November 2007 Playwriting Opportunities
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| Opportunity | Deadline | Type **see guide |
Address | Phone | Notes/Email/Website NOTE: PPOK=previous productions okay; NoPP=No previous productions or publications, workshops usually OK |
| National Ten-Minute Play Contest Actors Theatre of Louisville | Actors Theatre of Louisville 316 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202-4218 | NO FEE Humana Festival http://www.actorstheatre.org/humana_contest.htm Submitting to this opportunity is the same as submitting to Summer Shorts (the next listing). | |||
| Summer Shorts | City Theatre 444 Brickell Ave., #229 Miami, FL 33131 | Presented as readings. Plays considered for Shorts Cuts school tours. info@citytheatre.com http://www.citytheatre.com NOTE: Actors Theatre of Louisville and City Theatre are not the"same thing"but you do not need to send to both. The are two separate entities that work together on producing and adjudicating the 10-minute plays received via Actors Theatre … | |||
| Beverly Hills Theatre Guild / Julie Harris Playwright Awards | Candace Coster (Competition Coordinator) Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition / BHTG P. O. Box 148 Beverly Hills, CA 90213 |
NoPP http://www.beverlyhillstheatreguild.org http://www.beverlyhillstheatreguild.org/julie_ha rris_competition.html http://www.beverlyhillstheatreguild.org/harris_policies.h tml | |||
| North Carolina Arts Council | Department of Cultural Resources Raleigh, NC 27699 | Must be resident of NC ncarts@ncmail.net http://www.ncarts.org | |||
| Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater | American Academy of Arts & Letters 633 W. 155th St. NY, NY 10032 | Writers and composers not already established. Application, synopsis, script, audio … http://www.artsandletters.org http://www.artsandletters.org/awards.php | |||
| West Coast Ten-Minute Play Contest | Jill Forbath, Artistic Director West Coast Ten-Minute Play Contest P.O. Box 18438 Irvine, CA 92623-8438 | No longer exists ... it stopped years ago. http://www.calactors.com/upnt.htm | |||
| Snowdance 10-Minute Comedy Festival | Snowdance c/o Sixth Street Theatre 318 Sixth Street Racine, Wisconsin 53403 | Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy Festival, Racine, Wisconsin. http://www.overourheadplayers.org/PR.asp?id=20070731a http://www.overourheadplayers.org/docs/Snow08Rules.doc | |||
| Live Girls! Seattle | Joy Brooke Fairfield Literary Manager, Live Girls! Theater Seattle, Washington | NO FEE! Live Girls! theater in Seattle Washington is seeking plays by women for 2008 season. Plays
submitted for Quickies may have had previous productions but new works are encouraged. Plays submitted for the The Bakery
series will receive a public reading. We are interested in both one-act and full-length plays and will accept proposals for
plays currently in development. Up to 3 plays, word doc only, we probably can't accommodate large casts or long lists of
tech requirements. submissions@livegirlstheater.org | |||
| The Gallery Players and Engine37 | The Gallery Players New Play Submission 199 14th Street Brooklyn, NY 1121 | FEE $10. The Gallery Players and Engine37 are seeking to co-produce in New York City. NoPP, no
musicals. Submit resume, one-page synopsis, character breakdown, 2 cc’s of script. No e-mail submissions please. Seeking a
play that grapples with contemporary social issues in a fresh and vital way. Open to both dramas and comedies, and to any
and all themes. Plays dealing with environmental issues are of particular interest, as are plays with a cast of primarily
20- and 30-somethings. Running time should be 2 hours or less. http://www.galleryplayers.com/ http://www.engine37.org/ | |||
| Coe College Festival | Coe College Playwriting Festival and Symposia Theater Arts Dept. 1220 First Ave., NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 | Never got response, but thanks to David Alex, we now know the following:
Biennial Contest: Deadline Nov. 1, even years and the residency deadline is April, odd years ... so NOTHING GOING ON AT THIS TIME. But next year, there'll be something to apply for! http://www.public.coe.edu/departments/theatre/playwriting.htm swolvert@coe.edu | |||
