ANGELS IN AMERICA - coming to the Signature Theater Company September 14, 2010

The HBO special featured Al Pacino as Roy Cohn.
(This clip contains language that some might consider offensive.)

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Submission Guidelines for 2011

Playwrights and/or their representatives are responsible for the production of their play including casting, rehearsals, props, etc. The Festival presenters provide basic set pieces and lighting, sound equipment, and production staff.

Plays are selected solely on the script submitted. Please do not include a playwright resume or play production history. Plays should have a beginning, middle, and end (though not necessarily in that order). Plays that create a unique world, are unpredictable, and can stand alone without complex production values are favored by the presenters. Monologues and published plays will not be considered.

Submissions must be typed in play script format and be no more than 15 pages and in a font size no smaller than 12 point Times Roman or Courier/Courier New. Only plays with a running time of 15 minutes or less are eligible.

Only one submission per writer will be accepted. If several plays are submitted by a single author, only one will be chosen at random to be read by the play reading committee.

Submissions should be sent by regular mail to 15 Minute Play Festival, c/o American Globe Theatre, 145 W. 46th Street, New York, NY 10036. Submissions are not accepted by email, fax, or express/overnight mail. Playwrights may begin submitting plays on August 1 of each year and must be postmarked by December 15 each year (December 16 if the 15th is a Sunday). Playwrights whose plays are selected will be notified in mid-February. Plays will not be returned, so please do not send a return envelope.

There will be a mandatory meeting for all playwrights or their representatives in early spring and a production meeting for all participating artists in April or May.

A SIGNED COPY OF THESE GUIDELINES MUST BE RETURNED WITH YOUR PLAY TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.

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Rules for the Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition

1. Authors must be U.S. Citizens or legal residents.

2. Entries must be original, full-length plays (minimum of 75/80 minutes playing time), unpublished, unproduced, and not currently under any option. "Unproduced" means: No previous production of any kind (Equity or non-Equity) for which actors or authors were paid or admission was charged, or both. No musicals are eligible. Plays with an occasional song for ambience are considered.

3. An author may submit only one entry, whether under his or her name, or a pseudonym. Co-Authorships are permissible.

4. Entries must be written in English and typed or computer printed (no dot matrix) in standard American or English stage play format. The plays must be securely bound.

5. The following entries are not eligible: musicals, short one act plays (less than 75 minutes), groups of short one act plays (related or unrelated), translations, plays for children, a play that has won any other competition, a play that was entered in any prior year's Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Playwright Award Competition. For entries adapted or based or suggested by/from other materials, which are copyrighted, authors must provide proof of copyright owner's sanction. (e.g. under current copyright).

6. Entries must be submitted with completed and signed applications and received by BHTG between August 1st and November 1st (postmark accepted) of the contest year. Only entries received between these dates will be eligible. Scripts sent before or after these dates will not be accepted, read or returned. Results will be announced on this web site the following June.

7. Submissions in non-compliance of these Rules and the Submission Procedures will be ineligible for entry in the competition. For return of ineligible submissions, please read Number 7 under "Submission Procedures."

8. The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild has the right to accept or reject any entry without explanation, and will not correspond with, or discuss with any person the results of the competition or the acceptance or rejection of any entry. No entry is returned.

9. The competition judges' decisions are final in all respects.

10. As a sponsor of this Competition, the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild has the following rights, which it may exercise at its sole discretion:

a. To declare any entry ineligible if prior to Competition's close (June 1), the entry is in violation of rule #2. Authors must notify the BHTG of any change in status.
b. To reproduce as many copies of an entry as are necessary for distribution among the judges or to request an author to supply a specified number of copies. The author must comply with that request.
c. To use the author's name and title of any award winning entry for publicity about this Playwright Award and the results of the competition.
d. To present one script-in-hand, rehearsed reading of an award winning entry to an invited, non-paying audience. No royalty payment will be due to the entry's author for that reading.

11. Each award winner shall, at all times, in connection with publication, production, publicity, programs, posters and advertisements about an award winning entry, designate that the play is an "Award Winner of the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild/Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition." Award winners must consent to sign a letter of agreement with BHTG to this effect.

12. Each entry shall be free from copyright restrictions relating to this Award and the author shall hold The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild, its officers, and directors free and harmless from all copyright claims.

13.The BHTG is not a producing organization. No production is connected with the competition nor any prize awarded.

14. Sorry, the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild - Julie Harris Playwrights Competition does not sponsor scholarships, fellowships, educational grants, or loans to students or private individuals. Nor does the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild as an organization.


Submission Procedures

1. "You"=Author or co-authors. "BHTG"=The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild.

2. You must submit your entry with a completed application form. You may obtain an application form by sending a self-addressed, business-size stamped envelope to:

Candace Coster, Competition Coordinator
BHTG - Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition
P.O. Box 148
Beverly Hills, CA 90213.

3. You must personally sign the application. Entries must be legible and signature clearly the name of the writer(s). The author(s) must sign the entry form. Proxy or agent signatures are not accepted and will lead to disqualification.

4. Bind your entry securely, and include the following: Cast List, Time and Place, Number of Acts and Scenes. Scripts must be securely bound. A clip holding pages together unfortunately doesn't constitute being "bound". (This is insisted upon for the protection of the script and benefit of the writer. Loose scripts may have pages become misplaced or lost. The competition is not responsible for loss or damage to entries or parts thereof.)

5. Do not show your name, address, or any identifying information on any page or on the cover of your entry. Attach with a removable paper clip a sheet containing the title of your entry, your name, address, phone number and any other information. You may enter the copyright or registration date and number on the title page of the bound script.

6. To preserve anonymity, all entries will be identified by numbers for judging; all identifying marks will be removed.

7. Submissions will not be returned. Enclose with your submission a stamped, self addressed, #10 envelope for our response.

8. You may enclose a self-addressed stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt of your entry. Competition winners to be announced on this web site in June.

