NYTimes Video: Aasif Mandvi does a monologue from DISGRACED

In “Disgraced,” Mr. Mandvi (of “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”) plays Amir Kapoor, a corporate lawyer who lives with his wife, Emily (Heidi Armbruster), on the Upper East Side of New York. Here Amir tells Emily about a not-so-subtle episode of racial profiling at the tony law firm where he’s expecting to be made a partner.

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Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park accepts submissions

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Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park accepts submissions for full-length plays, musicals and adaptations in any genre. The materials requested for both new and previously-produced works are the same. Playwrights should submit their work through established literary agents. Agents may submit complete manuscripts.

If you do not have agent representation, send a letter of inquiry, playwright bio or resume, character breakdown, brief synopsis and ten consecutive pages of sample dialogue. Please include your play’s production history, if any. Musicals should be accompanied by a tape or CD of selections from the score. Do not send sheet music or DVDs.

We will review your submission and let you know if we are interested in reading the entire script. Please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you wish to have your materials returned. Unsolicited scripts will not be read. We do not accept electronically submitted materials.

Please mail your submission to:

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Attn: Literary Department
P.O. Box 6537
Cincinnati, OH  45206

A CALL FOR MONOLOGUES: Play With Your Food

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A CALL FOR MONOLOGUES: Play With Your Food, a video monologue series.
Project Y Theatre Company, NYC is seeking submissions for a one minute Video Series entitled: Play With Your Food—a video monologue series about the food that feeds our spirit.

Project Y Theatre Company is committed to the development of new work in New York City through an incubation process of video-monologues, readings, workshop productions, and ultimately, a fully produced world premiere. www.projectytheatre.org
Food inspires our senses and our hearts; it conjures up memories, can define who we are, entertains and arouses us, and leaves us craving for more. Food is necessary to live and to life, and the perfect topic for our next Video Series.

Guidelines: In 150 words or less, write a monologue or play about a particular food and/or recipe that has meaning to a character. Feel free to include the recipe with your monologue/play. Keep it simple but revealing. Please submit all submissions IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL to: literary@projectytheatre.org.

DEADLINE is December 1st, 2012.

The 5 winning monologues will be cast, shot, and fully produced by Project Y and released on our website and YouTube Channel. Previous years can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/user/ProjectYNYC

Details about submitting can be found here:
http://www.projectytheatre.org/2012/08/play-food-video-contest/

Here's the promotional video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0mzXjgp9C4&feature=player_embedded

520 8th Ave Suite 334 New York, NY 10018
www.projectytheatre.org
email: info@projectytheatre.org

EST/SLOAN Project

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Deadline for artist proposals and script submissions: November 1, 2012
Deadline for regional development grants: December 1, 2012

The EST/Sloan Project commissions, develops and presents new works delving into how we view and are affected by the scientific world. These plays examine the struggles and challenges scientists and engineers face from moral issues to the consequences of their discoveries.

The Project is designed to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling work exploring the worlds of science and technology and to challenge existing stereotypes of scientists and engineers in the popular imagination. The Project commissions and develops new works throughout EST’s developmental season, including one Mainstage Production, as well as workshops and readings in an annual festival called FIRST LIGHT.

Now in its 12th year, the EST/Sloan Project has awarded commissions totaling more than $450,000 to more than 140 artists. Previous commissionees include: Billy Aronson, Mike Daisey, Jason Grote, Ann Marie Healy, Michael Hollinger, Israel Horovitz, Tina Howe, Shirley Lauro, Emily Levine, Romulus Linney, Quincy Long, Cassandra Medley, Dan O’Brien, Carey Perloff, Bill Pullman, Jaquelyn Reingold, Tommy Smith, Caridad Svich, Vern Thiessen, Alex Timbers, Bridgette Wimberly, David Zellnik, Stillpoint Productions, and The Royal Shakespeare Company.

