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Deadline |
Type **see guide |
Address |
Phone |
Website/Other
information Note: NoPP=no previous productions; PPOK=previous
productions are OK |
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12/1 |
Grant |
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Must be
resident of AK |
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George Bennett
Fellowship |
12/1 |
Fellow |
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Early-career
writer; will be available to students but not be on faculty. Fee: $5 |
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Biennial Promising
Playwright Award |
12/1 Even years |
F |
Colonial Players, mc; |
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Resident
of one of the 13 colonies (states). |
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Cunningham
Commission for Youth Theatre |
12/1 |
Plays for young aud. |
Director of Marketing and Public Relations The |
(773) 325—7938, FAX
325—7920 |
$$ and
possible production. Chicago-area playwright; winner commissioned to write a
play for young audiences which “affirms the centrality of religion, broadly
defined, and the human quest for meaning, truth and community.” Email lgoetsch@depaul.edu |
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Doris Fischer Harris
Playwriting Competition |
12/1 |
1-T |
The Doris Fisher Harris Playwriting Competition Dramatic Production Department |
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FEE $5.00 |
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12/1 |
1 |
Assistant Professor of Theatre |
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NoPP |
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First Stage One-Act
Play Contest |
12/1 |
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LA, CA 90038 |
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Can’t
reach the site |
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12/1 |
F (plus residency) |
Department of Music and Theatre GCSU Pillars Playwriting Prize CBX 066 |
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Winning
play must meet the needs of the department. FEE $20 NoPP;
submit full script, typed and bound, synopsis, character breakdown and set
requirements. SASE for return. |
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12/1 |
Fellow |
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Must be a
resident of MA. |
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New American
Playwrights Project |
12/1 |
F |
351 |
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August,
writers in residence. Room, board and travel |
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12/1 |
Fellow |
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Must be
residnet of NM |
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The Eugene O’Neill |
12/1 |
M |
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UPDATE – the hoolabaloo that
happened earlier this year about the O’Neill asking for future $$ from playwrights
is no longer. The Conference has heard the complaints of playwrights (go
Christopher Durang and Marsha Norman – we LOVE YOU!!) and are no longer
requiring this. So ENTER – this is a bigee! |
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PlayLabs @ the
Playwrights’ Center |
12/1 |
Dev SELF-PRODUCED |
Playwrights’ Center |
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Development
workshop – this is the deadline for SELF-PRODUCED work … please check their
website for details of other dates |
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Southeast Theater
Conference (SETC) High School Play Contest |
12/1 |
1 Students |
c/o |
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FEE $10;
NoPP Must be
student in AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA or WV. |
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The Ruby Lloyd Apsey
Play Search |
12/1 |
F |
Theatre UAB ASC 255 |
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Email submissions
OK (pdf, rtf, Word, or Word Perfect); PPOK Even-numbered
years; seeks new plays confronting racial or ethnic issues, especially those
calling for ethnically diverse and/or multi-racial casting. |
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12/1 |
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Tel: |
Must be
resident of http://www.fringetoronto.com/festival07/07NewPlayApp.doc |
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Young Playwrights,
Inc., National Playwriting Festival |
12/1 |
F-M |
National Playwriting Competition Dept. |
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Must be
18 y.o. or younger |
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Aspen HBO Comedy
Arts Festival |
12/1 |
Film and other |
USCAF Talent Department |
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12/1 ish |
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Michael Dale The White House, 5JE |
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If you
want to take part in the next Festival, the normal procedure is to write to