9. The BHTG is not responsible for loss or damage to entries.

10. No script will be accepted by fax or e-mail. No electronic submissions or correspondence.

11. No entry is returned.

Address All Inquiries To:
Candace Coster, Competition Coordinator
Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition
P.O. Box 148
Beverly Hills, CA 90213

Actor member Doug Rossi performs in FOG, part of the SUMMER SUBLET SERIES 2010 at HERE. Tickets are $15. Check out the web site for more details.

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The Acadiana Repertory Theatre is seeking unpublished, unproduced full-length plays for their inaugural New Works Reading Series in February 2011.

We are seeking full-length plays (no short plays or musicals, please) from playwrights around the country. Selected plays will receive one staged reading as part of a weekend-long festival. One play from the reading series will be chosen for full production by Acadiana Repertory Theatre as part of their 2011-2012 season.

Interested playwrights are asked to submit a cover letter, short synopsis and 15-page writing sample via email to codydaigle@acadianarep.org. Please, no full scripts. We will request the full script of plays in consideration for slots in the series.

Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2010. Plays selected for the series will be announced by November 1, 2010.

Acadiana Repertory Theatre is a theatre company based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The company is dedicated to producing work that engages, enlightens and entertains. The company's New Works Reading Series aims to develop new plays from emerging playwrights around the country.

THE LOVE FEST: ONE-ACT FESTIVAL 2010
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Actingworks NYC is seeking submissions for the Love Fest: A One-Act Festival, to be presented at the legendary Jan Hus Theatre NYC; a 120 seat, proscenium stage theatre
SEEKING: One-Act plays 30 minutes or less with a theme of LOVE (any form).
Plays must be postmarked by August 29, 2010 along with a cover letter explaining why you and your play should be chosen, a brief bio and all contact info, including email.

No limit of Play submissions per playwright.
Plays may have been produced or published before.
Must have simple light, sound and set requirements.
Theater is a shared space, must be prepared to take your props, set pieces and costumes away with you after each performance.
You will have access to rep plot, CD and IPOD,

Plays should be neatly bound or stapled on the left-hand corner with numbered pages (no loose pgs. & no binders please.)
If chosen your play will be given a minimum of 6 performances, Thurs.- Sat., Nov. 04 – Nov 13 and one tech rehearsal prior.
There is no participation fee.
We will be providing Production/ lighting/sound technician for all 6 shows, however the nominal cost of this service will be divided amongst the chosen playwrights.

PLEASE NOTE: Actingworks NYC is presenting your show. Producing your show; i.e. all publicity… YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. For more information about our company and the festival please visit our websites www.thelovefest.info and www.actingworksnyc.com

Plays should be mailed to B.Trama, Ansonia Station P.O. Box 231287 NYC, NY 10023 Please note: Do not contact the Jan Hus Theatre. And please do not email submissions, hard copy only. Plays will NOT be returned.

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All's Well Theatre is seeking sexy ten minute original plays for our "Night of Sexy Shorts" play festival.

There is no submission fee.

Looking for plays that are sexy, funny, witty for our late night festival.

Plays need to be no longer than 10 minutes

8 plays will be selected for production in late September.

DEADLINE for submission August 1st 2010

Please have your name, email, phone number, short bio and play attached in a single pdf or doc file. Email submissions only. Submit to: Hollie@allswelltheatre.com

Due to our limited staff and funding we are unable to offer feedback on submissions. Only those plays selected will be notified. Thank you and we look forward to reading your submission.

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Spare Change Theater announces its third "In a New York Minute" playwriting competition on September 10th and 11th. This play competition will be a showdown of original plays with a length of around sixty seconds. The evening will consist of up to 30 plays competing for various prizes. Like a sports competition... this event will include a qualifying round, quarter finals, semi finals, and the final face-off for the top prize. The winning plays to be decided by the roar of the crowd. We will award cash prizes and the chance for a free space to read your full length play.

There is NO SUBMISSION FEE. We want this to be an opportunity for you to get exposure and even earn a little money if your play is a winner.

Deadline for submissions is Sunday, August 15th .

Important. Please have your plays submitted with the following information. You can submit up to 5 plays.

Name: Address: Phone #: Cell #: Email:

Please submit to plays@sparechangetheater.com

By emailing your play, you certify that you give Spare Change Theater permission to produce all plays in their New York Minute Playwriting Competition. You understand that the play must be under one minute and that all cuts or other changes must be made and/or approved by the playwright. If your play or plays are chosen, we will notify you by Wednesday, August 17th.

THANKS,

SHAWN ROZSA

Following on the success of the inaugural production of the Midway Festival of Plays, Banta Productions, in association with the Thoroughbred Community Theater, is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Midway Festival of Plays playwright competition. This competition is for 10-minute plays only; it is open to any playwright. This year, the judging will be by professional directors, playwrights and teachers of theater. The rules are simple and are as follows:

1. Any playwright may enter; only one script per playwright.

2. The play must be a 10 minute play (meaning it will be approximately 10 pages long).

3. All plays should be emailed with a separate cover page with play’s title, author’s name, email address and phone number. The play itself should only have the title; no identifying information contained in or on the 10 page script.

4. All plays must be received by July 31st.

5. The contest is open to the first 150 entries received.

6. Winning entrants agree to a full production of their scripts.

That’s it! This year, the production of the winning plays will be expanded to two weekends. They will be fully realized, staged productions; each performance showing all winning scripts. The top 7 scripts (as determined by the 5 judges) will be performed by active members of the Bluegrass theater community. The top 3 plays (again, as determined by the judges) will receive $300 for first, $200 for second and $100 for third place. $50 will be awarded to each of the 4 other plays.

All entries should be sent to: sweftdart@yahoo.com with “10-min play fest” in the header.

If you need any additional info, just holler!

Jim Betts
Banta Productions
859-321-2852

NYCPlaywrights founding member N. G. McClernan's play JULIA & BUDDY will be performed this weekend, Saturday July 17 @7PM and Sunday July 18 @2:30 PM as part of Midtown International Theater Festival's "Short Subjects" at the Jewel Box Theater at the Workshop Theater Company, 312 West 36th Street, Fourth Floor.
Details go to the JULIA & BUDDY web site.
JULIA & BUDDY is performed by the lovely Kat Chua and the lovely Daniel Genalo.

