1. IVORYTON WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS INITIATIVE 2020
Deadline: August 15th
Website: http://www.ivorytonplayhouse.org/women-playwrights-initiative-2020-call-scripts-readers
Starting June 15, 2019 women playwrights are invited to submit one-act plays written solely by women. Scripts must be in standard Samuel French playwriting format: 12 point font, character name centered, 1” margin all around. Email scripts to Laura Copland laurac@ivorytonplayhouse.org.
We are specifically looking for TWO ten-fifteen minute plays, and TWO longer plays up to one hour—approximately 50 pages. Plays running longer than one hour will not be considered. Each play will have one staged reading on either Saturday afternoon or Saturday evening on February 22, 2020.
No one-person plays or musicals will be accepted.
Only one submission per playwright will be accepted. Scripts will not be returned.
Submissions are limited to the first 150 scripts received. No play will be accepted before June 15.
These are blind submissions. The title page must include ONLY the name of the play, the characters, and the setting. DO NOT include a synopsis. A separate file is required with the playwright’s name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, and the name of the submitted play. Please also include a resume as a separate file and NOT included in the PDF file of the play.
The call is open from June 15 to August 15, 2019 OR until we receive 150 plays.
Playwrights will be notified if their play was received after receipt of 150 plays or the deadline and thus, not considered.
Submissions will be acknowledged by email. Playwrights will be notified in the fall of 2019 by email if their play is selected. Playwrights whose plays were not selected will also be notified.
All ethnicities and all ages are strongly encouraged to apply.
The four selected playwrights will be invited to stay for the week of workshopping beginning the arrival day, Sunday, February 16, 2020 through to the staged readings on Saturday February 22, (performance inclement weather date and/or departure day on Sunday, February 23, 2020.)
The WPI is a workshop and playwrights are encouraged and should be prepared to work on their play, including rewrites, as needed.
Stipend: PLAYWRIGHTS: $500, plus travel from your nearest airport or train station to Ivoryton, CT on Sunday, February 16, 2020 and from Ivoryton on Sunday, February 23, 2020. Housing is provided.
DIRECTORS: The WPI also seeks resumes from women directors. Stipend: $300 and housing is provided, if needed. All ethnicities and ages strongly encouraged to apply.
READERS: We also seek resumes from male and female readers to evaluate the plays and to email feedback on a form provided. All readers will receive free admission to the staged readings. All ethnicities and ages are strongly encouraged to apply.
To download a pdf copy of these instructions, please follow this link: WPI 2020 CALL FOR SCRIPTS
Play submissions and Director and Reader resumes should be emailed to Laura Copland, Director of Play Development, and Founder and Director of the WPI at the Ivoryton Playhouse, laurac@ivorytonplayhouse.org.
2. CROSSROAD PROJECT
Deadline: August 15th
Website: https://finearts.illinoisstate.edu/crossroads-project/
The Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative welcomes submissions for full-length, unproduced plays by playwrights of color in accordance with the mission statement of the Crossroads Project (see below). A diverse panel of judges comprising faculty members and students will select one playwright as the winner of the contest.
The winning playwright will receive:
An award of $500.
An invitation to Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal, IL for a one-week new play development workshop, culminating in a public staged reading. The playwright may also be invited to offer guest lectures/colloquia. The Crossroads Project will cover costs for travel, housing, and meals during the workshop.
To be eligible to win the contest, a playwright must be available for a one-week workshop in late March 2020 (exact dates TBD). The playwright must also be residing in the United States in the spring of 2020.
The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2019, 11:59 p.m. CST. There is no entry fee. We only accept electronic submissions in PDF format.
Fill out the form at: https://forms.illinoisstate.edu/forms/diversevoices
3. THEATRE VISCERA
Deadline: August 15th
Website: https://www.theatreviscera.com/work-with-us-playwrights
We are hosting our first ever Queer Playwrights Contest. Guidelines:
-Full-length pieces, at this time we are not accepting one acts or 10 minute plays.
-An emphasis on queer lives and the queer experience, we want plays written by queer playwrights for queer actors about queer characters.
-New work, unpublished and unproduced, may have been publicly read. (Let us know the history of your play if there is one.)
-Send us an excerpt of your play (15-25 pages), a short bio, and a cast breakdown.
-The submissions will be open until August 15th, 2019.
-We will invite finalists to send us their full scripts by August 31st, 2019.
-We will announce the play selection on September 30th, 2019.
-The selected play will be produced by the company in the spring of 2020 in Portland, OR. The selected playwright will be brought out to Portland for the production. The top 5 runners up will be featured in our “Artists to Watch” page.
4. METZLER NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
Deadline: August 15th
Website: http://www.adplayers.org
A.D. Players at The George Theater in Houston, TX seeks full-length scripts to be developed and presented over the course of the first annual Metzler New Works Festival. The purpose of the festival is to present new American plays and musicals that contribute to the larger cultural understanding of how faith and storytelling can effectively intertwine in alignment with our mission to present and premiere work from a Christian worldview that engages a diverse audience. Three selected works will be developed over the course of two workshops, followed by a publicly presented staged reading with professional actors and directors; selected playwrights will receive an honorarium, and the possibility of premiering their work at one of the largest theatre companies in the city of Houston. Individuals of diverse ethnic backgrounds, racial and gender identities, and abilities are highly encouraged to submit. Playwrights are not required to identify as Christian. Writers must be available to attend the Metzler New Works Festival, March 31-April 4, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Selected playwrights will receive a $1000 honorarium, a developmental workshop and reading, and travel expenses, room, and board will be provided.
