GET WHAT YOU WANT is a monthly list of fellowship, contests, and residencies for playwrights around the country. This is the March 2014 edition.
1.
Djerassi Playwriting Fellowship
Deadline: April 1st
The Carl Djerassi Fellowship in Playwriting was established by scientist and author Carl Djerassi to encourage beginning-to-mid-career playwrights whose work is not only performed, but also has intrinsic literary value. To realize Dr. Djerassi's vision, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Program in Creative Writing annually awards a fellowship to a playwright whose plays can be read and discussed as works on the page as well as performed on the stage. Playwrights whose works have been published as well as performed are especially of interest. Past Djerassi fellows include Dan O'Brien, Michael Weller, Len Jenkin, Sarah Gubbins, Martín Zimmerman, and Elaine Romero.
Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing has an April 1st deadline for its $27,000 Carl Djerassi Fellowship in Playwriting.
Applicants to the Djerassi Playwriting Fellowship must have completed or be scheduled to complete an MFA or PhD in Creative Writing or Playwriting by August 15, 2014. For details regarding the responsibilities and privileges of our fellows, please see the main fellowships page. All applications must be postmarked by April 1, 2014 and should indicate "Djerassi Playwriting Fellowship" clearly on the envelope. There is no application form or entry fee, though applications must include the following materials:
- A single cover sheet listing your name, address, phone number, email address and the title of your writing sample.
- A resume or curriculum vitae.
- Two letters of recommendation.
- A single writing sample (i.e. one published play or one unpublished manuscript). Your name must not appear anywhere on your manuscript.
- A self-addressed stamped envelope for our decision.
Please note that the application materials required for this fellowship differ from those required from the fiction, poetry, and HEAF fellowships. Djerassi Playwriting applications are accepted by mail only. Send your completed application to:
Sean Bishop, Coordinator
Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing
Djerassi Playwriting Fellowship
Department of English
600 N Park St, 6195A H.C. White Hall
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
The Djerassi Playwriting Fellow will be chosen by June 1, 2014 and announced on the fellows page. If you have questions not answered in the FAQ below, please contact Sean Bishop, the Graduate & Institute Programs Coordinator, at institutemail@english.wisc.edu.
2.
THE ARCH AND BRUCE BROWN FOUNDATION
Deadline: June 30th
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation will accept submissions for its 2014 Playwriting Competition between March 1 and June 30, 2014. Electronic submissions must be received by midnight on June 30, and mailed manuscripts must be postmarked by the deadline.
All works submitted (full–length dramas, comedies, musicals) must be original and in English. All works must present lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender life in a positive manner and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historical person, culture, work of art or event.
There is no entry fee. Prizes are as follows: First Prize, $3,000; Second Prize, $1,500; Honorable Mentions, $500. Prizewinners will be announced before the end of the year.
For complete submission guidelines, visit the foundation’s website: aabbfoundation.org, or write to Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, P.O. Box 26124, Brooklyn, NY 11202.
Production Grants
The foundation also offers grants to production companies to offset expenses in producing theatrical works (plays, musicals, operas, choral works, orchestral works with text) and film or video. All works must be based on, or inspired by, history and present LGBT life in a positive manner.
Proposals may be submitted throughout the year. For complete details and proposal submission guidelines, visit the foundation’s website: aabbfoundation.org, or write to Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, P.O. Box 26124, Brooklyn, NY 11202.
Check out guidelines:
3.
Stage Left Theatre Playwright Residency (in Chicago)
Deadline: April 15th
Zev Valancy, the Literary Manager of Stage Left Theatre in Chicago, is looking to develop and produce plays that raise debate on social and political issues. As part of the "develop" portion of that mission, the Playwrights Residency has been created. We will be accepting applications through April 15th.
Downstage Left residencies are designed to help playwrights take a project from the conceptual stage all the way to a production-ready script. Playwrights work closely with one of our ensemble directors and members of the literary team to design a process tailored for the particular needs of their project. We are now accepting applications for Season 32 residencies. Please download the application form below, which also provides detailed instructions. The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2014. Email questions and submissions to scripts@stagelefttheatre.com Playwrights from anywhere in the country are eligible, but we're unable to help with transportation expenses.
