearsal rooms getting words on a page up onto a stage. And since it’s One on One, the courses can be adjusted to fit your level of experience. 

 

Please visit our website for further Info and Rates: 

www.theplaywrightsgroup.com

 

Contact us at 

scripts@theplaywrightsgroup.com

Land Rights: open call for projects 2022-2023

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Deadline: none given

Athens Greece

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Who has rights to the land? Does the land have rights? Who has access to natural resources and the “commons” and who grants it? How has modernity shaped our relation to nature and how has this relationship in turn shaped our culture, our social relationships and our daily lives?

In our present moment of late capitalism, we are witnessing a clash between local communities and transnational capital, over our most fundamental relationship to life, civilization and social structuring: the land, and the human right to it. From the Balkans to the Pacific, local communities are fighting - most times with their very bodies- to defend their land, the natural resources and their ways of living. In this struggle they are standing against a complex network of interests involving state, corporate, legal and media powers, which - and that’s not an overstatement - are taking control over the planet and its resources. Despite the victories for these local movements, some of which have gone as far as succeeding to grant legal rights for nature, we are faced, more than ever before, with massive land grabs (and subsequent massive exclusions from resources) and an unprecedented environmental catastrophe.

With the present call, we invite artists of all fields (dance, performance, visual arts, video, theatre, playwriting etc) , culture professionals, architects and urban designers, documentarists, activists and researchers, to submit their work on themes related to the rights to the land/rights of the land. Interested applicants may submit for a presentation or a residency, a finished project or an in-progress work.

Themes may include but are not limited to:

-Public space and the commons
-Urban space, architecture, imaginary spaces/ cities
-Indigenous communities, histories, cultures and struggles to defend the land
-Food politics
-Colonial and neocolonial land politics and histories
-Decolonization: reclaiming the land and resources, redefining the relationship between humans and the environment.
-Climate catastrophe
-Climate refugees

The works that will be selected through the open call, will be presented at 1927 art space as part of an interdisciplinary programming that will include performances, staged readings, art exhibitions, artistic residencies, talks and debates, and will take place over the fall of 2022 and winter of 2023 in Athens. Information and questions: 1927artspace@gmail.com | www.1927online.art.blog

 
Only selected artists will be contacted

Conditions of participation: For international artists/researchers/resident artists, depending on the project and its needs, 1927 art space will offer hospitality for up to 3 persons. 

When an event is ticketed, artists/participants will receive half of the box office income. 

For visual arts, artists have the option to have their work available for sale. 

1927 art space will work with artists in order to raise support from different institutions in Greece and around the world.

Campbell Opera Librettist Prize

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Deadline: March 4, 2022 11:59 p.m. ET

In 2020, OPERA America worked with librettist/lyricist Mark Campbell to establish the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize — the first award in the history of American opera that specifically recognizes the opera librettist. Early in Campbell’s career, Stephen Sondheim presented Campbell with the first Kleban Foundation Award — a prize for extraordinary theater writers.

The program is intended to recognize a librettist who has: 

• Exceptional talent for writing opera librettos with potential for making a substantial contribution to the American opera literature; and 
• Demonstrated experience writing for opera/music theater and a commitment to making opera a central part of their artistic work and career. 

The prize winner will receive: 

• A one-time $7,000 direct cash prize in support of their artistry and development as an opera librettist to be used by the awardee at their own discretion; 
• Access to OPERA America’s professional development programs for artists, including a two-part Opera Entrepreneurship Workshop; and
• Introductions to leading opera producers through Opera America Magazine and at future annual conferences and New Works Forum meetings. 

 Eligibility 

• Applicants must have demonstrated experience as an opera librettist and have written at least two complete librettos that have been set to music or are in the process of being set to music. 
• Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to opera as a central part of their artistic work. 
• Applicants must have U.S. citizenship, permanent residence, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status (proof of residency and citizenship will be requested). 
• Applicant participation (past or current) in a librettist-training program is preferable, but not required. • Applicants may only apply for consideration for three cycles of this program. Applicants who have applied unsuccessfully in two cycles must articulate substantive career progress made since their last application when they submit their intent to apply. 
• Recipients of the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize may not reapply for the Prize in a subsequent cycle.  