Commission Awards
Commissions will be awarded to individuals, groups and creative teams for full-length and one-act plays and musicals. Commissions range from $1000 to $10,000. Commission amounts are determined on a case-by-case basis, as are deadlines for drafts, finished work, and research support (if appropriate). Extant, full-length works may be submitted and are judged on a script-by-script basis by the EST/Sloan Project staff. Rewrite commissions for existing scripts range from $1,000 to $5,000.

Commissions are also available for regional theaters who wish to sponsor a local project focused on science and technology, either by commissioning a new script or developing an extant piece. Commission amounts are determined on a case-by-case basis, but average $5000.

Submission Guidelines
The EST/Sloan Project is open to a broad range of topics related to the issues, people, ideas, processes, leading-edge discoveries, inventions, and/or history of the “hard” sciences and technology.

Hard sciences include the following areas:

• Mathematics
• Physics (geological, nuclear, theoretical, etc.)
• Biology (evolution, zoology, animal behavior, ecology, molecular, genetics, etc.)
• Chemistry (industrial, biochemistry, etc.)
• Neuroscience
• Anthropology and Archaeology

Technology includes:

• Computer Science
• Software Development, Computer Development
• Engineering (civil, chemical, mechanical, electrical, aerospace, vehicle design)
• Space Research

Areas not considered for commissions include:

• Science Fiction
• Medical Conditions and/or Victims of Disease
• Psychology and Human Behavior

How to Apply
New Commissions
Individuals, creative teams and theatre companies interested in receiving an EST/Sloan Project commission should submit the following as their application for a grant:

1. A one- or two-page description or a simple outline/synopsis of the project. This document should describe the actual story being explored, the source of inspiration behind the idea, and how the science being portrayed would be inherently dramatic in the piece.
2. A resume or biography of each collaborator involved.

Rewrite Commissions
Individuals, creative teams and theatre companies interested in receiving an EST/Sloan Project rewrite grant should submit the following as their application:

1. A draft of the script.
2. A one- or two-page cover letter detailing the development history of the play, your goals for a rewrite commission, and any questions you have about the current draft.
3. A resume or biography of each collaborator involved.

Regional Development Commissions

Theatre companies interested in receiving an EST/Sloan Project regional development grant should submit the following as their application for a grant:

1. A current draft of the script, or a one- to two-page description or outline of the project.
2. A resume or biography of each collaborator involved.
3. A one- to two-page cover letter detailing the development history of the project and your goals for the commission.
4. An estimated budget for the project.

A selection committee evaluates the proposals and makes the final decisions. Candidates may be asked to revise aspects of their proposals, provide writing samples, and/or arrange a meeting to discuss their project as part of the selection process.

Deadline for artist proposals and script submissions: November 1, 2012
Deadline for regional development grants: December 1, 2012

Delivering Your Submission
We accept scripts in the following manner…

Email (preferred):
sloanproject@ensemblestudiotheatre.org

Via regular mail:
The Ensemble Studio Theatre
Attn: EST/Sloan Project
549 West 52nd St.
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-247-4982

Please contact us with any questions.

Best of luck to you,
EST/Sloan Project Staff

RED EYE’S WORKS-IN-PROGRESS 2013 - CALL FOR PROPOSALS

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The emphasis of Works-In-Progress is on the process of developing an original piece for performance, primarily in terms of its conceptual development and staging.  The series is designed to serve emerging artists who are exploring new directions in pieces that would benefit from an extensive reflective process and are best suited to an alternative venue for development.

Interdisciplinary, multimedia and collaborative works are encouraged, as are works not only by theater artists, but also by artists crossing over to the stage from their primary discipline.

A direct stipend of $450 is provided for each project selected, a portion of which is designated for production costs.  In addition to feedback throughout the development process, participants have access to Red Eye’s technical resources, including rehearsal space.  Red Eye also provides a lighting designer and production manager for the public performances, all promotion of the series, and an opening night reception.