More information and the application are available here at our website:
Any other questions can be addressed to me at scripts@stagelefttheatre.com.
Please do not contact me here, as this is my personal address.
4.
Don & Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Deadline: April 10th
Screenwriters who have not earned more than $5,000 writing fictional work for film or television are eligible for this fellowship. Entry scripts must be the original work of one writer, or the collaborative work of two writers, and must be written originally in English. Adaptations and translated scripts are not eligible. Up to five $30,000 fellowships are awarded each year to promising new screenwriters. From the program’s inception in 1986 through 2010, over $3 million have been awarded to 126 writers.
The online application must be completed and script uploaded by April 10th. All entrants will receive notification of their status by e-mail sent no later than August 1 of each year. Quarterfinalist letters are e-mailed by August 1;fellowship recipients are announced in October. For application materials and information, visit http://www.oscars.org/awards/nicholl/index.html
5.
BRIC House Fireworks
Deadline: March 14th
(We encourage all applicants to attend an informational meeting and tour of BRIC’s facilities, to be held at BRIC House on March 4, 2014 at 6pm.)
The BRIC House Fireworks Residency is designed to bring together artists of different disciplines who share a vision, and provide them with technical and financial resources to facilitate the collaborative development of creative projects that cross or erase artistic boundaries. Two projects to be presented in 2014 and 2015 will receive commissions of $15,000 and $30,000, respectively.
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With the opening of BRIC Arts | Media House in fall 2013, a new kind of cultural space has been formed. Located in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn, BRIC House features a spacious Gallery and Project Room; the Ballroom, a flexible performance space; the Artist Studio, a rehearsal and work space; and state-of-the-art television studio and video production facilities. In addition to being an exciting new venue that has attracted a large, diverse audience, BRIC House is an innovative cultural laboratory for artists working in varied disciplines.
The BRIC House Fireworks Residency is designed to bring together artists of different disciplines who share a vision, and provide them with technical and financial resources to facilitate the collaborative development of creative projects that cross or erase artistic boundaries.
We seek cross disciplinary projects in an early stage of development by artist teams that involve at least two of the three disciplines pursued by BRIC—contemporary art, media, and performing arts.
We will select two projects in spring 2014: smaller scale $15,000 project over 8-9 month period and a larger $30,000 project over 15 months.
BRIC Fireworks: http://bricartsmedia.org/contemporary-art/artist-opportunities/bric-house-fireworks-residency-2014
6.
BAX Artist Residency
Deadline: April 14th
The residency best suits an artist in the process of discovery, transition and/or is in a transformative stage of development. It is essential that the AIR be self-directed and be willing to engage in a dialogue with BAX. While there are many services BAX is able to provide, no residency can meet all the needs of an artist. Hence, BAX will do its best to direct and advise artists in the search for additional support and services throughout this residency. Artists are chosen through application, work sample and interview. We support choreographers, playwrights and performance artists. Much of the work crosses genres and disciplines. The residency supports research and conception, readings, showings and workshops, rehearsals and production. There are six participating artists each season who receive up to two years of uninterrupted artistic, technical and administrative support as well as 250 hours of rehearsal space. They are also provided with a $2,000 yearly stipend, and the use of BAX as a fiscal conduit for fundraising purposes. Artists may apply for additional funding using this designation.
The year runs from July 1 – June 30. Artists are encouraged to attend each other’s rehearsals. In November they host each other’s Open Studio showings to the public and lead post showing conversations. In January they show work in progress or excerpts in a shared evening roster and during the spring present fully developed work. These performances are fully produced which means they are of no cost to the artists who are provided with a fee, lighting/sound designers and board operators, both front and back of house staff, all publicity and marketing and outreach support to develop new audiences. In monthly meetings they share the success and challenges. BAX is a place for artists to engage in “real talk” as opposed to “getting the gig”, to speak honestly about their struggles and by doing so achieve artistic maturity. When artists attend one another rehearsals regularly there is context to speak aloud in actionable language in front of an audience. Once the work has been produced BAX often assists resident artists to seek a broader audience to establish relationships with other producers and funders.
