March 2012 List of Contests and Competitions for playwrights
1. Orange Hanky Production Call for New Plays Deadline: rolling
Orange Hanky Productions is accepting submissions of original gay plays for our sixth reading series this June. Orange Hanky’s mission is to produce original plays which raise the bar on gay theater, tackling the issues facing gay people in a truthful, raw and fresh way. OHP seeks out plays which break new ground in the representation of gay characters, plays in which simply being gay is not in and of itself the conflict. Orange Hanky’s productions present situations which are uniquely gay but are motivated by needs and fears which resonate with everyone, regardless of sexuality. Submitted plays should be between one and two hours in length, and must contain significant LGBT content. Please, per our mission statement, no plays dealing with being in the closet or coming out.
Plays may have had prior readings and workshops, but must never have had a production in New York. To apply, please email to orangehanky@gmail.com your script and, in a separate document, a cover letter, including your contact information, the title of the play, a brief description of the piece, and (if applicable) the play’s previous reading, workshop and non-NY production history. For more information, visit our website at www.orangehanky.com.
2. The Civilians Global Call for Submissions from The Civilians for Occupy Your Mind Hi! I' sharing this here project I'm coordinating with The Civilians in Brooklyn. This grassroots project is called Occupy Your Mind which is dedicated to collecting the living history of the Occupy movement through interviews and live performances shared online. We intend this to be our largest Investigative Theater project yet. All performances and scripts will be posted on http://occupythecivilians.tumblr.com/ which will then be able to be downloaded and shared with everybody for them to watch or re-perform in their communities. This is a fabulous project to do and also to assign if any of you are teaching docu-drama/investigative theater. email me with any questions about the project. We're looking forward to hearing all those Occupy Stories!!! The Civilians / Occupy Your Mind thecivilians.org 23 hours ago 3. DRAMATISTS GUILD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Deadline: May 4th **IMPORTANT CHANGE: This year, we will be accepting electronic submissions ONLY.** E-mail all submissions to fellows@dramatistsguild.com. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants will be eligible for the program with one 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 five years; or 3) Comparable experience, 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 telling us why you would like to participate in the Dramatists Guild Playwriting Fellowship Program; 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: Please submit a cover letter telling us why you would like to participate in the Dramatists Guild Musical Theater Fellowship Program; 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, and a brief synopsis of the musical. 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. **PLEASE NOTE: 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. Unfortunately, we cannot accept people who write only lyrics or only music without a writing partner, as we cannot pair collaborators. The cover letter and materials submitted should make it clear whether you and your collaborator are applying as a team or whether you write both music and 4. Princess Grace Deadline: March 31st Essentially, 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 residency (including transportation costs) at New Dramatists, Inc. in New York City • Inclusion of script in New Dramatists’ library • National distribution of the recipient’s script to scriptshare subscribers for the duration of the fellowship • Opportunity for winning play to be licensed and published by Samuel French, Inc. Apply: http://www.pgfusa.com/uploads/2012%20Princess%20Grace%20Playwriting%20Application.pdf 5. A&E Development Pipeline Deadline: April 3rd A&E Network and the NYTVF are teaming up for the second installment of an innovative program seeking original unscripted television treatments from independent artists and production companies. Producers should focus on treatments that focus on big characters in exciting and fresh worlds that are highly entertaining and of the moment. Twenty-five semi-finalists will be reviewed by the network with five finalists receiving development funding to produce additional tape. Finally, one winner will receive $10,000 and the opportunity to participate in the production of a pilot based on their concept. A screening committee of NYTVF officials will narrow the pool of entrants down to 25 semi-finalists. These semi-finalists will be presented to A&E development executives, who will select five finalists, each of whom will receive notes on their projects and $2,500 to shoot short presentations, exploring their subject, under the guidance of an A&E approved production partner. One winner, selected by A&E, will be awarded $10,000 and he/she will participate in the production of the pilot. 6. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Deadline: starts March 15- May 1st No applicant may have earned more than $5,000 writing for film or television. Scripts should be in standard form, approximately 90-120 pages. Only PDF screenplays submitted through online application are accepted. Equal collaborations by exactly two writers are eligible. Adaptations of another person's work are not eligible, even if that work is in the public domain or if the entrant has acquired rights to the work. Awards: Up to five $35,000 fellowships. Prize includes plane ticket to Los Angeles and one week hotel accommodations for each out of town finalist and fellow; industry seminars; lunch with Nicholl Committee; Awards Dinner. Check out website: www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html 7. Laity Theatre Company Deadline: March 15th Laity Theatre Company is always seeking unproduced and unpublished materials for readings or workshops. We're open to works for women, people of color, young audiences and people with disabilities. Preferred Genre(s): Plays: Drama or Comedy, Musicals. Preferred Length: Any length. Submission Materials: Query, synopsis, 15pg sample or complete play. For musicals send only 3 - 4 songs MP3's of where they fit in the musical and a piano - vocal score of those songs. NO LEAD SHEETS. Application Packet: http://www.nytvf.com/documents/nytvf12_ae_entrypacket.pdf 8. InterAct Theatre 20/20 New Play Commissions Deadline May 1st InterAct Theatre Company is pleased to announce that the fifth round of submissions for its 20/20 New Play Commissions will have a deadline of Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Long established as one of the country’s most devoted producers of provocative new plays, InterAct seeks to use the 20/20 Commissions to fund the most adventurous, complex, and dramatically interesting plays of tomorrow. Commissions should embrace and explore the wide range of stories that unfold when the larger forces of our world impact the individual. Twelve commissions and grants have already been awarded to plays ranging in style from hard-hitting drama to absurdist surrealism. For this round of commissions we want to focus on our hometown. Plays that speak strongly to or about Philadelphia will be given extra consideration, as will locally grown writers. However, submissions are NOT LIMITED to Philly and Philadelphians. Passion is the most important part of your proposal. Also keep in mind that two plays recently submitted as both a sample play and a development grant - IN A DAUGHTER'S EYES by A. Zell Williams and MICROCRISIS by Mike Lew - ended up receiving productions on our main stage. So there is additional value to submitting a proposal! About InterAct Theatre Company InterAct Theatre Company, located in Philadelphia, PA, is the home of America's most thought-provoking plays. In its twenty-four seasons, InterAct has introduced Philadelphia audiences to a canon of plays exploring the most important issues of the past two decades: From the fall of communism to the rise of fundamentalism, from religious extremism to American consumerism, from AIDS to genocide. Satire, farce or drama: an InterAct play will always provoke thought and spark dialogue. InterAct is a founding member of the National New Play Network and the Philadelphia New Play Initiative. About InterAct’s 20/20 Commissions There are two types of awards associated with the program: • Development Awards (ranging from $500-$1000) - through which InterAct commits funds toward the further development of a play, including dramaturgical consultation, private and public readings and workshops. Development Awards are given to works already in progress, but not yet production ready. • New Play Commissions (ranging from $5000-$10,000) - in which a new and wholly or substantially unwritten play is commissioned and similarly aided in its development by InterAct. Up-to-Date Playwriting CV: Be sure to include the development history, if any, of the proposed work. One copy of a previously completed full-length script: Submitted scripts need not have received previous productions for submission. If possible, please submit a script that fits within InterAct’s central mission. If you do not feel that you have a script suitable to our mission, you may send whatever script you feel best exemplifies the quality and style of your writing. Please note: The postmark deadline for completed fifth cycle applications is Midnight EST May 1, 2012, and InterAct will notify all playwrights of its decision via email by September 17, 2012. All parts of the application should be submitted as PDFs sent to 2012commissions@interacttheatre.org. Please label the PDFs clearly following this format: - Jean Genet Statement - Jean Genet CV - Jean Genet The Maids (Sample) - Jean Genet The Balcony (DA Submission) Only full-length plays are eligible for commission or development. Musicals and bills of related one-act plays will not be considered. Collaborations are welcome. For all 20/20 New Play Commissions, InterAct reserves the right of first production. There is no fee to apply. Applications should be emailed to 2012commissions@interacttheatre.org. 9. Egarage.tv Deadline: rolling We are looking for enthusiastic writer for our new media company: www.egarage.tv. This company produces shows with a social network interface, is looking for talented writers who can write generic comedy script, monologues, skits and up to date political comedy/satire with a progressive liberal bent. Pays $10-50 a clip, on production. Send submissions and personal info to Submissions@egarage.tv To join egarage community, sign