Class participants will be paired with a different partner for each of four assignments to write and present songs and scenes that address a particular moment in a show. The aim will be to explore storytelling through song and text, dramatic structure, and how these moments fit into a larger framework. It will also give valuable insight into conceiving work with other writers and provide connections for future collaboration. The class will culminate in a cabaret style presentation of songs in our studio.

10 weeks, June 6th to August 15th (off 4th of July), Wednesdays 5:30-8pm

The cost is $500.00, and the early bird rate (before May 23rd) is $450.00.

Moderated by Jane Caplow and Shana Solomon

For questions, please contact Jane Caplow at jane@davenporttheatrical.com.

Please click here for more information.

We are proud to announce that for the 13th consecutive year we are not charging a submission fee!  

To enter you must complete an entry form, which can be found on our website, and submit it along with three (3) copies of each script to the address below.  If you are submitting a musical, also include 3 copies of a CD of the music or 3 copies of the score.  Do not bind any author identification with your scripts.  We will distribute the scripts “blind” to our readers for complete objectivity.  Include the show’s title on at least the first bound page.  Once the winning scripts have been chosen, we will disclose the playwrights’ identity to our readers (and the world).

We do not accept plays that have been previously produced. We do accept plays that have had workshops and other readings.  Receipt of play(s) will be acknowledged by e-mail only upon request.  Scripts are non-returnable.

As in past years, this year’s contest will have multiple categories:

TEN-MINUTE PLAYS

Three to five winners will receive $25 each plus a reading at the New Play Festival.  All short plays will be entered in this contest.  Generally, scripts of about 15 pages or less will fall into this category.

ONE-ACT

One to three winners will receive $50 each plus a reading at the New Play Festival.  Any play that can be joined with one or two other shows of similar length to make up a complete evening of theatre will be entered in this contest.  Generally, scripts of about 20-60 pages will fall into this category.

FULL-LENGTH

One to two winners will receive $100 plus a reading at the New Play Festival.  Any play that can constitute a complete evening of theatre will be entered in this contest.  It is important to note that these shows can be one, two, or more acts, as long as it makes up a complete evening of theatre.

MUSICALS

If five or more musicals are submitted, the theatre reserves the right to create a “musical” category.  Musicals are defined as any original play using original or rights permitted musical dialogue to further the story and/or the characters.  In the absence of enough qualifying scripts, or if the theatre determines not to create an additional category, any musical will be entered into the appropriate category as defined above.

THEATRE-FOR-YOUTH

If five or more plays intended for and/or by youth are submitted, the theatre reserves the right to create a “theatre-for-youth” category.  Theatre-for-youth plays are defined as any original play intended for young audiences, young participants, or both.  In the absence of enough qualifying scripts, or if the theatre determines not to create an additional category, any theatre-for-youth submission will be entered into the appropriate category as defined above.

OVERALL CONTEST WINNER/AUDIENCE FAVORITE WINNER

At the theatre’s discretion, we reserve the right to designate or not designate an “Overall Contest Winner” from any category and an “Audience-Favorite Winner” from any category at the conclusion of the New Play Festival.  No additional prize money is awarded, just bragging rights.

Each playwright may submit up to two plays in any of these combinations:

·        One full-length play

·        One one-act

·        One ten-minute play

·        One full-length play and one one-act

·        One full-length play and one ten-minute play

·        Two one-act plays

·        Two ten-minute plays

·        One one-act and one ten-minute play

Please submit three (3) copies of each script (and CDs or score for musicals) and the required entry form(s) by May 31, 2012 (in hand, not postmarked by) to:

The Chameleon Theatre Circle

13th Annual New Play Contest

PO Box 240069

Apple Valley, MN  55124-0069

newplay@chameleontheatre.org

Please click here for more information and an entry form.

If you have any short plays you’d like to submit – you can email them to me Mary.Galde@jdsu.com – or mail them to Broadway West – P.O. Box14007. Fremont, CA 94539.

The Summer Shorts take place on the 22nd and 23rd of June. We’d like to have all the submissions in no later than the last day in May 31st.

Please click here for more information.

Visit http://thespisny.com/ for complete information.

When applying to the Thespis Theater Festival, all submission materials must be sent by email. Your work will be read for roundness, completion and the possibility to be staged. All submissions will receive an answer via email after May 31, 2012.  Email all materials to TheaterFestival@ThespisNY.com.

Please include:

Your full script. A simple Word document will be sufficient and better for us. Please use a font size of 12 for your script.

A bio (including contact information) of the person submitting the play, as well as contact information for one additional person in your production should the management need to contact someone quickly.

Please include the title of your play IN A FONT SIZE OF 24 on the first page of every document you send to us. 

Please feel free to send us any additional information you think will help the submission process.

Please tell us who is in charge of your play and include their mailing address, email address and telephone number. This will be the person in your production that we will always contact first and who will also receive the checks for all Thespis prizes.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOUR PLAY MUST BE BETWEEN 40 AND 90 MINUTES.

REHEARSALS & PERFORMANCES

Each play will be given 3 performances. In addition, every play will be assigned one tech/dress rehearsal of 4 hours. If you choose to have a production package made, you’ll be given an additional 4-hour time slot in which to be filmed. You will not pay for the space during your video shoot.

STORING PROPS

We have space in the outside courtyard to store your props & set pieces for the entire length of the festival. 

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE THEATER HOSTING THESPIS NY IS INVOLVED IN SEVERAL HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS TO AID THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SEE ANY OF THE SHOWS RUNNING IN THESPIS FOR FREE. THESE PEOPLE WILL BE A NICE ADDITION TO YOUR AUDIENCE, AND DON’T WORRY ABOUT OVERCROWDING. THE THEATER CAN SEAT UP TO 200 PEOPLE. ANYONE WHO WALKS IN WILL BE GIVEN A SEAT.

In order for an application to be considered, two separate CDs containing the following items must be submitted during the submission period (i.e., May 1, 2012 through June 1, 2012) to the contact mailing address provided.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

On the first CD, please provide the following items:
1. Clearly label the CD with your name and identify the CD as “The Application”
2. Completed application
3. Employment Resume
4. An autobiographical summary
5. Statement of interest capturing the applicants journey thus far in pursuing a career as a television writer (500 words or less)
6. Two letters of recommendation from entertainment professionals currently working in the industry
7. Legal Release (signature required)

On the second CD, please provide a copy of your writing sample as a PDF. Clearly label the CD with your name and the title of the show you spec’d.

In your mailing envelope, please include a hard copy of your application along with your two cd’s.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-4016

Please click here for more information.

Submission Guidelines:
* The entry should be a full-length play (1 to 1 1/2 hours) with speaking roles for at least seven characters.
* The entry may be an unpublished original work or an adaptation (compliance with copyright law is required).
* The play must challenge the acting talents of participating actors. The subject matter and treatment should not include "cute animal" stories.
* Technical aspects for the script should be appropriate for a community theatre environment. * Playwrights may submit more than one entry.
* Each entry must be neatly typed according to standard norms and bound in some manner (such as spiral bound, tape bound, or in a three ring binder). The author's name must NOT appear on the title page or anywhere else in the script.

You must include the following materials for the play to be considered:
* Entry form.
* Entry fee: $25.00
* A 3x5 index card with the name of the play and the playwright's name, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address.
* Character descriptions and act/scene synopses.
* Resume of the playwright.
* For musicals, a cassette or CD of the musical numbers, including all lyrics. No midi-files, please. Lead sheets MUST be provided (a full score will be required should the musical be produced).

* Scripts will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Receipt of scripts will be acknowledged only if accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped post card.
* Electronic submission is NOT accepted.
* All entries must be postmarked no later than June 1st.

Send all materials to:
Betsy Phillips, Director
Jackie White Memorial National Children's Play Writing Contest
309 Parkade Blvd.
Columbia, MO 65202-1447

Please e mail here with questions: bybetsy@yahoo.com.

Please click here for more information and an entry form.

Deadline for script submission for 2012 is June 1. We are looking for NEW scripts for our regular Shelterskelter show. We are also looking for new scripts for a possible "adults only" late night show which would follow the regular show. This is a chance to push some boundaries and experiment with more mature content. In general, scripts for Shelterskelter should be 30 minutes or less in length. Indicate you are submitting for Shelterskelter in the subject line of your email.

Please indicate that your submission is for Shelterskelter in the subject line of your email, and/or on your cover or title page.

Shelterskelter runs in October, featuring short plays dealing with horror, suspense, dark humor, and the macabre. This is not a "Halloween" show, but rather a chance for playwrights to experiment with some darker subject matter, and with suspense. We also look at shorter plays for possible inclusion in one of our other season time slots, so if you have a script that doesn't fit neatly into any specific category, send it to us! Good scripts are always given a lot of attention.

HOW TO SUBMIT A SCRIPT

Please EMAIL your script to:
submissions@shelterbelt.org

We accept the following types of files: Microsoft Word, Plain Text, Rich Text Format, and Adobe PDF.
Please don't send Final Draft or Movie Magic Screenwriter documents.
Make sure you have a title page at the beginning of your document, with your full name and contact info. Failure to do this may result in playwrights not being contacted or getting properly credited. The title page must be in the same file, not sent as a separate file.

Submission of script(s) does not mean that we will give you an immediate response. If you do not hear from us right away, it just means that we are very, very busy. We are an all-volunteer organization! We make every effort to review all submissions. If your script is considered for the season, we will contact you.

More information here.

The SETC New Play Project is dedicated to the discovery, development and publicizing of worthy new plays and playwrights.  This project will select one "winning script," present a staged reading of that script at the annual Southeastern Theatre Conference Convention in collaboration with the playwright, and  conduct an adjudication of the play by a select panel of judges.

Eligibility: Playwrights who reside in the SETC region (or who are enrolled in a regionally accredited educational institution in the SETC region) or who reside outside the region but are SETC members are eligible for consideration.  SETC Region states include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. 

Entries will be accepted between March 1st and June 1st annually. 

Guidelines:

One submission per playwright only.  Full length plays or related one acts; no musicals or children's plays.

Plays must be unproduced (no professional productions) and unpublished.  Readings and workshops are acceptable.

Plays must be submitted by email attachement in Microsoft Word or PDF format with the following guidelines:

Text should be in 12 pt type and in a plain font such as Times New Roman.

Script must include page numbers at the bottom of each page.

The author's name should not appear anywhere in the script.

Do not include resumes, playwright biographies or a history of the play.

1 copy, Word or PDF format, attached to an email.

Completed Application Form included as separate email attachment.  Electronic signatures will not be accepted.

4.  No previous submissions will be accepted without substantial rewrites having taken place.

Notification and Award: The winning playwright will receive a $1,000 cash award and be designated as the winner of the Charles M. Getchell Award.

5. The playwright is expected to attend the SETC convention at the expense of SETC, attend the response sesion and receive the cash award at the annual banquet.  The play will be considered for publication in Southern Theatre magazine.

6.  The decision of the panel of readers will be announced in November of each year.

Questions and Submissions should be sent to:

Chris Hardin, Austin Peay State University

hardinb@apsu.edu

PLAYS THAT DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE READ.

-Playwrights may be Latino or of any other ethnic or racial background as long as the play’s subject matter and characters resonate with Latino audiences and accurately depict the Hispanic experience. 

-No screenplays, one act plays, musicals, adaptations or translations will be accepted. 

-New and un-produced plays preferred. Plays that have had readings or a workshop production are acceptable. 

-All plays must be original and full-length (minimum running time: 1 hr., 30 min) and can be written in Spanish and/or English. 

-Playwrights must be at least 18 years of age and residents of the United States or Puerto Rico.

-Previously submitted scripts are accepted unless they have already placed in the top 10. 

+SELECTION PROCESS:

-Each script will be read by two qualified independent judges selected by Repertorio Español, on a blind submission. 

-Winners will be announced six to seven months after the deadline. 

-Each participant will be notified of the results by e-mail. We request that participants do not contact the office to inquire about the competition’s results. 

+PRIZES:

Round 1:

Finalists will receive a staged reading at Repertorio to further develop the script.

Round 2:

-Grand Prize Winner: $3,000 and a full production at Repertorio Español

-2nd Place: $2,000 

-3rd Place: $1,000 

Grand Prize Winner must be available for Awards Ceremony

+SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Follow instructions in the Application Form to Submit

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM.

+DEADLINE:

Friday, June 1st, 2012

+WINNING SCRIPT:

By submitting your play to the competition, Repertorio Español shall have a right to produce the play for a period of two years. Such production shall be done in accordance with an agreement acceptable to both the playwright and Repertorio Español. If the playwright receives an offer within the two year period from a third party to produce the play, the company has the right to decide to produce the play on terms no less favorable than offered.

Please direct any questions regarding this competition/application to nuestrasvoces@repertorio.org.

Following the sell-out successes of previous years, In Company Theatre will be moving the festival to the renowned Riverside Studios in Hammersmith this coming autumn.

Writers may submit plays of no more than 15 minutes in length. There are no restrictions on style, topic or genre.

Closing date for submissions is 1st June, after which, 28 plays will be selected to show in rep at the Riverside Studios over the first two weeks of the festival. During this time, the audience will be voting for their favourite plays. The top eight plays will run for the whole of the third week, with the audience still voting for the ultimate winner. This winner will have a full play produced by In Company at The Riverside Studios.

There will also be a panel of industry professionals, headed by the National Theatre’s Writer-in-Residence, Moira Buffini, on the final night. They will award further prizes for writing, directing and acting. Past panel members include Patricia Hodge, directors Nigel Douglas and Psyche Stott, writers Josephine Melville and Tena Stivicic, and literary agents Lisa Babelis and Anna Brewer.

For more information on how to apply please visit www.theoffcutfestival.com

Submissions are due by June 1, 2012.
Staged Readings scheduled for August 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25, 2012
Stage Production scheduled for November, 2012

Email submissions are preferred. Please submit to chad@goodluckmacbeth.org.
For snail mail submissions please send to:
Good Luck Macbeth
Playwright Competition
PO Box 2729
Reno, NV 89505

ONLINE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

* Writing Sample: (this must be uploaded online)
A half-hour or hour writing sample based on a primetime network or cable series in its second season or more that aired new episodes during the 2010-2011 television season. The show must be listed in our dropdown menu to qualify. Not all shows are accepted, please take a moment to make sure your show is listed here.

* The front cover page of your script must include all of the following:
Name of the series
Your episode’s title
Writer(s) name(s)
Writing teams: Make sure the order of your names is always consistent (on scripts and your online applications)
Writer contact information (address, phone number and email) in the lower right-hand corner
* Writing samples must be typed and presented single sided in script format.
* Please include a “Previously On” page, after your title page if your show is serialized. The “Previously On” page lets the reader know where your episode takes place in the series and what has been happening emotionally for your main characters. It should be in paragraph form and not longer than a page.
* Current Resume (this must be uploaded online)
Your resume should include all past work experiences, writing related and beyond.
* Short Composition (this must be uploaded online)
* A short composition is no longer than a page, double spaced and in 12 font. It should tell us why you want to be a television writer and how your background will add a unique perspective to television.
* If you are a team, please submit one composition that talks about you as a team.
* Payment via PayPal (only online payments will be accepted)
A non-refundable $30 application fee per script must be paid via PayPal. Checks, money orders and cash will not be accepted.

MAIL IN SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

* Online Confirmation Page (this must be sent via the mail)
* Signed Submission Agreement (this must be sent via the mail)
We must have this to read your script. Please make sure the script’s information and logline, along with your original signature(s) at the bottom, is all on one page. Faxes and emails of this document will not be accepted.

Please click here for more information, and online submission form.

Writers, musicians and performance artists of all types are encouraged to send submissions (PDF preferred) or proposals to submissions@freshwatertheatre.com by June 4, 2012. We will consider pieces up to 25 minutes in length.

Susan Merson has written, performed and toured nine solo plays and is the author of Your Name Here: An Actor/Writer's Guide to Solo Performance. She is the Founding Artistic Director of New York Theatre Intensives. http://www.susanmerson.com

Rod Menzies, an award-winning theatre director, has directed more than 15 solo shows and coached or developed dozens more. He is Producing Director/Repertory Director of New York Theatre Intensives. http://www.rodmenzies.com

The workshop fee is $420.00. An early registration fee of $360.00 applies if paid by 6:00pm EDT on Tuesday, June 12th, 2012.

Building a solo show is a transformative process and a powerful creative adventure. Workshop participants will benefit from extensive detailed input from the instructors and from sharing their work within a supportive community of other writer/performers.

To register, please contact: summerconservatory@gmail.com or click here for more information.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Your play must meet at least ONE of these:
- Written or Co-written or Directed by an African-American or individual of African descent.
- The main character (or at least 2 key roles) performed by an African-American or individual of African descent.
- Subject or theme based on an historic figure, incident, or period relating to the black experience.

BENEFITS:
Festivals are a wonderful opportunity for investors to view your work. Members of the AEA, guilds, the Broadway League, literary agents & other festival producers are known to frequent festivals for new artists. If you want to tour your production and/or take it to the next level, this is the place to be!

In addition, we believe that artists should have the opportunity to produce a play and make a profit. Remember YOU keep 100% of the ticket proceeds! There will be a festival fee of $225-$1200 depending on the size of the venue.

WHAT THE FESTIVAL FEE INCLUDES:
Festivals are a wonderful way to share the costs of producing a play to make it affordable theatre lovers & artists. The Festival Fee includes the following:

- Base theatre rental
- Sound & lighting tech(s) (during tech rehearsal & performances)
- Any overtime labor
- A House Manager, Venue Manager
- 1.5 hrs free cue to cue technical rehearsal space (additional time available at $30 per 1/2 hour)
- Theatre reset fees
- Festival marketing, advertising & promotion
- Online ticketing services
- Partial Sets (ie, living room, dining room)
- Basic advertising in the Festival Guide Magazine for your production (advertising upgrades available at add'l cost)
- Festival Publicist
- Website advertising for your production
- Full box office set up, services & labor
- General Liability Insurance
- Live Webinar (Sat. August 4th at 10am)
- Ushers & ticket takers
- Training for volunteers
- One(1) stage hand
- Welcome Reception for All Cast Members
- 1 Pass to the Festival Awards Gospel Brunch, 2 Passes for Main Stage Producers
- Cast Party

FINANCES:
We understand...enough said? We have a team working hard to negotiate deep discounts on accommodations, travel, & meals and will pass this information along to you as we receive it. We want you to encourage you to have faith. As the saying goes, "your gifts will make room for you" and we will do everything we can to make it happen.

We will include a list of fundraising ideas in your Welcome Packet. Please understand, we are ready to assist however we can, but we can't work harder than you to get you here. Please contact us at ATLBTF@yahoo.com with questions or concerns. Again, have faith!

This is the flexible payment schedule once your submission is accepted:
1-Non-refundable $100 deposit due for each performance upon receipt of your acceptance letter.
2-Another non-refundable $100 deposit due for each performance 30 days thereafter.
3-Balance due (Festival Fee less $200 deposits) by August 1st along with schedule & contract approvals.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR:
We welcome all types of plays whether they are traditional (ie. August Wilson), conventional with a twist (ie. The Wiz), urban contemporary (ie. Tyler Perry), gospel, musical, comedy, classical, experimental or a new interpretation. We also strenuously encourage submissions from international artists.

Our goal is to deliver festival patrons quality plays long enough to satisfy their theatrical palate yet short enough to retain their desire to attend multiple performances. Quality is determined by 6 standards:

1. Crisp Dialogue
2. Savvy Construction
3. Satisfying Ending
4. Strong Character Development
5. Competent Producer
6. Production Value

Scripts:
We look for scripts whose framework consists of crisp dialogue which succinctly follow the protagonist's journey with strong turning points, in other words, a well told story. We also look for certain elements that indicate strong well developed & detailed characters that experience obstacles, conflict, crisis, climax, and/or resolve.

Producers:
Theatre is a collaboration of a team led by an organized professional.That's why you need a Producer. A Producer may or may not be the playwright, but the Producer must have experience in producing plays with the ability to be extremely flexible in a festival setting. There is no room for "diva" status in a festival. Your team's ability to load-in, perform on time & load-out directly effects the next show, the festival brand, and ultimately the experience of the patron. Competent Producers understand and govern their team with full consideration of other artists & their work. They consider other's work as important as their own and understand the magnitude of organizing a festival of this magnitude and its many working parts. A competent Producer also understands that change is the only constant in a theatre festival and embraces the need to be adaptable to make it all work together for the good of the patrons.

Obstacles:
Most restrictions & submission denials are not a result of artistic or entertainment value, but stem from limitations of feasibility for a festival production. The length the play, scenery, lighting requirements, & quick changeover demands will determine the production value of a play for this festival. Therefore, it is NOT unusual for a producer or playwright to present an abbreviated version of their production to fit festival criteria.

Please click here for more information, and here to submit your play.

This opportunity is only open to current Iowa residents or those from Iowa.

Plays can be any length. They can even be musicals or operas. They just have to be new.  That means they can’t be published or previously produced, and they have to be a script that will work well in our ninety-seat studio theatre.

We’re not just looking for scripts either; every script selected for the Festival will need a director.  Anyone can direct; you just have to apply.  Directors chosen for the Festival will be assigned a script based on previous experience and interest.

There’s also a youth portion of the festival, open to 6th-12th grade students who want to write or direct a ten-minute play. Students can also submit or apply to the Festival proper, where they will be considered with all other submissions without regard to age. Download your submission form at this LINK. 

Remember: “The Summerland Project,” an entry in last year’s Underground Festival, was chosen for a Mainstage TCR production in the 2012-13 Season. Entries in the 2012-13 Underground Festival will certainly be considered for future Mainstage production as well. It’s a great springboard for your work!

Plays should be intended for young audiences third grade through high school (no play is expected to appeal to all ages simultaneously). Playwrights must suggest the appropriate age category on the official entry form.

Guidelines:
* Scripts designed for the youngest audience, grades 3-5, should be approximately 30-45 minutes in length. Plays designed for grades 6 and above should have a minimum performance length of approximately 45 minutes.
* One development slot will be reserved for a script aimed at the 3-5th grade audience.
* Scripts must not be committed to publication at the time of submission. Commissioned works that are not in development are eligible.
* Scripts previously produced in an educational or vocational setting are eligible, if playwrights are eager to pursue development of the script.
* Scripts previously produced professionally are NOT eligible. (i.e., productions in which the director and actors have been paid).
* If the play is an adaptation or dramatization, written proof must be provided that the original work is in public domain or permission of the holder of the copyright has been granted.
* Musicals will not be accepted for the 2012-13 contest.
* Only ONE submission per playwright is accepted.

Submission Guidelines:
1. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically as editable digital files (no scans).
2. Author's name MUST NOT APPEAR in any manner on the manuscript.
3. Each submitting playwright must also complete and send an entry form electronically. All submissions MUST include a brief synopsis and a cast list. The synopsis should be no more than one page and should include:
*list of unusual effects or technical requirements;
*list of characters noting age and sex, (and possible doublings).
*Supporting materials (reviews, publicity, etc.) SHOULD NOT accompany the submission.
4. All submissions will be acknowledged via email.
Plays submitted to previous Bonderman National Youth Theatre Playwriting Workshops are ineligible.
5. Playwrights give permission for their work or portions of it to be read at the Symposium and to be archived in the Child Drama Collection, Hayden Library, at Arizona State University. 6. Playwrights whose work is being considered for full development (ie a potential finalist) will be asked to submit a brief history of the work and goals for the week of development. Subsequently, each playwright will be expected to confer with his/her director and dramaturg prior to casting.
7. Playwrights are expected to be in residence in Indianapolis throughout the workshop and symposium.

Deadlines:
Submission deadline June 30, 2012. Late submissions will NOT be accepted. Winners will be contacted in December 2012. Submissions not following the guidelines will be considered ineligible.

Any future production or publication of a finalist play must give the following credit: _____________ was a winner of the 2013 National Waldo M. and Grace C. Bonderman Playwriting Workshop and was featured in a rehearsed reading at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis.

If you have questions, please address inquiries to: dwebb@iupui.edu.

To enter your script into the workshop selection process, please mail to: bonderman@irtlive.com.

Please click here for more information, and an Entry Form.

African-born writers are strongly encouraged to apply.

The successful applicant would:

• receive a commission for the project
• collaborate with the composer
• travel to Malawi, Africa with the composer and stage director to conduct research
• target for completion is 2013

CREATOrS, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, whose mission is to facilitate the creation of new works based on contemporary stories and issues. 

Writers interested in being considered for this project should send their inquiries to creatorsinc@me.com.  Please include reference materials and writing samples.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
1) Application & Check List filled out.
2) Prefer U.S. Standard Format, though this format is not required.
3) Submit clean copies, not originals.
4) Script is to be securely bound (no clips). Avoid spiral binding & hard cover looseleaf binders if possible; soft-covered script jackets are preferred.
5) Full Contact Information on the cover/title page.
6) Brief Synopsis of the play, no longer than half a page, bound into script.
7) Under the Synopsis, a two sentence Log Line (see Prior Contests tab for examples.
8) Brief Character Descriptions, bound into script.
9) Script pages must be numbered.
10) Time and Place, bound into script.
11) Set Requirements, bound into script.
12) If the play has accompanying film sequences, include a DVD of them.
13) To verify script receipt, submit a SASP (Self-Addressed Stamped Postcard). Write the name of the play on the postcard along with the contest name. We will return this postcard to you with the play’s Roster Intake #.
14) Send a CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY as indicated in the "Payment Method & Address" section below.

