October 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 |
| Actors' Theatre Ninth Annual Full-Length Play Contest | 10/1 | F | FEE: $15.00. Full-Length Play Contest, Actors' Theatre, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 http://www.sccat.org/contests.htm | ||
| New Harmony Project | 10/1 | Residency | Selection Committee The New Harmony Project P.O. Box 441062 Indianapolis, IN 46244-1062 | 317-464-1103 | Each year a select community of writers, actors, dramaturgs and other media professionals gather in historic New Harmony, Indiana, to create new works for the stage and screen. Selected projects are given a series of rehearsals and readings, creating a process that affords the writer the rare opportunity to explore ideas without fear of failure. All submissions must include a hard copy and an electronic version of the following: Resume, a proposal with history and synopsis of script and what you would wish to accomplish during the conference, one full copy of the script, and a 10 page section for the submission script. Submission for musicals must include 8 copies, in CD format, of musical selections from the submission. jgrynheim@newharmonyproject.org http://www.newharmonyproject.org http://www.newharmonyproject.org/how_to_enter.html |
| New York Mills Arts Retreat | 10/1 | Retreat | 24 N. Main Ave. New York Mills, MN 56567 | 218-385-3339 | http://www.kulcher.org nymills@uslink.net |
| Playwrights' Circle - Palm Springs International Playwriting Festival | 10/1 | 1 Short plays |
Playwrights’ Circle 457 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite C Palm Springs, CA 92262 |
(760) 327-4877 | http://www.playwrightscircle.com/submission.htm |
| Potluck Productions Kansas City Women’s Playwriting Festival | 10/1 | 1-T-S | Joyce Slater Potluck Productions 7338 Belleview Kansas City, MO 64114 | PPOK. Open to all female playwrights writing in English; Special attention is given to emerging Kansas City area writers; NoPP talk_to_us@kcpotluckproductions.com http://www.kcpotluckproductions.com | |
| Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowships | 10/1 | Fellow | Harvard University Fellowships Office 34 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 | 617-496-1324 | The deadline for individual applications in the creative arts, humanities, and social sciences is October 1, 2007. Proposal, proven achievement and promise – must work full-time on proposal work and live in Boston. fellowships@radcliffe.edu http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships |
| Rhode Island Arts Council | 10/1 | Grant | 1 Capitol Hill, Fl. 3 Providence, RI 02408 | 401-222-3880 | Must be resident of RI http://www.risca.state.ri.us info@risca.state.ri.us |
| South Carolina Arts Commission | 10/1 | Grant | 1800 Gervais St. Columbia, SC 29201 | 803-734-8696 | Must be resident of SC http://www.state.sc.us/arts |
| Stanley Drama Award | 10/1 | Wagner College 1 Howard Ave., Staten Island, NY 10301 | Fee $20.00, must not be currently optioned http://www.wagner.edu/stanleydrama/ http://www.wagner.edu/stanleydrama/Stanley Drama Awards Application.doc | ||
| Theatre Building Chicago Presents Stages New Tuners Festival | 10/1 | M | New Tuners Theatre, 1225 W Belmont Chicago, IL 60657 | 773-929-7367 x222 Fax: 773-327-1404 | Deadline for Round One.
