NYCPlaywrights

4th STAGE International Script Competition Submission Guidelines

2009-07-16T01:01:00.001-04:00

1. Submitted plays must explore scientific and/or technological stories, themes, issues and/or events. Science and/or technology must figure prominently in the script, whether in form or content or both. Biographical dramas, history plays, and medical dramas are discouraged unless they significantly employ science and/or technology. Authors are strongly urged to avoid the stereotypes often assigned to science, technology, and those who engage in these disciplines. This competition is not open to plays written in the genre of science fiction.
2. All entries must be postmarked on or before December 15, 2009.
3. Specific eligibility requirements:

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Rochester Stories

2009-07-15T20:50:00.000-04:00

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flour city theatre company is currently accepting submissions for our September 2009 production, “Rochester Stories.” It’s the 175th anniversary of our fair city and we want to join in on the celebrations!

Whether you live in the Rochester area or not, we are looking for stories set in, or are about, Rochester, New York. Think George Eastman and Kodak, Frederick Douglass, The Flower City, Abolitionists, the Underground Railroad, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mount Hope Cemetery, Susan B. Anthony, Red Hots, and Rochester Red Wings, to name a few.

Submit by August 1, 2009:

~ for playwrights: short plays 5 - 8 minutes; plays longer than 8 pages will not be read. All submissions should be sent via email.

~ for choreographers, composers, musicians, photographers, painters, performance artists and filmmakers: submit a specific work for consideration on DVD, VHS, CD or link to a YouTube site.

Submissions may be sent via email to: flourcitytheatre@gmail.com, or via snail mail to:

flour city theatre company
attn: Mark Witteveen
459 Rockingham Street
Rochester, NY 14620

A small honorarium will be given to produced artists.

MTC's Two New American Playwright Prizes

2009-07-15T20:41:00.001-04:00

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The Sky Cooper/Marin Theatre Company
New American Play Prize 2009-2010

Norton J. “Sky” Cooper established the New American Play Prize at Marin Theatre Company in 2007 to celebrate the work of the American playwright and to encourage the creation of bold, powerful new voices and plays for the American stage. The Sky Cooper Prize will be awarded annually to either an established or emerging playwright for an outstanding new work. The play selected as the Sky Cooper winner will receive a full production at Marin Theatre Company as part of the theatre’s annual season and will be given regional and national promotion. In addition, the playwright receives a $10,000 award, as well as travel and accommodations for the MTC rehearsal period.

GUIDELINES
Plays must be full-length in any genre: comedy, drama, etc. Musicals, translations, individual one-acts, and any play previously submitted for the Sky Cooper or David Calicchio Prizes are not eligible. Collaborations are welcome, in which case prize benefits are shared. 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 still eligible. Playwrights must be citizens of the United States. Playwrights with past production experience are especially encouraged to submit new work. Only one submission per playwright is allowed each year. If you are eligible for the David Calicchio Award you may submit the same play for both prizes.

Submission is a two-phase process.
Phase I: Submit a two-page maximum abstract of the play including title, character breakdown, brief story synopsis and playwright bio or resume. Also include 10 pages of consecutive sample dialogue. Do not send videos or CDs. Literary agents may submit full scripts of their client’s work. All abstracts and dialogue samples will be read. From these, selected manuscripts will be solicited for Phase II by October 1. Due to the high number of submissions, not every playwright will receive a response to their Phase 1 submission. Do not send a manuscript with or instead of the abstract. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be read. Due to the high number of submissions we cannot return any materials. If you would like notification that your submission was received, please send it with a SASP. Electronic submissions are accepted in Word or PDF format only and paper copies must also be sent to MTC if requested. Please NO PHONE OR EMAIL inquiries.
Phase II: All manuscripts that have been solicited after Phase I will be read. Manuscripts should be neatly typed, securely bound and have the playwright’s name, contact address and phone number clearly visible on the front page. No solicited manuscript will be returned without a self-addressed, stamped envelope with adequate postage.

