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Submissions are being accepted now! For our next seasons' one-act sci-fi/fantasy festival we're doing in June of 2014. Our official blurb is this:
"Scripts are now being accepted for Gadfly Theatre Productions’ first annual Final Frontier Festival. The Final Frontier Festival is a new one-act play festival exploring the intersection of queer, feminist, and geek culture.
Scripts should be no longer than forty five minutes, contain queer and/or feminist themes in a sci-fi/fantasy genre, and have minimal technical demands. We are seeking eight one-acts to be performed in repertory over a two week run in the summer of 2014. Each show will receive four performances.
Interested parties should send an electronic copy of the script to gadflytheatre@gmail.com no later than January 1st, 2014.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Theatre Unbound - January and June
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Theatre Unbound accepts scripts in the months of January and June ONLY.
We will consider scripts that fulfill the following 3 guidelines:
Submit electronically to:
info@theatreunbound.com
Submit via USPS to:
Literary Manager
Theatre Unbound
P.O. Box 6134
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Theatre Unbound accepts scripts in the months of January and June ONLY.
We will consider scripts that fulfill the following 3 guidelines:
- The script is written by a woman or has a woman on the writing team.
- The protagonist is a woman.
- The majority of characters are women.
- full-blown, laugh-out-loud comedies or farces
- dramas that deal with social justice issues or current world happenings
- one-act scripts 10-30 minutes in length
- full-length scripts with an intermission break
Submit electronically to:
info@theatreunbound.com
Submit via USPS to:
Literary Manager
Theatre Unbound
P.O. Box 6134
Minneapolis, MN 55406
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full-length plays,
one-act plays,
women-only
Monday, May 20, 2013
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OF ORIGINAL SONGS FOR LATE NIGHT CABARET
(No web site available)
A showcase of original songs by new musical theatre and cabaret composers and lyricists is being planned to coincide with the activities of the Dramatists Guild's 2nd National Playwright’s Conference the weekend of August 22 -25, 2013 in Chicago.
The showcase will be a cabaret-style evening in a nightclub (tbd) and is sure to be a fun, exciting, creative way to socialize with other theatre artists, meet local talent and producers, and enhance your Chicago experience if you are attending the conference!
While this event is being created and produced by two DG members (who will themselves be attending the conference), please understand that it is entirely independent of the Dramatists Guild and the official conference activities. The Guild is in no way sponsoring, underwriting, or adjudicating participation. However, they are making every effort to cooperate and coordinate to avoid scheduling conflicts and be encouraging and supportive of this member-driven project.
To submit please send an mp3 and lyric sheet (and brief explanation of dramatic context if relevant) to both Hillary Rollins at hillaryrollinscabaraise@gmail.com and Larry Todd Johnson at ltj@larrytoddjohnson.com by June 23, 2013. Electronic submissions only.
Recordings do NOT have to be professional demo quality. Include your name, all contact info, and what days you’ll be attending the conference. Up to three (3) songs may be submitted for consideration but there will only be one (1) song per writer or writing team performed at the event. Please let us know if you will require a pianist and/or singer(s) or will be playing/performing your own material. (Either is an option but the only instrumentation provided will be acoustic piano.) While we hope to accommodate as much material as possible, please understand that the final decision for inclusion in the showcase is at the sole discretion of the producers. You will receive email notification of receipt of submission and decisions will be made by July 15th. No pay. No fee to apply.
A showcase of original songs by new musical theatre and cabaret composers and lyricists is being planned to coincide with the activities of the Dramatists Guild's 2nd National Playwright’s Conference the weekend of August 22 -25, 2013 in Chicago.
The showcase will be a cabaret-style evening in a nightclub (tbd) and is sure to be a fun, exciting, creative way to socialize with other theatre artists, meet local talent and producers, and enhance your Chicago experience if you are attending the conference!
While this event is being created and produced by two DG members (who will themselves be attending the conference), please understand that it is entirely independent of the Dramatists Guild and the official conference activities. The Guild is in no way sponsoring, underwriting, or adjudicating participation. However, they are making every effort to cooperate and coordinate to avoid scheduling conflicts and be encouraging and supportive of this member-driven project.
To submit please send an mp3 and lyric sheet (and brief explanation of dramatic context if relevant) to both Hillary Rollins at hillaryrollinscabaraise@gmail.com and Larry Todd Johnson at ltj@larrytoddjohnson.com by June 23, 2013. Electronic submissions only.
Recordings do NOT have to be professional demo quality. Include your name, all contact info, and what days you’ll be attending the conference. Up to three (3) songs may be submitted for consideration but there will only be one (1) song per writer or writing team performed at the event. Please let us know if you will require a pianist and/or singer(s) or will be playing/performing your own material. (Either is an option but the only instrumentation provided will be acoustic piano.) While we hope to accommodate as much material as possible, please understand that the final decision for inclusion in the showcase is at the sole discretion of the producers. You will receive email notification of receipt of submission and decisions will be made by July 15th. No pay. No fee to apply.
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musicals
Sanctuary: Playwrights Theatre wants to read your work.
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Our actors read new work in a lab setting twice a month. Work that we read in a lab may be considered for a production. We require the playwright be present at these readings. As much as we welcome writers from out of the tri-state area, we do not provide a travel allowance.
For consideration, please email *all* of the following to sancplays@gmail.com:
Guidelines:
Our actors read new work in a lab setting twice a month. Work that we read in a lab may be considered for a production. We require the playwright be present at these readings. As much as we welcome writers from out of the tri-state area, we do not provide a travel allowance.
For consideration, please email *all* of the following to sancplays@gmail.com:
- Your play in PDF format. We accept completed works, works in progress, full length and short plays and scenes
- A cover letter stating the current development history of this work and what your goals ARE for this play
- Your resume or CV
Guidelines:
- Send the piece that pushes your theatrical vision to its furthest extent.
- Be patient; we will get back to you as soon as we read your work!
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misc.
The Actors' and Playwrights' Workshop
NOTE: Submission is open to playwrights residing in Bergen County, NJ, or playwrights residing anywhere who attend the June 5 workshop
The A & P workshop, which meets on the first Wednesday of each month at the Oradell Library, 375 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, NJ will have its last meeting before the summer on June 5 at 7 pm.
Scripts of less than 15 minutes of length will be considered for the reading if they are brought in hard copy to the workshop or sent by email to Songbird228@yahoo.com before June 5.
Playwrights may direct their own work, or assistance in finding a director will be given. Work must be suitable for a family audience, but all genres are welcome.
Submission is open to playwrights residing in Bergen County, NJ, or playwrights residing anywhere who attend the June 5 workshop. For further information, please email LadyXoc2@hotmail.com
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10-minute plays,
one-act plays
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Next Act! New Play Summit 2 Call for Entries
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Capital Repertory, Albany, NY Announces
Next Act! New Play Summit 2
Call for Entries
Submissions are now being accepted for Capital Repertory Theatre’s NEXT ACT! NEW PLAY SUMMIT 2!
Next Act! is an expansion of Capital Repertory Theatre’s commitment to the development of new work, and is designed to complement the Upper Hudson Valley’s recent and future growth explosion in the fields of research and technology. The summit will directly reflect the theatre’s mission, “to create meaningful theatre generated from an authentic link to the community.” Next Act! takes place November 2nd thru 4th, 2013 and will feature readings of two never-before produced plays, one musical and special events throughout the weekend.
Capital Rep is particularly interested in scripts that showcase world events as they impact the individual and society, highlighting the common threads that bind the American culture together in a world that is defined more and more by diversity. The theatre will give preference to character driven scripts that showcase technology’s impact on humanity.
Accepting plays and musicals.
Multi-cultural and ethnically diverse plays welcome.
Comedy and Drama welcome!
(Please do not submit plays about the theatre.)
ELIGIBILITY
Eligible plays can not have been previously produced, though previous readings are allowed. No more than 7 characters. (Please do not submit works in which actors play multiple roles, unless it is a device used to illuminate generations.)
Eligible musicals can not have been previously produced, though previous readings are allowed. No more than 6 characters. Accompaniment must be able to be provided by a pianist for the reading. Scripts that allow creative ways for execution in the intimate atmosphere of Capital Rep’s thrust stage are particularly welcome. (There is no limit on subject matter. Adaptations of literature welcome.)
Agent and non-agent submissions accepted.
Submission Deadline: END OF DAY – Thursday May 30, 2013
HOW TO SUBMIT
Plays: Playwrights should submit a synopsis, character descriptions and the first 10 pages of their play with a photo/resume and bio.
Musicals: Playwrights should submit a synopsis, character descriptions, one sample scene and 3 songs (demo’s are acceptable). Music may be sent via CD or electronically. Playwrights should include a photo/resume and bio.
Email your submission to Margaret Hall, Assistant to the Artistic Director, at mhall@capitalrep.org with NEXT ACT SUBMISSION in the subject line.
A small stipend and limited travel available for playwrights selected.
Electronic submissions preferred.
Capital Rep is a professional LORT D theatre, established in Albany in 1981.
Capital Repertory, Albany, NY Announces
Next Act! New Play Summit 2
Call for Entries
Submissions are now being accepted for Capital Repertory Theatre’s NEXT ACT! NEW PLAY SUMMIT 2!
Next Act! is an expansion of Capital Repertory Theatre’s commitment to the development of new work, and is designed to complement the Upper Hudson Valley’s recent and future growth explosion in the fields of research and technology. The summit will directly reflect the theatre’s mission, “to create meaningful theatre generated from an authentic link to the community.” Next Act! takes place November 2nd thru 4th, 2013 and will feature readings of two never-before produced plays, one musical and special events throughout the weekend.
Capital Rep is particularly interested in scripts that showcase world events as they impact the individual and society, highlighting the common threads that bind the American culture together in a world that is defined more and more by diversity. The theatre will give preference to character driven scripts that showcase technology’s impact on humanity.
Accepting plays and musicals.
Multi-cultural and ethnically diverse plays welcome.
Comedy and Drama welcome!
(Please do not submit plays about the theatre.)
ELIGIBILITY
Eligible plays can not have been previously produced, though previous readings are allowed. No more than 7 characters. (Please do not submit works in which actors play multiple roles, unless it is a device used to illuminate generations.)
Eligible musicals can not have been previously produced, though previous readings are allowed. No more than 6 characters. Accompaniment must be able to be provided by a pianist for the reading. Scripts that allow creative ways for execution in the intimate atmosphere of Capital Rep’s thrust stage are particularly welcome. (There is no limit on subject matter. Adaptations of literature welcome.)
Agent and non-agent submissions accepted.
Submission Deadline: END OF DAY – Thursday May 30, 2013
HOW TO SUBMIT
Plays: Playwrights should submit a synopsis, character descriptions and the first 10 pages of their play with a photo/resume and bio.
Musicals: Playwrights should submit a synopsis, character descriptions, one sample scene and 3 songs (demo’s are acceptable). Music may be sent via CD or electronically. Playwrights should include a photo/resume and bio.
Email your submission to Margaret Hall, Assistant to the Artistic Director, at mhall@capitalrep.org with NEXT ACT SUBMISSION in the subject line.
A small stipend and limited travel available for playwrights selected.
Electronic submissions preferred.
Capital Rep is a professional LORT D theatre, established in Albany in 1981.
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full-length plays,
musicals
Piccolo Theatre First Laugh Comedy One-Act Festival: Accepting Submissions
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First Laugh (The First Time Ever Annual Yearly Festival of LOL New One-Act Plays Ever In Life)
Join Piccolo Theatre this February for its inaugural festival of one-act plays. First Laugh premieres the original work of local playwrights, and joins comedy writing and performance to answer the question, “What was your first laugh?” This juried festival will feature a fantastic prize awarded to the audience favorite. Two nights a weekend for two weekends, explore the unique origins of what people find funny.
Run February 7-8, and 14-15
All performances are Fridays & Saturdays at 8 PM
Tickets are $20 (adults), Group discounts available!
Submission Guidelines for Piccolo Theatre Comedy One-Act Festival
Email Submissions:
-The play title in the subject line
-List of cast and crew members with email contact info.
-A PDF copy of your script in its entirety.
-Scenic design and ground plan. Remember your play needs to be conducive to sharing the stage.
-A two paragraph synopsis.
-A paragraph detailing your script's use of the theme “The first thing I found funny.”
-Playwright and director bios.
Email to tony@piccolotheatre.com no later than September 13, 2013
Mail in Submissions
-List of cast and crew
-A full printed copy of your script with title.
-Scenic design and ground plan. Remember your play needs to be conducive to sharing the stage.
-A two paragraph synopsis.
-A paragraph detailing your script's use of the theme “The first thing I found funny.”
-Playwright and director bios .
Must be postmarked by September 13, 2013
Mail to:
Piccolo Theatre
c/o Tony Lawry, One Act Festival
600 Main Street
Evanston, IL 60202
First Laugh (The First Time Ever Annual Yearly Festival of LOL New One-Act Plays Ever In Life)
Join Piccolo Theatre this February for its inaugural festival of one-act plays. First Laugh premieres the original work of local playwrights, and joins comedy writing and performance to answer the question, “What was your first laugh?” This juried festival will feature a fantastic prize awarded to the audience favorite. Two nights a weekend for two weekends, explore the unique origins of what people find funny.
Run February 7-8, and 14-15
All performances are Fridays & Saturdays at 8 PM
Tickets are $20 (adults), Group discounts available!
Submission Guidelines for Piccolo Theatre Comedy One-Act Festival
Email Submissions:
-The play title in the subject line
-List of cast and crew members with email contact info.
-A PDF copy of your script in its entirety.
-Scenic design and ground plan. Remember your play needs to be conducive to sharing the stage.
-A two paragraph synopsis.
-A paragraph detailing your script's use of the theme “The first thing I found funny.”
-Playwright and director bios.
Email to tony@piccolotheatre.com no later than September 13, 2013
Mail in Submissions
-List of cast and crew
-A full printed copy of your script with title.