festival director Michael Dale at The White House, |
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American College
Theatre Festival |
12/?? |
F |
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For
students enrolled in college courses. Series of awards. Regional deadlines
vary. Check website for further details: http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf Yes, this
is (pretty much) the same thing listed below, but some people look for ACTF,
others for Kennedy … there are several different opportunities!! |
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12/?? |
F-M |
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Deadlines
vary by region Fellowship
to attend either the New Visions/New Voices Festival (see Development) or the
National Youth Theatre, possible publication by Anchorage Press with
royalties. Writer
must be enrolled as full-time student at college or university during year of
production or during either of the 2 years preceding the production; plays
for young people from kindergarten-12th grade produced by a
KC/ACTF-participating college or university |
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Theatre Unbound Competition |
12/?? |
F |
Anne Bertram, Managing Director |
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run 40-50 minutes (for our Fringe production) or 75 minutes and
up (for the mainstage); have a female protagonist; preferably have a majority
of roles for women; fit with our mission statement, to produce "powerful
stories that represent women in active pursuit of their goals and desires;
female perspectives on universal struggles and achievements" |
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Bruce Helford New
Plays Competition NOT IN EXISTENCE |
12/1 |
F |
Helford Playwriting Competition |
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NO LONGER
IN EXISTENCE … sorry folks, but it seems to have been a one time thing. BUT –
Congratulations to Mary Steelsmith, a regular site visitor, for winning the
one and only competition they held! |
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Pew Fellowships in
the Arts |
12/2 |
Fellow |
1608 Walnut St., Fl. 18 Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
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Rotating
fellowships in arts, music composition, performance art. Must be 25 y.o. and
a 2-year resident of easter PA, not a student |
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12/5 |
F |
Theater Resources Unlimited 309 W. 104th St., #1-D NY, NY 10025 |
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Readings followed
by industry panel on producing the work. FEES $25.
This posting is per Dramatist Guild, cannot find it on their website – so let
me know if you find it. |
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Vermont Arts Council |
12/5 |
Grant |
136 State St., Drawer 33, Montpelier, VT 05633 Attn: Alexander L. Aldrich, Exec. Dir. |
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Must be
resident of VT |
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University of Akron
Theatre Guild Playwriting Contest UPDATED |
12/6 this has been extended
to 1/17 |
1 |
Theatre
Guild Playwriting contest The
University of Akron School of
Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration Guzzetta
Hall Akron, OH
44325-1005 |
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FEE $15.00 per
entry. Writers may enter more than once. The winning play will be produced in
April 2007. |
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Theatre Inspirato -
Ten Minute Festival |
12/7 |
T |
Dominik Loncar, Artistic Director 124 Broadway Avenue Suite 112 Toronto, Ontario M4P 1V8 |
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Theme: Moving
On; Object: red sweater. All submissions must be received as a WORD document
and emailed to inspirato@ca.inter.net by midnight, Enter
now, December 7, as a finished piece or work in progress. This will give us
an opportunity to possibly provide feedback or encouragement. If any response
is given, it will be by January 7. A response or lack of response does not
mean either acceptance or refusal of your play. You still have until January
29 to submit your play. See January for final details, or email: |
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Kingwood College |
12/8 |
1-T |
Eric C. Skiles, Artistic Director |
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2 play limit; NoPP; cast <7; NO FEE |
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Actors Theatre
Annual Young Playwrights Contest |
12/10 |
5-10 min. |
Actors' Theatre, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 |
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Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America (LMDA) – LMDA
Dramaturg Residency |
12/15 |
Residency |
Maxine Kern Freelance Dramaturg/Lecturer SUNYSB |
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LMDA offers a $2,000 stipend for a
dramaturgical residency within a theater project, program and/or community
