1. THE DRAMA LEAGUE NEW YORK DIRECTING FELLOWSHIPS
DEADLINE: January 3rd
WEBSITE: dramaleague.org/programs/directors-project/fellowships/Fall-Directing-Fellowship
Founded in 1984, The New York Directing Fellowships bring extraordinary early-career stage directors into an extended program of creative advancement, industry-focused development, professional assistantships, and an opportunity to present their work to the field as part of the Off-Off-Broadway festival DirectorFest, the nation's preeminent festival highlighting rising directorial talent. The Fellowships nurture artistry, open doors, and usher in a maturation of skills and talent, preparing a director to work professionally at the highest levels the field can offer.
NOTE: These Fellowships are currently slated to begin in May 2021, with periodic events over the course of the following twelve months until April 2022. Due to the ongoing complications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dates and components of this Fellowship may be delayed, altered, changed, or removed to protect the health of the Fellow and the ability of the American Theatre as it returns to live performances. Applicants are asked to be flexible, should these changes have to occur.
COMPONENTS
PROFESSIONALS WEEK: Professionals Week is an intensive immersion in the professional theater. Fellows will attend performances, participate in seminars and workshops with prominent industry professionals, and participate in discussions designed to prepare directors for the demands and expectations of the field.
DIRECTING INTENSIVE: Fellows will participate in the Directing Intensive, an extended directing workshop under the guidance of a mentor director, and experienced professionals. The Intensive will also include pre-production activities and workshops leading to DirectorFest.
DIRECTORFEST: The New York Directing Fellows stage one-act productions as part of DirectorFest, The Drama League's annual festival dedicated to the art of professional directing in the United States. The festival takes place in New York City for an audience that includes artistic directors, producers, interested industry professionals, and others. DirectorFest is the culmination of a two-week rehearsal process, and utilizes professional casting directors, designers, and production personnel. Post-production, the directors meet with theater professionals for an in-depth discussion of their work.
SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE: The scholarship prize amount will be determined in April. For the 2020 cycle, the scholarship prize amount was $7,500 for the 14 active weeks of the fellowship, paid in installments. The amount of the scholarship prize will be disclosed prior to acceptance. Taxes will be deducted from the scholarship prize in accordance as determined by federal, state and local law.
Housing and Round-Trip transportation is provided for the following activities:
Professionals Week (for Directors living more than 25 miles outside of New York City)
Directing Intensive (from New York City to location)
DirectorFest and Related Activities (for Directors living more than 25 miles outside of New York City)
2. URBANITE THEATRE
DEADLINE: January 4th
WEBSITE: www.urbanitetheatre.com/modernworksrules
Seeking work from emerging and established female-identifying playwrights. Playwrights must be available to attend all festival rehearsals and talkbacks virtually: Rehearsals will take place via zoom March 30 - April 6. Performance talkbacks will take place April 13-18, 2021.
Festival Awards for Three Finalists:
Festival Grand Prize Winner: $3000
Second and Third place Finalists: $500 each
Submission Rules and Requirements:
Interested playwrights are encouraged to read Urbanite’s mission statement and familiarize themselves with our production history. Urbanite Theatre will only consider submissions that meet the following criteria:
Submissions must be from female-identifying playwrights. Playwrights must reside in the United States. Plays must be unproduced and unpublished with limited development. No musicals or translations. Full-length plays only (at least 60 minutes) Plays must require five performers or fewer. Quality, female-identifying roles must be well-represented. Plays must include a contact page and character breakdown. One submission per playwright, per festival. Any plays that do not follow these requirements will be dismissed.
Playwrights must be available to attend festival virtually, including rehearsals (Rehearsals: March 30 - April 6)
Finalists will be selected by panel of readers and notified by Urbanite Theatre on February 15, 2021. All participants (including actors, directors, stage managers and designers) will be compensated. Plays that have been previously submitted to Urbanite Theatre or the Modern Works Festival are not eligible to be submitted again. Each finalist will receive the following: a paid, professional director and cast, a table read, 12 rehearsal hours, a recorded staged reading with a total of three performances, and facilitated post-show talkbacks. Each finalist play will be assigned a play development mentor to work with before, and during the festival.