IMPORTANT:
SUBMISSION MATERIALS WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

Do NOT include any other materials such as press clippings or a biography. Scripts longer than 2 hours or 100 pages (U.S. Standard Format) will be disqualified. Be sure to include a Bound Synopsis and Log Line, Character Description, Set Requirements, and Time & Place. If you do not have a way to fasten them, you may staple them behind the cover page.

Any paperwork NOT bound into the script will be filed with the Application form and will not be considered in the evaluation process.

CONTEST AWARD:
Winner Award: $300 + a reading and Q&A in a professional theatre*

Submission fees are payable by Check or Money Order.

MAIL EVERYTHING IN ONE ENVELOPE TO:
New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest,
511 Avenue of the Americas - #2000
New York City, NY 10011-8436
U.S.A.

Please click here for more information, and an application.

Grin City focuses on engagement with society and with each other. Built on a belief in interdisciplinary dialogue, it brings together people from all walks of life to foster new types of creative thinking and social commitment.  It transforms the traditional institution of “retreat” residencies.  It transforms the way artists and social organizers approach creative ideas.  It transforms the community.

Residents at Grin City live, work, and volunteer communally in and around Grinnell, Iowa for 2 weeks to 5 weeks.  Residents are provided housing in a 125-year-old farm house and their own creative workspace in a converted tofu factory on the complex a ½ mile north of town.  They perform between 5 and 20 hours of community service and outreach every week.  Resident meals are made and eaten together.

The dedication to outreach sets Grin City Collective apart from other creative communities. Grin City doesn’t focus on arts-related service work, although it does incorporate it.  Instead it uses creative approaches to answer a much larger community need for things from local foods to re-shingled roofs.

Apply to join Grin City this Fall!

September 17, 2012- October 19, 2012

Stay for 2-5 weeks 

Applications due July 1, 2012

www.grincitycollective.org

Please send your scripts and questions to cosette@thirdeyetheatre.org, subject line: Grand Guignol 4 submission. Also, in the email please include your name and mailing address. If your script is chosen, you will be asked to sign a release/performance agreement prior to auditions.

Special Note for this year's submission: World Premiere's only! Please only send us work that has not been performed or that has been changed since its last performance, so that it may be considered a world premiere. Also, if the latter is the case, please plainly tell us so in your email.

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A Showcase is held with a Q & A with the actors, director and playwrights. The guidelines for submission are as follows:
*Original
*Fifteen minutes in length
*Limited to three or four characters and one set – no children.
*Multiple submissions are welcome!
*Scripts will not be returned!

Winners will be notified by PATV and posted on the website. Submission entry deadline is July 1, 2012.

Submit typed manuscript to:
The Public Access Television Corporation
ATT: “Playwrights Competition”
1111 Marcus Avenue, Suite LL27
Lake Success, NY 11042

Prizes will be a professional production of the two winning plays and $100.00 to each author. This project is supported in part by North Shore Community Arts Council, and Astoria Federal Savings Bank.

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To apply, candidates should submit:

a) a cover letter signed by the candidate that contains the statement: “I understand and confirm I meet all eligibility requirements of the Undiscovered Voices Scholarship.” The cover letter should include information on the impact this scholarship would have on the candidate.

b) contact information for two references who can speak to the candidate’s creative work and promise.

c) a work sample in a single genre:
* Eight pages of poetry, no more than one poem per page
* 10 pages of fiction, double-spaced, no more than one work or excerpt
* 10 pages of nonfiction (essay, memoir, etc), double-spaced, no more than one work or excerpt
OR
*15 pages of a script or screenplay

These items should be sent in hard copy to:
The Writer’s Center
Attn: Laura Spencer
Re: Undiscovered Voices Scholarship
4508 Walsh St
Bethesda MD 20815

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Rules:

* The play should last 90 minutes, and should have no more than 6 characters.

* The competition is open to any author, regardless of nationality or country of residence and must be an original play, written in English and not previously broadcast, produced before a paying audience or read at a club meeting.

* Plays, which must be clearly typed and securely bound, should be sent to Mr Nicholas Quirke, 24 Highcroft Villas, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 5PS to arrive no later than the 31st July 2012.

*Entries via the internet and email address will not be accepted

* All plays must be entered under a pseudonym and all entries should include a sealed envelope with the play's title and the pseudonym on the cover. This envelope should contain a card with the author's real name and address and email address if appropriate, plus sufficient postage for return of the manuscript if required.

* Sussex Playwrights' Club members are entitled to one free entry but all other entries must be accompanied by the entry fee of £7. Receipt of entries will not be acknowledged. It is hoped that the results will be announced by Mid-December 2012.

* The decision of the judges is final and we cannot enter into any correspondence concerning the results. The judges reserve the right not to award a prize if the number or standard of the entries is deemed to be insufficient.

* Winning Authors must agree to their plays being given a reading at a club meeting

* Winning Authors will receive a years free membership to the Club, and:
First Prize: £200 
Second Prize: £100 
Third Prize: £ 50 

Enquiries can be directed to us by using the contact form on our website www.sussexplaywrights.com or alternatively should be addressed (with and SAE please) to:- Mr Nicholas Quirke, 24 Highcroft Villas, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 5PS.

Terms and conditions of the Shaw Society / T F Evans award, 2012
1. The Shaw Society / T F Evans award is open to all ages, professions and nationalities.
2. The full specification for entries is as published on the Society’s website:
www.shawsociety.org.uk.
3. Entrants may submit one entry only, of between 1500 and 3000 words in length.
4. Entries must be submitted via email to: tfevansaward@shawsociety.org.uk. Please
include your email address in the file if submitting as an attachment, or in the email itself.
(Alternatively, entries will be accepted as hard copies, but three non-returnable copies
must be supplied. Address for posting: Shaw Society / T F Evans award, c/o 22 Selborne
Road, London, N22 7TL.)
5. The closing date for entries is 31 July 2012. Entries will not be accepted after that
date.
6. The Shaw Society cannot accept responsibility for entries which are not received or
which are received after the closing date due to technical failure or for any other reason.
7. The winner of the award will be notified by 31 October 2012 and the result published
on the Society’s website.
8. The decision of the award judges will be final and no correspondence will be entered
into.
9. The judges reserve the right not to make an award if no entry is considered to be of
sufficient quality.

The University of New Hampshire proudly announces a call for plays written by an international playwright for the Woodward International Playwriting Prize. The Woodward International Playwriting Prize is part of the Cultural Stages International Drama and Dance Initiative. The aim of this program is to broaden and deepen the understanding of international cultures through a competition for plays addressing relevant themes.

Plays submitted to the Woodward International Playwriting Prize must be at least one hour in performance length and can be written in any style, including musical and may contain any number of characters.

Plays may not be adaptations of any work that is not in the common domain. Scripts must be submitted in English.

Plays that have already been produced are not eligible for this prize.

Any Playwright living outside of the USA, or expatriates of any country, are eligible to submit a script.

All plays should be accompanied by: A brief synopsis, list of all characters with character descriptions, production requirements, including set and costume and any special production needs, a brief biography of the playwright, a current email address in order for us to acknowledge receipt of the script and be able to contact you during the selection process.

The winning play will be given a fully produced production as part of the University of New Hampshire 2013/14 season. The winning Playwright will receive a cash prize of $5,000, plus expenses to travel to the University of New Hampshire and stay for the one week of performances. Finalists will be posted on the University of New Hampshire Department of Theatre and Dance website in November, 2012.

The winner will be announced in January, 2013.

Please note that:

• The University of New Hampshire will not be able to offer feedback for submitted scripts

• Hard copy scripts will not be able to be mailed back

• The winning Playwright will be required to sign a letter of agreement giving permission for the University of New Hampshire to perform the play with no additional royalties or fees. The Playwright also agrees that any published version of the play will include the following statement: “First Produced by the University of New Hampshire, Department of Theatre and Dance as part of the Cultural Stages: Woodward International Drama and Dance Initiative.”

Scripts should be submitted electronically to David Kaye, Woodward Prize Selection Committee Chair at djk@unh.edu.

If sending a play electronically is not possible, a hard copy may be sent to: David Kaye, Woodward Prize Selection Committee Chair University of New Hampshire Dept. of Theatre and Dance, 30 Academic Way Durham, NH, USA 03824

Plays must be received by August 1, 2012.

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Writers are invited to submit their best full-length stage plays that are original and have never been published. The winning play will receive publication and representation from Samuel French. Submissions for this year´s contest will be accepted beginning May 1st, 2012. Completed applications and manuscripts should be sent to:

Attn: Canadian Playwrights Contest
Samuel French, Inc.
45 W. 25th St.
New York, NY 10010

Download an Application

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How to Submit Your New Work:
* Printed copies of your work should be mailed to RCP. Do not submit as an email attachment.

FORMAT OF SCRIPT
* Type Size: 12 pt Times Roman or Courier
* Format: standard stage format (name of speaker centered above lines). See, for example, Richard Toscan’s manuscript format guide.
* Pages printed on one side only, 8-1/2″ x 11″ paper.
* Your work should be bound, but the binding should be removable so that we can make copies for our readers, directors, etc. We suggest a two-prong binder; please do not submit in a hard sided 3-ring binder. We will handle your script with care, but you should retain a copy of your script, because we cannot assume any liability for a lost or damaged script, and we won’t mail it back to you.
* Print and fill out the submission form.

Mail your script—hard copy only (do not submit as an email attachment)—to:
The New Play Project
Reston Community Players
268 Sunset Park Drive
Herndon, VA 20170

* Scripts may be submitted directly by the author, or through an agent. No benefit or “extra points” result from an agent submission; we don’t think less of a play just because it was submitted by the author.
* Please note we do not return scripts that are sent to us.

When to submit your work:
Scripts may be submitted now through August 31, 2012. Due to the large volume of scripts we review, estimated time to review your work, and decide whether we will do a reading may take as much as five to six months. If we select your work for a reading, we will contact you by phone.

Contact us at RestonNewPlays@aol.com with questions or click here for more information.

SFPA and many other theatre companies around the country with similar programs, support playwrights and ensure the future of American Theatre. Without the writers, the actors would have nothing to say. Submissions are limited to unproduced new American plays and must be postmarked by the first of September of each year. Send play synopsis and character break-down. Full scripts upon request only.

Send Submissions To:
Santa Fe Performing Arts
Post Office Box 22372.
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502

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DEADLINES: Applications and supporting materials must be postmarked by September 15 (with notification by November 15) for the Winter/Spring Residency or January 15 (with notification by March 15) for the Summer/Fall Residency. Incomplete applications will not be accepted for review.

DURATION OF RESIDENCY: All residencies start the 15th of each month and end the 13th of the next month.

Please click here for an application and more information.

Contact us at jentel@jentelarts.org with questions.

Submission Guidelines:   

Only unproduced works will be accepted.  Plays that have had staged readings are eligible.         

No adaptations, musicals, or children’s plays.     

Cast size maximum:  nine

Length:  35-minutes maximum.  No minimum.  

Settings should be simple or suggested.           

Playwrights may make multiple submissions. These need not be made under separate cover. Please do not submit works that have been previously submitted.                 

Scripts must be post-marked by September 30, 2012.

Please submit a cover letter, a synopsis, and a resume along with one copy of the play. Cover-sheet of play should have title, author, author’s address, author’s telephone number, and author’s e-mail.  Plays should be neatly bound or stapled on the left hand corner.  (No loose pages and no binders, please.)  All submissions must include a standard SASE for correspondence.  Or, if playwrights wish to have their works returned, an appropriate SASE must also be included.  Selected plays will be presented for ten performances.  Playwrights will receive a small stipend. Once plays have been contracted, THEATRE THREE will have the exclusive performance rights until the close of the festival.

Plays should be submitted to The The 16th Annual Festival of One-Act Plays, Attn. Jeffrey Sanzel, Artistic Director, THEATRE THREE, PO Box 512, Port Jefferson, NY  11777-0512. 

We do not accept electronic (e-mail) submissions).  Please do not call or stop by the theatre.

Final selection of plays will be in late 2012.Theatre Three is a not-for-profit organization supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

From 1 May 2012 we will be accepting submissions for New Writing Scotland 31, publishing in 2013. Submissions should be typed on one side of the paper only and the sheets stapled at the top-left corner. Prose pieces should be double-spaced and carry an approximate word-count. You should provide a covering letter, clearly marked with your name and address. Please also put your name on the individual works. If you would like to receive an acknowledgement of receipt of your manuscript, please enclose a stamped addressed postcard. If you would like to be informed if your submission is unsuccessful, or if you would like your submissions returned, you should enclose a stamped addressed envelope with sufficient postage. Submissions should be sent by 30 September 2012, in an A4 envelope, to:

ASLS
Department of Scottish Literature
7 University Gardens
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QH, UK

We are sorry but we cannot accept submissions by fax or e-mail.

Please be aware that we have limited space in each edition, and therefore shorter pieces are more suitable – although longer items of exceptional quality may still be included. A maximum length of 3,500 words is suggested. Please send no more than four poems, or prose work(s) to a maximum of 3,500 words in total. Successful contributors will be paid at a rate of £20 per published page.

Authors retain all rights to their work(s), and are free to submit and/or publish the same work(s) elsewhere after they appear in New Writing Scotland.

If you have any queries e-mail us at office@asls.org.uk.

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Submission Guidelines:

Please make sure to carefully follow these guidelines in order to make the submission process as smooth as possible.

1. Combine the following items, in this order, into a single PDF or Word Document:
-Resume
-Proposal & History of Script (Please tell us a little about your script, where it has come from, and how you believe The New Harmony Project can benefit the growth of your piece)
-Statement of Artistic Purpose (This serves as a chance for us to get to know you a little better. Feel free to include any information that you think might help us get to know you as a person and artist.)
-Ten Page Dialogue Sample
-Full Script*
2. If you are submitting a musical, please submit a FIVE MINUTE music sample. This should fit into one or two separate music files (.mp3, .wav, .aiff)
3. Name the file using the following format: “FirstName LastName- Title of submission.”
For example, John Doe- Mountains.pdf or Jane Doe- Fire and Ice.doc. DO NOT USE ANY SPECIAL CHARACTERS IN THE FILE NAME (APOSTROPHES, COMMAS, ETC...)
4. Visit the script submission website HERE and fill out the required information. Make sure to double check your email and phone #.
5. Submit your information and upload your file. If your application has been processed, you will get instant confirmation, and receive an email letting you know that it has been received. If, for some reason, you do not receive instant confirmation and an email, please contact The Webmaster as soon as possible.

*We understand that sometimes it is impossible to maintain the integrity of the document by combining it into a single document. In the event that you are unable to combine the requested materials, the full script may be submitted separately from the other material. In this situation, please name your full script document, “FirstName LastName- Title of Submission Script.” i.e. John Doe- Mountains Script.pdf.

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* Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Translations and screenplays are not accepted. Adaptations allowed only if underlying rights are free and available.

* Plays that received fully-produced productions are not eligible.

* Blue Ink Playwriting Award is open to all subject matters. All playwrights are encouraged to submit.

* The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play’s title and playwright’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and page count. A second page must list the title of the play only, a list of characters, a list of acts and scenes, and (if applicable) a list of acknowledgments.

* Please include playwright’s bio/resume in a separate attachment.

* Playwrights may submit only one (1) manuscript per year.

* Submissions and questions are accepted by email only to blueink@americanbluestheater.com

* Please send as a Word Document or PDF File only.

* Send a five dollar bill or $5 check for the administrative fee to: American Blues Theater c/o Blue Ink: 800 W. Cornelia, Suite 204, Chicago, IL 60657

* The submission process begins on July 1, 2012. Submissions must be received no later than October 1, 2012.

* The winning play will be publicly announced by ABT no later than March 31, 2013. The winning playwright will be notified directly, prior to public notification. The winner and finalists will be posted on ABT’s website immediately following the public announcement.

* ABT reserves the Right-of-First-Refusal to produce the World-premiere of the winning play for one year’s time beginning on the date of the winning playwright announcement.

* From the time of your submission through the winning announcement date, if your play receives or is scheduled for a professional production, please contact us.

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The contest is judged by a team of distinguished theatre artists. The winning script(s) will receive a reading and/or a production at the Castillo Theatre in New York City during the theatre’s 2013 summer season.

All scripts should be submitted in hard copy and must be accompanied by:

• A statement of the political/social/cultural questions that the script engages (scripts without a statement will not be considered);

• A brief synopsis;

• A character breakdown, including gender, age and ethnic requirements, if any;

• A 100-word biography of the playwright;

• A current email address 

Please note:

• Receipt of script will be acknowledged via email.

• Scripts will not be returned. 

• Castillo will not give critical feedback to playwrights/contestants. 

• Contest winners are required to sign a letter of agreement, which will include but not be limited to granting the right for Castillo to produce one or more readings and/or a full production of the winning play. 

• Contest winners are responsible for travel expenses or any other expenses incurred as a result of participating in the development of the play with Castillo, or as a result of attending the reading and/or full production.

All scripts must be postmarked by October 1, 2012. The winner(s) will be publicly announced at the Otto René Castillo Awards for Political Theatre in New York City in May of 2013.

Send all submissions to:

Castillo Theatre

543 West 42nd Street 

New York, NY 10036 

Attn: Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest

Questions and inquiries should be addressed to Madelyn Chapman at 212-356-8485 or mchapman@allstars.org. 

Cost to particpate in this festival is $100 for Early Registration (until June 30); $150 from June 30 to the day of the event. Online registration stops thirty (30) days prior to the event. Participation by webcast is $200 until June 30 and $250 after June 30.

Information on the panel discussions, the contest and more information about the festival can be found here: http://www.atasteoftheatre.com/

Rules and Submission Guidelines

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION (subject to change):

1. "Full-length" plays will have a complete running time of between 1 hour 15 minutes (75 minutes) to 2 hours 15 minutes (135 minutes).

2. Plays submitted must be unpublished at the time of submission. Plays that have received developmental readings, workshop productions, or productions at small theatre companies are acceptable. No scripts with previous productions at major regional theaters will be accepted. Once entered, subsequent activity does not change the acceptability of the script.

3. Each submission must include a synopsis (1 page or less) including the cast size. A separate page should include a brief bio of the playwright, and production/development history if applicable.

4. Each submission must include a cover letter with contact information and a $10.00 reader fee. Agent submissions require no fee. The fee will be waived for Playwrights' Center members with an enclosed photocopy of member profile. The BPP only accepts U.S. checks or money orders (Make check payable to "BPP").  No international checks or money orders will be accepted.  

5. It is preferable for musicals to include a demo CD. The complete score is not necessary but may be included. All plays are read by BPP's literary personnel led by and including the Literary Manager and Artistic Director.

6. We do not accept e-mail submissions. Scripts will not be returned.

7. The BPP reserves the right not to name a winner and/or name a winner but not commit to a reading or production. These instances are rare but can and do occur.

8. Send to:

Reva Shiner Comedy Award

Bloomington Playwrights Project

107 W. 9th Street

Bloomington, IN 47404

9. Scripts must be postmarked by Octobery 31, 2012, and received no later than November 10, 2012. We are not responsible for postal delays, and recommend you not choose to send Media Mail unless you are submitting several weeks in advance.

10. For further information, write BPP, Attn: Literary Manager, 107 W. 9th Street, Bloomington, IN 47404. For faster replies, please e-mail us at literarymanager@newplays.org

To maximize your chance of selection, please read all the guidelines carefully before submitting.

All submissions should be send to andy@madlab.net.

Please put “THEATRE ROULETTE SUBMISSION” in the subject line.  If you do have have email, please call 614.221.5418 to set up different arrangements.

Theatre Roulette is a juried festival.

Submissions must arrive no later than November 1st, 2012.

Submission will be chosen and applicants informed if his/her piece was chosen on January 2nd, 2013.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Scripts should be between 5-45 minutes in length.  Scripts of greater lengths will be considered, but due to time constraints, it is unlikely that unsolicited full-length plays will be selected for the festival, unless you are a Nobel or Pulitzer winning writer, in which case, your script will automatically be accepted for production as long as you waive your standard royalty, which would probably be more than the budget for the entire festival.  If you are not sure whether or not you have won a Nobel or Pulitzer Prize, please find out through the glory of the world wide web and let us know.

You may submit multiple scripts.

Script submissions WILL NOT be returned to the applicant; MadLab will destroy all evidence of your creative instincts upon a funeral pyre at an undisclosed location in order to protect both the innocent and the guilty.  Ashes will NOT be returned to you unless you purchase a commemorative urn from MadLab at the bargain basement price of $999.95.

Due to our environmentally conscious president, you must email your script to us.  If emailing is absolutely impossible for you, please call us at 614.221.5418 so we can make alternate arrangements.

Please send your script attached as a Microsoft Word (2000 or older) document or PDF format.  Scripts should be emailed to andy@madlab.net.  Please put “THEATRE ROULETTE SUBMISSION”  in the subject line.  If “THEATRE ROULETTE SUBMISSION” is not in your subject line, your submission may not be received.  All submissions will receive a reply email to ensure that your submission was received.

For ROULETTE, MadLab pays $50 to each playwright or 10% of our box office receipts - whichever is more.  The 10% is split among the 9-11 plays that get selected.

If you’ve made it through all of this, congratulations.  At least you’ve got the potential patience to deal with the travails of theatrical production. If you have any questions, please email them to Managing Director Andy Batt at andy@madlab.net.

Thanks for your interest.  Good luck with your submission, and regardless of the outcome here, be sure to keep writing and producing new works.

First place Award: $2,000 and workshop production
Second place Award: $500 and workshop production
Honorable mentions: public staged reading

The winning plays will be chosen by a panel of distinguished theatre artists from the USA and Canada.

Submission Deadline: Postmarked by Nov. 1, 2012.
Early submission encouraged. / No electronic submission please.

Submit:
A cover page with: Play Title, Author Name, Contact Information; and two blind copies of the script with synopsis and cast requirements (Please do not put author name on the script, only on the title page).

Ecodrama Festival
c/o Theresa May
Theatre Arts, VIL 216
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1231

The Ecodrama Festival encourages submissions of full-length plays (at least 30 min. in length) in English that do one or more of the following:

*Put an ecological issue or environmental event/crisis at the center of the dramatic action or theme of the play.
*Explore issues of environmental justice.
*Interpret “community” to include our ecological community, and/or give voice or “character” to the land, or elements of the land.
*Theatrically explore the connection between people and place, human and non-human, and/or between culture and nature.
*Grow out of the playwright’s personal relationship to the land and the ecology of a specific place.
*Theatrically examine the reciprocal relationship between human, animal and plant communities.
*Offer an imagined world where the characters’ society is one that is more in harmony with principles of sustainability than we find in today’s modern world.
*Critique or satirizes patterns of exploitation, consumption, or other ingrained values that are ecologically unsustainable.
*Are written specifically to be performed in an unorthodox venue such as a natural or environmental setting, and for which that setting is a not merely a backdrop, but an integral part of the intention of the play.

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We are now considering plays for the 2013 season. Many factors determine our selection of plays for the New American Playwrights Project, including theme and content, cast size and potential for professional production. If you are interested in re-submitting or submitting any new scripts, please note the following:

1. Scripts can be received beginning March 1, 2012; to meet the deadline, they must be postmarked by November 1, 2012.
2. The New American Playwrights Project iis especially interested in material that explores characters and ideas that focus on our American Western experience, spirit, and heritage. We will also accept scripts that focus on “classic” characters, subjects, and themes such as Shakespeare and other figures of historical, literary, or artistic significance.
3. Plays should be original, un-produced full-length, bound scripts that are finished enough to profit from a workshop reading by professional actors but still open to revision. Do not send a synopsis, musicals, or screenplays. No plays by multiple authors or collaborations will be accepted.
4. Scripts may not exceed 120 pages of dialogue and must be bound in traditional script form.
5. Cast size must be limited to fifteen characters or less.
6. You will be notified after March 15, 2013, regarding the status of your play.
7. Scripts will not be returned.
8. A non-refundable $20 submission fee is required for entry into the New American Playwrights Project. Make checks or money orders payable to: “Utah Shakespeare Festival NAPP.” Payment must be included with your script. Do not send cash.
9. The New American Playwrights Project is staged-play readings only. Your script, if selected, will receive a fully staged reading with the Utah Shakespeare Festival performing company, performed before the Festival audience.
10. If your script is selected, you must be willing to provide that in all subsequent productions the Utah Shakespeare Festival receive credit in all programs and publicity material. The appropriate format should read: "Original reading by the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Cedar City, Utah."
11. If your script is selected, you must be able to be in residence for the one week of rehearsal and performance in August. The Festival will provide lodging and complimentary tickets to each of the Festival summer season productions presented during your stay.
12. The playwright is responsible for the cost of their transportation to Cedar City, Utah. If you choose to fly into Las Vegas, Nevada, or St. George, Utah, the Festival will provide ground transportation to Cedar City.