that seeks an on-site dramaturgical presence but is unable to fund a
dramaturg at this time. All applications should be emailed to Maxine Kern @ mkern5@nyc.rr.com
and cced to Louise McKay@lmdanyc@hotmail.com. |
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Native Voices at the
Autry |
12/15 |
F-M-ch-ń-rad-S |
Carlenne
Lacosta, Literary Associate |
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Native
Voices at the Autry is devoted to the development and production of new works
for the stage by Native American writers. Send script w/ synopsis and sample;
email okay; include biography, resume and contact info; PPOK |
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Two Spoons Theatre Company’s Teaspoon Festival |
12/15 |
1 |
Brandon Kalbaugh, Co-Artistic Director Two Spoons Theatre Co. 463 7th Av., #3, Brooklyn, NY 11215 |
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10-30 minutes in length, no more than 4 characters. MUST take
place in a lounge-style coffee shop. Finalists will be fully produced in an
off-off Broadway theatre in Manhattan. Submit by e-mail or snail mail. Questions: cindalawr@cs.com. |
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NUFAN Ensemble (the n.u.f.a.n. ensemble) |
12/15 |
?? |
Paul Barile 4261 W. Addison Apartment One Chicago, IL 60641 |
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The n.u.f.a.n ensemble is accepting scripts for their 2007
season. NoPP. Please send two hard copies and a resume. |
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Bloomington
Playwrights Project - The Reva Shiner Playwriting Competition |
12/15 Extended from October… |
F-M |
Literary
manager |
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FEE$ -
$10 |
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Playwrights
Foundation Festival |
12/15 |
F |
Duca
Knezevic, Dir. of Literary Services 131 ~
10th Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 |
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$20 FEE
for full-length submission http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org/sub.shtml |
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Geneva Theatre Guild |
12/15 |
1 |
Playwright Producer |
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New York City
15-Minute Play Festival |
12/15 |
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Turnip Theatre c/o American Blobe Theatre 145 W. 46th St. NY, NY 10036 |
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Next Generation
Playwriting Contest |
12/15 |
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Reverie Productions 520 8th Ave., #317 NY, NY 10018 |
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FEES: $10 (per ten-minute play) and $15 (full-length) New work
from emerging playwrights w/ sociopolitical themes. |
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PEN
Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize |
12/15 |
ń |
568 Broadway, #303 NY, NY 10012 |
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Translation.
Must be published in the US. |
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Playwrights Center
Residency-McKnight Commission |
12/15 |
Fellow |
Playwrights’ Center 2301 Franklin Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55406 |
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Commissioning
and production of new works from nat’lly recognized playwrights. |
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Sundance Institute
Theatre Laboratory |
12/15 |
F-M-ch |
Sundance Theatre Laboratory Application |
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FEE$ - $30.00 Playwright/director
teams are encouraged. |
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Tennessee
Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival |
12/15 |
1 |
One-Act, Director |
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NoPP, FEE$ - $25.00 |
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Womens Work Project |
12/15 |
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New Perspectives Theatre Co. 750 8th Ave., #601 NY, NY 10036 |
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9-18
month residencies, culminating in public presentation |
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Hawaii Arts
Foundation |
12/19 |
Fellow |
250 S. Hotel St., Fl. 2 Honolulu, HI 96813 |
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Must be
HI resident. |
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Hill Country
Community Theatre Hill Country
Playwriting Festival |
12/22 |
F-1 |
Hill Country Community Theatre 4003 W. FM 2147 Marble Falls, TX 78657 |
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Selected playwrights will be invited to stay in a beautiful area
lodge and work on their script with a director and actors, culminating in
staged readings, which will include a panel session with judges and other
theatre professionals. Travel and meals are not included.The winning script
will receive $500 and a commitment of production from HCCT. There are no
restrictions on content. Full length and one act plays will be accepted.