| Fullerton College | Fullerton College, 321 E. Chapman Avenue Fullerton, CA | Left message, awaiting response http://www.public.coe.edu/departments/theatre/playwritin g.htm http://fcfinearts.fullcoll.edu/theatre/festivals/ply wrtfest.shtml | |||
| Long Beach Playhouse | Jo Black Jacob, New Works Festival Literary Mgr 5021 East Anaheim Street Long Beach, CA 90804 | FEE $10; NoPP; submit bound script with blind cover; application, fee, synopsis, etc. longbeachplayhouse@yahoo.com http://www.lbph.com | |||
| Oregon Arts Commission | 775 Summer St., NE, #200 Salem, OR 97301 | Must be resident of OR Oregon.artscomm@state.or.us http://www.oregonartscommission.org | |||
| Lakeshore Players Ten-Minute Play Festival | 4820 Stewart Avenue White Bear Lake, Minnesota | NO FEE. One per playwright. One of the 8-10 plays chosen for performance will be the work of a high
school playwright. High school playwrights must have a letter from a teacher or school administrator, written on school
letterhead, verifying that the play was written during high school. office@lakeshoreplayers.com http://www.lakeshoreplayers.com/ http://www.lakeshoreplayers.com/07playfestival.html | |||
| People's Play Award | Stephenson Road, Heaton, Newcastle NE6 5QF | People's Play Award open to writers living in the North East of England. One entry per playwright, 20 pp
sample. http://ptag.org.uk/news/peoples_play_rules.htm peoplesplay@newwritingnorth.com | |||
| CEC Artslink | ArtsLink, 12 W. 31st St. New York NY 10001 | http://www.cecip.org/ | |||
| Chameleon Theatre Circle New Play Contest | The Chameleon Theatre Circle 16795 Hershey Court, Lakeville, MN 55044 | NO FEE http://www.chameleontheatre.org/newplay/index.html | |||
| Rocky Mountain Theatre Association | Pamela Mencher, Coordinator - RMTA Playwriting Competition Red Rocks Comm. College 13300 West Sixth Avenue Box 20 Lakewood, CO 80228 |
Playwright must reside in CO, WY, ID, UT, MT and be available to attend reading. NO FEE. RMTA offers two awards of $250 each for one act plays and full-length plays, sponsored by playwright, Steven Dietz. Finalists in each category also receive a reading and feedback session at the annual RMTA conference held somewhere in a five state region: Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Colorado. Submit bound script, blind cover, application, character and set requirements, bio. pamela.mencher@rrcc.edu http://www.rmta.net | |||
| Scenes from Staten Island Ferry | Sundog Theatre, Scenes '08 PO Box 10183 Staten Island, NY 10301 | NO FEE . One-Act Plays for Sundog Theatre’s"Scenes From the Staten Island Ferry." 10-20 minutes in
length and take place on the Staten Island Ferry. Plays should be contemporary, involve 2-3 characters, and require no set
pieces, limited props, no sound or lighting requirements. All props and costumes will be from our limited costume collection
or the closets of the directors and actors, so please avoid anything out of the ordinary. Please avoid adult themes and
language as we present to a family audience. And we do not have the facilities to present musicals. Please send two copies,
bound, blind submission. Include a SASE if you wish them returned. Please limit submission to no more than two. No email
submissions. Questions should have"Scenes from the Staten Island Ferry"in the subject line info@SundogTheatre.org http://www.sundogtheatre.org | |||
| Lark Play Development Center | Tasha Ross, Literary Manager 939 8th Avenue, Suite 301 NY, NY 10019 |
submissions@larktheatre.org Application: http://www.larktheatre.org/programs/submission.htm http://www.larktheatre.org | |||
| Mae West Festival | (rec’d by) |
Mae West Festival Submittals 320 Summit Ave E #1 Seattle, WA 98102 |
NO FEE, performances or plays must be written and directed by women and must be one (1) hour or less. Writer can be from anywhere; director must be local. Submitted pieces can have director attached, or the Fest will match your piece with a director. Submit bound script, application Form; 75-word "blurb" describing show (suitable for PR); 75-word bio for each artist in your project. zardypants@aol.com Application: http://www.maewestfest.org/submit.html http://www.maewestfest.org | ||
