WARNING
When a theatre is asking for a full-length play that has not been previously produced and does not state up front that they are providing anything to the playwright other than the privilege of having your play produced on their stage, think twice. Remember that once you have your play produced it is no longer eligible for contests and theatres looking for original, unproduced work that may pay substantially. Remember, when it comes to play production, you're only a virgin once.
* * * * * * * * * * Any submission opportunity that calls for a fee from our members is considerad an ad and we do not post ads of any type in this forum. Should you run across any opp requesting a fee, please let me know and I will remove it immediately.
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Here's a tip for you. Go through the old opps going back to last year and earlier this year. Chances are many of those theatres are running the same deadlines this year. Check their websites or email them to see if they are.
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ESTROGENIUS 2008 Short Play Showcase Submissions Information Deadline: March 15, 2008
DATES, DETAILS & DEADLINES FOR SHORT PLAY SHOWCASE SUBMISSIONS · Please respect all details & deadlines.
· Chosen plays will be announced on May 1, 2008. · The festival runs Fall 2008. · PLEASE READ ALL GUIDELINES & INFORMATION THOROUGHLY.
REQUIREMENTS & GUIDELINES FOR PLAYWRIGHTS Each qualifying submission is thoroughly reviewed. Please do us the same courtesy by thoroughly reviewing and following all submission guidelines. Thank you!
Plays submitted outside the specified dates and/or guidelines WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
· We are primarily looking for new short plays by female writers, but we do consider submissions by male writers that explore complex female characters and perspectives and are appropriate for a celebration of female voices. Please don’t put a woman’s name on your play. It WON’T help you.
· Submissions for EstroGenius 2008 are accepted by mail or in person between January 15 and March 15, 2008. No electronic submissions are accepted. Submissions must be postmarked by March 15, 2008.
· Please number the pages of your script, and include a character breakdown.
· Submissions must be accompanied by a completed cover sheet. (See attached). Submissions received without the cover sheet will not be considered.
· Maximum length is 20 minutes. Preferred length is 10-15 minutes.
· There are no stipulations on content or subject matter. Material need not be women’s issues oriented. We’re interested in all that women are writing about.
· We find that true short plays work best – with a definitive beginning, middle and end. Selections cut from full length plays work less well in our experience.
· You may submit ONLY one play (so, pick your favorite!) If you submit more than one play, one will be chosen at random to be read, and the OTHERS WILL BE DISCARDED.
· Playwrights must be open and willing to work on possible re-writes and/or cuts. IF your play is chosen and it is running longer than 20 minutes, you MUST cut. NO EXCEPTIONS!
· All plays should require only simple production values (sets, lights and costumes). manhattantheatresource has an elegant, intimate theatre. Storage and wing space is extremely limited. If it can’t be done with a some imagination , a bench, a table, a few chairs and some imagination, then please don’t submit it!
· All short plays must have a minimum of two characters. If you have a one-woman show, please look at the guidelines for our Sola Voce miniature festival of solo shows.
· No attached casts or directors. (You may refer actors and directors for audition/interview.)
· To have your play returned, it must be accompanied by a manuscript size Self Addressed Stamped Envelope with appropriate postage. If there is no manuscript size SASE, the play will not be returned.
· A SAS Post Card should be included if you want acknowledgment of arrival.
NO ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS PLEASE!
MUST BE POSTMARKED OR DELIVERED IN PERSON BY MARCH 15, 2008:
manhattantheatresource
177 MacDougal Street
NY, NY 10011
Attn: ESTROGENIUS SHORT PLAY SHOWCASE - play selection
Please make sure to write “ESTROGENIUS SHORT PLAY SHOWCASE” on your submission so it will be entered properly.
Thank you for your interest in ESTROGENIUS 2008!
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VERY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL III
Northfield, MN
Deadline: 3-1-2008
The Northfield Arts Guild is proud to solicit submissions for the third annual Very Short Play Festival to be held Friday and Saturday night, April 25 & 26, 2008.
The Northfield Arts Guild Theater will host both evenings of plays. Submissions cannot exceed ten minutes in length when acted fully on stage. Your play can be two seconds long, or two minutes, or nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds; but it cannot exceed ten minutes.
Submissions can be complete short plays or stand-alone excerpts from longer works. Comedy, drama, interactive, musical, absurdist, monologue, ninja vs. clown surrealistic mime—any subject matter will be accepted for consideration. Writers of any and all ages are encouraged to submit their work.