A weekend festival of new musicals presented in various formats by Theatre Building Chicago is an opportunity for authors and composers to see and hear their work performed for an audience as well as for producers and directors to assess new musicals and musical theatre talent. The application must be accompanied by a recommendation from a theatre, workshop or other professional association; the authors must agree to attend Stages if their piece is selected; and the authors must agree to give program credit to Theatre Building Chicago, acknowledging festival participation for any future production jsparks@theatrebuildingchicago.org http://www.theatrebuildingchicago.org - Writers’ Workshop http://theatrebuildingchicago.org/stages.php |
| Ucross Residency | 10/1 | Residency | 30 Big Red Ln. Clearmont, WY 82835 | 307-737-2291 | 2 wk to 3 mo residencies, Fees: $20 ucross@wyoming.com http://www.ucrossfoundation.org |
| Women Playwrights' Initiative (WPI) Short Play Competition | 10/1 | F | Julia Gagne, Call for Scripts Manager 3006 Hartland Court Orlando, FL 32825 | 407-273-9723 | NoPP http://www.womenplaywrights.com/call-for-scripts.htm |
| Tallahassee Writers Association | 10/1 | 1-T | Ted Simmons, Playwriting Chair P. O. Box 3428 Tallahassee, FL 32315 | 850-894-6181 | FEE $15. Cash awards, staged reading in Tallahassee, FL. PPOK. treasurer@tallahasseewriters.net www.tallahasseewriters.net |
| UMBC New Theatrical Works for Young Actresses | 10/1 | T | 10-Minute Play Competition UMBC Department of Theatre 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 | As the cornerstone for our IN10 FESTIVAL, the UMBC Department of Theatre seeks 10-minute plays written for female characters age 16 to 30 that feature clearly defined roles for young women. We strongly encourage playwrights to create a wide variety of roles representing young women from all social classes, ethnic backgrounds and in all kinds of physical bodies. We are most interested in scripts that explore relationships between women through roles that are not widely available in contemporary play texts. http://www.umbc.edu/theatre/In10.html | |
| Venture Theatre Annual One-Act Play Festival | 10/1 | One-Act Submission Venture Theatre PO Box 112 Billings, MT 59103. | NoPP, <20 min., focus on plot action and relationship, and be economical in use of spectacle. For area writers to see their works produced, while including writer from outside the region to stir the creative pot. Three awards are given out annually. First is the Writer’s Voice Award, given to the most"well-written"script. This award carries a $300 cash prize. Second is the Venture Theatre Production Award, awarded to the director of the most well executed production. This award is dinner for two at a Montana Avenue restaurant. Third is the People’s Choice Award, given to the play deem most successful by the festival audience. This award is bragging rights for the year. | ||
| Lincoln Square Theatre’s Night Caps 2 | 10/1 | T | Lincoln Square Theatre 4754 N. Leavitt Chicago, IL 60625 |
NO FEE. 3-12min. plays; Theme: After 6pm (before dawn). Lincoln Square Theatre of Chicago is soliciting scripts for Night Caps 2 (NC2), a festival of new work to be held in the spring of 2008. 1-5 characters; black box. No plays for children, musicals or previously produced work (works that have had readings are okay).
lsac@comcast.net | |
| Riverside CA 10-Minute festival | 10/1 | T | Riverside Arts Council c/o 3485 Mission Inn Ave., 3rd Floor, Riverside, CA 92501 |
FEE $5.00. The Riverside Cultural Consortium is seeking 10-minute plays to be performed as part of Fanning the Creative Flame. Submit work that is suitable for all audiences. Include your full name, address, phone number and email address on the title page. http://www.riversideartscouncil.org | |
| Stories from Ground to Plate | 10/1 | 1-T | Lauren Shepard | 919-801-2768 | NO FEE. The Deeply Rooted: Stories from Ground to Plate festival is seeking short submissions. Short stories and monologues about peoples’ relationships with food on its journey from ground to plate. We will select four to five diverse pieces to be performed in the 35-seat back room of Uncommon Ground at 3800 N. Clark St. The performance will be structured such that the stories move from field to table, encouraging participants to examine the complexity of what goes into their meals. deeplyrootedstories@gmail.com |