Playwrights are required to participate in the rehearsal process and attend the readings and talkbacks for their play (all virtual).
Winner of festival will receive a $3000 prize. The two remaining finalists will each receive an award of $500.
Submissions will be capped after the first 300 eligible scripts are received.
Winner will be chosen by a group of panelists in conjunction with an audience vote and will be announced February 19, 2021.
3. CIRCLE OF CONFUSION WRITERS DISCOVERY FELLOWSHIP
DEADLINE: January 5th
WEBSITE: http://www.circleofconfusion.com/fellowship/?fbclid=IwAR2QAVJ3xBCa2juNjBhulL_TzH-yGNZ6eVxWskPiTULCz0f53-iw1azd1no
Circle of Confusion will establish an ongoing fellowship program to nurture and assist in accelerating the diversity of voices in our industry. Circle of Confusion’s core mission has always been discovery, and we have been fortunate enough to have identified and promoted many talented writers, directors, actors and creators from all walks of life. It is based on this tradition and fundamental strength of the company that Circle of Confusion is launching the program. The excitement of film and television has always been the joy that great storytelling brings to audiences around the globe. By promoting voices that have been historically excluded, the Fellowship will enrich both the professional lives of the Fellows and the dynamic quality of the entertainment industry.
THE FELLOWSHIP
Circle of Confusion will provide an immersive introductory experience to the world of professional screen and television writing to a diverse group of aspiring writers who have not yet been employed or represented by the industry. The Fellows will each be given a $10,000 stipend by way of a first look deal with Circle of Confusion Television Studios. Twice per year, the program will select six to eight writers for a six-month fellowship which closely replicates the writer-manager dynamic. Each Fellow will be assigned a mentor who will educate and guide them by way of script development, career advice, and support. While the Fellowship cannot guarantee the sale of the pilot or specific employment, by the end of each Fellowship session, each Fellow will have developed a submission-ready television pilot, been afforded multiple opportunities for industry networking, and generally equipped with the essential tools for their success as writers in the entertainment industry. The Fellowship is open to applicants of all ethnicities, races, cultural backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, and ages.
MENTORSHIP
Our mentors will include Circle of Confusion literary managers and other senior industry professionals, offering general business advice and script development within the duration of the Fellowship. In the first four months, each Fellow will develop an original pilot script with their dedicated mentor. The pilot scripts will be reviewed by the Fellowship’s Advisory Board (composed of established members of the film and television community with an expertise in content evaluation) and then submitted to relevant industry professionals, with the explicit goal of using the last two months of the Fellowship to arrange general one-on-one Zoom meetings with producers and executives. Throughout the entire Fellowship session, the mentor will be available to guide the Fellow through each step, assisting the Fellow in their development of writing and storytelling skills, pitching skills and navigating the meeting process.
PROGRAMMING
The Fellowship program will begin in March of 2021 and include informational panels, speakers and workshops with industry professionals. Additionally, Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in several practice/mock-general meetings in preparation for their final professional meetings.
Applicant Qualifications:
Have never worked or held representation in the entertainment industry as a writer
Must have two storytelling samples, with at least one being a pilot script draft to further develop alongside a mentor during the Fellowship
Application Materials:
Fellowship application
Personal statement
Brief questionnaire
Two samples of narrative storytelling (The development sample must be a pilot script. Other writing samples may include but are not limited to pilot scripts, feature screenplays, short stories, personal essays, produced short form content, slam poetry, plays, audio-drama scripts, etc.)
For questions & more information, send email to: fellowship@circleofconfusion.com
4. TYA TOURING PRODUCTION COMMISSION
DEADLINE: January 5th
WEBSITE: paramountaurora.com/tya-touring-production-commission-submission/
Thanks to the support of the NEA’s Arts Work Grant Program, we are proud to announce the commission of a new play with music for young audiences that will tour greater-Aurora area schools. We will spend the winter and spring of 2021 developing the piece with a workshop reading with the hopes to tour the piece during the 2020-2021 school year.
For our inaugural commission, submissions for this award are open only to writers of color.
