1. YADDO
Deadline: January 5th
Website: https://www.yaddo.org/apply/guidelines/
Artists who qualify for Yaddo residencies are working at the professional level in their fields. An abiding principle at Yaddo is that applications for residency are judged on the quality of the artist’s work and professional promise. There are no publication, exhibition, or performance requirements for application.
Artists in all disciplines who are enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs, or are engaged in completing work toward an academic degree at the time of application, are not eligible to apply to Yaddo.
Artists may apply once every other calendar year. For example, if you applied in 2017 (January or August), you will be eligible to apply again in either January or August of 2019.
Yaddo encourages artists of all backgrounds to apply for admission. Yaddo does not discriminate in its programs and activities against anyone on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, disability, HIV status, or veteran status.
Artistic Disciplines
Five admissions panels consider applications to Yaddo in the following disciplines:
-Literature, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, translation, librettos, and graphic novels.
-Visual Art, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and installation art
-Music Composition, including instrumental forms, vocal forms, electronic music, music for film, and sound art
-Performance, including choreography, performance art, multi-media and/or collaborative works incorporating live performance
-Film & Video, including narrative, documentary and experimental films, animation, and screenplays
2. MADISON NEW WORKS LAB
Deadline: January 5th
Website: https://www.jmu.edu/theatredance/about/special-programs.shtml
MNWL is interested in new plays that address contemporary issues with characters that are suitable for college-age actors. Creative teams are given retreat during a one-week residency while working on a new play. During this residency, we provide opportunities for creators to take their new plays into the next stage of development and explore their work with a community of artists in the rehearsal room as well as in front of an audience.
Accommodations
Creative teams are given retreat during a one-week residency while working on a new play. During this residency, we provide opportunities for creators to take their new plays into the next stage of development and explore their work with a community of artists in the rehearsal room as well as in front of an audience. Connecting emerging writers with our students and faculty offers mutually beneficial opportunities for artistic growth in a safe and focused environment.
Round-trip transportation and housing for the playwright
Honorarium for the Playwright
Rehearsal studios and practice rooms in a variety of performance venues.
Access to student performers, selected through an audition process. (Maximum of 8 actors, may include double casting.)
Available resources include director, stage managers, and supportive artistic staff.
3. WOMEN’S PROJECT LAB
Deadline: January 6th
Website: https://wptheater.submittable.com/submit
WP THEATER is the nation’s oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. For over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement towards gender parity, and the example we set and the artists we have fostered have grown into a robust, thriving community of artists in theater and beyond. WP empowers women+ artists of all kinds to reach their full potential, challenging preconceptions about the kinds of plays women write and the stories they tell.
WP LAB: The artistic heart of WP Theater lies in the Lab: a two-year residency for early career women+ playwrights, directors and producers. Selected through a highly competitive process, the Lab provides its members with a vital professional network, entrepreneurial and leadership training, rehearsal space, and most significantly, tangible opportunities for the development and production of bold new work for the stage. In addition to developing their own unique work, the Lab residency culminates in the biennial Pipeline Festival, a festival of five new plays written, directed and produced by the Lab.
The deadline for applications for the 2020-2022 WP Lab is January 06, 2020.
4. LEAH RYAN FUND FOR EMERGING WOMEN WRITERS
Deadline: January 8th
Website: http://www.leahryansfeww.com/apply.html
All women who consider themselves emerging playwrights (as distinct from fledgling or mid-career playwrights) are eligible to apply for the 2018 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 winner will be chosen by a readers committee selected by the board members of Leah Ryan's FEWW, and will be presented her award as part of the 2018 Lily Awards, which honors the work of women in American theater. In addition, the winner will receive a cash prize of $2,500, a workshop at the Vassar Powerhouse Theater, and a reading of her play in New York City. A stipend of up to $700 for travel and accommodation will be provided by FEWW if necessary.