BAX has provided an artistic home for new theatrical ideas and experimental artists whose themes or ways of working might not have found an alternative home base. Some of the individuals and groups who have benefited from residencies at BAX include: Faye Driscoll, Levi Gonzalez, Nami Yamamoto, luciana achugar, Dan Fishback, Young Jean Lee and Catharine Dill. To become more familiar with our programming you can also visit us at www.bax.org.
Selected artists will have the opportunity to establish an artistic home. This home includes:
- Building a dynamic relationship with both the Executive Director and the Marketing /Communications Director that includes work/livelihood issues, goal setting, accessing resources, to name a few.
- Being a participatory member of a peer group
- Technical support for presenting and long-range planning for your projects at BAX and beyond.
- The residency includes 250 hours of free rehearsal space in any of our four studios
- Stipend of $2000
- Please note that due to audience development considerations we request that the work you develop not be presented elsewhere in the NYC area for two months before or after your BAX performances. Exceptions to this can only be made in consultation with the Executive Director. Artist cannot apply if they currently have (or will have concurrently) other residencies in NYC. Work developed may not have a commitment to premiere in another venue during the residency period.
- An opportunity to apply for a second year of residency
Questions should be directed to artistservices@bax.org (subject: AIR LOI).
TO APPLY: http://artistservices.bax.org/residencies/air-application-and-guidelines/
Information for 2014/2015 application
2014-15 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE (AIR) proposals will be considered in DANCE and EXPERIMENTAL THEATER/PERFORMANCE. Up to three awards will be made for the July 2014-June 2015 residency period.
We are asking artists to submit a LETTER OF INTENT to be selected to submit a full proposal.
Questions should be directed to artistservices@bax.org (subject: AIR LOI).
7.
Portland Stage Little Festival of the Unexpected
Deadline: ongoing
Little Festival of the Unexpected is an annual event dedicated to public readings of new works. Three to five playwrights are in residence each year at the festival as they continue to develop their scripts with input from actors, directors and audience members.
DETAILS
Each playwright in residence receives a stipend as well as housing during the festival. Limited support for travel is also available.
Past Little Festival of the Unexpected scripts have a successful track record of full productions both here at Portland Stage and at other professional theaters around the country. Almost Maine, which was developed at the 2003 Little Festival, went on to become the most commercially successful mainstage production in PSC history. Many other Little Festival works have gone on to productions elsewhere, including successful Off-Broadway runs and television filming for PBS’ American Playhouse.
Little Festival of the Unexpected Submissions Submissions for the upcoming Little Festival of the Unexpected are accepted year-round on a rolling basis. All submissions received after January 1 will be considered for the following year’s festival. Only one submission is accepted per playwright.
Plays are eligible for development at The Little Festival of the Unexpected only if they have not previously been professionally produced or workshopped with Equity actors. This restriction includes Actors Equity showcase and waiver productions. Plays that have had readings or non-AEA productions are still eligible.
Literary agents may submit complete scripts at any time.
Playwrights may submit 10-page dialogue samples for consideration. Dialogue samples must be accompanied by a synopsis, production history and character breakdown.
Submit by mail to:
Portland Stage Company
Attn: Literary Manager
PO Box 1458
Portland, ME 04104
8.
Endstation Initiative
Deadline: March 14th
The Sweet Briar College campus is an ideal setting for a writer seeking an opportunity to focus on their craft. The campus’ beauty, facilities, and serenity are inspiring and create an extremely productive writing environment. Add to this a company of actors and you have the perfect location for a playwright’s intensive.
Endstation’s Playwrights Initiative brings three playwrights to the Sweet Briar College campus during Endstation’s summer season to write, workshop, and develop new plays. This program promotes the work of the next generation of playwright by providing a laboratory for young playwrights to write and rework their plays in a supportive atmosphere, and with access to other theatre artists.