Commissions: One proposal will be awarded with a commission of $3,000
TO APPLY, A PLAYWRIGHT MUST DIGITALLY SUBMIT:
A one-page play proposal for a new or in progress, 45-60 minute, unwritten theatre for young audiences play with music
A one-page resume
A 3-5 page sample scene
One of your finished plays, for reference only
A completed submission application form
All materials can be submitted to: school@paramountarts.com
with the subject line: TYA Commission Submission
PROPOSALS FOR NEW PLAYS MUST:
Center the story around global majority people (non-white), particularly interested in stories that center around Mexican-American stories (44% of Aurora’s population)
Utilize four performers or fewer
Explain the use of singular, flexible or representational scenic elements understanding this play will be toured to schools with various kinds of performance spaces
Demonstrate how the use of music will play a role in your script
Demonstrate how audience members will be engaged in the storytelling (this could be audience participation of some kind, perhaps they assist in creating an environment, or contribute to the music making)
ELIGIBILITY RULES:
Playwrights will need to complete the submission form
Submissions may only be from playwrights of color
Playwrights must reside in the United States
One submission per playwright
Submissions must be emailed by 11:59PM CST on January 5, 2021
Commission contracts will be offered in February of 2021, and will be announced upon signing.
Questions? Email us at school@paramountarts.com
5. NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE
DEADLINE: January 8th
WEBSITE: https://namt.org/newmusicals/festival-submissions/
Last year, the 32nd Festival of New Musicals was the first year all writers can submit an application to be considered for the Festival free-of-charge. In keeping with previous years, submissions to the Festival will require an endorsement from an industry professional, but there will be no cost associated with on-time submissions regardless of who is endorsing the piece.
The eight shows selected each year to be presented at the NAMT Festival are given the full support of NAMT to ensure a quality presentation and experience for everyone involved. NAMT takes on full responsibility for producing the Festival, including financial and administrative components.
We expect writers to be hands-on throughout the entire process, from casting through sound check and the presentations. Being part of the NAMT Festival as a writer is a time-consuming, intensive process, and writers who participate need to be able to commit fully and enthusiastically. Writers are required to be at rehearsals (starting about 10 days out) and at all related events happening around rehearsals and the Festival so they can maximize their experience and exposure. Each writer will be given an honorarium in appreciation of their talent and time and to help cover any related personal expenses. Writers will neither pay fees to NAMT, nor does NAMT take any percentage of future royalties. After the Festival, each writer will become a NAMT Festival Alumni Writer, joining a group of over 400 past Festival writers, and will receive invitations to future Alumni events like roundtables and conferences. The writers will also continue to receive assistance from the NAMT office whenever possible to help further develop their musicals and their careers.
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6. SESAME STREET WORKSHOP
DEADLINE: January 10th
WEBSITE: https://sesamewritersroom.org/
Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room is a writing fellowship from the creators of Sesame Street. And we’re looking for YOU! Fresh new writing talent from underrepresented racial backgrounds. Emerging storytellers who are selected to join the Writers’ Room will receive hands-on writing experience guided by Sesame Street veterans and other media industry leaders. Each participant will develop and write a pilot script for their own original kids concept. Past fellows have gone on to develop their own original content with Sesame Workshop, as well as write for Sesame Street and various programs at Nickelodeon, Disney, DreamWorks, and more!
-Up to 8 writers from underrepresented racial backgrounds will be selected
-Includes eight, three-hour sessions on creating original children's content
-Learn from industry writers, producers, agents and executives
-Complete at least one original script during the program
-Up to two participants will have the opportunity to receive creative development deals and further mentorship
Eligibility Checklist
-Participants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
-Participants must be 21+ years old
-Must come from an underrepresented racial group
-No extensive media writing experience, such as having written more than six episodes for a network or cable scripted/narrative series
-Participants must be able to attend all eight weekly sessions which will be held from May to July.
7. LEAH RYAN’S FUND FOR EMERGING WRITERS
DEADLINE January 11th
WEBSITE: http://leahryansfeww.com
All women, trans women, and non-binary playwrights who consider themselves emerging (as distinct from fledgling or mid-career playwrights) are eligible to apply for the 2021 Leah Ryan’s FEWW Prize. Playwrights from all over the world are encouraged to apply, but the play must be written in English. Eligibility does not require that a submitted work adhere to the traditional three-act structure. One-acts, two-acts (even four-, five-, six- acts), monologues, adaptations, and any other wild (or deceptively tame) format will be considered with equal seriousness. The only absolute requirement is that the submitted text be a completed full-length work for theater.
