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 Posted: Sat Oct 28th, 2006 03:02 am
Nic

Who is David Wicks? What college? Any restrictions on the types of plays? Anything special he's looking for other than large casts for college students?

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 Posted: Sat Oct 28th, 2006 03:08 am
Day #11, I believe:

I submitted "Crappy at Yoga", my one-act bilingual drama, to a random posting on NY Craigslist.  A couple of actresses were looking for a piece to perform as part of a showcase, or something. 

I submitted "Cautionary Tale", my multidisciplinary piece integrating folklore, urban legends, and Spanish to address the immigration debate, to Electric Pear:

ELECTRIC PEAR PRODUCTIONS, based in New York City, seeks original plays previously unperformed in New York. Small casts and set requirements are preferred, and submissions will be reviewed for fully mounted productions, readings and workshops. The following is an excerpt of our mission statement:

Electric Pear Productions presents innovative performance that resides at the junction of adventurous art and traditional storytelling. The new
production company explores the intersection point between both diverse art forms and contrasting cultures. Electric Pear creates performance that embraces and draws together work from several genres - theatre, dance, music, film and visual art, and those that take a decidedly international and wide-ranging approach to the moral complexity of the human condition. Electric Pear will provide resources and support for theatre artists to create, shape and launch new work. Electric Pear Productions will present original plays and multi-disciplinary performance pieces, which will provide a setting for genres to meet, mix, and create unique new definitions for what compelling art can be. Through cross-border and cross-genre collaboration, Electric Pear aims to broaden the scope of the American theatre artist and deepen the landscape in which they work.

Electric Pear Productions was founded in March 2006 by playwright Ashlin Halfnight and producer Melanie Sylvan after collaborating on the hugely successful New York production and Hungarian tour of Halfnight’s play, God’s Waiting Room. The company was created with the goal of providing a nurturing environment for artists to launch original theatrical pieces which explore the artistic landscape in America and the world over. Our goal is to be a home for preeminent artists and their work, and to be an innovative presenter of collaborative creative endeavors through highly efficient and professional operations. Electric Pear’s proposed first season will include two New York City productions, a performance-art festival, an international tour, and, additionally, the initiation of three artistic development programs.

Plays can be submitted electronically to Literary Director Emily Long at
emily@electricpear.org. Alternatively plays can be sent by post to
Electric Pear Productions, P.O. Box 281, New York NY 10028. Please
include a brief biography. Copies of plays will not be returned unless a
pre-paid envelope is enclosed. Additional questions should be submitted
to Emily Long, Literary Director.



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 Posted: Sat Oct 28th, 2006 03:30 am
I just submitted Uncharted Territory to Electric Pear Productions. What the heck, right? :)

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 Posted: Sat Oct 28th, 2006 03:44 am
Hi Bill

CSU is Charles Sturt University here in Australia. David controls their Performing Arts  prog. It's a graduate program( 3 Years) and he's  on the look out for plays suitable for college age  people with reasonably large casts.  Around 10 to 13 is fine for him.

 Was going to say no musicals but they just did a very good if a bit odd production of a Gilbert and Sullivan. he's adventurous and anxious to give his students wide exposure. Even brave enough, wise enough to  use members of our community group for older parts rather than have students play way out of age.

 Hope that helps

 The best Nic

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 Posted: Sat Oct 28th, 2006 02:16 pm
Yes nic. That helps a lot. And I have one in mind to submit. BillySundae

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 Posted: Sat Oct 28th, 2006 03:39 pm
DAY #11, 12
Today I sent Thor's Day, The Proctologist's Daughter and 3 Guys in Drag Selling Their Stuff to Theatre Out via email. All are full-length.  Theatre Out produces plays by and about the GLTB community.  I won't bore you with synopses--they can be found on my website.

Theatre Out
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Anaheim, CA 92814
Attn: David C. Carnevale
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http://www.theatreout.com/Opportunities.html

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 Posted: Sun Oct 29th, 2006 03:01 am
Greetings all - thank goodness for clumping.  Good evening to most - good mroning to Nic and maybe Swann (Swaann - love your child already - I have a ...."name" for my mother and while it takes a long time to explain - I won't - I hear the sighs of relief- it is bonding). 