Participants are expected to give their works production values (minimal as they may be), and move beyond a staged reading.

Participants are responsible for all elements of production, including casting, design, and direction.

The series is open to works of any length, from which A MINIMUM OF 10 AND A MAXIMUM OF 15 MINUTES will be excerpted for presentation.

Participation is required in at least five of the seven group feedback sessions.
Should a piece receive subsequent production, credit must be given to Red Eye for developmental support.

The series is not open to critical review.

Four to five projects are selected each year by a panel consisting of Red Eye company artists and past WIP  participants.  Applicants will be notified by phone or e-mail by December 21, 2012 about the panel’s decision.  Selected participants must be able to attend an informational meeting 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Monday, January 7, 2013.

Rehearsal space will be available from that date through performance.
Works-In-Progress 2012 will be presented for four public performances Thursday-Sunday, May 30 – June 2, 2013.


APPLYING TO RED EYE’S WORKS-IN-PROGRESS 2013
New this year: You may submit your application electronically to staff@redeyetheater.org. To do so, please save your proposal as a PDF file.  Work samples may either be delivered separately or sent as digital attachments. In the case of electronic files, please be sure to include your name in all file titles.

Hard copy submission: FIVE (5) copies of the following items:

• A cover page listing the title of your project, your name, address, telephone number/s and e-mail address.
• A two-page narrative, including 1) a description of the conceptual intent of the piece and your ideas for how those intentions might be developed for performance; 2) an articulation of the questions you are raising in your work; 3) the style of the piece; and the visual, aural, and/or staging approaches you hope to explore; 4) a paragraph about your expectations for what you hope to get out of the program.  NOTE:  THIS NARRATIVE IS THE 

MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR APPLICATION.

• A one-page resume or bio of the primary artist/s submitting this proposal.
• A list of proposed production/artistic personnel with whom you will be working on the project (consider performers, directors, designers, etc.).  Note:  Red Eye provides a production coordinator and lighting designer for the series.
• A production history of your proposed project, if any.
• Supporting materials – include an informational page with work sample descriptions, including titles, length of excerpts, your role in each, AND a brief description of how the work sample relates to your proposed project.  Do not send originals.

> up to 5 pages of performance text, if applicable (5 copies),
    plus 1 copy of one or more of the following (if available):
> DVD work sample, cue to most appropriate 3-minute excerpt
> CD/DVD/MP3 audio sample, cue to most appropriate 3-minute excerpt
> Visuals, up to 3 pages or 5 slides

DO NOT BIND YOUR PROPOSAL.  USE PAPER CLIPS, PLEASE.

If necessary, the panel may ask selected applicants to come in for a brief interview before a final decision is made.

send or deliver to.....

RED EYE • 15 W 14th St • Minneapolis, MN  55403-2301
Applications can be placed in Red Eye’s mail slot 24/7, located on your right as you face the front doors.
Note:  the slot can only accommodate packages less than 2” thick.

Application materials must be received at Red Eye by 5 PM on MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012. 

This is NOT a postmark date.
If you want your work sample/s returned you must include an SASE.

Scripts Wanted for Dec. 15 - 16 Short Play Lab -- Cash Prizes

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We are looking for a few more scripts for the Dec. 15 - 16 Short Play Lab. New participants are welcome! The rules are easy-peasy:

Deadline is Dec. 3. Notification will be immediately after submission, if not sooner. The sooner you get your script in, the more time you have to prepare. Get that script in pronto!

Plays should be 1 - 10 pp. in standard playscript format.* (The shorter the better; shorter plays get priority.) Include a title page, as the first page of the script, with contact info.
Submit scripts in MS-Word.

You produce the play; the SPL provides the theatre (at the Roy Arias Studios, 300 West 43rd Street, NYC).

Productions must be non-union: no showcases please! (And no Equity waivers, either.)

Keep production values to a minimum: costumes and hand props are okay. We provide rehearsal cubes, chairs, and a table or two.

