The Playwrights' Noticeboard
Production and Publishing Opportunities
Additions to the Noticeboard offering production and publishing opportunities to playwrights are very welcome
Please email details to Edd - edd@edwardcrosbywells.com - particularly the closing-date, any casting restrictions and your willingness (or otherwise) to accept email submissions (100-ish words max)
To save trees and money, email submission is the preferred option
This service is free to theatres and non-profit theatre organisations, but please note we won't promote productions that don't pay authors standard Royalties (about 10% gross box-office)
Or Contests that charge submission/reading fees
Authors should also note that the inclusion of an Announcement implies neither our approval nor our endorsement.
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VERY IMPORTANT: BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR SCRIPTS TO ANY THEATRE GO TO THEIR WEBSITE (IF IT IS NOT LISTED HERE, GOOGLE IT). LOOK TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT. SEE WHAT PLAYS THEY'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS SEASONS. MAKE CERTAIN THEY ACCEPT SCRIPTS DIRECTLY FROM AUTHOR'S. THOUGH MOST LISTED HERE DO, SOME MAY HAVE CHANGED THEIR MINDS AND ARE NOW ONLY ACCEPTING SCRIPTS THROUGH AGENTS ONLY.
ALSO: WHETHER SENDING BY SNAIL MAIL OR EMAIL, HAVE A WELL-THOUGHT COVER LETTER. LET THEM KNOW YOU'VE DONE YOUR RESEARCH AND GIVE THEM A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO READ. AND NEVER SEND MORE THAN A ONE-PAGE COVER LETTER.
"Trifils make perfection and perfection is no triviality." --Michaelango
"Talent is the infinite capacity for taking pains." --Oscar Wilde
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Human Rights Festival
Resilience of the Spirit Human Rights Festival calls for scripts (plays and monologues) of various lengths. Several scripts will be selected to construct two or three programs. Deadline January 2. Complete details at resilienceofthespirit.com.
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MARROW THEATRE COMPANY SEEKS PLAYWRIGHTS[size=
Deadline: ]1-6-07
Material: New Plays
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Marrow Theatre Company is looking for new playwrights. We are a young company interested in plays to workshop and eventually produce. Though we will accept plays following the form of modern realism, we are interested in plays that are honest and dive into new waters. Please send the first 20 pages of the play to foster.black@gmail.com, with contact information.]
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1812 PRODUCTIONS[size=
Deadline: ]1-1-07
Material: Comedic Full-length plays
Seeking comedic full-length plays, musicals, translations, adaptations, solo pieces, cabaret shows, and revues. Cast limit 9 performers. Send synopsis and sample dialogue.
Jennifer Childs, Artistic Director
421 N. 7th Street, Suite 218
Philadelphia, PA 19123
http://www.1812productions.org
215-592-9560
215-592-9580 (fax)
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WILKES UNIVERSITY’S JOHN C. GARDNER CONTEST
Deadline: 1-10-2007
Wilkes University wants unpublished and unproduced 2-minute plays for its inaugural John C. Gardner Contest. Winner receives $750 (runner-up $250) and publication in Rosebud quarterly. No children’s plays.
Submit 2 copies, SASE, and brief bio with author’s name on cover letter only to:
John Gardner Contest
c/o Bonnie Culver
Wilkes University
84 W. South St
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
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JANUARY FOR AUGUST (WILSON, THAT IS)
Deadline: 1-15-2006
Call for manuscripts on the man and his scripts, due in January. August Wilson (A Retrospective)-- Manuscripts from 5,000 to 10,000 words reflecting on his legacy. Welcomed are contributions from all disciplines that engage the full complexity of his work. Send manuscripts to:
College Literature
210 E. Rosedale Ave.
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
phone: 610.436.2901
Fax: 610.436.2275
E-mail: collit@wcupa.edu
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PHOENIX THEATRE’S NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
AND PLAYWRIGHT’S COMPETITION[size=
Deadline: ]1-15-07 (received by)
Material: New Plays
Phoenix Theatre announces its 10th New Works Festival, and its first national playwright’s competition. The New Works Festival presents four staged readings of plays each summer at Phoenix Theatre, the oldest arts organization in Arizona and the largest Phoenix-based producing theatre. Playwrights whose work has been presented include Jack Heifner, Janet Neipris, Al Corley, James McClure, Rich Orloff, Dale Wasserman, and Richard Warren.
For its tenth anniversary season, the Phoenix Theatre is for the first time opening its selection process to submissions. We are seeking new works requiring a company of no more than 5 performers and no more than 3 locations. We offer a staged reading, with professional actors and directors, to be held during the summer of 2007 in Phoenix. The Playwright receives travel and lodging to Phoenix to participate in the process, as well as a small honorarium.