Because of clumping I am - on Day 12 - up to date.  I was high school sophomore biology teacher all week (scary for a theatre/English teacher),  And while I cannot say I increased their knowledge of biology by much - I kept them amused.  And kept me behind.

SUBMISSION #1:  EXPENSIVE ACCOUNTING and THE CONFERENCE to:  papadooloo@yahoo.com

From Playwrightbinge - he is looking for scenes for his college competitions.  Preferably 1m, 1f.  Aggressive comedy or drama with comedic overtones.

 

SUBMISSION #2:  THE BURNING BUIDLING to Tobacco Bar Theatre Co.  They are looking for new plays in development - full length, one act or ten-minute.  Send full scipt.  No payment to writer (hurts) but if I can develop ....  Send to:

joe@tobaccobar.com

Joe LaRue, Artistic Director; c/o Horse Trade Theatre Group; 85 E. 4th St.; New York, NY  10003

SUBMISSION #3:  Was asked for a development proposal for a previously submitted play  (August 3rd - deadline passed) to submit what I would do if they choose my play for development.  I am excited by this because I think it a good fit and they are excellent - but I do not speak "dramaturg" well and usually fall off the wagon when asked - what are your goals for development?

Uhhhh ... to make it the best play it can be?  Are there buzz words or standard answers?  I might inquire to playwrights on web and playwrightbinge because I noticed it was brought up when applying for things like O'Neill (I didn't) and find other playwrights are as stymied by that question as I am. 

Love your weather reports!  I include them with every submission because I live in MN and weather is paramount here - huge conversation over weather (cold, cold, rainy autumn ... the autumn that wasn't ... the five- -minute autumnm) 

Twelve for 12 days!  Yay for pathetic bio teacher!

Claudia 

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 Posted: Sun Oct 29th, 2006 05:39 pm
DAY #13 and 14

Today I packed up four 10-minute plays that I will mail tomorrow, Monday.  The plays are: Missing Luggage, Civil Unionized, Samson and Delilah and Road Kill.  Synopses and full plays are on my website, http://www.edwardcrosbywells.com Two of these plays started out on this forum as one-pagers and then re-posted as 10-minute plays that many of you helped develop.  I cannot over-emphasize how valuable this forum can be to your emerging careers as playwrights.  Take advantage of The Playwrights' Forum and let us help you.  Our commitment is to assist our members on the journey toward becoming produced playwrights.

STRATTON PLAYERS
Deadline: 11-30-2006
Stratton Players seeks short plays (5 to 15 minutes) for a short play festival to be presented in May, 2007. Previously published and performed manuscripts may be submitted. Playwright's name should only appear on cover page and not on pages of script. Paper submissions only, 12 pt double spaced, 1 inch margins, no fancy fonts. SASE for response only. Send to:

Short Plays
Stratton Players
60 Wallace Avenue
Fitchburg, MA 01420

Selections will be made by early 2007.

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 Posted: Mon Oct 30th, 2006 05:29 am
Days #12 and #13:

I am deeply indebted to this spree, because it kicked my booty into finishing a play I've been dawdling over.  I submitted "Hong Kong Phooey Hustle", my absurdist comedy about saintly visitations, kung fu, and cupcakes, to MadLab. 

I also sent them "Not What Not to Wear".

I'll also be sending "Hong Kong Phooey Hustle" to a local director who was hosting a site-specific production in a hotel, but the venue fell through.  I thought I might as well send it to her in case she scores a new spot.

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 Posted: Mon Oct 30th, 2006 11:39 am
Hello Hello Hello

It is gray/grey and icky in London.

But I just got a new submission op I wanted to pass on -

My friends in the DC Dollies and Rocket Bitch Revue passed it on.

A company called Drama Dept (http://www.dramadept.org) is looking for full length comedies. They can be e-mailed to blueiris315@hotmail.com with your contact info.  Douglas Carter Beane is the artistic director. 