JULIA & BUDDY was developed through readings at NYCPlaywrights meetings from May 2009 - through May 2010 and benefited from great actors and useful feedback. Consider joining.

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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 John Guare.

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 2011 competition must be postmarked no earlier than June 1, and no later than August 15, 2010.

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 2011 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

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Native Aliens Theatre Collective is accepting submissions for their Holiday Jubilee Show that will be produced in December 2010. For information on submitting guidelines please visit our website at www.nativealiens.org. All short plays must be under 10 minutes in length and should be about a holiday of any kind. We look forward to your submission.

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Fourth Annual Original One-Act Play Festival
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Prizes will be awarded:

Grand Prize $100
Second Place $75
Third Place $50

Audience Favorite Award

Guidelines for Submission:
All submissions must be original, unpublished one act plays.
Submissions must be postmarked between July 1, 2010, and November 30, 2010.

Additional Information:

1. Send a duplicate copy, not the original.
2. All scripts should be legibly typed, bound and of a standard size.
3. Scripts will be returned only if accompanied by a manuscript size, self addressed, stamped envelope.
4. Playwrights will be notified by e-mail when their manuscript is received.
5. Scripts should include:
a. A separate title page with name, address, telephone number and e-mail address.
b. A cast of characters with descriptions.
c. A brief synopsis.
d. Numbered pages
6. Playwrights will be notified by March 15, 2011, if their play has been selected.
7. Selected plays will be listed on our web site, www.stagedoorproductions.org
8. All production and publication rights remain the property of the playwright.
9. Stage Door Productions shall have the right to produce selected scripts without payment of royalties.
10. Production will be at the discretion of SDP.
11. Only stage plays will be considered. Musical, film or TV scripts will not be accepted.
12. Scripts will be judged on concept, dramatic action, characterization, and dialogue. Technical requirements will be noted.
13. Critical analysis of scripts will not be provided.
14. Playwrights should be aware that the size of our stage is limited. There are no opportunities for elaborate scene changes. Utilizing existing walls in the space and minimal set pieces is encouraged. .
15. SDP suggests that scripts have running times of between15 to 30 minutes.
16. Auditions will be held in March.
17. Please consider our audience and do not send erotica or gratuitously violent scripts.

Submissions should be sent to:

Stage Door Productions
P.O. Box 8451
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22404
Attn: One Act Festival

Actor member Renee Cole won the Lady Gaga look-alike contest - she can cook and act like a Lady!

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Writer member N. G. McClernan's play JULIA & BUDDY will be performed in the Midtown International Theatre Festival's Short Subjects division.

The Valley Repertory Company's
Second LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest

The Valley Repertory Company (Enfield, CT, www.ValleyRep.com) is seeking
scripts for its Second LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest.

In its first LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest, staged February 18-20th,
2010, Valley Rep produced 12 wonderful new short plays. These plays were
chosen from over 265 submissions by 175 playwrights from all over the United
States and from four countries on two continents. The response by our audience
was overwhelming, and we are excited to be able to offer the LabWorks 15-
Minute New Play Contest again in our 2010-2011 season. The contest will be
staged in February 2011 (specific dates TBA). Audiences will choose a winning
play in the categories of comedy and drama. The winning playwright(s) in each
category will win a prize of $150.

For those who submitted to our first contest, please read our submission
guidelines closely, as changes have been made.

Objectives of the Competition
1. To provide opportunities for writers of new, unproduced plays to gain
recognition for themselves and their work.

2. To give VRC the opportunity to supplement its season with unique
productions not yet seen by any of its patrons.

3. To provide opportunities for new and aspiring directors at VRC.

4. To provide opportunities for actors new to the VRC as well as VRC
veterans.

Submission Guidelines and Restrictions
1. The competition is open to any playwright, but only two (2) plays per
playwright may be entered. Members of VRC are eligible to submit plays to
the contest, but if their script is chosen as one of the 12 semifinalists, they will
be prohibited from working on the production of the contest in any capacity.

2. Entries must be original plays. Scripts may be co-authored, based on
factual material, or an adaptation. Legal clearance of materials not in the
public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.

3. Submissions are restricted to plays that have not been published, and they
must be royalty-free to VRC for this contest.

4. All scripts must be those that have not been slated for staging or staged in
full production for a paying audience as of the date postmarked for
submission. Scripts that have been staged in a workshop production, or those
that have had a script-in-hand staged readings, are acceptable. VRC is
seeking new plays which can be produced as world premieres.

5. VRC is not seeking, and will not consider for competition, one-man or one-
woman shows, musicals, or children's theatre.

6. Plays must have a running time of no more than fifteen minutes (less is
acceptable). Therefore, scripts are limited to no more than 15 pages
(excluding the title page), using typeface no smaller than 12-point. Scripts of
16 pages or more will be rejected. While plays with running times of 10 to 15
minutes fit our contest best, any script of 15 pages or fewer will be considered.

7. Casts must consist of 2 to 5 characters. Scripts with 6 or more characters
will be rejected.

8. VRC will accept submissions postmarked no later than Saturday,
September 4th, 2010. VRC is accepting submissions by snail-mail only.
Mail three copies of each play being submitted (limit 2 plays).
Mail submissions to:

The Valley Repertory Company Play Contest
P.O. Box 928
Enfield, CT 06083

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The latest video of the Worldwide Monologue Project is "Mrs. Rosenfield Sets Your Ass Straight" by Cat Bistransin, performed by Mary Wilson is now online.

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The NYCPlaywrights web site has survived a hack attack. There are a few things that need to be updated for the web site, but for the most part we're back to normal.

"Burqavaganza" is a love story in the time of jihad. A young couple struggle to form a relationship as societal forces try to keep them apart.

The satirical play, which was recently banned by the Pakistani government, doesn't sidestep any of the country's problems: a creeping radicalization, terrorism, government corruption, and interference by Western nations, especially the United States.

Everyone in the play, both men and women, wears a burqa. In the drama, the veil is a metaphor for hypocrisy in a "hidden nation." But the script also mocks the burqa, a sacred symbol in Pakistan.