-Scenic design and ground plan. Remember your play needs to be conducive to sharing the stage.
-A two paragraph synopsis.
-A paragraph detailing your script's use of the theme “The first thing I found funny.”
-Playwright and director bios .
Must be postmarked by September 13, 2013
Mail to:
Piccolo Theatre
c/o Tony Lawry, One Act Festival
600 Main Street
Evanston, IL 60202
Labels:
one-act plays,
self-production
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Bellarmine seeks 10-minute plays about people in relationship with nature
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Bellarmine University Theatre Program proudly announces its Third Festival of New 10-Minute Plays
Professional, amateur, and student playwrights are welcome to submit one 10-minute play
Eight plays will be picked and produced in our 2013-2014 theatre season
Chosen plays will receive a $25 payment
Overall winner will received an additional $50 award
Audience choice will received $50 award
Production Dates: March 26, 27, 28 & 29, 2014
Requirements
To enter, please send your original 10-minute play to:
3RD 10-minute Play Festival
Attn: Carlos-Manuel ChavarrÃa
Theatre Program Director
Bellarmine University
2001 Newburg Road
Louisville, KY 40205
Bellarmine University Theatre Program proudly announces its Third Festival of New 10-Minute Plays
Professional, amateur, and student playwrights are welcome to submit one 10-minute play
Eight plays will be picked and produced in our 2013-2014 theatre season
Chosen plays will receive a $25 payment
Overall winner will received an additional $50 award
Audience choice will received $50 award
Production Dates: March 26, 27, 28 & 29, 2014
Requirements
- Only one play per playwright
- Plays should be no longer than 10 minutes in length when read or performed
- Plays should be typed and followed standard playwriting format
- Plays must be RECEIVED by October 31, 2013
- Plays need to be original works with no previous production history
- Playwright’s name should NOT be included anywhere in the script or it will be disqualified
- Title page should include ONLY the playwright’s name and title of the play
- On a separate cover page, please include playwright’s name, title of play, address, phone number, and email, (we will use email for communication)
- No musicals, adaptations, or children’s plays
- Pages must be numbered
- Plays must be on the theme of “PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE”. Funny, absurd, black comedies, dramas, whatever as long as our theme is present in the work
- Plays must use minimal or no set
- Plays may contain 1 to 4 characters
- Play must make use the following three things:
- A character must use the phrase “No one can survive. We all depend on it.”
- A character must make use of a shovel
- At some point, each character must refer to a plant that must be part of the set.
- There is no entry fee
- No email entries allowed.
To enter, please send your original 10-minute play to:
3RD 10-minute Play Festival
Attn: Carlos-Manuel ChavarrÃa
Theatre Program Director
Bellarmine University
2001 Newburg Road
Louisville, KY 40205
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10-minute plays
The Fred Ebb Foundation Award
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The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success. The award is meant to encourage and support aspiring songwriters to create new works for the musical theatre. The prize includes a $50,000 award. In addition to the monetary prize, the Fred Ebb Foundation will produce a one-night-only showcase of winner’s work. The Fred Ebb Foundation is funded by royalties from Mr. Ebb’s vast catalogue of work. The Fred Ebb Foundation also makes an annual donation to Fred ebb’s favorite charity – Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Eligibility:
Each applicant must be a composer/lyricist or composer/lyricist team
wishing to create work for the musical theatre, and must not yet have achieved
significant commercial success.
Application Materials:
1. A CD of up to four songs from one or more musical theatre pieces, with
typewritten lyrics and a description of the dramatic context for each song; and
2. A completed application form.
Submission Deadline and Award:
Applications will be accepted from June 3-28, 2013.
Please mail or deliver
applications to
Fred Ebb Award
Roundabout Theatre, 231 West 39th Street,
Suite 1200, New York, New York 10018.
Mailed submissions must be
postmarked not later than June 28. The winner will be selected in November
2013, and will receive $50,000. The Foundation will also produce a one-night
showcase of the winner’s work.
The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success. The award is meant to encourage and support aspiring songwriters to create new works for the musical theatre. The prize includes a $50,000 award. In addition to the monetary prize, the Fred Ebb Foundation will produce a one-night-only showcase of winner’s work. The Fred Ebb Foundation is funded by royalties from Mr. Ebb’s vast catalogue of work. The Fred Ebb Foundation also makes an annual donation to Fred ebb’s favorite charity – Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Eligibility:
Each applicant must be a composer/lyricist or composer/lyricist team
wishing to create work for the musical theatre, and must not yet have achieved
significant commercial success.
Application Materials:
1. A CD of up to four songs from one or more musical theatre pieces, with
typewritten lyrics and a description of the dramatic context for each song; and
2. A completed application form.
- •We will code the applications as they arrive. Because all submissions will be reviewed blind, please do not place name(s) of writer(s) on the CD, lyric sheets, or description of dramatic context.
- Only musical theatre work will be considered.
- •The applicant(s) must have written all the songs included in the submission. For example, a composer cannot submit one song with her own lyrics, and a second song with lyrics by another writer.
- No individual may appear on more than one application. You cannot apply as an individual and again as part of a team, or as part of more than one songwriting team.
Submission Deadline and Award:
Applications will be accepted from June 3-28, 2013.
Please mail or deliver
applications to
Fred Ebb Award
Roundabout Theatre, 231 West 39th Street,
Suite 1200, New York, New York 10018.
Mailed submissions must be
postmarked not later than June 28. The winner will be selected in November
2013, and will receive $50,000. The Foundation will also produce a one-night
showcase of the winner’s work.
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musicals
InterAct Theatre Company is pleased to announce that the sixth round of submissions for its 20/20 New Play Commissions
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InterAct Theatre Company is pleased to announce that the sixth round of submissions for its 20/20 New Play Commissions will have a deadline of Friday May 31, 2013.
Long established as one of the country’s most devoted producers of provocative new plays, InterAct uses the 20/20 Commissions to fund the most adventurous, complex, and engaging plays of tomorrow. We are engaged by the wide range of stories that unfold when the larger forces of our world impact the individual. Fifteen commissions and awards have already been awarded to plays ranging in style from hard-hitting drama to absurd surrealism.
Since inaugurating the 20/20 commissions in 2007, four commissioned plays and a development award recipient have all been produced on our main-stage. Also two plays recently submitted for 20/20 awards – IN A DAUGHTER’S EYES by A. Zell Williams and MICROCRISIS by Mike Lew – ended up receiving productions on our main stage. So there is additional value to submitting a proposal!
Currently celebrating its’ 25th season, InterAct is the flagship for new work in Philadelphia. It is also a founding member of the National New Play Network and the Philadelphia New Play Initiative.
About InterAct’s 20/20 Commissions
There are two types of awards associated with the program:
• Development Awards - through which InterAct commits funds toward the further development of a play, including dramaturgical consultation, readings and workshops. Development Awards are given to works already in progress, but not yet production ready.
• New Play Commissions - in which a new and wholly or substantially unwritten play is commissioned and then aided in its development by InterAct.
How to Apply for an InterAct Theatre Company 20/20 Commission/Award
The application consists of three parts, which must be submitted simultaneously and received by midnight on May 31, 2013:
1. Statement of Interest
Please provide a description of the proposed project, including why the issues and themes of the project will be significant over the next twenty years, and what your goals would be should you be granted the opportunity to work with InterAct on the project’s development. If you are applying for a Development Award, you may additionally discuss the status of the current work and its development history. Statements of interest should not exceed 2 pages. We prefer proposals with specificity, but also flexibility. We will not be reading any submissions prior to May 31, so please use the time.
2. Up-to-Date Playwriting CV
Please be thorough and be sure to include the development history, if any, of the proposed work
3. For Commission Applicants – A Sample of your work in the form of a Completed Full-length Script
Sample scripts need not have received previous productions for submission. If possible, please submit a script that falls within InterAct’s central mission. If you do not feel that you have a script suitable to our mission, then please send whatever script you feel best exemplifies your work.
For Development Awards – One Copy of the Proposed Script: Scripts need not be complete, although truly fragmentary works are difficult to evaluate. (An additional sample script is not necessary.)
Please note: We can only accept one submission per applicant – for either a Development Award or a Commission.
The deadline for completed sixth cycle applications is Midnight EST May 31, 2013, and InterAct will notify all playwrights of its decision via email by November 1, 2013.
All parts of the application should be submitted as PDF’s sent to commissions2013@interacttheatre.org
Please label the PDFs clearly following this format:
(Your Name) Statement
(Your Name) CV
(Your Name) (Title of Sample Play)
(Your Name) (Title of Play) – DA
For example, for a commission:
Kittson O’Neill Statement
Kittson O’Neill CV
Kittson O’Neill Best Play Ever
For a development award:
Kittson O’Neill Statement
Kittson O’Neill CV
Kittson O’Neill Best Play Ever – DA
Only full-length plays are eligible for commission or development. Musicals and bills of related one-act plays will not be considered. Collaborations are welcome. Submissions which do not follow these guidelines cannot be considered.
For all 20/20 New Play Commissions and Development Awards, InterAct reserves the right of first production.
Be sure to email applications to commissions2013@interacttheatre.org
If you have questions, please feel free to email Kittson O’Neill, Artistic Associate.
InterAct Theatre Company is pleased to announce that the sixth round of submissions for its 20/20 New Play Commissions will have a deadline of Friday May 31, 2013.
Long established as one of the country’s most devoted producers of provocative new plays, InterAct uses the 20/20 Commissions to fund the most adventurous, complex, and engaging plays of tomorrow. We are engaged by the wide range of stories that unfold when the larger forces of our world impact the individual. Fifteen commissions and awards have already been awarded to plays ranging in style from hard-hitting drama to absurd surrealism.
Since inaugurating the 20/20 commissions in 2007, four commissioned plays and a development award recipient have all been produced on our main-stage. Also two plays recently submitted for 20/20 awards – IN A DAUGHTER’S EYES by A. Zell Williams and MICROCRISIS by Mike Lew – ended up receiving productions on our main stage. So there is additional value to submitting a proposal!
Currently celebrating its’ 25th season, InterAct is the flagship for new work in Philadelphia. It is also a founding member of the National New Play Network and the Philadelphia New Play Initiative.
About InterAct’s 20/20 Commissions
There are two types of awards associated with the program:
• Development Awards - through which InterAct commits funds toward the further development of a play, including dramaturgical consultation, readings and workshops. Development Awards are given to works already in progress, but not yet production ready.
• New Play Commissions - in which a new and wholly or substantially unwritten play is commissioned and then aided in its development by InterAct.
How to Apply for an InterAct Theatre Company 20/20 Commission/Award
The application consists of three parts, which must be submitted simultaneously and received by midnight on May 31, 2013:
1. Statement of Interest
Please provide a description of the proposed project, including why the issues and themes of the project will be significant over the next twenty years, and what your goals would be should you be granted the opportunity to work with InterAct on the project’s development. If you are applying for a Development Award, you may additionally discuss the status of the current work and its development history. Statements of interest should not exceed 2 pages. We prefer proposals with specificity, but also flexibility. We will not be reading any submissions prior to May 31, so please use the time.
2. Up-to-Date Playwriting CV
Please be thorough and be sure to include the development history, if any, of the proposed work
3. For Commission Applicants – A Sample of your work in the form of a Completed Full-length Script
Sample scripts need not have received previous productions for submission. If possible, please submit a script that falls within InterAct’s central mission. If you do not feel that you have a script suitable to our mission, then please send whatever script you feel best exemplifies your work.
For Development Awards – One Copy of the Proposed Script: Scripts need not be complete, although truly fragmentary works are difficult to evaluate. (An additional sample script is not necessary.)
Please note: We can only accept one submission per applicant – for either a Development Award or a Commission.
The deadline for completed sixth cycle applications is Midnight EST May 31, 2013, and InterAct will notify all playwrights of its decision via email by November 1, 2013.
All parts of the application should be submitted as PDF’s sent to commissions2013@interacttheatre.org
Please label the PDFs clearly following this format:
(Your Name) Statement
(Your Name) CV
(Your Name) (Title of Sample Play)
(Your Name) (Title of Play) – DA
For example, for a commission:
Kittson O’Neill Statement
Kittson O’Neill CV
Kittson O’Neill Best Play Ever
For a development award:
Kittson O’Neill Statement
Kittson O’Neill CV
Kittson O’Neill Best Play Ever – DA
Only full-length plays are eligible for commission or development. Musicals and bills of related one-act plays will not be considered. Collaborations are welcome. Submissions which do not follow these guidelines cannot be considered.
For all 20/20 New Play Commissions and Development Awards, InterAct reserves the right of first production.
Be sure to email applications to commissions2013@interacttheatre.org
If you have questions, please feel free to email Kittson O’Neill, Artistic Associate.
Labels:
full-length plays
Independent Play(w)rights accepts plays of any length, genre or style
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Independent Play(w)rights offers a catalog of provocative, original and unique plays and is always open for submissions.
Independent Play(w)rights accepts plays of any length, genre or style. If you've written something fantastic, we want to read it. Production history and resume is not a factor. We judge the play on its own merits.
Independent Play(w)rights is pleased to announce its launch this month. A publishing and licensing company for emerging playwrights, it offers eBooks as well as performance and archival film rights.
With outreaches to schools and universities and projects to connect playwrights with theater groups and promote communication, Independent Play(w)rights will strive for a more open collaboration between author and director.
Wanted - Bollywood Superstar Writer
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NOTE: there are no geographic restrictions on who may enter, but the winner must be available for meetings in Bradford, UK with the director to discuss the script and be able to complete any rewrites required for performance.
Fancy winning £1,000 in our playwriting competition?
To celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema, Freedom Studios and Bradford UNESCO City of Film are looking for a script for a 10-minute play that recreates the magic of Bollywood to be performed live in the heart of Bradford.