The fee to apply is $10, which assists in covering our Submittable expenses. The winner will be chosen by readers selected by the board members of Leah Ryan’s FEWW. They will receive a cash prize of $2,500, a workshop at the Vassar Powerhouse Theater, and a reading of the play in New York City.
Finalists will be contacted in mid-March and will have one week within which to submit
their full play.
8. MCKNIGHT FELLOWSHIPS IN PLAYWRITING
DEADLINE: Jan 14th
WEBSITE: https://pwcenter.org/programs/mcknight-fellowships-in-playwriting
The McKnight Foundation, a family foundation based in Minnesota, advances a more just, creative, and abundant future where people and planet thrive. The McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting recognizes and supports mid-career playwrights living and working in Minnesota who demonstrate a sustained body of work, commitment, and artistic excellence. The fellowship, which runs July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022, includes: a $25,000 stipend, an additional $2,500 to support a play development workshop and other professional expenses, and $1,400 in travel funds. Applicants must reside in and have the legal right to work in the U.S. during the fellowship term. Applicants must have been continuous residents of Minnesota since January 14, 2020, and must maintain residency in Minnesota during the fellowship year. Applicants must have a minimum of one work fully produced by a professional theater at the time of application. Recipients of 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 McKnight Artist Fellowships in any discipline are not eligible. Full-time students are not eligible. Staff and board members of the McKnight Foundation and the Playwrights' Center and their immediate family members are not eligible. Fellowship recipients may not receive any other Playwrights' Center fellowships, grants, or Core Writer program benefits during the grant year. If a recipient is a Core Writer, the Core term will be extended by one year. Applicants may only apply for one McKnight Artist Fellowship each year in any discipline.
Each application will contain the following pieces:
-Application Form (including contact details, eligibility, and demographic information)
-Playwriting Resume: Please note clearly which productions listed on your resume (if any) meet the criteria for being "fully produced by a professional theater." Professional productions are defined as productions for which the author and primary artists (actors, directors, and creative collaborators) were reasonably compensated and that received at least three public performances each. Ten-minute or one-act plays and university, college, secondary school, amateur, and Equity showcase/waiver productions are not considered full professional productions. Productions that open after January 14, 2021 do not count.
-Artistic Statement: Use this statement to describe your artistic goals and vision as a theater maker. This is also an opportunity to provide context for the play you submitted and discuss how it fits into your larger body of work and how you envision your work developing.
-Full-length play script: A full-length play generally runs at least one hour. All script submissions must be written only by the applicant—no cowritten submissions will be accepted. Scripts for musicals may be submitted by the book writer only. If you have previously received a McKnight Artist Fellowship, this script must have been completed after that fellowship year.
-References: Please list two individuals who are familiar with your work as a playwright and who we may contact during the evaluation process.
Questions may be addressed to Artistic Programs Manager Julia Brown at juliab@pwcenter.org.
9. THE BLACK LIST & GOOGLE ASSISTANT STORYTELLING FELLOWSHIP
DEADLINE: January 15th
WEBSITE:
www.blcklst.com/partnerships/opportunities/90#:~:text=The%20Black%20List%20is%20pleased,that%20highlights%20contemporary%20stories%20and
The Black List is pleased to partner with Google Assistant to present the 2020-2021 Black List & Google Assistant Storytelling Fellowship, which will provide financial and creative support in the development and execution of a new original feature film script or pilot that highlights contemporary stories and perspectives from historically underrepresented communities.
Up to five writers will receive $20,000 each for the purpose of supporting those writers for six months as they work to draft their new feature screenplays and/or teleplays. During the course of those six months, the Black List and Google Assistant will also pair each fellowship recipient with a screenwriting mentor.
Pitches should be contemporary in nature and avoid violence and/or illegal activity as the premise of the story. Completed scripts can include the natural helpfulness of technology in everyday life, but shouldn’t be focused around technology or from a dystopian view. At the end of the Fellowship, each recipient would provide Google with a copy of their new draft along with a report addressing how the grant has been used to advance their work.
