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Posted: Mon Oct 16th, 2006 10:53 am |
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Our Submission Spree has begun! For the next 30 days we will send out at least one script per day either by email or by post.
Leave all information on this thread and THIS THREAD ONLY. Tell us what day of the spree it is, what you sent, how you sent it (post or email), all information that will allow another to enter their script or a URL to the website of the theatre soliciting scripts
Go the playwrights' Noticeboard for submission opportunities. Be sure to also check out the links to more opportunities that aren't posted.
Any questions?
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Posted: Mon Oct 16th, 2006 10:56 am |
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DAY #1
Today I sent MISSING LUGGAGE, an 10-minute absurd comedy about mishaps in an airport, via email to the following:
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE THEATRE and
THE GREAT PLAINS DRAMATIST EXCHANGE AWARD
Deadline: 11-15-2006
This festival is founded in the honor of the late Claire Donaldson. Ms. Donaldson was a 2000 Augustana College graduate passionate about the art of playwriting. We will produce 8 10-minute plays and the top three, chosen by a panel of judges, will receive cash prizes. Plays must be 10 minutes in length. There are no subject restrictions. Must be unpublished/unproduced. Please submit full script, typed and securely bound; Short bio SASE for return if desired.
Submission Address:
Heidi S. Meyer, Festival Coordinator
Augustana Theatre Department
'8 in 48' Submissions
2001 S. Summit Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
or send electronically to: haleyhayworth@hotmail.com
Notification on or about December 15th, 2006.
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Swann1719
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Posted: Mon Oct 16th, 2006 05:22 pm |
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Day 1 - I sent Moving To Switzerland, a one-act play about a marriage in London to the Theatre Roulette juried competition run by MadLabs, an Ohio theater company.
Submissions are made by e-mail : andy@madlab.net
They are looking for something that pushes buttons. Moving to Switzerland kind of pushes some buttons but very gently.
See you tomorrow.
Swann
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 09:20 am |
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Day Two:
Up early trolling websites for submission of Moving to Switzerland. I was hoping to complete a new draft of Whole of the Moon so I could submit a full-length but that is not to be, at least in the next few weeks.
I submitted Moving to Switzerland to TheatrExpresso electronically. This is a Santa Monica theatre that produces comedies during lunch hour. Check them out at http://www.theatrexpresso.com and submit to victor@theatrexpresso.com.
I also submitted the same play to a scrappy but charming (at least from their website) NYC theatre company - Theatre Rats for its 2007 Short Play Festival. They are at http://www.theatrerats.com and submissions can be made to scripts@theatrerats.com
It was interesting going through http://www.burryman.com/submissions.html#sub
a lot of the links are broken but it has a long list of links to theaters' submission guideline pages.
Good luck! I'm trying to front-load submissions as I will be at a reunion of friends from high school at the end of this week in NY.
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 12:51 pm |
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DAY #2
Today I sent a ten minute play titled Samson and Delilah, a tragedy about a young couple caught between a deadly storm brought about by Nature and a deadly situation brought about by their actions, to the Actors Theatre of Louisville. All information is below.
Kate, it looks like only the two of us out of over 350 members are interested in getting produced. Since that is the case I'll send all new submission opportunities directly to you and will no longer maintain opps in this forum. It is an awful lot of work to keep them up to date, you know. Do you think that's a good idea? :>)
ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE and MIAMI'S CITY THEATRE have joined forces to co-sponsor the National Ten-Minute Play Contest.
Deadline: 11-1-2006 (postmark)
GUIDELINES
Each playwright may submit only one script -- send us your best! No scripts will be returned - save postage. No SASE required. Entries will be acknowledged by postcard in January and all playwrights will be notified when or before the winner is announced in the fall. Each script must be no more than ten pages long.
Previously submitted plays, plays that have received an Equity
production, musicals, children's shows, and any unsolicited longer
one-act or full-length plays are not accepted and will be returned.
Each manuscript must be typed and individually bound or stapled. Title page must include name, address and phone number.
The volume of scripts submitted hampers our ability to comment
individually on each work, so we do not offer criticism.