All final selections are made by Jasson Minadakis, Artistic Director of Marin Theatre Company.

Submissions are accepted between April 1 and August 31 (postmarked).

Address all submissions to:
The Sky Cooper/Marin Theatre Company New American Play Prize
Marin Theatre Company
397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Or electronically to skycooper@marintheatre.org

The David Calicchio/Marin Theatre Company Emerging American Playwright Prize 2009-2010

Norton J. “Sky” Cooper established the Emerging American Playwright Prize award at Marin Theatre Company in 2007 in honor of David Calicchio’s lifelong career as a playwright and in support of Marin Theatre Company’s commitment to the discovery and development of new and emerging American playwrights. 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 theatre. The play selected as the Calicchio Prize winner will receive 2 public staged readings at Marin Theatre Company as part of the theatre’s annual Nu Werkz Series. The playwright will receive a $2,500 award, as well as travel and accommodations for the MTC rehearsal period (25 hours).

GUIDELINES
Plays must be full-length in comedy, drama, etc. Musicals, translations, adaptations, individual one-acts and any play previously submitted for the Sky Cooper or David Calicchio Prizes are not eligible. Collaborations are welcome, in which case prize benefits are shared. Playwrights may not have received a full-scale, professional production of the submitted play, or any of their other works, prior to submission. Plays and playwrights that have had workshop, reading or non-professional productions are still eligible. Playwrights must be citizens of the United States. Only one submission per playwright is allowed each year. If you plan to also submit your play to the Sky Cooper Play Prize you may do so but it must be the same play.

Submission is a two-phase process.
Phase I: Submit a two-page maximum abstract of the play including title, character breakdown, brief story synopsis and playwright bio or resume. Also include 10 pages of consecutive sample dialogue. Literary agents may submit full scripts of their client’s work. All abstracts and dialogue samples will be read. From these, selected manuscripts will be solicited for Phase II by October 1. Due to the high number of submissions, not every playwright will receive a response to their Phase 1 submission. Do not send a manuscript with or instead of the abstract. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be read. Due to the high number of submissions we cannot return any Phase I materials. If you would like notification that your submission was received, please send it with a SASP. Electronic submissions are accepted in Word or PDF format only and paper copies must be sent to MTC if requested. Please NO PHONE OR EMAIL inquiries.
Phase II: All manuscripts that have been solicited after Phase I will be read. Manuscripts should be neatly typed, securely bound and have the playwright’s name, contact address and phone number clearly visible on the front page. No solicited manuscript will be returned without a self-addressed, stamped envelope with adequate postage.

All final selections are made by Jasson Minadakis, Artistic Director of Marin Theatre Company.

Submissions are accepted between April 1 and August 31 (postmarked).

Address all submissions to:
The David Calicchio/Marin Theatre Company Emerging American Playwright Prize
Marin Theatre Company
397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Or electronically to davidcalicchio@marintheatre.org

National 10 minute play contest WOMENSWORX at THE VORTEX

2009-07-14T23:09:00.002-04:00

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A festival of 10 minute plays written by women, directed by women

WOMENSWORX at THE VORTEX is a national women's play festival created to foster and showcase new works by women writers as interpreted by women directors. The Vortex Theatre's ongoing mission is to produce stimulating multi-cultural classical, contemporary and cutting edge plays on a minimal budget. The Vortex is a 33 year old non-Equity theatre in Albuquerque, NM.