The theater group putting on the play, Ajoka, has earned a reputation for its radically anti-establishment works in the last two decades, and its willingness to provoke.

Case in point: It defied the government ban on "Burqavaganza" by scheduling a different production, and then putting on "Burqavaganza" at the last minute.

Before the March ban, the play had run three times at the National Art Gallery, a prized venue in Islamabad.

But the Pakistan National Council of the Arts and the Ministry of Culture banned the play after the head of the nation's largest Islamic party, a woman, wrote a letter to the prime minister condemning the play.

A senior official at the Ministry of Culture said the play "pollutes young minds" and "should not be shown anywhere in Pakistan." The Senate's cultural committee concluded a venomous debate by issuing a recommendation that "plays not hurt the feelings of anyone."

"This is an Islamic democracy, not a working democracy," said an official in the Culture Ministry.

more at the NYTimes

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The Valley Repertory Company's
Second LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest

The Valley Repertory Company (Enfield, CT, www.ValleyRep.com) is seeking
scripts for its Second LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest.

In its first LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest, staged February 18-20, 2010,
the Valley Repertory Company (VRC) produced 12 wonderful new short plays.
These plays were chosen from over 265 submissions by 175 playwrights from all
over the United States and from four countries on two continents. The response
by our audience was overwhelming, and we are excited to be producing 12 new
plays again our 2010-2011 season. The contest will be staged in February 2011
(specific dates TBA).

For those who submitted to our first contest, please read our submission
guidelines closely, as changes have been made.

Objectives of the Competition
1. To provide opportunities for writers of new, unproduced plays to gain
recognition for themselves and their work.

2. To give VRC the opportunity to supplement its season with unique
productions not yet seen by any of its patrons.

3. To provide opportunities for new and aspiring directors at VRC.

4. To provide opportunities for actors new to the VRC as well as VRC
veterans.

Submission Guidelines and Restrictions
1. The competition is open to any playwright, but only two (2) plays per
playwright may be entered. Members of VRC are eligible to submit plays to
the contest, but if their script is chosen as one of the 12 semifinalists, they will
be prohibited from working on the production of the contest in any capacity.

2. Entries must be original plays. Scripts may be co-authored, based on
factual material, or an adaptation. Legal clearance of materials not in the
public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.

3. Submissions are restricted to plays that have not been published, and they
must be royalty-free to VRC for this contest.

4. All scripts must be those that have not been slated for staging or staged in
full production for a paying audience as of the date postmarked for
submission. Scripts that have been staged in a workshop production, or those
that have had a script-in-hand staged readings, are acceptable. VRC is
seeking new plays which can be produced as world premieres.

5. VRC is not seeking, and will not consider for competition, one-man or one-
woman shows, musicals, or children’s theatre.

6. Plays must have a running time of no more than fifteen minutes (less is
acceptable). Therefore, scripts are limited to no more than 15 pages
(excluding the title page), using typeface no smaller than 12-point. Scripts of
16 pages or more will be rejected. While plays with running times of 10 to 15
minutes fit our contest best, any script of 15 pages or fewer will be considered.

7. Casts must consist of 2 to 5 characters. Scripts with 6 or more characters
will be rejected.

8. VRC will accept submissions postmarked no later than Saturday,
September 4th, 2010. VRC is accepting submissions by snail-mail only. Mail
three copies of each play being submitted (limit 2 plays). Mail submissions to:

The Valley Repertory Company Play Contest
P.O. Box 928
Enfield, CT 06083

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Actor members Claire Warden and Doug Rossi perform in Manhattan Theatre Rep's 70's PORN - next shows are June 23 - 26.

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Actor member Bruce Barton writes: Hi gang, I'm appearing as McLeavy in a production of Joe Orton's LOOT at the Secret Theatre at the Long Island Arts Center in Long Island City, Queens. Very easy to get to, it's the first stop in Queens on the E train (23St./Ely) or the third stop on the 7 train (45Rd/CourthouseSQ). From either you just walk north (look for the Manhattan skyline on your left) up 23rd Street,
past 44 Ave AND 44 Road. Very easy to find...
LOOT is running in rep with Orton's WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, THE RUFFIAN ON THE STAIR & ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE, hence this wacky schedule:

Tues 6/15 at 8pm
Wed. 6/16 at 8pm
Wed. 6/23 at 8pm
Thur. 6/24 at 8pm
Sat. 6/26 at 8pm
Tue. 7/6 at 8pm
Sat 7/10 at 3pm

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NYCPlaywrights had its last meeting before the summer hiatus tonight - and look at the lovely cake, baked for the occasion by actor member Renee Cole! Other refreshments were provided by Allan Brown, Robert Anthony and Randy McHaney - and thanks to Randy McHaney for taking the cake photo.

NYCPlaywrights starts up its tenth year September 14, 2010.

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Potluck Productions is always looking for original scripts from women playwrights for inclusion in upcoming festivals. If you are interested in submitting a script for consideration, the following information will explain what we are looking for and how to make a submission.
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.
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Special attention is given to emerging Kansas City area writers.

Deadline

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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.

Production Process

Plays will undergo 4 weeks of rehearsal before receiving a fully staged production. Playwrights will be allowed to attend several rehearsals during the 4 weeks prior to production. Rewrites during this time will be allowed at the discretion of the festival’s director.

At the end of the rehearsal process, plays will experience a 2 - 3 week full-production run in front of an audience. Because of the nature of the Festival, unit sets will be used (unit sets indicate changes in location by use of lighting or slight alterations in the set pieces). But, in all other aspects (lights, sound, costumes, etc.), each playwright will have the opportunity to see her piece professionally produced.

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Actors Theatre of Louisville and Miami's City Theatre have joined forces to co-sponsor the National Ten-Minute Play Contest.
GUIDELINES

Each playwright may submit only one script—send us your best!

No scripts will be returned—save postage. No self-addressed stamped envelope required.

Entries will be acknowledged by postcard in January and all playwrights will be notified when or before the winner is announced in the fall.

Each script must be no more than ten pages long.