We provide a board op, box office, and venue management.

There are no fees. The SPL keeps the door.

Tickets are $20. Each playwright and director gets to watch his/her show for free. There are no other comps.

There will be a tech rehearsal on the afternoon of Dec. 15.
Every play gets 2 performances, 1 on Sat. and 1 on Sun. Each play will be part of 1 of 2 programs: Program A or Program B, but not both. Program A takes place at 7 pm Sat. and 4 pm Sun. Program B takes place at 9 pm Sat. and 2 pm Sun.

We don't do staged readings. Be off-book, please! Plays not off-book during tech will be removed from the line-up.

THE MOST POPULAR PRODUCTION IN EACH PROGRAM RECEIVES A CASH PRIZE OF $75. Winners are determined by polling patrons at the box office.

*12 pt Times Roman; character names in the middle on their own line; line spaces between speeches and between speeches and stage directions; indented stage directions.
The SPL is a lot of fun and a good way to see your work on its feet in a supportive environment. It's also a great way to see actors and directors at work, so you can recruit people for later productions.

Our Associate Artistic Director, Tom Thornton, also coordinates Times Square Playwrights. He is in charge of all details of reading/curating plays for the Lab.
To submit a script, send it as an attachment to tt91457@yahoo.com. Any questions, don't hesitate to shoot Tom an E-mail!

Thanks,
John Chatterton
Executive producer, Short Play Lab
Tom Thornton
Artistic Director

Call for scripts for Queer Shorts 8

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StageQ invites you to submit a short play for our eighth annual festival of short queer plays, Queer Shorts 8. Queer Shorts 1 – 7 were sold-out smash hits, and you could be part of the fun during our 2013 playfest!

Plays should be no longer than 15 minutes in length, and are due December 14, 2012.

Please include a one-page précis, including:

• One-paragraph description of the plot
• Casting requirements (number of actors, gender, ages, special requirements, if any)
• Set requirements (remember, this is a playfest with 10 – 12 plays in one evening; we use cubes to create the sets; simple is better!)
• Running time (no more than 15 minutes!)
• Special technical requirements, if any
• Who is the intended audience?
• Is there lesbian, gay or other queer content? (Required)
• Is there nudity? Adult language?
• If a musical, is there a written score?
o If a musical, what are the instrumental requirements? Vocal requirements?

Please send us no more than 3 scripts. And please don’t re-submit scripts that you have sent us
in the past.

You can email your script and précis to QueerShorts@stageq.com.

We have a strong preference for receiving scripts electronically. But if that’s not possible for you, send via snail mail to:

Queer Shorts c/o StageQ
113 E Mifflin Street
Madison, WI. 53703

We’re serious about the 15 minute time limit. 5 or 10 minutes would be even better. We’d love to have a musical in the fest! And call us language snobs, but synopses and scripts full of typos, spelling, grammatical and syntactical errors are not going to knock our socks off. We read almost 300 scripts for Queer Shorts each year and accept 10 or 11, so make yours easy for us to love.

We acknowledge all scripts received, so if you don’t hear back from us within a couple of weeks, we didn’t receive your submission. We’ll also let you know by early April, 2013 whether or not we selected your script, but please don’t start bugging us about it on April 1st. Queer Shorts 8 will be performed June 7-15, 2013 at the Bartell Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin, with possible teaser performances as part of other events in the spring and summer of 2013.

10-minute plays wanted for literary journal

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Middle Tennessee State University seeks 10-minute plays for possible publication in its literary journal Poems & Plays. There is no fee. Limit of one play per playwright.

Deadline is November 30, 2012.

