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Theatre Or Event Offered |
Type Of Entry |
Address |
Phone |
Website/Basic Information |
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20% Theatre Company Twin Cities |
F-1-S |
Claire Avitabile, Artistic Director 2530 Dupont Avenue South #204 |
612-227-1188 |
New work
by female, transgender, and gender-queer playwrights, written within the past
10 years. See website and submit form. |
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3 Wise Monkeys |
F |
Three Wise
Monkeys Theatre Company Literary
Department |
# |
Please
send only a 10-15 page sample from the play, a 1-2 paragraph synopsis and a
character breakdown. No musicals. Please do not send full script. Response
time of up to six months. Hard copy submissions only. We work under a
Dramatists' Guild”Small Theatre”contract.
Please include: 10-15 page sample (not the full script!) with synopsis and
character list; Cover letter; Resume; Reviews and appropriate press if previously
produced; Materials will not be returned. |
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501c3 Theatre Company |
F-1 |
Elisa
London, Literary Manager |
212-330-0406 |
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Acacia Theatre Company |
F-M-ń-A-T |
Janet Peterson, Artistic Director |
414-744-5995 |
Christian themed only |
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Actor’s Project NYC |
1-T-Mono |
The
Actor's Project NYC |
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$35 FEE.
The contest is geared towards one-act plays, but any length play will be
accepted and considered in the contest. Also, Writing Contest: Monologues and
Scenes! |
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Actors Theatre of |
F-A |
New Play Program |
502-584-1265 |
Best time: April to October. NO FEE, NoPP, query w/ synopsis and
sample dialogue, agent submission – otherwise, enter the 10 minute play
contest which has a rolling deadline. |
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Alliance Theatre |
F-M-ch-ń-A |
Freddie Ashley, Literary Manager |
404-733-4650 |
Address query to Alliance Theatre Literary Department; GA
Residents only |
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American Music
Theatre |
M |
New Musical/American Music Theatre |
(717).397.7700 (717).397.7850
(fax) |
PPOK; query w/ synopsis & sample dialogue, email OK,
family-friendly, musicals with “established music” (juke box-musicals) are
encouraged. |
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And Toto Too Theatre Company |
F |
And Toto
too Theatre Company |
# |
Women Playwrights
only; never produced in |
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Another Country Productions SLAMBoston |
T < 12 pp |
Another Country |
(617) 939-4846 |
Plays by people of color, gays and lesbians, trans, the
disabled, and other underrepresented groups; NO FEE |
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Arden Theatre NEW |
F |
Arden
Theatre 40 N. 2nd |
# |
The |
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Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Voices At The River |
F-M |
Brad Mooy, Literary Manager |
501 378-0445 |
Small cast preferred; query w/ synoposis; PPOK. An African American and Latino
Two-Week Play Development Festival. |
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ART Station |
F-A-S |
Jon Goldstein, Literary Manager |
770-469-1105 |
Work that relates to the contemporary Southern experience or by
Southern writers with cast size of 6 or less. Send query first. Website doesn’t say anything but my Southern
friends tell me they still look for new works. |
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ArtsPower National Touring
Theatre |
1-M-ch-adapt |
Greg Gunning, Artistic Director |
973 744-0909 |
Equity theatre for young and family audinces, seeking one-hour, one-act musicals and dramas
are based largely on classic and popular literature for young readers, and
important historical events. We are interested in works that address issues
such as diversity, equality, family, and overcoming adversity. Send script, query, synopsis, sample dialogue.
