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Playwriting Opportunities NOTE: For deadline opportunities , visit our Deadline Opportunities page. Updated 11/9/06 Original Works Publishing "Dedicated to publishing and producing the best and boldest playwrights in the world" Currently accepting submissions of bold, original, award winning plays in every category (Full length, One Act, Ten Minute, and Monologue shows.) There is no fee to submit and writers will never incur any fees of any kind. Accepted writers receive negotiated production royalties, 15% of book sales, and two free copies of their published book. Please visit the website for specific submission instructions- http://www.originalworksonline.com Call for Plays confronting racial and ethnic issues New and original plays confronting racial or ethnic issues are the The winner will receive US$1,000 plus a staged reading at University of Alabama and the possibility of a full production. Visit their website for further details and how to submit your entry. JAC Publishing & Promotions is looking for scripts JAC Publishing & Promotions wants to work with playwrights/authors toward getting their work/s Prepared, Published and Promoted. We're developing a fully-functional website to promote these works as a publishing agent, and will take many channels to promote the works in other targeted venues, as well. We will help set up scripts for printing (including artwork design, layout, etc.), and absorb the initial costs* of production to get your work ready for promotion. Subsequently, you will receive proceeds from each script sale, as well as royalties from every production launched thereafter. You work with us, we'll work for you! Norman Maine Plays (publisher) accepting scripts We welcome submissions from new and established playwrights. If you would like to submit a play, please send a printed copy of your script and a self-addressed stamped envelope to our mailing address. Be sure to include a cover letter, a production history, a list of awards, and a short synopsis of the play. Please do not send scripts via e-mail. Because we give each script careful consideration, please allow 4-8 weeks for response. Rosalind Productions seeks Scripts Rosalind Productions explores stories in which the female characters are as vital, complex and influential as the male characters. Working with classical, contemporary and original material, we endeavor to engage, move and inspire audiences on an intellectual, emotional and spiritual level, by allowing them to experience and empathize with each character's desires, vulnerabilities and range of masculine and feminine traits. Our hope is that our audiences will take with them a sense of recognition and a better understanding of their own humanity. MAIL SUBMISSIONS TO Logolite Entertainment seeks scripts Logolite Entertainment, a premier independent motion picture production company based in Los Angeles, California, is searching for original, unpublished and lessor known plays for possible feature film adaptation. We would like to invite them to send manuscripts for consideration. For more information about Logolite Entertainment please visit www.logolite-ent.com or call our office at 310.770.7345. Christopher Sepulveda Adelphi University is looking to produce at least 5 original ten minute plays in the spring of 2007. We are looking for plays with an emphasis on youth (11-25) and female characters but not to the exclusion of male-dominated plays and plays with older characters in them. We're looking for a number of roles to serve the student body, not necessarily all the roles. These plays will be directed by upper level students (who will be mentored) as well as faculty and possibly guest directors. If interested please mail your script to: Make sure your contact information is on the script including email address. I will not be returning scripts unless you send a self-addressed stamped envelope along with your play script. Decisions will be made in early December. Questions? Thoughts? Please email me with further comment. London (UK) Company Seeks Scripts London-based theatre production company is currently developing projects to be shown both in Europe and the USA (London and New York confirmed) and invites submissions of plays for production in London during the second half of 2006. The Company requires plays of a strongly theatrical style - e.g. plays that could only work in a theatrical context and are not written to be transferable to other media. They will only accept plays which adhere to the following -
