Caleb Reese Festival of New Plays and Musicals

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* Fees are waived for members of WGA or Dramatists Guild (please provide with a link to your DG page, ID number or photo/copy of your membership card).

The Phoenix Theatre New American Theatre Festival is accepting submissions for our 2018 Festival beginning May 1, 2017.

The new works festival runs March 5 - March 18 of 2018.

The festival presents four staged/concert readings (with script in hand) of new, unproduced plays or musicals as well as a night of new short plays and a Composer/Lyricist Cabaret.

Submissions for the 2018 festival will be accepeted beginning May 1, 2017.
The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2017.

Selections will be made in November 2017.

*IMPORTANT* Click HERE for detailed step by step submission instructions.

Once you have carefully reviewed the guidelines below, click HERE to submit.

The Festival is accepting submissions for the following:

• Full Length Plays: both dramatic and comedic
• Plays should be original, un-produced, full-length scripts.
• Plays that have received more than two development processes (i.e. festival participation) are not eligible. 
• No screenplays, please.
• No Theatre for Young Audience pieces will be accepted.
• Cast size must be limited to 5 actors or less (actors may play more than one role).
• Submission fee: $10.00*
• * Fees are waived for members of WGA or Dramatists Guild (please provide with a link to your DG page, ID number or photo/copy of your membership card).
• PDF downloads only! Hard copies will no longer be accepted. 
• Email submissions must be sent to the email address provided in your registration confirmation adhering to the following guidelines: 
• Full Length Submission written in the subject line.

Please include the title of your play, your name, address and contact information in the body of your email submission, as well as a brief synopsis of your play and how many acts it is.
PDF file must be a blind copy of the script.
Fee must be paid online.
A notice of receipt will be sent by email once your script has been received.

Plays selected will receive a development process with a director, dramaturg and actors. This includes twenty hours of rehearsal time and up to three performed readings, with script in hand, in front of an audience. A guided feedback session with the audience will follow each performance. Questions for the talkbacks are developed with the playwrights and are facilitated by the festival director or one of the coordinators.

If your script is selected, you must be available to be in residence for six to seven days during the festival. The week of the festival will be determined after selections are made. The 2018 festival is March 5 through March 18.
Airfare and lodging are provided for the festival, as well as a small honorarium. Travel to and from your home airport is not included

• Full Length Musicals: both dramatic and comedic
• Musicals should be original and un-produced.
• Musical Revues are being accepted.
• No Theatre for Young Audience pieces will be accepted.
• No more than three collaborators (book writer, lyricist and composer) for each work. 
• Cast size must be limited to 8 actors (actors may play multiple roles).

Submission fee: $10.00*
* Fees are waived for members of WGA or Dramatists Guild (please provide a link to your DG/WGA page, ID number or photo/copy of your membership card).

PDF downloads only! Hard copies will no longer be accepted.

Email submissions must be sent to the email address provided in your registration confirmation adhering to the following guidelines:

Full Length Musical Submission or Musical Revue Submission written in the subject line.
Please include the title of your musical or musical revue, your name and the names of each collaborator, address and contact information in the body of your email submission, as well as a brief synopsis of your musical and how many acts it is.

The PDF file must be a blind copy of the script.

Links to Dropbox (or other downloadable sites) are acceptable for full zip files, including recordings/demos of music.
Fee must be paid online
A notice of receipt will be sent by email once your script has been received.

• Musicals selected will receive a development process with a director, dramaturg and actors. This includes twenty hours of rehearsal time and up to three performed readings, with script in hand, in front of an audience. A guided feedback session with the audience will follow each performance. Questions for the talkbacks are developed with the playwrights and are facilitated by the festival director or one of the coordinators. 
• If your script/musical is selected, you must be available to be in residence for six to seven days during the festival. The week of the festival will be determined after selections are made. The 2018 festival is March 5 through March 18.
• Airfare and lodging are provided for the festival as well as a small honorarium. Travel to and from your home airport is not included.
• Short Plays: both dramatic or comedic
• Plays should be original, un-produced, short plays between 10 to 20 minutes in length.
• Plays that have received more than two development processes (i.e. festival participation) are not eligible. 
• No screenplays, please.
• No musicals, please.
• No Theatre for Young Audience pieces will be accepted.
• No multiple authors or collaborations will be accepted.
• Cast size must be limited to 5 actors or less (actors may play more than one role)
• No submission fee required. 
• PDF downloads only! Hard copies will not be accepted. 

Email submissions must be sent to the email address provided in your registration confirmation adhering to the following guidelines: 

​Short Play Submission written in the subject line.
Please include the title of your play, your name, address and contact information in the body of your email submission, as well as a brief synopsis of your play.
The PDF file must be a blind copy of the script. A notice of receipt will be sent by email once your script has been received.

A notice of receipt will be sent by email once your script has been received.
Selected short plays will receive a short rehearsal process and a staged reading, with script in hand, in our annual Evening of Short Plays.
Travel and lodging for the festival is NOT included. However, playwrights are welcome to attend if it is convenient.