Check out Endstation Initiative:http://endstationtheatre.org/playwrights/
Endstation Theatre’s Playwrights Initiative asks that you not only send work best representative of your talents, voice, and aesthetic but work that is the most recent. We learn most from you as a candidate when we are reviewing work that is exciting you currently, moving your work in new directions, and could benefit most from the time spent at Sweet Briar. This work, alongside a concise background of your career and training, is all that is required to submit for the coming year.
To submit your work, contact Michael Stablein, Jr. at playwrights@endstationtheatre.org. Submissions are due March 14, 2014.
9.
Franklin Furnace Fund
Deadline April
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Franklin Furnace Fund 2014-2015, supported by Jerome Foundation, The Lambent Foundation, The SHS Foundation, and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
The Franklin Furnace Fund awards grants annually to emerging artists to
enable them to produce major performance art works in New York. Grants
range between $2,000 and $10,000 based on the peer review panel allocation
of funding received by Franklin Furnace.
Franklin Furnace has no curator; each year a new panel of artists reviews all
proposals. We believe this peer panel system allows all kinds of artists from all
over the world an equal shot at presenting their work. Every year the panel
changes, as do the definitions of "emerging artist" and "performance art." So if
at first you don't succeed, please try again.
Artists from all areas of the world are encouraged to apply; however, artists
selected by the panel are expected to present their work in New York. Full-time
students are ineligible.
HOW TO PREPARE YOUR APPLICATION
Please apply to the Franklin Furnace Fund 2014-2015 using our online form.
Once you sign up for an account you may log in to apply to the Franklin
Furnace Fund. Your information can be saved so that it may be completed in
multiple sessions before you submit it. Please remember to click on the Submit
Application button when you have completed your application. You will receive
a confirmation email when your application has been successfully submitted.
If you have any technical problems with the online application form, please
contact support@fluidreview.com and the software application providers can
help address your question. For other questions, please contact Jenny Korns at
proposals[at]franklinfurnace.org.
The Microsoft Excel form is still available but please only use it if the online
form gives you difficulty. If you can’t use the online form, then download the
Excel Application and email it to proposals@franklinfurnace.org after it has
been completed. Write "Proposal 14-15" in the subject line.
APPLICATION COMPONENTS
1- Contact Information, Required
Please provide the contact information requested. Please also let us know if
your email address or home address changes during the course of this process
so we can keep in touch with you.
2 – Proposal Information, Required
Brief Proposal (required)
A 100-word summary proposal. The summary is a critical component of your
application; it is the first piece of information that the selection panel reviews
and it is a definitive factor in their deliberations. Therefore, be sure that the
summary is clear, concise and only 100 words long.
Long Description (optional)
A full description of the proposed work. Please limit to 1000 words. You may
also mail in a more detailed description of your proposed work. For more
information about sending in a detailed description, please see section 5 –
Mailing Options.
Budget (optional)
Specify planned expenses. If you have other funding sources for your project
please indicate this in your budget. Please limit to 200 words.
Website (optional)
A website may be used as a supplement to other application material.
3 – Video, Required
You may submit up to two ten-minute videos. Please make sure each one
illuminates your proposal by either being video of your proposed project as a
work in progress (“Proposed Work”) or a past project that gives an idea of the
kind of work you do (“Support Material”). You may submit a description and a
cue time for each video from where the panel should start watching. You may
either submit your videos through our online form, or mail them in on a disc to
be played on a DVD player or as digital files. Video submitted online must be
300 MB or under.
Video will be projected on a standard definition projector so when you
compress them please make sure their appearance is of relatively good quality.
For good instructions on how to do this, it's highly recommended that you
check out this website: http://vimeo.com/help/compression. If after following
these instructions, your file is still too big for the online form then try lowering
the data rate. Also, the dimensions for HD video should be no bigger than
1280x720. Since our projector only projects Standard Definition there should
be no loss in quality from using this dimension.