Please submit a full script to:
Phoenix Theatre New Works Festival, 100 E. McDowell Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85004
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ASHLAND NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL
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The Ashland New Plays Festival is a five-day event of play readings and workshops for new play development. Four plays are selected from a nationwide pool of submissions as featured works of the Festival. Playwrights work with directors, actors, and other artists gathered from the professional and semi-professional theaters of the vibrant Ashland (OR) arts community.
Over the years, the Ashland New Plays Festival has served as a springboard for more than fifty new works, and many have gone on to garner further success in the greater world of theatre:
[size=Karen Zacarias’] [size=The Sins of Sor Juana] (1999) was nominated for the Helen Hayes award for Outstanding New Play in Washington, DC.
[size=Jamie Pachino’s] [size=The Return to Morality] is under consideration for a film adaptation.
The world premiere of [size=Mia McCullough’s] [size=Cyber Serenade] (2000), produced by Actors’ Theatre in Talent, Oregon, won a national award.
[size=Andrea Stolowitz’s] [size=Knowing Cairo] (2001) had its world premiere at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.
[size=David Davalos’] highly praised [size=Daedalus] (2001) was workshopped at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa and the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia.
Selected playwrights participate in approximately 12 hours of rehearsal culminating in two public readings and will be expected to sign a participation agreement upon notification of their selection. Performers, and technicians are a mix from the community, semi-professional, and professional theaters in Ashland, OR. Financial assistance: $500 stipend plus room in a local B&B.
We will begin accepting plays for next year beginning October 1, 2006 and must be accompanied by an Application form, and postmarked no later than January 15, 2007. Notification to playwrights : August, 2007.
Complete submission guidelines and application form at:
http://www.ashlandnewplays.org/Submissions.html
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THE S.T.A.G.E. INTERNATIONAL SCRIPT COMPETITION
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The Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara present The STAGE International Script Competition (Scientists Technologists Artists Generating Exploration), open to plays about science and technology.
The winning script will receive $10,000 USD; a staged reading with a cast of professional actors and simultaneous participation in an awards event with distinguished professionals from the worlds of theatre, film, science and technology; and the opportunity to go through the Professional Artists Lab's development process, which includes access to advice and guidance from professional theatre and film artists as well as experts in the fields of science, engineering and technology.
STAGE endeavors to:
-Cultivate appreciation and collaboration between the two cultures of science and art
-Catalyze the development of art that depicts the technological age in which we live
-Promote understanding of the sciences in the public arena
-Foster new and imaginative voices and methods of storytelling
-Accomplish all of the above within an international community
The Professional Artists Lab is a dynamic artistic laboratory in the Department of Film Studies and the Media Arts and Technology Program at UCSB, in which professional actors, directors, writers and producers create and develop new works in film, theatre, television, radio and multi-media performance. The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), one of the prestigious California Institutes for Science Innovation, focuses on dramatic breakthroughs in materials, devices and resulting technologies, made possible by controlling form and function at the nanoscale. These breakthroughs are being accomplished through the integration of many science and engineering disciplines, and will have broad applications for innovation in communication, biomedical, energy and environmental technologies http://cnsi.ucsb.edu.
To Apply
Complete application guidelines posted at:
http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage/guidelines/guidelines.html
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Lakewood Theatre Company
at Lakewood Center for the Arts
368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Box Office: 503-635-3901, Fax: 503-635-2002
website: http://www.lakewood-center.org
email: center.info@lakewood-center.org
Deadline: 1/19/2007
Call for Original Plays
2007 Playwriting Competition
in Lake Oswego, Oregon
The Lake Oswego Foundation for the Arts and the Lakewood Theatre Company announce a call for playwrights for the 2007 Playwriting Competition. Submission deadline is 4:00 PM, January 19, 2007.
This is the fifth year that the two organizations have joined together to provide an opportunity for area playwrights to have their new plays developed and presented as staged readings in a professional theatre environment. The playwriting competition also provides a forum for playwrights to receive valuable feedback from real audiences during talkback or written sessions to follow the reading.
SUBMITTAL GUIDELINES:
All scripts must be accompanied with a letter containing the playwright's name, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address if available. Additionally, a one-page synopsis of the work should be included. Playwrights are asked to include a bio.
* The submitted play must never have been produced in any completed form including as a staged reading, recording for distribution, on radio, television, or film.
* It may be either one-act or full length, not to exceed 120 minutes performance time in length.
* The play must be submitted in standard script formatting, properly bound, with cover or title sheet.
* Six copies of the play shall be submitted for judging. Submitted materials will not be duplicated without the written consent of the author.
* Include a bio, photo, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope with adequate postage for return of script following judging. Scripts received without return envelope and postage will be recycled.
PRIZE:
* The winning play or one-act will be produced as part of the Lakewood Theatre Company evening of original plays.
* The selected play will be performed as a staged reading in 2007 with a date to be announced. Deadline for submissions for the 2007 session is January 19, 2007 - 4:00 PM.