Original Songs for our Composer/Lyricist cabaret:
Please submit three complete, original songs: one ballad, one up-tempo and one production number.
Songs can be from an existing musical (of your own in development) or be stand-alone pieces. We are looking for a sampling of your work.

Email submissions must be sent to the email address provided in your registration confirmation adhering to the following guidelines:

• Songs will be featured in our Composer/Lyricist Cabaret. The goal is to give a sampling of your work, your voice and your point of view.
• Links to Dropbox (or other downloadable sites) are acceptable for full zip files, including recordings/demos of music. Please use QuickTime, WMP (Mp3 or Mp4) formats.
• The PDF file of sheet music must be a blind copy of the songs. Lead sheets will not be accepted. Recordings do not need to be professional recordings.
• Please include the title of your songs, the name of the composer and lyricist, address and contact information in the body of your email submission.
• Composer/Lyricist Cabaret Submission written in the subject line.
• If your music is selected, you must be available to be in residence for the week the Cabaret is scheduled. The week of the festival will be determined after selections are made. The 2018 festival is March 5 through March 18.
• Composers will receive airfare, housing and a small honorarium. Travel to and from your home airport is not included.

365 Women A Year: a playwriting project

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Welcome 2017 playwrights! We are entering our third year of writing pieces about 365 historical women a year! We would love to have you write with us.

PLAYS DUE DECEMBER 31, 2017 (There are no extensions.)

DIRECTIONS TO PARTICIPATE: (Please read these 4 steps carefully)

FIRST STEP: Choose a woman or women to write about. We are looking for 365 NEW women that our project has not yet covered. We do not accept repeats from previous years yet. You can make sure you don’t claim a repeat by searching through our historical women alphabetically. If you are not sure who to write about, scroll down for a list of available women.

Once you have chosen some options, you will fill out the 2017 CLAIM FORM. You will be asked to choose at least 3 options, in case your lady has already been claimed.

SECOND STEP: You will receive a confirmation (or denial) email. You are not officially writing about anyone until you have received this confirmation email from 365womenayear@gmail.com. It can take up to three weeks to get a confirmation email depending on the volume of claims we receive.

THIRD STEP: Happy writing. If at any point throughout the year, you get a hankering to write about someone else, simply fill out a new claim form.

Plays can be any length, any number of characters, any language, any genre (musicals included), and the playwriting format you are most comfortable with. PLEASE INCLUDE A LIST OF CHARACTERS at the beginning of the play.

FOURTH STEP: Submitting your piece. Please follow the directions, as your piece will not be officially submitted otherwise.

You will email your piece to 365womenayear@gmail.com. Follow the directions below:

(1) In the subject line you will put: 2017/Name of historical woman/Play Title/Page Number/Your Name. (If you have many historical women in your piece, simply write “MANY WOMEN” in place of the name of the historical women in the subject line.)

(2) Include YOUR 100 word playwriting bio in the BODY of the email

(3) Write out your historical/play info to be searchable on the website in the following format:

***Each historical woman needs to be listed separately, include ANY existing woman who appears in your piece, even if you didn’t specifically claim them.****

Alphabetical:

Alexandra David-Neel- “Adventuress Adventurous”(10 pages)/Playwright: Deborah Magid (2017)

Key Words/Occupation:

Alexandra David-Neel (Writer, Explorer,S inger)/Playwright: Deborah Magid

Century they were Born: (If you can’t find exact dates just put the century)

Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969)/Playwright: Deborah Magid

By Play Info: (just written out once with all the women in history listed after “inspired by”)

“Adventuress Adventurous” by: Deborah Magid (3 characters/10 pages) Inspired by: Alexandra David-Néel (2017)

(4) Attach your play as a PDF and submit!

You can always email us if you have any questions. Please understand, that your bio won’t be listed on the web site until your play is turned in and processed.

ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

*You can write about as many women as you want and they can all be in the same piece, or separate pieces. It is okay if the piece is simply about the historical woman or women, but they don’t appear.

*Any length welcome from 2 pages-full length. Any number of characters. Any language. Any genre. Musicals included.

*Plays are due Dec 31st of 2017. No extensions.

* You are always allowed to revise your piece. When you do, email it again with REVISION/Play title/Playwright/Year in the subject line and the revised piece attached as a PDF.

*Women MUST have existed. *They can be living or dead. *Our plays are loosely based on these historical figures.

*Yes, we plan to do this every year.

*You retain ALL rights to your pieces and may submit them anytime and anywhere you want to. When one of your 365 pieces gets produced, we will put it on the web site and tweet about it! Nothing will be done with your play without your discretion. If a theatre wants to produce your piece, we will contact you. While the play info is searchable, interested parties cannot read your piece unless you give permission.

*We have had festivals all over the world and appeared in The Dramatist. We have playwrights from all over the world participating.