That’s where you come in. We’re looking for a talented writer to bring Bollywood to Bradford. Do you have what it takes to write a slice of Bollywood? Can you transport us into a world of excitement, escapism and entertainment? The theme is up to you. Love, loss, hate, comedy or tragedy. Anything goes as long as it has that Bollywood spirit.
One more thing, Bollywood is all about glitz and glamour so we’re giving 82,585 rupees * to the lucky winner or if you prefer £1,000! Currency Converter
The winning entry will be performed live in Bradford in either outdoor or indoor venues for family audiences to enjoy in August 2013. It’s up to you what you write about and even what language it’s in (as long as it entertains the audience).
For a full list of terms and conditions, see here Freedom Studios T&C.
Download and complete entry form. Bollywood writer application form (MS Word format)
To enter, please complete an entry form and send together with your script to hello@freedomstudios.co.uk.
Alternatively send the entry form and script in the post to
Freedom Studios,
The Design Exchange,
34 Peckover Street,
Little Germany, Bradford, BD1 5BD.
Deadline: May 31, 2013
Please note scripts will not be returned unless a stamped self-addressed envelope is included.
Freedom Studios is committed to promoting intercultural theatre practice and welcomes applications from a diverse range of artists from all backgrounds.
So what are you waiting for? Bollywood needs you!
Freedom Studios are working in association with Bradford UNESCO City of Film on this project who will be documenting the making of the live performance.
NOTE: there are no geographic restrictions on who may enter, but the winner must be available for meetings in Bradford, UK with the director to discuss the script and be able to complete any rewrites required for performance.
Fancy winning £1,000 in our playwriting competition?
To celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema, Freedom Studios and Bradford UNESCO City of Film are looking for a script for a 10-minute play that recreates the magic of Bollywood to be performed live in the heart of Bradford.
That’s where you come in. We’re looking for a talented writer to bring Bollywood to Bradford. Do you have what it takes to write a slice of Bollywood? Can you transport us into a world of excitement, escapism and entertainment? The theme is up to you. Love, loss, hate, comedy or tragedy. Anything goes as long as it has that Bollywood spirit.
One more thing, Bollywood is all about glitz and glamour so we’re giving 82,585 rupees * to the lucky winner or if you prefer £1,000! Currency Converter
The winning entry will be performed live in Bradford in either outdoor or indoor venues for family audiences to enjoy in August 2013. It’s up to you what you write about and even what language it’s in (as long as it entertains the audience).
- Make sure it’s 10 minutes long with a maximum of 3 characters.
- No sets, but costumes and music encouraged.
- Only one script entry per person and remember it’s for live performance rather than film.
- All submitted scripts must be original and have not been previously performed professionally.
- The lucky winner must be available for meetings in Bradford with the director to discuss the script and be able to complete any rewrites required for performance.
- The winner must be willing to take part in publicity events organised by Freedom Studios.
- The winning script will be announced on the website on 18th June 2013.
For a full list of terms and conditions, see here Freedom Studios T&C.
Download and complete entry form. Bollywood writer application form (MS Word format)
To enter, please complete an entry form and send together with your script to hello@freedomstudios.co.uk.
Alternatively send the entry form and script in the post to
Freedom Studios,
The Design Exchange,
34 Peckover Street,
Little Germany, Bradford, BD1 5BD.
Deadline: May 31, 2013
Please note scripts will not be returned unless a stamped self-addressed envelope is included.
Freedom Studios is committed to promoting intercultural theatre practice and welcomes applications from a diverse range of artists from all backgrounds.
So what are you waiting for? Bollywood needs you!
Freedom Studios are working in association with Bradford UNESCO City of Film on this project who will be documenting the making of the live performance.
Labels:
10-minute plays
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Thistle Dew Theatre seeks plays for Stage and Radio
web site
Call for play submissions: monologues, short plays, one act or full-length plays for stage and radio.
Rules for engagement:
- Your play can be either a comedy or a drama.
- Your play calls for one (1) to six (6) characters.
- Your play exhibits freshness, sufficient conflict and engaging text.
- Your play must be production ready.
- Your play is in simple standard format, 14pt. Times or Times Roman font.
Example:
"Jane: (Interrupts.)
I prefer my script writing format: KISS."
- Your complete play is in .doc format with numbered pages.
- Page One: Your Title, contact information and 200 word biography.
- Page Two: Your Character breakdown and 300 word synopsis.
- The subject line of your email submission to sheamusoshea12@gmail.com reads TDDT Play Submission . There is no entry fee.
The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2013.
Address your queries to Tom at seamusoshea12@gmail.com
Labels:
full-length plays,
one-act plays,
radio
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Looking for four 30-minute plays that engage with the Arab world
web site
Following the sell-out success of Bulbul 2012, we’re really excited to announce Bulbul 2013 our second annual playwriting competition for new writers.
We’re looking for four 30-minute plays that engage with the Arab world. This year’s theme is: crying over the ruins.
We’re going right back to the ancient poets as they stand nostalgically at the deserted campsites. How you respond to this is entirely up to you. All we ask is that your work is courageous, displays a unique voice, a strong storytelling element and a cohesive narrative.
The deadline for submission is 31st May 2013. The winning entries will be performed by a professional cast at Brighton’s Nightingale Theatre in autumn 2013. As with Bulbul 2012, two of these plays will be selected for further development for the Brighton Fringe 2014.
The winning plays will be chosen by an independent panel of judges. Last year’s panel was made up of Chris Taylor (director, New Writing South), Julian Caddy (managing director, Brighton Fringe) Steven Brett (artistic director, The Nightingale Theatre), Tanushka Marah (artistic director, Company:Collisions) and Diyan Zora (creative director, Swivel Theatre Company).
Our current productions at the Brighton Fringe – Tunnel by Mags Chalcraft, and Gather Ye Rosebuds by Silva Semerciyan – were both winners of Bulbul 2012.
We welcome submissions from all over the world. Last year, we received entries from Muscat to Norwich!
Guidelines for entry
Following the sell-out success of Bulbul 2012, we’re really excited to announce Bulbul 2013 our second annual playwriting competition for new writers.
We’re looking for four 30-minute plays that engage with the Arab world. This year’s theme is: crying over the ruins.
We’re going right back to the ancient poets as they stand nostalgically at the deserted campsites. How you respond to this is entirely up to you. All we ask is that your work is courageous, displays a unique voice, a strong storytelling element and a cohesive narrative.
The deadline for submission is 31st May 2013. The winning entries will be performed by a professional cast at Brighton’s Nightingale Theatre in autumn 2013. As with Bulbul 2012, two of these plays will be selected for further development for the Brighton Fringe 2014.
The winning plays will be chosen by an independent panel of judges. Last year’s panel was made up of Chris Taylor (director, New Writing South), Julian Caddy (managing director, Brighton Fringe) Steven Brett (artistic director, The Nightingale Theatre), Tanushka Marah (artistic director, Company:Collisions) and Diyan Zora (creative director, Swivel Theatre Company).
Our current productions at the Brighton Fringe – Tunnel by Mags Chalcraft, and Gather Ye Rosebuds by Silva Semerciyan – were both winners of Bulbul 2012.
We welcome submissions from all over the world. Last year, we received entries from Muscat to Norwich!
Guidelines for entry
- Entry is free.
- Scripts must have a playing time of approximately 30 minutes.
- Scripts must have a maximum playing cast of four actors.
- Scripts should require minimal set and/or props. Our focus is on the writing!
- Please do not send us monologues, musicals, adaptations or plays for children.
- Only original, previously unproduced/unpublished scripts that are inherently theatrical with live staging at their core will be accepted. Please do not send scripts for television, radio or film.
- All scripts must be in English, typed in 12pt font and double spaced.
- Scripts (either in Word or PDF) must be submitted with a completed application form to bulbul@sandpitarts.org. Please do not put your name or contact information anywhere on your script as all submissions will be read anonymously.
- Applicants must be aged 16 or over. There is no upper age limit.
- The competition is open to writers around the world. There is no restriction on nationality or residency.
- You can submit up to three plays.
- Please note, we are unable to return scripts.
- Please do not send any amendments or further drafts once your script has been submitted.
- Please do not send cassettes, CDs, videos or sheet music with your script.
- We are unable to enter into any correspondence about scripts (except with shortlisted entries).
- The deadline for submission is 31st May 2013.
- The four winning entries will be announced on 31st July 2013.
Labels:
one-act plays
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The National Newborn Festival
web site
Submission dates for MTWorks' The National NewBorn Festival:
April 1st - May 31st, 2013 (There is no reader's fee for plays submitted during these dates)
June 1st - July 1st, 2013 (Require a $10.00 reader's fee)
Plays submitted outside of the above dates will not be considered.
MTWorks’ National NewBorn Festival sponsored by the Psychology Club and Department of the City College of New York is our annual full-length playwriting competition and reading series. We celebrate today’s innovative playwrights that boldly take risks in theme, structure, time-period, location and diversity (ethnic, economic, gender, sexuality or creed). MTWorks’ mainstage productions are selected from National NewBorn Festival winners.
Finalists automatically enter The Living Room Series, a private cold-read performed by our exceptional MTWorkers.
The winning playwrights will be awarded:
REQUIREMENTS:
We are currently only interested in full-length plays (at least 90-min in length).
Applicants must submit the following:
If your contact information changes you are required to update your information by sending an email to plays@mtworks.org with [NEWBORN: updated contact information for-your name] on the subject line.
Submission Dates for The National NewBorn Festival:
April 1st - May 31st, 2013 (There is no reader's fee for plays submitted during these dates)
June 1st - July 1st, 2013 (Require a $10.00 reader's fee)
Plays submitted outside of the above dates will not be considered.
Finalists will be contacted around September. Winners will be contacted around November.
Submission dates for MTWorks' The National NewBorn Festival:
April 1st - May 31st, 2013 (There is no reader's fee for plays submitted during these dates)
June 1st - July 1st, 2013 (Require a $10.00 reader's fee)
Plays submitted outside of the above dates will not be considered.
MTWorks’ National NewBorn Festival sponsored by the Psychology Club and Department of the City College of New York is our annual full-length playwriting competition and reading series. We celebrate today’s innovative playwrights that boldly take risks in theme, structure, time-period, location and diversity (ethnic, economic, gender, sexuality or creed). MTWorks’ mainstage productions are selected from National NewBorn Festival winners.
Finalists automatically enter The Living Room Series, a private cold-read performed by our exceptional MTWorkers.
The winning playwrights will be awarded:
- One full reading of their work in a festival environment.
- Assigned professional director and cast to work on their play.
- “Playwright Spotlight” Newsletter received by over 3,000 members of the NY Theatre Industry.
- Networking "Meet the Playwrights" Event.
- Complimentary tickets to MTWorks shows, invited dress rehearsals and other special events.
- Artistic and professional support from the MTWorks staff.
- Eligibility for the MTWorks Board of Director's Excellence in Playwriting Award.
- Eligibility for MTWorks' Audience Favorite Award.
- MTWorks' Mainstage productions are selected from National NewBorn Festival winners.
- Talk-Back.
REQUIREMENTS:
We are currently only interested in full-length plays (at least 90-min in length).
Applicants must submit the following:
- A full copy of your play in word or pdf format.
- A half (1/2) page synopsis.
- If you applied for NewBorn before, you must submit a different play.
- You can only submit one play per year per program (it is OK to submit one play to FIRE-WORKS and one play to the National NewBorn Festival the same year).
- We are interested in plays that have not been produced in New York City (readings are OK)
- All material must be emailed (all together in one email) to plays@mtworks.org with [NEWBORN: title of the play and your name] on the subject line.
If your contact information changes you are required to update your information by sending an email to plays@mtworks.org with [NEWBORN: updated contact information for-your name] on the subject line.
Submission Dates for The National NewBorn Festival:
April 1st - May 31st, 2013 (There is no reader's fee for plays submitted during these dates)
June 1st - July 1st, 2013 (Require a $10.00 reader's fee)
Plays submitted outside of the above dates will not be considered.
Finalists will be contacted around September. Winners will be contacted around November.
Labels:
full-length plays
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Douglas Morrisson Theatre in Hayward is accepting submissions
web site
The Douglas Morrisson Theatre in Hayward is accepting submissions for its second annual Playwrights CageMatch! Our CageMatch is a chance for playwrights to show their stuff in an audience-decided live competition!
Five Playwrights enter but only one will emerge victorious! Grand prize for the chosen script.
We are seeking brief scenes (5-20 minutes) which conform to the limitations of the competition. DMT staff will select the top five submissions. Each of the final scripts will get one rehearsal with the same director and company of actors. On June 10th the five scenes will be performed at a live staged reading event at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre. The audience will vote by token to determine the winner!
Our theme this year is: THE KEYS TO THE HOTEL BARBARY. The setting is a ramshackle basement hotel room in the fictional “Hotel Barbary” of San Francisco. Time period is not restricted. Please limit your scenes to no more than four characters. We’re looking for creative and elegant back-stories that incorporate the setting into the scenes. Tone, theme or genre is up to you! Futuristic sci-fi dystopia? Turn of the century romance? Modern-day holiday? All are welcome at the Hotel Barbary!
Admission to the performance is free, but a token to vote for the winner is $5.
Deadline extended for scene submissions sent via e-mail is May 27, 2013; post-mark deadline, if mailed, is May 24, 2013.
Submissions can be e-mailed in *.doc or *.pdf to cagematch@dmtonline.org or mailed to:
Douglas Morrisson Theatre
ATTN: Susan E. Evans c/o H.A.R.D.,
1099 E St., Hayward, CA 94541
The Douglas Morrisson Theatre in Hayward is accepting submissions for its second annual Playwrights CageMatch! Our CageMatch is a chance for playwrights to show their stuff in an audience-decided live competition!
Five Playwrights enter but only one will emerge victorious! Grand prize for the chosen script.
