August 2008 Playwriting Opportunities
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Address | Phone | Notes/Email/Website NOTE: PPOK=previous productions okay; NoPP=No previous productions or publications, workshops usually OK |
| BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop | NY, NY | Composers And Lyricists - Each September a first-year group is formed. Applications are accepted until the August 1 deadline. All submissions are screened prior to auditions, which are normally scheduled the first Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday after Labor Day. With your application, which you can download below, please submit the following: Composer: Three (3) contrasting compositions on cassette - ballad, up-tempo, comedy song. Lyricist: Three contrasting lyrics - ballad, up-tempo, comedy song. Composer/Lyricist: Three (3) contrasting songs on cassette - ballad, up-tempo, comedy song. Please provide a short introductory set-up for each song or lyric. | |||
| Eastenders Repertory Company | Charles E. Polly, Playwright-in-Residence 272 3rd Ave San Francisco, CA 94118 |
No $$ award, but production of play. Submit bound script, synopsis, breakdown, bio & resume, along with optional SASE/SASP. | |||
| Nantucket Short Play Festival | Nantucket Short Play Competition POB 480062 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33348-0062 Attn: Jim Patrick, Literary Manager |
FEE $10. Plays may not have had an Equity run, nor be available for royalty payments through a major publishing house at time of submission. Equity workshop, showcase, or other non-equity shows are okay. 40 pages if properly formatted. $200.00 award is given to the best overall play. A number of other plays are recognized for artistic merit and may receive full performances or staged readings during the course of the year 2008 Nantucket Short Play Festival or related venues. We generally perform one set of shows under the title 'Cupid's Nightmare' in February, one set of shows in June, and one set of shows in October. Readings are directed, rehearsed, and usually employ some blocking, sets, props, and costumes. NTP also performs several fully staged shows or staged readings at Pine Crest School, Ft. Lauderdale, FL at various times during the year. Submit one copy of play with blind cover, fee, optional cover letter including play history. | |||
| Stepping Stone Theatre Company, NYC | Theatre Company, Inc. 678 East 24th Street Brooklyn, NY 11210 ATTN: Playwriting Contest |
FEE: $10, Greater NY playwrights only. first annual playwriting contest, seeking to give voice to new playwrights, especially those whose work reflects issues pertaining to our multicultural world, the African-American Diaspora, women's issues, and socio-political topics. Two full-length plays will be selected for first place and runner-up prizes. | |||
| Yaddo | Box 395 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 |
Residencies of 2 wks to 2 mos., FEE $20/$35 http://www.yaddo.org | |||
| The National New Play Network Presents The Timothy Smith Prize | Visit individual theatre sites in the network and follow their submission policies. | NNPN accepts play submissions during The Smith Prize submission period only (generallly deadlines in July each year). Due to staffing constraints, we cannot accept play submissions on an on-going basis. Instead, playwrights are encouraged to research the guidelines of each NNPN member company to determine which will most welcome your submission. Once you've decided which NNPN company is the best match for your work, please send that company a brief, concise, letter of inquiry - or follow the specific submission guidelines set forth by the individual company. From there, NNPN's Literary Committee works on behalf of noteworthy playwrights. http://www.nnpn.org/ |
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| New Works Festival 2009, "Long & Short of it" | The Firehouse Center for the Arts One Market Square - Attn. New Works Newburyport, MA 01950 |
New England writers ONLY. Since 2002 the Firehouse Center for the Arts and the New Works Festival has fostered the development of local theater companies, writers, directors, and actors. Providing insight on the playwriting process from conception to presentation, this festival allows us to share with the community a rare and special look at the abundant talent in New England. Submitted plays are judged by an independent panel of theater professionals. The 2009 new works festival will be showcasing full-length plays, and ten minute play scenes as memorized and staged readings. Writers may submit up to two 10- minute pieces or one full-length play (90 - 120 minutes). NoPP. Excessive language is discouraged. Submit four (4) copies of each script with blind cover. Get application by writing the marketing director, via email. | |||
| Brave New Works Festival | Theatre Aquarius
190 King William Street |
Canadian Playwrights. The Brave New Works Festival is a free and inter-active week-long series of play readings from new and emerging Canadian artists that celebrate the development of playwrights and new audiences for new work. The festival provides a professional forum for Canadian playwrights and provides an invaluable means of assessing the strengths and weaknesses of their script and suitability for an audience. The deadline for the 2008 festival is August 8, 2008 at 4:00pm.