- under an hour in length The production will be fully funded and the writer will be invited to be involved in the creation of the performance Send to Artistic Director Chris New at cjnew@mac.com THEATRE 1050 SEARCHING FOR NEW PLAYWRIGHTS Theatre 1050 is accepting submissions for original one act or full-length plays to be produced in various venues around Manhattan. Plays will also be considered for our bi-monthly new playwrights series held twice / month at Ripley Greir Studios in Manhattan. This will be Theatre 1050's first mounting of an ORIGINAL work after two years of production experience. Open to anything you may have to offer. PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND: our mission statement is to produce thought provoking theater that prompts our audience to examine their lives and their surroundings. We can get your work produced with well-trained actors and experienced producers, thus getting your name spread around NYC as a playwright. Send submissions to: GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE seeks script queries Script Submissions Mail: George Street Playhouse, Attn: Literary Associate, 9 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 09801 Fax: 732-247-9151, Attn: Literary Associate Submission Procedure: No unsolicited scripts. Only inquiry packets which contain synopsis of play, character breakdown, set requirements and sample pages (no more than 10 pages) along with a self addressed envelope will be considered. Types of Material: full-length plays. Special Interests: Comedies or dramas that present a fresh perspective on our society; "work that tells a compelling personal and human story while entertaining, challenging and stretching the imagination." Social issue one-acts suitable for touring to schools (not seeking any other kind of one-acts). Facilities: Mainstage, 367 seats, proscenium/thrust stage. Next Stage (new play) Festival, George 99, 75 seat "black box" space Production Considerations: prefer cast limit of 5 to 7. Best Submission Time: year-round. Response Time: 8-10 months. "Self-help" script sought From Craigs List NYC - no deadline given. Reply to: gigs-173059641@craigslist.org Do you have a script that has anything to do with Self-Help? Therapist/Patient We're a group of NYC actors looking to make a parody (or not, depending on the script)of all the ways people try to better their lives....or to just survive. We'll either choose one full length, or put together a bunch of vignettes, so if you have something like this, please feel free to tell us your synopsis, or submit the work itself. TIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY seeks plays TimeLine Theatre's mission is to present stories inspired by history that connect with today's social and political issues. Seeking full-length plays, musicals, translations, and adaptations. Send synopsis and sample dialogue. E-mail submission OK. Previously Produced OK. Response Time 2-3 months; no calls please. Ben Thiem, Literary Manager 615 W. Wellington Ave. Chicago, IL 60657 ben@timelinetheatre.com More here. THE IMMEDIATE THEATER COMPANY SEEKS HORROR PLAYS The Immediate Theater Company is looking for an original horror/ fantasy script for a February 2007 production. Horror plays, ghost stories, grand guignol, exorcisms, over the top violence and gore welcomed. Address: 445 Classon Avenue apt 1, Brooklyn, NY 11238 Contact Jose Zayas jose@theimmediatetheater.org More here. Buffalo Nights Theatre Company Seeks Scripts or Samples Founded in 1991, Buffalo Nights Theatre Company is an award winning company of actors, writers and directors producing new plays and published material of all stripes and flavors. Due to resource limitations, new play scripts are accepted from recognized theatrical agencies or on referral from a theater professional only. Normal response time for play submissions is three to six months, though we try to be as speedy as possible. Additionally, we will accept play samples of 10-15 pages, to be accompanied by a play synopsis, resume, and all other supporting materials available. Sample submissions will be responded to only if a full copy of the script is requested. Seeking full-length plays, musicals, translations, and adaptations. Miura Smith, Literary Manager 11575 Missouri Ave Ste 6 Los Angeles, CA 90025 info@buffalonights.org 323-969-4744 Details here. Usanu Theatre, an experimental UK performance company, are calling for script submissions for their 2006/7 season. Our books are currently open to playwrights / writers with unusual styles and original content. Due to the experimental nature of the company, the writing must lend itself to physical and visual exploration. We are particularly interested in Avant