PLATFORM: CREATIVE MUSINGS ON MASS TRANSIT

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Inspired by the engineering, intricate choreography, and impromptu interactions of your daily commute? Wish there was an open mic night for historians and urbanists? A show-and-tell for your creative musings on mass transit?

Us, too. The Transit Museum presents PLATFORM, an exciting series of cross-disciplinary programs created by the public for the public. Have an idea? We’ll give you a platform.

Save the Date! The next PLATFORM will be held on Tuesday, October 17th at the Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn. Join us for an evening of live performance, photography, mad libs, and projection mapping, all set against the backdrop of our 1936 subway station home.

NOW ACCEPTING ARTISTS’ PROPOSALS

The Transit Museum is now accepting creative proposals for 2017 PLATFORM programs, due by 5pm on Tuesday, July 18th. We welcome submissions from all disciplines—history, science, engineering, visual and performing arts, urban studies, city planning, academic fields. The common denominator? Public transportation.

Submit your proposal today using this form, or browse our previous artists’ work below for inspiration.

If you have questions, contact us at programs@nytransitmuseum.org.

BMI Theater Workshop Applications

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Deadlines
Composers/Lyricists: August 1, 2017.
Librettists: June 1, 2017.
Applicants will be notified by August 21, 2017.
Application Materials
Composer: Three contrasting compositions - uptempo, comedy song, ballad. Please include copy of score which includes lyrics.
Lyricist: Three contrasting lyrics in PDF format - uptempo, comedy song, ballad.
Composer/Lyricist: Three contrasting songs - uptempo, comedy song, ballad. Please include copy of score which includes lyrics.
Librettist: A script sample of at least ten consecutive pages. Material written for the stage is preferred, but screenplays or teleplays are acceptable. Material need not include songs. Please include a sample of comedy writing.

Note that if you apply as a composer and a lyricist, you will be accepted as one or the other (that is, as either a composer or a lyricist) and you will be assigned different collaborators over the course of the year. If you apply as both a composer/lyricist and a librettist and are accepted as both, you will spend your first year as a composer/lyricist only, as the two groups meet at the same time.
Auditions

Select applicants will be invited to audition in early September. Librettist are accepted on the basis of their written materials and are not required to audition.

At the auditions, composers and composer/lyricists will be asked to perform at least two contrasting theatrical compositions; lyricists will be asked to recite samples of their theatrical lyrics. All auditions must be done live, using a piano.
Program upon Acceptance

The Workshop runs September through May in New York City. Prospective members must make their own living arrangements in the city or be able to commute weekly.

During the first year, composers and lyricists are paired off and are asked to create appropriate songs based on scenes from various sources. The writers perform their assignments, which are then discussed by the other writers and the moderators. There are analyses and discussions of current and past musicals, with an eye to understanding form and structure. Every effort is made to insure that each writer retains his or her individual style.

In the Workshop’s final phase (Second Year), teams work on a musical. The Workshop functions as a forum and a sounding board for works in progress, as music and lyrics are critically evaluated and open dialogue is encouraged.

At the end of each Second Year, the Workshop Committee determines which writers from the group are invited to join the Advanced Workshop. Not everyone is asked. This Workshop is intended for writers of professional caliber who are expected to contribute to the vitality of the musical theatre scene.

The Librettist Workshop reads and critiques its members’ work in a moderated roundtable discussion format, with material going through various drafts from on-one synopses to fully scripted scenes. There are occasional cold readings of an entire project.
Schedule & Fees

The First Year Workshop meets Monday at 6:15 p.m. The Second Year Workshop meets Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. The Advanced Workshop meets Monday at 4:00 p.m.

There is no fee to apply for or participate in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

NEW CITY, NEW BLOOD READINGS SERIES

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For over 35 years, Pulitzer Prize winning THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY has nurtured hundreds of playwrights through its EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS PROGRAM. In June, 2006, we launched NEW CITY, NEW BLOOD, a play reading series designed to serve our audiences and writers even better. Curated by Michael Scott-Price, TNC Literary Manager, NEW CITY, NEW BLOOD will provide a hearing for worthy plays in earlier stages of Development. Audiences will get the opportunity to provide feedback, and artists will gain valuable insight from audience response.

If you would like your work to be considered, please send a ten-page sample of the script, brief synopsis, bio and subject line: “New City, New Blood submission” to us via email tncdreamup@gmail.com

First Run Theater Full Length Plays & Musicals Wanted

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You may submit a full length play or musical to First Run Theatre no Later than December 31, 2017 to submissions@firstruntheatre.com

- All Plays must be full length (70 + pages) in American Standard Format
- Must be original work and never before produced. Note: scripts by be inspired by other works, but you must indicate what work and have written permission from the estate, if necessary.
- Send one script with no identifiable information. Our committee reads every script blind.
- Send second script with personal contact information
-if sending a musical please send music via Sound Cloud or other audio compatible services.
- If your play is selected as a finalist it will entered into our Reading Festival , this is a live reading open to the public usually in April.
- Winners will be notified via email or phone call no later than February 2017

Submitting by Mail

If you Choose, you may submit via mail to:
First Run Theatre
Submissions
726 Leland Ave
1W
University City, MO 63130

NYWINTERFEST 2018

CALLING ALL PLAYWRIGHTS OF MUSICAL AND PLAYS!