All ten-minute plays will be considered for the Heideman Award
($1000), the Humana Festival of New American Plays, City Theatre’s Summer Shorts Festival and the Short Cuts Tour. Plays that meet the following criteria will also be considered for the annual Actors Theatre Apprentice Showcase: age range 18-28, minimal sets, minimal props, minimal costume requirements. Playwrights must be citizens or permanent residents of the USA.
DEADLINE
Submission Postmark November 1, 2006.
Address Submissions to:
NATIONAL TEN-MINUTE PLAY CONTEST
Actors Theatre of Louisville
316 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-4218
For more information about City Theatre’s Summer Shorts Festival and Short Cuts tour, please call 305-755-9401 or visit http://www.citytheatre.com.
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 01:10 pm |
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DAY #2
I've also sent Flowers out of Season, a full-length via email to:
Beacon Theatre Company in Bryn Mawr, PA is seeking submissions of new plays for its 2007 Season. All genres welcome. Please send submissions with cover letter and synopsis to: Tim Martin, Producing Director, Beacon Theatre, PO Box 857, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. Or submit electronically to: beacontheatreco@gmail.com
ACT ONE: A young couple, Buck and Dawn, in Southern New Mexico has fallen on hard times. They are America’s working poor—lost in a faltering social and healthcare system. We meet them early one morning on the day that will change their lives forever. Their conversation reveals the political, religious and social underpinnings of the disenfranchised in America.
ACT TWO: Buck meets Daisy, a middle-aged woman twice his age later that same day. They come together for a steamy, dangerous and frightening afternoon encounter. The tension erupts into the unleashing of Nature’s fury, perhaps brought about through the power of magic. Sensuous and seductive, the plot’s twists and turns lead to a shattering conclusion.
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 02:24 pm |
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| Ack - I WISH I could be doing this but am working in Morocco until mid November making it too impractical :( . Will definitely do the next one tho! Think it's a great idea along the genius of Nanowrimo (which I may well attempt this year!).
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 02:55 pm |
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MacR,
Morocco--how exciting!
What is nanowrimo?
As for the next Spree, based on the turn-out for this one, there will not be a next one. :>)
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Swann1719
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 06:22 pm |
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My dear Edd,
Why do you think the submission spree didn't attract more people? Anyone willing to say why they aren't doing it? Is it because you don't think you have enough work to submit? Because you don't want to commit to 30 submissions? Frankly, with a one-act it's gonna be hard to get to 30 for me.
Is it because you're busy on other projects or that Big Project, life? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
The way Edd described the spree he did before was so enticing - there was a manic energy to it and a lot of support coming over the broadband. It sounded like a more community-focused way to approach that weird, huge issue of marketing my play(s), and a comforting network to prod me to soldier on.
I don't have a library to submit and in some ways I would prefer to spend my time answering Edd's eternal italicised question - what did you write today.
But I kind of think that there is never an optimum time to go for it. It will never be the perfect time.
So I'm still in. And maybe in a few months we can give it another shot.
I'm already grateful for the spree as it got me rewriting my latest full-length in preparation. I didn't finish, but I started.
Anyone? One ten minute play and a few minutes on e-mail a day is really all it takes!
Your friendly neighbourhood
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 06:41 pm |
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You're a better man than I, Gunga Din. I'm pouting.
Every time we've done this on another forum just about EVERYBODY came back telling us about the productions they got because of it.
What did you write today?
P.S. That is really all it does take--one ten-minute lplay going out a day by email. All the opps and links to more opps that were collected and posted in this forum should make it easy as that proverbial pie.
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 06:44 pm |
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Day 1 - Went through tons of opps last night, nothing struck a chord. I'll catch up.
Day 2 - Submitted also to the Theatre Expresso lunch thing. Send, Comic Strip, a ten-minute absurd piece about two clowns getting ready to go to a clown spouse swapping party.
Paddy
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 08:50 pm |
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Edd, your pouting galvanized me to get moving!
Day 2: Realize I missed Day 1 and can't do much about it as baby has given up napping, so I must reduce computer time. Submit "Cautionary Tale", my folkloric allegory about Latino immigration, to Theatre Expansion. Receive notice that their mailbox is full--I blame you bingers! I will forge on, however.