THE SELECTION PROCESS
Opt-ins will be open until midnight on Friday, January 15, 2021. On Monday, January 18, 2021, up to 15 writers will be invited, based on the strength of their scripts as determined by the Black List, to submit a one-page personal statement and professional resume. Those materials will be due on Friday, January 22, 2020. From those submissions, up to five (5) writers will be selected by the Black List and Google Assistant to receive the 2020-2021 Storytelling Fellowship.
10. THE NEUKOM INSTITUTE LITERARY ARTS AWARD FOR PLAYWRITING
DEADLINE: January 15th
WEBSITE: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/neukominstitutelitawards/how-to-enter/
The arts have always had strong creative connections to the sciences, including computational science. Acting as a gadfly for the good, provocateur and satirist when the sciences overreach, but also far-seeing prophets of scientific potential. The arts are among the areas that computational sciences has transformed, not only through its impact on modes of production of artwork, but also as a formative influence on its themes and motivations, notably in the fields of speculative fiction as well as the dramatic arts. To that end, the Neukom Institute is proud to announce three prizes for creative work in the arts.
Submission Requirements:
Full-length plays and other full length works for theater addressing the question “What does it mean to be a human in a computerized world?”
Submissions must include
An anonymized (blinded) copy of the piece
Playwright resume/bio
Production history of the piece
1 page statement of purpose that answers the following questions:
A. How does your piece address the theme of exploring humanity in our computerized, digital world?
B. What are your goals for this piece in its current form?
C. The winning piece will receive two readings: one at VoxFest at Dartmouth College in July 2021, and the second at Northern Stage in White River Junction, VT, during the 2021/2022 season. How would you use this two-part development process to achieve these goals?
Questions? Email Emma Orme at vox@voxtheater.org
Playwrights can submit using this form.
Honorarium
Each award comes with an honorarium of $5,000. The winner of the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Playwriting will also receive two readings: one at VoxFest at Dartmouth College in July 2021, and the second at the New Works Now Festival at Northern Stage in White River Junction, VT, during the 2021-2022 season.
11. BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP
DEADLINE: January 15th
WEBSITE: http://www.bfny.org/en/apply
Bogliasco Fellowships are awarded to gifted individuals working in all the disciplines of the Arts and Humanities without regard to nationality, age, race, religion or gender.
To be eligible for the award of a Fellowship, applicants should demonstrate significant achievement in their disciplines, commensurate with their age and experience. Please note that Bogliasco Fellowships are not awarded to students currently in a degree-granting program. The Foundation gives preference to those whose applications suggest that they would be comfortable working in an intimate, international, multilingual community of scholars and artists.
Bogliasco Fellowships include full room and board, plus the use of a private studio. The cost of transportation to and from the Bogliasco Study Center is the responsibility of Fellows and their accompanying spouses/partners.
12. 2021 AUSTIN LATINX NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
DEADLINE: January 15th
WEBSITE: https://teatrovivo.org/austin-latinx-new-play-festival/
Teatro Vivo is pleased to announce the call for entries for the 2021 Austin Latinx New Play Festival (ALNPF), presented in collaboration with ScriptWorks, to be read on a digital platform May 13 to May 15, 2021. All playwrights are invited to submit original scripts that speak to the diverse Latinx experience. We are looking for plays that would resonate with our Teatro Vivo and Austin, TX audience. Plays can be monolingual or multilingual. Plays will then be blind read and scored by a diverse panel of readers. Four scripts will be selected for presentation at the festival, including one play by a currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate university student, and one play for young audiences. Selected plays will be announced by February 21st, 2021.
Eligible plays must be original, full-length works with a minimum 50-minute run time and a max of 10 roles, or include a breakdown of doubling. Additionally, plays must align with the Teatro Vivo mission statement, be focused on Latinx lives, and must not have been produced before the 2021 ALNPF or already scheduled for production in 2021. Now in its ninth year, the ALNPF provides an opportunity for playwrights to hear, see, and receive feedback on their original work. The festival brings each playwright together with a dramaturg, director, and actors to bring their play to life as a staged reading in front of an audience (online this year due to COVID). Additionally, the selected works will receive a preliminary reading in March and a period of about one month for playwrights to work with dramaturgs to revise and continue to develop their play.
