January 2007 – Mostly verified … with notes but, as always,
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Type **see guide |
Address |
Phone |
Website/Other
information Note: NoPP=no previous productions; PPOK=previous productions are OK Except where noted, previous productions do not include readings or
no-pay performances |
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1/1 |
T |
Acorn
Productions |
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Submit
script, application Form, fee; SASE for return if desired; SASP for
acknowledgement if desired. Prefer applications by regular mail. |
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1/1 |
1 |
POB
480062 Attn: Jim
Patrick, Literary Manager |
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FEE $10 They have
no website … the guidelines are HERE. And yes, the festival is still in |
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Playwrights' Circle |
1/1 |
F |
Playwrights’
Circle |
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FEE $10 |
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Playwrights Gallery |
1/1 |
Workshop |
Playwrights
Gallery |
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Actors
read new work, Sept-June, Wed.@ |
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Warehouse Theatre
Company's International Playwriting Festival |
BEGINS accepting 1/1 |
?? |
Rose
Marie Vernon Festival
Administrator International
Playwriting Festival Warehouse
Theatre |
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Deadline
will probably be sometime in June – that’s a guess. But it’s a European thing
– (so maybe we need to ask Gwyneth
to interpret for us stupid Americans.) |
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Kumu Kahua
Theatre/Hawai’i Prize |
1/2 |
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Cedar Grove Productions On Stage |
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Boston Theatre Works
Unbound |
1/5 |
F |
Boston Theatre
Works Attn: BTW
Unbound |
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This
year's theme is "Unbound by Convention; Driven Towards Discovery;
Engaging New Audiences" Website/Other
info.: www.BostonTheatreWorks.com |
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Oglebay
Institute/Towngate Theatre Playwriting Contest |
1/7 |
F |
Towngate
Theatre Playwriting Contest |
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http://www.oionline.com/entertainment/playwriteRules.htm |
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Wilkes University’s John C. Gardner Contest |
1/10 |
2-min plays |
John Gardner Contest 84 |
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NO FEE for Dramatist Guild members. $10
fee for
non-members of the Dramatists Guild. NoPP, 2 minute plays. Submit 2 copiesm,
SASE, and brief bio with author’s name on cover letter only. |
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Camargo Foundation |
1/12 |
Residency |
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The
Camargo Foundation maintains a study center in |
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STAGE Prize - For plays about sci/tech |
1/15 |
F |
STAGE Script Competition Professional Artists Lab |
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NO FEE. Submitted plays must
explore scientific and/or technological stories, themes, issues and/or
events. Science and technology must figure prominently in the script, whether
in form or content or both. Biographical dramas, history plays, and medical
dramas are discouraged unless they significantly employ science and/or
technology. Authors are strongly urged to avoid the stereotypes often
assigned to science, technology, and those who engage in these disciplines.
This competition is not open to plays written in the genre of science
fiction. E-mail: stage@cnsi.ucsb.edu The Professional Artists Lab: http://www.proartslab.ucsb.edu/ |
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1/15 |
F |
Department
of |
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NO FEE. The Southern Playwrights Competition seeks to identify and encourage
the best of Southern playwriting. NoPP. Must be native to AL, AR, FL, GA, KY,
LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV. Rules and Guidelines: http://www.jsu.edu/depart/english/southpla.htm |
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THREADS Productions |
1/15 |
F-1-M-ch-ń-T-S-adapt |
Kim
Prentice, Managing Director |
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Seeks to serve Christian writers through
developing and possibly producing scripts that have the potential for success
in the mainstream secular marketplace. Looking for scripts that understand
and explore all aspects of the human condition whether they are overtly
Christian in context or not. Submit cover letter with 10 pg writing sample;
PPOK. |
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1/15 |
F |
Artwork
Enterprises, Inc. |
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FEE $15.
Selected playwrights participate in approximately 12 hours of rehearsal
culminating in two public readings and will be expected to sign a
participation agreement upon notification of their selection. 1 submission
per author; blind cover page; NoPP; cast < 8. Application
form: http://www.ashlandnewplays.org/Application
Form.html |
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Jentel Artist
Residency Program |
1/15 |
Residency |
Jentel
Artist Residency Program |
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FEE $20.
The Jentel Artist Residency Program offers dedicated individuals a supportive
environment in which to further their creative development. Your writing
sample should be representative of the genre in which you plan to work while
in residence. Application:
http://www.jentelarts.org/sitepages/application.htm |
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American Theatre
Co-op |
1/15 |
F-1 |
Suzanne |
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FEE$ - $15-25 |
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1/15 |
Residency |
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Application
FEES$ |
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Jentel Foundation |
1/15 |
Retreat |
Jentel
Artist Residency Program 130 Lower
Piney |
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$20 FEE Deadline
is for 2005 residencies: May 15 - December 13. The
Jentel Artist Residency Program offers one month residencies in a rural ranch
setting in the foothills of the SASE for
information. |
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Jewel Box Theatre
Playwriting Award |
1/15 |
F |
3700 |
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http://www.jewelboxtheatre.org http://www.jewelboxtheatre.org/Playwriting%20Contest.htm |
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MacDowell Colony |
1/15 rec’d by |
Artist Colony |
The
Admissions Coordinator |
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FEE$ - $20 application fee |
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1/15 |
Residency |
Attn: Joy
Lewis, Coord. |
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Rent is
$350+/mo., assistance limited |
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Ragdale Foundation
(Winter-Spring) |
1/15 |
Residency |
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Cost of $15 per day |
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Summerfield G.
Roberts Award |
1/15 |
General
writing |
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979/245-6644 |
A cash
award of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) is presented by the Sons
of the The
purpose of this award is to encourage literary effort and research about
historical events and personalities during the days of the |
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1/15 |
Residency |
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FEES $25
(plus add’l costs per day for stay) |
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Heartland Theatre Emerging |
1/16 |
1 |
Heartland
Theatre Company |