All scripts should be submitted to:
Charles L. Metten
Director, New American Playwrights Project
Utah Shakespeare Festival
351 West Center Street
Cedar City, UT 84720
Telephone: 435-586-7880

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Competition Eligibility:
*Must be 18 years of age or older.
*Applicants under the age of 18 are allowed to enter this contest. Any applicant who is under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian enter the competition on their behalf and provide their signature on each entry form submitted. Should an applicant under the age of 18 win the competition all monies and prizes will be made payable to the parent or legal guardian and/or that person whose name and signature appears on the application. Teachers may always submit entries on behalf of their students. Each entry must include the teacher's signature. Each entry must also include a copy of the teacher's teaching credential.
*The entered script must not be or previously been optioned, sold, or produced.

Writing Competition Rules:
*Any genre considered.
*All screenplay, teleplay, stage play and manuscripts must be original work of the author.
*Multiple authorship is allowed. If the script wins, the writers will divide the prize.
*Multiple entries are allowed, but their own completed entry form and their own appropriate entry fee must accompany each entry.
*No corrected pages or additional pages will be accepted after the script has been entered.
*All screenplay, teleplay, stage play and manuscripts submitted must be in English.
*Do not send originals, scripts will not be returned.
*All screenplay, teleplay, and Stage Play must be submitted in the particular industry standard format and bound with 2 or 3 brads unless submitted electronically as an Adobe PDF or Word File.
*Body pages must be correctly numbered.
*All screenplay, teleplay, stage play and manuscripts title page should only contain name of script.
*All screenplay, teleplay, stage play and manuscripts submitted must be on white paper. *Covers must be card stock only
*Teleplays must be original material. We will not accept spec scripts for existing shows, treatments or reality television pilots.
*Teleplays must be hour or half-hour or one hour pilots. Additional material will not be read or considered.
*Teleplays must not have been previously optioned, purchased or produced.
*Manuscripts must not be bound or stapled. Please only send loose pages held together with a paperclip or by rubber band.
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Fees and Deadlines:
Short Length:
$25.00 if postmarked by March 10, 2012 (U.S. Currency only)
$35.00 if postmarked by July 14, 2012 (U.S. Currency only)
$45.00 if postmarked by October 20, 2012 (U.S. Currency only)
$55.00 if postmarked by November 10, 2012 (U.S. Currency only) Withoutabox entries ONLY

Feature Length:
$35.00 if postmarked by March 10, 2012 (U.S. Currency only)
$45.00 if postmarked by July 14, 2012 (U.S. Currency only)
$55.00 if postmarked by October 20, 2012 (U.S. Currency only)
$65.00 if postmarked by November 10, 2012 (U.S. Currency only) Withoutabox entries ONLY

Please mail all entries to:
Writers Block International Writing Competition
P.O. Box 346
Erie, Pa. 16512

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Bottle Tree Productions is a writer-driven production company.  

Competition Details
The contest is open January 30, 2012. It closes November 30, 2012.

First Prize $1,000 
Second Prize $250 
Third Prize $100

Submission
Scripts can be emailed to
contest@bottletreeinc.com.

For Overland Delivery, scripts need to be bound and should be mailed to:
Bottle Tree Productions
445 Southwood Drive
Kingston, Ontario
K7M-5P8

A manuscript-sized SASE should be attached if the script needs to be returned.

Entry Fee
There is a twenty-five dollar entry fee in Canadian or American dollars. For email submissions use our PAYPAL account.  A twenty-five dollar cheque should be enclosed with hard copy submissions and made payable to Bottle Tree Productions. No entry will be considered until the entry fee has been paid. You may enter as many scripts as you like but there is a twenty-five dollar fee for each entry.

Eligibility
Previously produced and/or work-shopped scripts will be accepted as long as they weren't produced or work-shopped by an equity company. Scripts should be no longer than 70 minutes. The format is immaterial, as long as it is typed and readable. International entries are welcome!

More information is available at our website.

The commission honors the memory of the Rev. Donald Cunningham, a Chicago priest, playwright and lover of the theatre. Funded by an endowment gift from the Cunningham family in 1991, the program seeks to recognize and encourage the writing of dramatic works for young audiences that affirm the centrality of religion, broadly defined, and the human quest for meaning, truth and community.

The commission encourages Chicago-area playwrights to write for an audience they may not previously have considered and offers the potential for a fully realized production of the new play. Students at The Theatre School, in turn, get the opportunity to collaborate with a professional playwright on a new work.

The Cunningham Commission program is partially inspired by the work of Charlotte B. Chorpenning, who headed the Goodman Children’s Theatre (now Chicago Playworks) from 1931 to 1955. During her lifetime, Chorpenning wrote at least 55 plays, virtually doubling the mid-century repertoire of American children’s plays at a time when few professional playwrights wrote for young audiences. Her work is still considered a landmark in children’s theatre, and The Theatre School expects the plays developed through the Cunningham Commission to be just as influential, especially as the importance and prominence of theatre for youth rises across the nation.

If you are interested in applying for the Cunningham Commission, please follow our Submission Guidelines.

The Competition is open to full-length plays written by both new and experienced playwrights who live on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket. One play will be selected by the judges and presented as a staged reading in March 22 and March 23, 2013 on the historic Gertrude Lawrence stage as part of Eventide Arts’ 2012-2013 season of plays, concerts and workshops. The winning Competition entry will be awarded the $1,000 Kaplan Foundation Prize.

New Playwrights, New Plays Competition Guidelines:

*Playwrights must follow the Competition guidelines.
Plays must be submitted with the registration form available on this page or they will not be considered.
*All completed plays submitted by the January 1st deadline must be full-length.
*The Play Competition is open to residents of Cape Cod, Nantucket, or Martha’s Vineyard.
*Manuscripts will not be returned after judging and will be shredded.
*Plays must be single-sided and submitted in Standard Play Format. The Eventide Arts Fulllength Play Competition does not accept musicals.
Each play must have two title pages:
- One title page must contain only the name of the play.
- The second title page must contain the playwright’s name and full contact information.
- The playwrights name must not appear on the pages of the play. If there is identifying information on the play pages, the play will not be considered for the Competition.
The number of characters in the play is not designated in 2013.
Plays are encouraged to be emailed as a pdf file but Competition registration forms must be mailed and accompanied by a $25.00 fee.
- Please make checks out to Eventide Arts, Inc.
- Please send the registration to: Play Competition, c/o JMLoring, PO Box 338, Monument Beach, MA 02553.

* Plays may be submitted that have been workshopped, staged as a short play and/or previously cold read.
* Plays may not be submitted that have been fully produced or that have been accepted, as of 1/1/2013, for production in any other venue.
* Plays must be noted on the registration form as completed or work-in-progress.
* All plays judged to be included in the Competition from the 5/1/0212 deadline may be edited before the 1/1/2013 deadline. If a play has been edited during the Competition, a new copy must be forwarded to the Competition no later than 1/1/2013 in order to be considered for the final judging.

The Play Competition Committee strongly suggests that authors copyright their work before submission.

For more information and for play guidelines, please email, jmljake@capecod.net or call 508-542-2013.

Please click here for more information and an application.

The process is this: every two months (this may go to once a month, depending on response and energy), Black Swan will arrange a reading of a new script or scripts before an audience, to which the playwright will be invited. Response sheets will be given to director, performers, and audience to aid in the development of the play, and an audio recording will be made for the playwright if he/she cannot be in attendance. Especially promising scripts will undergo further development at Black Swan and at Highland Repertory Theater (our professional partner in this endeavor) toward the end of possible full production. No payment to the playwright during reading and development, but contracts negotiated for full productions.

Submit your script for future readings!

Send to:
Black Swan Theater
Attn: DBH
166 W. Haywood Rd., #1
Asheville, NC 28801

Please do not email scripts at this time.

Play submissions, which will be accepted at any time, should be sent to:

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre
Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes St
Evanston, IL 60201

Submissions should include a hard copy of the script, including cover sheet, synopsis, two title pages with contact information and a self-addressed postcard. Please allow eight weeks for a response. Scripts will not be returned. For more information, call 847-448-8260, ext. 109.

An African-American theatre company, the City of Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre produces theatre and cultural events that address the African-American experience or reflect the culture of people of African decent.

http://www.cityofevanston.org/arts-culture/theatre/auditions-scripts/

If you do not have agent representation, send a letter of inquiry, playwright bio or resume, character breakdown, brief synopsis and ten consecutive pages of sample dialogue. Please include your play’s production history, if any. Musicals should be accompanied by a tape or CD of selections from the score. Do not send sheet music or DVDs.

We will review your submission and let you know if we are interested in reading the entire script. Please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you wish to have your materials returned. Unsolicited scripts will not be read. We do not accept electronically submitted materials.

Please mail your submission to:

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Attn: Literary Department
P.O. Box 6537
Cincinnati, OH  45206

Please click here for more information.

Push Productions, Inc. deals with theatre that promotes social awareness. "The productions demonstrate that each character is responsible for everyday society"

Interested writers must submit an inquiry prior to sending material. Unsolicited plays sent via email will not be eligible for review.

To complete a submission inquiry form, visit pushproductionsny.org and click on "script submission" on the left hand side of the page.

To be considered, please send a letter of inquiry, a synopsis of your play, and a ten-page sample. All material must be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: submissions@northlight.org. You will receive an automatic electronic confirmation that we received your submission. If we would like to request the full script, we will contact you again. Thank you for your interest in Northlight Theatre.

Due to the high volume of scripts and the careful attention the members of the Literary Department give to each script received, MCC Theater does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. Interested writers are welcome to submit synopses and dialogue samples of no longer than ten pages (no electronic submissions, please) and are assured a timely reply. If you would like your materials returned, please include a SASE. If you do not need your materials returned, please include an email address for response.

Submissions can be sent to:
MCC Theater
311 W 43rd St #302
New York, NY 10036
attn: Literary

Membership in the MCC Theater Playwrights' Coalition is by invitation. Interested writers may submit material according to our submission guidelines, noting "attn: Playwrights' Coalition."

Please click here for more information.

The choice of plays is the single most important decision to be made in any season. All other decisions, all other programs; all the dreams, all the management, all the marketing, all the funding, all the bills, all the outreach, all the hiring; everything, the purpose, the audience, the budget, the visions, are embodied in one thing, the plays we choose to make. Each choice each year is a risk. The outcome and the income are never guaranteed. The Artistic Director makes the final decision on the choice of plays and, in that sense, the destiny of the theatre is in his/her hands. But the decision is never unilateral.

The Literary Manager and an in-house team of directors reads and recommends scripts throughout the year to be considered for production. The Artistic Director reads the recommended scripts. The worthiness, importance, taste, artistry, capability, costs, talent available, and position in the season’s lineup of each recommended script is discussed and defended by members of the team and the Artistic Director at a special session. Then, the Artistic Director makes the final determination.

Playwrights wishing to submit scripts for consideration should address scripts to the Detroit Repertory Theatre, c/o The Literary Manager, 13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit 48238-3686.

Please click here for more information.

As Rattlestick has grown though, it has become increasingly harder to handle the sheer volume of scripts we are sent. In order to best serve playwrights, we are asking that instead of full scripts, interested parties please send the following:

*Cover Letter

*Resume

*Synopsis

*Actor Breakdown

*15 Page Sample (or a scene)

After consideration from our reader's group, we may ask you for a full script, and the process will continue from there. Please also note that we do not accept e-mail submissions of any kind, and please do not include a self-addressed stamped enveloped for the return of your materials. For organizational purposes, we cannot guarantee that we will return your submission once we have completed our review. Also, while we do try to review all materials sent to us and to get back to playwrights in a reasonable period of time, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to review every single script that is sent to us.

Reviewing our mission and the plays we have produced in past seasons will help you get a sense of our work and sensibilities. Submissions should be sent to the following:

Literary Department

Script Submissions

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

224 Waverly Place

New York, NY 10014

Submission Guidelines:

*When emailing your submission please include all of the following material you have available.
*Your play attached as a PDF or Word document, including cover page.
*Short synopsis and character breakdown.
*Production history.
*Select review highlights, quotes, and awards or nominations received.
*Any posters or logos from the productions.
*Playwright resume or bio.

Send it all to:
subdept@originalworksonline.com

Please list the title of your submission and length (full length, one act, etc.) in the Subject line.

Response Time:
OWP receives a large number of exciting new plays, all of which are closely evaluated. Please give us a minimum of three - six months to respond.

Snail Mail Submissions:
OWP no longer accepts snail mail submissions. Let's keep it green. Save money on postage, save trees, save printer ink.

Please click here for more information.

Submission formats for plays:
-Standard typed play script format or any similar approach. We accept only pdf, doc, text, or rich text formats by email, please.

-Your evaluation will be mailed to you by email or regular post, so please include a current physical address and email in every correspondence.

-Submit the proper PayPal evaluation fee for each of your play(s). The critique fees for submissions are as follows (you can pay by PayPal on our website):

SHORTS:
Up to 20 pages = $20
ONE ACT PLAYS:
21 to 40 pages = $30
41 to 60 pages = $40
FULL-LENGTH PLAYS:
61 to 80 pages = $50
81 to 100 pages = $60
101 to 120 pages = $70
121 to 140 pages = $80

- Plays longer than 140 pages are not accepted at this time.
- The length of your work is noticed, please include the proper fee.
- Please do not send several scripts (ie: one-act collections) as one play. Each play merits its own evaluation and each requires its own fee. Authors submitting several plays as one will only receive one evaluation, covering the collection as one play, resulting in a less-detailed, less-in-depth critique.

If the proper fee is not received, your script(s) will not be considered. All plays go through the same evaluation process. And, as a completely volunteer artists’ cooperative, the theatre relies on all income (critique fees, donations, ticket sales, etc.) for the ongoing production of new work and theatre operating expenses.

Include a couple of concise paragraphs in your email (with your attached script/s submission) telling us a bit about your work & yourself.

Don't forget to include your name & contact info on the scripts.

Submit as many plays as you wish, just make sure to send the appropriate fee for EACH through PayPal.

We now accept all scripts year-round!

Please Be Patient
Selecting plays can take up to six months to a year, depending on the time of year, the theater's workload and the number of scripts received. Though very rare, if you haven't received a call or email, or your evaluations after 12 months, please feel free to drop us an email. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE THEATRE REGARDING YOUR SUBMISSIONS UNTIL AFTER THAT TIME.

When you submit the appropriate email payment, please email your play(s) to --
barestage@mac.com

Please click here for more information on our website.

Playwrights with professional representation may have their agents send full manuscripts at any time. Please note that lawyers and law firms do not qualify as "professional representation.”

To best accommodate our schedule of new play activities, we are instituting an Inquiry Window, during which playwrights who are not working with an agent may send a submission inquiry. The current window will close on March 15, 2012. In future years, playwrights who are not working with agents may send a submission inquiry from November 1 to January 31. Inquiries submitted in any other time period cannot be processed. Before submitting a play for consideration, please look at our production history and at the list of new plays we have commissioned or produced, as an indication of the kind of work we are likely to produce.

Please do not send us the first draft of a play. Due to the amount of scripts we receive, we can only read any play one time, so make sure you are sending us your best work. Plays for consideration in our play development series must not have had more than one production at another theatre.

To have your play considered, submit the following (please note: electronic inquiries cannot be responded to):

*A cover letter introducing yourself, with your full contact information
*Your creative resume and a development or production history of this play. If the play has had other developmental readings or productions, they must be included here.
*A description of this play, no more than ½ page. This need not be a summary of the plot – we welcome a description of the play’s world, characters and conflict, and your reasons for writing it.
*A complete list of characters
*A ten-page dialogue sample. Pages do not need to come from the beginning of your text but must be sequential.
*Please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you would like materials to be returned.

Direct your inquiry to:
Jean Ryon
New Plays Coordinator
Geva Theatre Center
75 Woodbury Blvd.
Rochester, NY 14607

After reviewing your query, we will let you know whether or not we wish to read the entire script. Playwrights submitting Inquiries can anticipate hearing from us by June 30. Agents submitting plays should expect a response within 6-12 months.

Please note: Due to the amount of inquiries we receive, we cannot respond to materials submitted electronically.

Please click here for more information.

If you believe you have a play that fits our artistic mission to raise debate on political and social issues, please send us:

- Cover Letter
- Resume
- One page synopsis
- 10-page excerpt
- Supporting Materials: Any other information you feel may be helpful, including letters of recommendation from Artistic Directors or Literary Managers of other professional theatres.
- Reliable email address

Should your materials interest us, we will contact you and ask for the complete script.
Please refer to our production history page if you would like more information on the types of scripts we have produced in the past.

If you are interested in pursuing development for your script, please refer to our Downstage Left program. A printable application with specific guidelines other than those listed above is available on the DSL-for-artists page.

Estimated turnaround time for unsolicited submissions: Three months
Estimated turnaround time for full manuscripts: One year

Please send submissions to:
John Sanders
Director of New Play Development
Stage Left Theatre
3408 N. Sheffield
Chicago, IL 60657

Please note in your application whether you would like to be considered for production, development, or both. Please refer to our production history page if you would like more information on the types of plays we have produced in the past. Specific questions regarding script submissions may be directed to scripts@stagelefttheatre.com.

The best candidates will thrive in a fast-paced environment, have strong written communication skills, computer and general office skills, work well independently, and be incredibly organized. Self-motivated, enthusiastic individuals excel in such an environment, because an internship at New Dramatists is truly what you make of it.

Application Details:

A complete application should include: 1) the application form; 2) a statement of interest; 3) two letters of recommendation from theatre professionals; and 4) your resume.

We will request interviews as necessary. The application deadlines are as follows:

Fall (September – December): July 15
Spring (January – May): December 1
Summer (June – August): March 31

Please mail the completed application, along with all supporting materials to:

New Dramatists
Intern Coordinator
424 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

Please click here for more information and an application form.

It is designed to enhance students’ education by providing real life work experience in a professional environment. In addition to working in specific areas, there are opportunities for apprentices to gain knowledge in the workings of other areas of the theatre resulting in a well-rounded experience.

Under the supervision of the Director of Education, the program has ten areas of specialization:
Acting Conservatory/ Administration
Business
Carpentry/Scene shop
Communications
Development
Production/Company Management
Operations/ Facilities Management
Production/ Electrics
Stage Management

All apprentices participate in group projects as well as individual department exchanges that allow the chance to see first hand the roles that various departments play. Like staff members, apprentices work a 40-hour week and also participate in department and theatre-wide activities that may require working evenings and/or weekends. The schedule is rigorous and offers the chance to work alongside the finest professionals in the area’s premiere stage for the best in contemporary theatre.

Benefits and Perks

* Educational seminars with topics such as: Literary and Casting, Technical Theatre, Education and Outreach, Front of House and the Audience, Fundraising, PR and Marketing, Starting and Running a theatre.
* Social events that are also educational. Led by Board Members, apprentices this past year received a guided tour of Washington, DC, toured and experienced live programming at NPR, and went to a baseball game.
* Apprentices can see any Studio Theatre production as often as they wish and are also able to see many Washington, DC area theatre productions for free.
* Two guest comps for each Studio Theatre production.
* Apprentices are entitled to a 50% reduction in tuition for classes and workshops at The Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory.
* Single or double occupancy housing (provided for nine of the ten positions) that is located within walking distance of the theatre, in the heart of the exciting Dupont Circle area. Butler House, named after Susan L. Butler, Board Chair, is the theatre’s newly renovated historical residence. It has fully furnished studio apartments, each with a full kitchen and sleeping alcove. The house has a rooftop deck, a common room for social activities and on-the-premises laundry facilities.
* Bi-weekly stipend.

Upon completion of the program, apprentices have gone on to establish careers working in various professional theatres around the country, including The Studio Theatre.

For more information and applications, please click here.

Please Submit: Short synopsis of play, 15 representative pages, cast breakdown and set requirements

Please do not include SASE, scripts will NOT be returned.

NO electronic submissions.

Submit to:

The New American Theatre

Literary Coordinator

PO Box 586

Culver City , CA 90232

Jeannine@NewAmericanTheatre.com

310 226-6144 ext. 1

Before submitting your work, we strongly encourage you to read the monologues on this website so that you may get a sense of the monologue layout and the work that we publish.

Read the following guidelines carefully to ensure that your monologue is read by our editors and reaches us safely:

*Email all monologues—individually if making more than one submission—to submit@thegoodearreview.com. Include the words “Monologue Submission” in the email’s subject line.
*The limit of submissions is no more than 3 monologues.
*Most important: no attachments—monologues must be in the body of your email, otherwise the email will not be opened.
*Please do not format your monologue in an unusual way, e.g., no coloured or unconventional fonts. Keep the formatting simple but do include paragraphs, parenthesis for stage directions, etc.
*Monologue needs to include: Setting (a particular room? particular city or country? bare stage?), Time (year? morning? evening? transcending all space and time?), Character (name, sex, age, ethnicity or nationality, any other pertinent attributes), and any necessary Set Up.
*If the monologue requires a set up in order to be understood, particularly if the monologue is an excerpt from a larger work, the set up must not exceed 2-3 lines. Brevity is the soul of description. We want the reader to jump into the monologue without being hampered with excessive exposition.
*Please title your monologue otherwise our editors will assign one. If the piece is an excerpt from a play, include the name of the play. Also include the year the monologue or excerpt was written.
*The word limit on monologues is ideally no less than 600 words, no more than 1000. A little over 1000 words may be considered, depending on the flow and content. We do not accept revisions of an already submitted monologue unless you are specifically asked to revise by a GER editor.
*Include a writer’s biography with your submission, at the bottom of your email. The word limit for writer’s bios is 60 words.
*If we decide to publish your monologue on The Good Ear Review website, you will be notified via email. The time in which we will contact you should span anywhere between 3 weeks to 3 months, depending on the submission flow and the availability of our editors.
*Due to the high volume of submissions, we are unable to provide the service of individual feedback for monologues.
*The ugliness of money: we wish we could pay writers, but we are unable to at this time. For now, your reward is guts and glory, a far-reaching readership, and a deep, deep sense of pride.

Any questions apart from monologue submissions may be sent to info@thegoodearreview.com, or click here for more information and to read the monolougues.

To be considered, please send a play synopsis, full character list, and a ten-page script sample. Plays still in development are welcomed. Please note that while we are not producing children’s theater, each play in our season will have an educational outreach component. For this reason, plays with extreme sexual content will not be considered.

Script submissions can be sent to Elizabeth Schwartz at BrainTrustTheatricals@gmail.com or snailmail to:

330 W 45th Street
Lobby H
New York, NY 10036

We also seek plays for our second stage (The Mosh Pit) and we are committed to producing new work in this space as well. Finally, each year we produce the Fireside Festival of Staged Readings, whose purpose is to give playwrights the opportunity to work with actors and a director in the production of a staged reading and experience the effect of their play on an audience. Again, we prioritize local playwrights, but are in search of high quality work that fits with our mission.

There are two ways to submit plays to us. The conventional way is to send a query letter (with SASE) with a one or two page description of your play and a bio. If we are intrigued by your description we may request the whole play. You may submit by e-mail in the following manner: attach in text or Microsoft Word or as a PDF your description and bio to a query e-mail. There is no preference for one method over the other, and our response time tends to be the same for regular and electronic queries.

As Performance Network receives between 500 and 600 queries and submissions per season, we ask that you please be patient in waiting for a response from us. Responding to a query letter generally takes two to four months, though it can take less and rarely will take more. Should you be invited to submit your play, it is possible you may get a response on the script in as little as three months, but it is more likely that it will take between six and twelve months to turn the script around. Every query and script that satisfies the proper submission guidelines will be given a response.

Click here for some tips for submitting your play to Performance Network and submission information.

Email synopsis and complete script to loaftheatrecompany@gmail.com with 'Play Submission' in the subject line.

Hard Copy submission can be mailed to the following address : Loaf Theatre Company c/o Ryan Sprague

32-35 30th Street, Apt # 24C

Astoria NY, 11106

Caffeine Theatre will only read plays within our mission. Caffeine welcomes 10-15 page samples and synopses by mail or by email, as well as full scripts by email only. (Please note that we will not be able to return scripts or samples.)

To see our production history, visit caffeinetheatre.com. As a theatre in conversation with the poetic tradition, Caffeine Theatre produces plays by and about poets, as well as plays that contain poetry/verse (metric or free). While we appreciate plays with beautiful language, our mission concerns a direct relationship to the poetic tradition and its penchant for social questions.

Email submissions to: info@caffeinetheatre.com.

The Flower Shop Project is looking for new seedlings to cultivate in our greenhouse!

Scripts still in the development process are welcomed - we may provide a public workshop and script development process, depending on the needs of the script in question.  Authors will retain sole copyright and all other entitlements.  Royalties will be paid to authors of a selected work and will be negotiated on an individual basis.

For questions or submission via email, contact greenhouse@theflowershopproject.com.

Or by mail to:
      The Flower Shop Project
      c/o Brenna Jones
      2451 Aldrich Ave S #2
     Minneapolis, MN 55405

Please click here for more information.

Here are all the programs that you can submit for:

CT Main Stage
Scripts being considered for full fledged productions as part of Celebration Theatre’s main stage season.

CT After Dark
Scripts, sketch comedy, improv, musical acts and other alternative programming lending themselves to be more risqué in nature and performed after 10:30 pm on Friday and Saturday nights. (Usually these productions run no more than an hour in length.)

CT Tuesday Workshop
CT Tuesdays is a forum where new works are workshopped for 3-5 Tuesday nights (and sometimes Mondays or Wednesdays). Scripts produced in this program have already had a staged reading and have been identified to move forward in the development process. A minimalist production using the set and lighting plot of the current Celebration main stage show, the production's focus remains on the script but now actors have rehearsed for a number of weeks and have memorized their lines. After each Tuesday performance, the audience is invited to participate in a 20 minute talk-back with the actors and playwright. The playwright is then encouraged to go over his notes and feedback and make any adjustments before the next performance...or not.