Playwrights of the selected pieces will collaborate with a dramaturg and directors hired by Teatro Vivo and Scriptworks. Playwrights must be available to attend the preliminary reading of their play on March 29th, 2021, and the online public readings in May (13th-15th), and participate in a facilitated talk back on zoom with the audience immediately following the public reading. The Austin Latinx New Play Festival will take place virtually this year as we continue to work around the current pandemic. Submissions can be sent to teatrovivoaustin@gmail.com
13. HELEN WURLITZER FOUNDATION RESIDENCY (TAOS, NM)
DEADLINE: January 18th
WEBSITE: https://wurlitzerfoundation.org/apply
To apply for an artist residency, submit an application form (below) along with the application fee and required work samples.
The annual deadline for applications is January 18th to be considered for a residence grant the following calendar year. Online applications must be received, and mailed applications must be postmarked, by January 18th. Grantees will be notified of their fellowship awards in June. For more info read the FAQs online.Online applications received between now and 11:59PM MST, Jan. 18 2020 will be considered for residency grants in 2021. Supplemental work samples sent via mail must be postmarked by January 21st!
14. PLAYWRIGHTS CENTER CORE WRITER PROGRAM
DEADLINE: January 21st
WEBSITE: https://pwcenter.slideroom.com/#/login/program/57618
The Core Writer Program is a three-year appointment designed to support a diverse group of playwrights who demonstrate a sustained body of work, commitment, and artistic excellence. The program is available to emerging and established writers nationally and offers significant resources intended to further a playwright's career.
The Core Writer program gives 25-35 of the most exciting playwrights from across the country the time and tools to develop new work for the stage. All Core Writers receive play development workshops with the Center, in collaboration with prominent directors, actors, dramaturgs, and designers. All writers are paid for their workshop time. Core Writers are eligible to be included in our formal season of public readings: the PlayLabs festival and the Ruth Easton New Play Series.
Core Writers are also promoted by the Center and provided opportunities through an extensive network of colleges and universities, cultural institutions, and producing theaters. Each term is three years; Core Writers may reapply for additional terms.
Applicants must reside in and have the legal right to work in the U.S. It is not required for an applicant to have had professional productions in order to apply. However, please note that this program is highly competitive and is designed for committed professional playwrights who are pursuing playwriting as their primary career. Students enrolled in a full-time educational program are not eligible. The Core Writer term will be July 1, 2021-June 30, 2024.
15, NEXTFEST2021
DEADLINE: January 21st
WEBSITE: https://nextfest.ca
The Nextfest Arts Company invites interested emerging artists to submit for Nextfest 2021. Nextfest is a multi-disciplinary emerging arts festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada running June 3- 13, 2021.
The Nextfest Arts Company defines emerging artists as:
any artist within the first ten years of their career
an artist who is NOT represented by any organization or union (ACTRA, EQUITY, IATSE, PGC, DGC, ADC, etc.)
an artist who is NOT represented by an agent or agency
If accepted as part of the festival, projects and scripts will be presented at one of the following three levels:
Reading – dramaturgy and mentorship offered to playwrights, actors reading scripts for an audience, talkback after a performance
Progress Showing – dramaturgy and mentorship offered to playwright/production, play produced with limited tech for the audience reading and talkback after the performance.
Full Production – dramaturgy and mentorship offered to playwright/production, play produced will full tech and multiple performances
PITCH A PROJECT
This submission form is to be used for projects which would be considered for the main stages but do not use traditional theatre scripts – ie: Sketch Groups, Improv Groups, Cabarets, Comedy, Performance Art, Poetry, etc.
To submit a script please fill out this form: Theatre Mainstage – Pitch A Project Submission Form
Please provide any other related written documents in WORD DOCUMENT or PDF
FORMAT ONLY to ELLEN CHORLEY, Festival Director ellen@nextfest.ca with the subject line NEXTFEST 2021 PROJECT SUBMISSION.