The above paragraph describes the preferred format of video we'd like to
receive, but if you are unable to meet these guidelines for any reason at all,
then we are open to whatever you have: slides, videotapes, audio CDs, etc. If
you have any questions about this please feel free to contact the Program
Coordinator, Jenny Korns at proposals[at]franklinfurnace.org.
4- Images, Optional
You may submit up to ten images with descriptions. These can be uploaded
through the online form or mailed in on a disc. Images submitted through the
online form must be 500 KB or under in size.
5- Mailing Options, Required
Application Return (required)
Please select one of the following options for returning your application
materials after the selection process:
a. SASE: Please submit a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) large
enough to return all of your materials. Use postage stamps. Do not use meter
strip postage for your SASE as they expire the same day they are issued. If
you apply from another country, do not use international stamps. Instead,
please include international vouchers for the postage required.
b. Pick-Up: After receiving a notification letter, please schedule a suitable time
with us to pick up your application materials. After October 1, 2014, all
application materials will become the property of Franklin Furnace.
c. Do not return. You may choose not to have your materials returned.
Although the greatest care is taken in handling your application, we are not
responsible for accidental loss or damage to your material. We cannot return
your application materials unless you provide a SASE with sufficient postage.
Supplementary Materials (optional)
You may also submit your resume, a description list for your images and video,
and up to 2 reviews of previous work/press. The video and images may be
submitted through the online form, but all the other items (press and resume)
Please write your name on every object you mail in! This should be the
same name used on the application. Please don't put sticker labels on
your discs as this may jam the computer.
MAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Due to space limitations, please try to submit your application materials in one
9” x 12” or smaller envelope. Send your application to:
2014-2015 Proposals
Franklin Furnace Archive Inc.
80 Arts – The James E. Davis Arts Building
80 Hanson Place #301 Brooklyn, NY 11217-1506
You may deliver your application in person by leaving it at the lobby desk at 80
Hanson Place, Brooklyn from 8am to 7pm, Monday to Friday. If you prefer to
give it to us directly at our office please call first to make sure that someone will
be available to receive it.
10.
P73 Fellowship/Interstate 73/ P73 Yale Summer Residency
Deadline: May 1st
More Information and Application Materials can be found at http://www.page73.org/programs/programs-application/
Page 73 Productions hosts three play development programs annually:
The P73 Playwriting Fellowship provides a year of comprehensive support to one early-career playwright who has received neither wide public recognition nor substantial production opportunities in New York City. Through this program, Page 73 provides artistic and financial resources to this writer as he or she develops one or more new plays of his or her choosing. The P73 Playwriting Fellow receives an award of $10,000 and development support up to $10,000.
The P73 Fellowship is best suited to writers who have concrete and reasonable goals that can be achieved with the resources provided by Page 73. These goals may include, but are not limited to, specific artistic objectives that relate to the development of one or more new plays and assistance in building relationships within the New York City theater community.Please note that funds from the P73 Playwriting Fellowship do not cover full-scale productions. The fellowship does, however, incorporate at least one public presentation – ideally a semi-staged workshop – of at least one play by the Fellow. Page 73 also supports the writer by helping the Fellow identify collaborators, such as directors, designers, actors, and dramaturgs, for Fellowship projects.
The Fellow is associated with Page 73 for the calendar year, from January 1 to December 31. After being selected, he or she works with Page 73’s staff to develop a plan for the year and establish a timeline for the development work to be done on the new play or plays. The Fellow is also invited to participate in the Page 73 Summer Residency at Yale and Interstate 73 (described below) during the year of the fellowship, if he or she so chooses.
The Fellow does not need to be a resident of New York City but must be prepared to travel to New York during the fellowship year in order to fully engage in the opportunities that the fellowship provides.Past Fellows areKirsten Greenidge,Quiara Alegría Hudes,Jason Grote, Krista Knight, Tommy Smith,Heidi Schreck, Eliza Clark,Janine Nabers,Max Posner, and Caroline V. McGraw.The 2014 Fellow isClare Barron.
Anyone who wishes to be considered for the fellowship must submit materials through this application process.