Timeline The following timeline is in place for the 2022 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize: 

•Application available online: January 2022 

• Intent to apply deadline: March 4, 2022 (required for full application)

• Application deadline: March 30, 2022 

 • Adjudication: April 2022 

• Awardee notification: May 2022 

 How to Apply 

• Read these guidelines carefully before completing any application materials. 

 • All materials must be submitted online via the online grants system at operaamerica.org/GrantsDashboard. 

• The submission of an intent to apply is required for all applicants and is due by 11:59 p.m. ET on March 4, 2022. OPERA America will provide individualized support to applicants based on their intents to apply to guide them to the full application. Only applicants who submit an intent to apply may submit a full application. 
•  Submit a complete, final application by 11:59 p.m. ET on March 30, 2022. 
•  Applications submitted without work samples as specified in the application will not be considered. Applications that are incomplete or late will not be accepted. • Contact Diana Hossack, grantmaking director, at DHossack@operaamerica.org or 646.699.5236 with any questions. 

Application Review Process 

An independent panel will review all final applications for the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize. The panel will consist of experts with an understanding of diverse writing and creation styles, as well as new work producers from OPERA America Professional Company Members. Individuals who stand to benefit financially from a grant are ineligible to serve on the panel, and no current employee of OPERA America is eligible to serve as a panelist. Decisions of the panel are final. 

Panelists evaluate the applications based on the following criteria: 

 • Artistic Ability: The artistic quality of the work samples. 

• Creative Potential: The potential to enrich the art form and the field. 

• Impetus for Opera: Applicants’ motivations for expressing themselves through opera. 

 • Collaborative Expression: The articulation of successful collaborative work in the applicant’s artistic practice. Narrative Statements 

In addition to a current biography, applicants are required to submit written narrative statements describing their: 

• Desire to choose opera as a form for their storytelling; 

• Experience writing opera libretti; 

• Success working collaboratively with composers and other creators; and 

• Vision of how they will use their writing skills to influence the future direction of opera. Work Samples Applicants are required to submit no more than three work samples that best represent their unique voice and creative styles and demonstrate the creator’s aptitude for theatrical storytelling through music. 

 • The most competitive applications will include recent examples of works that demonstrate the librettist’s ability to write theatrical work for trained voices and instrumental ensembles. 

 • Two of the samples must be from opera librettos that have been set to music or are in the process of being set (though not necessarily premiered in a full production). Shorter and/or one-act librettos are permitted. Only complete dramatic works for the stage will be considered. Screenplays, poems, text for arias, fragments from librettos, and academic articles are not accepted. 

 • Written samples are required; audio or video recordings of the submitted samples are encouraged (whether set to music or text readings), but not required. 

• Librettos written in languages other than English must be accompanied by a complete English translation. Award Announcement • All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their requests after the panel adjudication. 

 • The award letter will contain dates for the additional OPERA America activities included in the award. 

 • The recipient of the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize will serve as the fiscal agent for the award. This is a singular award in the designated year that does not constitute continued financial support for the named awardee. 

• The Campbell Opera Librettist Prize is intended for the named awardee only and is not transferable to any other artist or organization. Reporting Requirements The awardee will receive an award letter explaining the prize terms and conditions, including financial documentation and narrative reporting requirements. A final report on how the prize has benefitted the artist in the development of their career as a librettist will be required for learning purposes for both the awardee and OPERA America. The awardee is required to acknowledge OPERA America and Mark Campbell/the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize in the manner described by OPERA America in the award letter. If the recipient of the prize has a website, it should feature OPERA America’s logo, including a hyperlink to OPERA America’s website. The recipient of the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize may be asked to submit additional documentation or cooperate with OPERA America in sharing the results of their award with the field. Staff Contact For more information, contact Diana Hossack, grantmaking director, at DHossack@operaamerica.org or 646.699.5236.