Send play to:

Poems & Plays

Gaylord Brewer, Editor

English Department

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Emerging Artists deadline extension

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Emerging Artists Theatre has extended their submission deadline to November 30th for their upcoming New Works Series. Seeking original solo shows for men and women as well as new musicals both short form and full length for their developmental 2013 series, now in its 9th year. Free to submit! Free to participate!

http://www.emergingartiststheatre.org/submissions.php 

Any questions, email us at EatTheatre@gmail.com

Phoenix Theatre Ensemble First Stories Festival

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Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, a resident theatre ensemble now in its 9th season, announces its inaugural “FIRST STORIES FESTIVAL” to coincide with the company’s March 2013 production of Sophocles’ ELECTRA, which is the final installment of the company’s three-year trilogy of the House of Atreus.

The FIRST STORIES FESTIVAL is inviting submissions of productions of Greek themed plays, contemporary, comic, dramatic, one person shows, that are inspired by the Greek classical cannon. Productions may be  translations, adaptations, derivations, or inspirations. The festival will run concurrently with the company’s production of Sophocles’ ELECTRA in March of 2013. All performances will take place at The Wild Project in New York’s East Village.

Information and Festival Guidelines may be obtained by emailing festival@PhoenixTheatreEnsemble.org

Ian McKellen on his process

3rd Kulture Kids is pleased to announce a general call for submissions of new full-length plays

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3rd Kulture Kids is pleased to announce a general call for submissions of new full-length plays by writers defining themselves and/or exploring themes related to the “third culture kids” culture (i.e. having grown up in a different culture then that of parents and/or having lived in various countries; making it hard to identify their own individual culture). Submissions will be considered for the upcoming In Transit annual reading series in Spring 2013, as well as possible future productions.

GUIDELINES
We are accepting full-length plays previously unproduced in New York City
We are interested in the various perspectives of writers belonging to the third culture generation  and/or stories related to those themes: such as immigration, exile, identity, belonging etc..
Please include the following with each submission: a bio and/or resume, production or development history if applicable.
Open to potential existing relationship with a director or actor(s).

The deadline for submissions is December 10th, 2012. 

Scripts can be sent by email to submissions@3rdkulturekids.com or by postal address to: ​(please note, they will not be returned).
​
3rd Kulture Kids ​
151 First Avenue # 124
New York, N.Y. 10003


Theatrix USA seeks plays

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Theatrix USA currently is accepting script submissions from previously unpublished playwrights.

Theatrix USA welcomes such submissions from novice playwrights working in any genre. Theatrix USA produces everything from comedy to drama to experimental pieces.

A playwright interested in making a submission to Theatrix USA by contacting the company at info@theatrixusa.org.

Theatrix USA is a 2 Corners company.

During the 2013 season, Theatrix USA is slated to produce 20 plays in 20 cities.

The headquarters of Theatrix USA is 2443 S. University Blvd., Denver, Colorado

Shoah Stories seeks full-length, one-act plays, musicals

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 Shoah Stories
Official Call for Artists

The Holocaust Council of MetroWest and the Jewish Plays Project are seeking two new plays and musicals on Holocaust themes written by members of, and featuring the stories of Survivors from, the Metrowest Community. One play will be for adult audiences; the other for students in grades K-12. Selected plays will receive professional direction and staging.

These scripts will form the basis of Shoah Stories, a series of staged presentations of Holocaust-related plays and musicals. Created with a two-year grant from The Jewish Community Foundation and the Daviroff Family Foundation, these presentations will tour to adult and student audiences in New York and New Jersey, adding an innovative and engaging level to Holocaust education throughout our area.

IMPORTANT NOTE: THE CONTEST IS OPEN TO ARTISTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, DENOMINATIONS, FAITHS, CREEDS, RELIGIONS and other IDEALS.

The Holocaust remains a pivotal event in world history, and the HCM and JPP are eager to hear all points of view on the subject.

ELIGIBILITY:

Material: Full-length and one-act plays and musicals that deal with Holocaust themes and history that have never been produced in New York City.

Authorship: At least one principal artist involved in the piece (playwright, lyricist, composer, director, etc.) must be from, or have strong ties to, the Metrowest New Jersey Community.