Interstate 73 is Page 73’s writing group. Consisting of six to eight playwrights and led by Page 73’s staff, Interstate 73 meets twice monthly at Page 73's office in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Meetings take place on weeknight evenings. Participants bring in pages that are read aloud by the group and discussed. Each participating playwright is also given an opportunity for a reading of a completed work, which can be a public or private reading, depending on the playwright’s interests and needs. Each reading is carefully crafted in order to make it as useful as possible for the playwright.
Interstate 73 begins each year in January and meetings run through December; sessions are typically suspended in July and August. Participants must be residents of New York City or the surrounding area (and therefore able to attend meetings regularly without inconvenience). Candidates for this program should not be involved in a similar year-long writing group program concurrently with Interstate 73. Attendance to all sessions of the group is extremely important.Please do not ask to be considered for this program if you expect to be out of the New York City area or otherwise unable to attend group meetings for a month or more during the period of the program . Page 73 selects participants from individuals who approach us through this application process as well as from individuals who have become known to the company through other means (professional recommendation, attendance at their work, etc.).
The Page 73 Summer Residency at Yale is a week-long residency program which takes place on the Yale Campus each July. During this program, Page 73 works with three or four playwrights on the development of new plays. There are two development opportunities associated with this program: 1) Playwrights at an early stage in the writing of their chosen play may use the week as an individual retreat, culminating in a private cold reading of their pages for residency members; 2) Playwrights with more fully developed scripts may work with a director and actors throughout the week to rehearse a reading of the play to be presented at the end of the week to residency members. Actors are selected from Yale School of Drama students as well as the professional acting community. Playwrights also have access to research materials on the Yale campus during the week.
This is Page 73’s most private developmental program and is an ideal place for playwrights to explore material prior to exposure to the New York professional or theatergoing communities. Participants must be able to travel to New Haven for a week. Page 73 provides local transportation, housing, some meals, and a stipend for the week, as well as development support for the selected projects.
Participants in this program are selected in the spring of each year. Page 73 selects participants from individuals who approach us through this application process as well as from individuals who have become know to the company through other means (professional recommendation, attendance at their work, etc.).
11.
Dramatists Guild Fellowship/ DG Musical Fellowship
Deadline: May 5th
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications for the program commencing in Fall, 2014 must be received by the Guild no later than 5:30pm on May 5, 2014. Please read all of instructions carefully.
**IMPORTANT CHANGES: This year, we will be accepting electronic submissions ONLY. E-mail all submissions to fellows@dramatistsguild.com.
We are also expanding eligibility to include writers who have had one or more professional productions.**
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants will be eligible for the program with any of the following qualifications: 1) Participation in a graduate program in theatrical writing within the last five years; or 2) Participation in an organized theatrical workshop within the last ten years; or 3) Comparable experience, such as one or more professional productions, and a recommendation by a theater professional or theater educator; or 4) Pertinent, documented practical experience. All applicants must be residents of New York or the surrounding metropolitan area for the time of their fellowship. Applicants must also be prepared to meet on alternate Monday evenings of every month, and to make themselves available, if possible, to participate in observerships, assistantships, etc. when those opportunities arise.
DRAMATISTS GUILD PLAYWRITING FELLOWS:
Please submit a cover letter answering the following: “Describe an experience in which somebody’s input on your work as a writer affected or inspired you”; a resume containing pertinent contact information for you; 20 pages of a script you have written. Please name submission as follows: LastNamePlayTitle (for example: NottageRuined.pdf. The document(s) must be e-mailed as a PDF.
DRAMATISTS GUILD MUSICAL THEATER FELLOWS:
If you are applying as a Musical Theater Fellow and you write both music and lyrics, you may apply alone as a “self-contained” writer. Members of collaborative teams must apply together. Collaborative teams with composer and lyricist should also consider applying with their librettist partner, or, at the very least, make their librettist partner available whenever that project is being discussed. Unfortunately, we cannot accept people who write only lyrics or only music or only libretti without a writing partner, as we cannot pair collaborators. The cover letter and materials submitted should make it clear whether you and your collaborator(s) are applying as a team or whether you are applying as a self-contained writer.