Edd - tell me where else to put this on this site. 

Best regards from your friendly neighbourhood Swann

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 Posted: Mon Oct 30th, 2006 02:31 pm
My favorite neighborhood Shvon/Swann (Shvon: Streisand, Funny Girl),

I went to their website and hunted around and saw nothing about their looking for submissions.  It could be there, but I overlooked it.  I don't know where else this information can be posted unless I have a direct call for submissions, or at least a note of it on their website.  I will send a play to them via email under the supposition that nothing ventured equals nothing gained.   'Though I should email them first to inquire.

What did you write today?

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 Posted: Mon Oct 30th, 2006 05:54 pm
Day 13. I sent my 10 minute play, The Crowded Conversation, to Spotted Dog Productions (WY).

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 Posted: Mon Oct 30th, 2006 06:15 pm
Day 13:  BOXED UP went  to John Gardner Contest.  Info:  New 2 page contest for Wilkes University in honor of John Gardner.  Needed:  two page play.  Send"  two copies of play with brief bio.  Name on cover sheet only.  Deadline:  1/10/07

Snail mail only to:  John Gardner Contest; c/o Bonnie Culver; Wilkes University; 84 W. South Street; Wilkes Barre, PA  18766

Fun:  BOXED UP started as an EDD challenge and I have worked on it over the past few weeks.  It's sort of quiet - so who knows - but it is fun.

ALSO - to catch up from Sunday:  CALL BACK to Two Spoons.

Need:  2-4 characters in a 10-30 minute play set in a coffee-shop-lounge.  Deadline is 12/15.  E-mail play:  twospoonstheatre@yahoo.com

Snail mail:  Brandon Kalbaugh, Co-Artistic Director, Two Spoons Theatre; 463 7th Ave.  #3, Brooklyn, NY  11215 (should I say hello to Brooklyn for you, Edd?)

Questions only:  Cinda Lawrence at:  cindalawr@cs.com

Minnesota's ten-minute autumn - just got longer.  In the 60's today - and - gasp - sunny!  And I'm inside at my computer.  This is nothing short of criminal.  Happy submitting all.

 

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 Posted: Mon Oct 30th, 2006 07:26 pm
Day 13. Sent my one act play, Aquarius: Redacted to Electric Pear Productions. Hopefully, a new theatre will have an interest in new playwrights.

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 Posted: Mon Oct 30th, 2006 07:49 pm
Absolutely, Claudia!  Say hello to Hicks St. and the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights where I lived and watched the World Trade Center while under construction slowly rise into the Manhattan Skyline.

What did you write today?

DAY #14

Today I sent via email the script to The Moon Away (a full-length drama) to Lodestar Quarterly--an online E-zine of literature and the arts by the GLBT community.      http://www.lodestarquarterly.com/                                          editors@lodestarquarterly.com                                                                                  

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 Posted: Mon Oct 30th, 2006 10:00 pm
Thanks to Swan 1719 for the  heads up on the dramadept just wish I had a coemdy to send. Hope to direct Douglas Carter Beane's As Bees In Honey Drown next year. To business. Sent my full length play for six women and a chook ( that's an Australian chicken  but with attitude) to  The 7th sign.  details already posted by edd  Many thanks.

Still searching for decent Australian opportunities  will let you know if any come my way.

 The best Nic

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 Posted: Tue Oct 31st, 2006 08:55 am
Re : Drama Department.  Yes, there is nothing on their website.  I think the DC Dollies were getting a little advance notice because we're so cool.

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 Posted: Tue Oct 31st, 2006 03:48 pm
Day 14: Today I queried the Oprah Winfrey show regarding two 10 minute plays: Hitler in Heaven and the Crowded Conversation as part of a 10 minute play contest and/or use of 10 minute plays on her show. The entire query/idea submission is under the announcements section of the Playwrights' Forum.

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 Posted: Tue Oct 31st, 2006 04:02 pm
GET OUT! OPRAH?!

That is too funny. I must check this out. :)

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 Posted: Tue Oct 31st, 2006 05:48 pm
Check it out. Opportunities sometimes are where we make them!