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 08:57 pm |
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Swann1719 wrote: My dear Edd,
Why do you think the submission spree didn't attract more people? Anyone willing to say why they aren't doing it?
I will! Over the last 30 days I was doing Playwrightbinge's fall Binge, so submission-wise I'm pretty well spent. (Plus, it's getting harder to find venues that accept previously produced work, and I'm done with giving over my first productions to theaters I can't get to.)
That being said, however, the posting of TheatreExpresso is one I hadn't seen before, so I may get something out to them--not sure I have any "sitcom-style" short pieces. So while I'm not doing the Spree per se, I do check the list to see if there's anything I hadn't seen in the last month over at the Binge.
By the by: Whether it's a Spree or a Binge, this is a GREAT exercise. It shows you how many opportunities are out there and makes you think like a marketer for a short while. Then you take the momentum you garner in the Spree/Binge and you carry it forward, much more aware of what's out there for you.
AND FINALLY....someone posted info about TheatreRats. Do, DO, DO submit to them. They're a great group and they put on an excellent little fest. Support them with your work.
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Posted: Tue Oct 17th, 2006 09:42 pm |
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DAY 2: Catch up
I just finished the 30 day spree with the Playwrightbinge group - it was wonderful. I am interested in - not so much moving the masses of plays that I did last month - but want to keep marketing and get better at queries. There are (happily) a lot of December stuff coming up - so maybe will get time to write.
ANYWAY: For Day 1 and Day 2: Sent BY CANDLELIGHT dialogue sample, synopsis and bio to:
1. Mad River Theater Works; H. Hudson; 995 S. High St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387
http://www.madrivertheater.org
2. My longshot: The Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; P.O. Box 6537; Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
http://www.cincyplay.com/work/script.php
3. logolite Entertainment (screenplay development from stage plays)
submissions@logolite-ent.com
All of the above basically want: 10 pp dialogue sample, list of characters, play synopsis, bio. Some will take manuscripts but only if submitted through an agent.
Happy bingeing all!
Claudia
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Sue B
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 03:18 am |
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OOH, OOH! I didn't know about TheatreEspresso. I have a satiric 10-minute play. I shall send it thusly.
For those of you who don't know me (IS THIS POSSIBLE? *chuckle*), I have submitted four plays and two monologues to at least 50 festivals in the past six months. As Edd knows, I am a *tad* burnt out on submitting, AND I haven't been writing enough lately. Not at all. So I will be doing that for the next several years. But if you go to http://p202.ezboard.com/benavantplaywrights you will see a ton of submission opportunities. I have taken advantage of this board basically every chance I get (thank you, Kathleen!!!), so that's where a good many of my submissions have come from.
I did not know that TheatreRats was taking submissions already. I got rejected last year. :( This is shocking, I know.
Anyway, the heartiest of kudos to Edd for this awesome spree. Off I go to submit to TheatreEspresso. :) :) :)
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 03:19 am |
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Hey I'm hoping to join in. Sigh, I was trying to choose my market for tonight and then my computer tarted acting up... Ick, I skipped my workout for a big fat nothing. Tomorrow, I'll have to start from scratch. oh well, at least I managed to get back on the Internet.
I think I'll be doing most of my subbing on the weekend, but I'm planning to try this. I've spent the last month and a half working on some short plays, trying to be ready, but of course, I'm still not quite there...
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Sue B
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 03:33 am |
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Is TheatreRats in fact taking submissions right now? It doesn't indicate that on their website.
Also, is TheatreEspresso only looking for sitcom-y pieces? I do not have one.
I have no idea what to send to the Actors Theatre of Louisville. And while I have *this* much chance of being accepted, I still feel as if I ought to try.
Submit, people! Make Edd happy and proud.
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 06:08 am |
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Not sure what day of the spree this is, I've been in hospital but today I sent via email a synopsis of my full length play Three Toe Scratch to FourthWall productions in Cleveland.
Their web site is fourthwallproductions.com
The best Nic
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Swann1719
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 09:05 am |
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Wow, Nic, sorry to hear you'd been in hospital!
Comment: I think theatrexpresso is looking for 20 min plays, not ten . . .
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Swann1719
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 09:18 am |
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DAY THREE
See, Edd, it's definitely catching on . . .