Submission deadline: September 1, 2009
Winners notified: October 1, 2009
Production dates: January 8-28, 2010

THE 8 PLAYS CHOSEN will receive a FULL PRODUCTION and a 4 WEEK RUN in January 2010. WINNERS will be notified personally, as well as posted on our website (vortexabq.org) on October 1, 2009. TWO $100 CASH PRIZES will be awarded to the playwright(s) whose plays are selected as:

1. Best play of festival by jury selection; and
2. audience favorite (votes polled during production run).

CONTEST GUIDELINES

* Vortex board and staff members are not eligible.
* Each script (excluding title and cast pages) must be no more that ten (10) pages long. Please use 12 point font.
* Please submit only original, unpublished, never produced work (past staged reading of play permitted). Previously submitted plays, musicals, children's shows, and any unsolicited longer one act or full length play should not be submitted.
* Each playwright may submit up to three scripts. Send us your best!
* We are unable to return scripts. save postage—No SASE required.
* All legal clearances in the script are the sole responsibility of the playwright.
* The Vortex Theatre is not responsible for lost or damaged scripts.
* There are no restrictions on subject matter. The only requirement is that the playwright be female.
* Minimal set, costume and sound requirements. A repertory set and lighting plot will be used.
* Submissions which do not follow the specific requirements listed on this page will be disqualified.

SCRIPT FORMATTING & PREPARATION GUIDELINES

* Please format your submission in accordance with standard play script conventions.
* Each manuscript must be typed using 12-point font.
* Each copy of the script must be individually bound or stapled.
* Pages must be numbered.

WHAT TO SUBMIT
Please submit all of the following:

* One (1) copy of an information page. This page should not be attached to the script (so that it can be easily separated from the script before the script is read by the selection panel). This page is the only place your name should appear and should include:

1. Title of the script
2. Playwright's name
3. Playwright's e-mail address
4. Playwright's mailing address
5. Playwright's phone number

* Three (3) paper copies of the script prepared as specified in "Script Formatting & Preparation Guidelines" above

* Send an electronic copy of the script via e-mail to womensworx@aol.com. Include in the body of the mail your name, the title of the script, and your phone number.

MAILING INSTRUCTIONS

* All plays must be submitted in a flat (unfolded) envelope
* Do not include a self-address stamped envelope for return of your script. Scripts cannot be returned.
* Send submissions to:

WOMENSWORX at THE VORTEX
2004½ Central Avenue SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106

The Yale Drama Series, a major new playwriting competition call for submissions

2009-07-14T23:01:00.001-04:00

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Yale University Press and Yale Repertory Theatre, are partners in a new venture to support emerging playwrights. They jointly sponsor The Yale Drama Series, a major new playwriting competition. The winner of the annual competition will be awarded the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale Rep. The Yale Drama Series and David C. Horn Prize are funded by generous support from the David Charles Horn Foundation.

The judge for 2009 and 2010 will be David Hare. The winner of many awards on both sides of the Atlantic, David Hare is one of Britain’s best known playwrights. Ten of his plays have been presented on Broadway, including Plenty, Skylight, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, The Judas Kiss, Via Dolorosa, and The Vertical Hour. Future judges of the series will include both distinguished playwrights and directors.

Submissions for the 2010 Competition must be postmarked no earlier than June 1 and no later than August 15, 2009. There is no application form. See Guidelines for Submission below for precise information regarding your entry.

COMPETITION RULES

Yale University Press and Yale Repertory Theatre are seeking submissions for a major new playwriting competition, The Yale Drama Series. The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale Rep. The winning play will be selected by series judge David Hare.

There is no application form or entry fee. Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript:

1. This contest is restricted to plays in the English language, though submissions are accepted worldwide.

2. Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Submissions must be original, full-length plays. Translations, musicals, and children’s plays are not accepted. The Yale Drama Series is intended to support emerging playwrights. Playwrights may win the competition only once.

3. Plays that have had professional productions are not eligible.

4. The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play’s title and your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address (if you have one), and page count; a second title page which lists the title of the play only; a list of characters; a list of acts and scenes; and (if applicable) a list of acknowledgments.

5. Plays must be typed/word-processed, numbered and in standard professional play format. A brief biography may appear at the end of the manuscript, but is not required.

6. Do not bind or staple the manuscript.

7. Playwrights may submit only one manuscript per each year.

Send the manuscript to Yale Drama Series, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040.