“Refusing to be Silenced” stage play festival for Women’s History Month

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Deadline: March 5, 2022

Think about all the iconic women who refused to be silenced. What about the women in your life who refuse to be silenced? Do you refuse to be silenced? Everyone has a story. What’s yours?
Gee Rated Innertainment is producing the “Refusing to be Silenced” stage play festival for Women’s History Month.

• Must be at least 18 years old to participate
• Submission(s) must focus on the theme of women refusing to be silenced

o All genres welcomed

o No nudity, or distasteful language

• Playwright can submit no more than two scripts

o Should be submitted as a PDF

o Should be in Stage Play Format

• Submission(s) should be original and written by playwright

o No full productions or publications

o Readings are okay

• Playwright submission(s) should be no longer than 15 minutes, but at least 5 minutes in length
• Monologues will be accepted (no more than 2) and should be no longer than 5 minutes

o Should be submitted as a PDF

• Submission(s) will not be accepted after March 5th
• Submit submission(s) through the Google forms
• If you are unable to self-produce your play/monologue, we can do it for you
• Playwright must be available for rehearsals through Zoom

If your submission is accepted, you will be notified through email by March 10th. This event will be held on Zoom in March. There are no participation fees. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at info@gee-rated.com. 

Disclaimer:
Participation in this event is voluntary. This event will be free to the public.

Please submit your submission(s) through the following link: https://forms.gle/4AQZ1dtQXUtjkxxVA

STRONGBOX in the PARK Festival

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Deadline: March 1, 2022

Strongbox Theater in East Rockaway, New York, www.strongboxtheater.com, seeks submissions for our "STRONGBOX in the PARK" short play festival. This outdoor, free or pay what you wish, event will feature 6-7 short plays performed over three weekends this summer by a professional team of actors and theater makers.

Submitted plays should be no longer than 20 pages in length and be original, unpublished works (it is fine if the script has been produced previously). Scripts with large casts are acceptable, as are monologue shows. Comedies or plays with lighter tones are encouraged, but plays of any genre or tone will be accepted and seriously considered. Playwrights from communities underrepresented in the theater field are strongly encouraged to apply and submissions from anywhere will be accepted. 

Only one play per playwright please.

A panel of professional directors, playwrights, and producers will select up to 7 plays to produce in the festival.

Each selected play will receive 9 performances, weather permitting, July 22 - August 7, in East Rockaway, New York.

Submissions can be sent via email to info@strongboxtheater.com. Submissions must include a title page with the playwright's name, contact information, as well as a resume. We will accept submissions through March 1st. Playwrights will be awarded a $75 honorarium if their play is selected.

The festival is creatively coordinated by Sam Hood Adrain, Kevin Delano, and Cameron J. Marcotte.

About Strongbox Theater:
We are currently in the construction phase of repurposing and old bank and office space into a 6,000 sq. foot arts complex featuring a 1500 sq. foot black box theater, a bar, and an art gallery. Our mission is to create a new audience of theater goers and be a pillar of the Long Island arts community. We believe we will build a strong sense of community as people gather to consume art, both performing and visual, at our venue.

NY THEATER FESTIVAL COMPETITION SPRING/SUMMERFEST 2022

 PLAYS/MUSICALS - TOTAL PRIZES $7,500 - FIRST PRIZE $3,000 - FULL LENGTHS - ONE ACTS - SHORTS - SOLOS

Best actress $500, Best Supporting Actress 500, Best Actor,  Best Supporting Actor $500, Best Director $500, Singer $500, Best Short $500, Most Creative Play or Musical $500, Best Music Score $300, Best Choreography  $200

to submit, go to:

http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/summerfest-festivals/

All genres/submissions accepted from playwright that live no further than 30 miles from Manhattan and provided they are between 5 and 90 minutes long.

Productions must run with a complete cast and crew from NYC or 30 miles radios. Equity productions are welcome to participate.