| The Riant Theatre/ The Strawberry One-Act Festival | Van Dirk Fisher, Artistic Director P.O. Box 1902 NY, NY 10013 | Provide your own cast, director, stage manager and light/sound operator and be able to rehearse your play
on your own. NO FEE, BUT, if accepted, you must pay a $300 marketing fee. Application form:http://www.therianttheatre.com/strawberry.html therianttheatre@aol.com http://www.therianttheatre.com | |||
| Beverly Hills Theatre Guild / California Musical Theatre Award | Box 148 Beverly Hills, CA 90213 Attn: Competition Coordinator | NoPP; Must be resident of CA http://www.beverlyhillstheatreguild.org http://www.beverlyhillstheatreguild.org/musical_appli cation.html | |||
| Boston Theater Marathon | Boston Playwrights' Theatre 949 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 | New England-area playwrights only; 2 submissions per author, NO FEE. Do NOT go over 10 pages or your play
will not be eligible. You can use 10 pt. font! http://www.bu.edu/btm/submissions/index.html | |||
| Maiutic Theatreworks Newborn Festival | David Stallings, Artistic Director Playwright in Residence 348 West 118th St, # 41 New York, NY 10026 | MTWorks is relentless in its search for new playwrights with plays that have the power and potential to
actualize our goals. Because of this continuous pursuit, we have created The NewBorn Festival, with the hope that we will be
able to discover theatre’s untapped talents and possibly the future voices of the stage. Send us a one-page synopsis of your
play, and a five (5) page excerpt. stallings@mtworks.org http://www.mtworks.org | |||
| Chattanooga Theatre Centre's New Plays Festival | The Chattanooga Theatre Centre Festival of New Plays P.O. Box 4023 Chattanooga, TN 3740 | FEE $20. The Chattanooga Theatre Centre accepting submissions to Biennial New Plays Festival. Four new
plays and/or musicals selected from submissions. Three will receive staged readings and a $250 cash prize. The fourth will be
given a full production and earn a $1,000 cash prize. The Festival will take place during the months of March and April,
with the opening of the full production on Friday, March 28th for six (or eight) performances over three weeks. In addition
to this production, three readings will take place one each week from March 28th through April 12th. Authors are welcome to
attend any and all activities related to their play, including rehearsal, however, we will not be able to provide for travel
expenses. http://www.theatrecentre.com/Season_Inf ormation/Productions/CallForScripts.htm | |||
| Smith and Kraus Publishers | Janet B. Milstein | Currently accepting submissions for publication in two short scene books to be published by. The scenes
are 60 & 90 second (and under) COMEDY SCENES for kids & teens. Think sitcoms - short and lots of punches - last punch the
biggest! Also keep characters close to the actors' actual ages and try to give both actors equal opportunity to shine. The
scenes are used at Comedy Competitions, so I am looking for material that is strong enough to win! Here are the submission
guidelines: Please left align character names in dialogue; 2 character limit; BOTH characters must be from the SAME age group! 4-8 yr, 9-11 yr, or 12-17yr; one page maximum for the 4-8 yr or 9-11 yr groups & 1 1/4 pages maximum for the 12-17yr group; Comedy only!!; no foul language please; scenes should be able to be performed WITHOUT props, costumes, or sound cues; attach each scene separately! Name files as Your Name (first & last) & Scene Title. Submissions will only be accepted via email & in the formats .doc or .rtf; submit up to 3 scenes; must include Title, Author, Email, Phone #, Brief scene setup, Character Age (& optional description) with each scene - on the same page as the dialogue please! Writers will be paid $20 per short scene. Send your submissions to: Monologues@msn.com | |||
| 3Graces Theater Company | Suzanne Barbetta, Literary Department P.O. Box 442 Grand Central Station New York, NY 10163-0442 |