CT Reading Series
These scripts we are interested in developing for possible CT Tuesdays workshops. The script will have one reading that includes a talk back with audience members.

CT Family Series
These are scripts that are targeted to family audiences with young children, tweens and teens.

Please click here for the script submission policy (read this carfully!), and here for more information.

We need your play!

We are especially interested in works by local and regional writers! We will be glad to assist local authors - we can review and critique your play, and set up a reading panel or workshop setting. Just let us know!

At this time we are accepting full-length and one-act plays ranging in length from short (up to 15 minutes) to long (1-2 hours or more).

DEADLINE: We generally try to select plays and musicals 4-6 months before the performance date.

Submission STEP 1
Please submit the following: A letter of inquiry with your contact information. A one page synopsis of your script. A full version of your script; or at the very least, a 10 page selection from your script. Make sure you have a title page at the beginning of your document, with your full name and contact info. Failure to do this may result in playwrights not getting properly credited. The title page must be in the same file, not sent as a separate file.

Submission of script(s) does not mean that we will give you a response. If you do not hear from us, please do not call us or e-mail us. It means that we are very, very busy. We make every effort to review all submissions. If your script is considered for the season, we will contact you.

Submission STEP 2
Please email your submission to: submissions@shelterbelt.org

We accept the following types of files: Microsoft Word; Plain Text, Rich Text Format, and Adobe PDF. Please don't send Final Draft or Movie Magic Screenwriter documents.

Please click here for more information.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

LENGTH OF PLAY: Any length.

SUBJECT MATTER: Completely Open. Both comedies and dramas will be considered. We do prefer plays that haven't been staged before. If you would like to submit a play that has been produced, please include a production history with your script.

SEND TO:
E-mail entries (MS Word or PDF files preferred) to: scripts@madcapplayers.com

If you are unable to submit electronically, mail to:
Madcap Players
405 6th Street NE
Washington, DC 20002

Include a self addressed stamped envelope if you would like the script(s) returned to you.

Please click here for more information.

1. Playwrights must first send a letter of introduction with details of a play they would like to submit for consideration prior to sending a full length script.

2. Do not send a S.A.S.E. All scripts that are declined will be recycled.

3. A current theatrical resume (preferred, but not required).

4. If your letter of introduction is met with approval send only that script to be considered.

5. Do not send large bulk packages of plays. Some playwrights have sent up to eight scripts at once and that is not something that we recommend.

6. Choose book or media rate to save on shipping costs.

7. No children's, 10 minute or short one-act plays.

Send scripts to:
BWT: New Play Development
c/o 129 Henrietta Street
Rochester, New York 14620

Please click here for more information.

We prefer e-submissions. If you think you play might be a good fit for us, please send a query letter, your bio or resume, a brief synopsis, and a 10-page sample of your play to the Mixed Blood at literary@mixedblood.com.

Writers: Please submit your full script and a brief introductory letter via e-mail with "Script Submission" in the subject line.

E-mail us at: tipmycup@gmail.com.

Please click here for more information.

Please include the following information to allow us to contact you if we have questions about your script:
* Full Name of Playwright
* Complete Mailing Address
* Email Address
* The font should be easily readable and 10-14pt.in size.
* Your script must contain page numbers.
* Include a list of characters. Keep it brief but be sure to include any important details such as gender, age and race if applicable.
* Any script submitted must be the sole work of the playwright(s) and must not include any material you do not have permission to use.
* All scripts must be in English.

Scripts can be sent electronically below or via US Mail to:
Raconteur Theatre Company
Attn: Mary-Aileen St.Cyr
P.O. Box 6111
Columbus, Ohio 43206

The following are a few suggestions to help you to have the best possible opportunity:
* We accept scripts of all lengths. We do not accept screenplays.
* Providing a cover page including the title, playwright name, contact information, a little background on the playwright, cast size, genre, approximate run time, and a brief synopsis is helpful.
* Electronic submissions are strongly preferred.
* Including a production and publication history if applicable is strongly preferred.
* Proofread to be certain there are no serious grammatical errors.
* Consider audiences when choosing a title, think about how it will look on a poster or in a press release. It should compel audiences to come see the show.
* Try not to include stage directions or costume design unless they are imperative to tell your story.
* We suggest limiting your cast of characters to no more than 8 and your list of settings to no more than 2.
* Special interest is given to writers from the Central Ohio area.
** Please note that Raconteur Theatre Company does not provide any comments or suggestions about work that we neither intend to develop nor produce. Although we accept material year-round, we do not guarantee that every script will be read. We will not return any materials physically mailed to us unless they are accompanied with a SASE and adequate postage.

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Productions of selected plays will be at DMAC- 62 East 4th Street, East Village, NYC, USA.

Submit materials along with an SASE to:

Anthony Ruiz DMAC
Cooperstation PO Box 1200
New York, NY 10276

This is an ongoing call for plays. Please e-mail questions to: duotheatre@gmail.com.

A joint initiative with Amnesty International UK, Everyone Has the Right provides a natural home for writers exploring human rights stories to create surprising and entertaining theatre.

We accept plays written for the stage, in English, which have not been professionally produced in the UK.

Feedback will be provided by a member of the iceandfire team to the writer on how effective the play is in terms of theatricality, dialogue and characterisation. We cannot provide feedback on scripts that do not successfully fulfil the brief of exploring a human rights story.

The best plays will receive professional rehearsed readings at Amnesty International UK’s central London Human Rights Action Centre or a partner theatre. Those writers that we feel would benefit from longer term development will be paired with a dramaturg for more in-depth work on their script.

Plays can be of any length, but we will only read full scripts (no outlines or synopses please) written for theatre. We cannot accept scripts by email or fax. We are interested in scripts for all ages, so if you write theatre for young people please consider submitting to this scheme.

Submissions
Please send:

*Your script
*A short synopsis (200-300 words) along with a short paragraph about how you think your play engages with a human rights theme.
*Completed cover sheet, found here.

To: Everyone Has the Right, iceandfire
Toynbee Hall
28 Commercial St
London E1 6LS

Due to the high volume of submissions, there is currently a delay in responding to writers. Please allow at least 3 months for a response – thanks!

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Agents may send scripts with production history and a playwright biography to:
ATTN: Literary Manager
Southern Rep
333 Canal Street Box, 34
New Orleans LA, 70130

If you have any questions about our script submission process, please email literary@southernrep.com or click here for more information.

Submission Guidelines

* Include two Cover Pages with your contact information (address, phone, e-mail), and Title of manuscript.

* Include a copy of your UNBOUND manuscript(s) with Title only. Your name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript.

* Plays can be on any subject.

* Keep a copy of your script—do not send your only copy.

* Do not send return postage—scripts are not returned.

* Plays can be full-length, one-act, or musical (no screenplays).

* Plays must be neat and printed/typed in an identifiable format.

* Authors must be residents of, or currently living and working in the Tri-State—OH, KY, or IN.

* If you are not already a member of CPI, a $15 entry fee, payable to CPI, must accompany the manuscript(s).

Receipt of manuscripts will be acknowledged via e-mail; thereafter the playwright will be contacted only if the play is chosen for the Series. Response time varies from 2 months to one year. Titles of received scripts will be noted in the following CPI Minutes.

Entries and payment should be sent to:

CPI New Voices Series
P.O. Box 19969
Cincinnati, OH 45219-0969

For more information call 513-861-0004 or e-mail info@cinciplaywrights.org.

Selected Scripts

Members of CPI Play-Reading Committee read each of the submitted scripts. They are unaware of who wrote the plays. The committee follows a specific evaluation criteria and a vote is taken. Submission of scripts does not guarantee acceptance.

A selected script will be given one public staged reading under the auspices of Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative's New Voices Series.

Once the Play-Reading Committee selects a script for a public staged reading, CPI will contact the playwright with a congratulation letter (e-mail or regular mail); further communications will follow to determine dates and iron out any obstacles.

You don’t have to give up your day job; you don’t have to pick-up roots and move to Idaho; you just need access to a computer, the internet, a phone line and have a passion for playwriting. Fall and Spring enrollments accepted.

Find out how you can be a part of this exciting new opportunity to advance your professional playwriting career by visiting the UI Department of Theatre Arts website at http://www.uidaho.edu/class/theatre/mfatheatre.

To contact the Dramatic Writing Department click here.

Have a script you would like to submit? Email your submissions to Development@TheTheatreProject.org.

We accept submissions of full length plays over seventy minutes in length and short one-act plays under thirty minutes. One-act submissions will be considered for our festival, Elephants on Parade. Full length submissions will be considered for readings, workshops, and full productions.

When submitting, please include "Script Submission," your name and the title of your play in the subject line. In the body, provide your full name again, your primary phone number, your primary email address, a brief (50-100 words) synopsis of the play and a detailed character breakdown. Please attach a resume and the playscript in PDF format only.

Submit all required materials electronically to literary@ebeensemble.com.

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What are we looking for?

We accept unsolicited script submissions. We are looking for writers that want to write for theatre and recognise the opportunities of live performance in a theatre space with an audience present.

We want new plays from writers of all ages. The writer need not be 'young' but if the voice is refreshing or bold or if the play is delivered with power or rigour, poetry or wit then we'll take notice.

We also want to present the important stories and perspectives that you feel are not getting on to other stages.

How do I submit a play?

All plays should be sent as a hard copy directly to the literary department at Hampstead Theatre. You should send the whole play, not an extract or opening scenes. We will only consider full length plays (50 pages or more) sent to us.

The script should be type-written and double-spaced on A4 paper, printed in a clear font, with the pages numbered.

Please enclose a short synopsis and covering letter telling us a little about yourself and the play.

Please make sure you include an email address so that we can acknowledge your play. If you do not include or do not have an email address your play will not be acknowledged. You are welcome to call the literary department directly on 020 7449 4184 if you have not included an email address but wish to know your play has arrived. Please allow at least two weeks from sending the script to ensure we have time to receive and log the play in to our system.

If you wish to have your play returned please include a stamped address envelope. We aim to read all plays within four months and so your script will be returned after that period of time if it has not been successful. All plays without postage will be recycled. For other frequently ask questions click here.

Please only send one play at any one time. We do not have the space to accept multiple submissions and we will contact you if we wish to read anything further.

Please take a look at our frequently asked questions for any further queries. If the answer you are looking for doesn't appear there please email literary@hampsteadtheatre.com and we will do our best to provide you with the answer you need.

Please include an equal opportunities form with your play.

Plays and equal opportunities forms should be sent to:

Will Mortimer
Literary Department
Hampstead Theatre
Eton Avenue
Swiss Cottage
London, United Kingdom
NW3 3EU

Frequently asked questions

WildClaw Theatre is currently accepting full-length horror plays. Submit your play personally or through your agent to literary@wildclawtheatre.com, along with an introductory letter, a bio or resume, a synopsis, and any development/production history of the play. Preferred formats are .doc and .pdf.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT SCREENPLAYS. Any submission in screenplay format will be discarded.

For adaptations, the source material must be in the public domain, or the author must secure the rights for a stage adaptation prior to submission to WildClaw.

Thank you for being excited about Horror Theatre! We look forward to reading your work.

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This program seeks to bring recognition to the area of student-written short plays that are produced by colleges and universities across the nation and to encourage young writers to develop the short play form in preparation for the playwriting profession.

The John Cauble Short Play Awards Program recognizes one or more outstanding productions of such plays in colleges and universities each year, with consideration for presentation at the national festival at the Kennedy Center.

The awards to each playwright whose work is presented at the national festival include:

* $1000 provided by the Kennedy Center.

* A professional development opportunity developed specifically for the winning playwright in consultation with the National Playwriting Program and the KCACTF National Office.

* Dramatists Guild Award. The Dramatists Guild Award provides the playwright with Active membership in the Guild. It will also honor the author with the awarding of a certificate presented at its offices in New York City. In the past, the award recipient has been cited at a Guild reception to honor all the playwrights of the previous year.

Like all Michael Kanin Award entries, the play must be produced by a college or university or publicly presented in, at the very least, a “rehearsed” or “staged reading” format following a significant development process. The play must be entered in the KCACTF. It must comply with the guidelines for scripts entered in the KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Program.

Rules and Procedures

1. Entries for the John Cauble Short Play Award may be fully produced participating or associate entries, or they may simply be scripts entered by students from schools that have other associate or participating entries.

2. If entered as a Participating and/or Associate entry, one fee will cover a bill of up to three plays. (Speak with your Regional Playwriting Chair for possible exceptions to this rule.) Each play will be considered separately for individual awards. Participants in full productions will be eligible for Irene Ryan Acting Scholarships (one departmental nomination per bill), and all other appropriate awards.

3. All short plays (also called One-Act Plays) along with cover sheet should be sent to the regional NPP chair. The scripts are screened at the regional level, and up to six are invited for reading at the regional festival and designated regional finalists. The top two selected scripts at each region are designated national semi-finalists and forwarded to the Kennedy Center for national consideration for the Cauble Award.

4. All short plays are eligible for all awards in the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program with the exception of the National Student Playwriting Award that is for full-length scripts. For that reason, all short plays should be sent to the KCACTF national office with appropriate cover sheet as well as to the regional NPP chair.

5. The short play is defined as a play of one act without intermission that, within itself, does not constitute a full evening of theatre; the running time of a one-act play is under 60 minutes, and when typed in standard format (see our Standard Format page), a one-act play is approximately 15-45 (or so) pages in length.

6. Because of length, a produced short play may be invited to appear with other short plays at the regional and national levels. For this reason all design elements must be carefully crafted to facilitate the minimal set-up and strike time established by your regional Playwriting Chair in consultation with the regional Executive Committee and Festival Hosts.

7. It is the intention of the Short Play Program to honor emerging theatrical voices. Therefore, the regional and national selection process should value the text, supported by strong acting, directing, and production values. At the national festival, invited short plays will be read by professional actors from the Washington, D.C., area.

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1. The musical must be entered in the KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program.

2. The musical must be original and copyrighted.

3. The writing team (composer, lyricist, librettist) may be faculty and/or students; the students must fulfill the eligibility requirements as set forth in rule 5 for the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program.

4. The play must be produced by a college or university or publicly presented in a “rehearsed” or “staged reading” format following a significant development process. The play must comply with the guidelines for scripts entered in the KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Program.

5. A panel of artists from the field, selected by KCACTF, will make the final determination as to the award recipients. All collaborators agree to send the following entry materials before December 1:

* A completed manuscript of the book, lyrics, and the score of the music;
* A professional-quality recording of the score.

For other questions, refer to “Rules and Procedures for the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program” here. Please e-mail ghenry@kennedy-center.org with questions.

Each playwright in residence receives a stipend as well as housing during the festival. Limited support for travel is also available.

Past Little Festival of the Unexpected scripts have a successful track record of full productions both here at Portland Stage and at other professional theaters around the country. Almost Maine, which was developed at the 2003 Little Festival, went on to become the most commercially successful mainstage production in PSC history. Many other Little Festival works have gone on to productions elsewhere, including successful Off-Broadway runs and television filming for PBS’ American Playhouse.

Little Festival of the Unexpected Submissions Submissions for the upcoming Little Festival of the Unexpected are accepted year-round on a rolling basis. All submissions received after January 1 will be considered for the following year’s festival. Only one submission is accepted per playwright.

Plays are eligible for development at The Little Festival of the Unexpected only if they have not previously been professionally produced or workshopped with Equity actors. This restriction includes Actors Equity showcase and waiver productions. Plays that have had readings or non-AEA productions are still eligible.

Literary agents may submit complete scripts at any time.

Playwrights may submit 10-page dialogue samples for consideration. Dialogue samples must be accompanied by a synopsis, production history and character breakdown.

Submit by mail to:
Portland Stage Company
Attn: Literary Manager
PO Box 1458
Portland, ME 04104

Additionally, while the Lab is an organization specifically designed to support Asian American writers and their works, the power of the Lab exists in the diversity of individual voices within it. Our goal as a collective is to provide support to amplify those voices on an individual level within a community-minded, movement-building setting. We therefore do not impose any requirements in terms of form, style, or theme. In other words, we do not limit our interest to plays and playwrights that specifically address "Asian American issues", or some broad notion of "The Asian American Experience". As an arts organization dedicated to providing a platform for the diversity of experience within our community, we have no interest in defining or limiting the scope of what that experience might be. So please don't worry about such formal restrictions, and simply send us work that matters to you. Regardless of whether your application is selected, it will matter to us as well.

Because applications for membership are accepted year-round, on a rolling schedule, the timeline for notification may take up to 2-3 months. All applications will be carefully reviewed, with the possibility of follow-up queries or interviews, to be scheduled at mutually agreeable times.

Writers who have previously applied are encouraged to resubmit, especially (and preferably) in the instance of new work to be reviewed.

If selected, membership in the Lab shall be granted immediately upon notification. Membership shall continue indefinitely as long as mutually determined, with no formal expiration set. There are no dues or fees of any kind associated with membership. Only applicants capable of regular attendance at meetings in New York City will be considered.

To apply, please submit the following:

• a cover letter with all relevant contact information;

• an artistic resume including production experience, publications, and/or training history, as applicable;

• a one-page artist's statement describing your interest in the Lab and how you hope it will benefit your work and your further development as a writer; and

• a writing sample or samples of any length (a minimum of 30 total pages, no maximum), preferably representing recent work written for the stage.

Materials may be submitted electronically (with attachments) to:

mayilab@gmail.com

or by regular mail to:

Ma-Yi Writers Lab
Membership Applications
520 8th Avenue, Suite 309
New York, NY 10018

Due to postal restrictions, application materials cannot be returned to you.

Requirements:

Women Playwrights only

Never Produced in Colorado

Full Length: any genre except musicals and children's

6 characters or less

Minimal set requirements

Submit:

Synopsis of play

Character outline

First 10 pages only - manuscript format

Playwright bio and production history of script

Submissions can be sent in electronic format only (PDF preferred) to submissions@andtototoo.org. (Need a PDF converter?)

Any scripts sent by mail will not be accepted; all communication regarding scripts will be done electronically.

Please note that due to the high volume of scripts received, a response to your script could take up to a year, and that we are unable to offer feedback.

Please also note that submission of script, whether solicited or not, does not in any shape or form constitute an agreement to produce.

Scripts not following the above guidelines will not be considered. Please, no phone calls.

Thank you.

Any further questions, feel free to contact us at info@andtototoo.org.

The Theater Project is particularly interested in writers who can contribute to the supportive process of play development as well as participate in its theatre community. This opportunity is a free service. Workshop meets once a month. In addition, there is a monthly script in hand public performance/ discussion of one of the plays in development.

North Jersey playwrights interested in developing their work through readings and critiques by actors, directors and other writers should submit a fifteen page sample (full length or short play), a SASE with a cover letter (please include an email address), and a brief summary of writing background to:
The Theater Project
C/O Sheldon Senek
15 Westminster Terrace
West Orange, NJ 07052

This material (with PDF attachments) may also be submitted via email to: TheaterProject@aol.com

* Production of the play at the Kennedy Center as part of the KCACTF national festival, with all expenses paid for the production and the playwright.

* The Kennedy Center will award the playwright a cash prize of $2500.

* Dramatists Guild Award. The Dramatists Guild Award provides the playwright with Active membership in the Guild.

* Samuel French Award. Samuel French, Inc. may offer the playwright a contract for publication of the play, and will send the playwright royalties received for productions of the play worldwide.

* Sundance Theater Laboratory Fellowship. The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival will provide the winner with an all-expenses paid fellowship to the Sundance Theater Lab. The Sundance Theater Laboratory will arrange for the playwright to meet in a mentoring situation with the Sundance resource directors, playwrights, and dramaturgs.

* The Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Award. ATHE will present an award of $100 to each theater department producing an original student-written, full-length play at each of the eight KCACTF Regional Festivals. Additionally, ATHE will present a cash award of up to $1000 to the theater department of the school producing the National Student Playwriting Award-winner in a public ceremony during the KCACTF National Festival.

For other questions, refer to “Rules and Procedures for the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program".

SCRIPTS ACCEPTED: Throughout the year. Deadline for consideration is August 1 each year, for the following year's program. Selections are announced annually in October.

Please note - we are not considering musical submissions at this time.

Each play will be assigned a director who will take part in the development process from the start. All readings and moderated talk backs are videotaped and given to the playwright to aid with rewrites.

The first reading is internal and is attended by company members and the director; the playwright is invited but not sponsored. The second reading is by invitation and is attended by company members, the director, industry professionals and other invited guests; the playwright is invited but not sponsored. The final reading is an advertised public reading with one choreographed fight and a reception following the moderated talk back; the playwright's travel expenses will be sponsored up to $400 to attend. The playwright is given approximately two months between drafts for revisions with a schedule provided at the time of selection.

Got a script we should see? Want more info? Contact newplays@BabesWithBlades.org

We are interested in a wide variety of works from writers in the United States and Canada that explore the American and Canadian experiences. We hope to discover new plays that can examine everything from the bridges between two nations to the bridges between two people.

We are looking for full-length plays that have not yet been produced in New York. We will consider shorter one-acts of merit, but our primary interest is in plays with running times over 60 minutes. Ideally, we are looking for plays with casts of 9 people or less with manageable technical requirements for production. Worthy plays, however, with larger casts or very complicated technical and casting requirements will be considered, and may be developed from our First Reading phase to our Rehearsed Workshop phase, wherein the play would be seen by an audience as a staged reading with minimal technical elements. If this work reveals it impossible to pursue a full production of the play based on these factors, in some cases we may pass along the work to affiliated companies more capable of producing the work.

The Bridge does not accept unsolicited scripts. If you would like us to read your work, please send us a query package with the following materials:

1) Query letter
2) Short, one-paragraph synopsis of the play
3) Character breakdown, with relevant casting information (gender, age, ethnicity, etc.)
4) Playwriting resume, including production/development history (if any) of the play submitted
5) 10-page dialogue sample of the play

Please submit your materials to the attention of Joe Tracz, Head of New Play Development. You may submit via mail to:

The Bridge Theatre Company
c/o Shetler Studios
244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10019

Or via e-mail to info@thebridgetheatrecompany.com

Note: please send e-mail submissions as attachments in either PDF or Word file formats. Unfortunately, we are unable to return query materials at this time.

If we are interested in your material, we will contact you via e-mail to request the full script.

For more information on the development process, please see our website.

We look forward to reading your work.

If you wish us to return your script‚ please include a self–addressed stamped mailer with correct postage. Scripts unaccompanied by SASEs will not be returned. Due to the large volume of submissions‚ there is a 6–12 month reading time for all scripts. Scripts may be sent to:

Huntington Theatre Company

281 Huntington Avenue

Boston‚ MA 02115

If you want your script returned, you must include a self addressed stamped envelope.

Mailing address:

Stolen Fire
1585 Chilton Street
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

ALSO, please note that our email is filtered and occasionally, legitimate email will be trashed. Therefore, PLEASE include the word SCRIPT in the subject line. This will help a great deal in sending your mail to the right mailbox— Thanks. To send email, please use the fix.net address. It is: stolenfire@fix.net

Clubbed Thumb Submission Guidelines

Clubbed Thumb will accept submissions that fall within the following guidelines:

• Unproduced in New York City
• Running time: 90 min or under.
• Intermissionless
• Must feature substantial and challenging roles for both men and women
• At least 3 characters – we prefer medium sized ensemble casts
• Clubbed Thumb produces plays that are funny, strange, and provocative. Please check out our history area to get a feeling for our sensibility and a selected chronology.

Please do not send scripts that fall outside these guidelines.

If you would like to submit a play, please send it to:
Clubbed Thumb 141 East Third St. #11H New York, NY 10009

Please do not bind scripts; pages should be loose or clipped with a binder clip.

Clubbed Thumb does read and respond to every play submitted. However, with a staff of two, this may take many months. Please be patient and do not follow up on the status of your submission. Please wait for a response to one play before sending another.

Scripts will not be returned. Sorry, electronic submissions are not accepted.

New Play Submission Guidelines:

Manuscripts should be original, unproduced plays written specifically for the stage.

Mailed manuscripts should be bound, on letter-size 8.5″ x 11″ paper in a readable font, with a title page containing all relevant contact information for the author and/or author’s representative. Email submissions should allow for printing in this format.

Please include a resume and cover letter with your submission, including all previous development, readings and/or productions, if applicable, of the submitted work. If there are any options, rights or other contractual obligations related to the submission, please provide all pertinent details in your cover letter.

Although we are specifically seeking plays by writers of Asian descent, we have no limitations on technical or artistic modes of expression, and therefore do not impose any requirements in terms of form, style, genre, or theme. We are not limiting our interest to plays that specifically address “Asian American issues”, or some broad notion of “The Asian American Experience”. As an arts organization dedicated to providing a platform for the diversity of experience within our community, we have no interest in defining or limiting the scope of what that “experience” might be. So please don’t worry about such formal restrictions, and simply send us work that matters to you. Regardless of whether or not it is selected for further development or production, it will matter to us as well.

While we take great care in reviewing all submitted materials, we regret that we may be unable to respond to all submissions in a substantive way. Please Note: Due to new postal restrictions, we will no longer be able to return any mailed scripts you provide. Should you wish to pick up your script following our review, please so indicate in your cover letter. Otherwise, we will recycle all submitted materials at the end of our review process.