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD REPERTORY THEATRE
Deadline: August 15th
Website: http://bravenewworldrep.org/
Three original, full-length plays (under 120 pages) will be selected and given minimally staged readings between January 10 – March 30 , 2020. Playwrights must be local to the Tri-state area, ideally within a 90-minute commute to Brooklyn, NY as your attendance is requested. Brooklyn-based playwrights will be given first consideration. In 2020 we will give priority to plays that address Women’s Rights and/or Environmental Challenges. The chosen playwrights will receive a small stipend.
To be considered, plays must meet the following criteria:
1) Plays must be un-produced, although previous staged readings/workshops are not disqualifying factors.
2) The play must be completed at the time of submission – unfinished or partial drafts cannot be accepted at this time. Plays may still be in development, but they must be audience-ready at the time of submission. If the play is heavily revised AFTER being submitted, it MUST be resubmitted before the end of the submission period.
3) Plays must be able to be read by no more than 7 actors and someone on stage directions. If double and triple casting is possible please advise. We are particularly interested in plays that feature diverse casts.
4) We are unable to accept new musical submissions at this time, given the limited technical nature of this reading series.
Brave New World Rep is committed to giving a platform to voices and stories from under-represented and historically disenfranchised communities. Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, POC, Muslim, immigrant, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and womxn playwrights are HIGHLY encouraged to submit and will be prioritized.
To submit, please send an electronic copy of your script in PDF format with numbered pages to submissions@bravenewworldrep.org. In a separate document or in the body of your submission email, please also include a short synopsis of your play, a brief bio, and a website link (if relevant to your work as a writer/theater artist.) Submissions are limited to one play per playwright per season. Multiple play submissions by the same playwright for the same season will not be considered.
6. ENSEMBLE PLAYWRIGHT LAB (Letter of Marque Theatre Company)
Deadline: September 19th
Website: https://www.lomtheater.org/
The Ensemble Playwright Lab (EPL) is a residency program in which the playwright engages with Letter of Marque's (LOM) ensemble to create, develop, or reimagine a piece of work; which will be presented to the public at the end of the residency. There will be two residencies: Fall & Winter. Two playwrights, one for each residency, will be selected to work with our ensemble once a week, for a total of 21 hours of collaboration and discovery.
7. NATIONAL WINTER PLAYWRIGHTS RETREAT
Deadline: August 31st
Website: https://hbmgfoundation.org/nwpr/
A playwright-based retreat, the National Winter Playwrights Retreat prioritizes the playwright, not the work being produced. Playwrights have an opportunity to have work read or sung, conversation over dinners and coffees, sightseeing in the San Juan Mountains, and an introduction to local theaters. The retreat provides respite and renewal for playwrights. Inevitably, the artist's rejuvenation finds its way into her work. In enabling the playwright freedom from expectations, we enable the art. HBMG Foundation's team of a Latino Playwright/Director and a Female Actor/Writer, Manuel and Ann Zárate are passionate about diversity. As founders and directors, they seek especially to empower playwrights of all ethnicities and gender. Additionally, diversity of experience and age is considered in the selection of playwrights each year. Our goal is to reflect the landscape of America.
This is the easy part. We don't read scripts. We are interested in you. Complete the form and tell us about you... your background and what you want to accomplish while on retreat. Include both professional and personal descriptions.
Please note whether you are applying as a playwright, artistic director, dramaturg, director, or as a team. You are welcome to apply as a team if you are working specifically with an actor, director, composer, or dramaturg on a piece in progress. Give us details of what you will be working on during the retreat and your weeks of availability December 2019-February 2020. Deadline for applications is September 1, 2019. There is no application fee; do not submit a writing sample.
8. BLUE INK PLAYWRITING AWARD
Deadline: August 31st
Website: https://americanbluestheater.com/
The international Blue Ink Playwriting Award was created in 2010 to support new work. Since inception, we’ve named 9 Award winners, 64 finalists, and 83 semi-finalists. Over $5,000 in cash and prizes will be distributed to playwrights in 2020.
Each year American Blues Theater accepts worldwide submissions of original, unpublished full-length plays. The winning play will be selected by Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside and the theater’s Ensemble. The playwright receives a monetary prize of $1,250 and a developmental workshop or staged reading at American Blues Theater in Chicago. Cash prizes are awarded to finalists and semi-finalists too. All proceeds of the administrative fee are distributed for playwrights’ cash prizes.
Submissions for the 2020 Blue Ink Playwriting Award are accepted between July 1 – Aug 31, 2019. Semi-finalists, finalists, and the award winner will be notified January – March 2020.
9. NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Deadline: September 12th
Website: https://mellon.org/programs/arts-and-cultural-heritage/performing-arts/national-playwright-residency-program-call-for-applications/
The program provides three years of salary, benefits, and a flexible research and development fund for a diverse group of American playwrights at selected theatres around the country. More than a standard residency, we conceived this initiative as an intervention into the traditional relationships between artists and institutions, as a way of reimagining what institutions might look like when an artist’s voice is at their cores. Playwrights and theaters must apply together by submitting individual statements and a jointly crafted scope of work. Playwrights must have at least three plays previously given professional productions—with one at the co-applicant theater and no other full time employment, including academic positions. Both the playwright and the artistic leader of the theater must agree to attend two NPRP convenings during the residency at Emerson College (travel expenses would be paid by the Foundation).
NPRP has four primary goals:
o Advance the state of playwrights in the American theater by providing them with space, time, and
resources, and greater access to the institutions in which they work;
o Influence the working environment of theaters by embedding playwrights in them;
o Generate public value through the interaction of playwrights with local artistic and civic communities;
o Document and disseminate the findings to help benefit the field.
Residencies will be selected through an open application process. Theaters and playwrights must apply jointly by submitting statements of intent from the playwright and artistic director; a scope of work; and other specified materials to demonstrate eligibility, potential to achieve the goals of the program, and desire to participate in a growing network to advance artist-centered practices in the theater field. The basic structure of the program will remain similar to prior rounds. Playwright compensation and benefits will be covered by grant funds based on the salary structure of the host institution, up to a maximum salary and benefits of $130,000 in the first year of the grant. Resident playwrights will also receive access to discretionary development funds and opportunities for developmental workshops hosted by HowlRound at Emerson College, and theaters will receive modest funds to support administrative expenses associated with hosting and documenting the residency. In the two prior rounds of the program, we have been able to offer a single three-year renewal when mutually agreeable among the playwright, theater, and Foundation; we hope to do the same this round.
10. CULLMAN CENTER FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: September 27th
Website: https://nypl.onlineapplicationportal.com/misc/guidelines/default.aspx
Award Period: September 8, 2020–May 28, 2021
Stipend: $75,000
The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers supports projects that draw on the research collections at The New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (formerly the Humanities and Social Sciences Library). The Center looks for top-quality writing from academics as well as from creative writers and independent scholars. Visual artists whose projects require extensive use of Library collections are also encouraged to apply. The Center aims to promote dynamic conversation about the humanities, social sciences, and scholarship at the highest level-within the Center, in public forums throughout the Library, and in the Fellows' published work.
Successful candidates for this Fellowship will need to work primarily at the Schwarzman Building rather than at other divisions of the Library. Applications from those working not in English are welcome; however, the applicant must be conversant in English, and the application materials must be in English.
In order to avoid real or apparent conflicts of interest, the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers does not accept applications from New York Public Library staff members or their partners, or from people active on the Library’s Board of Trustees, Board Advisory Committees, or Library Council.
Please visit www.nypl.org/research-collections for detailed information about the collections of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.
Fellows are required to work at the Cullman Center for the duration of the Fellowship term and may not accept other major professional obligations during the term. Some Fellows may have a few prior commitments but must limit research trips, attendance at scholarly meetings, and speaking engagements to short periods of time. Anyone who needs to be away for more than two days must notify the Center's Director or Deputy Director. The Library will pro-rate stipends for Fellows who spend too much time away from the Center.
Fellowships will not be granted for academic projects to post-doctoral fellows or to applicants doing graduate-school dissertation research.
The Cullman Center will not accept dossier letters in place of new letters of recommendation.
Completed applications and supporting materials—research proposal, Curriculum Vitae, letters of recommendation, and creative writing sample or artwork sample—must be submitted by 5 p.m. EDT on September 27, 2019.
11. LOTUS LEE SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL
Deadline: October 1st
Website: https://www.lotus-lee.foundation/2019-short-play-festival
THE LOTUS LEE FOUNDATION 2019 SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL
The Lotus Lee Foundation is currently seeking submissions for short plays under 30 minutes in our newest international theatrical initiative, the 2019 Lotus Lee Foundation Short Play Festival.
The winning entry will receive a world premiere production in China in 2020.
The Lotus Lee Foundation has recently presented critically-acclaimed theatrical adaptations of THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM and THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM: THE DARK FOREST, based upon the novels of international best-selling author Liu Cixin, to sold-out success in both Shanghai and Beijing and a number of major cities in China, utilizing a plethora of innovative artists from around the world to collectively create technologically superior experiences beyond anything witnessed in world theatre until now. Our next hot property could be yours!
The Lotus Lee Foundation employs artists from all corners of the globe, featuring directors, designers and production staff famed for their innovative contributions to productions on Broadway, London's West End, Las Vegas and world theatre. Our most recent offering was THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM: THE DARK FOREST which was presented in Shanghai and Beijing earlier this year to critical acclaim and sold-out audiences, with further productions coming soon.
Submissions will be accepted from August 1 until October 1, with a first-place winner announced on November 1.
The winner receives a $500 prize; 2nd Prize receives $200 and 3rd Prize $100, with an exclusive option to produce their shows in China in the near future.
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