We are seeking brief scenes (5-20 minutes) which conform to the limitations of the competition. DMT staff will select the top five submissions. Each of the final scripts will get one rehearsal with the same director and company of actors. On June 10th the five scenes will be performed at a live staged reading event at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre. The audience will vote by token to determine the winner!
Our theme this year is: THE KEYS TO THE HOTEL BARBARY. The setting is a ramshackle basement hotel room in the fictional “Hotel Barbary” of San Francisco. Time period is not restricted. Please limit your scenes to no more than four characters. We’re looking for creative and elegant back-stories that incorporate the setting into the scenes. Tone, theme or genre is up to you! Futuristic sci-fi dystopia? Turn of the century romance? Modern-day holiday? All are welcome at the Hotel Barbary!
Admission to the performance is free, but a token to vote for the winner is $5.
Deadline extended for scene submissions sent via e-mail is May 27, 2013; post-mark deadline, if mailed, is May 24, 2013.
Submissions can be e-mailed in *.doc or *.pdf to cagematch@dmtonline.org or mailed to:
Douglas Morrisson Theatre
ATTN: Susan E. Evans c/o H.A.R.D.,
1099 E St., Hayward, CA 94541
Labels:
10-minute plays,
one-act plays
Monday, May 13, 2013
NYCPlaywrights April 2013 part 3: MY NEW YORK SPARE ROOM by Kevin Jones
Kevin Jones on the play:
MY NEW YORK SPARE ROOM explores the life experience of art students, after they have settled down, had kids and moved to suburbia. It’s founded on the belief that creative people can always find a way to express themselves.More about the author and the cast here.
The New York trip described in the play is autobiographical. I still hope to return one day.
The following plays were also selected for the April 2013 Play of the Month - video recordings will be posted soon:
- MOLES. EAT WORMS. by Steve Mielczarek
- SPRING CLEANING by Penny Jackson
Labels:
play of the month
Panowski Playwriting Competition
web site
The theme for this year's playwriting competition is "The Economy". We will be accepting submissions between the dates of Feb. 15, 2013 and Sept. 1, 2013.
Playwriting Competition Rules
1. There is a broad theme selected each year for the competition that entries for that year must adhere to. There is no restriction to style.
1.2 Theme: The Economy
2. The competition is open to any playwright, but only one play per playwright may be entered per year.
3. Entries must be original, full-length plays or musicals. They also may be co-authored, based upon factual material or an adaptation. The applicant must be the owner and controller of the copyright. The legal clearance of materials not in the public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.
4.One-act plays and works previously entered in playwriting competitions sponsored by Northern Michigan University are ineligible.
5. Submission is restricted to plays that have not been previously produced or published.
6. No revisions will be accepted once a script has been submitted.
7. No written or oral critique will be given on plays submitted.
8. Entries may be submitted starting February 15, 2013 and must be received no later than September 1, 2013 to be considered for the current theme. The winner will be announced in December.
9. Northern Michigan University reserves the right to accept or reject any play entered in the contest.
10. Paper scripts must be securely bound within a notebook, cover or folder and clearly identified. All entries must be accompanied with a synopsis, unbound from the script, of no more than one page. Scripts bound with staples or fasteners are not acceptable. They must be either typewritten or word processed. Entries not meeting these criteria will be disqualified.
11. By submitting a paper copy of the script the playwright agrees to allow their work to be scanned into a PDF.
12. Each paper script must be accompanied with a stamped, self-addressed envelope and a 3 X 5" index card with:
Name
Address
City, State & ZIP
Area Code & Phone Number
E-mail Address
TITLE OF PLAY
Index card should be paper-clipped to the script!
IMPORTANT:
13. Paper entries not accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage will not be returned.
14. All entries will be handled with extreme care, but Northern Michigan University cannot assume responsibility for lost or damaged scripts. It is suggested that playwrights retain copies of their scripts.
The Playwriting Award was established in 1977 by the Forest Roberts Theatre at Northern Michigan University. From 1978 through 1993, the Shiras Institute, a prominent Upper Michigan philanthropic fund, participated in this event, which was known as the Shiras Institute/Forest Roberts Theatre Playwriting Award. Beginning with the fourteenth annual competition, Dr. James A. Panowski, director of the Forest Roberts Theatre, has provided financial assistance for the competition in memory of his parents, Albert and Mildred Panowski. In 1993, Dr. Panowski became the sole benefactor of the competition, which now bears the name of his parents. The award is designed to encourage and stimulate artistic growth among educational and professional playwrights. It provides students and faculty the unique opportunity to mount and produce an original work on the university stage. The playwright will benefit from seeing the work on its feet in front of an audience and from professional adjudication by guest critics.
Judging
Submissions will be accepted biennially, and must adhere to the theme of that competition cycle. Each play will be blinded then read and judged by members of a screening committee.
Award
$2,000 cash award to the winning playwright.
A fully-mounted production during the following year’s theatre season.
The winning playwright will be flown to Marquette to serve as Artist-in-Residence the week of the show.
The production of the winning play may be entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
Transportation, room and board will be provided.
Classroom and media appearances, along with conducting seminars and workshops will be part of the residency.
The winning playwright may be asked to participate in a script development workshop, working with a professional dramaturge, the director, and an assembled cast.
Winning Playwright
Northern Michigan University has the right to produce the play as part of the theatre season and for any additional performances if entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
Northern Michigan University has the right to use the name of the play and the author's name in publicity and promotion.
Northern Michigan University has the right to negotiate with the playwright for future productions of the work.
In the event of all subsequent publications or productions of the winning manuscript (or versions thereof), and as one of the stipulations of the award, the author agrees to indicate in a footnote or in the playbill that the script won the Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award by the Forest Roberts Theatre at Northern Michigan University.
Northern Michigan University will not make any additional claims to the use of the script.
The Forest Roberts Theatre reserves the right to video tape the production for archival purposes.
The theme for this year's playwriting competition is "The Economy". We will be accepting submissions between the dates of Feb. 15, 2013 and Sept. 1, 2013.
Playwriting Competition Rules
1. There is a broad theme selected each year for the competition that entries for that year must adhere to. There is no restriction to style.
1.2 Theme: The Economy
2. The competition is open to any playwright, but only one play per playwright may be entered per year.
3. Entries must be original, full-length plays or musicals. They also may be co-authored, based upon factual material or an adaptation. The applicant must be the owner and controller of the copyright. The legal clearance of materials not in the public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.
4.One-act plays and works previously entered in playwriting competitions sponsored by Northern Michigan University are ineligible.
5. Submission is restricted to plays that have not been previously produced or published.
6. No revisions will be accepted once a script has been submitted.
7. No written or oral critique will be given on plays submitted.
8. Entries may be submitted starting February 15, 2013 and must be received no later than September 1, 2013 to be considered for the current theme. The winner will be announced in December.
9. Northern Michigan University reserves the right to accept or reject any play entered in the contest.
10. Paper scripts must be securely bound within a notebook, cover or folder and clearly identified. All entries must be accompanied with a synopsis, unbound from the script, of no more than one page. Scripts bound with staples or fasteners are not acceptable. They must be either typewritten or word processed. Entries not meeting these criteria will be disqualified.
11. By submitting a paper copy of the script the playwright agrees to allow their work to be scanned into a PDF.
12. Each paper script must be accompanied with a stamped, self-addressed envelope and a 3 X 5" index card with:
Name
Address
City, State & ZIP
Area Code & Phone Number
E-mail Address
TITLE OF PLAY
Index card should be paper-clipped to the script!
IMPORTANT:
13. Paper entries not accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage will not be returned.
14. All entries will be handled with extreme care, but Northern Michigan University cannot assume responsibility for lost or damaged scripts. It is suggested that playwrights retain copies of their scripts.
The Playwriting Award was established in 1977 by the Forest Roberts Theatre at Northern Michigan University. From 1978 through 1993, the Shiras Institute, a prominent Upper Michigan philanthropic fund, participated in this event, which was known as the Shiras Institute/Forest Roberts Theatre Playwriting Award. Beginning with the fourteenth annual competition, Dr. James A. Panowski, director of the Forest Roberts Theatre, has provided financial assistance for the competition in memory of his parents, Albert and Mildred Panowski. In 1993, Dr. Panowski became the sole benefactor of the competition, which now bears the name of his parents. The award is designed to encourage and stimulate artistic growth among educational and professional playwrights. It provides students and faculty the unique opportunity to mount and produce an original work on the university stage. The playwright will benefit from seeing the work on its feet in front of an audience and from professional adjudication by guest critics.
Judging
Submissions will be accepted biennially, and must adhere to the theme of that competition cycle. Each play will be blinded then read and judged by members of a screening committee.
Award
$2,000 cash award to the winning playwright.
A fully-mounted production during the following year’s theatre season.
The winning playwright will be flown to Marquette to serve as Artist-in-Residence the week of the show.
The production of the winning play may be entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
Transportation, room and board will be provided.
Classroom and media appearances, along with conducting seminars and workshops will be part of the residency.
The winning playwright may be asked to participate in a script development workshop, working with a professional dramaturge, the director, and an assembled cast.
Winning Playwright
Northern Michigan University has the right to produce the play as part of the theatre season and for any additional performances if entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
Northern Michigan University has the right to use the name of the play and the author's name in publicity and promotion.
Northern Michigan University has the right to negotiate with the playwright for future productions of the work.
In the event of all subsequent publications or productions of the winning manuscript (or versions thereof), and as one of the stipulations of the award, the author agrees to indicate in a footnote or in the playbill that the script won the Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award by the Forest Roberts Theatre at Northern Michigan University.
Northern Michigan University will not make any additional claims to the use of the script.
The Forest Roberts Theatre reserves the right to video tape the production for archival purposes.
Labels:
full-length plays,
musicals
Sunday, May 12, 2013
The Truth podcast is looking for new writer/collaborators
web site
Writers are involved in the creation and development of pieces to air on the podcast and events to which The Truth is invited to participate.
More information on The Truth can be found at http://thetruthapm.com/
Requirements:
Please submit your resume and a short fiction writing sample (short story, 10 pages from a script, etc) to jonathan@thetruthapm.com
Writers are involved in the creation and development of pieces to air on the podcast and events to which The Truth is invited to participate.
More information on The Truth can be found at http://thetruthapm.com/
Requirements:
- Solid grasp on classic story structures and grounded, believable characters and plot
- Honest cooperation in a collaborative environment re writing and revising work (often several times) following feedback
- Ability to attend weekly meetings
- Discipline to see a project to its conclusion
- An active interest in podcasting and creating stories specially for the medium based on personal or public interest, or commissioned by the group
Please submit your resume and a short fiction writing sample (short story, 10 pages from a script, etc) to jonathan@thetruthapm.com
Labels:
new media
Saturday, May 11, 2013
The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions
web site
The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2014 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series' current judge, award-winning playwright Marsha Norman. The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater.
There is no application form or entry fee. Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript:
1. This contest is restricted to plays written in the English language. Worldwide submissions are accepted.
2. Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Translations, musicals, and children’s plays are not accepted. The Yale Drama Series is intended to support emerging playwrights. Playwrights may win the competition only once.
3. Playwrights may submit only one manuscript per year.
4. Plays that have been professionally produced or published are not eligible. Plays that have had a workshop, reading, or non-professional production or that have been published as an actor's edition will be considered.
5. Plays may not be under option or scheduled for professional production or publication at the time of submission.
6. The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play’s title and your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address (if you have one), page count and (if applicable) a list of acknowledgments; a second title page which lists the title of the play only; a 2-3 sentence description of the play, a list of characters; and a list of acts and scenes.
7. Plays must be typed/word-processed, numbered and in standard professional play format. A brief biography may be included at the end of the manuscript, on a separate page, but is not required.
8. Electronic Submissions: The Yale Drama Series Competition strongly urges electronic submission. By electronically submitting your script, you will receive immediate confirmation of your successful submission and the ability to check the status of your entry.
Electronic submissions for the 2014 competition must be submitted no earlier than June 1, 2013 and no later than August 15, 2013.
If you would like to submit an electronic copy of your manuscript please go to: https://yup.submittable.com/submit
9. Hard Copy Submissions: The Yale Drama Series Competition strongly urges applicants to submit their scripts electronically, but if that is impossible, we will accept hard copies.
Submissions for the 2014 competition must be postmarked no earlier than June 1, 2013 and no later than August 15, 2013.
Do not bind or staple the manuscript.
Do not send the only copy of your work. Manuscripts cannot be returned after the competition. If you wish receipt of your manuscript to be acknowledged, please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard.
Send the manuscript to
Yale Drama Series,
P.O. Box 209040,
New Haven, CT 06520-9040.
10. The Yale Drama Series reserves the right to reject any manuscript for any reason.
11. The Yale Drama Series reserves the right of the judge to not choose a winner for any given year of the competition and reserves the right to determine the ineligibility of a winner, in keeping with the spirit of the competition, and based upon the accomplishments of the author.
CONTACT US
For more information regarding the Yale Drama Series please write to us at:
Yale Drama Series
P.O. Box 209040
New Haven, CT
06520-9040
Or email us at yaledramaseries@yale.edu
The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2014 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series' current judge, award-winning playwright Marsha Norman. The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater.
There is no application form or entry fee. Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript:
1. This contest is restricted to plays written in the English language. Worldwide submissions are accepted.
2. Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Translations, musicals, and children’s plays are not accepted. The Yale Drama Series is intended to support emerging playwrights. Playwrights may win the competition only once.
3. Playwrights may submit only one manuscript per year.
4. Plays that have been professionally produced or published are not eligible. Plays that have had a workshop, reading, or non-professional production or that have been published as an actor's edition will be considered.
5. Plays may not be under option or scheduled for professional production or publication at the time of submission.
6. The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play’s title and your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address (if you have one), page count and (if applicable) a list of acknowledgments; a second title page which lists the title of the play only; a 2-3 sentence description of the play, a list of characters; and a list of acts and scenes.