Please feel free to send materials electronically (preferred) to casting@2g.org, or by mail to:

Second Generation
P.O. Box 391
New York, NY 10018

The guidelines for this showcase is as follows:

*Plays can be of any subject and style but minimal profanity and no nudity.
*Plays MUST NOT exceed 20 minutes in length.
*Play must be of minimal set requirements.
*Plays must be One Acts and not previously produced in NYC.
*Please include a brief synopsis of your play.
*Only one submission per playwright per showcase, so please submit your best work. Be sure to include your name, address, phone number and email on the title page.

*** We are also looking for One Act and Full Length Gospel plays ***

Please email submissions to: submissions@thespianproduction.com

Please put ‘One Act Showcase’ in the subject field of your email.

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General Guidelines

• We accept unsolicited manuscripts that meet the parameters defined in these guidelines.  However, we prefer for you to send us query letter.  Start the submission process by contacting us here.
• We will only consider manuscripts with a running time between 20 and 90 minutes.
• Submissions must be family friendly in both subject and language.  NO cursing.  NO explicitly adult content.
• We prefer casts that are either balanced or favoring females.  The more gender neutral roles, the better.
• We favor plays and musicals with ensemble casts, where more than just a few have a chance to shine.
• Plays with elaborate set, costume or technical requirements are not appealing because of the limited resources of many of our customers.  Pictures, sketches or description of your vision are always helpful.
• Submissions must have had at least one production or reading, hopefully staged.  We feel this fundamental field test is necessary before a play can be considered for publication since plays are created for the purpose of performance.
• Manuscripts must be computer-printed in dark ink.  We do not require specific formatting.  However, your efforts to ensure your script is free of misspellings and typos will help the submissions editor.
• Multiple submissions are accepted.  In order to remain on good terms with Pioneer Drama Service, we ask that you inform us upfront if you are submitting your manuscript to more than one publisher simultaneously.  If you accept a contract from another publisher before hearing back from Pioneer Drama Service, the courtesy of notifying us immediately is paramount so as not to waste the time of our submissions editor.

NOTE:  If you are not already published by Pioneer Drama Service and your submission meets all other requirements including having had at least one production or staged reading, your play will automatically be entered in the Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest.  

Submission Requirements

Please be patient.  Queries will be answered within approximately one week.  Submissions may take up to three months or longer.

The following information must accompany your submission or query:

• 100-200 word synopsis.
• Cast list that indicates the number of female roles, the number of male roles and the number of roles that can be performed by either gender.  We do not accept one-person shows.
• Running time.
• CD and/or score for musicals.  We appreciate the opportunity to hear the music, if possible.
• Set design(s).  Please feel free to provide diagrams and/or pictures.
• Proof of production or staged reading (i.e., review, program, etc.)  A DVD of your performance is ideal, though not required.
• Age of intended audience.
• A self-addressed envelope of sufficient size with appropriate postage for the return of your materials.  We will NOT return manuscripts or accompanying material if this is not included.
• Cover letter and/or resume.

Please send your query or manuscript and accompanying information to:

Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Attn: Submissions Editor
PO Box 4267
Englewood, CO  80155-4267

You may also email us your .txt, .doc or .pdf files after you contact us here.

The theme for this season is “Torn from the headlines”; meaning we are looking for scripts that concern Massachusetts issues, sports, politics, and its people. Although we will be accepting on a rolling bases the majority of scripts will be read this summer, so submitting a script before this time will increase your odds. Must include a cover letter with a synopsis of the play. Please submit scripts to BostonActorsTheater@yahoo.com with the subject line either "Full-Length" or "One-Act" depending on your submission.

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Please click here to see class choices and prices.

Please email classes@playpenn.org with any questions.

If you are a playwright with an amazing script (any subject!) you would like to donate for theaters, schools or churches to use for A Play For Food, please contact us and send a summary including the length of play and basic set requirements.

If selected, we will help promote your play and your bio will be added to the site.

Contact Tim for more information or to submit a script. Please e-mail at : planotim@ymail.com

The culture of the PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT is one of community, nourishment, honor, mutual respect, and professionalism. This workshop is best suited to self-guided professionals in pursuit of excellence, who desire creative connection, collaboration with peers and share excitement and joy in the creative process.

At PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT sessions writers share pages or scenes from works-in-progress which are read by professional actors. They then may, at their choice, invite their colleagues to comment on the work in a structured critique designed to serve the needs of the creator. While there are few rules about the work developed at the PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT, unfinished work, free of commercial constraints or contractual obligations is encouraged.

There are two sessions a year, one beginning in the fall, the other beginning in January. At the end of each session, participants will have the opportunity to have their work read in staged readings to an invited audience. Participation in public readings is not mandatory, but rather offered to participants who are ready to share their work with an invited audience outside of the PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT.

Participation by actors is free of charge. Participation by writers for the winter/spring 2009 session is $100 for ten sessions. WOODSTOCK FRINGE is in the process of applying for foundation support for the PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT. When support is secured, participation will be free and participants may receive small stipends for their participation to cover the cost of transportation and coffee.

Other activities of the Woodstock Fringe Playwrights Unit occur at less frequent intervals. Several times a year PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT members will be invited to one or more play reading retreats to be held in New York City and Woodstock, NY. These retreats are also known as WOODSTOCK FRINGE PLAY READING ORGIES. Hundreds of play scripts, synopses, treatments, performance art works, and musical theatre works have made their way to Woodstock Fringe. We read them all and respond to those who have submitted their work. We honor the courage it takes to submit a play and share one’s imagination, psyche and work.

Admission to the WOODSTOCK FRINGE PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT is by invitation and application. Applicants are asked to submit a resume and a 10-15 page sample of their work to:
PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT
WOODSTOCK FRINGE
PO Box 157
Lake Hill, NY 12448

or by e-mail to wnorman@woodstockfringe.org

Below are the classes that they are offering Spring 2012! Enroll soon!

WRITING FOR THE STAGE
-The First Draft
-The Rewrite
-The Writer's Lab
-Solo Performance
-Text Analysis
-Advanced Playwriting

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* 1st Place Cash Award of $2,500 for a full-length play or $1,000 for a one-act play, and a fellowship to attend the KCACTF Summer Playwriting Intensive.

* Dramatists Guild Award. The Dramatists Guild Award provides the playwright with Active membership in the Guild.

The play must be produced by a college or university or publicly presented in a “rehearsed” or “staged reading” format following a significant development process. The play must be entered, as an Associate or Participating entry, in the KCACTF. It must comply with the guidelines for scripts entered in the KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Program.

For other questions, refer to “Rules and Procedures for the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program”.

* 1st Place Cash Award of $2,500 for a full-length play or $1,000 for a one-act play, and a fellowship to attend a play development program.

* Dramatists Guild Award. The Dramatists Guild Award provides the playwright with Active membership in the Guild.

The play must be produced by a college or university or publicly presented in a “rehearsed” or “staged reading” format following a significant development process.

The play must be entered, as an Associate or Participating entry, in the KCACTF.

It must comply with the guidelines for scripts entered in the KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Program.

For other questions, refer to “Rules and Procedures for the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Program".

• The first 10 pages of your play
• A cover letter containing a brief synopsis, cast size, and a bio or resume

We are interested in good writing, unique perspectives and plays that investigate and honor the journey of the human spirit, in whatever form that takes.

Submissions should meet the following guidelines:

*Cast size - four or fewer.
*No musicals or musical revues.
*Single set or flexible set concept (strongly preferred).
*Plays should be ready for production (rough drafts not encouraged).

Include:
1. A cover letter with name, address, agent, play title, and a one-paragraph synopsis of the play;
2. The complete script (between 75 —110 pages);
3. A copy of your resume;
4. A business-size SASE or e-mail address for response (we do not return scripts).

You will receive a letter of interest or rejection – but please be patient; it can take up to a year to review your work.

Mail submissions to:
Literary Manager, Penguin Rep
P.O. Box 91
Stony Point, NY, 10980-0091

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Send the following:

* 1-2 page synopsis
* 5-10 page excerpt from the script
* a character breakdown
* bios for the playwright, composer, lyricist, and any other artistic collaborators
* Demo CD with tracks clearly labeled (musicals only)

Submissions should be sent to the attention of the Literary Manager, Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Please DO NOT send the full script unsolicited. If, upon reading the synopsis package we find that your show is a good fit for the Walnut, we will request a full script at that time. Responses will only be sent to submissions that include a self-addressed stamped envelope or postcard. Please allow up to 6 months for a review and response to your submission.

If you are interested in submitting a new script to be considered for production in a future Theatre Or season, please email Margaret Feldman, Literary Assistant, at feldman.margaret@yahoo.com. To submit a printed script, please mail it to:

ATTN: Claire Avitabile
Sabes Jewish Community Center
4330 Cedar Lake Road S
St. Louis Park, MN 55416

All scripts are reviewed by volunteer reviewers from the Twin Cities Jewish and/or arts communities in the order that they are received. Mailed scripts will not be returned.

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Submit electronically one full-length play or two plays not to exceed 150 pages in length. You may submit synopses of other works with submitted scripts. Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis. We will contact you in March if we are considering your play for the upcoming season. Email submissions and inquiries to plays@singlecarrot.com.

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We’re interested in full-length and one-act plays of any style or genre except musicals or works targeted primarily toward children.  Any adaptations must be from work in the public domain or be accompanied by proof that the playwright has secured the rights to the source material.  Since our focus is on developing new work, we tend to shy away from scripts that have been published and/or received multiple previous productions...though this isn’t an ironclad rule.  We’re particularly interested in works with a strong narrative through-line and compelling characters, yet we encourage innovative, non-traditional plot structures, new approaches to characterization and theatrical use of the space.

To save printing, copying and mailing expenses (not to mention trees), we now accept only electronic submissions.  Please submit your work in standard play script format—you may download Samuel French’s Formatting Guidelines.  We prefer to receive your script as a PDF file if possible; otherwise, we will accept an MS Word document.  Include as part of your script a title page with the title, your name and your contact information, and a separate page with character descriptions and setting information.  Save the file with your last name and the title of the play with no spaces or underscores (e.g. ShakespeareJuliusCaesar.pdf).

As a separate document accompanying your script, please include a cover letter with a brief playwright bio and brief synopsis of your play (each 100 words or less), and a concise description of the play’s prior production history (if applicable).  Save this file with your last name and the word “cover” (e.g. ShakespeareCover.pdf).

Include these two separate documents as attachments in your email.  Send Main Stage and Workshop Reading Series submissions to literary@studioroanoke.org; Guerrilla Playhouse submissions should be sent to gardenback@gmail.com.  In the subject line or body of the e-mail, please indicate for which series you wish to be considered (Main Stage, Workshop, or Guerrilla).

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: We’re looking for previously unproduced, full-length shows for 10 actors or less. (Shows with a history or readings or workshops are welcome.)

WHAT KIND OF PLAY EXCITES US?: Strong stories, bold characters, plays with as much on their heart as on their mind, plays that play with language in inventive ways, plays that explore communities and experiences not normally represented in the theatre.

WHAT WE’RE DOING WITH THE PLAYS WE FIND: We will begin exploring new works that interest us in a series of readings starting in 2012. From those readings, we’ll further the developmental process with writers and plays we connect with. We are more interested in finding writers we can work with over many projects, not just a single reading of a single play.

WHAT WE’D LIKE TO SEE: We’d like a cover letter telling us a little about you, a one-page synopsis, and a 10-page writing sample from the play. Send your submission ATTN: Cody Daigle at thecompoundtheatre@gmail.com

We are looking for full length plays (comedy/drama/serio-comedy ) with up to 8 characters being the max.

Also, we are looking for short length plays (comedy/drama/serio-comedy) also, with 8 characters being the max.

IMPORTANT NOTE -

We will now only accept play “Synopsis” by mail at

Attention: Literary Director

REVOLUTION Theatre Company

P.O. Box 3896
Chicago, Illinois 60654

AND

Full plays may be sent through Email only at:

revolution_theatre@yahoo.com

We look forward to hearing from you.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR:

* Scripts by innovative writers committed to creating work of the highest quality in a collaborative workshop process.

* Theatre and Film scripts of any length or genre. Completed drafts only.

* Dialogue driven scripts to maximize the benefit from the workshop process

WHAT WE PROVIDE:

* A focused workshop process with an experienced team of artists (the “Play Group”) including Director, Dramaturg, and Actors

* Staged reading followed by moderated talk back with audience

* Consideration of the piece for future full production

* Exposure and networking with producers, directors, theater companies and industry professionals that may be interested in you or your work

IF ACCEPTED:

* A defined rehearsal process will be organized: Pre-rehearsal meetings with Director and Dramaturge

* Minimum 12 hours of active rehearsal time with the actors, divided into at least three rehearsal sessions

* Analysis session with Director/Dramaturg and Production Liaison following each rehearsal session

* Playwright is expected to bring new pages to each rehearsal, making the changes that were agreed upon at the last rehearsal in addition to personal edits

* A public staged reading followed by a moderated audience discussion is produced at the end of the rehearsal process.

* Approximately one week following staged reading there will be a wrap-up session with Director/Dramaturg and Executive Producer.

* Playwright will be paired with project-specific Production Liaison from State of Play Productions.

* Casting process is handled through Director and Production Liaison.

SUBMISSION PROCESS:

* Blind Submissions: In a commitment to remove any unintended gender/racial/cultural bias from the initial script evaluation process, State of Play Theatre has adopted a blind submission policy for open submissions. We request that author name and biographical information be removed from the script file (including title page) so as to allow our staff to evaluate the text on its literary qualities and potential for production only.-On the bottom of each page of the script, please put the page number, title of the play, your initials and phone number. 

* Scripts must be in Word or .pdf format

* If your script is not properly scrubbed of author information and formatted, our designated staff member will send you an email requesting specified alterations

* All scripts will be read

* If your script is under consideration, you will be contacted.

* Please click here for more information or to submit a script.

We have a couple categories of play submissions. Please examine the following information to ensure your play is sent properly. Please email all submissions to Artistic Director Brian Golden at brian.golden@theatresevenofchicago.org.

Please do NOT send any plays hard copy via the mail. Let's save some trees!

Agent/Friend Submissions:

If you have representation or have worked with us before in any capacity, please send the entire play to Artistic Director Brian Golden, along with the play's production/development history and your playwriting resume.

Unsolicited Submissions:

Sorry, but we are currently not accepting unsolicited play submissions at this time. All unsolicited plays received will be thrown away or deleted without a response.

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Please visit us at http://www.urbansamurai.org and speak to our resident playwright, Aaron Christopher. We'd love to read your play!

Send us a PDF version to: urbansamuraipro@gmail.com

Or you can mail it to us at the address below.

Urban Samurai Productions

PO Box 580397  

Minneapolis MN 55458-0397

While we have no desire to limit anyone's creativity, we can't do plays that contain violence, are sexually explicit or contain obscenity.Also, at this time, we are unable to do adaptations, musicals, or plays with children/children's plays.

A signature Celebrationworks play is humorous, contains fresh ideas, characterization, dialogue, plot, is thoughtful without being ponderous has significance and is theatrical. Plays that shed new light on hopes, fears and joys of different cultures, race, lifestyle, political loyalties and religious beliefs, express human dilemmas and have consequences, get our attention.

We prefer unpublished plays and plays that have not been produced in Southern California. (Plays that have had staged readings are eligible.) Email submissions accepted. A cover letter, a synopsis, and credits, if you have them, should accompany the play. Please submit material via email in PDF or Word doc to celebrationworks@gmail.com.

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Playwrights submitting a script:

Your play may not have had a professional Equity production (previous workshops or readings are okay).

Submit your script as well as a cover letter.

Please include a statement which addresses the following in any order (don't feel you need to limit yourself to one page):

What led you to begin work on this play?

Why are you seeking a reading? (In other words, what are your goals, or what do you wish to find out about your play in a reading?)

Please attach a bio and resume (or you can just tell us a little about yourself in the cover letter).

Lastly, please attach a sheet outlining this play's production/workshop/reading history, if any.

Please do not submit a synopsis.

Please Note: Your statement of intent is just as important to us as your script. Since our goal is to support the development of a piece, we're very interested in what your developmental goals are for the play so that we can be sure we have the resources to support those goals.

Folks not submitting a script:

Submit a cover letter and any supporting materials you have.

Please write a statement of intent for the project which addresses the following (don't feel you need to limit yourself to one page) in any order:

Describe the work you wish to develop.

What has led you to pursue this project?

What is your plan for developing this project? (Be very specific!)

Describe what you have done so far in developing this project (e.g. preparation, research, previous workshops, if any).

Please give a brief overview of your background (tell us a little about yourself).

Tell us about any other collaborators you plan to involve.

All submitters: Make sure your materials include your contact information, including mailing address, phone, and e-mail address!

Send the requested information to:

Portland Theatre Works

PO Box 8582

Portland, OR 97207-8582

Or submit via e-mail: submissions@ptwks.org. We can handle Microsoft Word format, rich text files, and PDF format.

We will contact you via e-mail (or if you do not wish to be contacted by e-mail, please include a SASP) informing you of the receipt of your submission and giving you an idea of when you will receive a response from us.

The New Play Development Series seeks to enhance the visions of emerging American playwrights through a series of staged readings, labs and workshops designed to help the process of bringing the new play from the page to the stage.

Play Submission Guidelines:

*Full Length Plays only please
*Please include short bio and production/reading history (if applicable)
*SASE (if you want your materials returned)
*Please Mail all materials (do not email):
Vanessa R. Bombardieri
200 East 16th Street, 15F
New York, NY 10003

For further information, please contact Vanessa Bombardieri, Managing Director, at vanessa@whitehorsetheater.com, or click here.

Send an inquiry to Literary Manager Wysteria Edwards:
wystieedwards@urbantheaterchicago.org.

Inquiry must include:
* A complete synopsis and cover letter, include all contact information, including email
* 10 page sample
* Production history, if any
* Resume
* If we wish to read your entire script we will contact you via email. Please allow 4-6 months to hear back from us.

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Size limit: 10 pages

Scripts must be in a professional industry standard format.

Please send only one script per submission period.

We have a BLIND submission policy, so please don't include your name on your submission document. Instead include a short bio in the cover letter section of this submission form.

At the moment, writers are not paid for publication. We hope this will change soon!

Visit this online link to submit:

http://therustytoque.submishmash.com/submit/7663/account

MASTERCLASSES
We frequently invite guest practitioners to lead more intensive sessions throughout the year and try to programme these over weekends to accommodate participants’ schedules. These day-long sessions typically explore particularly complex areas in the playwriting process. Past Masterclasses have been led by Jasmin Vardimon, Thomas Bradshaw and Philip Ridley.

THE CLINIC
Held over three weekends a year, the Clinic is a must for playwrights seeking a concentrated opportunity to develop their craft, refresh their approach, generate new ideas or find a fresh perspective on existing work. Led by members of our artistic team and guest playwrights, these intensive weekend-long workshops combine inspiring exercises with group sessions, ensuring participants leave with full notebooks and fired imaginations. Considered great value for money compared to other local rates, the Clinic also provides writers with the unique opportunity to receive personalised feedback from industry professionals, while meeting other writers and artists in the process. Past Clinic tutors include award winning playwrights Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Diane Samuels.

Audience members are invited to engage with the author, whereby the playwright receives invaluable feedback, much earlier on in the writing process, to apply toward the play's further development. Open slots for upcoming readings are immediately available. Preference will be given to playwrights available to physically attend the reading however great writing will prevail. There is no fee involved nor royalties given. No musicals (at this time), no children’s shows, nor shock topics please (if you have to ask you know it’s wrong).

Keep in mind we are a non-profit theatre company with a small number of readers so it may take some time to get to your work so please be patient with us. Please send your script in PDF or Word format (spare a tree and save the ink and postage) to secondsundays@hotmail.com.

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Please send your script submissions to submissions@endtimesproductions.org.

Please do not send more than ONE (1) script PER EMAIL.
Please send attachments in PDF format.

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Script Submissions

Hyde Park Theatre accepts query letters with sample dialogue pages for full-length plays year-round. A self-addressed, stamped postcard or envelope is required with submissions in order to facilitate the response process.

In addition, we ask that plays be typed in standard playwriting format, with character names centered and stage directions italicized.

Submission Guidelines
No unsolicited scripts; synopsis and letter of inquiry
Types of material: full-length plays, translations, adaptations, solo pieces
Facilities: Hyde Park Theatre, 90 seats, flexible
Best submission time: year-round
Response time: 3 months letter, 6 months script

Send queries to:

Literary Manager
Hyde Park Theatre
511 W. 43rd Street
Austin, TX 78751

Or write peck@hydeparktheatre.org.

Please submit to hobojunction@sbcglobal.net. For your submission, please include the following:

- Title
- Character List
- Plot Summary
- Production/Development History (If applicable)
- 10-page excerpt from the script
- Playwright bio
- Samples of any original music or a link to such samples (If applicable)

If possible, please include all of these items in one email (if you’re able to keep them in one document, even better) so it’s easy for us to send it between company members. We will let you know if we wish to have a full copy of the script for review.

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Dixon Place has performances 5-7 nights a week, and performers are generally allotted one shared evening. Most of the presented work is new and developing. Dixon Place is committed to maintaining an intimate yet relaxed environment, while providing a serious laboratory for performing and literary artists.

To Submit

Please Note: We accept submissions only from artists based in the NYC area.

Please note, we are no longer accepting submissions for consideration in our April-June Season.

We are not accepting submissions for Fall 2010 at this time.

Next deadline for January - March 2011: Sept 1 (postmark).

To help us be more efficient in the reviewing of submissions, please read about our ongoing series below and submit proposals directly to the series you think is the "best fit". Keep in mind that you are sending an idea or proposal for a performance. Your proposal does not need to be a polished piece when you submit the work, and if selected, it should still be in a 'work-in-progress' stage when you perform it. If you would like your submission materials returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. We will not return submission materials without a self-addressed stamped envelope. Works chosen are provided an honorarium, rehearsal time, inclusion in our season brochures, website presence, and technical assistance.

If you have any questions, please email submissions@dixonplace.org. Please, no calls.

Send submissions to
Dixon Place
161 Chrystie Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10002

Submission Materials

NOTE: Please keep in mind that we are a laboratory theater devoted to works-in-progress, we do not program full-scale productions (except for our commissions of NEW work), nor do we program work that has already been produced.

All work is selected based upon the specific submission materials listed below. We do not consider resumes, reels or press kits, so there's no need to send all those papers, photographs and folders. We also do not accept promo dvds, reel highlights, clips or excerpts of live work. We prefer to see work unedited and in its entirety.

All submissions MUST include the following information (which we understand is subject to change) on a separate sheet of paper:
Your Name
current address
phone number
email address
website (if applicable)

* Please include a short bio or history ie. your greatest hits and accomplishments.
 *Description of Proposed Project (please include the specific series you are submitting to, if any, and how you would 'classify the work - ie. dance theater, performance art, puppetry, fiction, multi-media, or any combination of genres)
* The approximate length of your proposed performance.
* The number of performers & specific collaborators you intend to engage.
* Technical requirements. How long have you been working on this piece & has the piece been publicly presented as a reading, workshop, or full performance previously? As a whole? In parts? If so, where & when? And do you currently have any future bookings of this new work?
* Your ideal time frame (month) for presentation.
* Do you have a mailing list or email list that you plan to reach out to for this performance? (If you are hoping to present your proposed work on more than one night at DP, do you have ideas that could help us generate an audience?)

Please list the work sample(s) that accompany your submission. (We encourage you to include a DVD/CD of past work and a description or script sample of the proposed work.) Please also limit your script samples to 20 pages. Note: We do not accept unsolicited materials. Failure to comply with our proposal guidelines will result in immediate disposal!

Thank you for your interest in DP! We look forward to seeing your work!

To find information about each series and season, please visit www.dixonplace.org.

Guidelines for regular submissions:

PROSE (fiction and nonfiction) submissions should be no longer than 10 pages.

POETRY should be limited to four poems, or eight pages total.

PLAYS should be 10 minutes or shorter.

ART and CARTOONS: KNOCK prints B&W and color art. Images submitted electronically should have a resolution of 300 dpi or higher.

INTERVIEWS: Send short proposals for interviews by email.

If submitting via USPS, please supply an SASE. Manuscripts will not be returned, but recycled.

Once work is sent to KNOCK (by email or mail), please do not send revisions of the same work at a later date. Also, please wait for our reply before sending additional work.

Contributors published in KNOCK receive two free copies and a one-year subscription.

Submit to:
KNOCK
Antioch University Seattle
2326 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
or:
knock.aus@antioch.edu

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1) Since I tend to run more than one production at the same time, and share the space with another business, all plays must run under 90 minutes, without an intermission.

2) I need the set design to be simple, for a few reasons. Again, since I run multiple productions at once, I need to be able to strike or alter the set quickly between shows. I like plays where the emphasis is on the story and the actors, not on the set design. This also gives me the opportunity to maybe do the production at another theatre if the chance arises.

3) Maximum characters or actors: no more than 5 please.

4) I am not a fan of sports or political drama - so plays with those subjects are less likely to be considered. (Unless you consider sex a sport, then send it right along!)