PLAYS AND MUSICALS SUBMITTED MUST BE UNPRODUCED, OR PRODUCED BEFORE 2017, IN WHICH CASE CAN ONLY PARTICIPATE WITH A COMPLETE NEW CAST AND CREW
ONLY ONE SUBMISSION PER PLAYWRIGHT IS PERMITTED

Productions must run with a complete cast and crew from NYC or 30 miles radios. Equity productions are welcome to participate.

You can take advantage of our Audience Feedback System. 

We find that it is usually constructive for playwrights and other members of a production team to receive audience feedback concerning the quality of their productions. 

If you so choose, the Festival will reach out to all audience members who attended your production, with a questionnaire they can fill out, answering specific questions and providing general feedback. 

Audience input can be very helpful if you are shaping your show for another run, or simply a rewrite. We believe this process will help perfect your production, or can simply help you to learn and grow as an artist for your next production.

Our Fall/Winter season in 2021 ran smoothly, without any problems.

We hosted 90 productions without a single Covid infection.

WE ARE ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR OUR 18TH CONSECUTIVE SEASON. WE HOSTED MORE THAN 1,000 PLAY SO FAR + 250 MUSICALS.

Plays and Musicals must be unproduced or produced before 2017 in which case the run must include a completely new cast and crew.

Submit to be among the plays and musicals in a Festival/Competition that is 

WOWING New Yorkers. 

to submit, go to:

http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/summerfest-festivals/

Introducing NYC’s fastest growing competition. 

PRIZES:
We offer up to $7,500 in Prizes. $3,000 alone goes to the best play or musical.
Can you find another festival that gives away this much money in prizes? Our winners are selected by the festival’s team, so it’s not simply some “popularity contest” based on whoever brings in the largest audience.  Sometimes the most “non-glitzy” smallest budget productions with the fewest audience members win first prize, simply because it was excellent.  We love sincere, heart-felt performances, and honest writing. 

Here’s a chance to have your play live on a New York City Stage! Submit your work to the Spring/Summerfest festival competition. Accepting plays and musicals of all genres between 5-90 minutes in length. The New York Theater Festival has been a haven for playwrights for 17 seasons - 10 continuous years of activity. Read below to find out why!

Why is New York Theater Festival a mecca for new and original plays?  

Simple.  

We offer:

• A quality venue.

75 beautiful red fabric seats . A stage the size of your average 2 bedroom apartment in Manhattan (30’x22’) with plenty of backstage space, room in the wings, a large dressing room complete with mirrors and sink, and a clean and functional bathroom.

• Need set/prop pieces? No problem.

What other festival offers you the use of 100 set props/furniture in their storage for free? Not only do we invite you to use our items, we also offer free storage for all your hand props for the duration of your run. It’s no fun double parking your truck outside of theaters for every performance, only to find your windshield sporting a new parking ticket. It’s annoying lugging all your props, set items, and costumes back and forth on the subway throughout the length of your run. Don’t sweat it. We have space- and that’s not easy to come by in NYC! Check out our props: https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/props/

• Easy to use technology.

Where else will you get a lighting plot of 65 lights, complete with LED lights that can create a flush in a full range of deep colors for your scenes. 

• If MUSIC is the food of love, play on!

Need music? We also have a good upright piano you can use

• We offer very long techs. 

Do you know how important it is to have ample tech rehearsal time? 

For a Full-Length (60-90 minute) we give 4 hours for your tech. 

For a One-Act (30-45 minute) we give you 2.5 hours for your tech, For a Short (5-20 minute) we give you 60 minutes for your tech. 

What can you accomplish with short tech rehearsals, or none at all? Absolutely nothing (say it again!) We don’t want to risk your show looking miserable during your run because you did not have enough time to prepare. We want you to feel confident with how it will look. That’s why we offer a generous amount of tech time. (After all, time is money!)

• What's more important than advertising your show?