PPOK. |
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Axial Theatre |
1-F-T |
Artistic
Director |
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NoPP; company of playwrights and actors who meet every other
Sunday to read / comment on developing scripts. Submissions are for
admittance to the company. Samples are read and circulated among company members
who evaluate them. Query (e-mail, okay) w/ synopsis and sample. |
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Azuka Theatre |
F |
Literary
Manager* Azuka Theatre |
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Azuka Theatre accepts new scripts throughout each season. All
submissions should be accompanied by cover letter, synopsis, character breakdown. Incomplete submissions will not be
considered. |
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Babes With Blades NEW |
F-? |
|
# |
Must
feature female stage combat. Playwrights
selected for the New Play Development Program will receive a set of three
readings to facilitate the development of their script. Babes with Blades is
a diverse ensemble of artists working together to expand opportunities for
women in the world of stage combat. By exploring theatrical violence as a
storytelling tool and as a means to entertain, educate, and enlighten, we
challenge traditional expectations, push personal limitations, and celebrate
the historical role of the woman warrior and her modern evolution. |
Bailiwick Repertory |
F-1 |
Bailiwick
Repertory 1229 |
# |
Bailiwick
is seeking a smallish, snappy gay or Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender comedy
for spring or summer. Four actors max, running time 60 - 90 minutes. Send
scripts via email or snail mail. |
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Balagan Theatre NEW |
F-M |
Balagan Theatre Script Submissions c/o Glynis Mitchell, Literary Manager |
# |
Balagan Theatre accepts project proposals and original scripts
year round. To submit full-length
original plays, adaptations, translations, and musicals, please send a hard
copy of the script with a cover letter, bio or resume, CD and/or score (if
applicable), and an SASE. We would also appreciate notes on the play's
development and production history, if any. If you would like acknowledgement
of reciept, please also include an SASP. |
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Barrow-Civic Theatre
Little Theatre |
F-1-T-S-Adapt-rad |
General Manager P. O. Box |
814.432.5196 |
Conservative
rural community theatre; PPOK |
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Bilingual Theatre
Company / Compańia de Teatro
Bilingue |
?? |
R. Polnoroff |
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Bilingual
Theatre company looking for new theatre pieces to produce soon: no big
dramas; good comedic timing; female writers (not excluding); no more than 4
characters; Spanish and/or English; < 90 minutes |
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Ch-a-M-ń |
Jamie Lawrence,
Artistic Director |
(205) 458-8181 |
Send
script, query w/ synopsis, sample dialogue, audio tape, no scripts returned.
Larger casts OK, but touring shows need small casts, preferably 4, up to 6. |
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Black Swan Theater |
1-F-M-1s |
Black Swan 166 W. Haywood, #1 |
828 254-6057 |
PPOK; possible live audience reading with feedback
for development of promising script |
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The Blank Theatre |
F |
Serene
Bynum, Literary Manager. |
323-662-7734 |
To submit
a script, please e-mail us a submission package that includes a
"logline" for the play; a one to two page synopsis of your play
(story and themes); a character breakdown list (including ages and gender);
set and any special production requirements; production history (if any);
playwright's bio (in a separate doc if possible); twenty-page writing sample
(representative/best ten pages of the play and last ten pages). Please e-mail
your submission package. The synopsis need not include every plot detail, but
it should cover the setup, what's at stake, and how the story resolves in the
last act. The work submitted must be entirely the property of the author.
Reworks or adaptations of plays by other authors will be considered only if
you control the rights or if the material is in the public domain. No phone
calls or personal deliveries will be accepted. |
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1-T
< 1 hr. |
Pat Anderson, Literary Manager |
812-334-1188 |
Plays which highlight the edgier, more adult side
of theatre. http://www.bloomingtonplays.org/Default.aspx?hn=general/darkalleysubmissionguidelines |
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BoarsHead Theater |
1-F-M-child-tran-A-S,
cab-rev |
Johathan Courtemenche,
Artistic Director |
517.484.7800 |
Six full length mainstage
prods/year which are family oriented. Also have a late-night option; send
synopsis, character breakdown, play history, playwrights bio and 20 pgs of
dialogue for consideration |
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Buffalo Nights Theatre Company |
F-M-trans-A |
Miura Smith, Literary Manager |
323-969-4744 |
PPOK; will take full scripts via recognized agent
or referral from another professional theater. Can send query -- include
resume, synopsis, and 10-15 pgs of dialogue |
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Burdick National Playwrights Festival NEW |
F |
Florida
Studio Theatre, |
941-366-9017 |
Rec’d
email 3/16/2008 that this is a rolling deadline and still going on. |
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CAP21 |
F-Dev |
Eliza Ventura, Artistic Director |
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New works opportunities include dramaturgical sessions for
development, in-house readings, Barbara Wolff Monday Night Reading Series
(ongoing developmental reading series of new works), and full productions.
Not previously produced in NYC. Send resume, synopsis and 20 page writing
sample (no full scripts); Musicals: Only libretto (no score) with CD of
selected songs. Website: http://www.cap21.org |
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Cardboard Box Collaborative |
F-1 |
M. A. Beers, Artistic Director |
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For readings – development – collaboration; e-mail submission;
Cast limit=9; hard copy submissions are allowed. Email for address. |
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Center Theatre Group |
F-M-S |
Literary
Associate |
213-972-0746 (fax) |
SASE,
query w/ synopsis, include CD for musical, 5-10 pp of sample diaologue, PPOK. |