5) I prefer to produce new works or works not done in Colorado. I enjoy the challenge of new works and am working to build a brand identity at my theatre as such.

6) Compensation to playwrights for plays produced is 7% of house. As a new theatre which is still working to build an audience, which is more difficult to do with new works, I cannot offer any other form of payment than that.  If this is not acceptable, or if the play is published and has other financial requirements, please do not submit them.

7) At the moment I am asking that you send submissions in the form of a one-page synopsis including cast and set info, play description, and production history and the first 10 pages ONLY.  Please include the first ten pages in the body of the email.

8) Please send only one play submission per email and put the title of the play in the subject line so it is easy for me to recognize later, when I have numerous things sitting in my inbox. Please send to  winnie@dangeroustheatre.com
 
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at winnie@dangeroustheatre.com

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Audiences consist of local playgoers and representatives from theatres nationwide.

SCR accepts submissions for full-length plays, musicals, translations and adaptations and works for young audiences (around fourth grade level). Submitted plays are considered for possible inclusion in the NewSCRipts series and the Pacific Playwrights Festival, as well as for production on SCR stages.

Playwrights with professional representation may have their agents send full manuscripts at any time. Please note that lawyers and law firms do not qualify as "professional representation" for this purpose.

Playwrights without representation may send a query letter, brief synopsis, complete list of characters and ten-page dialogue sample to:

Literary Department
South Coast Repertory
P. O. Box 2197
Costa Mesa, CA 92628-2197

After review, we will let you know whether or not we wish to read the entire script. Please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope if materials are to be returned. Unsolicited full-length scripts will not be reviewed.

Over the years a number of plays for young audiences were born at Childsplay: The Yellow Boat (David Saar), Hush: An Interview With America (James Still), The Highest Heaven (José Cruz González), and Even Steven Goes to War (Allison Gregory), to name a few. By the year 2000, the decision was made to establish a more formal program to aid in the development of new plays. And so the Whiteman New Plays Program was created with generous grants from The Flinn Foundation and the Whiteman Foundation. The program has contributed to the development of several new plays, including: Cyrano by Barry Kornhauser, Salt and Pepper, Two Donuts and Tomás and the Library Lady by José Cruz González, Eric and Elliot and The Imaginators by Dwayne Hartford, Lost and Foundling by Eric Pfeffinger, and River Rat and Cat by Y York. Two new plays feature in this season: a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, and A Little Bit of Water, both by Dwayne Hartford.

The Whiteman New Plays Program accepts unsolicited scripts and excerpts. These submissions will not by returned unless accompanied by a SASE. Please send, along with a cover letter and résumé, to:

Whiteman New Plays Program
900 S. Mitchell Dr.
Tempe, Arizona 85281.

New Works Submission Criteria:

1. New York based playwrights (we like to collaborate closely with our playwrights).
2. Toy Box is a multi-disciplinary company, so the scripts we work with must allow for the possibility of multi-disciplinary production (choreography, live music, projections, puppets, etc.)
3. The piece must never have been produced
4. Please send a letter of introduction with a brief synopsis of the play as well as a 10 page dialogue sample in PDF FORMAT to submissions@toyboxtheatre.org.

Our purpose is to promote solo writings and to make solo materials available to all who are interested for discussion, criticism, and sharing within the community of theatre makers and among the interested public. We invite submissions from anyone who has a solo script he or she would like to publish.

The anticipated range of solo shows is vast and includes improv, storytelling, dance, puppetry, multimedia, stand-up, magic, tragedy, comedy, and other forms of solo performance. Feel free to apply. Submission is open in spring, and selected PARTICIPANTS are announced in summer each year.

Please send submissions to: info@unitedsolo.org

To submit your work to us, please either do so through an agent or send us a synopsis of the play and a ten-page sample of the text, along with a bio or resume. Then please be patient. We have a small staff and it sometimes takes us a while to get back to you. Thanks!

We’re happy to receive your material through the internet (to help save a tree or two), so email workingtheaterscripts@gmail.com

If you’d prefer to send via snail:

Working Theater

attn: Script Submissions

520 Eighth Avenue

Suite 303

New York, NY 10018

If your script is full-length, unpublished, and has not yet been produced in the San Francisco Bay Area, it’s eligible for consideration for our season.

Impact Theatre now only accepts scripts via email. Please email a word .doc or a .pdf to melissa@impacttheatre.com.

Impact Theatre absolutely, positively does not discriminate based upon gender, race, sexuality, age, height, or anything else.

Playwrights Horizons accepts unsolicited manuscripts of full-length, original plays by American authors.  As to our tastes, we try to remain open to as wide a variety of different styles and approaches to playwriting as possible.  We are a writer’s theater and we truly believe that, in principle, there are as many styles and worldviews as there are playwrights.  We are looking for distinctive, accomplished, original theatrical voices. 

As a rule, we do not produce non-musical adaptations, translations, children’s theater, screenplays, musicals without original scores, one-acts, plays of chiefly biographical or historical nature, or topical “issue” plays.  Playwrights Horizons does not produce plays that have already received New York City productions. We are not a theater that prides itself on being grounded in naturalism, realism or “method” acting.  We therefore tend to shy away from psychological family dramas and from relationship sitcoms that we feel are more suitable for television.  We respond primarily to plays with a sure command of language and a clear dramatic action that truly use the resources of the theater.  Ultimately, of course, tastes are subjective and we are just not the right theater for certain plays.

If you wish to submit a play, please include a complete manuscript (we dislike synopses and dialog samples, but will consider them if submitted), bio, resume, and any other print supporting materials (e.g. reviews) that might help pique our interest in you and your work.  We do not accept scripts via email. Due to the small size of our staff and the sheer number of scripts we receive, we are only able to accept one script at a time from the same author. If you would like your script returned, you may also include an SASE.  Thanks in advance for your patience while we process your script; our typical response time is 6-8 months.

Play submissions should be sent to Adam Greenfield, Director of New Play Development. Musical submissions (script and CD) should be sent to the attention of Kent Nicholson, Director of Musical Theater.

Our mailing address is:
Playwrights Horizons
416 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036

COMMISSIONS

We award 4-6 commissions a year. We choose the recipients from a group of writers whose work we already know and wish to encourage. The best way to become a candidate for a commission is to start submitting your work.

Grants will be awarded for career building and for the creative development of artists. Some artists may choose to request funds to create new work, but that isn't a requirement of the program. Artists working in all artistic disciplines—dance, media arts, music, photography, poetry, prose, theater, and two- and three-dimensional visual arts—may apply.

Grant Range:
$2,000–$10,000

Program Officer:
Contact Kathee Foran at Kathee.Foran@arts.state.mn.us or call (651) 215-1626 /(800) 866-2787 for additional information or answers to specific questions.

Deadline:
May 25th, 2012

Please click here for more information and an application.

To have your work considered, please submit the following as one file:

    • cover letter, including your contact information

    • brief synopsis of piece (500 words or less)

    • character descriptions

    • 20 page dialogue sample

    • brief production history of the work (if applicable)

    • bio for yourself and any other collaborators

    • if submitting a musical, please include at least 3 recorded demo tracks

To be considered for 9TTC's all submissions must be received by midnight on May 31st.

Please note that due to our small staff we are unable to respond to submissions that are not accepted. Please adhere to the guidelines below. Send submissions in either a .doc or .pdf format to Submissions@9ttc.org. In respect of our commitment to the environment please do not mail submissions to our office.

Rules:

1. The competition is open to anyone aged 18 and over.
2. Scripts should be capable of being staged in a pub with a running time of between 5 and 10 minutes.
3. Scripts should require two or three characters only with minimal additional props.
4. Scripts will be judged on originality, quality, and suitability for the setting.
5. All plays should be written in English.
6. The author's name must not appear on this cover page or anywhere within the script.
7. Scripts should be in Word or pdf format and uploaded here.
8. The entry fee of £5.50 or equivalent for each play submitted should be made through PayPal.
9. Plays may also be submitted by post with an entry form downloaded from the website which gives the name of the author, contact details and the name of the play, accompanied by a cheque for £5.50 made payable to 'Pint-sized Plays'. Payment in other currencies cannot be accepted.
10. Entrants can submit as many scripts as they like, provided each is accompanied the appropriate entry fee.
11. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence can be entered into.
12. The entry deadline is May 31st 2012. Postal entries received after this date can not be considered and the entry fee will be returned. Proof of posting is not considered proof of receipt.
13. Scripts will not be returned, so please do not send your only copy.
14. There will be six winning scripts which will be performed in pubs in Tenby, Pembrokeshire during Tenby Festival week, and subsequently at other pubs yet to be announced. The four runners up, at the organisers discretion, might also play in pubs in advance of the Script Slam.
15. The six winning scripts and four runners up will also be performed in a theatre in early October. The scripts will be judged by the audience and there will be two prizes: for Best Script and Runner Up, together with a certificate for the third place. The performances will also be judged by a professional theatre director and awards made for the best performances.
16. The copyright of each script remains with the author. Authors will grant 'Pint-sized Plays' the right to perform their winning script at events so arranged, during the Pint-sized Festival period. Selected plays may also be recorded and broadcast on an internet radio station; a CD of the performance will also be provided for each author so selected.
17.Winning plays in past years have also been requested to be performed by other companies in other locations after the Pint-sized Plays festival has ended. Subject to the author's approval, Pint-sized Plays will, if so required, act as agents for such performances and collect and pay a royalty for each play so performed.

Email us with questions at: info@pintsizedplays.org.uk

Send us mail at:
Glanteilo, Llandilo
Clunderwen, UK SA66 7XR UK

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Guidelines:
* Plays must be five to ten minutes long.
* Plays must coincide, be able to fit under the theme THE HUMAN RIGHT TO MOBILITY.
* We will also accept play submissions dealing with themes of Occupy Wall Street, and in particular, immigrant rights.
* Plays should have no more than five characters.
* Please do not submit more than two plays at a time. If you wish to submit more than this, please write and ask permission.

We will not read play submissions longer than 15 pages, and we will not read play submissions with more than five characters. We will also not read play submissions that deviate greatly from our theme.

We will begin accepting submissions on May 1st, and we will stop receiving submissions on May 31st. Any submissions sent before May 1st will NOT be read. Any submissions sent after May 31st will NOT be read.

We only accept submissions via email, no paper submissions accepted.

Please put “Occupy the Empty Space” in the subject of the email, along with a cover letter. It does not have to be long! Please introduce yourself and tell us what you’ve sent us.

Please send submissions (along with questions and concerns) to BOTH Kate Foster at owsvoices@gmail.com and Sarah Duncan, at smduncan@mail.bradley.edu.

Submitted plays and musicals must meet the following criteria:

• The world of the play/musical must take place in a region outside of New York City.
• The play/musical must not have had a prior production in NYC.
• MTWorks strongly encourages writers living in any region of the United States to apply.

 The winning playwrights will be awarded:

• An initial unrehearsed private cold read of the play with company members and other artistic staff [Finalists also receive this reading]. This part of the process is what we call the Living Room Series. 
• One full reading of their work in a festival environment.
• Assigned professional director / musical director and cast to work on their play.
• “Playwright Spotlight” Newsletter received by over 3,000 members of the NY Theatre Industry. 
• Networking "Meet the Playwrights" Event.
• Complimentary tickets to MTWorks shows, invited dress rehearsals and other special events.
• Artistic and professional support from the MTWorks staff.
• Second reading if your play/musical wins The Audience Favorite Award.
• Eligibility for the MTWorks Board of Director's Excellence in Playwriting Award.
  
• Consideration for future MTWorks productions.
  

 
REQUIREMENTS:

We are only interested in full-length plays and full-length musicals at the moment (at least 90min in length).

Applicants must submit the following:

• A full copy of your play in word or pdf format.
• A half (1/2) page synopsis.
• If you are submitting a musical also include one mp3 that best represents your score.
• If you applied for NewBorn before, you must submit a different play.
• You can only submit one play per year.
• All material must be emailed (all together in one email) to plays@mtworks.org with [title of the play and your name] on the subject line.
  

If your contact information changes between your submission date and November, you are required to update your information by sending an email to plays@mtworks.org with [updated contact information for-your name] on the subject line.

SELECTION PROCESS

MTWorks will select the strongest candidates based on the plays/musicals overall theme, dialogue and structure.

MTWorks encourages scripts with large casts, different ethnicities and diverse backgrounds. We accept applications from all cities in the United States. Whether the play/musical is a drama or comedy, it must fit within MTWorks mission.

The request for your complete work is determined by festival curators David Stallings and Antonio Miniño.

GENERAL INFORMATION

To maximize your chance of selection, please read all the guidelines carefully before submitting.

All submissions should be send to andy@madlab.net

Please put “MADLAB 2013 SEASON” in the subject line.  

Submissions must arrive no later than June 1st, 2012.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Though we are up for anything, ideally, scripts should be long one-acts (70-90 minutes) or two-act plays (100-120 minutes). If you have something else longer, please feel free to send it on.

You may submit multiple scripts.

Script submissions WILL NOT be returned to the applicant; MadLab will destroy all evidence of your creative instincts upon a funeral pyre at an undisclosed location in order to protect both the innocent and the guilty.  Ashes will NOT be returned to you unless you purchase a commemorative urn from MadLab at the bargain basement price of $999.95.

Due to our environmentally conscious president, you must email your script to us.  If emailing is absolutely impossible for you, please call us at 614.221.5418 so we can make alternate arrangements.

Please send your script attached as a Microsoft Word (2000 or older) document or PDF format.  Scripts should be emailed to andy@madlab.net.  Please put “MADLAB 2012 SEASON”  in the subject line.  If “MADLAB 2012 SEASON” is not in your subject line, your submission may not be received.  All submissions will receive a reply email to ensure that your submission was received.

MadLab pays a royalty of $200 + 10% of our box office for any playwright that is gracious enough to allow us to produce his/her work.  We know this will not be anywhere near worth the time and effort you put into writing your play, but we are happy that every little bit helps.

If you’ve made it through all of this, congratulations.  At least you’ve got the potential patience to deal with the travails of theatrical production. If you have any questions, please email them to Managing Director Andy Batt at andy@madlab.net

Thanks for your interest.  Good luck with your submission, and regardless of the outcome here, be sure to keep writing and producing new works.

We plan for one fully produced show and two staged readings for that Fall. The full production will have a three week run and reasonable compensation, to be discussed. The writers of the staged readings will receive a small stipend.

Please email scripts (synopsis's also accepted) to sixelementstheatre@gmail.com by June 1st. Decisions will be made by July 8th.

* Full length scripts only.
* Plays must not have been previously produced. Readings are acceptable if no admission was charged and actors read from the script.
* Submissions should be made in standard manuscript form and with no fancy binding. This means no discs, no e-mails. Please just use a binder clip to secure the script pages, no folders, no plastic covers, etc. All author information must be on a title page separate from the body of the manuscript and no reference to the author is permitted in the body of the script.
* Scripts must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a theater company or individual familiar with your work. Letters of recommendation do not need to be specific to the play submitted; they may be general recommendations of the playwrights work. All letters must be received with the script, not under separate cover. Scripts received without a letter will not be considered.
* Entries must be postmarked no later than June 30, 2012 but no earlier than January 1, 2012.
* Due to volume of mail, manuscripts cannot be returned.
* Two winners receive staged readings and prizes of $1,000 and $500. In the case of a tie, each winner will receive $750.
* Winners will be announced March 1, 2013.

Send submissions to:
Firehouse Theatre Project
11th Festival of New American Plays
1609 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23220

Please click here for more information.

1. Only original, unpublished full-length plays may be submitted. Plays must not have been previously produced or won awards. Readings are acceptable if no admission was charged and actors read from the script.  Musicals and non-musicals will be accepted. 

2. At least fifteen characters ages 12-16 years old with at least ten being girls or androgynous. 

3. The play should center around at least one social awareness or moral issue including, but not limited to, those dealing with bullying, the environment, self-image, ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, homosexuality, abortion, drugs, technology, politics and/or religion.

4. All submissions should be made in standard manuscript form. All author information must be on a title page separate from the body of the manuscript and no reference to the author is permitted in the body of the script. The title page should list the play's title and the playwright’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and page count.     

5. Also please include a second title page listing the title of the play; a 1-2 paragraph synopsis; a list of characters followed with a list of acts and scenes. No reference to the author should be on this sheet.     

6. By submitting the manuscript to the UUCT New Play Contest, the playwright agrees that UUCT will have exclusive rights to produce the winning play(s) and/or a reading of the play(s) during the 2012-2013 season.   Plays will be judged and selected by a 4 person panel of accomplished local artists.

7. Entries must be submitted by mail and postmarked no later than June 01, 2012. Due to volume of mail, manuscripts cannot be returned.  
 
8. Please send a hard copy of your script to:

UU Children’s Theater
UUCT New Play Contest
1616 Casady Drive
Des Moines, IA  50315  
 
9. One or two winning plays will be selected and will be produced as part of the UUCT 2012-2013 season.   UU Children’s Theater reserves the right to use the names of the winning plays and its author(s) in all publicity and promotions. 
   
10. The winner(s) will be announced by August 31, 2012 on our website and the winner(s) will be notified directly by email.   

11. UU Children’s Theater reserves the right to accept or reject any play submitted. UUCT reserves the right to declare no winner.  Decisions of the judges are final.

*What? 10-minute or 15-minute plays (15 page maximum)

*One script only. It must be a comedy.

*Playwrights can be from anywhere but plays must be in English.

*Standard play format preferred.

*There are no restrictions on content but our audiences prefer more family-friendly fare.

*Send the full script with a title page with your contact information, a synopsis and character breakdown, and a short bio. Include all the information in one document. The document should be labeled the play's name_your last name (i.e. Hamlet_Shakespeare).

Deadline: June 1, 2012

Notification: September

Submission procedure: E-mail your script as a Microsoft Word document or PDF to playmakersspokane@gmail.com. The subject line should include your name and the title of the play.

Fee? None. No payment to writers as this is an all-volunteer event.

Questions? Contact Hit & Run coordinator Sandra Hosking at playmakersspokane@gmail.com.

Tips:

Please only submit one play. Subsequent submissions will not be read.

Plays must be true comedies, not dramas with humor, although the best comedies have a point. Plays that are layered generally are more satisfying than those that have one running gag or are just cute.

Read Gary Garrison's Perfect 10.

Avoid cliches, such as having a character continually get another character's name wrong.

For a sample of last year's selected plays, visit http://sandrahosking.webs.com/hitandrunv.htm.

Thank you and we look forward to reading your work.

Plays must be between 40 and 90 minutes long.

The festival offers:
* Substantial winning prizes.
* Three performances in the Cabrini Repertory Theater.
* The chance to have a professional video of your play taken, plus a professionally edited, 4-minute trailer, which can be included in a production package that you can show to agents, producers and theaters after your run in Thespis.
* Time in the theater at no charge to create the visual elements of your production package. * An affordable website designed for your play.
* Winners in the categories of Best Play and Help Make the World a Better Place will have the chance to have their play streamed on GoodNewsPlanet.com, a website created by former CBS & PBS producer Paul Sladkus, and will be reviewed for the chance to be interviewed by Mitchell Rabin on A Better World Radio.

When applying to the Thespis Theater Festival, all submission materials must be sent by email. Your work will be read for roundness, completion and the possibility to be staged. All submissions will receive an answer via email after May 31, 2012. Email all materials to TheaterFestival@ThespisNY.com.

Please include:
* Your full script. A simple Word document will be sufficient and better for us. Please use a font size of 12 for your script.
* A bio (including contact information) of the person submitting the play, as well as contact information for one additional person in your production should the management need to contact someone quickly.
* Please include the title of your play IN A FONT SIZE OF 24 on the first page of every document you send to us.
* Please feel free to send us any additional information you think will help the submission process.

Please click here for more information.

Our intention with Better or Worse is to examine the ways in which the institution of marriage has shifted and changed, culturally and interpersonally, to suit the needs of the people in the time in which they lived. From a mere financial merger of family wealth, to the peasant partnership model, through the rise of romantically-motivated unions, through interracial marriages to same-sex marriages and beyond, we will put marriage under the microscope to see how it has evolved over the centuries.

Any time period is fair game, as long as the subject matter has influenced the marriage debate in Minnesota or is practiced by Minnesotans daily. We would love to see submissions that speak to personal experiences, family cultures, and the experience of being a minority in Minnesota.

Writers, musicians and performance artists of all types are encouraged to send submissions (PDF preferred) or proposals to submissions@freshwatertheatre.com by June 4, 2012. We will consider pieces up to 25 minutes in length.

Interested directors should send their resumes and a brief cover letter to info@freshwatertheatre.com. There will be a small stipend for directors.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
You must have all Required Application Information PREPARED BEFORE filling out the Electronic Application. The application form will NOT allow you to save and return to it later.  Incomplete applications will not be processed.

REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMATION:
-Contact Information for Applicant
-Contact Information for 2 References (Theatre professionals who are familiar with your work and are willing to discuss it frankly).
-Known Scheduling Conflicts from July 23, 2012 - April 29, 2013

REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS:
1) Proposed Play (Must be attached as a PDF or WORD doc ONLY)
2) Resume (Must be attached as a PDF or WORD doc ONLY)
3) One-Page Artistic Statement (12 pt. font; Must be attached as a PDF or WORD doc ONLY) that addresses the following:
-How long have you written plays? Why do you write plays?
-Describe your play. What is the development history of this play? What elements are you working on in this play? What questions do you currently have about it?
-What is your experience with writers' groups? How do you feel participating in a writers' group will help you develop this particular play?

To submit: https://solonovasubmissions.wufoo.com/forms/m7x3s5/

City Theatre’s second annual CityWrights Festival will take place at the Epic Hotel in Miami, Fl from June 14-17. CityWrights Miami is an annual conference that brings together both national and local playwrights with industry leaders for master classes and workshops, readings and dialogue, and mentoring and networking, to cultivate new work and artistic collaborations through creative and professional development. This year City Theatre is excited to have Christopher Durang and Leslie Ayvazian as playwright presenters. Additionally, Theatrical Producer Joan Stein, Atlantic Theatre Company’s Associate Artistic Director Christian Parker, Samuel French Publishing Representatives Billie Davis and Amy Marsh, plus Dramatists Guild Representatives David Faux, Roland Tec, and Rachel Routh will offer their insight about the behind-the-scenes, business aspect of playwriting.

For more information, please visit http://citytheatre.com/pages/?p=115

REQUIREMENTS & GUIDELINES FOR PLAYWRIGHTS:

* Plays submitted outside the specified dates and/or guidelines WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

* We are primarily looking for new short plays by female writers, but we do consider submissions by male writers that explore complex female characters and perspectives and are appropriate for a celebration of female voices. Please don’t put a woman’s name on your play. It WON’T help you.

* We will only consider plays that have not yet been produced in New York City.
Submissions for Estrogenius 2012 will ONLY be accepted electronically. No in person submissions will be accepted. Should an electronic submission be an issue, please contact our Submissions Coordinator, Michael Bordwell by calling 917.830.5176 or email estrogenius.submissions@theatresource.org.

* Submissions and payment must be submitted via the Submission Form link.

* The Submission Charge for consideration for the festival is $10.

* Please number the pages of your script.

* Maximum length is 20 pages, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Preferred length is 10-15 pages, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Only .doc, .docx and .pdf formats will be accepted.

* Please complete all required fields on Submission Form but DO NOT include your name or any identifying information on the submission you upload. We only take blind submissions.
There are no stipulations on content or subject matter. Material need not be women’s issuesoriented. We’re interested in all that women are writing about.


* Playwrights must be open and willing to work on possible re-writes and/or cuts. IF your play is chosen and it is running longer than 20 minutes, you MUST cut. NO EXCEPTIONS!

* All plays should require only simple production values (sets, lights and costumes). If it can’t be done with our unit set and some imagination, then please don’t submit it!

* All short plays must have a minimum of two characters. If you have a one-woman show, please look at the guidelines for our Sola Voce miniature festival of solo shows.

* No attached casts or directors. (You may refer actors and directors for audition/interview.)

* An electronic confirmation will be sent to you to let you know when all of your materials (cover sheet, payment and script) have been received/processed.

NO IN PERSON SUBMISSIONS!
SUBMISSIONS MUST BE MADE BY JUNE 15 TH to:
estrogenius.submissions@theatresource.org.

Please click here for more information and an application form.

The deadline for emailed submissions is June 18, 2012. You can email it as a DOC or PDF to seva@dmtonline.org. Or you can mail a hard copy (postmarked by June 15, 2012) to:

H.A.R.D./ Douglas Morrisson Theatre

Attn: Susan E. Evans

1099 E Street

Hayward, CA 94541

We look forward to reading your submission!

The submission period is from April 2 to June 30 2012.

The scripts should be unpublished unproduced short plays no less than ten minutes and no more than twenty minutes in length. Playwrights must be from the greater St. Louis area. Scripts can be submitted either as softcopy or hardcopy. 

Each Spectrum submission will consist of:

* One separate contact sheet (Softcopy or hardcopy, only one is required for each submission.)

Softcopy submission:
MS Word, Adobe Acrobat, TXT, or RTF formats
Emailed to info@firstruntheatre.com.

Hardcopy submission:
Three printed copies of script
One contact information sheet
Mailed to First Run Theatre
Spectrum
5215 Winona Ave.
St. Louis MO, 63109

Please click here for more information.