7. Plays must be typed/word-processed, numbered and in standard professional play format. A brief biography may be included at the end of the manuscript, on a separate page, but is not required.
8. Electronic Submissions: The Yale Drama Series Competition strongly urges electronic submission. By electronically submitting your script, you will receive immediate confirmation of your successful submission and the ability to check the status of your entry.
Electronic submissions for the 2014 competition must be submitted no earlier than June 1, 2013 and no later than August 15, 2013.
If you would like to submit an electronic copy of your manuscript please go to: https://yup.submittable.com/submit
9. Hard Copy Submissions: The Yale Drama Series Competition strongly urges applicants to submit their scripts electronically, but if that is impossible, we will accept hard copies.
Submissions for the 2014 competition must be postmarked no earlier than June 1, 2013 and no later than August 15, 2013.
Do not bind or staple the manuscript.
Do not send the only copy of your work. Manuscripts cannot be returned after the competition. If you wish receipt of your manuscript to be acknowledged, please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard.
Send the manuscript to
Yale Drama Series,
P.O. Box 209040,
New Haven, CT 06520-9040.
10. The Yale Drama Series reserves the right to reject any manuscript for any reason.
11. The Yale Drama Series reserves the right of the judge to not choose a winner for any given year of the competition and reserves the right to determine the ineligibility of a winner, in keeping with the spirit of the competition, and based upon the accomplishments of the author.
CONTACT US
For more information regarding the Yale Drama Series please write to us at:
Yale Drama Series
P.O. Box 209040
New Haven, CT
06520-9040
Or email us at yaledramaseries@yale.edu
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full-length plays
Women's Project submission guidelines
web site
Submission Procedure:
WP does not accept unsolicited scripts. Plays must be submitted through a bona fide industry agent. Unrepresented playwrights may send: 1) Cover letter; 2) a brief synopsis (under 100 words); 3) a ten-page dialogue sample; and 4) Two letters of recommendation.
Send to:
Women's Project, Attn. Literary Department
55 West End Avenue
New York, New York 10023
Please submit clean copies, and not originals. Submissions will NOT be returned.
FULL SCRIPTS SHOULD NOT BE SUBMITTED UNLESS REQUESTED.
Type of Material:
WP produces full-length plays written by women. We are open to a variety of styles, perspectives and topics; however, we do not generally produce “kitchen sink” plays. We respond to plays that contain the universe - intellectually rigorous, boldly theatrical, and emotionally audacious.
We recommend that you see a show at WP and/or study our recent production archives to get a better understanding of the kind of material we produce. We do accept musicals, although we have a very limited history of producing them.
Response time and method of response:
Please be patient. Response time for material sent to our office is 9 – 12 months. We read every submission, and after reading a synopsis/sample, may ask to see the entire script. Due to the high volume of submissions, we can only respond to the projects that we wish to pursue.
Best Submission time:
Scripts are accepted May - December.
If you would like to invite a WP staff member to come see a reading, workshop or production, please send invitations to "literary at womensproject dot org". We receive many requests and are only able to attend a limited number of events.
Submission Procedure:
WP does not accept unsolicited scripts. Plays must be submitted through a bona fide industry agent. Unrepresented playwrights may send: 1) Cover letter; 2) a brief synopsis (under 100 words); 3) a ten-page dialogue sample; and 4) Two letters of recommendation.
Send to:
Women's Project, Attn. Literary Department
55 West End Avenue
New York, New York 10023
Please submit clean copies, and not originals. Submissions will NOT be returned.
FULL SCRIPTS SHOULD NOT BE SUBMITTED UNLESS REQUESTED.
Type of Material:
WP produces full-length plays written by women. We are open to a variety of styles, perspectives and topics; however, we do not generally produce “kitchen sink” plays. We respond to plays that contain the universe - intellectually rigorous, boldly theatrical, and emotionally audacious.
We recommend that you see a show at WP and/or study our recent production archives to get a better understanding of the kind of material we produce. We do accept musicals, although we have a very limited history of producing them.
Response time and method of response:
Please be patient. Response time for material sent to our office is 9 – 12 months. We read every submission, and after reading a synopsis/sample, may ask to see the entire script. Due to the high volume of submissions, we can only respond to the projects that we wish to pursue.
Best Submission time:
Scripts are accepted May - December.
If you would like to invite a WP staff member to come see a reading, workshop or production, please send invitations to "literary at womensproject dot org". We receive many requests and are only able to attend a limited number of events.
Labels:
submission guidelines,
women-only
RTÉ Radio Drama Submission Guidelines
web site
The Drama On One team are always eager to find new voices and to bring new stories to our audience. Here are some guidelines to keep in mind if you are submitting a script.
1. Submissions must be typed or printed, double spaced, and should be on one
side of the paper only.
2. We can only conisder plays written specifically for Radio. We cannot accept film scripts and stage plays.
3. We are seeking plays of no longer than 40 minutes duration. The script for a 40 minute play should not exceed 40 pages. Dramatic monologues will be considerably shorter at about 25 pages. In either case, the maximum word count should be 6,500 words. (Wordcount under Tools on the Toolbar is a useful guide.)
4. The standard size of a radio script is A4.
5. In the interest of clarity, it is important that the names of characters should be in capital letters and be clearly separated from their speech.
6. The names should be given in full throughout. You may know the characters well enough to call them, for example, Mr B, Miss C etc. after the first page, but the reader coming to the play for the first time does not, and their appreciation of the play will suffer if they have to continually check the first page to find out who is talking.
7. It is also important for clarity that any description of sound effects or other technical directions should be clearly differentiated from the parts of the script intended to be spoken.
8. It is of great assistance to the RTÉ Radio Drama Department if you attach a synopsis of the play to the beginning. A cast list, with brief notes on each character, is also very useful.
9. For ease of reference, the pages of a script should be numbered consecutively throughout. Please note that each speech should be numbered and each new page should begin with speech number 1.
10. Scripts should be firmly fastened together to prevent the loss of single pages in transit, and should be covered to protect the outer pages.
11. We accept scripts in hard copy only. The Postal address is RTÉ Radio Drama, Scripts, Radio Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
12. Please remember to include your name and full postal address with your script
THE NATURE OF THE MEDIUM
Radio is a deceptive medium. On the surface it has obvious attractions for the writer in its very simplicity and freedom from technical restrictions. It offers greater freedom from the bounds of time and space than any other medium. It can span centuries and continents and can present extremes of action and movement without the limitations imposed by the cost of sets and costumes. It can explore the recesses of a person's mind without the problem of how to fill the rest of a stage or screen. In short, it is bound only by the limits of the individual listener's imagination.
It would be wrong to assume, however, that this freedom makes radio easier to write for than other media. While it may be comforting for the writer to imagine that directors, designers, lighting and costume experts and so forth will not be imposing their creative ideas on the production of the play, there is a corresponding burden on them to supply, in the dialogue, a richness of content and implication.
The dialogue of the play, in most media, represents only a part, however important, of the total emotional and intellectual impact of the whole production. Indeed, the burden of the emotional impact in many stage or screen plays is frequently conveyed by visual factors in the production which are wholly unspoken.
In radio, the writer must provide everything in the dialogue. The producer can underline, heighten or embroider by skilful casting, timing and use of effects and music, but can seldom, if ever, create from scratch an idea which is not originally planted in the dialogue. At the same time, the writer's dialogue must be capable of the same naturalistic style in radio as in any other medium.
It follows that radio dialogue and construction make the highest possible demands on the writer's skill. The idea that a radio play is "all talk" in a conventional, conversational sense is pure fallacy.
SOME PRACTICAL POINTS ON CONSTRUCTION
1. In radio, scenes should only be as long as is necessary to make their point. "Padding" is unattractive in any medium. In radio it is fatal. Radio is very easy to switch off. It is also worth noting that too many extremely short scenes do not work well on radio.
2. When nearing the end of a scene, it is important to prepare the listener, as subtly as possible, for the next one. It is easy enough to make a rapid change of scene from a technical point of view, but the listener needs help. They have no programme and cannot see.
3. "Stage directions" for the producer's benefit only should be avoided. If it is important, it should be in the dialogue. If it is not, then nobody needs to know.
4. It should be remembered that the listener will always, quite involuntarily, supply their own mental images in response to what they hear. They should be given enough ideas to work on, but never so many that they become restricted or confused. Radio is not a definitive medium. At all levels, it should stimulate only.
5. When deciding the number of characters in a scene, it should be borne in mind that the only ways of establishing someone's presence unequivocally are either to have them speak or to have them be addressed by name. If there are too many characters in a scene, the listeners will lose track or become confused.
6. Sound effects, either singly or in sequence, should certainly be part of the writer's concept but they should be regarded normally as useful additions to, and only rarely as substitutes for, the dialogue.
7. Since radio involves only one of the senses, it is important to construct each individual scene, and the play as a whole, to produce a variety of sound which will hold the listener's attention.
This variety can be achieved in length of scenes, number of people speaking, pace of dialogue, volume of sound, background acoustics and location of action. For example, the difference between an interior and an exterior acoustic is considerable.
8. There is no formula for writing a successful radio play. It requires all the basic techniques of good dramatic writing plus an imaginative awareness of the restrictions and advantages of a medium where nothing is seen. It is only by listening as often as possible to radio plays that a writer can begin to judge what works and what does not work well.
The Drama On One team are always eager to find new voices and to bring new stories to our audience. Here are some guidelines to keep in mind if you are submitting a script.
1. Submissions must be typed or printed, double spaced, and should be on one
side of the paper only.
2. We can only conisder plays written specifically for Radio. We cannot accept film scripts and stage plays.
3. We are seeking plays of no longer than 40 minutes duration. The script for a 40 minute play should not exceed 40 pages. Dramatic monologues will be considerably shorter at about 25 pages. In either case, the maximum word count should be 6,500 words. (Wordcount under Tools on the Toolbar is a useful guide.)
4. The standard size of a radio script is A4.
5. In the interest of clarity, it is important that the names of characters should be in capital letters and be clearly separated from their speech.
6. The names should be given in full throughout. You may know the characters well enough to call them, for example, Mr B, Miss C etc. after the first page, but the reader coming to the play for the first time does not, and their appreciation of the play will suffer if they have to continually check the first page to find out who is talking.
7. It is also important for clarity that any description of sound effects or other technical directions should be clearly differentiated from the parts of the script intended to be spoken.
8. It is of great assistance to the RTÉ Radio Drama Department if you attach a synopsis of the play to the beginning. A cast list, with brief notes on each character, is also very useful.
9. For ease of reference, the pages of a script should be numbered consecutively throughout. Please note that each speech should be numbered and each new page should begin with speech number 1.
10. Scripts should be firmly fastened together to prevent the loss of single pages in transit, and should be covered to protect the outer pages.
11. We accept scripts in hard copy only. The Postal address is RTÉ Radio Drama, Scripts, Radio Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
12. Please remember to include your name and full postal address with your script
THE NATURE OF THE MEDIUM
Radio is a deceptive medium. On the surface it has obvious attractions for the writer in its very simplicity and freedom from technical restrictions. It offers greater freedom from the bounds of time and space than any other medium. It can span centuries and continents and can present extremes of action and movement without the limitations imposed by the cost of sets and costumes. It can explore the recesses of a person's mind without the problem of how to fill the rest of a stage or screen. In short, it is bound only by the limits of the individual listener's imagination.
It would be wrong to assume, however, that this freedom makes radio easier to write for than other media. While it may be comforting for the writer to imagine that directors, designers, lighting and costume experts and so forth will not be imposing their creative ideas on the production of the play, there is a corresponding burden on them to supply, in the dialogue, a richness of content and implication.
The dialogue of the play, in most media, represents only a part, however important, of the total emotional and intellectual impact of the whole production. Indeed, the burden of the emotional impact in many stage or screen plays is frequently conveyed by visual factors in the production which are wholly unspoken.
In radio, the writer must provide everything in the dialogue. The producer can underline, heighten or embroider by skilful casting, timing and use of effects and music, but can seldom, if ever, create from scratch an idea which is not originally planted in the dialogue. At the same time, the writer's dialogue must be capable of the same naturalistic style in radio as in any other medium.
It follows that radio dialogue and construction make the highest possible demands on the writer's skill. The idea that a radio play is "all talk" in a conventional, conversational sense is pure fallacy.
SOME PRACTICAL POINTS ON CONSTRUCTION
1. In radio, scenes should only be as long as is necessary to make their point. "Padding" is unattractive in any medium. In radio it is fatal. Radio is very easy to switch off. It is also worth noting that too many extremely short scenes do not work well on radio.
2. When nearing the end of a scene, it is important to prepare the listener, as subtly as possible, for the next one. It is easy enough to make a rapid change of scene from a technical point of view, but the listener needs help. They have no programme and cannot see.
3. "Stage directions" for the producer's benefit only should be avoided. If it is important, it should be in the dialogue. If it is not, then nobody needs to know.
4. It should be remembered that the listener will always, quite involuntarily, supply their own mental images in response to what they hear. They should be given enough ideas to work on, but never so many that they become restricted or confused. Radio is not a definitive medium. At all levels, it should stimulate only.
5. When deciding the number of characters in a scene, it should be borne in mind that the only ways of establishing someone's presence unequivocally are either to have them speak or to have them be addressed by name. If there are too many characters in a scene, the listeners will lose track or become confused.
6. Sound effects, either singly or in sequence, should certainly be part of the writer's concept but they should be regarded normally as useful additions to, and only rarely as substitutes for, the dialogue.
7. Since radio involves only one of the senses, it is important to construct each individual scene, and the play as a whole, to produce a variety of sound which will hold the listener's attention.
This variety can be achieved in length of scenes, number of people speaking, pace of dialogue, volume of sound, background acoustics and location of action. For example, the difference between an interior and an exterior acoustic is considerable.