Please submit a cover letter; a resume containing pertinent contact information for you; mp3 files of four (4) songs with lyric sheets; a brief description of each song as to its plot placement, a brief synopsis of the musical, and the complete libretto, if one exists. Musical submissions need not be elaborately produced; piano and voice is sufficient. Please note that we can only accept music in the mp3 format. PLEASE E-MAIL EACH SONG SEPARATELY and name them as follows: LastNameMusicalTitleSong# (for example: FlahertyRagtime#1.mp3) The other documents must be e-mailed as a PDF.
12.
Princess Grace
Deadline: March 31st
We encourage emerging playwrights to apply at the beginning of their careers so that through the New Dramatists Fellowship, they can develop their work as well as benefit from being a part of a unique, diverse, dynamic community of professional playwrights. An applicant’s status as an emerging playwright is evaluated during the adjudication process.
One playwright will be selected to receive:
• A grant in the amount of $7,500
• A one-season (September – June) artistic residency at New Dramatists, Inc. in New York City (For playwrights living outside of the New York metro area, your on-site residency can be adapted according to your schedule with reimbursement provided for transportation costs to/from New York)
• Inclusion of your script in New Dramatists’ library
• Advocacy for the recipient and their script to New York and National theatre communities for the duration of the fellowship
• Mentorship from a New Dramatists resident playwright for the duration of the fellowship
• Opportunity for winning play to be licensed and published by Samuel French, Inc.
Guidelines:
· All candidates must be United States citizens or have permanent resident status.
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Eligible playwrights must not have had any professional full-length productions other than those using the showcase code or in an off-off-Broadway theater with 99 or fewer seats. (If your show used a higher contract tier than the showcase code, you are not eligible to apply. If your show received a festival production in a theater with more than 99 seats and did not use an Equity contract, you are eligible to apply.) Development opportunities such as readings and workshops are admissible.
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You must submit one unpublished, full-length play (A full-length play is a single play that constitutes a full evening of theater. For example, a 90-minute intermissionless play is a full-length play.)
• There is no restriction on subject matter
• Story, language, and characters must be original; no adaptations.
• May not have received a professional production as defined above
Applicants apply through a module on New Dramatist website
Applications will be accepted March 1-March 31 6PM EST
Applicants are also encouraged to submit a letter of recommendation from a theater professional (director, dramaturg, etc.) addressing how the applicant has demonstrated his/her excellence in the field; promise as an outstanding young artist; and why he/she is deserving of a Princess Grace Award.
- See more at: http://www.pgfusa.com/grants-program/grants-program/grant-applications/playwriting#sthash.ewQujqNW.dpuf
13.
The 9th Biennial Festival of Ten-Minute Plays
Deadline: April 1st
CALL FOR SCRIPTS
The Department of Theatre and Music Studies at The College at Brockport - State University of New York is pleased to announce its 9th Biennial Festival of Ten-Minute Plays.
- All submissions are online. (Click on Button Below to Submit Plays)
- Each submission must have a cover sheet – (Click here for cover sheet form; copy file, fill out and attach with submission)
- Each script must have a running time of seven to fourteen minutes
- Only original scripts allowed
- Maximum of two scripts per playwright
- No musicals
- Previously produced plays, for which admission was charged, are not accepted
- Plays written by the College at Brockport Department of Theatre and Music Studies faculty and staff (full and part time) are not accepted
- Entries will be acknowledged by email
- Scripts must be submitted by April 1st 2014 midnight EST
- The top ten scripts will be produced in fully realized productions as part of the College at Brockport Festival of Ten IX in February 2015
- Awards will be given to the top three selected plays
- Finalists will be notified by December 1st 2014
- Please follow the Dramatist Guild format for plays or the suggested script format available here (Click here for script format sheet)
- Complete Festival of Ten VII Policies and Procedures as Established by The College at Brockport - Department of Theatre (Click Here to Download)
14.