Each applicant must be a composer/lyricist or composer/lyricist team wishing to create work for the musical theatre, and must not yet have achieved significant commercial success.

Application Materials:
1. A CD of up to four songs from one or more musical theatre pieces, with typewritten lyrics and a description of the dramatic context for each song; and
2. A completed application form.
*We will code the applications as they arrive. Because all submissions will be reviewed blind, please do not place name(s) of writer(s) on the CD, lyric sheets, or description of dramatic context.
*Only musical theatre work will be considered.
*The applicant(s) must have written all the songs included in the submission. For example, a composer cannot submit one song with her own lyrics, and a second song with lyrics by another writer.
*No individual may appear on more than one application. You cannot apply as an individual and again as part of a team, or as part of more than one songwriting team.

Submission Deadline and Award:
Applications will be accepted from June 1-30, 2012.

Please mail applications to:
Fred Ebb Award
Roundabout Theatre
231 West 39th Street Suite 1200
New York, New York 10018

The winner will be selected in November 2012, and will receive $50,000. The Foundation will also produce a one-night showcase of the winner’s work.

Please click here for more information.

Type of material: One person plays

Frequency: Annual

Remuneration: $500 cash prize, and possible production and performance of the winning play

Guidelines: Play can have been produced and performed anywhere but Los Angeles, 2 play submission limit, 10 minute minimum and 95 minute maximum. See the full guidelines for more details.

Submission Procedure: Application, summary, script, and resume; materials will not be returned

Submission Period: January 1 – June 30th

Notification: July 31st

Please click here for more information, or contact us at spotlightonplaywriting@gmail.com.

GUIDELINES FOR PLAY SUBMISSION:

• We are soliciting new, original monologues between two and ten minutes long. Since the festival will include ten to twelve monologues, it is important that each one require as little production as possible; set-pieces, props, or effects needing set-up, strike, or special technical support may disqualify an otherwise excellent submission.

• The plays should be inspired by the theme: “Soul Food.”

• Scripts should be a maximum of eight pages long, double-spaced, using a standard format (twelve point font), and be written for a single actor to perform. (Please read it aloud and include the approximate performance time on the first page of your submission; all lengths of up to ten minutes will be considered, with the objective of choosing monologues of varying lengths).

• We do not accept musical submissions, adaptations, or children’s plays.

• Keep in mind that you are writing for the stage – pieces must have dynamic, dramatic structure

• Each playwright may submit up to two scripts with no fee. For each additional script, there is a $5 reading fee, payable by check to Forward Theater Company. Checks may be sent to Forward Theater Company, PO Box 14574, Madison, WI 53708.

• We are looking to mount premiere productions of submitted monologues. If the piece has previously received a fully-realized production, please do NOT submit. Monologues that have been given public readings are allowed.

• Each manuscript must include an additional title page with name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Please do not list your name anywhere on the monologue itself.

• You may submit via e-mail ONLY to grice@forwardtheater.com. Please use the subject line “monologue festival.” E-Submissions will be accepted until midnight (central time) on July 1, 2012.

• Entries will be acknowledged by e-mail once they have been received. Due to the volume of scripts we are unable to offer criticism or return any submissions.

• The winning scripts will be announced on our website (forwardtheater.com), on or before October 1, 2012.

• Writers will be credited in all marketing and playbill materials; no royalties will be paid for performance. Monologues will be individually rehearsed and coached by the director until the week of the performance when the entire company will rehearse at the Overture Center. Playwrights are entitled to two complimentary tickets to the opening performance; tickets are not transferable.

For more information please click here, or email Gwendolyn Rice at grice@forwardtheater.com.

2nd Annual Short Play Festival
Selected short plays and one-acts will be presented during the Autry National Center’s American Indian Arts Marketplace in Los Angeles. This year’s theme is “Indians in America: Native American Athletes Take the Field,” for which we invite a wide range of short scripts.

Plays can be about professional, student, or amateur sports or athletes, on or off the field. They can be about family members of athletes. They can be about coaches. Plays do not have to be biographical or autobiographical. Use your imagination! Native Voices will be posting interesting stories on Facebook and Pinterest about Native athletes, athletics, families of athletes, coaches, and other supporters. Be sure to visit our page and add your own stories as well!

Selection Process

Short plays and one-acts (5-page min, 16-page max) received by July 1, 2012, will be read and evaluated by a national reading panel composed of Native American theatre artists and community members who will select 6 to 10 plays for the festival based on the creative use of the theme, originality, theatricality, and execution.

Selected plays will be given a staged reading in November 2012, and panel of judges will select the 2012 Award for Excellence in Playwriting, a $1,000 cash prize based on the creative use of the theme, originality, theatricality, execution, and audience response.

Checklist for Submissions

1. If submitted by e-mail, label the script file attachment as follows:
   PlayTitle_Author’s Last Name, First Initial (Example: MyNewPlay_Scott, J.doc)
2. Use a standard play-script format (one-inch margins, Times or Courier #12 font, number all pages).
3. Include a title page with full contact information (mailing address, phone number, e-mail address).
4. Include a character breakdown.
5. Provide a 75-word biography, including tribal affiliation. If submitted by e-mail, label the file attachment as follows:
   Bio_Author’s Last Name, First Initial (Example: Bio_Scott, J.doc)
6. Provide the development history for the play. If submitted by e-mail, label the file attachment as follows:
   DevHistory/PlayTitle_Author’s Last Name, First Initial
   (Example: DevHistory/MyNewPlay_Scott, J.doc)

For more information about applying please click here.

If you've written a musical, and you would like some honest, constructive, detailed feedback on how to make your musical better, you can submit your musical to ANMT for dramaturgical feedback at levels from evaluation to analysis to table reading to workshop to concert reading.

All musicals submitted (at any level) to ANMT by JULY 1 of any year will be automatically entered in the Search for New Musicals for the next season.

Winners will be announced by November 1 following the annual deadline. The winner of the Search receives a workshop with the Academy Repertory Company, detailed feedback from the ANMT staff, and will be given a concert reading as part of the next STAGES FESTIVAL in Los Angeles.

Note: There are fees attached to all of the levels of development available through ANMT. The entry level is $100 for a 20-30 minute audio Script Overview; the next level is an in-depth 2-3 hour video Analysis for $400. We know that some writers do not feel that there should be fees attached to script submissions, but our feeling is that the fee is for the Script Overview, and the entry into the Search is a side benefit. If you are submitting your musical ONLY because you want to win a contest, then the Search probably isn't right for you.

Please click here for more information, and to begin the submission process.

Script Submission Rules:
No simultaneous submissions will be considered for judging or production. To be accepted into the competition, one-act play scripts must:

*Be original, unproduced and unpublished;
*Be written in generally accepted play script format;
*Have a running time of not more than 30 minutes (under 20 minutes is recommended);
*Be a comedy, drama, mystery, thriller or a monologue (no musicals or children's plays will be accepted);
*Be written:

1. In black ink;
2. On plain, white 8 ½ x 11 paper;
3. In Times New Roman or Arial font;
4. In 12-point type;
5. With a title page that includes the playwright's name, address, phone number, and email address; and
6. Each page following the cover page numbered and bearing the title of the play as a header or footer.

*Be fastened with a paper clip only; do not staple, bind or put in any folder.
*Be received between January 17 and July 13, 2012, at The Elite Theatre Company, 730 S. "B" Street, Suite 20, Oxnard, CA 93030. No faxed or e-mailed submissions will be accepted.

Please click here for more information.

RULES:

1. The IPF is open to any author regardless of nationality, but all plays should be in English.

2. Plays must be full length and previously unproduced, estimated playing time, not less than 90 minutes and not more than 120 minutes. (Just over a minute a page is a rough guide, when scripts are typed as per rule 3 below.)

3. Scripts must be clearly typed on bond paper, double-spaced with wide margins, pages must be numbered and the text securely bound. Plays must be submitted using a pseudonym to ensure impartiality and the author’s real name removed from all pages of the script. Whilst all reasonable care will be taken, the IPF does not accept responsibility for loss of, or damage to, submitted scripts.

4. Authors must guarantee that they have sole rights to all matter contained within the play. Any play accepted for production elsewhere before the judges’ decision is announced will be disqualified.

5. The Warehouse Theatre Company reserves the right to buy the exclusive option to produce any play entered subject to contract.

6. Authors of the short-listed entries should make all reasonable efforts to attend a Press Reception and to be available to attend rehearsals and readings as required prior to the Festival weekend in March 2013.

7. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence concerning the results can be entered into.

Please click here for more information, and an application.

Send entries to:
Rose Marie Vernon
Festival Administrator
International Playwriting Festival
Warehouse Theatre
Dingwall Road, Croydon CR0 2NF UK

Only ONE play may be submitted per playwright.

Submission deadline is August 1st, 2012.

There will be a $50 flat fee royalty payment to playwrights per play produced.

Preferred plays will:

Require no more than 10 actors

Run no more than 15 minutes, no exceptions

Have minimal set, costume, prop, and special effect requirements

Email submissions (in .doc or .pdf form) to holly@littlefishtheatre.org. Please include contact info (name, phone number, home city and state) on the cover sheet. Include the cover sheet with the script — do not send separate documents.

Response time: Semi-finalists only will be notified by mid/late-September. Final line-up playwrights notified in October.

Rules:

*You must submit THREE copies of your script.
*Play should be no longer than 10 minutes in length when read or performed.
*Play should be typed and double-spaced.
*Play must be submitted between the dates of May 1 and August 31, 2012.
*For electronic submissions, this must be sent during the Submission Period.
*For postal entries, they must be postmarked during the Submission Period.
*Play may not have been previously published. (Online submission to other contests and publication on personal websites are fine. Cannot have been published in a magazine, e-magazine or otherwise available in print.
*No names should be printed on scripts, but may be included on a cover sheet. (If names appear on the script pages, your entry WILL be disqualified.
*Please include name of playwright on cover sheet only (cover sheet should include playwright’s name and title of play).
*Title of play should be on EACH page.
*Musicals and adaptations of other author’s works not eligible.
*Open to playwrights of all ages!!! Minors will need Parent/Guardian’s consent.
*$3.00 fee per ENTRY, not per playwright! $5 for electronic submission (to cover the cost of printing).

Please click here for submission information.

Guidelines:

* Submissions must be unpublished, original full-length plays in any genre.
* Musicals, translations, individual one-acts and any play previously submitted for the Sky Cooper or David Calicchio Prizes are not eligible.
* Plays may not have received a full-scale, professional production prior to submission (plays that have had a workshop, reading or non-professional production are eligible).
* Playwrights must be citizens of the United States.
* Only one submission per playwright is allowed each year; you may submit the same play for both prizes.

Submissions will be accepted from July 1st - August 31st!

Address hard copy submissions to:
Sky Cooper Prize and/or David Calicchio Prize
Marin Theatre Company
397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941

Sky Cooper:
The Sky Cooper Prize will be awarded annually to either an established or emerging playwright for an outstanding new work. The playwright receives a $10,000 award and a developmental workshop as part of the theater's annual New Works Series. The winning play will also be considered under option for a full production at MTC as part of the theater’s annual main stage season.

David Calicchio:
The Calicchio Prize will be awarded annually to a professionally unproduced playwright for a new work that shows outstanding promise and a distinctive new voice for the American theater. The play selected will receive two public staged readings at MTC as part of the theater’s annual New Works Series. The playwright will receive a $2,500 award, as well as travel and accommodations for the MTC rehearsal period.

Please e-mail skycooper@marintheatre.org and/or davidcalicchio@marintheatre.org with any questions. Click here for more information and an online submission form.

How to Enter

*Please mail two (2) paper copies of your script, a show synopsis, resume, and cover letter to the address noted below. At this time, only snail mail submissions will be accepted. Electronic submissions are not allowed.

*Send submissions to:
Potluck Productions
7338 Belleview
Kansas City, MO 64114

*Enclose two (2) SASE envelopes or postcards. One will be used to acknowledge receipt of your submission and the other to tell you the result of the judging.
*Scripts will not be returned. If you would like your play returned, please include a SASE envelope large enough to contain the submission. Be sure there is adequate postage.
*Special attention is given to emerging Kansas City area writers.

Deadline
Submissions must be postmarked by September 1, 2010 for consideration in the 2011 Festival. Entries postmarked after that date will be held for consideration in the 2012 Festival.

Rules
*The Kansas City Women’s Playwriting Festival is open to any female playwright, although submissions must be in English.
*Scripts should be short plays or monologues that have not been previously published.
*Estimated playing time for each script should be not less than 10 minutes and not more than 20 minutes.
*Scripts must be clearly typed on bond paper, double-spaced, and with wide margins. Pages must be numbered, include the name of the play, and the be securely bound.
*To ensure anonymity during the reading process, no personal information should appear anywhere on the submitted script. Personal information should be included only on the cover letter, including name, address, daytime and evening telephone numbers, and email address.
*While all reasonable care will be taken, Potluck Productions does not accept responsibility for loss of, or damage to, submitted scripts.
*Authors must guarantee that they have sole rights to all matter contained within the script.
*By submitting a piece for consideration to the festival, the playwright agrees that Potluck Productions may produce the script during the festival. Furthermore, the playwright agrees to waive any royalty for the production of the piece in the festival. Additionally, the playwright grants Potluck Productions exclusive production rights to the piece within 100 miles of Kansas City for the duration of the Festival.
*The committees’ decision is final and no correspondence concerning the results can be entered into.

Play Selection Process
*Six to ten plays will be chosen to appear at the festival.
*By December 31, all playwrights who made submission will be notified, in writing, of their script’s inclusion or exclusion from the festival.

Please click here for more information.

How to Apply:

Applications require one full-length play, a playwriting resume, a personal statement and a completed application form. All materials must be sent in one email to playgroup@arsnovanyc.com by September 1, 2012 to be eligible for consideration.

With the exception of the application form, word docs of all files are preferred, but PDFs are acceptable.

The application form is a writable PDF. Please fill in all the fields, and then click on the “File” drop down menu in the upper left of the screen and select “Save As.” Title the document LAST NAME, FIRST NAME APPLICATION FORM and save it to your computer as a PDF. Please then email it to us with your other materials.

In the subject line of your email, please write:
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME: Play Group 2012
Example: OBAMA, BARACK: Play Group 2012

Please attach your play (please save as LAST NAME, FIRST NAME PLAY TITLE), resume (please save as LAST NAME, FIRST NAME RESUME), personal statement (please save as LAST NAME, FIRST NAME STATEMENT) and completed application form to the email and send it to use by September 1, 2012. All applications will be reviewed and finalists will be notified by December 15, 2012.

For any questions regarding applications, please email artistic@arsnovanyc.com.

Please click here for more information.

Short plays between 5 minutes and 30 minutes in length will be considered. Playwrights must be San Francisco Bay Area residents (Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara). Plays may have previous production history; please note in submission letter. Priority is given to unproduced work. BOA produces adventurous and innovative original new short work of all genres.

A couple more guidelines:

*The play must be able to be produced without elaborate realistic set or design elements.

*Preference is given to plays that push theatrical boundaries, experiment with form, or re-imagine the actor-audience relationship.

To submit, please email play in MS Word or PDF form to bayoneacts@gmail.com, and click here for more information.

Submission Fee:
There is a ten dollar ($10.00) submission fee. Checks must be made out to the Baltimore Playwrights Festival and should be attached to the submission material. Note: The fee is used to help covering the cost of returning reader feedback to the playwright, awards to the playwrights of the top three productions, refreshments at the public readings, the kick off and awards ceremonies, and other BPF operating costs.

Submission Requirements:
The BPF submission period is April 1 - September 30. All scripts must be submitted in DOC (preferred), PDF, or RTF format, emailed to the BPF Librarian (see below). The playwright must also send the BPF Librarian a submission packet with a check or money order attached for the submission fee.

* Submission Packet:
The submission packet identifies the play and playwright, contact information, and optional supplemental information.
* Submission Form.
* Please open one of the forms, download, fill out and print.
* Submission Form in DOC format
* Submission Form in PDF format
* Submission Fee.
* A check or money order for $10.00 made out the Baltimore Playwrights Festival.
* If your play is a musical or requires music, the music must be sent in on a CD.
*Residency Document:
If the playwright is not a Maryland or DC resident, a document must be submitted explaining when or how the playwright meets the BPF residency requirement. This can be as simple as a statement (in your own words) citing the dates of your residency in MD or DC.
* Resubmission Document:
If the playwright resubmits a play previously submitted to the BPF, a resubmission document must be included in the packet (see below for criteria).
* Script:
Each script must be anonymous: Please remove any identidying information from title pages, headers, footers and elsewhere. Please include your name and the play title in the body of the email and attach the script. The script should include:
* Title page
* Synopsis (no more than one-half page in length)
* Character listing (including gender, age range, and any features such as skin or hair color necessary to the script)
* Setting (place and time)
* Script (with page numbers)

Submission Period:
Scripts are accepted from April 1 through September 30, with the date of submission determined by the postmark on the submission packet. Submission packets postmarked from October through March will not be accepted. (Sorry, but we can only handle one season at a time.)

Resubmissions:
Any play resubmitted after previous Festival consideration must meet the following criteria: Resubmissions must include with the submission packet a list of script revisions and rewrites undertaken by the playwright. Resubmissions must reflect a major rewrite: characters or scenes added or dropped, a new spine for the play chosen, a different theme focused on, etc.

General Recommendations:
One acts should not exceed one hour (50-60 pages) and full-length plays generally should not exceed two and one-half hours (150 pages).

Submission Packets should be sent to:
Baltimore Playwrights Festival
PO Box 38537
Baltimore, MD. 21231

Questions? Ready to submit? Please email the librarian at librarian@baltplayfest.org, or click here for more information.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Scripts must be standard sized, legibly typed, and bound. Standard Dramatist Guild form is preferred.
2. Submissions (ONE per playwright) must be full length and should include a one-page synopsis and a cast list with brief character descriptions.
3. A play may not have had a previous professional or university production.
4. Scripts are not returnable (unless specifically requested and accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope).
5. Enclose a self-addressed stamped postcard if you wish the project director to acknowledge receipt of your script.
6. All rights must be fully owned by the author.
7. No children’s theatre, one-acts, or reader’s theatre pieces will be considered. Adaptations will be considered only if the adapted work is in the public domain.
8. in deciding which play to submit, a writer should know our actors will be students ranging in age from 17-30. Some faculty members or guest artists may be available for the festival. However, a play with especially strong demands for mature character roles would not be as likely for selection as one of equal quality with roles for young adults.
9. Musicals with small orchestra demands will be considered. Musicals should be submitted only if a vocal score and piano conductor score is available.
10. A Y.E.S. entry form must accompany a submitted script (see other side of this flyer).
11. Scripts may be submitted from May 1 until September 30, 2012 to this address:

Northern Kentucky University
Sandra Forman, Project Director
NKU Y.E.S. Festival of New Plays
Department of Theatre and Dance
Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099

12. Selections will be made and winners notified no later than December 31, 2012. Returnable scripts will be mailed back after the winners have been notified.
13. An honorarium of $500 will be awarded to each selected playwright as well as travel expenses and housing while attending the festival.
14. it is important that selected playwrights be available to visit the festival about a week before opening so their visit can be arranged to include late rehearsals and the premiere of their play. Festival dates are April 11-21, 2013. The visiting dates are at the discretion of the festival. Playwrights and the directors of their plays will participate in one post-show question-and-answer session with the audience.
15. in addition to the three plays selected for full productions, one script may be selected for a staged reading during the festival. The playwright of this script will also be brought in for late rehearsals and opening.

Please click here for more information and a submission form.

There are two residency sessions annually. Applications must be postmarked by the corresponding deadline in order to be considered by the panel of jurors. Application deadlines are March 1 for Fall Session, which runs from August through early December, and October 1 for Spring Session, which runs from February through mid-June. Residencies vary in length from two to six weeks.

To apply, each applicant must submit a completed Ucross Foundation Residency Program Application Form accompanied by the required materials, including three letters of recommendation, a project description and a work sample as described in the Application Guidelines. Please email, write or call the Ucross Foundation for application materials, or download the application from this site. Completed applications and all references must be mailed to the Foundation and may not be electronically transmitted. There is a $40 nonrefundable application fee. There is no fee for a residency.

Please click here for more information and to download an application.

Eligible submissions must meet the following criteria:

• Received in the submissions window described below
• Require a maximum of six actors
• Running time of between 75 and 120 minutes
• Never before published
• Never before professionally produced, no pending productions.
  

Submissions must include:

• One-page cover including plot synopsis, reading/production history
• Cast requirements
• Technical requirements (special or unusual set, lighting, costuming, sound, prop requirements)
• A ten-page sample from the script.

All requested information must be formatted into a SINGLE attached Word Document. Scans or pdfs will not be considered. Do not send entire text.

Submissions should be sent via email to: submissions@hotcitytheatre.org

Approximately 20 plays are selected as semi-finalists at which time full scripts will be requested. To be selected, playwrights must be able to attend the entire festival and workshop week, which begins on the Sunday prior to the festival weekend. HotCity Theatre offers playwrights travel and lodging for the Festival.

The 2013 Festival Submission schedule:

June 1, 2012 - Open for Submissions

October 1, 2012 - Submission Deadline

December 1, 2012 - Semi-finalists announced

February 1, 2013 - Finalists announced

June 16-23, 2013 - Festival Week

Artist Statement: In a one page Word document, write about your work, yourself and your current thinking about what you’d like to accomplish at Millay Colony as clearly and concisely as possible. The jurors want to get a sense of you as an artist and your creative process, of how you plan to move forward creatively and the context for your work. This will help them make their final decisions. For the artist statement, you do not include information about awards, galleries, publishing, etc.
** Do not include and biographical or identifying information in your Artist Statement.

Work Sample: Create a Work Sample of up to 30 pages in the standard industry form. Work samples can be a work-in-progress or already published work; whatever you feel will make for the strongest application. Manuscripts must be double spaced, using an 11 or 12 pt. Font. Do not include and biographical or identifying information in your Work Sample.

Combine your Artist Statement and Work Sample into a single document. Make sure the Artist Statement is on page 1 and the Work Sample starts on Page 2. Save the document as a PDF, making sure your name is not anywhere within the body of your work, including the subject box when saving the document.

Biographical Statement & Preferred Residency Dates: Write your name, contact info including address and email, gender and date of birth. Underneath write no more than 2 paragraphs listing any relevant professional accomplishments such as awards, exhibitions, published works, etc. Also, tell us how you heard of the Millay Colony. This is for the administrative file and will not be seen by the jury members.

Residencies are available from April through November, and last for approximately three and a half weeks, along with 2-week residencies available in September. After your biographical statement, denote (in order of preference) the three months which you would be available to come to the Colony. Include any comments regarding availability. Please note that we cannot guarantee months.

When you have all of the materials prepared and you are ready to apply:
1. Go to the Playwriting application form located here.
2. Register (or sign-in if you already have a Submishmash account) & pay the application fee.
3. Upload the Artist Statement & Work Sample files. After you're payment is processed you will be sent to a form where you can upload your prepared documents. Click the Select Files button, browse to the file on your machine and wait for it to upload. Repeat until all files are listed on the form.
4. Add the Contact Info, Biographical Statement and Preferred Residency Dates. On the same screen, there will be a large text field labeled Biographical Statement. Enter your prepared contact info as instructed plus the 2 paragraph biographical statement and your preferred residency dates into this field.
5. Click the Submit to Millay button. It is important that you do not click the “Submit To Millay Colony” button until all of the required documents are uploaded to the form. You will not be able to edit your application once it has been submitted.

Tech Questions/Problems? Email Submishmash at support@millaycolony.org.

Application Submission Questions? Email Millay Colony at apply@millaycolony.org.

Please click here for more information and an application.

Applications for 2013 must be received by October 20, 2012.

2013 Sessions:

Spring: March 15-June 07

Fall: September 6-November 15

How to Apply
Please upload a document with the following components into ONE submission:

1. A brief (2 pages, maximum) statement about your work history, referencing publications, performances and writing credits. This can be submitted in CV format.
2. A writing sample, no more than 50 pages. (Please be sure to indicate if the writing is published or unpublished; if it is published please provide details.)
3. A one page description of the work to be undertaken while at Ledig House.

Writing sample does NOT have to be an English translation; please submit your writing sample in your mother tongue. All other documentation must be submitted in English.

In the "Cover Letter" field please be sure to provide the following information:
1. Country of Birth
2. Country of Residency
3. The language in which you write
4. Your preferred Ledig House session (Spring or Fall or both)
5. Your preferred dates
6. How you heard about Ledig House
7. Why you want to come to Ledig House and what you expect to get from the experience

VERY IMPORTANT: All of these components must be submitted as ONE submission. Please do not break your application up into several submissions. We will only read the first submission made by each applicant.

In addition to these requirements, every applicant must arrange to have a letter of recommendation submitted online separately. The letter can be provided by a fellow writer, teacher, editor, literary agent, or any informed individual who can speak to the applicant's character and work.

The letter of recommendation must be submitted through this online process here at Submittable, as a separate and second application folder for the applicant. The individual submitting your letter of recommendation should be sure to title their submission as: LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR (YOUR FULL NAME).

Letters should be uploaded directly by the individual who is submitting the recommendation. Letters should include contact information for the individual submitting the recommendation.

All applications must be submitted electronically. All notifications will be provided electronically by February 1, 2013.

Please click here for more information.