Submissions for the 2010 competition must be postmarked no earlier than June 1, and no later than August 15, 2009.

Do not send the only copy of your work. Manuscripts cannot be returned after the competition. If you wish receipt of your manuscript to be acknowledged, please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard. If you wish to be informed by June 2010 of the contest results, please include an email address on your title page.

CONTACT US

For more information regarding the Yale Drama Series please write to us at:

Yale Drama Series
P.O. Box 209040
New Haven, CT
06520-9040

or email us at yaledramaseries@yale.edu

Monologue Project online

2009-07-12T17:31:00.003-04:00

The first Monologue Project video has been produced - THE BRICKLAYER by Arthur M. Jolly, performed by Bruce Barton.

Call for Submissions - Essays

2009-07-11T11:29:00.001-04:00

The New England Vintage Film Society, Inc., a 501c3 Massachusetts charitable educational corporation, (www.nevintagefilm.org) is planning another book project, another compilation of essays.

Our recent book project, Spencer Tracy, Fox Film Actor: The Pre-Code Legacy of a Hollywood Legend (www.spencertracyfoxfilmactor.com) endorsed by TCM's Robert Osborne officially launched in January. It is available on amazon, barnes and noble, borders, xlibris.com and will soon be in all bookstores through Ingram.

We have researched the subject of 1920's & 1930's stage and vaudeville actors who later became film actors after silent films became talkies -- actors and performers who made the jump from stage to talking pictures.

We looking for numerous essays on this subject. The essays can focus on one star, i.e. Ethel, Lionel or John Barrymore, or more than one, a team, several or many.

All essays should incorporate several topics: the Golden Age of Theatre, the end of the Silent Era/Rise of Talkies, American cultural, political, economic, social, moral, technological issues, etc.

Essays should range from 750 - 7500+ words. Payment is with byline. Deadline for submission is March 2010. We need a dozen essays. We already have commitments for a fourteen essays.

If you know anyone who'd be interested, email the Executive Director, Brenda Loew, for more info or with your proposal.

script wanted

2009-07-11T11:27:00.000-04:00

Seeking original play for a mid-September to October full production. Possible workshop performance in early August. Play MUST include two female characters, and no more than 5 characters total. We are looking for a play with a modern, realistic feel, with themes that will resonate for 20-somethings as well as more adult theater-going audiences. Producer will provide publicity, reviewers, and high production values.

Please send 10 pages and a synopsis to purposetheatre@gmail.com

Purpose Theatre Company
Sarah-Doe Osborne

Doug Rossi, THE BEAR

2009-07-03T22:32:00.004-04:00

Actor member Doug Rossi performs in Chekov's THE BEAR, part of Classically Skewed an evening of short plays by Sweetness and Light Productions

July 9 - 19, 2009
Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios
244 W. 54th St., 12th Fl, btwn Broadway & 8th Ave

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Doug also appears in TEDDY BALLGAME by Caitlin Mitchell in The Sam French Festival playing on Saturday July 18th at 4:30pm

Tickets

Halloween One-Act Festival Play Submissions

2009-07-02T00:41:00.001-04:00

Create Ur Life LLC, the essential film acting workshop, taught by Tom Brangle will be holding its first Equity showcase this Fall at the Richmond Shepard Theatre.

The premier production entitled "The Create Ur Life Halloween One Act Festival" will be directed by Create Ur Life co-creator Anna Foss Wilson (star of Diane Paulus' The Donkey Show and director of last summer's Off-Off-Broadway hit Pick Me, Choose Me, Love Me).

The Create Ur Life Halloween One Act Festival will feature 3 one-act plays performed by Create Ur Life members.

Create Ur Life is seeking submissions for original Halloween-themed One-Act plays.

Maximum page number is 25.

Spooky, macabre, scary, creepy, evil, horror, comedic and dramatic themes are all encouraged.

There is no submission fee and this is a great opportunity for a playwright and their work to gain some exposure.