* The performance will be cast and directed by the Lakewood Theatre Company with input from the playwright.
* Sets, costuming, props, lighting, and sound will be provided on an as available basis. All staged readings will occur on the same stage as the regularly scheduled season productions.
Submittal Deadline:
Jan. 19, 2007 - 4:00 PM
All plays must be submitted to:
Lakewood Theatre Company Play Submissions
Lakewood Center for the Arts
368 S. state Street
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
About Lakewood Theatre Company:
54 YEARS OF LIVE THEATRE: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company, located in Lake Oswego, Oregon, is a semi-professional theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 700 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 40,000 people to its shows. The theatre's website is http://www.lakewood-center.org/
- 54th Season -
Productions in the 2006-07 Season are underwritten, in part, by
The Regional Arts & Culture Council and Work for Art Fund
The Oregon Arts Commission
The National Endowment for the Arts
Questions about the Playwriting Competition,
Call: Lake Oswego Arts Foundation at 503-675-3738
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NATIONAL BLACK THEATER FESTIVAL MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS
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The 2007 National Black Theatre Festival™ (NBTF) will be held July 30-August 4, 2007.
Submission Package must include each of the following so NBTF can confirm receipt of your submission and process it correctly:
*A formal letter of introduction clearly stating the following:
Name of Production/Theatre company, address, city, state, zip, office numbers (phone/fax), website
*Producer’s Name, address, phone numbers (home, office, cell), email
*Writer’s Name, address, phone numbers (home, office, cell), email
*Director’s Name, address, phone numbers (home, office, cell), email
*A play mounted by October 2006
*A VHS or DVD of the complete play submitted to NBTF office
*Play synopsis
*Printed reviews of play. Identify the publication (s). Send copies only
*Highlight of celebrity performers
We also advise you invite Larry Leon Hamlin or one of his representatives to see your production.
Send all submission materials in a complete package to:
Attn: Larry Leon Hamlin
Producer & Artistic Director
National Black Theatre Festival
610 Coliseum Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
For further information about the National Black Theater Festival, visit http://www.nbtf.org
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Theatre Inspirato presents
The 2nd Annual Toronto Ten Minute Festival
Original plays needed
Deadline 1/29/2007
Here's what we need from you, our potential playwright (rules for
submission):
1. A script of an original "unproduced" play between 7 to 15
minutes. The theme should be on moving on OR you may choose to have a red sweater as an integral part of the play (you can also combine both the theme and object). Any style of a play is acceptable. Please avoid elaborate set requirements.
2. For the purposes of this festival an "unproduced" play is a play that has not received a fully staged production before a paying audience.
3. If selected your play will be performed at the Equity Showcase
Theatre in Toronto, Canada from May 31 to June 9, 2007.
4. All submissions must be received as a WORD document and emailed to inspirato@ca.inter.net by midnight, January 29, 2007. You will be notified by February 17, 2007 if your play has been accepted.
5. For each script please include your full name, address, phone
number and email address on the title page. The title page should also include a cast list and a 1 to 3 sentence synopsis of the play. The pages should be numbered. Please state if you have had any plays produced in the past (this will not have an effect in the selection process). A rule of thumb is that one page of single spaced, average dialogue will total about 80-90 seconds.
6. There are no entry fees and you may enter a maximum of three plays. No playwright will receive money for his or her play but if your play is selected, your play will receive a full production (minimum of 3 performances). The Ten Minute Festival will find the cast, crew and market your play. It is up to the discretion of the director whether they will work with the playwright.
7. Should your play be selected for inclusion in the festival, you
are giving The Ten Minute Festival non-exclusive rights to publish your play, [ I checked on this---he means print copies to distribute to the members of his play committee....ed.]...without the encumbrance of royalty payments. You grant the non-exclusive right to The Ten Minute Festival to produce and perform the play during the 2nd Annual Toronto Ten Minute Festival from May 31 to June 9.
8. You retain the right to publish your play through any other
publishing agents and perform it in any other venues you desire.
9. You may also enter your script by December 7, 2006 (as a finished piece or work in progress). This will give us an opportunity to possibly provide feedback or encouragement. If any response is given it will be by January 7. A response or lack of response does not mean either acceptance or refusal of your play. You still have to January 29 to submit your play.
10. In summary, the submission is open to unpublished, ten minute plays free of royalty and copyright restrictions. This is open to everyone without age and geographic restriction for both the novice and experienced playwright. Between 10 to 16 plays will be selected. At least half the plays selected will be written by residents in the Greater Toronto Area. We will read your script provided it meets the guidelines (we are playwrights who understand the hard work you put into your play).
For further questions please email inspirato@ca.inter.net or call
416.483.2222.
Get inspired. See your stories come to life.
Dominik Loncar,
Artistic Director,
Theatre Inspirato
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