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 Posted: Tue Oct 31st, 2006 05:51 pm
That's true, and I posted that I had also written to Oprah in that thread. My Thesis Advisor at Emerson College, Andre Dubus III, had his novel "House of Sand and Fog" featured on the program, and as a result he sold thousands of additional copies and got a featured film out of it (with an academy award nomination for one of the actors!). So it's a proven way of getting your work out there.

Thanks for the idea!

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 Posted: Tue Oct 31st, 2006 06:19 pm
I loved the movies of House of Sand and Fog. I didn't read the novel, but my wife did. She enjoyed both the book and the movie. Let's hope Oprah loves the idea of producing plays as much as she enjoys discussing book! BillySundae 

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 Posted: Tue Oct 31st, 2006 07:11 pm
This is truly fabulous, but let's keep this conversation on the thread where it began.  I know it is a submission, but I still want all the reactions to the Oprah Show and books read in the original thread or I will delete them.  Thank you.

What did you write today?

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Today, Day 14,  I sent a play to the New Playwrights One Act Play Festival by e-mail.

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 Posted: Tue Oct 31st, 2006 08:21 pm
Day #14:

Happy Halloween, playwrights!

I submitted my surreal comedy "Hong Kong Phooey Hustle" to the local director who lost her venue, but it's worth a shot.

After a kind, albeit curious, note from V Fest, I went ahead and sent them a couple more pieces, "Not What Not to Wear" and "Hong Kong Phooey Hustle".

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 Posted: Wed Nov 1st, 2006 02:51 am
Morning all. Today I've sent via hard copy  my latest full length play The Girl I Left Behind Me to the Patrick White award. Open only to Australian citizens over 20 years of age I'm afraid but if there are any of them on the board  go either to the Sydney Theatre Co web site of google Patrick White award for an entry form.

 The best Nic

 

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DAY #15

Can you believe it?  We've made it half way through the Spree!  It is about at this point I realize what a wonderful thing I'm doing for myself.  I go over my list of entries with a sense of satisfaction and with optimistic feelings about future results.  I hope you're feeling the same way.

4 short plays, Civil Unionized, Samson and Delilah, Missing Luggage, Road Kill were sent to Stratton Players.  Information was listed on day 12 or 13.

 

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Days 16 and 17:
Sent my full-length "ReFUSION" to Stray Dawg Theatre and Company and Bristol Riverside Theatre.

Like Claudia, I enjoyed the beautiful fall weekend here in Minnesota, which was sadly followed by a bitter plunge into the 20s and 30s.

-Colorado-

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 Posted: Wed Nov 1st, 2006 08:51 pm
I've been struggling all day to get it done, but I finally got a cover letter prepared. On my way home (15 minutes from now), I will mail a copy of Betwixt and Betwain to:

First Stage Children's Theatre, Milwaukee, WI.

Send a query to abooth@firststage.org

If the theatre want you to submit they will give you the mailing address and other information.

PS They apparently respond quickly to e-mail queries; I sent my query to them yesterday (Day 14 of the submission spree).

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 Posted: Wed Nov 1st, 2006 09:01 pm
Billy, before I write to them, are they only looking for child-appropirate work? Do you think a play with a 12-year-old in it might work? I am just asking since you inquired and were responded to favorably. I don't have any pieces for 'kids,' per se.

Thanks!

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 Posted: Wed Nov 1st, 2006 09:12 pm
I honestly don't know specifically what they are looking for. My play is based on the short stories of Mark Twain and is populated primarily by teen to mid twenties characters.

You might do one of two things: visit their web site and decide based on that whether your particular play might be appropriate; and/or send a query that describes your play more precisely. Some plays with few children in them (ie Alice in Wonderland) are neverthe less appropriate for children. Good luck.

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Thanks. I did query them re: my 10-minute play PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES, a piece about the tenuous relationship between a 12-year-old girl and her mother. I suspect it won't be something they'e be interested in, but it doesn't hurt on inquire!