Send script and cover letter with a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you want your script returned. Mail to:
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
3717 N. Ravenswood Ave., Suite 245
Chicago, IL 60613

Make sure to include all up-to-date contact information and a suggested cast/doubling breakdown with submission.

Please click here for more information.

INTENT:
For the playwright: We want to provide you resources, time and space with which to develop and experiment with your work. In addition to helping you take your play to the next level, we also will give you some teaching experiences, as you will conduct master classes with our students. Finally, you'll have some networking opportunities to learn about and connect with theatre professionals in eastern Iowa.

AWARDS:
One new play will be selected for a week-long rehearsal and workshop that will culminate in a public staged reading by students, faculty members, or individuals from the community. The winning playwright will receive an award of $500 plus travel, room and board for a week-long residency at Coe.

GUIDELINES:
Any playwright with U.S. citizenship is encouraged to submit plays for consideration. Only one entry per playwright, please. To submit, please send the following:
* One clean, bound script
* A resume
* The play's development history
* A statement of development goals for your play (one page)

DEADLINES:
Scripts will be accepted between October 1 and November 1. Notification by January 10.

SEND ENTRIES TO:
Susan Wolverton, Chair, Dept. of Theatre Arts
Coe College
1220 First Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

Please click here for more information.

Rules:
* The jury will consider only completed works. Care should be taken to submit the work in its best possible form as it may not be submitted again, in another year, even if substantially revised.
* Only one submission by a collaborative group or a sole creator will be accepted. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
* Works by members of the Academy and previous winners of the production awards are not eligible for consideration. Former winners of Richard Rodgers awards for staged readings or studio productions may submit new works.
* An applicant whose works in the musical theater have received professional or amateur productions in New York City or out of town is eligible unless, in the judgment of the jury, the applicant has already achieved significant recognition in the field of musical theater through the work submitted or through any previous work. Under special circumstances and at the discretion of the jury, applicants who have achieved recognition in fields outside the musical theater may be eligible. Works which have been produced by professional theater companies before a paying audience are eligible only if such productions received no more than 21 performances by a forprofit company or 50 performances by a nonprofit company.

Submission Materials:
1. The name(s) of the author(s) must be blocked out on each of the items submitted, with the exception of the application form. Write only the title of the work on the script, plot summary, CD.
2. Entry must include four items:

a) Script with lyrics, preferably with no binders or metal clips. Do not send score, videos, or visuals.
b) Half-page synopsis of the action, and a list of characters.
c) CD must contain at least 45 minutes of music, including a minimum of eight songs, recorded in chronological order. Orchestrations are not necessary; piano and vocals are sufficient. Songs must be in sequence on the CD and each song clearly keyed into the script. Please include a separate track sheet of recorded songs with page numbers indicating where they appear in the script, and specify the total number of minutes recorded.
d) Application form signed by all collaborators in a sealed envelope with the title of the work on the outside. Applicants submitting work which has already been produced must give full information concerning these productions, including programs. A work is not eligible if one of the collaborators is deceased.

3. If the submitted work (or a portion thereof) is an adaptation of material which is not in the public domain, candidates must submit licenses, permissions, or authorizations necessary to permit the work to be produced in conformity with applicable copyright laws. The music must be original.
4. Materials will be returned if a self-addressed, stamped mailer is enclosed.
Addresses must be valid for at least six months. The Academy will take all due care of materials, but it cannot be held responsible for their safe return.
5. Applicants will be notified of the jury's decision by March 2013.

Please click here for more information and an application.

Eligibility:
*Plays must not have been previously produced, published, or performed, including in a formal staged reading.
*“Workshopped” readings are accepted provided that the audience was limited to participants of that workshop.
*Students and faculty of the University of New Orleans FTCA and Creative Writing Workshop are ineligible.
*Plays that won this contest in previous years are ineligible; their authors remain eligible but must submit new work.
*Plays submitted to this contest in previous years that did not win are eligible.
*Plays that have won or placed in any other playwriting contest are ineligible.
*Plays from United States and international playwrights are accepted.
*Simultaneous submissions accepted; please notify the Festival if your play is accepted elsewhere.

Deadline:
*The deadline for digital and mailed-in submissions is November 1 (postmark).
*Winner will be announced by March 1.

Entry Fee:
*$25 per entry. Unlimited entries per person.
*Submission fees are non-refundable.

To enter online: Electronic submissions are preferred and must be in .doc, .rtf, or PDF formats. If you are using the latest version of Microsoft Word, please save your submission as .doc and not a .docx file before sending it to us. We accept entry fees via Discover, MasterCard, and Visa only.

To enter by mail: Send your manuscript and check or money order for $25 (made out to the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival) to:
One-Act Play Contest
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
938 Lafayette Street, Suite 514
New Orleans, LA 70113

Do not send submissions by certified mail or signature required delivery.

Please click here for more information and guidelines.

Rules for Submission:

1. Scripts must be new, original works of the playwright and not previously commercially published. Scripts may be workshopped prior to entry, but may NOT have a public performance or playreading for a paying audience (including donations). Scripts, once entered, must NOT be workshopped or performed before the performance of the 3 finalists during the Noosa Arts Theatre One-Act Play Festival. (Entrants will be notified mid February whether their play has been selected as a finalist, and therefore continuing to be subject to this rule)

2. a. To assist circulation for adjudication, scripts must be printed on one side of A4 paper and three BOUND copies must be submitted, accompanied by an official entry form and a synopsis.
b. Each copy MUST INCLUDE A SYNOPSIS and MUST BE SECURED IN A FOLDER OR BINDER. (Please ensure they will not fall apart – A paperclip or staple is NOT sufficient)

3. a. SCRIPTS MUST CATER FOR A PERFORMANCE TIME OF NO LESS THAN 30 MINS AND NO MORE THAN 45 MINUTES. (We suggest you read your script aloud, and time it.)
b. Scripts must be suitable for production on a theatre stage of approx 40 sq.m. with a proscenium width of 8m, stage height of 2.5m and depth of 5m.
c. While there are no restrictions on subject matter, theme or style, it must be remembered that this is a stage production, not a film, TV or radio play.
d. Plays should be capable of being performed within a SIMPLISTIC stage setting (10 min bump in, 10 min bump out) as the three finalist plays are performed each night. Plays should not involve more than one simple scene change and limited lighting, sound, special effects and props requirements.

4. a. The judges’ decisions are final and no communication or correspondence will be entered into regarding the selection or judging of the winning plays. Finalists will be notified.
b. Scripts will be returned only if adequate postage is supplied on a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only short-listed plays will receive adjudicators’ comments and feedback.
c. Noosa Arts Theatre will not accept any responsibility for scripts lost, received late, or are unable to be returned, as stated above. All scripts remaining in Noosa Arts Theatre’s possession, three calendar months after the close of the Festival, will be destroyed, unless prior arrangements are made.

5. THE AUTHOR’S NAME MUST NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE ON THE MANUSCRIPTS. The scripts are adjudicated anonymously.

6. The official ENTRY FORM with name of play, writer’s full address, a typed SYNOPSIS and a CHEQUE or money order for $A30 fee per entry must be included with the scripts. There is no limit on the number of entries but each one must include an entry form, synopsis and fee of $A30. Entry forms may be photocopied or down-loaded from the Noosa Arts Theatre’s website.

7. The judging procedure means there is some delay before a decision is made on the plays to be staged. The eventual winner and runners-up will only be announced after the final performance of the Festival.

8. Should any script be chosen as a Finalist, performing rights are granted to Noosa Arts Theatre Inc for the duration of the Noosa Arts Theatre Festival of One-Act Plays, without the need to pay a Royalty fee.

9. Noosa Arts Theatre retains the right to enter any of the final three plays in the Sunshine Coast Theatre Festival, of that same year only, without payment of Royalties.

10. A public playreading of the final 3 plays will take place after the judging process has been completed. The 3 finalists will be invited to attend this playreading, to glean valuable feedback from audience and actors alike. The playwright will then be given 1 week to make minor amendments to the script. (Strict conditions apply*). (The amended script must be received by Noosa Arts Theatre within this timeframe, in order for auditions to take place, and Directors to familiarise themselves with the amended script.) No other alterations to the script will be allowed between time of entry, and the announcement of the finalists. * No new characters or scenes can be added.

11. Closing date is Monday 12th NOVEMBER 2012. (Entries must be postmarked no later than the 12th)

PLEASE POST ENTRIES TO:
Noosa Arts Theatre Inc.
National One-Act Playwriting Competition 2013
PO Box 3
Noosa Heads. Qld 4567

The three finalists will be required to supply a professional headshot and personal biography for publicity purposes.

Please click here for more information or email oapcomp@noosaartstheatre.org.au.

Manuscripts of short plays (or a single one-act) are eligible. The winning entry will be included as an interior chapbook in Poems & Plays #20, to be published in March of 2013. Author receives 50 copies.

20-24 page manuscript with acknowledgments, s.a.s.e., and $15.00 (includes copy of issue) by November 30, 2012, to:

Poems & Plays
Gaylord Brewer, Editor
English Department
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Please click here for more information.

FIRST PRIZE:
$300

HONORABLE MENTION:
(Two Awarded)
$150 each

Winning plays will be considered for production by Drury University.

For further information please contact Dr. Mick Sokol (417) 873-6821 or msokol@drury.edu.

COMPETITION RULES:

1. The competition is open to all playwrights.

2. Scripts are to be original, unpublished and unproduced. Staged readings or workshop productions will not disqualify a script. Musicals, monologues, children’s plays, adaptations, film scripts, and television scripts are ineligible.

3. Preference will be given to small cast, one-set shows with running times of no less than 20 minutes and no more than 45 minutes.

4. No more than one script can be submitted from a playwright.

5. All scripts are to be typewritten and firmly bound.

6. Scripts cannot be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped
envelope with sufficient postage. For confirmation of receipt, include a self-addressed stamped postcard. For results of your script, please include a self-addressed stamped
#10 business envelope or a current e-mail address.

7. No written or verbal critiques will be tendered.

8. The decision of the judges is final. Drury University reserves the right to produce any of the winning plays royalty-free during our 2013-2014 or 2014-2015 seasons, to withhold production, and to modify cash awards as deemed necessary by the judges.

9. Drury University does not assume any responsibility for the loss, damage, or return of scripts. All reasonable care will be taken.

10. Deadline for entries is a postmark of December 1, 2012. Plays should not be submitted before May 1, 2012.

11. Winners will be notified by mail no later than April 1, 2013.


Address scripts to:
Drury University One-Act Playwriting Competition
c/o Mick Sokol, Associate Professor of Theatre
900 North Benton Avenue
Springfield, MO 65802

GUIDELINES: Plays which have been produced professionally are ineligible. (Eligibility not affected by workshops, readings, community or academic production)

Plays must be full length

No musicals or children's plays are accepted at this time

Please include with the script, a synopsis of the play, a character breakdown, production requirements, time and place, a production history, and playwright's biography.

SUBMISSIONS: New Stage Theatre will begin accepting submissions for the 2012 Eudora Welty New Plays Series on March 1, 2012. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2012. Please note: Any plays submitted after this date will be considered for the following year's series. Three selected plays will be announced and staged readings will take place in the Spring of 2013.

Mail hard copies of plays or letters of inquiry to the address below: manuscripts will be returned only if accompanied by self addressed and stamped envelope; acknowledgement of receipt only with enclosed SASE or postcard.

Eudora Welty New Play Series
New Stage Theatre
1100 Carlisle Street
Jackson, MS 39202

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DO THE WRITE THING. Pick up a pencil and write a play. Young Playwrights Inc. will give you a place to be heard. Your play will be read and evaluated in writing by a theater professional; selected writers will come to New York for our Young Playwrights Conference to work with some of this country's most exciting theater artists. Who knows, your play might even be produced Off Broadway in the Young Playwrights Festival! So, do the write thing: write a play and make yourself heard. The power is in your hands.

Mail plays, postmarked on or before January 2, 2013, to:

Young Playwrights Inc. YPC
Post Office Box 5134
New York NY 10185

* You must be 18 years old or younger on January 3, 2013 - in other words, all writers born on or after January 4, 1994 are eligible to submit their work.

* Style, subject, and length are up to you, but collaborations of more than three writers will NOT be accepted.

* Original plays only.

* No screenplays, musicals or adaptations.

* You may submit more than one play.

* Scripts must be typed and stapled, with numbered pages.

* No email submissions!

* Scripts must be submitted by the author, not by a teacher or parent.

* The title page must list your name, date of birth, home address (including zip code and apartment #), email, and phone number. Click here for a title page template we encourage you to use.

* Please keep your original script and submit a copy. Scripts will not be returned.

More info at youngplawrights.org

Your description need not be a full synopsis of the plot. Describe the play—the world, the characters, the conflict, your reasons for writing it. The sample pages, of course, will be most helpful to us in deciding whether or not to request the full manuscript. Multiple submissions are not encouraged.

You may also include any supporting materials—such as a résumé, audio tape and/or reviews of your work—that might allow us a broader view of you and your work. Please allow us approximately six to eight weeks to review your submission. As always, please include a SASE for all correspondence and, should you desire it, the return of your materials.

CENTER THEATRE GROUP
Literary Department
601 W Temple St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

The Studio has several programming streams, and considers new plays for all of them: The five plays of The Studio Theatre Season; Special Events, which bring unique performances and one-of-a-kind events to Washington DC; and the rawer, frequently irreverent productions of The Studio 2ndStage. Studio launched its Lab Series in the 2011-2012 Season, which is dedicated to world premieres in stripped-down productions.

Unsolicited scripts will not be acknowledged or returned.

Literary agents should address scripts to:
Adrien-Alice Hansel, Literary Director
The Studio Theatre
1501 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20005

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1. IMMIGRANT VOICES PROJECT

The Immigrant Voices Project is a year-round program that develops new plays reflecting the diverse demographics of New York City for play reading series, workshops and full productions. For IVP, we are interested in plays on any theme by "minority" writers, and plays on "immigrant" themes by non-minority writers.

2. PLAYS A MOTHER WOULD LOVE

Plays A Mother Would Love is a year-round program that seeks new, mainstream comedies, musicals and thrillers with small casts for play reading series, workshops and full productions. For this Series, we are interested in "warm, accessible" comedies or dramas on family themes, featuring older characters.

Submission procedure:

* No unsolicited scripts.

* Email a letter of inquiry, synopsis, cast breakdown, resume and production history to urbinati@aol.com.

* Include a statement, which indicates for which of the two New Play Development Programs you think your play is suited.

* No children's show or one acts, please.

* Production considerations: prefers cast limit of 8

* Response: To letter of inquiry: 3 months

* To requested scripts: 6 months

The Immigrant Voices Project is supported by the Jerome Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and The New York Times Company Foundation, Fund for Midsize Theatres, a project of A.R.T./New York.

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Please send us a cover note, via email, along with a brief synopsis and your best 10-page selection from the script (in a Word document). If the material interests us, we will contact you with a request for the complete script. Please don't email a complete script in the hope that we might, by some crazy chance, print it and read it. We won't, primarily for two reasons: we just don't have the time and we try and care about the environment by saving paper. If we discover you've sent the complete script your submission will be deleted.

A word to the wise, we only like to receive plays that fit our mission. Keep in mind that Roust focuses on important social matters. This doesn't mean we only accept political plays or dark brow-furrowing dramas, though we happen to produce those as well. Comedies, love-stories, experimental pieces; if it's a social 'hot-potato', we want to read it. We need you, and so does theatre!

Inquiries may be sent to info@RoustTC.com

We do our best to read all the plays that are sent to us, however, since our script readers are comprised primarily of volunteers, we unfortunately cannot get to every piece of work that we receive. If we are interested in your play, we will contact you, so please do include all of your contact information with your script. No phone calls please. Please send your materials (no SASE necessary) to the following address:

A Red Orchid Theatre
Attn: Literary Department
1531 N. Wells Street
Chicago, IL 60610-7752

Each resident is provided room, board, and workspace for the length of the stay during the residency period. Each resident is asked to serve the community of Red Wing or its surrounding area, by giving a talk, lecture, reading, performance, or classroom activity.

RESIDENCY PERIODS Anderson Center residencies begin on the 1st or 16th of each month and end on the 15th or last day of each month for periods of 2-4 weeks. Your residency period must be selected within these guidelines. If you have been a prior resident of the Anderson Center, you must wait two years from the time of your residency to apply again.

APPLICATIONS Each completed application must include: completed application form, resume, work plan, work sample and a self addressed stamped envelope for notification. We are sorry, but due to our limited staff we are unable to return work samples. Provide five stapled packets of all printed application materials.

DEADLINES For residencies during the months May-July, apply by February 1. For residencies during the months of August-October, apply by March 1. Completed applications must be received at the Center by these deadlines in order to be considered within the judging period. Unfortunately, incomplete or late applications cannot be reviewed by the panel.

SELECTION Decisions are made by our selection panel and are announced 30-45 days after the application deadline. The Anderson Center encourages applicants of all disciplines to apply for admission.

The Anderson Center provides equal opportunity for all people to participate in and benefit from the activities of the Center, regardless of race, national origin, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, or disability, in admission, access, or employment. For those with disabilities, the Anderson Center staff is willing to do what it can to accomodate residents with special needs.

For application materials, visit www.andersoncenter.org

New Georges is interested in developing long-term, productive relationships with artists who share our vision of theater, and we support these artists and facilitate their work in many ways. To that end, New Georges accepts play submissions less with an eye toward production than with the understanding that we're opening a conversation between artist and company.

Oh – and we’re a small company. Sometimes we take a while. Thanks for your patience.

Playwrights: feel free to submit your most representative work to:

Kara-Lynn Vaeni, Literary Manager

New Georges

109 W. 27th Street, Ste. 9A

New York, NY 10001

Meanwhile, we encourage you to get to know what we do by stopping by a reading, production or event. You can always find out what's happening here on our website or by joining our mailing list.

We encourage you to learn more about the two companies’ missions and production histories to determine the best match for your work.

Information on The Nora Theatre Company can be found here

Information on the Underground Railway Theater can be found here

Please submit full scripts with a cover letter, production/development history, clear cast breakdown, and playwright’s biography. Due to the volume of submissions we receive, please allow for at least a six month reading period, after which a member of the artistic staff will respond if there is further interest.

Central Square Theater
Attn: Script Submissions
450 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139

Heartland Plays, Inc. publishes online a wide variety of plays and drama products including, but not limited to, full-length comedies and dramas, one-acts, short play collections, and musicals. We strive to find plays that have the quality and diversity to meet the needs and interests of most theatres and producing organizations; Professional, Community, Summer Stock, College, High School, and Theatre for Children and Youth.

Response time to your submission is normally 3-6 months. You will be notified by e-mail when we have received your submission. You may submit to other publishers simultaneously. However, please notify us immediately should another publisher offer a contract for the Work. Please do not follow-up on your submission except to notify us of such contract. Once we have made a determination regarding our interest in publishing or declining to publish your Work, we will contact you again via e-mail.

Please e-mail playsnow@heartlandplays.com to ask questions, and click here for submit.

KEF Theatrical Productions is an artist run company producing relevant and exciting theatrical work. It is our mission to bring to the stage the many voices of our country and of our world.

KEF Theatrical Productions looks for playwrights and composers with a voice, with a distinct knowledge of what they want to say, playwrights and composers who are not afraid to take risks and who are dedicated to the work. We seek writers who promote artistic, ethnic, cultural, social, economic and sexual diversity. We are seeking writers who are ready to collaborate alongside the directors and actors to create truly original theatre. KEF Theatrical Productions works with the playwright to create a full, immersive experience with every production.

To submit a script to kef of a new play or musical (not yet produced in NYC), send your script (in PDF format only) to Derrick Trumbly, Literary Manager, at derrick@kefproductions.com. The first page of the PDF document should contain a character breakdown and the second page should contain a list of all major production requirements.

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Each reading provides essential resources for playwrights by drawing on the talents of leading directors and actors, and offering developmental feedback and support from the Ars Nova artistic staff.

To be considered for Out Loud, please send a synopsis and ten-page sample of your play, along with a playwriting resume and a cover letter detailing any previous development the play has undergone. Writers are also encouraged to invite us to readings or productions of their work. Please note: full scripts will not be considered unless requested based on the ten-page sample.

Out Loud submissions are only accepted by mail and can be sent to:

Attn: Out Loud
Ars Nova
511 W. 54th St.
New York, NY 10019

We do not consider unsolicited scripts for consideration for our seasons. Plays maybe submitted through a literary agent or accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a theater professional (i.e. an artistic director or literary manager at a professional theater). If neither apply write a letter of inquiry including a brief synopsis, cast list, relevant production history and 10-15 pages of sample dialogue. The company may then request a complete script.

Send submissions to:
Congo Square Theatre Company
Attn: Daniel Bryant
2936 N. Southport
Chicago, IL 60657

Please send all submissions June 1 – August 1.

No email or fax submissions accepted. Please include a SASE if you would like your materials returned.

For more information, please see our website.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Playwright must be a Black playwright, meaning someone who is of African descent or part of the African Diaspora.

2. Plays must be new and un-produced (other staged readings are eligible).

3. Both One Act and Full Length Plays AT LEAST 45 minutes in length will be accepted.

4. A detailed synopsis of your submission, no longer than a page and no less than two paragraphs must be sent.

5. Include your name and the title of your submission in the subject line of your email (eg. Garlia Jones - BLACKBOARD PLAYS).

6. Send all submissions to: info@blackboardplays.com

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Please submit your appropriate plays to Debbie, Artistic Director, at debbie617555@sbcglobal.net .

Each year, the country’s leading graduate playwriting programs across the country are invited to have their final year students submit a play to the Kendeda competition. An in-house panel of readers at the Alliance Theatre reads and evaluates the scripts, and selects a slate of finalists to be advanced in the competition. Those scripts are sent to a national panel of three theater artists for judging. In conjunction with Alliance Theatre leadership, the judges select the winner. The Alliance Theatre produces the winning play on the 200-seat Hertz Stage. Readings of the finalists’ plays are produced in New York and Atlanta.

Please contact Celise Kalke, Director of New Projects, at celise.kalke@woodruffcenter.org with questions or concerns.

Please click here for more information.  The annual deadline is October 1st.

The CPT season is year-round and follows a calendar-year schedule. The upcoming year's season is selected February through May and announced in August.

Submissions may be made anytime to:
CONEJO PLAYERS THEATRE
ATTN: Executive Director
351 S. Moorpark Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91361-1008

If the manuscript is to be returned, a self-addressed pre-paid envelope should be included with the submission materials. All material should be clearly labeled with the playwright's name, address, phone number, and email address (if available). Submissions will be considered year-round but may not be returned until scheduling is completed mid-year.

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Send submissions to:
Literary Manager Alleyway Theatre
1 Curtain Up Alley
Buffalo, NY 14202

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*We are looking for one act plays that have an 8-10 minute run time and between 2-4 characters.
*With very minimal props
*We favor plays that push limits in both/either dramatic and comedic ways.

If your play is selected it will be performed in late April-early May in New York City.

Please send scripts (any format) to yibeishui@aol.com. Limit 2 plays per submitter. Whether your play is selected or not every play submitted will be read and responded to.

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Playwrights are asked to submit a 10-page script sample, character listing, and a synopsis. Any additional materials that may help us understand the piece will also be accepted, though please keep them brief and concise.

Script submissions must be emailed to keith@thenewtheatreproject.org. Requests for full-length scripts will be emailed shortly thereafter.

No snail mail scripts will be accepted.

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In an attempt to minimize our environmental footprint as a company, Pavement Group is now accepting unsolicited electronic submissions. Email in PDF or DOC format to our literary department. literary@pavementgroup.org

If you prefer to submit the old fashioned way, please send a non-returnable manuscript, resume, and cover letter to:

Pavement Group

2239 N Kimball Ave

Rear C

Chicago, IL 60647

Response time is approx. 6 Months. Thanks for your patience. Thanks for writing plays. Keep doing it, we need you.

After a show is over, participants for the upcoming Project 30 put their name in a hat. First the writers are chosen, then the directors, then the actors; all having been grouped into 5 or 6 casts that will each stage a 5 or 6 minute play in 3 weeks. The writers have 1 week to complete their scripts that will all be about a pre-chosen theme/topic.

Past Project 30 themes include: taking a huge-ass risk, succumbing to the power of fugly and getting your heart stomped on. Typically the writer will have to include other pre-chosen, random elements like a whistled rendition of "Oh What A Beautiful Morning" or a text message or a dramatically timed burp. The directors and casts have 2 weeks or more precisely (and stipulated), 9 hours of rehearsal plus one dress rehearsal, before performing at Sutra, a Lower East Side bar, where all the plays are set. Project 30 is a monthly opportunity to risk, to go balls to the wall, in front of a crowd of sweaty, drunken people. Project 30 began in the winter of 2005 and over 200 actors, directors and writers have participated in it since then.

How To Participate:
Join our mailing list so you can receive an email flyer for the next Project 30. Come see the show, then put your name in the hat when it's over. Due to the number of participants, signing up does not ensure participation; consideration is given to prior participants; and new writers may be asked to submit a sample of their work before participating. A theatre/performance/improv/stand up background is highly recommended but big balls are a must. Many of the Project 30 actors, writers and directors are frequent participants, who are passionate about raw theatre and ensemble ethics, expecting nothing less than the same from future collaborators.

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