8. There is no formula for writing a successful radio play. It requires all the basic techniques of good dramatic writing plus an imaginative awareness of the restrictions and advantages of a medium where nothing is seen. It is only by listening as often as possible to radio plays that a writer can begin to judge what works and what does not work well.
Labels:
radio,
submission guidelines
Original Playwrights Festival 2013
web site
Fifth Annual Original Playwrights Festival – Performances July 11, 12, 13, 2013 at 8PM and July 14 at 2PM in the Powerhouse Theatre located in the Roger T. Sermon Community Center, 201 N. Dodgion, Independence, MO.
Tickets are $10 at the door for general seating.
- Play submissions will be accepted until May 15.
- Send to jkmstone@comcast.net.
- Plays must be original, never published and never previously performed.
- Each play should be between 10 and 15 minutes run time.
- The theme for this year is “Waiting.”
- There will be one set on stage, consisting of 2 doors, 1 stage right and 1 up stage left, 1 side table and 2 chairs
(if more chairs are needed the actors will carry on and off stage).
Fifth Annual Original Playwrights Festival – Performances July 11, 12, 13, 2013 at 8PM and July 14 at 2PM in the Powerhouse Theatre located in the Roger T. Sermon Community Center, 201 N. Dodgion, Independence, MO.
Tickets are $10 at the door for general seating.
Labels:
10-minute plays
EST/Sloan Project commissions
web site
Deadline for artist proposals and script submissions: November 1, 2013
Deadline for regional development grants: December 1, 2013
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 15th 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:
- 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.
- 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:
- A current draft of the script, or a one- to two-page description or outline of the project.
- A resume or biography of each collaborator involved.
- A one- to two-page cover letter detailing the development history of the project and your goals for the commission.
- An estimated budget for the project.
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
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misc.
August Wilson New Play Initiative Congo Square Theatre Company Submission Guidelines
web site
Congo Square Theatre Company is an ensemble dedicated to producing definitive and transformative theatre spawned from the African Diaspora as well as from other world cultures. Congo Square Theatre Company seeks to establish itself as an institution of multicultural theatre.
We are interested in full-length plays, translations, adaptations, musicals and performance art. We will consider productions of previously produced plays.
We do not accept unsolicited scripts for consideration for our seasons. Plays maybe submitted through a literary agent or accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a theater professional (i.e. an artistic director or literary manager at a professional theater). If neither applies, write a letter of inquiry including a brief synopsis, cast list, relevant production history, and 10-15 pages of sample dialogue. The company may then request a complete script.
Send submissions to:
Congo Square Theatre Company
Attn: Daniel Bryant
2936 N. Southport
Chicago, IL 60657
Please send all submissions June 1 – August 1.
No email or fax submissions accepted. Please include a SASE if you would like your materials returned.
Congo Square Theatre Company is an ensemble dedicated to producing definitive and transformative theatre spawned from the African Diaspora as well as from other world cultures. Congo Square Theatre Company seeks to establish itself as an institution of multicultural theatre.
We are interested in full-length plays, translations, adaptations, musicals and performance art. We will consider productions of previously produced plays.
We do not accept unsolicited scripts for consideration for our seasons. Plays maybe submitted through a literary agent or accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a theater professional (i.e. an artistic director or literary manager at a professional theater). If neither applies, write a letter of inquiry including a brief synopsis, cast list, relevant production history, and 10-15 pages of sample dialogue. The company may then request a complete script.
Send submissions to:
Congo Square Theatre Company
Attn: Daniel Bryant
2936 N. Southport
Chicago, IL 60657
Please send all submissions June 1 – August 1.
No email or fax submissions accepted. Please include a SASE if you would like your materials returned.
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submission guidelines
Friday, May 10, 2013
9Thirty Theatre Company (9TTC) accepts submissions
web site
9Thirty Theatre Company (9TTC) accepts submissions from March to May each season. Please note that due to our small staff we are unable to respond to submissions that are not accepted.
Send submissions in either a .doc or .pdf format to Submissions@9ttc.org. In respect of our commitment to the environment please do not mail submissions to our office.
9TTC produces works that incorporate environmental issues as part of the part, characters, or theme. We are uniquely dedicated to Eco Theatre, connecting humanity and nature, in various forms.
We accept original one acts, and full length plays and musicals.
We do not accept one-person shows, children's shows, screenplays, or works without environmental themes. 9Thirty Theatre Company also does not produce works that have already been produced in New York City.
To have your work considered, please submit the following as one file:
• cover letter, including your contact information
• brief synopsis of piece (500 words or less)
• character descriptions
• 20 page dialogue sample
• brief production history of the work (if applicable)
• bio for yourself and any other collaborators
• if submitting a musical, please include at least 3 recorded demo tracks
To be considered for 9TTC's all submissions must be received by midnight on May 31st.
9Thirty Theatre Company (9TTC) accepts submissions from March to May each season. Please note that due to our small staff we are unable to respond to submissions that are not accepted.
Send submissions in either a .doc or .pdf format to Submissions@9ttc.org. In respect of our commitment to the environment please do not mail submissions to our office.
9TTC produces works that incorporate environmental issues as part of the part, characters, or theme. We are uniquely dedicated to Eco Theatre, connecting humanity and nature, in various forms.
We accept original one acts, and full length plays and musicals.
We do not accept one-person shows, children's shows, screenplays, or works without environmental themes. 9Thirty Theatre Company also does not produce works that have already been produced in New York City.
To have your work considered, please submit the following as one file:
• cover letter, including your contact information
• brief synopsis of piece (500 words or less)
• character descriptions
• 20 page dialogue sample
• brief production history of the work (if applicable)
• bio for yourself and any other collaborators
• if submitting a musical, please include at least 3 recorded demo tracks
To be considered for 9TTC's all submissions must be received by midnight on May 31st.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
FRESH PRODUCE'd is accepting submissions
web site
NOTE: there is no submission fee, but if a playwright is chosen to participate, they will be asked to contribute $20 towards the rental space. The contribution is not required but appreciated.
We are looking for writing that pushes boundaries, has a strong vision, voice and perspective. We gravitate towards work that takes risks and shows a compelling uniqueness. We can accommodate large or small casts, any age range and cultural diversity.
Deadline is the 1st of each month for the following month's workshop.
Email Submissions to: nyc@importedtalent.com
Are you looking for a forum to workshop your script?
Fresh Produce’d is a group of actors, producers & directors who will workshop your script (Staged Reading or Modestly Staged & off-book).
Each month we select 3 guest playwrights from submissions received.
If your script is chosen, you will meet the cast at the beginning of the month and spend two weeks rehearsing your piece. It will then be performed the third Thursday of that month along with the 2 other guest playwrights at The Arthur Seleen Theater at The Drama Bookshop (250 W 40th st NYC)
Guidelines:
• Under 20 pages (it can be a full short script or a scene from a larger script)
• Minimal set & props
• Please submit script as PDF & character breakdowns
If you are a playwright and would like more information about submitting your play to be considered for our monthly workshops please e-mail us at nyc@importedtalent.com and visit us online at GlassEyeNYC.wordpress.com and importedtalent.com
NOTE: there is no submission fee, but if a playwright is chosen to participate, they will be asked to contribute $20 towards the rental space. The contribution is not required but appreciated.
We are looking for writing that pushes boundaries, has a strong vision, voice and perspective. We gravitate towards work that takes risks and shows a compelling uniqueness. We can accommodate large or small casts, any age range and cultural diversity.
Deadline is the 1st of each month for the following month's workshop.
Email Submissions to: nyc@importedtalent.com
Are you looking for a forum to workshop your script?
Fresh Produce’d is a group of actors, producers & directors who will workshop your script (Staged Reading or Modestly Staged & off-book).
Each month we select 3 guest playwrights from submissions received.
If your script is chosen, you will meet the cast at the beginning of the month and spend two weeks rehearsing your piece. It will then be performed the third Thursday of that month along with the 2 other guest playwrights at The Arthur Seleen Theater at The Drama Bookshop (250 W 40th st NYC)
Guidelines:
• Under 20 pages (it can be a full short script or a scene from a larger script)
• Minimal set & props
• Please submit script as PDF & character breakdowns
If you are a playwright and would like more information about submitting your play to be considered for our monthly workshops please e-mail us at nyc@importedtalent.com and visit us online at GlassEyeNYC.wordpress.com and importedtalent.com
Labels:
10-minute plays,
full-length plays,
one-act plays
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
TWISTED FAIRY TALES ~ LGBT
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The title says it all. Stories inspired by The Brothers Grimm, Aesop’s Fables, Mother Goose Tales, Hans Christian Anderson, Disney, etc. are welcome. Original fairy tale-esque submissions are also welcome. The more twisted, the better. We’re looking for entries that push boundaries beyond the obvious. Think beyond the “Prince Charming is secretly in love with The Knight in Shining Armor” or “wicked step-sisters played by drag queens” narratives. Think outside the tale!
If you have any questions, please send them to: submissions@lctc-sf.org
Website: www.leftcoasttheatreco.org
Friend us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LeftCoastTheatreCompany
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/LCTCSF
The title says it all. Stories inspired by The Brothers Grimm, Aesop’s Fables, Mother Goose Tales, Hans Christian Anderson, Disney, etc. are welcome. Original fairy tale-esque submissions are also welcome. The more twisted, the better. We’re looking for entries that push boundaries beyond the obvious. Think beyond the “Prince Charming is secretly in love with The Knight in Shining Armor” or “wicked step-sisters played by drag queens” narratives. Think outside the tale!
- When is the deadline?
- Where do I submit?
- How long should the play be?
Shorts/One-Acts; 10-30 minutes
If you have any questions, please send them to: submissions@lctc-sf.org
Website: www.leftcoasttheatreco.org
Friend us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LeftCoastTheatreCompany
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/LCTCSF
Labels:
10-minute plays,
LGBT,
one-act plays
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Santa Fe Performing Arts Playwright's Competition
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Santa Fe Performing Arts Playwright's Competition was developed to support American Playwrights. The competition is not merely a competition of words, but a venue for recognition and a demonstration of appreciation - truly a celebration of the writer's contribution. SFPA and many other theatre companies around the country with similar programs, support playwrights and ensure the future of American Theatre. Without the writers, the actors would have nothing to say.
Submissions are limited to unproduced new American plays and must be postmarked by the first of September of each year.
Send play synopsis and character break-down via email office@sfperformingarts.orgor mail to: Santa Fe Performing Arts P.O. Box 22372 Santa Fe, N.M. 87502. Full scripts upon request only.
Santa Fe Performing Arts Playwright's Competition was developed to support American Playwrights. The competition is not merely a competition of words, but a venue for recognition and a demonstration of appreciation - truly a celebration of the writer's contribution. SFPA and many other theatre companies around the country with similar programs, support playwrights and ensure the future of American Theatre. Without the writers, the actors would have nothing to say.
Submissions are limited to unproduced new American plays and must be postmarked by the first of September of each year.
Send play synopsis and character break-down via email office@sfperformingarts.orgor mail to: Santa Fe Performing Arts P.O. Box 22372 Santa Fe, N.M. 87502. Full scripts upon request only.
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Monday, May 6, 2013
MARIO FRATTI-FRED NEWMAN POLITICAL PLAY CONTEST 2013
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The Castillo Theatre sponsors the Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Contest annually. In its sevent year, the purpose of the political play contest to encourage the writing of scripts for the stage that engage the political/social/cultural questions affecting the world today and/or historical events and issues that impact on our political/cultural heritage. While Castillo recognizes that in the broadest sense, all theatre is political, the contest is seeking politically progressive plays that: look at social and/or economic problems and challenges; explore possibilities of social transformation; and, reflect the concerns and interests of communities and/or which explore the importance of community. The contest also welcomes scripts that experiment with form and seek new ways of seeing and new ways of experiencing theatrical performance. The plays submitted to the Fratti-Newman Contest may be written in any style, set in any historical time, geographic or imaginary location, contain any number of characters and be of any length. The plays must be in English and cannot be musicals or adaptations. No scripts will be considered that have previously been submitted to this contest, have received a production or won other contests. Only one script per playwright will be accepted.
The contest is judged by a team of distinguished theatre artists. The winning script(s) will receive a reading and/or a production at the Castillo Theatre in New York City during the theatre’s 2014 summer season.
All scripts should be submitted in hard copy and must be accompanied by:
- A statement of the political/social/cultural questions that the script engages (scripts without a statement will not be considered);
- A brief synopsis;
- A character breakdown, including gender, age and ethnic requirements, if any;
- A 100-word biography of the playwright;
- A current email address for the playwright
Please note:
- •Receipt of script will be acknowledged via email.
- Scripts will not be returned.
- Castillo will not give critical feedback to playwrights/contestants.
- Contest winners are required to sign a letter of agreement, which will include but not be limited to granting the right for Castillo to produce one or more readings and/or a full production of the winning play.
- Contest winners are responsible for travel expenses or any other expenses incurred as a result of participating in the development of the play with Castillo, or as a result of attending the reading and/or full production.
All scripts must be postmarked by October 1, 2013.
The winner(s) will be publicly announced at the Otto René Castillo Awards for Political Theatre in New York City in May of 2014.
Send all submissions to:
Castillo Theatre
543 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Attn: Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest
Questions and inquiries should be addressed to Madelyn Chapman at 212-356-8485 or mchapman@allstars.org.
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10-minute plays,
full-length plays,
one-act plays
City Lit Theater Company seeks submissions to The Art of Adaptation
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City Lit Theater Company seeks submissions to The Art of Adaptation, its sixth-annual festival of stage adaptations of non-dramatic literature.
The festival will take place July 19th, 20th, and 21st at City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue. We anticipate it will consist of 6 to 10 adaptations presented in various combinations over the course of the weekend. A panel of Jeff Award winning judges will view all performances and award a $500 cash prize to the adapter of the piece judged the best of the festival.