NoPP. One submission per Playwright. Please send only a secure PDF copy that
includes copyright if submitting electronically. Scripts submitted through
the mail must include 3 copies of the script and a self addressed stamped
envelope for return of scripts. All scripts must be accompanied by a cover
letter containing the name of the playwright, the title of the script, signed
permission statements by any collaborators, and contact information including
address, telephone number and email. Selected Playwrights will be notified by
email by January 8th. Email scripts to: productionmanager@hcct.org |
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Pregones Theatre -
Asunción Series |
12/23 |
F |
Jorge B. Merced, Associate Artistic Director Pregones Theater, 571-575 Walton Avenue Bronx, NY 10451 |
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NoPP;
English or Spanish; Asunción organizes three to four public readings;
readings are followed by an open discussion between the playwright, audience
members and artists. Completed application form must be submitted together
with a 10-page sample of the work. Application
form: http://www.pregones.org/PDFs/AsuncionAppForm.pdf |
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ASCAP Disney
Workshop |
12/27 |
Composer’s Workshop |
ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Workshop 1 Lincoln Plz., Fl. 7 NY, NY 10023 Dir. Of Mus. Theatre |
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Audio of
4 songs http://www.ascap.com |
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Provincetown Spring Festival |
12/30 (rec’d by) |
1-T (< 12 min.) |
Guy Wolf 238 Bradford Street |
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NO FEE; Plays less than 12 min/also 1-acts accepted. NoPP; send 3
copies with blind cover. SASE for return. Include cover letter with name,
address, phone and e-mail. Notification will be by e-mail only.Submit only
one play in each category. Ethnic casting is very difficult in Provincetown
so please bear that in mind. |
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Puffin Foundation Artist Grant
Awards |
12/30 |
Grant |
Puffin Foundation. Gladys Miller-Rosenstein, Executive Director,
20 East Oakdene Avenue , Teaneck , NJ 07666 |
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http://www.puffinfoundation.org http://www.puffinfoundation.org/grants/prospectiveapplicant.html |
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6 Women Playwriting |
12/31 |
T |
6 Women Play Festival |
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NO FEE; women playwrights only; NoPP. Play content must focus on the
subject of friendship and be appropriate for our community and theatre. No
more than two plays per author. |
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Facing Each Other, NJ plays about prejudice, Need scripts ASAP |
12/31 |
1 |
South Camden Theatre Company c/o 318 Hudson Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030 Att: Joseph M. Paprzycki, Artistic Director |
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South Camden Theatre Company, now producing its third season,
is seeking one act plays for its FACING EACH OTHER festival this coming
April, 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. |
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Lavender Footlights Festival |
12/31 |
F-1-T |
Lavender Footlights Festival 59 NE 46th Street Miami, FL 33137 |
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Gay-themed; NO FEE; Creative Arts Enterprises announces the
call for entries for The Fifth Annual Lavender Footlights Festival to be held
at Miami’s Dot 51 Gallery April 18-22, 2007. The five-day play reading event
was recently named “Best Theatrical Event” by Miami’s SunPost. It will
feature plays, one-acts and shorts with gay and lesbian themes that have not
been previously produced in Florida. Plays must be gay in theme and should be
of immediate importance and/or interest to the LGBT community. Submission email address (Adobe or Word): submissions@caemia.org Creative Arts Enterprises: http://www.CAEMIA.org |
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Panoply’s 10-Minute
Playwright Competition |
12/31 |
T |
The Arts
Council, Inc Von Braun
Center 700 Monroe
Street, Ste. 2 Huntsville,
AL 35801 |
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Write a
10-Minute Play pertaining to some aspect of life in Alabama in particular or
the South in general for The Year of Alabama Arts! As befitting the family
nature of Panoply, plays must be for a general audience base; no “mature
audience only” material. |
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Paw Paw Village Players |
12/31 (rec’d by) |
T (5-15 min.) |
Paw Paw Village Players One Acts X PO Box 344 Paw Paw, MI 49064 Attn: Roger Henderson |
269-657-PLAY(7529) |
NO FEE. Scripts must be submitted with name, address, phone, e-mail,
& fax. Scripts accepted are required to sign a contract to produce the
play, with no royalties paid and the right to film for local cable access
production. Must receive scripts via US mail. Also, synopsis, setting and
playwright short bio must be included. No restrictions on content. |
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Yellow Taxi
Production Festival of New Plays UPDATED |
12/31 |
F |
Yellow Taxi Production Festival of New Plays 855 Hanover St. Box 295 Manchester, NH 03104 |
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$25 entry fee http://www.yellowtaxiproductions.org/index.php?option=com_ |
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Attic Theatre
Ensemble |
12/31 |
1 |
Tony Caballero/Krista Cowan, Managing Director – New Works |
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NoPP,
one-acts only accepted through Marathon; FEE $15
per play – limit of 2 plays. Application: http://www.attictheatre.org/OneActApp.rtf |
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Cincinnati Playhouse
in the Park - Kaplan Prize |
12/31 |
F-M |
Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize |
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Query,
synopsis, 10-pg sample, audio, cast breakdown, resume |
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Portland Stage
Company - Little Festival of the Unexpected |
12/31 |
F Reading |
Portland Stage Company Box 1458 Portland, ME 04104 |
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Agents
can submit full script; others submit 10 pp sample |
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Dorothy Silver Playwriting Comeptition |
12/31 |
F |
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dbobrow@clevejcc.org http://www.clevejcc.org/dorothy_silver_playwriting_competition.asp |
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Alden B. Dow
Creativity Center |
12/31 |
Residency |
Northwood Univ. 4000 Whiting Dr. Midland, MI 48640 |
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10 wk
residency w/ assist |
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First Run Theatre,
Inc |
12/31 |
F-1-M-ch |
Brad Slavik, President |
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NoPP; St.