| Millay Colony for the Arts | 10/1 (rec’d by) | Residency | Residency Director PO Box 3, 454 East Hill Road Austerlitz, NY 12017 | 518 392-3103 | One month residency; Writer’s Retreat; see website for full details. FEE $30 apply@millaycolony.org http://www.millaycolony.org |
| Queer Soup Theater's New Play Festival | 10/1 (rec’d by) | F-M | Queer Soup Theater ATTN: Festival Director 24 Hopkins Road Arlington, MA 02476 |
(617) 824-4297 | email: festival@queersoup.net http://www.queersoup.net http://www.queersoup.net/opportunities.html |
| Dixon Place | 10/?? Fall |
M | Michelle Feldman, Festival Curator 258 Bowery Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10012 | 212-219-0736 | NY metro artists,"not for Broadway,"the annual Dixon Place musical theater festival, offers shelter to new and developing works telling uncommon stories through lyric song in a way that is fresh and daring. Date is usually around this time michelle@dixonplace.org http://www.dixonplace.org |
| Playwrights’ Center / Guthrie Theater Two-Headed Challenge | 10/?? | The Playwrights' Center 2301 Franklin Avenue East Minneapolis, MN 55406-1099 |
Download application http://www.pwcenter.org/ http://www.guthrietheater.org/opportunities/for_playwrights/two_headed_challenge | ||
| First Flight | 10/?? | F | Boomerang Theatre Co., Box 237166, Ansonia Sta., New York, NY 10023, Attn. Tim Erickson, Artistic Dir. | Reading series of new plays. NoPP; send synopsis, 10pg sample. Response: 1 month. info@boomerangtheatre.org http://www.boomerangtheatre.org/company/playwright.html http://www.boomerangtheatre.org | |
| Artspace's Summer Artist in Residence Program | 10/2 | Residency | Lia Newman, Director of Exhibitions & Programs Artspace: SAIR Program 201 E. Davie St. Raleigh, NC 27601 |
(919) 821-2787, FAX: (919) 821-0383 | Must be experienced in art instruction and must not be enrolled in an institutional program of study; FEE: $25 lnewman@artspacenc.org http://www.artspacenc.org/sair_prospectus.html |
| NYFA Artists' Fellowships | 10/3 | Grant | New York Foundation for the Arts 155 Avenue of the Americas 14th Floor, New York , NY 10013-1507 |
(212) 366-6900, ext- 217, FAX: (212) 366-1778 | Artists living and working in the state of New York nyfaaft@nyfa.org http://www.nyfa.org |
| City of Los Angelese (COLA) Performing Arts Fellowships | 10/3 | Fellow | Cultural Affairs Dept. 433 S. Spring St., Fl. 10 LA, CA 90013 |
213-476-8590 | Must be resident of LA. http://www.culturela.org http://www.culturela.org/festivalsform.html |
| American Antiquarian Society | 10/5 | F Residency retreat | Creative and Performing Artists and Writers Fellowship 185 Salisbury Street Worcester, MA |
508-755-5221 508-753-3311 (fax) | The American Antiquarian Society (AAS), a national research library and learned society of American history and culture, is calling for applications for visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history. Successful applicants are those whose work is for the general public rather than for academic or educational audiences. The Society's goal in sponsoring this program is to multiply and improve the ways in which an understanding of history is communicated to the American people. http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ http://www.americanantiquarian.org/artistfellowship.htm |
| PlayPenn | 10/8 | PlayPenn 220 West Evergreen Avenue, D-2 Philadelphia, PA 19118 |
Single submission from each playwright. Include ten bound pages of a play you feel will benefit from the process and resources offered by PlayPenn. NoPP. Cover letter containing information about the development of the play and where it is at this point in its development, synopsis, cast list, bio http://www.playpenn.org/submission.html | ||
| Short & Sweet | 10/14 | T | Short + Sweet, PO Box 462, Newtown NSW 2042 | + 61 408 268 043 | FEE$ - AUS$15 http://www.shortandsweet.org abroun@bigpond.net.au |
| SohoThinkTank @ The Ohio Theatre | 10/15 | F | SohoThinkTank The Ohio Theatre 66 Wooster St. NY, NY 10012 |