Madlab Season
Deadline: April 1st
Send us your full length plays. Long one-acts, two-acts, three-acts if you think you have what it takes! We can take it, and...well...we want it. These will be considered for our regular theatre season (not for THEATRE ROULETTE, I repeat...not for THEATRE ROULETTE). Bring it on, playwrights. We want you! We need some length.
GENERAL INFORMATION
To maximize your chance of selection, please read all the guidelines carefully before submitting.
All submissions should be send to andy@madlab.net
Please put “MADLAB 2014 SEASON” in the subject line. If you do not have email, please call 614.221.5418 to set up different arrangements.
Submissions must arrive no later than April 1st, 2014.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Though we are up for anything, ideally, scripts should be long one-acts (70-90 minutes) or two-act plays (100-120 minutes). If you have something else longer, please feel free to send it on.
You may submit multiple scripts.
Script submissions WILL NOT be returned to the applicant; MadLab will destroy all evidence of your creative instincts upon a funeral pyre at an undisclosed location in order to protect both the innocent and the guilty. Ashes will NOT be returned to you unless you purchase a commemorative urn from MadLab at the bargain basement price of $999.95.
Due to our environmentally conscious president, you must email your script to us. If emailing is absolutely impossible for you, please call us at 614.221.5418 so we can make alternate arrangements.
Please send your script attached as a Microsoft Word document or PDF format. Scripts should be emailed to andy@madlab.net. Please put “MADLAB 2015 SEASON” in the subject line. If “MADLAB 2015 SEASON” is not in your subject line, your submission may not be received. All submissions will receive a reply email to ensure that your submission was received.
MadLab pays a royalty of $200 + 10% of our box office for any playwright that is gracious enough to allow us to produce his/her work. We know this will not be anywhere near worth the time and effort you put into writing your play, but we are happy that every little bit helps.
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Francesca Primus Prize
Deadline: April 1st
The Francesca Primus Prize is an annual $10,000 award honoring outstanding contributions to the American theater by an emerging female playwright, one who has not yet achieved national prominence.
WEBSITE: http://americantheatrecritics.org/primus-prize/
The Francesca Primus Prize is an annual $10,000 award honoring outstanding contributions to the American theater by an emerging female playwright, one who has not yet achieved national prominence.
Administered by the American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA), the prize is made possible through the generosity of Francesca Ronnie Primus the Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation, which honors the writer, critic, performer, dramaturg and cherished ATCA member who died at 42 of lung cancer in 1992.
The Primus Prize operates on an open submission basis—an applicant may submit herself or be nominated by another individual or organization. Members of ATCA are eligible to nominate or provide letters of recommendation.
To qualify for consideration in 2014, a playwright must have had a fully staged, professional production of her script within the calendar year 2013. The committee will also consider a body of work going back several years.
A submission must be in the form of a portfolio of no more than 20 single-sided pages. It should include a letter recommending the candidate, a synopsis of her body of work, and supporting materials sufficient to familiarize the committee with her achievement, possibly including reviews and/or a statement of the artists philosophy. In addition (beyond those 20 pages), playwrights should also submit the produced playscript. If more than one play was produced in 2013, only one may be submitted, but excerpts from or reviews of others might be part of the portfolio. Portfolios (including scripts) will not be returned.
(NOTE that in some previous years, theater artists other than playwrights were invited to apply. For 2014, only playwrights will be considered, although other theater work might be described as part of the applicant’s body of work.)
The 2014 application deadline is April 1.
The winner will be announced at a national ATCA conference, and the check mailed soon thereafter. The recipient will then be invited to a subsequent ATCA conference (expenses paid) for a small ceremony in recognition.
To apply, send six copies of an applicants entire portfolio—script included—along with a processing fee of $25 (checks made payable to ATCA) to ATCA, c/o Barry Gaines, 12809 Northern Sky NE, Albuquerque NM 87111-8089 (505-856-2101; bjgaines@unm.edu .
Send inquiries to Barry Gaines; to Primus Prize chair Barbara Bannon, Salt Lake City, bbannon@xmission.com; or to ATCA chair Jonathan Abarbanel, Chicago, jonnyatca@earthlink.net.
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