Writers should be ready to workshop their piece with the director and actors.

Submission deadline: August 1st
Submit to: CreateUrLife@gmail.com

Create Ur Life: Acting for Film is an on-camera acting class, but it's taught in a nurturing
environment by working actors. Most film acting classes are taught by casting directors, managers, and agents, so you always feel like you have to be "on" and you don't get to learn proper film acting technique. You also aren't able to make the mistakes needed to learn who you are as an actor on film. This class allows you to do just that and, most importantly, discover what Tom calls your
personal charisma. Create Ur Life gives you tools, so that when it’s time to walk in to an audition, or go on to a set, not only are you comfortable and ready, but you have the confidence to stand out.

Visit us on the web at createurlife.org

TheNEST is now seeking new full-length plays

2009-07-02T00:40:00.002-04:00

TheNEST is now seeking new full-length plays for our 2009-10 reading series. In addition to giving playwrights a venue in which to develop new work, plays from the reading series may become fully produced mainstage productions.

For consideration, please email a PDF version of your full-length play to Mark Cajigao at submissions@thenestnyc.org.

TheNEST is a Harlem-based nonprofit theater company committed to the development of contemporary and innovative theater. We are dedicated to playing an active role in the artistic education and expression of the community through progressive youth programs that foster the next generation of theater practitioners.

www.thenestnyc.org

The New England Vintage Film Society, Inc seeks essays

2009-07-02T00:37:00.001-04:00

Teatro del Pueblo Seeking Submissions for its Eighth Annual Political Theatre Festival

2009-06-26T00:07:00.000-04:00

For the past eight years, the Political Theatre Festival has been the highlight of our season, showcasing the talent of national playwrights and spreading awareness about contemporary Latino issues. This year's festival theme, “Across the Divide,” will explore the geographical divide between the United States and Latin America as well as the infamous “gender divide.” We are therefore looking for plays that pertain to Latino immigration and/or Latina women's issues. We ask that submissions call for minimal set, a maximum of three actors and run 15 – 45 minutes in length.

To submit electronically, please e-mail a copy of your play to al@teatrodelpueblo.org with “PTF 2010 Play Submission” in the subject line.

You may also mail a hard copy of your play to:
Teatro del Pueblo
PTF 2010 Play Submission
209 Page Street W. #213
St. Paul, MN 55107

All submissions must be postmarked no later than September 15th, 2009. There is no submission fee. Previously produced plays are fine, as long as they have not been staged in the Midwest in the past five years.

Monologue Project

2009-06-19T01:11:00.002-04:00

Videos for the Monologue Project coming soon - read more about the Project here.

On Hiatus

2009-06-19T00:05:00.000-04:00

NYCPlaywrights meetings are now on hiatus. We will be meeting again in September. The dates/location will be posted here soon.

And this web site will still remain active with postings of writers opportunities, videos etc. including upcoming videos of the winners of the Monologue Project.

Fifteen-Minute New Play Contest

2009-06-18T19:13:00.001-04:00

The Valley Repertory Company (Enfield, CT, www.valleyrep.com) is seeking scripts for its first LabWorks Fifteen-Minute New Play Contest. Twelve plays will be chosen to be produced as part of LabWorks 2010, where the audience will vote for their favorite play. Please visit us at www.valleyrep.com for more details and full submission requirements.

Thinnes writes/performs MYFACESPACEBOOK.COM

2009-06-17T20:08:00.001-04:00

Writer member Walter Thinnes's play MYFACESPACEBOOK.COM is part of the Shortened Attention Span One-Act Play Festival this weekend in the Players Theatre Loft at 115 MacDougal Street. Tickets are $18 at the door (though they often sell out ahead of time) or at www.theatremania.com (search for Shortened Attention Span Festival and pick the correct weekend). Shows are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00p and Sunday at 3:00p. Walter also performs in the play.

People Are Watching.....