212-966-4844 | 6th Floor series provides a nurturing space for playwrights and directors to explore original dynamic new works in a short workshop process. Held once a month, groups are given 10 hours of rehearsal time in the space, a 7pm reading usually held on a Monday, and an opportunity to invite friends, peers, potential funders, producers, anyone they like for an evening of new theatre.> Please submit one page detailing the information about the writer, director, contact info, name of project, description of the project, your month preference, where you are in your process and what you want to get out of being part of the Sixth Floor Series to sixthfloorstt@aol.com. |
| Tallahassee Writers Association | 10/15 | F-1 | Ted Simmons, treasurer PO Box 3428 Tallahassee, FL 32315 |
850-894-6181 | NoPP; FEE $15 treasurer@tallahasseewriters.net http://www.tallahasseewriters.net |
| Acme Theater Productions New Works Winter Festival | 10/15 | T | Tom Berry, Producer 61 Summer Street Maynard, MA 01754 |
978-823-0003 | PPOK http://www.acmetheater.com/nwwf2008.asp http://www.acmetheater.com |
| Playwrights First Award c/o The National Arts Club | 10/15 | F | 15 Gramercy Park South NY, NY 10003 | 212-744-1312 | 1K for best; unproduced, script & resume, no return script. No translations, adaptations, musicals or co-authored http://www.playwrightsfirst.com/submissions.html http://www.playwrightsfirst.com/past.html |
| Scriptapalooza | 10/15 | Tv | Screenwriting competition offshoot called Scriptapalooza Television Writing Competition. FEE: $40 http://www.scriptapaloozatv.com/ | ||
| Highwire Theatre | 10/15 | F | Highwire Theatre c/o Julia Davis 2350 Broadway, # 515A New York, NY 10024 | FEES $10 hard copy, $15 online. Workshop and a staged reading with professional actors and directors in Summer 2008. Winner will receive $300 and a full-mounted production as part of Highwire s season. NoPP, workshops OK, unpublished. Submit bound, application, fee; synopsis; character and set breakdown, bio, SASE for return if desired, SASP for acknowledgement. Submissions@highwiretheatre.org http://www.highwiretheatre.org/ | |
| Lousiana State University, Department of Theatre presents Outworks 2008 | 10/15 | 1-T | John Fletcher, Ph.D. Outworks Festival Curator |
Gay & Lesbian themeed … LSU Theatre Studio season, produced by the Louisiana State University Department of theatre, offers audiences an"edgier"theatrical experience. Providing a diverse and exciting schedule, the LSU Theatre Studio Season highlights the tremendous talents of the LSU graduate and undergraduate students (B.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D.) both on and behind the stage.Festival of LGBTQ themed one-act plays, must be LGBTQ themed, one-act plays, ranging from (10) ten to (20) twenty minutes in length. 2 scripts per playwright. outworksfestival@gmail.com | |
| Rasaka Theatre | 10/15 | 1 - theme | Rasaka Theatre | Rasaka Theatre Company seeks submissions for thinkTank project, presented in collaboration with Remy Bumppo Theatre Company at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse in March 2008. Series will focus on the tension between national security and individual liberties. Pieces should be 40 minutes or less in length. Based in Chicago and is the Midwest's first South Asian American ensemble. lavina@lavinajadhwani.com | |
| Texas Nonprofit Theatres Production of Original Plays – TNT POPS Playwriting Contest New Play Development: Playwriting Project | 10/15/2007 | F-1 | TNT 1300 Gendy Street Fort Worth, TX 76107-4036 |
By the way, the YEAR at the top of this page is 2007!!! This contest is EVERY OTHER YEAR ... 2007/2009/2011 ... get it??? NO FEE. Selection process, then each play will be produced during season, either on a mainstage or in a second space, by a TNT member theatre company. In addition, each of five shows will be given a staged reading, probably in a shortened format, at the 2008 TNT Annual Conference. Email, send 1 Microsoft Word file or pdf file. Mailed, send 3 hard copies, unbound. 1 sumbission per playwright. Each playwright invited to the conference must be a registered guest of the conference. Please include your name, address, phone number, and e-mail on a separate sheet. Do NOT include your name on the cover sheet of the script. http://www.texastheatres.org/ tnt@texastheatres.org texastheatres@sbcglobal.net | |
| Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow | 10/15 | fellowship | Jane Tucker, Colony Coordinator 515 Spring Streeet Eureka Springs, AR 72632 |
479-253-7444 | A residential colony established in 2000, for writers in all genres including play and script writing. We provide uninterrupted time, creative environment, writing space, room and board for writers for 2 weeks to 3 months for a minimum donation of $35/day. Fellowships available in some genres. We are seeking fellowship sponsors for script/play/screen writers. director@writerscolony.org http://www.writerscolony.org |
| Lightning Strikes Theater Company | 10/15 | F-M-other | Leo Jenicek Associate Artistic Director Lightning Strikes Theatre Co. P.O. Box 7329 NY, NY 10116 |
NoPP, send script with character breakdown. Looking for completed scripts to perform as staged readings. Can also be new musicals. Has piano, and would probably prefer to use company members in the roles whenever possible. Chainsawboy63@aol.com | |
| ShowOff! Ten Minute Play Competition- Camino Real Playhouse | 10/15 | T | 31776 El Camino Real San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 |
FEE $10.00 http://www.caminorealplayhouse.org | |
| Jewish Ensemble Theatre Festival of New Plays | 10/15 | F | 6600 W. Maple Road W. Bloomfield, MI 48322 |
248-788-2900 | Play reading and prize. Jewish themes. http://www.jettheatre.org |
| Bloomington Playwrights Project – Sex/Death V Competition | 10/17 | T 1-7 min. |
107 West 9th, Bloomington, IN 47404 | 812-334-1188 | Plays should be 1-7 minutes long bppwrite@newplays.org http://www.bloomingtonplays.org/content/NewsRelease.aspx?nid=119 http://www.bloomingtonplays.org/default.aspx?hn=special/revashiner |
| Fulbright Program for US Students | 10/19 | Grant | Institute of International Education 809 UN Plaza NY, NY 10017 |
212-984-5330 | http://www.iie.org/fulbright http://us.fulbrightonline.org/thinking_enrolledatlarge.html#enrolled Graduate studies. |
| Atlantic Center for the Arts, Master Artists-In-Residence Program | 10/19 | Residency | Atlantic Center for the Arts 1414 Art Center Avenue New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 |
(800) 393-6975 | Residency #127, February 18 - March 19, Rachel Harrison, sculptor; Augusta Read Thomas, composer; Chase Twichell, poet. Since 1982, Atlantic Center's residency program has provided artists from all artistic disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three-week residencies. Located just four miles from the east coast beaches of central Florida, the pine and palmetto wooded environment contains award-winning studios that include a resource library, painting studio, sculpture studio, music studio, dance studio, black box theater, writers' studio, and digital computer lab. Each residency session includes three master artists of different disciplines. http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org email: program@atlanticcenterforthearts.org |
| The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, National Playwrights Conference | 10/15 | F-1-ń-a | Martin Kettling, Literary Manager 305 Great Neck Road Waterford, CT 06385 |
860-443-5378 ext.227 | FEES $35.00. The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center supports playwrights during the creation and development of new theater projects at the National Playwrights Conference each summer. The authors of selected works will be awarded a residency, rehearsal process, and a script-in-hand public reading during July and August of 2008. A stipend, room, board and transportation are provided for each writer selected. Application: http://www.theoneill.org/prog/plays/playapp.htm litoffice@theoneill.org http://www.theoneill.org |
| Playwrights’ Center / Playlabs Festival | 10/26 (rec’d by) |
The Playwrights' Center 2301 Franklin Avenue East Minneapolis, MN 55406-1099 |
Application must be RECEIVED by 10/26. http://www.pwcenter.org/ http://www.pwcenter.org/PDF/PlayLabs2008_Application.pdf | ||
| Theatre Communications Group – International ITI Travel Grants (January-July) | 10/26 | Grant for travel | 520 Eighth Ave., Fl. 24 NY 10018 |