This may include any documents related to your project; CVs of yourself and any other artist involved; A short bio of the lead project artist; SUBMIT A SCRIPT
16. THE MIRANDA FAMILY FOUNDATION VOCES LATINX NATIONAL PLAYWRITING COMPETITION
DEADLINE: February 1st
WEBSITE: www.repertorio.nyc/opportunities
The Miranda Family Foundation Voces Latinx National Playwriting Competition is to discover, develop, promote and amplify Latinx plays and playwrights. Repertorio Español is now in its 53rd season and 2nd decade of championing new works through playwriting initiatives. To that end, this competition and our theatre will prepare the way for an American Theatre that is reflective and representative of the Pan Latinx Community. An endeavor that becomes increasingly more important.
QUALIFICATIONS
Latinx culture, history, ideals and characters must be central to the play submitted. The community must be accurately depicted and the focus of the work.
No screenplays, one act plays, adaptations or translations will be accepted.
New and un-produced plays preferred. Plays that have had readings or a workshop production are acceptable.
All plays must be original and full-length (minimum running time: 75 minutes) and can be written in Spanish and/or English.
The competition is inclusive of all playwrights who are at least 18 years of age and residents of the United States or Puerto Rico.
17. TABLEWORK PRESS
DEADLINE: February 1st
WEBSITE: https://www.tableworkpress.org/submissions
Table Work Press publishes and advocates for promising plays. Now in our second season, we look forward to continuing our mission of championing playwrights whose work is important, pressing, and worth writing home about. Our 2020-21 open submission period for full-length plays will be held from December, 2020 until February, 2021. Selected plays will be published, and playwrights will receive a $500 stipend, a cut of profits, and their play will be shared with TWP’s network of partner organizations. Playwrights who are not selected to be published this season may be invited to partner for other opportunities.
Full-length, unpublished script
A 10-page sample from your play (Note: this sample can be from anywhere within the play, but please be sure to provide any context necessary for reading your sample within the document.)
A one-to-two page artist statement. Artist statements give us an opportunity to learn more about you, your process, and your work, and may address the following questions:
Who are you, and how have you gotten to where you are?
Why are you choosing to submit this play, and where is it in its development?
What are your goals for your play and how can TWP help you achieve those goals?
What are your core values as a playwright?
Additionally, you’ll be asked to provide us with a short one-to-two sentence synopsis of your play. All 10-page samples will be read by a minimum of two readers, and all applicants will be notified of their status in the Spring of 2021.
We are unable to consider musicals at this time and ask that each writer submit only one play for consideration. Please note that due to the volume of submissions, we will only consider the first play submitted by each writer in the event of multiple submissions. Please feel free to reach out to us with any updated materials, questions, or concerns at admin@tableworkpress.org.
18. NOOSPHERE ARTIST RESIDENCY
DEADLINE: February 4th
WEBSITE: http://www.noosphere-arts.nyc/residency-award
Dedicated to bringing art from elsewhere to New York, NOoSPHERE Arts’ all-volunteer team of artists & curators keeps seeking new ways to accomplish our goal: to offer the U.S. audience access to current art from other countries and to bring creative people together for artistic cross-pollination and transnational collaborations.
NOoSPHERE Arts’ current presentation platforms include Mothership NYC, a live-work space with a huge outdoor stage in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Also founded and run by NOoSPHERE Arts’ director, this community of international creatives has a complementary mission: “to support and promote artists across multiple disciplines through residencies, public shows and collaborative opportunities; build sustainable transnational artist networks; and help retain creative forces in New York City.”
In collaboration with the Mothership Crew, we are pleased to offer the annual grant program NOoSPHERE Arts Residency Award: Once a year, we provide a month-long residency free of charge to one talented artist or curator of any nationality. Selected by a committee of peers, the award winner will spend their time on board Mothership NYC developing a creative project for presentation to the NYC audience under the aegis of NOoSPHERE Arts.
Disciplines:
The residency program is open to all media, but the private workspace is most suitable for the following disciplines: visual art, painting, drawing, writing, film, theater, dance, performing arts, filmmaking, animation, new media, and curatorial.
Accommodation:
The resident stays in private living quarters in the Mothership NYC live-work community housing 5-6 artists total.