up at egarage.tv 10. Orange Tea Theatre Deadline: March 19th Orange Tea Theatre Company is an exciting new English language theatre company based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We are appealing for a new play to be performed here late spring or early summer. This would be a great opportunity for someone looking to have a world or European premiere of his or her writing, and an opportunity to build a relationship with a budding company. Please read our guidelines carefully before submission. Guidelines: It can only have 2-4 characters total, and it will be performed by actors ranging mid 20’s-mid 30’s. It must be full length and run between 1 to 1.5 hours It must have a contemporary voice, reflect our modern society and be understood by a Eurocentric audience. Please send your play with a 100 word breakdown of the content to orangeteatheatre@gmail.com no later than 19 March 2012. You will be notified by mid- April if your play has been accepted. Please note we may receive a high volume of plays and we will only be able respond critically to our top choices. Payment is subject to funding. More information about our company may be found at www.orangeteatheatre.com. 11. Laundromat Project Deadline: March 23rd RULES: http://www.laundromatproject.org/cc-residency-application-guidelines Eligibility Artists of color…with a demonstrated creative practice and who are interested in (or already) making socially-engaged art. Proposed projects can use any medium or artistic genre as long as it can be adapted to a site-specific project in a working coin-op. -who live in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area (including Jersey City and Newark) and Philadelphia. -who are available to fully participate in all residency activities from May – October 2012. -who are not enrolled as a full-time student at any point during the residency. Benefits to Artists The Laundromat Project is able to provide all Create Change participants with: Honorarium ($3000) and production budget ($1000) Access to a rich network of local and national peers, activists, arts professionals, curators, funders, and change agents Opportunity to form a peer network with other area artists on a bi-weekly basis A peer learning process for workshopping your creative vision, sharing strategies, and exchanging ideas Additional opportunities for support as program alumni Additionally, Create Change Public Artists in Residence are resourced with: Support in promoting the public art project and generating participation Support in documenting the work A culminating event that features their Create Change project at the end of the residency cycle 12. Figment 2012 Weekend Deadline: May 1st This year, FIGMENT NYC will take place during the weekend of June 9-10 on Governors Island in New York City. We are seeking proposals for FIGMENT Weekend projects. Projects can include but are not limited to: installations, performances, games, activities, workshops, multimedia, electronic art, music, social experiments, etc. Your FIGMENT Weekend project can be submitted by an individual or collective of individuals. Projects will be selected based on creativity, interactivity, structural integrity, context and impact, sustainability, feasibility, budget, and community involvement. http://newyork.figmentproject.org/participate 13. Van Lier Directing Fellowship Deadline: April 2nd This fellowship designed to give emerging Hispanic/Latino directors an opportunity to mount two professional theater productions at Repertorio Español. Candidates must be Hispanic/Latino and 30 years old or younger. They must also live full time in the five boroughs of New York City. Have completed BA or MFA in dramatic arts and must not be currently enrolled in any university or a full time theatre training program. All applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. The ideal fellows will have some previous experience in directing, an integral knowledge of classical Spanish theatre, contemporary Latin American theatre as well as a familiarity of Hispanic-American playwrights. DEADLINE: Monday, April 2, 2012 at 11:59pm (timestamp) For an application, please send an e-mail as soon as possible expressing your interest to vanlier@repertorio.org with the words “Van Lier” in the subject line. Website: http://repertorio.org 14. Helen Day Art Center Deadline: March 19th Helen Day Art Center is accepting submissions for Exposed, the 21st annual outdoor sculpture exhibition in Stowe, Vermont. This call is open for artists working within the field of sculpture, public art, participatory or social practice, and performance. The exhibition will run from July 8th - October 8th 2011. Application deadline is March 19, 2012. Please see www.helenday.com/exposed for details. 15. Box of Jars Journal Deadline: March 15th Box of Jars Volume Two - Call for Submissions Box of Jars, an online journal of words, music, art, and ideas, is seeking submissions for its second volume. With a unique user experience, Box of Jars presents original work in a variety of media. Submit art, writing, sound, video, or multi-disciplinary work. If it speaks to you, make it speak to us. The submission deadline for Volume Two is March 15. For submission guidelines, visit www.boxofjars.com/Submissions.html Website: http://www.boxofjars.com Website: http://www.helenday.com/exposed
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