NYWINTERFEST 2018

PLAY AND MUSICALS , FULL LENGHT, ONE ACT, SHOTS FESTIVAL COMPETITION

To Submit: http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/summerfest-festivals/submission-rules-summerfest-playwrights-festivals/

Are you looking for a way to stage your writing? Do you want to see your production up and running, but know the enormous cost it takes to even put on a small reading? Are you looking to connect with other playwrights who are supportive and want the best for you and your production?

If you answered yes to one or all of these, the NYWinterfest 2018 is for you.

This is our 12th festival season in just 7 years, due to the commitment we give to our participants.

Theatrefolk submission guidelines

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Have you written something suitable for student performance? Theatrefolk is seeking original creative scripts for publication. We are looking for full lengths and one acts at least twenty minutes long. With the exception of classical adaptations, the majority of the characters in the script must be youths.

Submission Timeline

Play submissions are accepted year-round. Our normal response time is approximately 6 weeks.

Preferred Scripts

We prefer plays with:
Flexible casting (e.g. doubling, gender flexible)
More females than males
Competition-length one-acts
Formatting

The only formatting requirement is that the play be easy to read and understand.
Please Don't Send
Ten minute plays
Single-character pieces
Scene collections
Musicals
Ready to Submit?


Before submitting a play to any publisher, please read this blog post I wrote on the topic.
Include a brief synopsis along with production history & reviews (if available).
Scripts may be submitted via email only to submissions@theatrefolk.com

The National Young Playwrights in Residence Program

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The National Young Playwrights in Residence Program is designed to nurture the next generation of playwrights through professional mentorship, staged readings, and the sharing of their work through digital platforms.

Six playwrights between the ages of 18 to 25 will be selected for a year-long mentorship with an established professional writer toward developing a new work. This will culminate in a staged reading of the young playwright’s work in August 2018 at The Echo Theater.
The Echo’s goal of this program is to break down any geographic barriers preventing talented young playwrights from receiving the recognition, support, and guidance so critical in a writer’s early development. We are committed to being there for the young writer, and insuring that new voices from all across the country are getting a chance to be heard. This residency is a transformative way for new writers to fearlessly create bold new work with the support of a professional artistic community.

Writers will be selected at the end of September 2017
Starting in October, the participants will engage in monthly digital conferences with their mentor. In this way, the program will transcend any geographical limitations, enabling The Echo to discover and nourish young playwrights in the United States.

Submission Guidelines:
Applicants must be between the ages of 18 to 25.
Writers must submit the following by August 15th-.
-Two writing samples (full length-plays, one-acts, ten-minute plays are all acceptable. They must be in .pdf format. No name, or any other writer contact information can be on the writing samples themselves)
-Cover letter describing your background, experience, what you hope to gain from this program, and the type of work you would like to create.
Please e-mail all submissions to andrew@echotheatercompany.com with the subject line National Young Playwright in Residence. We will schedule a phone interview with the final candidates the second week of September.

The Bechdel Group bi-annual 24 Hour Challenge seeks playwrights

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A Call for Actors and Playwrights ...
Our bi-annual 24 Hour Challenge is upon us!
On Monday, July 24 from 6-9pm we will present up to 10 short plays written in a mere 24 hours!

We will be taking:
Up to 10 playwrights (or playwright teams, if you and a friend want to partner up)
Up to 15 actors

Here's what will happen:

PLAYWRIGHTS
Will come to a half-hour meeting/fantasy actor pick on Sunday, July 23rd at noon (at a TBA space in Manhattan).
Will complete an up to 10 page play by 1pm Monday, July 24th.
Will hear their plays read the evening of Monday, July 24th, relaxed with drink in hand.

ACTORS
Will arrive by 6pm at Jimmy's No. 43 (43 E. 7th street in the East Village) on Monday, July 24th to pick up and look over their scripts.
Will impressively mostly-cold read the phenomenal work of our playwrights.

Want to Play?
Reply to bechdelgroup@gmail.com
Let us know if you're a playwright or an actor.
Actors, include your headshot.
Playwrights, be sure you can make it to the Sunday meeting/actor pick. 

(And to the actual event, of course.)
We will fill spots as we hear from you.

Other details:

Actors, we will email your script to you once your playwright(s) have submitted to us the afternoon of the 24th so you can glance over it (if you would like to).
Playwrights, we will do all the printing for you.
This is a writing challenge, so the readings will be cold.
Playwrights will be asked to follow a handful of parameters, including:
Passing the Bechdel Test
Incorporating a mystery challenge

Play for Voices welcomes submissions

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Calling all literary translators, audio dramatists, and international audio drama enthusiasts

Play for Voices welcomes submissions of English-language audio plays and audio plays in English translation.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

– Plays must be written or adapted for audio presentation. We are not currently seeking unadapted stage plays or other literature.