I have some of my pieces produced in the past year, though far more have been rejected, and I have to keep reminding myself (and John and Edd do this as well) that it's about the process more than the end result. Not that getting produced isn't very nice. :)

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Just in time for Halloween - MN does its "I am a glacier-thing."  I am having a hard time submitting!  I am working on "stuff" for the December deadlines and what was appropriate - was sent.  So, I am back to querying. 

1.  For Halloween:  I did the "Oprah" thing.  Why not?  Maybe with enough e-mails they might think there's an audience for this!  It's a good idea.

2.  Sent queries to four theatres about BY CANDLELIGHT.  I had previously sent to about ten theatres last summer - and received two - send half the script - but nothing much after that.  It did well with a contest and is under consideration for development - so I don't want to send it all over until I know the results of the "development."  Does that make sense?

So, I hope the queries take me to the weekend in case I sub the rest of the week.  (Subbed for a religion teacher on Halloween - interesting day.)

Hope evryone's feeling a little virtuous these days!

Claudia

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really don't see the oprah thing working.  doesn't seem to fit her format.  maybe i'm just the pessimist.

never saw her book shows.  do they actually read from the book?  or just have the author and ask questions about research, how they write, who influenced, etc?  and then have people who have read the book and then discuss it?

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Day 15:

I submitted my absurdist one-act, "Hong Kong Phooey Hustle", to Revolution Theatre Company:

REVOLUTION THEATRE COMPANY
REVOLUTION Theatre Company is accepting submissions for their Staged Reading Series 2005/06 and their upcoming season in the fall. Potential for future workshop or full production. Go to
http://www.revolutiontheatre.org for specific guidelines.

Send to John Thurner,
Revolution Theatre Company
P.O.Box 3896, Chicago, IL 60654. 

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 Posted: Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 02:18 pm
Leon, you're probably right about Oprah. I've sent her a propsal before and it never saw the light of day. On the other hand Oprah has produced movies before, so I'm going to hope that she sees the value in producing short plays on her show. Last night she discussed the best pizza in America-- maybe they're running out of good ideas and will consider plays. Anyway, your common sense notwithstanding, I'm going to hold out a little longer. Who knows, if enough playwrights (us) and those who support us (family friends, colleagues) write her about the idea maybe a miracle will occur. Just a hope-- however far fetched. BillySundae

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PIZZA--FEH. We do not need Oprah to tell us where the best pizza is.

(OTOH, IMHO, we don't need Oprah to tell us anything...)

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My thought on this is we'd have a better chance with one-minute plays.  Easier to find Chicago actors and get them up in a day and not locked into more that 1/4th of air time, not to mention giving opportunities to more playwrights. 

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That's also b/c Edd has written 100 of them. :-)

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About Oprah: one minute or 10 minute-- it won't matter unless we get as many people as possible  to write in and suggest the idea.

I sent my one act Aquarius: Redacted to v-theatre. After visiting their web site, I am flumoxed about what they are seeking. But I took a stab at it.

BillySundae

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 Posted: Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 03:27 pm
Yes, people, send emails to Oprah! (Yes, Edd, that means you. And everyone else.)

V-theatre is not at all clear about what it wants, but the director sends a nice email back. :)

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 Posted: Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 07:03 pm
DAY #17 and 18

Today I sent via snail mail two short plays--Civil Unionized and Cornered.  Both are about prejudice.  Cornered was developed right here in this forum and dedicated to Paddy who kept me from trashing it from by showing me a new direction.

SOUTH CAMDEN THEATRE COMPANY, now producing its third season, is seeking one act plays for its FACING EACH OTHER festival this coming April. We are seeking scripts concerning non-traditional prejudice of all types. The play should be no longer than twenty minutes, 2-4 actors, and be constructed on a single set. Please send scripts and sasp to:

SOUTH CAMDEN THEATRE COMPANY
c/o 318 Hudson Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030
Att: Joseph M. Paprzycki, Artistic Director
Deadline 12-31-06
http://www.southcamdentheatre.org


 

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Day # 16:

I submitted my surreal tribute to kung fu, "Hong Kong Phooey Hustle", to:

Kaliyuga Arts
Deadline: none declared
Since we produce only sporadically, it is of primary importance to us that the work we do be meaningful-- literarily, socially, and/or in the depth and complexity of the characters it presents -- beyond its simple commercial or entertainment value. Having recently relocated to Manhattan, we are currently in somewhat of a hiatus period while we regroup and explore production options for ourselves here.

