The following information is for the past Sheherezade submission instructions to playwrights. Up until March 21, 2009, Sheherezade ticket information is on the home page. After that, please watch the space below for updated submission instructions.

Sheherezade submission deadline: september 30

There's still time to send in a new play or rewrite your submitted play. We're extending the deadline to September 30th to allow more members to have an opportunity for a full production of an 8-minute work in San Francisco! Don't miss out on this chance to shine!

Sheherezade is PCSF's annual fundraiser and the full details on how to submit are listed here:

Playwrights, alert! In our neverending quest to continue improving Sheherezade, our annual fundraiser and night of ten-minute plays, this year, we've changed things up a bit. Please carefully read the guidelines below, grab your keyboards or feather pens, and start writing!

RULES & GUIDELINES

1. All playwrights must be members of the Playwrights' Center in good standing—i.e., you've paid your dues this year, you can join when submitting.
2. This year's theme is "Year in Review: 2008." Relevance to theme will have an impact on play selection. It must be recognizably tied to 2008.
3. All plays must include no more than 6 actors, preferably no more than 3 male and 3 female. Smaller casts are greatly encouraged and will increase your chance of getting selected.
4. While special casting for age and race will be taken into consideration for callbacks, please try to keep the play as flexible as possible.
5. Plays should be suitable for a small stage, black-box venue. Produceability will have an impact on play selection.
6. All plays submitted should be no more the eight (8) pages long, formatted in the Playwrights' Center standard format. Aim for 8 minutes of material. If selected, we may ask playwrights with plays running longer than 8 minutes to shorten them.
   
7. Selection is "blind" please submit two copies of your play, one with playwright information (please include a brief bio), and one without any playwright information.
8. All submissions should be sent to submissions@playwrightscentersf.org as a pdf or MSWord doc. (If your play is not properly formatted, it will be returned for reformatting. PLAY FORMAT HERE.)
9. Be sure to include a complete character list, the minimum number of actors needed, and a very brief description of what event, events, or theme from 2008 the story is inspired by.

Wait, you say! What if something happens between August and December that I want to write about? If that happens, selected writers can submit a new play no later than November 30. Each play will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The selection committee will decide which play to use—your first or your second. The goal of Sheherezade is to put our best foot forward, and that means our best writing. Playwrights who attend December rehearsals will have an opportunity to edit their work and turn in a final version January 6.

The production schedule is as follows: We will have callbacks for actors in late October and early November; actors will rehearse through December and January.

We look forward to reading the fabulousness you write!