THE RULES:
To submit a proposal for entry into the festival, send a one-page description of the project you are proposing, and ten pages of your adaptation script, to Katy Nielsen at City Lit Theater, 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago IL 60660.
Proposals must be postmarked no later than May 31st.
City Lit Theater Company seeks submissions to The Art of Adaptation, its sixth-annual festival of stage adaptations of non-dramatic literature.
The festival will take place July 19th, 20th, and 21st at City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue. We anticipate it will consist of 6 to 10 adaptations presented in various combinations over the course of the weekend. A panel of Jeff Award winning judges will view all performances and award a $500 cash prize to the adapter of the piece judged the best of the festival.
THE RULES:
- All pieces must be between 5 and 20 minutes.
- It must be an adaptation of non-dramatic material—a short story, an essay, a memoir, poetry, an excerpt from a novel, a video game, what have you; but not material from a play.
- Each adapter is responsible for whatever royalties might be due on your piece, as well as for your own rehearsal process. City Lit will not provide rehearsal space prior to tech rehearsal, nor will it provide services of a director or any actors for any piece.
- All pieces will be performed on the same simple unit set with the same simple light plot (including one special per piece). A stock of furniture will be provided. If your piece requires furniture beyond the provided stock, it is your responsibility.
- City Lit will provide performance space, backstage and front-of-house crew, publicity, programs, tickets and the $500 cash prize.
To submit a proposal for entry into the festival, send a one-page description of the project you are proposing, and ten pages of your adaptation script, to Katy Nielsen at City Lit Theater, 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago IL 60660.
Proposals must be postmarked no later than May 31st.
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10-minute plays,
misc.,
one-act plays
Sunday, May 5, 2013
NYCPlaywrights April 2013 Play of the Month video part 2: THE CLUTTERED MIND by Robert S. Robbins
Robert S. Robbins on the play:
My play is somewhat autobiographical since my small house is very cluttered. I had the idea that a hoarder's living space would make for an interesting set design since it is the exact opposite of the bare stage that is favored in theater.More about the author and the cast here.
The following plays were also selected for the April 2013 Play of the Month - video recordings will be posted soon:
- MOLES. EAT WORMS. by Steve Mielczarek
- MY NEW YORK SPARE ROOM by Kevin Jones
- SPRING CLEANING by Penny Jackson
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play of the month
The Producer’s Club Short Play Contest
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The Producer’s Club Short Play Contest is to encourage emerging writers and find original shows we can produce. There is no fee to submit your play to the contest. We select the best of 5 plays from the submissions we receive.
Once you are accepted, a $300 refundable deposit will be required. The deposit will be returned as long as your play sells 20 tickets in total to all three performances assigned to your show.
All plays selected will be given a three-performance run at the Producer’s Club on 44th Street and 9th Ave in Midtown Manhattan, NY.
Submission Rules
In order to submit a play, please send the following via email:
1. A 200- to 300-word synopsis of the play
2. The complete script in either a word document or PDF file
3. Your telephone number and home address
4. Your bio
Play Guidelines
Prizes
After all plays have had their three-performance run, the first place play will receive the $2,000.00 video package. The video will be a three-camera shoot of the play with pickup shots, close ups, etc. The video will then be edited and a DVD will be created. The producer/submitter of the play will be given 10 copies of the DVD. You will own the video and can use it for any legal and non-derogatory purpose.
During the course of the performances three judges will attend, one per performance, to judge the plays. This panel of judges will choose the winning play and all decisions are final decision. Winners will be announced one week after the last performance.
Again, there is no submission fee. Only those plays that are accepted will be required to send in participant deposit, which is full refunded if at least 20 people buy a ticket to see your play. (Each play will be listed separately on our website for ticketing purpose.)
Video
All plays may be filmed for a fee. There are different levels of video production ranging in price from $500.00 to $2,000.00. To know more about the services please visit our site www.cierimedia.com
Contact us at
ShortPlays@egarage.tv
The Producer’s Club Short Play Contest is to encourage emerging writers and find original shows we can produce. There is no fee to submit your play to the contest. We select the best of 5 plays from the submissions we receive.
Once you are accepted, a $300 refundable deposit will be required. The deposit will be returned as long as your play sells 20 tickets in total to all three performances assigned to your show.
All plays selected will be given a three-performance run at the Producer’s Club on 44th Street and 9th Ave in Midtown Manhattan, NY.
Submission Rules
In order to submit a play, please send the following via email:
1. A 200- to 300-word synopsis of the play
2. The complete script in either a word document or PDF file
3. Your telephone number and home address
4. Your bio
Play Guidelines
- Entries must be submitted by May 10th 2013.
- All entries must the writer’s original work.
- The entries should be between 10 and 15 minutes.
- Maximum number of actors/actresses is 5 per entry.
- The play will be produced with minimal set/props/costuming.
- The judges will announce their selections on May 24th and the successful writers will be notified via email.
Prizes
After all plays have had their three-performance run, the first place play will receive the $2,000.00 video package. The video will be a three-camera shoot of the play with pickup shots, close ups, etc. The video will then be edited and a DVD will be created. The producer/submitter of the play will be given 10 copies of the DVD. You will own the video and can use it for any legal and non-derogatory purpose.
During the course of the performances three judges will attend, one per performance, to judge the plays. This panel of judges will choose the winning play and all decisions are final decision. Winners will be announced one week after the last performance.
Again, there is no submission fee. Only those plays that are accepted will be required to send in participant deposit, which is full refunded if at least 20 people buy a ticket to see your play. (Each play will be listed separately on our website for ticketing purpose.)
Video
All plays may be filmed for a fee. There are different levels of video production ranging in price from $500.00 to $2,000.00. To know more about the services please visit our site www.cierimedia.com
Contact us at
ShortPlays@egarage.tv
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10-minute plays
2013 Met Life Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition
web site
Online submissions now being accepted for FULL LENGTH LATINO STAGE PLAYS
In Spanish or English or both!
MISSION:
Since 2000 MetLife Foundation and Repertorio Español joined forces to establish The MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition to discover --our voices --the best Latino plays and bring them to the attention to the American theatre community. These original works relate to Latino culture, history and life in the United States while at the same time reflecting the universality of the human condition. It has been our privilege to promote and develop new plays, encourage bright new talent by providing this forum.
+REQUIREMENTS:
*PLEASE READ CAREFULLY*
PLAYS THAT DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE READ.
-Playwrights may be Latino or of any other ethnic or racial background as long as the play’s subject matter and characters resonate with Latino audiences and accurately depict the Hispanic experience.
-No screenplays, one act plays, musicals, adaptations or translations will be accepted.
-New and un-produced plays preferred. Plays that have had readings or a workshop production are acceptable.
-All plays must be original and full-length (minimum running time: 1 hr., 30 min) and can be written in Spanish and/or English.
-Playwrights must be at least 18 years of age and residents of the United States or Puerto Rico.
-Previously submitted scripts are accepted unless they have already placed in the top 10.
+SELECTION PROCESS:
-Each script will be read by two qualified independent judges selected by Repertorio Español, on a blind submission.
-Winners will be announced six to seven months after the deadline.
-Each participant will be notified of the results by e-mail. We request that participants do not contact the office to inquire about the competition’s results.
+PRIZES:
Round 1:
Finalists will receive a staged reading at Repertorio to further develop the script.
Round 2:
-Grand Prize Winner: $3,000 and a full production at Repertorio Español
-2nd Place: $2,000
-3rd Place: $1,000
Grand Prize Winner must be available for Awards Ceremony
+SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Follow instructions in the Application Form to Submit
[+] CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM.
+DEADLINE:
Saturday, June 1st, 2013
Please direct any questions regarding this competition/application to nuestrasvoces@repertorio.org.
Online submissions now being accepted for FULL LENGTH LATINO STAGE PLAYS
In Spanish or English or both!
MISSION:
Since 2000 MetLife Foundation and Repertorio Español joined forces to establish The MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition to discover --our voices --the best Latino plays and bring them to the attention to the American theatre community. These original works relate to Latino culture, history and life in the United States while at the same time reflecting the universality of the human condition. It has been our privilege to promote and develop new plays, encourage bright new talent by providing this forum.
+REQUIREMENTS:
*PLEASE READ CAREFULLY*
PLAYS THAT DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE READ.
-Playwrights may be Latino or of any other ethnic or racial background as long as the play’s subject matter and characters resonate with Latino audiences and accurately depict the Hispanic experience.
-No screenplays, one act plays, musicals, adaptations or translations will be accepted.
-New and un-produced plays preferred. Plays that have had readings or a workshop production are acceptable.
-All plays must be original and full-length (minimum running time: 1 hr., 30 min) and can be written in Spanish and/or English.
-Playwrights must be at least 18 years of age and residents of the United States or Puerto Rico.
-Previously submitted scripts are accepted unless they have already placed in the top 10.
+SELECTION PROCESS:
-Each script will be read by two qualified independent judges selected by Repertorio Español, on a blind submission.
-Winners will be announced six to seven months after the deadline.
-Each participant will be notified of the results by e-mail. We request that participants do not contact the office to inquire about the competition’s results.
+PRIZES:
Round 1:
Finalists will receive a staged reading at Repertorio to further develop the script.
Round 2:
-Grand Prize Winner: $3,000 and a full production at Repertorio Español
-2nd Place: $2,000
-3rd Place: $1,000
Grand Prize Winner must be available for Awards Ceremony
+SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Follow instructions in the Application Form to Submit
[+] CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM.
+DEADLINE:
Saturday, June 1st, 2013
Please direct any questions regarding this competition/application to nuestrasvoces@repertorio.org.
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ethnicity-based,
full-length plays
North Park Playwright Festival
web site
We are looking for:
1. Short new plays (no more that 15 pages, less is fine) that are easily staged and have casts with no more than four people. Our theater is very small and we normally use a minimal set concept in this festival. We have to be able to change sets in just a few minutes as we do six to seven plays each evening of the festival. We don't have space for large casts.
2. We request new work. A play that has had workshops or one or two previous productions is OK, but we are not interested in work that has been produced in numerous other places. Our goal in building the theater was to have a place to produce brand new work and let playwrights have a chance to see their work done for the first time.
3. We seek complete plays rather than excerpts from a larger work.
4. Work will be chosen by the directors we have in the festival. It is not a "contest" and we are not really judging plays in the formal sense. The directors choose the plays we will produce, within the production budget guidelines we give them.
5. Most subject matter is OK. We don't do nudity or off color humor.
6. We ask that all submissions be sent to us via snail mail at the theater. Address is: North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe, 2031 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92104, Attn Summer Golden, Artistic Director. We have too much trouble with differing email, word processing, and computer platform issues to take them via email. Additionally, our selection process requires the directors read the plays submitted and the cost of printing all the plays we receive each year is prohibitive. Please insure submissions have a title page with complete contact information (including email), a character summary, and are in proper script form. There is no charge to enter.
7. Submissions must be postmarked by June 30, 2013. Please do not send plays by any method that requires a signature from us. We are not often at the theater when delivery occurs. We will email notice of receipt to all playwrights submitting plays.
8. Send only one script. Multiple submissions do not increase chances of production.
General information:
We are trying to support new work and involve actors, playwrights, and directors of all experience levels. We have had a wide variety of artists involved from very experienced to first time directors and actors, to an 8 year old playwright (very short, well received play). We feel having a wide range of experience involved helps the new people learn from the more experienced.
We really appreciate your interest in our theater.
Jeff Bushnell and Summer Golden
North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe
2031 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92104
www.northparkvaudeville.com
We are looking for:
1. Short new plays (no more that 15 pages, less is fine) that are easily staged and have casts with no more than four people. Our theater is very small and we normally use a minimal set concept in this festival. We have to be able to change sets in just a few minutes as we do six to seven plays each evening of the festival. We don't have space for large casts.
2. We request new work. A play that has had workshops or one or two previous productions is OK, but we are not interested in work that has been produced in numerous other places. Our goal in building the theater was to have a place to produce brand new work and let playwrights have a chance to see their work done for the first time.
3. We seek complete plays rather than excerpts from a larger work.
4. Work will be chosen by the directors we have in the festival. It is not a "contest" and we are not really judging plays in the formal sense. The directors choose the plays we will produce, within the production budget guidelines we give them.
5. Most subject matter is OK. We don't do nudity or off color humor.
6. We ask that all submissions be sent to us via snail mail at the theater. Address is: North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe, 2031 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92104, Attn Summer Golden, Artistic Director. We have too much trouble with differing email, word processing, and computer platform issues to take them via email. Additionally, our selection process requires the directors read the plays submitted and the cost of printing all the plays we receive each year is prohibitive. Please insure submissions have a title page with complete contact information (including email), a character summary, and are in proper script form. There is no charge to enter.
7. Submissions must be postmarked by June 30, 2013. Please do not send plays by any method that requires a signature from us. We are not often at the theater when delivery occurs. We will email notice of receipt to all playwrights submitting plays.
8. Send only one script. Multiple submissions do not increase chances of production.
General information:
We are trying to support new work and involve actors, playwrights, and directors of all experience levels. We have had a wide variety of artists involved from very experienced to first time directors and actors, to an 8 year old playwright (very short, well received play). We feel having a wide range of experience involved helps the new people learn from the more experienced.
We really appreciate your interest in our theater.
Jeff Bushnell and Summer Golden
North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe
2031 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92104
www.northparkvaudeville.com
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10-minute plays,
one-act plays
Saturday, May 4, 2013
NYCPlaywrights June Play of the Month
Submissions are now being accepted for the NYCPlaywrights June 2013 Play of the Month.
We are looking for monologues - and we have specific monologues in mind. Your challenge is to send us a monologue (only one) that matches any one of these 4 monologue descriptions.
- Monologue #1 - for a female actor under 35. She's been mutually flirting with someone at work but just found out the person is involved in a long-term relationship with someone else.
- Monologue #2 - for a male actor under 35. He thinks his partner might be having an affair with a massage therapist.