– Plays can be of any length, and either written in English or translated into English from any language.

– Translators should determine that performance rights are available before submitting and, if possible, provide contact information for the rights holders.

– Play for Voices will retain nonexclusive first performance rights to produce selected submissions.

– Submissions should be sent by email to submissions@playforvoices.com and include the following attachments:

* A single MS Word document containing: 1) the original English-language audio play or the English translation of the play; 2) short bios for the author and translator; 3) an author’s or translator’s note that includes background information about the play and its production history; and 4) any details regarding rights.

* A PDF of the original play, in cases where a translation is being submitted.

New Dramatists Residency

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The submissions window for the 2017-2018 New Dramatists admissions cycle will be open Friday, June 30, 2017 at 10am until Monday, July 31, 2017 at 5pm (Eastern Time).

What is New Dramatists?

New Dramatists pursues a singular mission: To provide playwrights time, space, and resources to create work, realize their artistic potential, and make lasting contributions to the theatre. We offer our playwrights an artistic home and self-guided laboratory for seven years, free of charge, in the company of their most gifted peers. Our playwright company consists of emerging and mid-career writers collectively embodying an artistic, cultural, ethnic, and geographic diversity rarely found in the American theatre.

What do we offer?

 Playwright led, and authority over, seven-year residency.
 A company of playwrights and a vibrant extended artistic community.
 An organization where playwrights are the host artist.
 Support for the individual and collective interests of the resident playwrights.
 Flexible playwright-driven artistic development opportunities through 1-2 day readings and extended working sessions as part of The Playwrights’ Laboratory.
Flexible working spaces in our studio, theatre, and classroom.


 Flexible writing spaces in classroom and library.
 Private writing studio (the Russell Room).
 Meeting space in the classroom and library.
 Temporary residence rooms in 7th Heaven, which can also be booked as writing space.
 Casting, director, and other collaborator assistance.
 Dramaturgical, career, and artistic advisement.
 National playwright and new play advocacy.
 Supervision over what unpublished plays are kept in New Dramatists’ Library.
 Grants, Awards, and In the Works Bulletin of Playwright Opportunities.
 Retreats.
 Web-based resources, including your own profile page on ND’s website and the opportunity to host podcasts.
 Complimentary script photocopying.
 Complimentary theatre tickets.
 A one-year free membership to the Dramatists Guild during the first year of residency.
 Wi-Fi.
 Bottomless coffee, tea, and water.
 Washer and dryer.
 Childcare reimbursement for playwrights through the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Lilly-Ruhl Fund.

All these services are provided free of charge.


What Does New Dramatists Ask of its Playwrights?
To the best of your abilities:
 Strive to fully utilize New Dramatists’ resources.
 Attend the semi-annual All-Writers Meetings.
 Serve on the New Dramatists Admissions Selection Committee at least once during your seven-year residency.
 Engage in New Dramatists’ community of playwrights: attend fellow New Dramatists writers’ readings, host events, create content for the podcast series, or spearhead conversations about issues of common concern.
Serve on other governing bodies such as: the Writers Executive Committee or New Dramatists’ Board of Directors.
 Ask questions and share resources on New Dramatists’ resident playwright email group.
 Credit your New Dramatists Residency in all published professional biographies of yourself, whether in production programs, press releases, book or play publications, and in any and all other printed matter describing your work and accomplishments as a writer.
 Treat the New Dramatists’ building, facilities, equipment, and staff with all possible care and respect.

Who Can Apply?

 Playwrights living in New York City and the surrounding tri-state area.
 Playwrights outside the tri-state area who are able to demonstrate the ability to spend time in New York City, the desire to utilize New Dramatists’ services, and the readiness to participate in a dynamic artistic community.

 If you are not a citizen of the United States, you must be lawfully admitted to the U.S. with permanent USCIS work authorization.


1) Eligibility
You will be asked to verify your citizenship or permanent work status from the USCIS.

2) Name & Address
Enter your contact information in the form.

3) Letter of Intent
Enter or copy-and-paste the equivalent of a one page letter in the form field. You will be asked to respond to the following prompt: The selection panel is tasked with intuiting information about who you are as a playwright through the plays you have submitted. Please use this space to provide context for your materials, such as: What compels you to write for the theatre? Why did you select these plays to represent your body of work? Where are you in your trajectory as a playwright? What do you see as the benefits of developing your work in the company of other playwrights?

4) Playwright/Artistic Bio, Resume or CV
You have the options to upload, enter, or copy-and-paste a professional biography or resume.


1) Eligibility
You will be asked to verify your citizenship or permanent work status from the USCIS.

2) Name & Address
Enter your contact information in the form.