Previously submitted plays, plays that have received an Equity production, musicals, children's shows, and any unsolicited longer one-act or full-length plays are not accepted and will be returned. Plays that have received Equity waver showcase productions are eligible.

Each manuscript must be typed and individually bound or stapled.

Title page must include name, address, phone number and e-mail address. We are unable to accept electronic submissions.

The volume of scripts submitted hampers our ability to comment individually on each work, so we do not offer criticism.

All ten-minute plays will be considered for the Heideman Award ($1000)*, the Humana Festival of New American Plays, City Theatre’s Summer Shorts Festival and the Short Cuts Tour. Plays that meet the following criteria will also be considered for the annual Actors Theatre Apprentice Showcase: age range 18-28; minimal sets, minimal props, minimal costume requirements.

Playwrights must be citizens or permanent residents of the USA.

*The Heideman Award was established in 1979. Made possible by the late Ted Heideman, a Louisvillian, the $1,000 cash prize is bestowed annually upon the winners of the National Ten-Minute Play Contest (1990 – present). The contest receives more than 1,400 short plays annually and is co-sponsored by Actors Theatre of Louisville and City Theatre in Miami.

NEXT DEADLINE
Submission Postmark is November 1, 2010

Address Submissions to:
NATIONAL TEN-MINUTE PLAY CONTEST
Actors Theatre of Louisville
316 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-4218

For more information about City Theatre’s Summer Shorts Festival and Short Cuts tour, please call 305-755-9401 or visit www.citytheatre.com.

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Circus Theatricals welcomes full length play submissions.

Guidelines:
* Play may have been previously produced, but not in Los Angeles or Southern California.
* Plays with simple production value are preferred.
* Previous production history is required for all submitted plays.
* Playwrights may submit more than one play.
* All styles (comedies, dramas, etc) considered.

Please Submit:
o Short synopsis of play
o 15 representative pages
o Cast breakdown
o Set requirements
o Please do not include SASE, scripts will NOT be returned.
o NO electronic submissions.

Submit to:

Circus Theatricals
Attn: Joe Bays, Literary Coordinator
PO Box 586
Culver City , CA 90232
info@circustheatricals.com
310 226-6144 ext. 1

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PlayFest (April 8-17, 2011) is seeking new full-length plays or musicals based on or inspired by works of classic literature or historic events, famous persons or advances in science. These events, persons or advances can be from any age in history, including the present. We prefer plays that require six actors or less, and have an interest in one-person shows. However, even in the case of one-person shows, we are not looking for history lectures, or museum piece adaptations that are faithful to a fault, but rather dynamic new theatrical versions of classic stories that speak to the contemporary mindset.

In musical submissions, we will be a little less strict about the cast size, but are only interested in musicals based on or inspired by the same criteria as the plays mentioned above.

In order to qualify for PlayFest a play must:

1. NOT have received more than two professional AEA productions
2. NOT have received a Broadway of Off-Broadway production
3. NOT have received Orlando production in current form
4. NOT be published for general distribution with the rights held by the Publisher

Each year we select around ten new works to be presented as readings. Two those may go on to be developed in workshops during the following year's PlayFest - The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays. Playwrights will receive a stipend, travel and housing expenses. Some plays may go on to be fully produced as part of a subsequent Orlando Shakespeare Theater season.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES - PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES!

At this time we are not looking for full scripts. We are asking for a simpler initial submission:

Non-musical submissions should include a cover letter, bio/resume, a one-page synopsis, five pages of sample dialogue, a character breakdown, and the mailing address, email address and direct phone number of THE WRITER on the cover letter. Musicals should include all of the above and the most recent Demo CD of the show. Please do not send full scripts until requested to do so.

Mail submissions via regular mail to:

Patrick Flick
Director of New Play Development
PlayFest - The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays
Orlando Shakespeare Theater
812 East Rollins St. Suite 100
Orlando, FL 32803

Email submissions will not be accepted.

Initial submission deadline for PlayFest 2011 is August 31, 2010. If you wish to be notified of receipt of your submission, please include a SAS Postcard. Otherwise you will only hear from us if we would like to see a full script.

Art Drama, based on the musicological distinction of "art music," is a theater dedicated to the conviction that "classics" aren't necessarily something of the past that have earned their title over time, but rather something of all generations, including the present, that have earned their title by their inherent aesthetic value.

Art Drama takes the art of drama with the utmost seriousness, and doesn't have time for "pop" theater, or works with a strictly social, political, or narrative agenda. Art Drama's primary priority is aesthetic value, and outlines four basic aspects of work in which it seeks:

- Poetry
- Formalistic complexity
- Gesamtkunstwerk
- Works that reflect the uniqueness, and the ideal, of the dramatic form: to "show," rather than "tell." Works with this principle, emphasizing the presentness of drama, and limiting the amount of reference to history or character background, will be favored.

Works must be written predominantly in English, for English. Works incorporating spoken language, translated from another language into English, will not be accepted. Plays of any length, as well as any form – soliloquy, mime, etc. - will be considered. We also plan on later opening up submissions to music drama, as well as plays incorporating music, but for the moment, we are not. This is not a play development/experiment center. Please only send fully completed and perfected works.

Those interested may send their full script to inspirato19@aim.com. Response will be made only to those scripts we are interested in.

Although NYCPlaywrights has met all during the past year on Tuesdays, the last meeting of the year will be on a WEDNESDAY, June 16. Same time 7 - 10 PM.

Location is Shetler Studios, this time in Studio 1.

performed by Mike Durell and Linda Sanders at the June 1, 2010 meeting

Actor member Sarah Elizondo performs in CAN YOU HEAR THEIR VOICES? (A Play of Our Time)" by Hallie Flanagan and Margaret Ellen Clifford. The play, based on a true story by Whittaker Chambers that appeared in New Masses (March 1931), will be directed by Ralph Lewis and Barry Rowell, and will have live music by Seth Bedford. Performances for the four-week engagement began on Thursday, June 3 at A Pop-Up Space, 2 Great Jones Street (between Broadway and Lafayette Street). The official opening night will be Sunday, June 6 at 7:00 p.m. (Performances will run through Sunday, June 27.)