Garde / Absurdist writing, Feminist writing which explores the female voice and one-act female monologues, however all submissions are considered. Writing in all stages are welcomed as we are also looking for writers who can script throughout the devising and rehearsal process, being very much a part of the creative team and be inspired by the performers work and directors vision. Usanu Theatre devise around and with the text in a physical, free and stimulating way, and we prefer writing to have a minimum of stage directions as we are more interested in the quality of the text and the way in which it stimulates our imagination and creative juices. For more information on Usanu Theatre and our style, please visit our website usanu.co.uk. CONTACT: Please send expressions of interest to Tamara Allen-Cousins at info@usanu.co.uk with SCRIPT SUBMISSION in the subject, with a covering letter, your CV and submitted writing. Postal submissions are accepted, please email for address. (Please note that submissions can only be returned if a SAE is enclosed with the correct postage.) Plays for Portland workshop series Portland Theater Works (Portland, OR) is accepting submissions of new plays for their workshop series and reading series. A 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization which is dedicated exclusively to developing new work for the theatre. Portland Theatre Works produces workshops of new plays, giving the playwright the opportunity to work with a director, a group of actors, and others (depending on the needs of the play). Each workshop culminates with presentations for the public followed by a facilitated feedback session with the audience. The FreshWorks program produces a series of monthly readings of new plays in front of an audience. Feedback after readings is optional, depending on the needs and desires of the playwright. For more information about Portland Theatre Works, go to www.ptwks.org/submissions.shtml. Feel free to contact info@ptwks.org. They can't pay transportation, but if you can find your way to Oregon, they'll welcome you. Theatre 1050 searching for new playwrights!! Theatre 1050 is accepting submissions for original one act or full length plays to be produced an various venues around Manhattan. Plays will also be considered for our bi-monthly new playwrights series held twice / month at Ripley Greir Studios in Manhattan. This will be Theatre 1050's first mounting of an ORIGINAL work after two years of production experience. Open to anything you may have to offer. PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND: our mission statement is to produce thought provoking theater that prompts our audience to examine their lives and their surroundings. We can get your work produced with well trained actors and experienced producers, thus getting your name spread around NYC as a playwright. Send submissions to: oR EMAIL TO theatre_1050@hotmail.com Collaborator(s) sought. SF Author of "Tales of A Black Vamp & Black Vamp Poetry" seeks playwright(s) to adapt the book to the SF stage. Must have inner-city experience! Any race/age. (415)531-7691; or email rafikichemari@mailstation.com. BILINGUAL THEATRE COMPANY SEEKS NEW PLAYS Bilingual Theatre company looking for new theatre pieces to produce soon. Compañia de Teatro Bilingue busca nuevas obras para producir este año....preferably/preferentemente: *no big dramas - No dramones *good comedic timing - buen tiempo comedia *Female writers (not excluding) - autor femenino (no excluyente) *no more than 4 characters. No mas de 4 personajes *Spanish and or English - Español y/o Ingles *No longer than 90 minutes - No mas de 90 minutos submit ASAP - Lo antes posible!! Please send envelopes by REGULAR MAIL, NO FEDEX. NO UPS to: por favor mandar sobres via regular mail a NO FEDEX NO UPS a: R. Polnoroff 3530 73rd street. 5E Jackson Heights NY - 11372 rominacoyote@hotmail.com BIMA-NY SEEKS NEW JEWISH PLAYS BIMA-NY (NY's newest Jewish Theatre Company) is currently considering new Jewish plays that have not yet had a public reading in NYC for our monthly reading series. We are also interested in fresh material that may be used for our upcoming Purim Shpiel, and finally, a piece about "growth" that may be included as part of our TuB'shvat seder. BIMA-NY's goal is to entertain, educate and inspire audiences by producing Jewish stories by Jewish playwrights, presenting all Jewish people in an honest and truthful way. If you have a piece to offer us for consideration, please send it to: BIMA-NY c/o Jolyn Kranberg, Literary Manager POB 889 New York, NY 10024 or email joly1@hotmail.com http://www.bima-ny.org HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY'S NEW SOUTH PLAY FESTIVAL Deadline: rolling The New South Play Festival is dedicated to producing and developing work that gives voice to issues facing the contemporary (not historical) South. The submission guidelines are as follows: If you have one full-length play you would like to submit for consideration, please send it to us at our mailing address. If you have more than one full-length piece you would like considered, please send us samples of all the work you would like considered, as well as a SAS envelope or postcard so that we can let you know which, if any, plays we would like to see in their entirety. Also, it is VERY important that you mark all materials being submitted for the festival as "NEW SOUTH SUBMISSION". Write this phrase in an obvious way on the front of the envelope, somewhere on the cover letter, and somewhere on the title page of the script or sample. (It's important to note that we do not accept submissions via e-mail) We will reply to you as soon as possible regarding your submission. Expect at least a 6-month response period. Submissions are accepted year-round, and will be considered for the next upcoming festival (May/June of each year). Our mailing address is: Horizon Theatre Company PO Box 5376 Atlanta, GA 31107 http://www.horizontheatre.com THE CLOCKWORK THEATRE The Clockwork Theatre, Inc., a newly established not-for-profit organization is seeking original plays and musicals for its upcoming seasons. At this time we are accepting comedic and dramatic scripts which focus primarily on human relationships. Works should be full in length and ready to be work-shopped. Submitted scripts should not have been produced professionally prior to submission. Script submissions should include a cover letter, a synopsis, a recording of the music (if applicable) and one copy of the script. Submissions should be sent to The Clockwork Theatre Inc, Attn: New Works, P.O. Box 09-0608, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Compensation will be discussed if your submission is selected for production. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at theclockworktheatre@yahoo.com. THISTLE DEW PLAYWRIGHT'S WORKSHOP AND READERS THEATRE Deadline: TBA The Thistle Dew Playwright's Workshop and Readers Theatre, Sacramento, California, is calling for full-length scripts from area playwrights for a series four weekend readings in the spring of 2006. The selected scripts will be given a Friday and Saturday evening public reading and critique. The Workshop meets every Monday evening at 7:00pm at the intimate Thistle Dew Theatre. The Workshop members include area directors, actors, published and unpublished playwrights and producers. For additional information please contact Tom at thistledewplaywrights@yahoo.com, or see the article in the Sacramento Bee at: http://www.sacticket.com/onstage/story/13874907p-14714157c.html SILK ROAD THEATRE PROJECT SEEKS PLAYS Silk Road Theatre Project (http://www.srtp.org), a Chicago-based theatre company dedicated to showcasing playwrights of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean backgrounds, is eagerly looking for plays written by South Asian playwrights (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan), Korean-American playwrights, andGreek-American playwrights. Any and all leads and recommendations would be most appreciated. Please contact Jamil Khoury, Artistic Director, at jamil@srtp.org. Stoneham Theater's Emerging Voices Series Stoneham Theatre is committed to fostering new playwrights and producing new works for the stage. Currently we are accepting submissions of full-length plays and musicals for readings, workshops and production consideration. Submitted plays should have cast sizes of 12 or less and musicals 18 or less. Submitted materials will not be returned. You will hear back from us regarding your submission within 3-4 months. Please submit synopsis and full scripts/recordings to: Weylin Symes, Artistic Director Stoneham Theatre 125 Main Street, Suite F Stoneham, MA 02180 email: weylin@stonehamtheatre.org FFI: www.stonehamtheatre.org/781-279-2200/emerging_stages/main.html MILLENNIUM TALENT GROUP Script Submission Guidelines: Unsolicited submissions in all possible genres, themes, and styles are warmly invited (i.e., full, ten-minute, one-act, and musical). For ALL SUBMISSIONS please send a script: -Bound (8.5" x 11") -One-sided -Clear copy -Cover letter and synopsis (with character breakdown) -If you wish your script returned, send SASE or SASPC with proper postage -Playwright's resume NOTE: Scripts not accepted via e-mail Submissions of MUSICALS should