Attention: Carolyn Drost |
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| Pint Sized Plays | Pint-sized Plays, Glanteilo, Llandilo, Clunderwen, Pembrokeshire SA66 7XR ((Tenby, Wales)) |
To be performed in a pub. 2 or 3 characters. | |||
| Sticky! | NY, NY | Sticky is coming back and we'd like some plays please: 10 pp, 4 characters or less, set in a bar, 1 play per author w/ page #’s and production history, in pdf or final draft or word format. Send via email with the subject line: "Sticky 10-minute play submission." Although we accept plays from anywhere in the globe, preference will be given to local NYC writers. Shows are @ Bowery Poetry Club: Sept 13 & 20, Oct 31, Nov 1. | |||
| Yale Drama Series, Prize for Emerging Playwrights, David C. Horn Prize | Yale Drama Series P.O. Box 209040 New Haven, CT 06520-9040 |
Yale University Press and Yale Repertory Theatre, are partners in a new venture to support emerging playwrights. They jointly sponsor The Yale Drama Series, a major new playwriting competition. The winner of the annual competition will be awarded the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale Rep. The Yale Drama Series and David C. Horn Prize are funded by generous support from the David Charles Horn Foundation. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee serves as the first judge of The Yale Drama Series. His appointment extends two years; he selected the 2007 winner and will be selecting the winner for the 2008 competition. Future judges of the series will include both distinguished playwrights and directors. | |||
| every1sacritic | The West End | A hunt for new sitcoms, "15 mins of brilliantly witty, original and stageable material"
http://every1sacritic.com/Every1sacritic/Rules..html |
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| Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne Playwrighting Contest | Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne P.O. Box 805 Houma, LA 70361 |
Submit 5 cc’s of work. 30 pp’s or less. See guidelines.
http://www.houmalittletheatre.com/tmp/xDocs/PLAYWRITINGCONTESTRULES08.pdf |
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| Waldo M. and Grace C. Bonderman / National Youth Theatre Playwriting Development Workshop | Indiana Repertory Theatre Atth: Bonderman Administrator 140 W. Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204-3465 |
One-act play of <30 min. for young audiences. | |||
| Global Age Project, Aurora Theatre of California | Aurora Theatre Company 2081 Addison St. Berkeley, CA 94704 |
The GAP is Aurora Theatre Company's annual new play development program to nurture and explore forward-looking visions of global import. Potential topics include the environment, childcare, automation, cloning, life-span, family, currency, communications, business, politics, spirituality, warfare and entertainment to name a few. Comedic or serious, experimentation with innovative forms of theatrical storytelling is also encouraged.
http://www.auroratheatre.org/gap.php?ref=prog |
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| Open Meadows Foundation | P.O. Box 150-607 Van Brunt Station Brooklyn , NY 11215 |
Funds projects designed and implemented by women and girls | |||
| Players Theatre | Shortened Attention Span The Players Theatre 115 Macdougal St. New York, NY 10012 |
Shortened Attention Span is accepting submissions for its second annual SHORTENED ATTENTION SPAN HORROR FESTIVAL this October. All scripts should be no longer than 20 minutes in duration and 20 pages in length with a horror/Halloween theme. Scripts should have a cover page with a brief synopsis, character breakdown, necessary set and approximate running time. If chosen, we prefer for the shows to find their own director, actors, etc. but we will help if needed. | |||
| Public Theater/Emerging Writers Group | Lisa Kopitsky, Literary Assistant 425 Lafayette St New York, NY 10003 |
A bazillion rules apply … please check their website. Can NOT be a student, enrolled as a student, have agent representation (as a writer), or had an off-Broadway contract for your work in the past. Download application form at: http: //www.publictheater.org/content/view/88/155/ | |||
| Pride Foundation Northwest States Funding Program | Jeff Hedgepeth
Grants Program Manager
Pride Foundation |
Intended to connect, inspire, and strengthen the Pacific Northwest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in pursuit of equality (WA, OR, ID, MT, and AK) | |||
| Georgia Theatre Conference | Dr. Jimmy Bickerstaff, Assistant Professor of Theatre Department of Communication Arts, Valdosta State University 1500 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA 31698 |
NO FEE. Send THREE copies of script, no email. NoPP. Plays may be submitted in two categories: Secondary & Post-Secondary. There is a $150.00 prize for the winner in the Secondary category. The winner in the Post-Secondary play category will receive a $250.00 prize and will also be performed as a staged reading at the Georgia Theatre Conference convention held in Albany, GA, October 16-19, 2008. Plays submitted in the Secondary category must have been written before the playwright graduated from High School or while they were younger than 19 years of age. All other plays submitted must be entered in the Post-Secondary category. | |||
| Barn Players | Michael Ruth, Treasurer 6219 Martway Mission, KS 66202 |
FEE $5. NoPP. Applicants MUST LIVE within 200 miles of Kansas City, MO. Plays must be easily produced. Send 2 ccs of bound script, blind cover, fee, bio, may submit 2 scripts. | |||
| Marin Theatre Company | The Sky Cooper New American Play Prize Marin Theatre Company 397 Miller Ave Mill Valley, CA 94941 |
Has another award besides this one, same date – check site.