For more information:
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No one knows exactly why women aren't produced, but the default explanation is always money, a long-standing urban myth that plays by women don't make much of it. But a recent study may have finally put a nail in that coffin. Emily Glassberg Sands of Princeton University did an analysis of potential gender bias in theatre entitled "Opening the Curtain of Playwright Gender: An Integrated Economic Analysis of Discrimination in American Theatre." She found that over the last decade only 11 percent of the plays produced on Broadway were by women, yet those plays had 18 percent higher revenues.

While Broadway remains unwelcoming, the irony is that this past season was actually incredibly successful for female playwrights throughout the rest of the New York City theatre world. An informal statistical look at the plays produced has the number of women written plays at about 40 percent. That's up from 15 percent a year ago.

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The Valley Repertory Company is seeking submissions for our 2nd LabWorks 15-Minute New Play Contest. Full details and submission requirements are available at www.valleyrep.com. Deadline is September 4, 2010.

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Thespian Production is now accepting submissions for our August 2010 Harlem Week one-act play mini festival in NYC. We are looking for inspirational plays involving education and social issues in the inner-city communities.

Submission guidelines:

Play must not have already been produced in New York (Staged readings are acceptable.)

Playwrights must submit only 1 play for this festival.

Please include the following;

Plays must not be any longer than 20 minutes.
Include a cover sheet with the title of the play, playwright's name and contact information together with the script.
Include a brief synopsis of the play.
Include a brief bio


The submission: June 2, 2010
Deadline: June 25, 2010

There is no submission fee.

Winner for best play in the festival will receive a cash prize and the opportunity to have a full length production of their winning play at a future date.

We prefer all submissions sent via email to submissions@thespianproduction.com

Please include "Harlem Week Festival" in the subject line of your email.

If you would like to send your script by regular mail please use this address;

Rivera
PO Box 737
New York NY 10274-0737

Scripts will NOT be returned.

A reminder that our next meeting, on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 will be at Shetler Studios Bridge Theater 244 West 54th Street in Manhattan.

Shetler Studios web site

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Submit an original comic monologue no more than 2 minutes in length to Abingdon Theatre Company's THRONE COMEDIES Benefit Challenge. These monologues will compliment a program of six 10-minute plays. This fund-raising effort engages artists who support a theatre dedicated to new plays.

Using your skills and imagination, write an original comic monologue that will be presented as a staged reading on the set of Abingdon's next production, SISTER MYOTIS'S BIBLE CAMP by Steve Swift and directed by Jerre Dye. We are seeking material written in any style with a running time of 2 minutes, maximum, which will be presented either Sunday, June 27 or Tuesday, June 29. Are you ready? Here are the guidelines. Please read carefully!

GENERAL GUIDELINES:
1. Reference to a throne must be incorporated.
2. Character must be 30 years old or younger.
3. Paste your submission in the body of the email.
4. You may only submit one script for consideration.
5. Abingdon provides the actors, directors, stage manager and the theatre (the 55-seat Dorothy Strelsin Theatre at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC).
6. Your script will be presented as a staged reading in accordance with AEA guidelines.
7. This is a fundraiser to support Abingdon's New Play Development Program. All participants are donating their time and talent, and are helping recruit an audience. The suggested donation is $10. (There is no submission fee.)
8. We prefer scripts that can be staged without the use of stage directions.
9. The deadline for script submission is 11:59PM, Sunday, June 6, 2010. Up to 8 monologues will be chosen.

INSPIRATIONAL SUGGESTION:
Incorporate an attribute of Sister Myotis: her religious views, her interests, a favorite book, music or movie.

HOW TO SUBMIT:
1. Email your scripts to Bara Swain at BCSwain4@aol.com. Your submission will be acknowledged.
2. Write in the subject line: THRONE PLAY MONOLOGUE / Your Name
3. In the body of the email, you must include your email address and phone number as well as your monologue.

We are not looking for Sister Myotis clones. We are seeking monologues with comedy as a substantial component of the script. The suggested references to Sister Myotis's attributes is only meant to inspire; not to dictate. If your sensibility goes in a different direction, that's perfectly fine. We do ask that the action acknowledges that there is a throne or a throne-like structure on the stage.

If you have any questions, contact Bara Swain or Kim T. Sharp, Co-Producers. For more information on Abingdon Theatre Company, see our website at www.abingdontheatre.org. We look forward to hearing from you!

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The GTC New Play Initiative

The GTC New Play Initiative (NPI) is an intensive play development program in contest form. We are looking for exciting new plays and musicals in any style that are practical for mid-sized theaters to produce. Since our founding in 1994, Grove Theater Center has developed and worked on new plays with many of the traditional tools - informal readings, staged readings, workshops, and full productions. The NPI is the codification of all of these play development tools into a single, cohesive, program.

The New Play Initiative is a tiered program. Each program cycle, we choose a minimum of 4 Reading Winners, 2 Workshop Winners and one Production Winner. The readings, workshops, and the final production will all be directed by GTC Artistic Director Kevin Cochran. Selection of the scripts will be done by Cochran, Executive Director Charles Johanson, NPI Literary Manager Sondi Kroeger Foley, GTC Board Member Ruth Seigle and select other theater professionals.

Reading Winners: A minimum of four Reading Winners will be chosen. Each receives a reading of their play wiht a professional cast and a $50 royalty award. These readings are informal readings with no staging in front of a small audience with a moderated discussion afterward. Preparation will include several discussions with the director beforehand and about 6 hours rehearsal with the director, cast, and playwright. Playwright and director will also meet after the reading for further discussion.

Workshop Winners: A minimum of two workshop winners will be chosen from the Reading Winners. They each receive a workshop production with an audience and a moderated discussion afterwards and an additional $100 royalty award. The workshop productions are presented "on their feet" with actors carrying scripts. Basic suggestions of set, costumes, props, and other technical needs will be provided as needed to tell the story. These readings will rehearse for one week (about 32 hours) with cast, director and playwright. Acceptance of the award includes granting GTC an option for producing the play if it goes on to be a Production Winner. All rights revert back to the playwright if the play is not selected.