Productions limits: Plays must be able to be performed by up to six actors and one musican/technician. Plays must be able to be produced in theatrical and non-theatrical spaces (20 x 30 feet staging area).

Intended audiences: General audiences, schools (K-12) and universities, synagogues, senior residences and nursing homes.

SUBMISSION: Entries are due by December 14 at 6 pm.  There are two steps to apply:
1. Email your play as an attachment to shoah@jewishplaysproject.org, with the playwright's name removed from ALL pages of the script.

2.  Click here and fill out the Shoah Stories Application form.

There is NO fee to apply, but there is a one (1) submission per person rule.

SELECTION PROCESS: Shoah Stories seeks to discover and develop new plays and musicals that reflect a 21st Century understanding of the Holocaust experience and history, and strives to engage a broad audience in a discussion of what that experience may be. Each script will be reviewed by a Community Panel of up to 30 lay leaders involved in the Metrowest Jewish Community who will score the play on the clarity, importance and personal connection of the historical ideas in it. A separate Artistic Panel of noted actors, directors, writers and academics will evaluate scripts for their aesthetic value, structural and stylistic innovation, and production feasibility.

Submissions will be due on December 14. Panel reviews will be completed in February 2013, and rehearsals will begin in March 2013.

PRODUCTION: The selected plays will receive their first staged-reading presentations on or near Yom HaShoah 5773 to an invited audience of supporters in the community. Following feedback and revision, the presentations will tour to a minimum of six sites by Spring 2014. All performances will be directed and performed by professional artists with ties to the Metrowest Community.

Authors will receive a royalty for all performances. If the play is premiered by Shoah Stories, a future percentage of royalties will be due to United Jewish Communities of New Jersey (such percentage to be negotiated at the time of selection).

ABOUT THE HCM: Our mission is to remember the Holocaust and convey its history and lessons. In this context, we address the central tenets of what it means to be a moral and responsible citizen. We serve the MetroWest community; the general community, including public, private and parochial schools, colleges and universities, synagogues, churches, museums, corporations, civic, professional and service organizations and entities such as the City of Newark; eyewitnesses to the Holocaust (Survivors, Rescuers, POWs and Liberators;) the New Jersey State Commission on Holocaust Education; and the various Holocaust centers around the state.
http://www.ujcnj.org/

ABOUT THE JEWISH PLAYS PROJECT: The Jewish Plays Project is a development house for 21st Century Jewish theater. We seek to ignite an explosive engagement between cutting-edge theater artists and Jewish audiences by developing and advocating for a new generation of plays and musicals that embrace and investigate the intersection of Jewish identity and secular self.
www.jewishplaysproject.org



QUESTIONS? CONTACT:

David Winitsky
Director, Jewish Plays Project
david@jewishplaysproject.org  
347.878.5771

Barbara Wind
Executive Director, Holocaust Council
bwind@ujcnj.org
973.929.3066

One-Act Playwriting Competition

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Drury University is proud to announce its biennial One-Act Playwriting Competition.

Entries due by December 1, 2012

FIRST PRIZE:
$300

HONORABLE MENTION:
(Two Awarded)
$150 each

Winning plays will be considered for production by Drury University.

For further information please contact Dr. Mick Sokol (417) 873-6821 or msokol@drury.edu.

COMPETITION RULES:

1. The competition is open to all playwrights.

2. Scripts are to be original, unpublished and unproduced. Staged readings or workshop productions will not disqualify a script. Musicals, monologues, children’s plays, adaptations, film scripts, and television scripts are ineligible.

3. Preference will be given to small cast, one-set shows with running times of no less than 20 minutes and no more than 45 minutes.

4. No more than one script can be submitted from a playwright.

5. All scripts are to be typewritten and firmly bound.

6. Scripts cannot be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped
envelope with sufficient postage. For confirmation of receipt, include a self-addressed stamped postcard. For results of your script, please include a self-addressed stamped
#10 business envelope or a current e-mail address.