Accepting one-act plays, full-length plays, musicals, translations, adaptations, solo pieces. Send synopsis and sample dialogue, E-mail submission OK. Negotiable Royalty. Extensive information (and a complete production history) can be found at
http://www.kaliyuga.com.

Steven Patterson, Artistic Director/Literary Manager
520 West 50th Street Apt D4
New York, NY 10019
steven@kaliyuga.com
http://www.kaliyuga.com
212-400-7571

BillySundae
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Mana: 
 Posted: Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 09:49 pm
I have jsut submitted my full-length play, Billy Sundae, to Kaliyuga Arts.

I also blind copied the entry to Edd for the November contest.

Two birds with one stone as it were.

BillySundae

NinaNina
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Mana: 
 Posted: Fri Nov 3rd, 2006 03:49 pm
Day #17

I submitted my bilingual one-act drama, "Crappy at Yoga", and my one-act surreal comedy, "Hong Kong Phooey Hustle", to Beacon Theatre Company.  Their info is in the ongoing opps. section.

tolston
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Mana: 
 Posted: Fri Nov 3rd, 2006 05:57 pm
Submitted my full-length play "ReFUSION" to:

Beacon Theatre Co, Electric Pear Productions, and Springboard Theatre (all in the "Ongoing Opps," I believe).

-Colorado-

Sue B
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Mana: 
 Posted: Fri Nov 3rd, 2006 05:59 pm
Ooh, I need to read CRAPPY AT YOGA. I just came back from a yoga class. :)

BTW, if any of you submitted to James Venhaus's holiday festival, it has been cancelled, and the school will put on another festival this spring (he sent this out to the binge group and any of you who actually submitted, but just in case you missed this, or saw my comment in his opp thread, I wanted to clarify).

I have run out of places to submit, alas. :(

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Mana: 
 Posted: Fri Nov 3rd, 2006 06:10 pm
DAY #19

Counting the days from Oct. 16th till today, tomorrow we hit 20 days and 2/3 through the spree.  There is no such thing as running out of submission opps--they just may be more difficult to find.  Anyway today I mailed via post the ten-minute version of Indifference to Largo Cultural Center.  Indifference is about an older couple having their 40th anniversary as she is sinking into Alzheimer's. 

LARGO CULTURAL CENTER AND AMERICAN STAGE THEATRE COMPANY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2007 - 10 X 10 PLAY FESTIVAL

Largo Cultural Center in partnership with American Stage Theatre Company are currently accepting submissions for 10 Minute Plays to be performed at the January-February, 2007, 10 X 10 PLAY FESTIVAL to be held at the Cultural Center. Plays will be accepted through December 1, 2006.

The theme of the festival is "Anniversaries: The Marking of Time of a Notable Event." Ten 10-minute plays will be chosen and each winning author will receive $100. Winners will be announced January 1, 2007 and posted on American Stage and Cultural Center's websites. Winning plays will be presented in staged reading in the Center's Tonne Playhouse.

For submission guidelines and additional information, see link below. Submissions should be mailed to: "10 X 10 Play Festival", Attn: T. Scott Wooten, Curator, c/o American Stage Theatre Company, 211 3rd Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.

Guidelines here:

http://www.largoarts.com/pdf/10_X_10_PLAY.pdf

Sue B
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Mana: 
 Posted: Fri Nov 3rd, 2006 06:12 pm
No, see, Edd, I sent these out during the binge. :) (I was ahead of this binge.) When I said I've sent out plays to about 40 theatres in the past few months, I was not exaggerating! :) (I sent NOT A COMPETITION to the one you mentioned, though it doesn't *quite* fit their theme; I figured I'd try.)