I submitted Moving to Switzerland to Vestige Group in Texas. Their website is http://www.thevestigegroup.org and their e-mail is thevestigegroup@hotmail.com.
I found this opportunity from Sue B's link above. There is a whole section on submission ops for one-acts, another for ten minute, another for full-length. It's brilliant!
Best from your friendly neighbourhood
Swann
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 12:40 pm |
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DAY #3
Firstly, thanks to everyone taking part in this spree. We all hate the marketing aspect of our craft but it's essential and hopfully through this spree it will become habitual.
Today I sent via email Sisters of Little Mercy to TheatrExpresso.
SYNOPSIS:
3W, No Set except a small table and 3 chairs. Approx. 20-25 minutes.
A bit of nunsense about three nuns who are banished to Little Mercy, Colorado—an abandoned silver mining town high in the Rockies, to do penitence for conduct unbecoming the wives of Jesus. Their misfortune turns into a fortune found in the outhouse when Sister Mary Madeline discovers an unusual light shining between her legs.
TheatrExpresso seeks live Sitcom Style plays lasting between 10 to 29 minutes. The plays must establish characters and situations quickly and resolve the story and character arcs. Comedy, satire and farce are the acceptable genres. The sets, props, costumes,etc., must be simple and scene/act breaks should last about 30 seconds to a minute at most. The productions are HIGH PROFILE and ROYALTIES will be paid for any plays chosen by the producers.
Submit plays to:
TheatrExpresso
P.O. Box 5847
Santa Monica, CA 90409-5847
Electronic submissions may also be made to:
victor@theatrexpresso.com
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Sue B
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Thanks to Edd and others, I just submitted "The Satchel" (a 10-minute comic/satirical piece) to TheatrExpresso. Naturally, I spelled their name wrong in the email (sigh), but if they like the play, and I'm not sure it's right for them, anyway, they will overlook my typo.
Unlike Edd, I am GREAT at marketing. I am not so good at writing (by which I mean sitting down to write; my writing is okay, Edd and others tell me) and worse at revising (this is absolutely the case), but Edd helps keep me on track and I encourage him to submit, so it's a win/win proposition. :)
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 05:07 pm |
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Day Three: I join the crowds flocking to Theatre Expresso (which is seeking plays running 10-29 minutes) with my two cafe comedies, "Not What Not to Wear" and "Washing the Sky Off Your Hands".
In a weird twist of fate, a local director just emailed me asking for a play submission. My heart lept, but then I noticed that the email was addressed to about 35 people. Still, with this spree hanging over my head, I will definitely find something to send to her.
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 05:33 pm |
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Day Three, Part 2: My baby is helping me catch up with the sub spree, by taking a long nap. So, I sent off my bilingual drama about a Mommy and Me yoga class, "Crappy at Yoga", to Towne Street Theatre (thanks for the link!)
The Towne Street Theatre is seeking 10 minute plays for a 2 day
festival that it is producing the first weekend of January at the
Stella Adler theater.
Please send to vthompson2@yahoo.com with Ten Min. Plays in subject
matter.
You may mail hard copy to N. Davis - 4101 Budlong Avenue #4 - LA, CA
90037.
The deadline is October 20th.
We are looking for universal themes and characters, not just those
that deal with the African-American experience.
Thank you,
Nancy Cheryll Davis-Bellamy
Artistic/Producing Director
Towne Street Theatre
L.A.'s Premiere African-American Theatre Company
http://www.townestreet.org
info (at) townestreet.org
213/624-4796
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Sorry, a follow-up the the last submission to Towne St. Theatre. I just received this notice:
Due to overwelming responses to our request for play submissions, TST will not be accepting any more inquiries. Thank you so much for your interest. You may resubmit next year when we host another festival.
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I guess I got my submission in to them just in time. Sorry you missed the deadline. :(
I also just found out I got rejected from TwoSpoons' Festival. Many members of the playwrights binge listserv got in (well-deserved, of course).
Rejection hurts like hell. But keep submitting, b/c otherwise you don't have any chance of good news!
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 07:11 pm |
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DAY 3
Sorry Nik about being in hospital??? Hope all is better. Not fun.