Many festival websites do not advertise your show. Many that do will have mundane descriptions and a thumbnail of a poster. Check out our pages with previous productions. Large posters, detailed information, and a catchy blurb of your show… That’s more like it! You can share the link without embarrassment and send it to your family, friends, colleagues, and community. All cast and crew from all productions are granted free tickets to see all of the other shows in the festival! 

 

Check out our posts:

https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/winterfest-festivals/shows-date-2019-winterfest/

• No seasonal volunteers

One of our principle team members is always at the theater to support you during your tech, box office times, and performances. You will always see a familiar face! Feel free to ask for help or special guidance to make your performance a success. Your questions will be answered in a matter of hours from the festival’s team. You will never have to wait days for a response. Our staff is knowledgeable and experienced, providing you with real answers and a personal touch

• Award ceremony

An unforgettable award ceremony at the end of the festival to honor your talent in front of your artistic colleagues, similar to the Oscars!

Plays are considered on a first-come first-served basis. The earlier you submit, the better your chances are of having your script invited to the festival. Each applicant is fully responsible for all elements of their production, including directing, casting, stage-managing. We know exactly what you need to make your show a success and we welcome you into our community of playwrights and theater innovators! 

B STREET THEATRE – NEW COMEDIES FESTIVAL 2022

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Deadline:  March 1, 2022

Or when they reach 200 submissions

SUBMISSION FORM

On February 7, 2022, B Street Theatre will begin taking submissions for the third, annual New Comedies Festival which will take place from June 26 – July 3, 2022 at The Sofia: Home of B Street Theatre.

“That's great art -- nothing is self-evident. I am made to laugh about those who cry, and cry about those who laugh.” – Bertolt Brecht

In the ever-changing landscape of our country and the American theatre, B Street is soliciting submissions of comedies in all shapes and sizes for their third, annual New Comedies Festival. We encourage local, national and international artists to submit full-length comedic plays during our open submission process. We encourage pieces to include elements of romance, dark comedy, farce, satire, physical comedy, commedia dell’arte, improv, stand-up, audience participation, music, etc. 

Following the submission process, B Street will select four plays to receive staged readings in the festival. Following the festival, the audience members who attended all four readings will receive an opportunity to give feedback about which script(s) they would like to see fully produced on the B Street Theatre Mainstage. Their feedback will be vetted by B Street Artistic Staff and a minimum of one selected script will receive a full production on the Mainstage within a year of the festival closing.

QUALIFICATIONS

• The works submitted must meet the following criteria:
o The playwright must be 18 years of age and have the right to work in the United States.
o The play must not have had a professional production, or be scheduled to have a professional production, prior to December 31, 2023. A professional production means that the artists working on the show were compensated for their time, and that all of the theatrical elements one hopes to see in a production were present.
o We are seeking to develop comedies of all shapes and sizes; however, we request that all plays be full-length. For the purposes of this festival, we are defining full-length as being no shorter than an hour and ten minutes. Solo pieces and theatre for young audience pieces will be accepted.
o We accept both original and adapted works, provided that the rights to any material not in the public domain have been granted in writing, and a copy of the release is emailed along with the script.
o While we encourage playwrights to submit “plays with music”, we are unable to accept submissions of original musicals at this time. We ask that if a play contains songs that would need to be licensed separately, the playwright list the titles and writers of said songs in the front of the script with the casting breakdown.
o Playwright must be available for the entirety of the festival (June 28 – July 3, 2022) in order to be present for the week-long rehearsal and workshop process at B Street Theatre in Sacramento. B Street Theatre provides round-trip travel, housing and stipend for the playwrights of the four, selected finalist scripts.
o The script must meet the script formatting requirements set by B Street Theatre that are listed below.

 Submissions must be submitted in PDF form; however, we ask that playwrights ensure they have an editable version of the script (Word, Final Draft, etc.) if selected for the festival.

 Submissions must be blind scripts with the playwright’s name and contact information (or representation contact information) removed from the title pages.

o Due to the submission cap (see below), playwrights are only permitted to submit one script.
• Submissions that do not meet the above requirements will not be accepted.