2009-06-13T13:08:00.003-04:00

NYCPlaywrights actor member Mike Giorgio writes...

I recently completed a month long run of a Steven Dietz play titled More Fun Than Bowling at 12 Miles West Theater Company in Madison, NJ. In an effort to boost ticket sales on Thursdays, a traditionally slow night, we began the practice of combining 2-for-1 tickets with a post show talkback. After one particular Thursday Q&A, a gentleman none of our company had known previously approached me and remarked "You look very familiar.....did I see you doing a monologue on a website for a group called NYC Playwrights?" I confirmed that it was indeed me. I further said that I was very impressed and happy that people were finding the site and choosing to explore it further!

The moral of the story is twofold: Technology today is virtually erasing the chasms in local, and even global communication in the click of a mouse, making your impact immediate and far reaching. However, whatever you choose to put out there in the endless cyberworld had better be good! You just never never know who may be watching! :)

watch Mike's performance of Peter Nicholl's monologue A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO here...

Discovering Hamlet with Branagh and Jacobi

2009-06-11T20:24:00.000-04:00

flour city theatre company seeks submissions

2009-06-09T13:14:00.002-04:00

flour city theatre company currently accepting submissions for September 2009 production, "Rochester Stories."

Whether you live in the Rochester area or not, we are looking for stories set in, or are about, Rochester, New York. Think George Eastman and Kodak, Frederick Douglass, The Flower City, Abolitionists, the Underground Railroad, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mount Hope Cemetery, Susan B. Anthony, Red Hots, and Rochester Red Wings, to name a few.

Submit by August 1, 2009:

~ for playwrights: short plays 5 - 8 minutes; plays longer than 8 pages will not be read. All submissions should be sent via email.

~ for choreographers, composers, musicians, photographers, painters, performance artists and filmmakers: submit a specific work for consideration on DVD, VHS, CD or link to a YouTube site.

Submissions may be sent via email to: flourcitytheatre@gmail.com
or via snail mail to:

flour city theatre company
attn: Mark Witteveen
459 Rockingham Street
Rochester, NY 14620

A small honorarium will be given to produced artists.
To learn more about us, visit our website at www.flourcitytheatre.org

Monologue Project selections announced

2009-06-07T23:29:00.002-04:00

The following pieces have been selected for the NYCPlaywrights' Monologue Project. These pieces will be videotaped and posted to the NYCPlaywrights' section of Youtube, and to this web site. We received over 100 submissions - thanks to everybody who sent work. Unfortunately we don't have the resources to videotape all 100+ monologues.

We will be recording and posting the videos in the next month or so, about 2 per week.

Special thanks to NYCPlaywrights members Leigh Harbin and Wayne Paul Mattingly for being primary judges for the submitted work.

Congratulations to all the selected writers.

==== SELECTED WORKS =====

BRICKLAYER
by Arthur M. Jolly

CAREGIVER'S RESUME
by Dwyer Jones

CORNER
by Meny Beriro

HANGUPS
by Alex Dremann

I WAS LOST
by Blake Hackler

MAKE BELIEVE
by Kimberly Prosa

MOTHER MARTYRDOM
by Charissa Richters

MOTHER'S DAY
by Chris Shaw Swanson

MRS. ROSENFIELD SPEAKS
by Cat Bistransin

WHO GETS KILLED?
by Alex Broun

Discovering New Mysteries is now accepting submissions of original plays

2009-06-05T00:17:00.001-04:00

Submissions now accepted for 2010 Festival competition!

Discovering New Mysteries is now accepting submissions of original plays, screenplays, teleplays, and short stories for both adult and youth audiences. Deadline for submissions is August 30, 2009. A panel of professional readers will blindly review the submissions and narrow the field to the final mysteries, who- dunnits, cops-n-robbers, courtroom dramas, thrillers, suspense or adventures.

The festival finalists will be personally notified by January 2010 with national press coverage of the finalists’ performances to be released shortly thereafter.