The private workspace comes with a desk, easel, bare walls to work on and WiFi. Kitchen, lounge, and bathrooms are shared.
For pictures of the space, please see www.mothership.nyc/artist-residency.
Financial Support:
The award winner receives one month’s free accommodation in private live-work space. We will also cover the reception costs and assistance with logistics for awardee’s final show. Travel costs, art supplies and living expenses are award winner’s own responsibility.
Artist Contribution:
We expect the awardee to give a slide talk about their work at Mothership’s monthly artists’ salon and to present their residency project at a public event towards the end of their month-long stay.
19. THE PLAYWRIGHTS REALM
DEADLINE: Feb. 7th
WEBSITE: https://playwrightsrealm.org/submit
The Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship Program awards four early-career playwrights with nine months of resources, workshops and feedback designed to help them reach their professional and artistic goals. Over the course of the season, Fellows develop a single new play. Monthly group meetings provide a collaborative, energizing space for writers to share and refine their work. One-on-one meetings with The Realm’s artistic staff support each writer’s specific artistic process. Fellows work with a director, design consultants, and actors over the course of two readings to see their work come to life. Professional development resources are also an integral part of the program and are tailored to the individual group of Writing Fellows. Mentor opportunities, meet-and-greets, and professional seminars are designed to shed light on the business of theatre, and empower the Fellows to be active, informed participants in their own careers. The culminating event of the program is our INK’D Festival, which features a public reading of each Fellow’s play.
Writing Fellows Receive $3,000 Award, Internal reading, Public reading, Professional development activities, Access to Realm office resources, An occasional hug
What We’re Looking For
Above all, we look for dedicated early-career writers who crave a long-term, rigorous development process. We value intellectual curiosity, imagination and bravery. We love plays with evocative language, plays that contemplate big, unanswerable questions, that embrace the complexity of life, and demonstrate an understanding of the possibilities of dramatic storytelling. And of course, plays that are inherently theatrical—that could never be anything other than a play! As a playwright-centric company hoping to help create the next generation of successful playwrights, we believe it is our responsibility to ensure that the playwrights and the stories we support fully reflect the diversity of the society we live in. As such, we encourage writers and stories with unique cultural perspectives, experiences and backgrounds.
20. 2021 JEROME EMERGING ARTIST RESIDENCY
Deadline: February 15th
WEBSITE:theandersoncenter.submittable.com/submit/174353/2021-jerome-emerging-artist-residency-for-mn-nyc-artists
The Anderson Center’s Jerome Emerging Artist Residency Program offers month-long residency-fellowships at Tower View to a cohort of early-career artists from Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City for concentrated, uninterrupted creative time to advance their personal artistic goals and projects.
The program aims to meet the specific needs of emerging artists while welcoming them into a supportive and inspiring residency environment that empowers them to take risks, embrace challenges, and utilize unconventional approaches to problem-solving.
Thanks to support from the Jerome Foundation, selected emerging artists receive $625/week in honoraria, documentation support, art-making resources, facilitation of community connections, lodging & studio space, a travel stipend, groceries, and chef-prepared communal dinners.
Located at the historic Tower View estate, a venerable research-and-development lab for the arts rooted in an expansive natural setting, the program is an ideal fit for early-career artists whose work reveals a significant potential for cultural and community impact, is technically accomplished, engages diverse communities.
The Anderson Center’s goal is for connections participating artists make with one another, as well as connections made with other creatives and community members, to outlast the duration of their residency visit. The organization believes that the environment and resources of Tower View, along with an exchange of ideas across disciplines, can serve as a catalyst for new inspiration and innovative directions for the work emerging artists create while in residence.
Jury review will take place in late February and early March. Applicants will be notified by March 4 at the latest as to the status of their application. A phone interview process with finalists will take place in late March following a second round of jury review. Selected artist residents, wait-list and runners-up will be notified by April 5, 2021.
Artists must be legal residents of Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City to be eligible to apply. To be considered, eligible artists must submit an application through the Anderson Center’s online form via Submittable. Please contact Adam Wiltgen at 651-388-2009 x4 or adam@andersoncenter.org for any questions.
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