also include: -CD or Cassette of musical or up to 6 songs -Lyrics of ALL SONGS (in their proper places within the script) -DVD clips are accepted, though not required Submissions are accepted throughout the year; standard response time is 6 months. CONTACT: Akiva Daube Literary Manager & Dramaturg Millennium Talent Group Manhattan Ensemble Theater 55 Mercer St. New York, NY 10013 Phone: (212) 925-1900 Fax: (212) 925-1947 E-mail: akiva@millenniumtalentgroup.org www.millenniumtalentgroup.org CITY THEATRE COMPANY (PITTSBURGH, PA) City Theatre's mission is to provide an artistic home for the development and production of contemporary plays of substance and ideas that engage and challenge diverse audiences. We are particularly interested in new, innovative, theatrical plays of substance and ideas that engage the intellect as well as the emotions, and that challenge pre-conceptions about both life and theatre; works of unconventional form, content, and/or use of language; compelling stories; and plays by under-represented voices (e.g., women, writers of color, writers with disabilities). We are always seeking unproduced work, and we accept full-length original plays, adaptations, translations, musicals, and solo plays. We are not presently considering one-acts or children's plays. In a typical season, we produce seven plays in our two performance spaces, along with MOMENTUM: new plays at different stages (our new works festival), the Young Playwrights Festival (7th to 12th grade playwrights from our region), and one or two special events. Our 272-seat Mainstage Theatre is capable of flexible stage and seating configurations (though we most often use thrust or proscenium staging). Our 120-seat Hamburg Studio Theatre is currently in a thrust configuration. City Theatre Company does not accept unsolicited scripts, nor does it accept submissions by e-mail. For consideration, playwrights should mail a query letter, along with a resume, a complete synopsis of the play, a character breakdown, a 15- to 20-page dialogue sample (and demo cassette or CD for musicals), and the development and production history of the play to: Carlyn Ann Aquiline Literary Manager & Dramaturg City Theatre Company 1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203 A self-addressed, stamped envelope must be provided to ensure the return of submission materials. Response time for queries is at least several months. No phone calls. FFI: http://www.citytheatrecompany.org RIVENDELL THEATRE ENSEMBLE Rivendell is a professional Equity company whose mission is to create an intimate theater experience that explores new voices and reflects personal human journeys in an engaging salon environment. Rivendell is dedicated to pursuing the talents of women artists- playwrights, actors, directors, technical staff, and designers-to create a quality, compelling environment for both actor and audience. We have produced the following playwrights: Naomi Wallace, Heather McDonald, Anne McGravie, Annie Weisman, Lisa Loomer, Carson Kreitzer - among others. We are interested in creating new work as an ensemble as well as producing Chicago and world premieres. Rivendell is interested in one-act plays or full-length plays with a maximum of 6 performers. Send query w/ synopsis. Response time One month or less. Tara Mallen, Artistic Director 1711 West Belle Plaine #3B Chicago, IL 60613 www.rivendelltheatre.net 773-472-1169 TEN GRAND AND A BURGER PRODUCTIONS' COLD CUTS A free play reading series Ten Grand and a Burger Productions is currently accepting submissions for the fall session of "Cold Cuts", its reading series for new works. Playwrights are encouraged to submit 20-25 minutes of their material, either a complete short work or an excerpt from a longer play. There will be five sessions this coming fall, beginning in early October and continuing through the first week of December-exact dates and venue to be announced in September. Works are given a cold reading by the actors in attendance. Playwrights may submit material to Attn: Submissions, Ten Grand and a Burger Productions, 532 LaGuardia Place, Suite 498, New York, NY, 10012. Scripts may also be sent electronically to castingnet@gmail.com. Jason Hewitt Ten Grand and a Burger Productions, Inc. 532 LaGuardia Place Ste 498 New York, NY 10012 www.tengrandburger.com Theatre Outlet Theatre Outlet, a professional theatre located in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, is currently seeking new plays for consideration for readings and full-productions. Please submit materials to: Theatre Outlet Attn: Artistic Director PO Box 715 Allentown PA 18105 Phone: 610-820-9270 E-Mail: director@theatreoutlet.org Web: http://theatreoutlet.org Visit our website for more information on the theatre. BLACK SWAN THEATER Black Swan Theater (founded 1988) is putting out a call for new scripts. 