3) Letter of Intent
Enter or copy-and-paste the equivalent of a one page letter in the form field. You will be asked to respond to the following prompt: The selection panel is tasked with intuiting information about who you are as a playwright through the plays you have submitted. Please use this space to provide context for your materials, such as: What compels you to write for the theatre? Why did you select these plays to represent your body of work? Where are you in your trajectory as a playwright? What do you see as the benefits of developing your work in the company of other playwrights?

4) Playwright/Artistic Bio, Resume or CV
You have the options to upload, enter, or copy-and-paste a professional biography or resume.

Hijabi Monologues London Story Call-Out 2017

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Are you a Muslim woman with a story to tell? We believe everyone has a story in them and we want to hear yours for a new project at the Bush Theatre.

Hijabi Monologues London will culminate in a theatrical production at the Bush Theatre focusing on the real-life experiences of both local and international Muslim women, weaving stories from our doorstep with the experiences of Muslim women in other parts of the world.

Hijabi Monologues London is part of an international theatre project which encourages and provides a safe space for Muslim women to creatively communicate their diverse experiences in their own words – unfiltered and uncensored.

You don’t need to be a professional writer to take part. We welcome submissions from any Muslim woman.

All submissions will be read and considered by a panel of theatre professionals from the Bush Theatre, Hijabi Monologues, the British Council and Amal – A Said Foundation Project.

The winning monologues will be performed at the Bush Theatre in the week of 25 Sep 2017 as part of a theatrical event that will also feature monologues from the Hijabi Monologues story bank written by Creative Director and Head Writer Sahar Ullah and by women from across Europe and the world.

The deadline for submissions is midday on 17 July 2017.

Online submission form.

EST/Youngblood membership

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Application deadline for the 2017-2018 Season will be MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017. 

EST/Youngblood is currently accepting applications for membership beginning in the 2017-2018 season. Applications are open to New York City resident playwrights under 30 years old. Membership includes attendance at all weekly meetings, monthly (or more frequent) performances, readings and retreats. There is no set term of membership, and members often stay through the season that includes their 30th birthday. If you have any questions, please contact youngblood@ensemblestudiotheatre.org

Application Requirements
Please complete the form below and include the following materials:

WRITING SAMPLE - up to 25 pages. This can be part of a longer piece or a one-act. Send whatever you think best represents where you are as a playwright right now.
LETTER - The "why Youngblood" letter. Tell us about yourself and why you are interested in membership in the group.
RESUME - Your current playwriting resume.
FULL-LENGTH PLAY - A completed full-length play in its entirety. Note: this can be the full play from which the initial 25 pages was excerpted, or an entirely different piece. In most cases, this additional material will only be read if you are selected as a finalist.

Application Instructions:
Combine the above items, in that order (sample, letter, resume, full-length), into a single PDF file.
The file name should be your last name and first initial - i.e., TOLAN_R.pdf.
Upload the PDF file using the Upload link below.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017.

INGRAM NEW WORKS LAB

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The Ingram New Works Project was launched by Nashville Repertory Theatre in 2009 thanks to the generous support of Martha Ingram. With the mission to support the creation of new works for the theatre, Nashville Rep created a project that includes the New Works Lab.

The Ingram New Works Lab is intended to be an artistic home for early career playwrights to share and develop new work, hone craft, receive support, and springboard themselves into the next phase of their writing career.

Nashville Rep seeks committed playwrights for residency in the 2017-2018 Ingram New Works Lab. Submission deadline is July 24, 2017.

THE INGRAM NEW WORKS LAB

The Ingram New Works Lab is an artistic home for playwrights and a fertile environment for the creation of great new plays. During monthly Lab meetings in Nashville, playwrights share and develop a new work and receive transformative support and project guidance from dedicated staff.

In addition to the monthly meetings, each playwright will participate in Playwrights Week January 13-19, 2018, developing their play under the guidance of the 2017/18 Ingram New Works Fellow.

During their 2017/18 residency, each playwright will be expected to work toward the creation of a new play that will be presented in a staged reading featured at the Ingram New Works Festival in May 9-19, 2018.

The Ingram New Works Lab is a generative residency in which selected playwrights will create a new work for the theatre. Nashville Rep will serve and support selected playwrights as they work to develop their play from the idea stage to a muscular full draft. Nashville Rep will provide the playwrights-in-residence:
A season-long playwright-led script lab that meets once a month in Nashville
A supportive environment to foster and support the playwright’s process
Access to professional actors
Workshop sessions involving professional directors, designers, and dramaturgs
Access to professional marketing and audience development resources
A week-long development lab with the Ingram New Works Fellow
A staged reading presented as part of the Ingram New Works Festival
Housing during residency dates in Nashville
Travel reimbursement for each trip to Nashville
A small stipend to defray additional expenses

PARTICIPATION IN MONTHLY SCRIPT LAB

The New Works Lab will meet once a month to provide playwrights-in-residence with a supportive but disciplined environment to workshop their scripts. Every playwright will have the opportunity to hear multiple drafts of their script read aloud by actors and receive feedback from their fellow playwrights. The lab will provide the opportunity for playwrights to shape, mold, and develop as many drafts as they feel necessary before festival rehearsals begin.