• Please Note: Due to organizational bandwidth and our desire to have each submitted play be read by a number of qualified and committed readers, we will only be accepting 200 submissions for this year’s festival on a first-come-first-serve basis. We will also be notifying 25 waitlisted submissions that will be officially accepted into the festival prior to the first round of reading if any of the 200 submissions do not meet the festival requirements listed above. The portal for submissions will open at midnight on February 7, 2022 and will close once we reach 200 submissions. If we do not reach 200 submissions, the portal will close at midnight on March 1, 2022.

SELECTION PROCESS
• We will solicit the help of volunteer readers to read the submitted scripts. These readers may include but are not limited to the following: B Street Artistic Staff, B Street Company Members, industry playwrights, industry dramaturgs and other industry professionals.
• There will be two rounds of reading for outside readers and each reader will read between 5 and 10 scripts each round. Each script will be read by at minimum of two readers per round. There will be a third, final round of reading for B Street Artistic Staff only in order to choose the finalists from a short-list of scripts that have been evaluated in rounds one and two of reading.
• The reading of scripts will take place over a two-month period and the final four scripts will be chosen no later than May 16, 2022.

HOW TO APPLY
Playwrights interested in submitting a play for consideration in the New Comedies Festival should send the following to B Street Theatre between February 7, 2022 and March 1, 2022. Online submissions via the link below are preferred but playwrights may mail their submissions to the address below.

Attn: New Comedies Festival B Street Theatre 2700 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816

Online Application Link:
https://bstreettheatre.wufoo.com/forms/new-comedies-festival-2022-submission-form/

Please contact literary@bstreettheatre.org with any questions. No phone calls, please.

This is a blind opportunity. Scripts will be considered on their own merits, without any access to personally identifying information about their authors.

Dark Unicorn Productions Ltd. seeks audio scripts

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Deadline: February 27, 2022 5PM UK Time

Dark Unicorn Productions Ltd (UK) is seeking three audio scripts to fill gaps in a slate of 12 audio dramas (plus a Christmas special) to be released later this year in co-production with sound designers The Colour Noise, under the strand heading “Noisy Unicorn”.

Please ensure that you’ve read the details and conditions fully before submitting.

Submissions can be in any genre but must adhere to the following:

• No less than 30 minutes and no more than 60 minutes in length
• For no more than five actors (doubling up roles is permitted)
• Must be for audio – no stage or TV scripts which require adaptation. If you wish to submit such, please ensure that before they request the full script, it has been formatted for audio. They do not have the resources to adapt and reformat work.
• Must be original, or an adaptation of an out-of-copyright work. If you wish to have an adaptation of an in-copyright work considered, they must see proof that you have permission to adapt.
• Not previously recorded for release.
• Prefer script to have a monologue or some way to specifically showcases a solo performer
• Has subject matter of topical interest which can be appreciated globally
• Foregrounds the lived experiences of people of colour, whether in the UK or elsewhere

Selected scripts will be optioned for 12 months for a nominal consideration and, when produced, will be offered for sale globally as digital downloads on either a play-by-play or series-pass basis. 

All authors will receive a 10% royalty from the gross sales of their work.

This is a tight turnaround project. Please do not make a submission if you do not have the script, already formatted for audio, ready to go at short notice.

If you wish to be considered, please send, at this stage, a signal of interest accompanied by ONLY the following information:

• Title
• Logline
• Synopsis
• Character breakdown (with doubling indicated where required)
• Estimated running time
• Writer’s CV (Optional)

DO NOT send full scripts at this stage. They will request the full script from those authors they wish to consider more closely.

To reiterate - submissions with full scripts attached, undeveloped ideas, or adaptation ideas for anything other than out-of-copyright work (except where detailed above) will not be considered. Submissions which are made with the expectation that they will adapt a script for stage or screen to an audio audience will also not be accepted.

Please make your submissions to submissions@darkunicorn.org

Deadline: 5pm UK time on Sunday February 27th 2022.