I also did not see anything about THEATRE RATS festival on their website yet - so will wait. Although, maybe it is a good idea to get one in (accidentally of course) before they all come pouring in. I did check Theatre Expresso's website and they do take 10 minute plays also. They said 10 to 20 minutes, so I sent THE LAST FAIRY.
Theatre Expresso, P.O. Box 5847; Santa Monica, CA 90409-5847
They do accept e-mai, so submit at: Victor@theatrexpresso.com
I also sent COCKAMAMIE TALES FROM CHELM (large cast youth play) to The Drama Place. They are looking for - you got it - large cast youth plays! 20-30 characters. This play is quirky with some Yiddish and apparently you need to come from NYC to know Yiddish - so we shall see. You can submit by e-mail: thedramaplace@yahoo.com
or snail mail: The Drama Place, P.O. Box 88196; Colorado Springs, CO 80908
I found the opportunity in Edd's "ongoing opps" section.
I also managed to update my website, add a production page and a photo page (not in one day - over 5 days) and feel like I have accomplished something. The schools in MN are off till Monday - so I am hoping to also write. Writing! What a concept!
Claudia http://theatreink.tripod.com
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Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2006 11:19 pm |
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Guess it's still day three and I've sent a full length one woman play to Bristol Riverside Theatre Boston via email. Sourced from ongoing opportunities posted earlier by Edd...much thanks.
The company says it is looking for good stories and the artistic director Edward Keith Baker needs to feel passionate about the work. Apparently strong language isn't going to make it in their theatre. The web site is brtstage.org and the email address brtartyistic@aol.com
And my thanks to those who expressed concern about my health... and we don't even know each other see how friendly we are?
The best nic
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Well, I'm glad you saw that, Claudia (re: TheatreExpresso), b/c I did send them a 10-minute play. I thought (I was sure) I had been told they would take 10-22 minute plays.
And better news. One John Shanahan (and Edd, always Edd) inspired me to rewrite my hair play, formerly called CONTROL. It is now called REMEMBERING (title subject to change, and I think it will), and I think...hope...it works now. Well, is on its way to working, after SO many months. That is, I think I finally found the elusive *it*, and I can work from there. I am SO relieved. It is nice to submit, but it is even nicer to WRITE AND BE HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS. When I'm in the groove, 2 1/2 hours goes by like 10 minutes. Like the play. ;-) And it's the greatest feeling in the world.
I will wait until I hear from Theatre Rats, just to be on the safe side...
Happy writing AND submitting!
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Posted: Thu Oct 19th, 2006 02:25 am |
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BTW, this is also a good way to take a negative (a rejection) and turn it into a positive (writing or significantly revising a piece).
YAY!
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Trying to catch up:
I have sent my 10-minute play "Look Mom, I Got a Job!" to Madlab, TheatrEspresso, and Towne Street Theatre (though I just saw that they've stopped accepting submissions? I may have been too late; does it still count? :-) ). So, staying caught up. My difficulty is that I'm not good at getting around to doing non-email submissions! (Although I'm determined to get something out for Lakeshore Players, as I'm in the area.)
-Colorado-
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Posted: Thu Oct 19th, 2006 07:00 pm |
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DAY #4
Today I sent Desert Devils to the Julie Harris Competition via post. Desert Devils is an extended two-act version of an earlier one-act.
SYNOPSIS:
4W, One Set, Full Length.
Set in the formerly oil-rich desert southwest, this play explores the lives of three generations of women living under on roof. The story centers around Jo, who has taken in her mother to be cared for after the death of her father. Jo’s daughter, Leota Ruth, a self-mutilating poet approaching middle-age, is in her mother’s care. The dialogue is simultaneously hilarious and tragic, as these women and a neighbor tear and rip into one another’s psyche with love and abandon mixed with the mystery of the cookies containing rat poison and the poison that lies just beneath the surface of their bittersweet and all-too-familiar lives.
Rules for the Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition
1. Authors must be U.S. Citizens or legal residents.
2. Entries must be original, full-length plays (minimum of 75/80 minutes playing time), unpublished, unproduced, and not currently under any option. "Unproduced" means: No previous production of any kind (Equity or non-Equity) for which actors or authors were paid or admission was charged, or both. No musicals are eligible. Plays with an occasional song for ambience are considered.