Lab Meeting dates: October 20-21, 2017; November 17-18, 2017; December 15-16, 2017; February 16-17, 2018; March 16-17, 2018; April TBA

PLAYWRIGHTS WEEK WITH NEW WORKS FELLOW

Playwrights-in-residence will participate in a week-long New Works Lab with the recipient of the Ingram New Works Fellowship, a nationally recognized playwright. Lab playwrights should be prepared to clear their schedule for the entirety of the week.

Playwrights Week: January 13-19, 2018

PARTICIPATION IN INGRAM NEW WORKS FESTIVAL

Work in the Lab will be focused on goals established by the Lab Playwrights. However, each playwright will be expected to work toward the creation of a new play that will be presented in a staged reading at the New Works Festival. Please note the following criteria for New Works festival plays being developed in the lab:
Full-length plays (prefer 80-120 mins. running time)
Plays that utilize no more than 8 actors
Plays that have not previously been produced by any professional company

Ingram New Works Festival dates: May 9-19, 2018.

APPLICATION GUIDELINES FOR THE INGRAM NEW WORKS LAB

Nashville Rep will award up to three residencies in the New Works Lab. Each playwright who accepts the residency will commit to developing a new play from its earliest stages to a full draft, participating in monthly Lab meetings, participation in the New Works symposium week, rehearsals for the New Works Festival, and assisting with the New Works Festival in May 2018 as auxiliary artistic staff.

All playwrights who accept a residency must commit to be available for all lab, playwrights week, rehearsal and festival dates:

October 20-21, 2017; November 17-18, 2017; December 15-16, 2017; January 13-19, 2018; February 16-17, 2018; March 16-17, 2018; April TBA; May 9-19, 2018

Should a playwright-in-residence miss multiple commitments, they may be asked to forgo their place in the New Works Lab.

All applications must include the following material:

• A letter stating your objectives for working on a new play in the Ingram New Works Lab at Nashville Rep. You must include a description of your proposed play.
• One Page Bio with history as a playwright.
• A play that best represents your writing skill. Full-length is preferred, but a substantial one-act play (minimum of one hour running time) will be acceptable for this application. Author and contact information must appear on the title page. Please do not submit musicals, screenplays, TV scripts, or children’s theatre.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Please use the online form for your submission. Upload your letter of intent, one page bio, and play in PDF format. Your application must include all three files. You will receive a confirmation email shortly to verify your submission. Submission deadline is July 24, 2017.

Additional questions can be sent to Nate Eppler, Ingram New Works Lab Director, at nate@nashvillerep.org.

Find answers to commonly asked questions about the Ingram New Works Project ar LAB FAQ

Shakespeare's New Contemporaries

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We're looking for remarkable playwrights from all walks of life. Do you have a great play that vibes off of Shakespeare's canon? Can you write a great play to be a companion piece to one of Shakespeare's plays? We want to see it.

Is your play ready to go? For the first round, we're looking for submissions that vibe off of The Merry Wives of Windsor; Henry IV, Part 1; The Comedy of Errors; or The Winter’s Tale.

The first two productions will be mounted during our 2018/19 Artistic Year. The first, in the 2019 Actors’ Renaissance Season (January - early-April) will accompany either The Merry Wives of Windsor or Henry IV, Part 1. The second, during the 2019 Spring Season (mid-April - mid-June) will accompany either The Comedy of Errors or The Winter's Tale. ​​

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. However, to be considered for the first year, please submit by February 15, 2018. ​

The play should take advantage of and be producible using Shakespeare's Staging Conditions*:

• Cast size 10 - 12
• Universal lighting
• Direct address
• Character doubling and cross-gendered casting
• 2(ish) hours
• Minimal sets
• All sound effects created in real time, unplugged, by the cast

Each winning playwright will receive a $25,000 cash prize, plus travel to and housing in Staunton, Virginia for the rehearsal period and opening of their production.

SUBMISSION FORM
http://www.sncproject.com/submit.html

We will announce the next round of plays approximately 1.5 years before the deadline of each cycle. Check this site for updates or sign up for e-mail notifications.

WE LIKE SHORT-SHORTS: A FESTIVAL OF 10-MINUTE PLAYS

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We are accepting submissions for our 6th annual 10-minute play festival to be presented on March 3 and 4, 2018. A blind panel of judges with broad theatre experience will select 8-10 plays to be presented as concert readings and will choose a first place winner who will receive a cash award of $100.00 and a second place winner who will receive a cash award of $50.00. Other selected playwrights will receive 2 complimentary tickets. Recently read or produced plays are acceptable; published plays are not. No musicals, no plays requiring children or teens in the cast. 

We cast 6 actors – 3 female, 3 male. Ages range from early 20s to early 60s. Plays should be intended for a general audience. Please use a standard format and font size no smaller than 12 and no color other than black. One submission per playwright in Word or PDF.