Production Winner: At least one Production Winner is selected from the Workshop Winners. The play recieves a full production at Grove Theater Center's home theater in Burbank, California plus an additional $150 royalty award.

What we're looking for...
Full-length, original plays or musicals (translations and adaptations are acceptable as long as the playwright clearly has the rights to the source material). By full-length, we mean any script with a running time over 80 minutes that is able to stand on its own as an evening of theater.

~ The script must be unencumbered (no contractual or verbal commitments to producers, theaters, directors or actors at this time).

~ We prefer scripts that have had no previous professional production, but will accept any script as long as it hasn't been previously produced in New York at a Broadway or Off-Broadway level or regionally at a LORT A, B or C level. The key is that the playwright wants to continue working on the script.

~ The play must be practical for a mid-sized professional theater to produce. While we're not setting any specific limits, this does mean a manageable cast size is a plus (anything over 8 starts to become an issue); a production concept which either is fairly simple (one naturalistic set) or easily conceptualized (forty locations identified by sound); no next to impossible casting requirements (the lead character absolutely must be played by a concert level pianist who can also juggle flaming torches and speak fluent Lithuanian).

~ Playwrights must be able to be present for rehearsals and readings. We don't currently have funding to cover travel stipends, so the writers must either live in Southern California or be able to travel to the area for rehearsals.

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The Chrysalis Players of the Wilmington Drama League, a non-profit community theater in Delaware, seek 40 - 55 minute scripts for their ongoing series of "Pillow Plays," short plays for kids.

The ideal script will be family-friendly with a large (12 or more) cast - the actors will all be 18 and under, but adult roles are okay. Fairytale adaptations are always welcome, but not necessary - we'd love to see original stories as well. Accepted plays will be produced at the Wilmington Drama League in our lobby and at local libraries and organizations. A $50 stipend will go to the playwright. We especially love comedies and adventures that appeal to children and adults.

We are accepting plays until June 30, 2010. The season of Pillow Plays runs from October - May.

Please send pdf or Word documents to chrysalis@wilmingtondramaleague.org. Subject: "Pillow Play Submission." Please be sure to include your name and contact information on the title page.

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2011 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS INC.
NATIONAL PLAYWRITING COMPETITION
DEADLINE: JANUARY 3, 2011

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 3, 2011, to:
Young Playwrights Inc. YPC
Post Office Box 5134
New York NY 10185

~ You must be 18 years old or younger on January 3, 2011 - in other words, all writers born on or after January 4, 1992 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.

Ten-minute plays are popular these days for basic economic reasons: they are relatively cheap to produce and if you do an evening of 10-minute plays you can count on a decent attendance because most writers will invite friends and family.

But that doesn't mean a ten-minute play can't be a great work of art. I will admit I've sat through 10-minute plays that felt like an hour. But why were they bad? What went wrong? Or more importantly, for the plays that do work - what went right?

Here is a guideline I first created for a show of 10-minute plays I produced in 2008 called 10 Min Playfest

* Does the play pull me in right away?
There are only 10 minutes - the play has to pull you in right from the start.

* Does the play surprise me?
If the play is about something I've heard a hundred times already, I'll be bored. Or if it unfolds in predictable ways, I will be bored.

* Does the play make me laugh or well up? Or both?
Art must have an emotional impact.

* Does the play have a dramatic struggle?
People sitting around bickering is not a dramatic struggle. So many people don't seem to understand that.

* Does the play have vivid characters in compelling situations?
People sitting around bickering is not a compelling situation. Especially if the characters are called "man" and "woman." If the playwright can't be bothered to come up with a name for a character, it's usually a sign that the character is as generic as the label. This is especially true of a 10-minute play where you really don't have time for generic supporting characters.

* Does the play show more than tell? "Show, don't tell" has been said a million times and yet maybe about 20% of all the people who write plays - including lionized, famous playwrights - seem to get this.

* Does the play blow my mind through sheer funky originality?
This is the Holy Grail of ten-minute plays. I've seen only a handful of ten-minute plays that have blown my mind.

Here are three 10-minute plays that I believe work very well. Each play is copyrighted by its respective author and may not be printed or performed without the author's permission.

* ALMOST WATERSHEDS by Micharne Cloughley
* LOVERBOY by Michael Jalbert
* SINGERS by Thom Weidlich

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Little Fish Theatre is accepting scripts for our annual Pick of the Vine production, presented in January/February. Preferred plays will require no more than 9 actors, a minimal set, and run 20 minutes or less. Scripts will not be returned. Email submissions to
melanie@littlefishtheatre.org or mail hard copy with title and contact info to:

Melanie Jones
Little Fish Theatre
777 S. Centre Street
San Pedro, CA 90731

Best Submission Time:

May/June.

Submission deadline is August 1. One play per playwright..

Response Time: One month – Letter/email response. Chosen playwrights are notified in early October.

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One-Acts/Shorts:
Little Fish Theatre is accepting scripts for our Twisted, Spooky, Creepy production, presented in late October.  Preferred plays will require no more than 8 actors, a minimal set, and run 15 minutes or less.

Submission deadline is July 1. 

Scripts can be either comedic or dramatic, and should have one or more of the following themes: Halloween, dark comedy, ghost story, horror, psychological thriller, thriller. 

Scripts will not be returned. Email submissions to holly@littlefishtheatre.org or mail hard copy with title and contact info to:

Holly Kreiswirth
2322 241st Street
Lomita, CA 90717

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NYCPlaywrights will not be meeting next week. Our next meeting is June 1, 2010 at Shetler Studios. More information soon!

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An evening of short plays

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Dear Playwright,

You are invited to submit an original 10-minute play to Abingdon Theatre Company's THRONE COMEDIES Benefit Challenge. This effort engages artists who support a theatre dedicated to new plays.

Using your skills and imagination, write an original play that will be presented as a staged reading on the set of Abingdon's next production, SISTER MYOTIS'S BIBLE CAMP, by Steve Swift and directed by Jerre Dye. We are seeking short comedies written in any style that reveal a fresh plot, sufficient conflict and a running time of 10 minutes, maximum. Staged readings are at the end of June. Are you ready? Here are the guidelines. Please read carefully!