FESTIVAL DATES ARE: JUNE 17 – JUNE 27, 2010

The International Mystery Writers’ Festival awards are named for Oscar, Tony & Emmy Award winning star ANGELA LANSBURY. The "Angie Awards", will be presented in the following key categories:

BEST NEW WORK, plus a $10,000 prize
MOST PROMISING NEW WRITER, plus a $5,000 prize
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY or TELEPLAY, plus a $2,500.00 prize
BEST WORK FOR YOUNG ADULTS (ages 12-18), plus $1,000
BEST SHORT MYSTERY PLAY (1-Act plays, short screenplay, short story), plus $1,000

THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE FOR SUBMISSIONS!

Nearly $20,000 in cash prizes for winners + prestigious Angie Awards

Send FULL SCRIPT Submissions with a separate cover page with author information to:

"Discovering New Mysteries" at RiverPark
Attn: Kimberly Johnson,
Festival Coordinator
101 Daviess Street
Owensboro, KY 42302

Please do not list the author's name or contact information on script pages or title page.

http://www.newmysteries.org/submission_guidelines/

Circus Theatricals Festival Of One-Acts

2009-06-05T00:14:00.000-04:00

Deadline: Post Marked by August 31, 2009

One-Act Plays; number of copies 2

Must be unproduced in LA area, production in another area okay.

Notification of semi-finalists only.

Please Submit: Full script, typed and securely bound; no contact info on script/separate title page with contact info; Character breakdown and set requirements; SASP for acknowledgment if desired; Don't include SASE, scripts will NOT be returned.

Plays with simple staging requirements are favored, but we are willing to consider any quality writing. We are looking for plays with a running time of fifteen minutes or less. Plays that run over twenty minutes will NOT be considered.

All plays chosen will be cast from our resident company of actors. If you wish to see the company, please see our website, but we are acquiring new actors on a regular basis, so the actors available for next year's festival may be different.

Circus Theatricals was founded by Jack Stehlin in 1983. His philosophy on one-acts and the pieces which have done the best in the past are simple plays designed to dramatize a single and profound idea about humanity. We gravitate more to plays about people than about politics. We are looking for a piece of theatre which will resonate with the audience tomorrow and ten years from tomorrow.

Our company is in residence at the Odyssey Theatre, but we have produced plays at several theaters across Los Angeles. Circus Theatricals has garnered awards and nominations from the LA Drama Critics Circle, Back Stage West, the LA Weekly, LA Stage Alliance Ovations, and Dramalogue.

Please log onto our website for further information and to check out our current one-act festival, which is being performed through the month of June at the LEX Theatre in Hollywood.

Joe Bays, Literary Coordinator
PO Box 586
Culver City, CA 90232

www.circustheatricals.com

The Confederates accepting submissions from emerging young playwrights

2009-06-04T23:58:00.001-04:00

Now accepting submissions from emerging young playwrights. We are seeking the dangerous, the provocative, the sexy, the funny, the horrifying, the tense, the ORIGINAL.

Submissions should be of new works, 2-5 characters, 1-2 hours long. Otherwise, send us your wildest stuff.

The Confederates were founded on the principles of developing new process-oriented, forward-looking theater in New York City. We believe in the art of story telling, in collaborating with new young artists in the pursuit of creating dangerous, provocative plays that will stretch the skills of the artists and challenge audiences.

The Confederates Theatre Company
56-21 43 AVE 1FL
Woodside, NY 11377

Contact Matthew Boyce, Tom Bonner
ConfederatesTheatre@gmail.com

Worldwide Monologue project deadline has passed

2009-06-02T00:10:00.002-04:00

Thanks to everybody who submitted monologues for the NYCPlaywrights Worldwide Monologue project. We received over a hundred monologues and will be selecting our 10 favorites to be performed and videotaped by actor members of NYCPlaywrights (or invited guest actors.)

We will be announcing the winners on June 7 and posting the monologue performances in the weeks following.