3. An author may submit only one entry, whether under his or her name, or a pseudonym. Co-Authorships are permissible.
4. Entries must be written in English and typed or computer printed (no dot matrix) in standard American or English stage play format. The plays must be securely bound.
5. The following entries are not eligible: musicals, short one act plays (less than 75 minutes), groups of short one act plays (related or unrelated), translations, plays for children, a play that has won any other competition, a play that was entered in any prior year's Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Playwright Award Competition. For entries adapted or based or suggested by/from other materials, which are copyrighted, authors must provide proof of copyright owner's sanction. (e.g. under current copyright).
6. Entries must be submitted with completed and signed applications and received by BHTG between August 1st and November 1st (postmark accepted) of the contest year. Only entries received between these dates will be eligible. Scripts sent before or after these dates will not be accepted, read or returned. Results will be announced the following June.
7. Submissions in non-compliance of these Rules and the Submission Procedures will be ineligible for entry in the competition. For return of ineligible submissions, please read Number 7 under "Submission Procedures."
8. The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild has the right to accept or reject any entry without explanation, and will not correspond with, or discuss with any person the results of the competition or the acceptance or rejection of any entry. No entry is returned.
9. The competition judges' decisions are final in all respects.
10. As a sponsor of this Competition, the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild has the following rights, which it may exercise at its sole discretion:
a. To declare any entry ineligible if prior to Competition's close (June 1), the entry is in violation of rule #2. Authors must notify the BHTG of any change in status.
b. To reproduce as many copies of an entry as are necessary for distribution among the judges or to request an author to supply a specified number of copies. The author must comply with that request.
c. To use the author's name and title of any award winning entry for publicity about this Playwright Award and the results of the competition.
d. To present one script-in-hand, rehearsed reading of an award winning entry to an invited, non-paying audience. No royalty payment will be due to the entry's author for that reading.
11. Each award winner shall, at all times, in connection with publication, production, publicity, programs, posters and advertisements about an award winning entry, designate that the play is an "Award Winner of the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild/Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition." Award winners must consent to sign a letter of agreement with BHTG to this effect.
12. Each entry shall be free from copyright restrictions relating to this Award and the author shall hold The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild, its officers, and directors free and harmless from all copyright claims.
13.The BHTG is not a producing organization. No production is connected with the competition nor any prize awarded.
14. Sorry, the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild - Julie Harris Playwrights Competition does not sponsor scholarships, fellowships, educational grants, or loans to students or private individuals. Nor does the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild as an organization.
Submission Procedures
1. "You"=Author or co-authors. "BHTG"=The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild.
2. You must submit your entry with a completed application form. You may obtain an application form by sending a self-addressed, business-size stamped envelope to:
Candace Coster, Competition Coordinator
BHTG - Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition
P.O. Box 148
Beverly Hills, CA 90213.
3. You must personally sign the application. Entries must be legible and signature clearly the name of the writer(s). The author(s) must sign the entry form. Proxy or agent signatures are not accepted and will lead to disqualification.
4. Bind your entry securely, and include the following: Cast List, Time and Place, Number of Acts and Scenes. Scripts must be securely bound. A clip holding pages together unfortunately doesn't constitute being "bound". (This is insisted upon for the protection of the script and benefit of the writer. Loose scripts may have pages become misplaced or lost. The competition is not responsible for loss or damage to entries or parts thereof.)
5. Do not show your name, address, or any identifying information on any page or on the cover of your entry. Attach with a removable paper clip a sheet containing the title of your entry, your name, address, phone number and any other information. You may enter the copyright or registration date and number on the title page of the bound script.
6. To preserve anonymity, all entries will be identified by numbers for judging; all identifying marks will be removed.
7. Submissions will not be returned. Enclose with your submission a stamped, self addressed, #10 envelope for our response.
8. The following are optional enclosures: (a) self-addressed stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt of your entry; (b) a stamped self-addressed, #10 envelope for an announcement of the competition winners in June.