212-609-5900 | Supports cultural exchange and artistic partnerships between US professionals and counterparts in Russia and Eastern/Central Europe http://www.tcg.org/grants/iti/iti_guidelines.cfm http://www.tcg.org/pdfs/grants/tcg07_ititravel_app.pdf |
| Oberon Theatre Ensemble | 10/27 | 1 <60min. | Oberon Theatre Ensemble 545 8th Ave., Ste. 402 New York, NY 10018 |
Oberon Theatre Ensemble is about to embark on it’s 11th season in NYC. An active player in New York’s independent theatre community. No musicals please, send scripts via email, an electronic version of the play, synopsis, set/prop breakdown, production history. scripts@walterbrandes.com http://www.oberontheatre.com | |
| Darien Players Unplugged, Session #1 | NY |
Session 1: November 18, 2007 at 2pm Director: Joel Fenster No Sets. No Props. No Costumes. Only Actors with Scripts. The goal is to both foster development of new works for the stage (both short form and full length). Writers will be able to submit one-acts or excerpts from longer works (no more than 20 pages). A program of no more than five submissions will be put together for each session. The program will be free for audiences (with a suggested donation for entry) and will run no more than two hours with an opportunity after each piece for interaction between the writer, the actors and the audiences. When it comes time for the staged readings, if the work is still an excerpt or in a rough form, we will set up the situation for the audience via an MC (the director). To register: tdpunplugged@optonline.net |
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| The Intentional Theatre 2008 Season Invitational | Waterford, CT | Notes: Full length, minimal production qualities, cast 2-6. FEE $5. Cash awards, full staging in Waterford CT. PPOK. Full details at website. onstage@intentionaltheatre.com http://intentionaltheatre.com | |||
| Dayton Playhouse FutureFest | 10/31 | F-M-A | Adam J. Leigh, Executive Director 1301 E. Siebenthaler Ave. Dayton, OH 45414 |
937-424-8477 937-424-0062 (fax) |
PPOK http://www.daytonplayhouse.org/ http://www.daytonplayhouse.com/FutureFestSubGuides.html |
| Little Theatre of Alexandria One Act Competition | 10/31 | 1 | Chairman, One Act Play Reading Committee The Little Theatre of Alexandria, 600 Wolfe Street Alexandria, VA 22314 |
703-683-5778 703-683-5778 |
FEE$ - $20/play http://www.thelittletheatre.com http://www.thelittletheatre.com/oneact.htm |
| Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Theatre Festival | 10/31 | Matthew Cloran, Artistic Producing Director OR Bill Esher, Managing Director ‘GLTF’ P.O. Box 1164 Philadelphia, PA 19105 |
Submissions may include full length plays, musicals, one-acts, one-person shows, young audience plays, monologues and cabarets. Previously un-produced pieces are encouraged! New website is coming soon … in hopes, before this deadline. Keep checking for it… GLTFpa@aol.com | ||
| Marin Theatre Company – Sky Cooper Prize and David Calicchio Prize | 10/31 | F-M | Maryanne Olson, Literary Manager 397 Miller Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941 |
NoPP; Sky Cooper Prize - for emerging and established playwrights (play submitted must have had no professional production) and David Calicchio Prize - for emerging playwrights only (no professional productions). Please Submit: synopsis, character and set requirements, bio; 10 page dialogue sample skycooper@marintheatre.org http://www.marintheatre.org | |
| Bloomington Playwrights Project, Reva Shiner Full-Length Play Contest | 10/31 | F | Pat Anderson, Literary Manager 107 W. 9th Bloomington, IN 47404 |
812-334-1188 | Winning submissions receive a full production of their works. http://www.bloomingtonplays.org/default.aspx?hn=special/revashiner bppwrite@newplays.org http://www.newplays.org |
| Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award | 10/31(rec’d by) | F | Playwriting Coordinator, Forest Roberts Theatre Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue Marquette, MI 49855-5364 |
NoPP http://www.nmu.edu/theatre/ |
** "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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