Please submit by email as follows:

The subject line should contain ONLY the title of the play – no other words, letters, numbers, or symbols. (Example subject line: Pedro’s Revenge.)

The body of the email must include the title of the play and the playwright’s contact information:
• playwright’s name
• mailing address
• phone(s)
• email

Do not send contact information as an attachment to the email.

Attach the play to the email. The title of the play must match the title in the subject line. (Example subject line: Pedro’s Revenge. Example attached play title: Pedro’s Revenge).

The attached file should include cast and script.

Do not include your name and/or contact information on the attached play. These are blind submissions. If your name appears on the title page or any other page of the script, it will be disqualified.

Submissions that fail to meet these guidelines will not be accepted.


SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE:
Midnight July 31, 2017
SUBMIT TO:
mail@thestorefronttheatre.org

Award-winning playwrights and all playwrights to be included in the festival reading will be notified by December 31, 2017.

Shakespeare in the ‘Burg Fifth Annual One-Act Playwriting Competition

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Shakespeare in the ‘Burg is pleased to announce our fifth annual one-act playwriting competition, in conjunction with our Shakespeare in the ‘Burg theater festival. Dates of the 2018 festival will be announced on our website. The festival will be held at The Hill School, Middleburg, VA. There is no fee for this competition. We will choose three winners and each will have a staged reading during the Shakespeare in the ‘Burg festival. The readings will be performed by Shakespeare in the Square acting company from New York City.

Please note that you can write in any style you choose; this is not a “Shakespeare” writing competition, so plays in any genre are welcome.

Also new for 2018: The staged readings will be videotaped so if winners can’t be present, they will still be able to see their plays performed by skilled actors.

Please bear in mind that your script will be performed for an audience of all ages.

Competition Rules:

• Open to all playwrights
• Scripts must be original. Musicals, monologues, film scripts and television scripts are not eligible.
• Running times of no less than 25 minutes and no more than one hour.
• No more than one submission per playwright. Give us your best work!

You may email your script to: genie@printmanagementinc.com, and in fact, we prefer emails. In the subject line, please write: Shakespeare in the ‘Burg One-Act Play

If sending a hard copy, please number the pages and staple or paperclip your submission. Send hard copies to Genie Ford, 3803 Bayside Circle, Bradenton, FL 34210. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you would like confirmation of receipt—or include your email address and I will write to you.

Submissions should include:
Playwright bio.
Contact page with name, address and telephone number of the playwright,
On all pages, please place the title of the play at the top of each numbered page.

The deadline for entries is a postmark or email at end of day, October 15, 2017.

Thank you and good luck!

NBYT’s Short Play Festival

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PLAYWRIGHTS: Submit your scripts to SPF@nbyt.org or by hand to Executive and Artistic Director Darren Farrington by July 31, 2017.

To be considered for production, all play submissions must follow these guidelines:

1. Plays may be written by one or more people, but all contributing writers’ names must be credited.
2. No person may submit more than three scripts for consideration.
3. Plays may be original works or adaptations. Adaptations must be based on works in the public domain or permission of the author of the underlying work must be obtained and proven.
4. Plays must be no more than twenty (20) pages and must be typed in 12-point size of a standard font with one-inch margins on all sides of each page. A character list must be included at the beginning of the play, along with any notes on possible double casting and the setting. Pages must be numbered. There is no minimum length for submissions.
5. Plays must be suitable for either all ages or middle school age and up.
6. Plays submitted by email must be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF formats.
7. Plays must be able to be produced with minimal design elements and no required special effects.
8. Playwrights must agree to license plays for production by New Britain Youth Theater for up to four (4) performances. No compensation will be paid to playwrights.
9. If a play cannot be considered for any reason, NBYT will notify writers as soon as possible. If a problem is easily fixable and the play otherwise has merit, writers may be asked for revisions.
10. Early submissions (before July 31) are permitted and encouraged.

Questions may be directed to NBYT Executive and Artistic Director Darren Farrington at darren@nbyt.org.

Get the Party Started at Primary Stages ESPA

10th Anniversary Throwback: Get the Party Started with Cusi Cram

A Primary Stages ESPA Classic! In honor of our 10th anniversary, we're bringing back this throwback workshop from way back in our first year. Let's party like it's 2007!

How do you start a play? This two-day workshop is designed to get you writing, exploring a wide range of approaches and techniques, both mental and physical. Suitable for writers in all stages of their development.

*Original Synopsis from 2007. Short and sweet! If you would like more details, please contact us.

Instructor: Cusi Cram (Writer, A Lifetime Burning at Primary Stages, Showtime's “The Big C")

Saturday, August 5 and Sunday, August 6

10:30am – 4:30pm both days

Let’s go!

Our award-winning faculty, comprised of working professionals in the field, provides practical skills and expert guidance in a collaborative community atmosphere.

Primary Stages ESPA provides students easy and convenient payment plans to break up tuition. For more information, call 212.840.9705 x211 or email espa@primarystages.org.