9. The BHTG is not responsible for loss or damage to entries.
10. No script will be accepted by fax or e-mail. No electronic submissions or correspondence.
11. No entry is returned.
Address All Inquiries To:
Candace Coster, Competition Coordinator
Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition
P.O. Box 148
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
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Posted: Thu Oct 19th, 2006 11:00 pm |
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Day Four. Received a courteus reply from Matthew A Sprosty plawright in residence at Fourth Wall thanking me for my submission and I sent my full length play Three Toe Scratch ( six females) to The Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles address is Mike Sablone Literary Agent 601 West Temple Street Los Angeles CA 90012.
I think the great thing about this spree is that it is making me look at work that has either had one production or one rejection and saying to myself, hey, stop writing for a minute and market the material you've already written. I'm concentrating on two full length plays one, one woman full length play, a one act play and a new soft ten minute play.
Many thanks for the kick up the backside
Nic
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Posted: Thu Oct 19th, 2006 11:29 pm |
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Day 4: This is vague and info I saved form the Playwright Binge but here goes:
Submitted THE BURNING BUILDING and THE LAST FAIRY (2 ten-fifteen minute plays) to Buddy's Brigade.
INFO:
Buddy's Brigade is currently accepting One Act Play Submissions for upcoming festival at the end of Nov (location TBA). Plays must be:
- under twenty minutes
- have at least two characters
- unproduced works (never before staged)
- minimal prop and set requirements
Writers will have opportunity to work with the director and help in the casting process (this gets me - as I am not sure where it is but I am sure I cannot travel right now).
The combination fo the plays chosen will also become the festival's theme so just because your play doesn't get in - it doesn't mean it's not good.
FFI or to submit play: (I love e-mails!)
budouirno@hotmail.com
Claudia
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Day 4:
Late last night, I decided to try to keep apace with this binge by doing my Day 4 subs:
"Escalator", my one-act rumination on the moon, stars, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, to 8 in 48. The details:
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE THEATRE and
THE GREAT PLAINS DRAMATIST EXCHANGE AWARD
Deadline: 11-15-2006
This festival is founded in the honor of the late Claire Donaldson. Ms. Donaldson was a 2000 Augustana College graduate passionate about the art of playwriting. We will produce 8 10-minute plays and the top three, chosen by a panel of judges, will receive cash prizes. Plays must be 10 minutes in length. There are no subject restrictions. Must be unpublished/unproduced. Please submit full script, typed and securely bound; Short bio SASE for return if desired.
Submission Address:
Heidi S. Meyer, Festival Coordinator
Augustana Theatre Department
'8 in 48' Submissions
2001 S. Summit Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
or send electronically to: haleyhayworth@hotmail.com
Notification on or about December 15th, 2006.
"Not What Not to Wear", my spoof of tv makeover shows, to Spotted Dog Productions.
The details:
SPOTTED DOG PRODUCTIONS (Wyoming) CALL FOR SCRIPTS
Spotted Dog Productions, the Drama Bums and the Centennial Community Theatre are seeking submissions of one act plays, ten-minute plays, sketches, monologues and blackouts for our winter fundraising season in Laramie and the Southeast Wyoming area. We hope to be able to pay a modest royalty for use of these scripts. Comedies for 2-5 persons are preferred, (the wackier the better) but all genres/cast sizes would be considered.
We are also considering submissions of full-length plays for possible inclusion in our regular season.
Previous productions have included The Robber Bridegroom by Alfred Uhry, Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar & Grille by Bruce Graham, and Neil Simon's Fools.
Please email your submissions in text or Word format to Darin Hill or Bliss Ragsdale at blissbragsdale@hotmail.com
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Posted: Thu Oct 19th, 2006 11:50 pm |
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I just wanted to let anyone submitting to Buddy's Brigade know that they only want ONE submission per playwright. They will take more than one (as in two), b/c they forgot to post this ;-), but they would prefer one (I sent two, and Buddy kindly wrote me back--yes, there is a Buddy :-)--and said he would accept them both).
After I finish my hair play, Remembering (HOPEFULLY VERY SOON, LIKE TOMORROW, EDD), I am going to send it off to Louisville (I should be so lucky) and to the Boston Theatre Marathon (along with Peanut Butter Sandwiches, my most popular play to date by 50x--THIS one I want to get into). The BTM is only open to New England (and not New York) residents, and the info is listed on En Avant, as is Louisville, which many of you have already submitted to already.