7. No written or verbal critiques will be tendered.

8. The decision of the judges is final. Drury University reserves the right to produce any of the winning plays royalty-free during our 2013-2014 or 2014-2015 seasons, to withhold production, and to modify cash awards as deemed necessary by the judges.

9. Drury University does not assume any responsibility for the loss, damage, or return of scripts. All reasonable care will be taken.

10. Deadline for entries is a postmark of December 1, 2012. Plays should not be submitted before May 1, 2012.

11. Winners will be notified by mail no later than April 1, 2013.

Address scripts to:
Drury University One-Act Playwriting Competition
c/o Mick Sokol, Associate Professor of Theatre
900 North Benton Avenue
Springfield, MO 65802

WordBRIDGE seeks plays

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Applications for WordBRIDGE 2013 open from October 15th – November 30th, 2012.
WordBRIDGE seeks bold, innovative scripts that illustrate potential, but are nascent in their development and able to profit from two weeks of intensive work in our professional laboratory. WordBRIDGE provides a safe, supportive environment that allows each playwright to engineer a unique process in consultation with a roster of compassionate, critical professionals and artists from a variety of fields that have included theatre, psychology, visual arts, storytelling, mathematics, music, movement and more.

WordBRIDGE Application Guidelines

Applications for WordBRIDGE 2013 open October 15th and close November 30th, 2012.
Pre-professional playwrights are welcome to apply (Pre-professional playwrights include undergraduate and graduate playwrights, and playwrights who have not received a professional production of their work).

WordBRIDGE accepts full length works or long one acts, including solo performance projects, that have not been produced and will not be produced before August 31, 2013.
Nominators:

• Nominate playwrights by uploading a brief nomination letter that details the playwright’s vision and potential, aptitude for collaboration, and desire to work in a development laboratory.
• Your letters of nomination can be uploaded through our website after October 15th:  www.wordbridge.org.

Playwrights:

• A playwright online application, available on the Application Page (this page will go live on October 15th) and  includes the following:

• Your contact information. You must include complete and correct contact information, as this is the only way we have of reaching you if any problem occurs with your application.

• An electronic copy of your script in PDF format, uploaded to our database via the application page mentioned above.

• The name of your nominator.

A letter of nomination from a theatre professional or playwriting professor.
Playwrights, if your nominator has not already contacted us, you must supply your nominator with:

• The e-mail address with which you applied to WordBRIDGE (they will be asked for it, and this will be how we match their nomination to your application).
• The following web address to the Nomination Page: http://www.wordbridge.org/nominate.php
• There they will be able to submit their contact information and upload the letter of nomination.
• Nominations are accepted between October 15th and November 30th, 2012
• Once your application is complete, we will send you an e-mail confirmation. Applications must be complete by November 30th, 2012.

WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory is produced through a partnership with Baltimore’s CENTERSTAGE.

Housing, food and travel will be provided to selected playwrights.

For information on previous WordBRIDGE labs, click here.

If you have questions about the WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory, or the application process, please e-mail us at: info(at)wordbridge.org
If you have any questions/difficulties with the online forms, or if it has been more than a week since you submitted your application and you have not received a confirmation e-mail from us, you can e-mail : help(at)wordbridge.org

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The LSU Department of Theatre accepting submissions for Outworks

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The LSU Department of Theatre presents Outworks 2013, a festival of LGBTQ themed one-act plays.

Deadline for Submission: December 8, 2012
Award:  $150 and production videotape

After a successful Outworks 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, the Louisiana State University Department of Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for Outworks 2013, a festival of new lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or queer (LGBTQ) themed one-act plays.  

Submissions must be the author's own original work. Each entry shall be free from copyright restrictions and the author agrees to hold LSU, its officers, and directors free and harmless from all copyright claims.