5-25 minutes in length. MISSION: staging women’s stories. Women playwrights only. NoPP; single set, multiple submissions OK. Include bio, address, phone, group affiliations. Electronic submission preferred with subject line: Spring Shorts 2008, PDF or Word format only. Include character and set requirements and bio. suzanne@threegracestheater.org http://www.threegracestheater.org |
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| Midwest High School Playwriting Competition sponsored by Indiana State University | Indiana State University | NO FEE. Open to any student currently enrolled in high school in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, or Wisconsin. The purpose of
this competition is to encourage students to write plays. Students who are new to playwriting are especially encouraged to
write a play and submit it to the competition. The winning three playwrights will be offered an $8,000 scholarship to attend
Indiana State University as a Theatre major, contingent on their acceptance and enrollment in the school and the department,
as well as a public reading with professional actors at Indiana State University’s professional theater, Crossroads Repertory
Theatre, in July 2008. A sample of acceptable formatting can be found at
http://www.indstate.edu/theatre/mhspc/format.htm Email scripts/questions to ISUMHSPC@yahoo.com | |||
| Metamorphosis 80 | The Churchill High Street Bromley 020 8290 8261 | Artistic Development Meetings about each of the two selected plays will be held in February 2008, with
writer, director, and dramaturg present. These meetings will consider feedback from the Judging Panel as to development
needed on the selected scripts, and the writers will be invited to re-write as agreed in March 2008. Metamorphosis 80 new
writing (as in unproduced writers) from the four London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham Churchill
Theatre http://www.theambassadors.com/churchill/metamorphosis.html< /a> metamorphosis08@theambassadors.com | |||
| Hawaii Arts Foundation NEW |
250 S. Hotel St., Fl. 2 Honolulu, HI 96813 |
808-586-0300 | Must be HI resident. sfca@sfca.state.hi.us http://www.state.hi.us/sfca |
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| Short Sweet + Song 2008 NEW |
Michael Huxley Australia |
Email your libretto and post your score and a CD or even cassette with 2 of the songs from your piece. The songs do not have to be fully produced and can be a rough demo. The score needs to be at minimum a vocal line and chords but ideally a piano/vocal score. Provided that the score and recording is on its way the submission of the libretto will ensure your entry will be considered. The running time has to be 10 minutes or less. Closing dates for librettos - 26 November 2007 Final date for all materials to reach Short + Sweet Office - 14 December 2007 Selection Process/ Creative teams – December 2007 Auditions - January 2008 Siztprobes - week commencing 18 March 2008 (Easter Week) Festival Dates - 24 March – 5 April 2008 (Opening Night 26/27 March) http://www.shortandsweet.org/short-sweet-song michael@shortandsweet.org |
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| First Run Theatre, Inc NEW |
Brad Slavik, President 5215 Winona Ave St. Louis, Missouri | NoPP; St. Louis region playwrights info@firstruntheatre.com http://www.firstruntheatre.com http://www.firstruntheatre.com/process.shtml |
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| Arch & Bruce Brown Playwriting Competition | The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation 2500 N. Palm Canyon Drive #A4 Palm Springs, CA 92262 | One act plays, short stories,etc. … The Foundation is pleased to announce a Fiction Writing Competition
for the Foundation’s 2006 writing grants. All works must present the gay and lesbian lifestyle in a positive manner and be
based on, or directly inspired by, a historic person, culture, work of art, or event. http://www.aabbfoundation.org/ http://www.aabbfoundation.org/shortfiction.htm | |||
| Bay Area Playwrights Festival | 131 10th St., Fl. 3 San Francisco, CA 94103 | Must be resident of U.S., Bay area playwrights preferred http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org literary@playwrightsfoundation.org | |||