GENERAL GUIDELINES:
1. The deadline for script submission is May 28, 2010. Up to 12 scripts will be chosen by June 2.
2. Plays should be 1-10 pages in standard play script format. Running time MUST be no more than 10 minutes!
3. Submit scripts in MS-Word.
4. You may only submit one script for consideration.
5. Abingdon presents the play. We provide the actors, directors, stage manager and the theatre (the 55-seat Dorothy Strelsin Theatre at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC).
6. Keep production values to a minimum. Your script will be presented as a staged reading in accordance with AEA guidelines. Costumes are at the discretion of the director and the willing cooperation of the actors. No hand props can be used.
7. This is a fundraiser to support Abingdon's New Play Development Program. All participants are donating their time and talent, and are helping recruit an audience. The suggested donation for the performance (NOT for submissions) is $10. Our goal is to fill every seat in the house!
8. Each playwright and director will be able to attend the staged reading of their script in designated seating.
9. Every play gets two performances.
10.You MUST be able to attend the performances.

ADDITIONAL SCRIPT GUIDELINES:
1. Your play must utilize the major set piece in SISTER MYOTIS: A throne!! Be creative!
2. Write for a cast of 2-3 actors (any age, race, ethnicity, or gender).
3. We prefer scripts that can be staged without the use of stage directions. If stage directions are necessary, please keep them to a minimum.

INSPIRATIONAL SUGGESTIONS:
1. One cast member may wear Sister Myotis-style eyeglasses.
2. Incorporate an attribute of Sister Myotis: her religious views, her interests, a favorite book, music or movie. (See her bio, below.)

HOW TO SUBMIT:
1. Email your scripts to Bara Swain at BCSwain4@aol.com. Your submission will be acknowledged.
2. Write in the subject line: THRONE PLAY SUBMISSION / Your Name
3. In the body of the email, send a one-line summary of your play and how you utilize the guidelines.
4. You will be contacted regarding your script's status in early June or when the 10-minute slots have been filled. (Submissions are selected on a rolling basis.)

We've already received several scripts for Abingdon's THRONE COMEDIES Benefit Challenge. After receiving feedback from writers, we'd like to clarify several items. Our intention is not to be restrictive with our guidelines. We are not looking for Sister Myotis clones. We are seeking plays with humor and comedy as a substantial component of the script. The suggested references to Sister Myotis's attributes is only meant to inspire; not to dictate. If your sensibility goes in a different direction, that's perfectly fine. Similarly, a script will not be outright rejected if it does not use Sister Myotis eyeglasses. We do ask that the action acknowledges that there is a throne or a throne-like structure on the stage.

If you have any questions, contact Bara Swain or Kim T. Sharp, Co-Producers. For more information on Abingdon Theatre Company, see our website at www.abingdontheatre.org. We look forward to hearing from you!

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For inspiration:
Sister Myotis
Gender: Female
Industry: Religion
Occupation: Evangelatainer
Location: Memphis : TN : United States
ABOUT ME:
I'm a God-Fearing Warrior for the Lord who has become a living legend in the field of Christian Entrepreneurialism. In 1981, in Memphis, Tennessee, I began the Honeybees Ladies Auxiliary at my home church, Good Tidings Apostolic Holiness Christian Fellowship of Saints, as a way to fundraise for church decor. Today, the Honeybees include dedicated members in 19 Godless foreign countries. Although now burdened by the demands of fame, I still find time to serve as Lead Deaconess, Head-Writer for the Evangelistic Puppet Ministry, Directress of the Church Theatre Troupe, 1st Link on the Prayer Chain, Chair of the Pastor's Committee on Christian "Evangelatainment," and Head of Fundamentalist Crochet Instruction. I also play Middle C in the Adult Handbell Choir, and hold the title of Black Belt in the Christ Through Karate Bible Ministry, which is devoted to spreading the "Good News" to unsaved Ninjas. In 2001, after many years of missionary work in the fight against VooDoo, I was honored by the Jamaican Government for contributions to the art of Gospel Caribbean Steel Drumming.

INTERESTS:
Church
Choir
Handbells
Puppets
Pork
The Honeybees Ladies Auxiliary (I'm President and Founder)
Making crafts to sell at our annual Christmas Bazaar
Directing our church Drama Ministry (C.L.U.T.Z)
Worshipping
Praising
Casting judgment (in a Christian way...to be helpful)

FAVORITE MOVIES:
The Cross and the Switchblade
The Passion of The Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Ten Commandments
Left Behind
End of the Harvest
Six: The Mark Unleashed
The Thornbirds
Judgment
Apocalypse
Tribulation
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Thief in the Night
Image of the Beast
Paul the Emissary
Escape from Hell
Dreamgirls

FAVORITE MUSIC:
The Happy Goodmans
The Florida Boys
Gaither Vocal Band
Statesman Quartet
The Blackwood Brothers
The Stamps Quartet
Ani DiFranco
The Speer Family
The LeFevres
The Crabb Family
Cathedral Quartet
Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle)
Wendy Bagwell and The Sunliters
The Inspirations
The Kingsmen
Chuckwagon Gang
Three Six Mafia
The Klaudt Indian Family
The McRaes
The Weatherfords

FAVORITE BOOKS:
The Bible
A Christian's Guide to Revised U.S. History
The Hiding Place (by Corrie Ten Boom)
Y2K: A Christian's Survival Guide to the Millennium Bug (by Jerry Falwell)
A Christian's Guide to Revised Science
From Daniel to Doomsday: The Countdown Has Begun (by Pastor John Hagee)
He Touched Me: An Autobiography (by Benny Hinn)
Satisfied (by Rexella Van Impe)
Letters From Prison (by Marquis De Sade)

NYCPlaywrights actor member Wayne Mattingly's play AFFAIR WITH A FISH... has been awarded a spot in the Penobscot Theatre's fourth annual Northern Writes New Play Festival, to be held at the Bangor Opera House, in Bangor, Maine. AWAF, along with other full-lengths, one acts, and 10-minute scripts are presented as Staged Readings presented during the festival which runs between June 23 and July 3.