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 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. Please mail (no e-mail submissions at this time) submissions (full length, one act, one person shows, musicals) to: The Black Swan Theater Attn: David Hopes 166 W. Haywood St, Ste 1 Asheville, NC 28801 swanthtre@aol.com - (inquiries only, no email submissions please) INSPIRARE THEATRE Inspirare Theatre, a professional non-equity company in Glen Ellyn, IL, seeks full-length, single set, contemporary comedies for upcoming seasons. Send query w/ synopsis and sample dialogue; E-mail submission OK. Cast limit 7 performers. Please email scripts or send sample pages and synopsis to inspiraretheatre@yahoo.com. More info on the company can be found at www.inspiraretheatre.com. Laura Lewis-Barr, Artistic Director 630-735-1313 Impact Theatre in Berkeley is always seeking new, unproduced scripts! Is your script: Then send it in! What are you waiting for? Please send a copy to Melissa Hillman, Impact Theatre, P.O. Box 12666, Berkeley, CA 94712-3666. Include a SASE if you want your work returned. Unfortunately, Impact can not accept submissions by email. Theatre One Productions located 45 miles south of Boston is seeking new plays for staged readings, future slams and possible full productions. Comedies preferred but will strongly consider dramas. Children's plays and musicals not accepted at this time. Please do not send original copies as none will be returned, however if your work is selected you will be contacted so you can participated in audience feed back of your play. Appreciate plays with no more than 4 characters as our venue is a small. The plays can be 5, 10, 60 up to 90 minutes. Monologues and performance pieces also accepted. Theatre One's mission goal is to nurture, develop and encourage playwrights. Please send plays to: Theatre One Productions, Inc. C/O Peg Holzemer 12 Spencer St # C Middleboro, MA 02346 or attach in Word and e-mail to pegasus@tmlp.com The Reading Room, a monthly series featuring readings from new works by Bay Area writers. Combining an informal setting with serious intent, The Reading Room will present playwrights showcasing 20 - 30 minute segments of their work to an invited audience of community professionals and others interested in assisting the artist in developing the work further. The evening will be curated by director/playwright/ dramaturg Roger Mrazek. Email Roger here: rogboysf@sbcglobal.net Theatre One Productions located 45 miles south of Boston is seeking new plays for staged readings, future slams and possible full productions. Comedies preferred but will strongly consider dramas. children’s plays and musicals not accepted at this time. Please do not send original copies as none will be returned, however if your work is selected you will be contacted so you can participated in audience feed back of your play. Appreciate plays with no more than 4 characters as our venue is a small. The plays can be 5,10,60 up to 90 minutes. Monologues and performance pieces also accepted. Theatre One's mission goal is to nurture, develop and encourage playwrights. Please send plays to: New Plays specializes in plays for young audiences (pre-school through middle and high school) and books for teachers using the arts in education. The plays are primarily for teens and adults to perform for children. We are small by choice, and add only a few new titles each year. NEEDS: I look for good writing, strong characterization, well-developed themes, honesty and integrity, plays that challenge both performers and young people. I look for plays that have substance, but are not didactic. I stay away from plays that pound specific issues, such as drug abuse or teen pregnancy, and I look for material that sounds like it has been written by a playwright, not a guidance counselor. Plays must have been performed before, and directed by someone other than the playwright. Submit one play at a time. NEW PLAYS Lodestar Quarterly, an online journal of the finest gay, lesbian, and queer literature, seeks one-act and full length drama. There is no minimum length and a maximum length of 100 standard-formatted pages. Please send submissions in Microsoft Word or plain text format with a brief bio and relevant contact information. We generally respond within three months. For more information, please see http://www.lodestarquarterly.com/ First Flights. We welcome submissions any time