| Last Rites Productions | Ryan Cloutier, LastRites Productions 1429 SW 14th Ave #311 Portland, OR 97201 |
Selection of scripts will be chosen to be staged in February 2008 in Portland, OR. Winning scriptwriters will receive a DVD of the performance and a small honorarium for their effort. Shorts and monologues 15 minutes or shorter in length with a maximum of four characters will be considered. Submit bound script, blind cover. ryan@lastritesproductions.org http://www.lastritesproductions.org | |||
| Ledig House New Jersey Writers’ Fellowship | 55 Fifth Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10003 | Writers retreat, query for details. http://www.artomi.org/ledig.htm | |||
| Noosa Arts Festival of One Act Plays | The Convenor One Act Playwriting Competition Noosa Arts Theatre PO Box 3 Noosa Heads, Qld, 4567 | FEES $$$ http://www.noosaartstheatre.org.au/ Application form: http://www.noosaartstheatre.org.au/competitions.aspx | |||
| Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play | Mystery Writers of America 17 E. 47th St., Fl. 6 NY, NY 10017 | Any genre, but must be a mystery – Award for full-length mystery or crime play professional produced on
Broadway, Off-broadway, LORT, etc. … see website mwa@mysterwriters.org http://www.mysterywriters.org | |||
| International Mystery Writers' Festival - Discovering New Mysteries | Kimberly Johnson, Festival Coordinator 101 Daviess Street Owensboro, KY 42303 | NO FEE. Several awards and categories. Mystery genre: whodunnits; suspense; crime investigation; etc.
Submit blind cover and script /separate title page with contact info. Scripts will not be returned. kjohnson@riverparkcenter.org http://www.newmysteries.org | |||
| Around the Block - Raymond J. Flores Short Play Series | Around The Block 5 East 22nd Street, #9K New York, NY 10010 | Dramatic reading pieces are to be short plays in English, Spanish, Chinese, or some combination of these.
The content of submitted pieces should Series' theme: life and aspirations in New York City. The Selection Committee will
be guided by the following criteria: (1) aesthetic value, and (2) how well the work meets the theme of the festival. Maximum
length for plays: 15 minutes. Scripts should be in standard dramatic format. No children's plays. Playwright must hold all
production and publishing rights. http://www.aroundtheblock.org/Flores/Flores_Index2008.htm http://www.aroundtheblock.org info@aroundtheblock.org | |||
| MadLab Theatre (Columbus, OH) | Andy Batt Managing Director MadLab Theatre | MadLab is now accepting submissions for its ninth annual Theatre Roulette shorts festival for 2008. We
are seeking plays from 5-45 minutes. We only accept original, unpublished works. Email all submissions to andy@madlab.net
and please put"THEATRE ROULETTE SUBMISSION"in your subject line or it may get caught in SPAMland. http://www.madlab.net/tr2008guide.htm andy@madlab.net | |||
| Edgar Awards, mysteries | Margery Flax, Administrative Manager Mystery Writers of America 17 E 47th St New York, NY 1001 | NO FEE. All full-length plays produced professionally on Broadway, off Broadway, or through the League
of Regional Theatres are eligible, including other regional, local or university theatre and 99 seat equity waiver
productions. Full-length plays and re-productions of full-length plays that have gone through significant re-writes and are
being produced in 2007 are eligible for consideration. http://www.mysterywriters.org http://www.theedgars.com | |||
| Florida Playwrights Festival, Inc. | Victor Carr Florida State Playwrights Festival | FEE (amount not specified). Must be a resident of the state of FL. Staged readings - January 2008; Full
productions - Summer of 2008. Trophy and DVD will be viewed by theaters in New York City for possible future productions.
This will be a fully adjudicated festival with a DVD of the winning play being sent to at least 5 New York City theaters for
review and possible inclusion in their upcoming season. http://www.FloridaPlaywrightsFestival.org |
** "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
ń=translation
A=adaptations
sc=Screenplay
tv=teleplay
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