- Monologue #3 - for a female actor over 35. She's a college professor and tried marijuana for the first time.
- Monologue #4 - for a male actor over 35. His partner wants to move to the suburbs but he likes the city.
Except for the age, gender and basic premise, you can do anything you want with the character and their story - they can be LGBT or straight, any ethnicity, the story can be in any mood (comedic, tragic etc.)
The deadline is Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 11:59 PM EDT.
We will select up to four monologues and video-record them, and the videos will be posted (with author permission) to the NYCPlaywrights web site.
THE RULES - YOU MUST READ THEM BEFORE SUBMITTING A MONOLOGUE
- Send only one one-page monologue per author to info@nycplaywrights.org. The monologue can be no longer than 1 page. Yes, it's a challenge. Choose your words carefully. Edit and re-edit.
- The script must be submitted by the author of the script, no agents or others may submit.
- The script submission should be sent by email, with the monologue itself as a file attached to the email. File format should be in either Microsoft Word (.doc) or pdf. Most preferable is .pdf (Portable Document Format) because it will retain your original script formatting.
- Make sure you have your name and your email address on the script.
- Monologues can be submitted by anybody, anywhere in the world, but must be primarily in English (a few non-English phrases are acceptable, but the phrases must include English translations in production notes or stage directions.)
- There is no fee for submission.
- There is no monetary compensation.
- The NYCPlaywrights selection decision is final and NYCPlaywrights reserves the right to select no monologues from those submitted.
- A monologue that has had a production is acceptable, although we prefer a new monologue written for this project.
- A monologue that has been published is not acceptable.
- All rights will remain with the playwright.
- The selected monologues(s) will be video-recorded and posted during the summer of 2013.
- Video recording(s) of the monologue(s) will be posted to the NYCPlaywrights YouTube account and from there embedded into the NYCPlaywrights blog. The playwright(s) will be asked to review the video recording and approve it before it is made public.
For more information about the Play of the Month project check out this page:
http://nycp.blogspot.com/p/play-of-month.html
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play of the month
Nylon Fusion seeks 10-minute scripts on independence.
web site
Nylon Fusion Collective is currently accepting submissions of new works for future projects.
If you’re submitting:
1- To our short play festival “This Round’s On Us” (about 10 minutes) *
2- Political Play series (Full Length-about 90 min)
Note: It does not have to be about Politics per se. Just about a topic that is socially and/or culturally significant. If you have questions please contact us at nylonsubmissions@gmail.com — currently working on our 2013-2014 (6th) season
3- To the TV style project (Episode sample- 20-30 pages) for **The New Situation Company.
* * * * * * *
*Our festivals are each linked to major holidays: Valentine’s Day, April Fools’ Day, Independence Day, and Halloween. We look for plays approximately 10-minutes in length either directly or indirectly linked to each holiday or some related themes–respectively: love/hate, mischief/deceit/surprise, independence/ dependence/ patriotism, fear/disguises. While the writer should be concerned with the theme in their submissions, the categories are fairly broad and there is no need to be overt and obvious in working them into the script. We will select and arrange the plays so that they work best together and with the theme. Please, don’t send us any 1-2 page plays or anything over 20 pages.
* * * * * * *
*DEADLINES for Festival:
“This Round’s On Us: Independence is May 24th 2013
“This Round’s On Us: Halloween is August 24th 2013
* * * * * * *
Please be specific on your form- write on SUBJECT LINE the title of your project and which project you’re submitting to.
To be considered please submit the following: a cover letter, brief synopsis, your resume, and script. If you’re having trouble with our form please email us with proper subject line at nylonsubmissions@gmail.com
Online form
Nylon Fusion Collective is currently accepting submissions of new works for future projects.
If you’re submitting:
1- To our short play festival “This Round’s On Us” (about 10 minutes) *
2- Political Play series (Full Length-about 90 min)
Note: It does not have to be about Politics per se. Just about a topic that is socially and/or culturally significant. If you have questions please contact us at nylonsubmissions@gmail.com — currently working on our 2013-2014 (6th) season
3- To the TV style project (Episode sample- 20-30 pages) for **The New Situation Company.
* * * * * * *
*Our festivals are each linked to major holidays: Valentine’s Day, April Fools’ Day, Independence Day, and Halloween. We look for plays approximately 10-minutes in length either directly or indirectly linked to each holiday or some related themes–respectively: love/hate, mischief/deceit/surprise, independence/ dependence/ patriotism, fear/disguises. While the writer should be concerned with the theme in their submissions, the categories are fairly broad and there is no need to be overt and obvious in working them into the script. We will select and arrange the plays so that they work best together and with the theme. Please, don’t send us any 1-2 page plays or anything over 20 pages.
* * * * * * *
*DEADLINES for Festival:
“This Round’s On Us: Independence is May 24th 2013
“This Round’s On Us: Halloween is August 24th 2013
* * * * * * *
Please be specific on your form- write on SUBJECT LINE the title of your project and which project you’re submitting to.
To be considered please submit the following: a cover letter, brief synopsis, your resume, and script. If you’re having trouble with our form please email us with proper subject line at nylonsubmissions@gmail.com
Online form
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10-minute plays
Heavy Feather Review 2.2 seeks drama
web site
The deadline for HFR 2.2 consideration is June 15, 2013.
HFR accepts the following:
Save submissions as one document (doc, docx, rtf, txt, jpg, or png).
Submit via Submittable.
All text should be set in a standard font. Cover letters are encouraged, but not required.
There is no reading fee (excluding contests). HFR reads year-round and debuts two issues a year. Only one submission at a time: the editors will get to your work as fast as they can. Allow 30-90 days for a response, inquire after 120, although we pride ourselves in responding sooner. Send all inquiries here. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Please notify us immediately if your submitted work has been accepted for publication elsewhere. HFR does not accept work that has been previously published elsewhere. Upon acceptance, HFR takes first serial rights to the work. Upon publication, all rights revert back to the author. Should the accepted work appear elsewhere after its publication in HFR, be sure to list HFR as its original publisher. HFR is unable to pay contributors. Contributors receive digital, DRM-free copies of the issue in which they are published.
The deadline for HFR 2.2 consideration is June 15, 2013.
HFR accepts the following:
- Fiction
- Poetry (3-6 poems)
- Creative Nonfiction
- Drama
- Hybrid: If your work does not fit neatly into one of our existing criterion—fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, or drama—consider our “Hybrid” category, where genre determination is of no importance.
- Original Art/Photography: HFR is looking for stand-alone illustrations, comics, photography, and graphics to employ as cover art or publish within issues. Check out our tumblr to see original art/photography that piques our interest.
- Post: HFR is looking to feature content on its homepage on a rolling basis. We’re looking for thoughtful essays, book reviews, and interviews that address ideas about writing, life, anything. Books reviewed should be works of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction published within six months of submitting. Please keep submissions concise—approximately 1000-2000 words.
Save submissions as one document (doc, docx, rtf, txt, jpg, or png).
Submit via Submittable.
All text should be set in a standard font. Cover letters are encouraged, but not required.
There is no reading fee (excluding contests). HFR reads year-round and debuts two issues a year. Only one submission at a time: the editors will get to your work as fast as they can. Allow 30-90 days for a response, inquire after 120, although we pride ourselves in responding sooner. Send all inquiries here. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Please notify us immediately if your submitted work has been accepted for publication elsewhere. HFR does not accept work that has been previously published elsewhere. Upon acceptance, HFR takes first serial rights to the work. Upon publication, all rights revert back to the author. Should the accepted work appear elsewhere after its publication in HFR, be sure to list HFR as its original publisher. HFR is unable to pay contributors. Contributors receive digital, DRM-free copies of the issue in which they are published.
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publication
JMPP SCRIPT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 2013
web site
NOTE: A donation of $10 is appreciated, but not mandatory, to help cover the administrative costs of reviewing your work. (Make checks payable to Scranton Public Theatre).
The Jason Miller Playwrights’ Project reviews one-act and full-length plays throughout the year. Selected scripts are eligible for presentation as part of the project’s ongoing series of developmental readings and production workshops.
Please prepare your submission with respect to the following guidelines.
NOTE: A donation of $10 is appreciated, but not mandatory, to help cover the administrative costs of reviewing your work. (Make checks payable to Scranton Public Theatre).
The Jason Miller Playwrights’ Project reviews one-act and full-length plays throughout the year. Selected scripts are eligible for presentation as part of the project’s ongoing series of developmental readings and production workshops.
Please prepare your submission with respect to the following guidelines.
- At the present time, we are only interested in playwrights/screenwriters residing in the Northeastern Pennsylvania region (roughly the 570 area code) or in plays set in the region.
- Original full-length plays, adaptations, translations, and solo works will be considered. All subject matters are of interest, particularly those relevant to contemporary life. Short plays (5-15 minutes) are reviewed only as a collection or with regard to our annual Dyonisia Invitational.
- We are not interested in traditional, large cast musical theatre at this time. Small cast, limited orchestra works will be reviewed only if the JMPP developmental process could be of benefit.
- We are open to bi-lingual work but scripts should be written in approximately 50 percent English.
- Works must be typed in standard industry manuscript format (U.S. preferred).
- Include a cover page with the title of the script, your contact information, including address, email and phone number. Also requested are a character breakdown and brief synopsis of the play.
- Not necessary, but of interest, are your resume and a brief biography. Information regarding the development history of the work is appreciated, if applicable. If play has been previously produced, copies of reviews and/or press coverage are welcome.
- Limit your submission to one script at a time. If you have additional scripts that may be of interest, please include a cover letter with this information.
- E-mail digital .doc or .pdf files as attachments to nepaplaywrights@live.com. Manuscripts may be mailed to: The Jason Miller Playwrights’ Project c/o Scranton Public Theatre; P.O. Box 1451; Scranton, PA 18501.
- Please do not send us your original manuscript. Materials will not be returned.
- A donation of $10 is appreciated, but not mandatory, to help cover the administrative costs of reviewing your work. (Make checks payable to Scranton Public Theatre).
- You will receive an email message upon receipt of your submission.
- Each script will receive at least one or as many as four evaluations by professional writers, scholars, theatrical directors and producers or other qualified project associates.
- Response time may take two to three months. We may invite you to meet with a project representative for further discussion.
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Arena Stage Kogod Cradle Series
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Arena Stage is now accepting proposals for the Kogod Cradle Series dates in our 2013-2014 season. We are looking for exciting new work that has a sense of inquiry in form and process: works in progress, workshop productions, open rehearsals, etc. This work may come from companies, ensembles or individual artists.
The Kogod Cradle Series supports the exploration and development of new and emerging work in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle with visiting companies, artists and ensembles.
To apply for inclusion in the 2013-2014 season of the Kogod Cradle Series, please submit the following forms by May 17, 2013 to kogodcradle@arenastage.org.
Details about the Kogod series here.
Arena Stage is now accepting proposals for the Kogod Cradle Series dates in our 2013-2014 season. We are looking for exciting new work that has a sense of inquiry in form and process: works in progress, workshop productions, open rehearsals, etc. This work may come from companies, ensembles or individual artists.
The Kogod Cradle Series supports the exploration and development of new and emerging work in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle with visiting companies, artists and ensembles.
To apply for inclusion in the 2013-2014 season of the Kogod Cradle Series, please submit the following forms by May 17, 2013 to kogodcradle@arenastage.org.
Details about the Kogod series here.
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self-production
Audition monologue advisory
Actors have been telling us they've used some of the monologues/dialogs from the NYCPlaywrights online videos in their auditions. We're glad to hear it but please actors, ask the playwright for permission ~ chances are they'll be happy to give it, and will be glad to know you like their work. And you might make a useful theater connection too.
If you can't find contact information for the playwright let us know at info@nycplaywrights.org and we'll forward your message to them. Thanks!
If you can't find contact information for the playwright let us know at info@nycplaywrights.org and we'll forward your message to them. Thanks!
The Leslie Scalapino Award FOR INNOVATIVE WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
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Potential applicants will find a familiarity with the works of Leslie Scalapino a useful reference - we are not looking for imitators or conventional playwriting, but writing that is challenging, poetic and innovative.
Initial applications should consist of a cover letter*, a 10-page excerpt, and a 150 word (maximum) summary of the full piece. We will request full scripts from a shortlist of selected candidates.
The Award for Innovative Women Playwrights intends to support new writing by female-identified people, inclusive of transwomen.
The prize is open to international submissions in English.
Only one performance text / script may be submitted. The work should not have been previously produced, as the intention is to support new works.
*The play must be accompanied by a letter containing the writer's name, address, email address, and a short biography (one paragraph).
Timeline:
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 30th 2013 11:59 pm
Shortlist announced: July 30th
Deadline for full scripts from shortlisted candidates: August 15th 11:59 pm
Announcement of winning work and reading details: September 30th, 2013
Reading and announcement of round 2: October 2013, details tbc
Ready to submit? Click Here (must create a submission account)
Potential applicants will find a familiarity with the works of Leslie Scalapino a useful reference - we are not looking for imitators or conventional playwriting, but writing that is challenging, poetic and innovative.
Initial applications should consist of a cover letter*, a 10-page excerpt, and a 150 word (maximum) summary of the full piece. We will request full scripts from a shortlist of selected candidates.
The Award for Innovative Women Playwrights intends to support new writing by female-identified people, inclusive of transwomen.
The prize is open to international submissions in English.
Only one performance text / script may be submitted. The work should not have been previously produced, as the intention is to support new works.
*The play must be accompanied by a letter containing the writer's name, address, email address, and a short biography (one paragraph).
Timeline:
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 30th 2013 11:59 pm
Shortlist announced: July 30th
Deadline for full scripts from shortlisted candidates: August 15th 11:59 pm
Announcement of winning work and reading details: September 30th, 2013
Reading and announcement of round 2: October 2013, details tbc
Ready to submit? Click Here (must create a submission account)
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full-length plays,
women-only
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