• Scripts must be LGBTQ-themed.  
• Submissions must be one-act plays, ranging from (20) twenty to (30) thirty minutes in length.   
• There is a limit of two scripts per playwright.
• All Entries should be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format via e-mail to outworksfestival@gmail.com with “Outworks 2013” in the subject line.
• Deadline is December 8, 2012
• Scheduled production dates are April 30 – May 5, 2013

Submissions will be read and scored by a faculty/student committee. The committee will select six plays.  These six playwrights will receive $150 in monetary compensation, each play selected will be guaranteed three staged
performances, and each playwright will receive a video of his/her production.  Playwrights wishing to attend the festival are responsible for all travel expenses. 

The LSU Theatre Lab season retains all rights and privileges concerning casting, production, and programming for Outworks. LSU Theatre reserves the right to:
Reproduce as many copies of the play as are necessary for distribution to the judges and participants in the production.
Videotape the performance for archival purposes.
Use the title, author's name and images from the production for publicity purposes related to the Outworks Festival. 

The final play list will be announced January 21, 2013. 

Submissions sent via email are preferred.  Please send submissions or inquiries to: 

Nichole Ingalsbe and Macy Jones, Outworks Festival Curators, at:
outworksfestival@gmail.com and put “Outworks 2013” in the subject line.


The LSU Theatre Lab season, produced by the Louisiana State University Department of Theatre, offers audiences an “alternative” theatrical experience. Providing a diverse and exciting schedule, the LSU Theatre Lab Season highlights the tremendous talents of the LSU graduate and undergraduate students (B.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D.) both on and behind the stage.
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Manhattan Rep's Winter One Act Play Competition

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Submit your One Act Play for Manhattan Rep's Winter One Act Play Competition

$1000 cash prize for best play!

JANUARY 7 - FEB 1, 2012

Seeking fully produced one act plays
(cast, directed and ready to perform)
7 minutes to 30 minutes

To submit your one act 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 Thursday Nov. 29, 2012 
 
Please put "Winter One Act Competition" in the subject heading.

Applicants will be contact by Wednesday December 5, 2012 as to their acceptance.

There is no submission fee.

Each play will receive a MINIMUM of 3 performances. More if the play moves on to the semi - finals and the finals.

NON-EQUITY ONLY

Manhattan Rep will supply a Sound and Lighting Board operator to run all the tech.  

Once accepted, there will be a $150.00 participation fee.

There will be NO additional security fees or Manhattan Repertory Theatre based production fees.  

For more information and complete One Act Play rules and guidelines,  log on to:
www.manhattanrep.com

NYCPlaywrights October 2012 Play of the Month: AMMO by Jeremy Kehoe

NOTE: This video contains obscene language.



Performed by Bruce Barton and Nancy McClernan.

Jeremy Kehoe on the play

Why "Ammo"? Americans cherish liberty. And, they adore guns. Yet, while most Americans recognize that every Constitutional liberty requires limitation (freedom of speech, the right to protect against unreasonable searches and seizures, the right to face our accusers in court, etc.), a majority deem placing restrictions on the right to bear arms as a treasonous offense. The argument? "There it is, right there in the Constitution. Boom, bam, that's it. Next topic." The Second Amendment is somehow judged by a different standard, and our culture has slowly transformed into one where acquiring a gun is easier than buying a beer, and where problems more frequently get resolved with the squeeze of a trigger than with a fist or, god forbid, a reasoned thought. Something is amiss. I wrote "Ammo" as a dialogue between a father and son hunting deer in the woods not as a diatribe against proponents of gun rights -- if you want to shoot a deer, knock yourself out (but if you wanted to prove your manhood, impress me by wrestling a bear) -- but as an attempt to ask questions. And, who better to ask grown-up questions than a 12-year-old boy? I am working to expand on this theme and create a full-length play with multiple vignettes where guns play a peripheral, but not central, role between characters, but force them to make critical decisions.

More information about the author, cast and the Play of the Month