Louis region playwrights |
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Goshen College Peace Play Writing
Contest |
12/31 ODD
YEAR DEADLINE |
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Goshen College Director of Theater, Doug Liechty Caskey directly 1700 South Main St., Goshen, IN 46526 |
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NO FEE |
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Harold Morton Landon
Translation Award |
12/31 |
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Academy of American Poets 584 Broadway, #604 NY, NY 10012 |
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Translations
of poetry from any language into English |
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Mountain Playhouse |
12/31 |
F |
Teresa Stoughton Marafino, Producer |
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Comedy
only; NoPP; No FEE Application:
http://mountainplayhouse.com/playhouse/contest.html |
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MultiStages |
12/31 |
F |
MultiStages Artistic Director, 344 West 87th Street, NY,
NY 10024 |
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Must be
multidisciplinary, multicultural and non-traditional casting |
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National Latino
Award |
12/31 |
F |
Arizona Theatre Company 40 E. 14th St. Tucson, AZ 85701 |
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Must be
resident of US or Mexico, Latino NoPP,
English, Spanish, or bilingual |
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Robert J. Pickering
Award for Playwriting Excellence |
12/31 |
F |
Coldwater Community Theatre 89 Division St. Coldwater, MI 49036 |
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NoPP Prize $$
from 25-200, send full script, SASE. Response by mid-Jan. |
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Playwrights' Forum
Festival |
12/31 |
F |
Reading Committee Spokane Civic Theatre 1020 North Howard Spokane, WA 99201 |
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FEE $15
per full-length Application form: http://www.spokanecivictheatre.com/performances/ |
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TBD Productions –
New York City Concepts: New Playwrights One Act Festival |
12/31 |
1 |
TBD PRODUCTIONS 2109 Broadway Suite 4-87 New York, NY 10023 |
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Goal is
to give all writers an outlet to share new works with the New York City audience.
All material is showcased in one of the top Off-Off Broadway Equity Show-Case
theatre venues in the city. All productions are independently funded with no
cost to the playwright. Include with each script a brief synopsis. If this is
a musical, include sample recording of the score. |
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The Pinter Review
Prize For Drama |
12/31 |
ON HIATUS |
See website |
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This
contest has been discontinued until further notice http://pinter.ut.edu |
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Attic Theatre Ensemble One-Act Marathon |
12/31 |
1 |
2245 W. 25th St. Los
Angeles, CA 90035 |
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Unproduced, < 45 minutes, no
adaptation SASE for guidelines or download
from web $200-1st/$100-2nd/6 finalists |
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1=One act play T=Ten-minute play F=Full-length play M=Musical |
sc=Screenplay tv=teleplay ch=Children’s cab=cabaret |
ń=translation rad=radio plays A=adaptations S=solo shows |
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