from October through May. Please send (via standard mail) a one-two page synopsis, cast list, first ten pages. Also include resume. Do not send full script. First Flights Sharon Stearns of Wishbone Productions is looking for scripts (especially one-woman shows) about cowgirls. "I am part of a small theatre company - Wishbone Productions that works out of The Historic O'Keefe Ranch in Vernon, B.C. (Theatre seats 170) Cowboy/girl/ western themed material with music, goes over well...." Send scripts to Sharon at Wishbone Productions - Box 5, Dunster, B.C. V0J 1J0 Canada - or send query via email at stearnssa@yahoo.com. Another Country Productions, a multicultural and diverse theater company, seeks 10 minute plays for its 6 upcoming productions of SLAMBoston, Diverse Voices in Theater. Plays about people of color, gays and lesbians, the disabled, women, etc. especially needed. Send scripts, no longer than 12 pages, to Another Country, PO Box 560192, West Medford, MA 02156. Live Girls! Seeks long and short plays by women playwrights. Lots of opportunities, open deadlines. More info at the website. THE THEATRE @BOSTON COURT Currently accepting submission inquiries for new, un-produced, full-length plays. The Theatre @ Boston Court does not accept unsolicited manuscripts, but we are pleased to consider a one-page script synopsis with character breakdown, production history, resumé, and the first ten to fifteen pages of the script (plus a CD demo if the play is a musical). We are considering full-length plays only. No one-acts or children's plays. For further information on what kind of work we are looking for, please visit our mission statement. Please include a self-addressed, stamped post card for us to respond. For return of work samples, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Send us a letter of inquiry along with a one-page synopsis, character breakdown and a 10-page selection from the script. As with all theatres, response time will depend on the number of current submissions for review. We will attempt to respond within 90 days. Please send to: The Theatre @ Boston Court DEADLINE:ONGOING Renegade Theatre Experiment is always seeking new works to produce and accepts script submissions of new full-length plays. www.renegadetheatre.com While we accept works from any playwright, we give preference to Bay Area playwrights. There are two ways to submit works for consideration:
All query packages must contain a self addressed stamped envelope for the response and return of your materials. We will not respond or return query packages without a self addressed stamped envelope. Your query package should include the following:
Response time for query packages is 10-12 weeks. We will not provide any comments or suggestions about work that we do not intend to either develop or produce. The Senior Barn Players are looking for scripts for their 2006-7 season. For more than 28 years, the Senior Barn Players have entertained audiences throughout the greater Kansas City area. The theatre, over 120 members strong, features its main performing group plus a children's theatre wing, a play reading circle and a group of singers and dancers called The Entertainers. The non-profit company highlights the work of performers who are between the ages of 55 and 90. The company selects five plays each year and tours them throughout the area in an October to May season. They perform for 13,000+ older audience members in churches, retirement centers, businesses, clubs, civic organizations, and others. Each play is performed numerous times, sometimes up to 30 times a season. They are looking for:
a.. Plays that feature no more than 5 characters in roles that are appropriate for mature performers. Since they tour, the cast must fit in one car! For royalty, the group pays $15.00 for the first performance and $10.00 for Plays will be read upon receipt with selections finalized in Spring 2006. Bonnie L. Vorenberg If you wish to review other Senior Theatre plays, consult our website at Millennium Talent Group (MTG) in residence at Manhattan Ensemble Theatre is now accepting unsolicited plays (ten-minute, one-act, full) and musicals. We warmly welcome all themes, genres, etc. However, MTG has a special interest in works which foreground the "theatrical" in theatre. Submissions are accepted throughout the year. Standard response time is 6 months. For more information, please visit us on-line at: Submission Guidelines: For ALL SUBMISSIONS please send script NOTE: Scripts not accepted via e-mail Submissions of MUSICALS should also include:
The Rough Draft Theatre Ensemble in Santa Monica, CA is producing "An Evening of One Acts" this November 2005. As November is an Election Month, they want to have a political theme to the one act plays. I have been slated to direct one of the plays and I am looking for a good, intense, politically charged, minimalist one act play, with preferably 2-4 characters. The theme I would like to explore is political hypocrisy in the US. For inquiries, please contact the address: johnefarrell@earthlink.net. Denver Center Theatre is returning to a commitment to new works with a new-plays program that will begin in February 2006 under the title Colorado New Play Summit, artistic director Kent Thompson and director of new play development Bruce K. Sevy announced Aug. 30. Borrowing the "summit" idea from the nearby Rocky Mountain skyline, the festival (Feb. 10-11, 2006) will be open to theatre professionals, critics and playwrights as well as Denver audiences, of course "to explore the next great American plays." Agented and unagented works are being accepted. In 2006, the festival of readings of new scripts will happen during the run of a fully-produced world premiere production on one of DCTC's stages. Final plans are still being developed for the 2006 Summit, but it will indeed coincide with the Denver Center world premiere of Wayne Lemon's dark comedy Jesus Hates Me, playing in the Denver Center's Ricketson Theatre Jan. 12-March 11, 2006. Future Colorado New Play Summits will introduce multiple world premieres (perhaps commissioned) and expanded readings, according to DCTC. The program is walking in 2006 before sprinting in future seasons. The fest is patterned after new play programs like the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writers' Project (designed by Kent Thompson), and other nationally known programs such as South Coast Repertory's Pacific Playwrights Festival. Interlink Group, the private technology services company, is the sponsor of the Colorado New Play Summit. For information and new play submissions, contact Bruce K. Sevy, Director of New Play Development, Denver Center Theatre Company, 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO 80204, phone (303) 446-4856 or e-mail bsevy@dcpa.org. Avalou Theatre Company is seeking original plays for its 2006 season. If you have written a play of any length, in any genre, and would like to see it read, workshopped and produced with your creative input, we would like to meet you. The mission of Avalou Theatre is to create daring, innovative live theatre with an emphasis on the actor as creative artist. Avalou is committed to the following: intelligent and original interpretation of the classics, seeking out and nurturing the work of brilliant new artists and bringing theatre to diverse and unique audiences. Avalou seeks to create theatre in unlikely places using non-traditional means, often through unexpected interaction with our audience. Avalou is an eclectic theatre, meaning we choose our material based solely on its ability to inspire us, regardless of genre or period. We are called Avalou Theatre Company and you can find more information about us at http://www.myspace.com/avaloutheatre. Kristen Walker Stars of the Future New Play Project. Deadline - ongoing Submissions are currently being accepted for the 2006 staged reading series. Scripts should be no longer than 50 minutes running time. Thematic criteria include: issues of importance to women celebrations of the fullness of women's experiences in either a contemporary or historical context honoring women of past generations reaching out to young women of the next generation(s). Preference will be given to women playwrights and to playwrights with a Kentucky connection, though all scripts will be considered. Pleiades reserves the right to consider any script selected for a reading in the New Play Project for future mainstage production. Send scripts to: Stars of the Future New Play Project Coordinator The Pleiades Theatre Company PO Box 1795 Louisville, KY 40201-1795 For more information email us: artistic@pleiadestheatreco.org AND TOTO TOO THEATRE COMPANY PORTLAND THEATRE WORKS BIMA-NY (New York's newest Jewish theater company) is planning a Purim event. We are looking for fresh and funny Purim Shpiels to include in our evening. Conferences & Festivals Revolution Theater openly accepts play submissions, but we advise individuals interested to please read our "Mission Statement" before doing so. www.revolutiontheatre.iwa...about.html. Plays chosen for full productions will be paid royalties, all terms to be negotiated under contract and/or other party agreement/s. THE CLOCKWORK THEATRE Pegasus Theater Seeks New Short Plays for Next Fall |