Marin Theatre Company New American Play Prize Norton J. "Sky" Cooper established the New American Play Prize at Marin Theatre Company in 2007 to celebrate the work of the American playwright and to encourage the creation of bold, powerful new voices and plays for the American stage. Prize will be awarded annually to either an established or emerging playwright for an outstanding new work. The play selected as the Sky Cooper winner will receive a full production at Marin Theatre Company as part of the annual season and will be given regional and national promotion. In addition, the playwright receives a $10,000 award, as well as travel and accommodations for the MTC rehearsal period. Guidelines Plays must be full-length in any genre: comedy, drama, musical, etc. Translations, individual one-acts and any play previously submitted for the Sky Cooper Prize are not eligible. Only one submission per playwright is allowed each year. Phase I: Submit a two-page maximum abstract of the play including title, character breakdown, brief story synopsis and playwright bio or resume. Also include 10 pages of consecutive sample dialogue. If submitting a musical, please include a tape or CD of selections from the score. Do not send sheet music or videos. Electronic submissions are accepted in Word or PDF format only and paper copies must also be sent to MTC if requested. Please no inquiries. Phase II: All manuscripts that have been solicited after Phase I will be read. Manuscripts should be neatly typed, securely bound and have the playwright’s name, contact address and phone number clearly visible on the front page. No solicited manuscript will be returned without a self-addressed, stamped envelope with adequate postage. All final selections are made by Jasson Minadakis, MTC Artistic Director. Submissions are accepted between April 1 - August 31, 2008 (postmarked). |
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| Palm Beach Dramaworks | Palm Beach Dramaworks Attn: Nanique Gheridian 322 Banyan Blvd West Palm Beach, FL 33401 |
Palm Beach Dramaworks does not accept unsolicited scripts from playwrights for performance consideration except as outlined below. Palm Beach Dramaworks will be accepting new play submissions during the months of July and August 2008. Submissions will be considered for public readings during the 2008-2009 season, at dates to be determined. Playwrights can submit only one original, full-length script. The submitted script cannot be a published or previously produced work and may not have been submitted to Palm Beach Dramaworks for previous consideration. Musicals and one act plays are NOT eligible. Scripts will become the property of Palm Beach Dramaworks and will not be returned unless submitted with a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope with the correct postage. | |||
| Magnolia Arts Center 10-Minute Play Competition | Magnolia Arts Center P.O. Box 20471 Greenville, NC 27858 |
FEE $3.00 per ENTRY. Top five plays will have a staged reading in November; submitted between the dates of May 1st and August 31, 2008; play cannot have been previously published (personal online websites are ok); open to playwrights of all ages.
http://www.magnoliaartscenter.com Questions: info@magnoliaartscenter.com Email Submissions: submissions@magnoliaartscenter.com |
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| Little Fish Theatre / Pick of the Vine | Little Fish Theatre 619 West 38th Street San Pedro, CA 90731 |
Submit bound script, scripts NOT returned. Pick of the Vine is in its sixth season. 7-10 plays accepted. 7-20 minute plays that tell a full story, that offer opportunities to our acting ensemble, and that can share a small, black box theatre successfully with other pieces on one set with reasonable technical requirements. |
** "TYPE" Guide
1=One act play
T=Ten-minute play
F=Full-length play
M=Musical
S=solo shows
ch=Children’s
cab=cabaret
rad=radio plays
ñ=translation
A=adaptations
sc=Screenplay
tv=teleplay
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