Happy bingeing! I thought I was done, but not so. ;-)
Oh, btw, Two Spoons accepted many plays from listserv bingers who will get a STAGED READING of their plays b/c they were submitted before 10/1. HOWEVER, you have until 12/1 to submit your cafe play (I have not written one yet, so I could not submit it ;-)--I hope to write and possibly even finish it next weekend, during my vacation). Again, info is listed on En Avant, YOUR SOURCE FOR PLAYWRIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES (c) 2006, Sue Brody, all rights reserved.
(Not that the Playwrights Forum is not, of course. It also is!!!)
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Posted: Fri Oct 20th, 2006 01:46 am |
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| OK- finally participating- Sent my ten minute "Line"- about a guy who is forced to answer a suicide hotline call even though he's not a counselor(it's a comedy) to Spotted Dog in Wyoming.
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Posted: Fri Oct 20th, 2006 03:42 pm |
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DAY #5
Today I am mailing out In The Venus Arms, a full-length to Mountain Playhouse. If you should enter this, read the agreement contract very carefully before signing it. If you win their competition you will have agreed to give them exclusive rights till December 31, 2009 and without receiving any royalties nor a guarantee of production. On the other hand, the winner receives $3,000.00 flat out. I thought about this for a couple days, deciding that the play I am entering is too esoteric to be on the top of the heap at most theatres so what have I too lose.
SYNOPSIS:
4M/2W, One Set, Full Length.
This black comedy features the playwright himself. Spiritless, Wells is threatened by the night manager of The Venus Arms, a residential hotel, with permanent dispossession, leaving an empty, ‘though very animated body. Four literati arrive to perform an "inorcism" (as opposed to an exorcism) to restore Wells’ spirit. Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas along with Oscar Wilde and Marcel Proust raise havoc while trying to raise the consciousness of the subject of their inorcism in this fun-filled, clever and very diabolical farce. Franz Kafka, the night manager, keeps popping up in the form of a cockroach seemingly intent on the playwright’s doom.
MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY PLAYWRITING CONTEST
Deadline: 12-31-06
The Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting Contest is now an annual event with the deadline of December 31st each year.
The submission deadline for the 2007 Playwriting Contest is December 31st, 2006. The prize for the winning play is $3,000 and a public reading of the play before the end of 2007 at The Mountain Playhouse. In addition, Mountain Playhouse will consider presenting a live stage production of the play during 2007 or 2008.
The rules for the contest are as follows:
No re-submissions of plays previously submitted unless revised 70% or more.
Must be a World Premiere Candidate
Cannot be produced before 2008
MUST be able to be performed by EIGHT actors or less
Must be a comedy
To submit your entry, you will need to download the Playwriting Contest Agreement, print and sign it, then mail your play with the agreement to 7690 Somerset Pike, P.O. Box 205, Jennerstown, PA 15547.
If you wish to have your script returned after the contest is over, you must enclose a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage to cover the return.
http://mountainplayhouse.com/playhouse/contest.html
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Posted: Fri Oct 20th, 2006 04:09 pm |
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Just a heads up that Theatre One, south of Boston, which is listed in the November deadline Opps has stopped taking submissions- they ceased as of 10/14 although they had stated 11/1 as the deadline.
"And because of unforseen circumstances we had to change date"
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Posted: Fri Oct 20th, 2006 04:23 pm |
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Wow. Good thing I submitted to them (a few items) already! That's too bad--it's a nice company (small but nice, and I have become friendly with Peg Holzemer, the Director)--but, well, what can I say? I've missed deadlines, too. :(
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Posted: Fri Oct 20th, 2006 05:43 pm |
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Day 5:
I submitted "Not What Not to Wear", about fashionistas-turned-Svengalis to the Teaspoon Festival of plays set in cafes. Details for submissions have been mentioned earlier in this discussion.
I submitted my one-act "Love in Italian", about the power of art to evoke memories and invoke debates, to TBD productions, also mentioned earlier (I believe).
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