Writers who have their plays chosen then must find their own actors and direct their play for performance on either April 25 or 26. Since you will be required to produce your selected play for stage, writers should live within the general southeastern Minnesota / Twin Cities area. If you are outside that geographical area, you may submit a play, but, if selected, you are responsible for getting that play to Northfield, MN.
All technical elements of the play must be staged as minimalistically as possible; lighting, sound, sets and props should not be a significant factor in the action of the play.
Submission deadline is March 1, 2008. Submit for free. Submit as many plays as you wish.
Please direct electronic submissions as a plain text file or PDF, if possible, to Brendon Etter at better@carleton.edu.
Or mail paper copies of your script to:
The Northfield Arts Guild
Attn: Very Short Play Festival
304 Division Street
Northfield, MN 55057
http://www.northfieldartsguild.org/index.php?content=plays
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METROPOLITAN PLAYHOUSE
Deadline: 3-15-2008 (receipt)
Metropolitan Playhouse, New York's renowned explorer of America's Theatrical Heritage, is currently accepting submissions for new plays inspired by the life and history of New York's Lower East Side.
Submissions will be evaluated by Metropolitan's artistic staff, and we will produce up to 10 of the submitted plays in June 2008 as part of our 5th Annual East Village Chronicles festival. As in prior years, the plays selected will pertain to a chosen theme. For Volume 5, plays must relate to an particular place (bar, park, street corner, shop, residence) that has been of particular importance in the neighborhood.
We are seeking plays of no more than 20 minutes that can be played by 4 or fewer actors. The plays will be presented with at least three others in a given evening, and as a consequence, should not require elaborate set or properties.
Completed scripts must be received, by mail or e-mail, by 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 15, 2008.
Metropolitan Playhouse
220 E 4th Street
New York, NY 10009
evc5@metropolitanplayhouse.org
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NativeAliens Theatre Collective of New York City is soliciting plays for its 9th Annual Short Stories playwrights’ festival. A celebration of the playwright, Short Stories 9, will be a collection of short plays from the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender perspective that will be produced together for a week’s run in late June of 2008. This year’s theme is “Queer Prime” so all plays should be relevant to issues facing the gay community in their middle years (40’s & 50’s). Playwrights interested in having their plays produced as part of this festival should e-mail their plays, as attachments, to natc.shortstories@gmail.com and include their name, address, phone number and e-mail. Plays should be a maximum performance time of 10 minutes, typed double-spaced in 10 point or larger font. Include a brief synopsis, no more than 2 sentences long. Playwrights’ names should appear ONLY on cover page. Deadline for submission is March 22, 2008. For more information about NativeAliens Theatre Collective, visit our website at http://www.NativeAliens.org
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6th at Penn Theatre
Deadline: March 31, 2008
6th at Penn Theatre (http://6thatpenn.com) in San Diego, California, is initiating QPlays, a new program of gay plays with the initial series of five productions to be staged Fall 2008-Winter 2009. Two gay plays (non-musicals) are needed to complete the series.
Very briefly: These may be new or previously staged scripts, on any subject with no restriction on language, comedy or comedy-drama, with performance time of 70-85 minutes; eroticism (including nudity) is acceptable (even encouraged!) if it's honest and organic. If this interests you, please, before submitting, read our complete submission information at http://MyStage.info/submit. We cannot consider scripts that do not adhere to the specifications stated there.
Thank you!
Michael Thomas Tower
Artistic Director, QPlays
6th at Penn Theatre, San Diego
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HANGAR THEATRE
2008 Lab Company Playwriting Residencies
Deadline: 3-28-2008 (received)
The Hangar Theatre is seeking submissions of One-Act Plays for its 2008 Lab Company Season. Plays must be previously unproduced. Four playwrights will be offered a two- or three-week residency at the Hangar Theatre in summer 2008. Playwrights will participate in the rehearsal process. Early career directors chosen from a national search conducted by the Drama League of New York will direct the plays, and members of the Hangar Lab Company, a professional training program for emerging artists, will perform them. The residency will culminate in four to five public performances on the Hangar’s second stage, “The Wedge.” Playwrights will be offered transportation, housing, and a small stipend.
Playwrights should keep in mind that production values are minimal and that many of the actors in the program are undergraduate students.
Submission Guidelines
* Plays must be previously unproduced.
* Plays must have a running time of 30-60 minutes.
* Playwrights must electronically submit one copy of the play, along with a resume and/or biography.
* Only one submission from each writer will be accepted.
* Playwrights who have had their work previously produced be the Lab Company may not submit a play.
Please send submissions and queries to literary@hangartheatre.org.
http://www.hangartheatre.org/pages/lab_company.php
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