5. BRICworkspace RESIDENCY
Deadline: January 9th
Website: bricartsmedia.org/ARTIST-OPPORTUNITIES/RESIDENCIES/BRICWORKSPACE-RESIDENCY
The BRICworkspace residency program provides emerging and mid-career artists the resources and support to make a significant commitment to their practice, as well as critical feedback and exposure of their work. The 2020 summer residency for Brooklyn-affiliated visual artists offers free studio space in the Artist's Studio and Project Room at BRIC House (647 Fulton St) in Downtown Brooklyn.
ARTISTS RECEIVE:
-3-month Rent-free studio space at BRIC House. Studios are approximately 225 square feet.
-Artists are provided with a modest stipend for materials.
-Studio visits with curatorial staff from BRIC and other local NY institutions.
-Open Studio event takes place at the end of the residency.
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
-Weekly sessions will take place at the Sesame Workshop NYC offices in Summer 2020 (early May through mid-July)
-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 Check List
-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 in NYC, which will be held from early May to mid-July. Travel and lodging expenses are the participant's sole responsibility.
7. ANT Fest 2020
Deadline: January 15th
Website: https://arsnovanyc.com/Apply_ANTFest
We’re now accepting submissions for our twelfth annual ANT Fest, a festival of All New Talent showcasing new work from New York’s most adventurous emerging artists. ANT Fest 2020 will run through the month of June — to check out last year’s lineup, click here.
Every June, Ars Nova throws open our doors to the next wave of pioneering, hybrid theater-makers and fills our stage with their most dynamic ideas. We’re on the prowl for artists with diverse viewpoints and impressive skills, who see the future of live entertainment and want the chance to try out their ideas on stage. As an artist-driven festival, ANT Fest brings together an eclectic network of creators who feed our artistic community all year long.
We’re interested in unique, innovative projects that span traditional genre boxes (theater, comedy, music, burlesque, drag, variety arts or anything else you can think of) in an exciting way to tell a story, make us laugh, or showcase musicians with a vibrant new sound. This is the place to pitch that crazy show you’ve been dying for an excuse to make! We’re waiting for you.
TO APPLY:
Please fill out the online application form and submit it along with:
-A short description of your evening (one page max)
-An Artist Statement that describes what makes your key creator(s) tick and why you want to make this show (one page max)
-Samples of your key creator(s) work
-Bios or resumes for key creator(s)
-A range of unique submissions will each be given a night to perform in Ars Nova’s intimate -Off-Broadway theater and the opportunity to be a part of artist-driven events throughout the festival. Artists of color and all theater-makers with wide-ranging viewpoints are strongly encouraged to apply.
8. MACDOWELL COLONY (Summer Residency)
Deadline: Jan. 15th
Website: http://www.macdowellcolony.org/
The MacDowell Colony provides time, space, and an inspiring environment to artists of exceptional talent. A MacDowell Fellowship, or residency, consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for up to eight weeks. There are no residency fees. MacDowell will only accept applications for the upcoming deadline. For the Literature Summer residency (Jun. 1st - Sep. 30th), submissions are due January 15th. MacDowell Fellows are selected by our admissions panels, which are comprised of a revolving group of distinguished professionals in each artistic discipline who serve anonymously for three years.
Eligibility
The Colony accepts applications from artists working in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts. The sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence, which the Colony defines in a pluralistic and inclusive way. MacDowell encourages applications from artists representing the widest possible range of perspectives and demographics, and welcomes artists engaging in the broadest spectrum of artistic practice and investigating an unlimited array of inquiries and concerns. To that end, emerging as well as established artists are invited to apply. Applicants who are enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs as of the date of application are ineligible for a residency and therefore cannot apply. Doctoral candidates who have finished all coursework may apply.
MacDowell is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, physical ability or disability. The Colony offers barrier-free access to its main buildings and some studios. There are no medical facilities or medical personnel on site. MacDowell is situated in a rural area with limited access to medical care facilities. We strongly suggest that applicants with special medical needs contact the Resident Director before applying.
9. BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP (for fall residency)
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.
The Foundation only accepts applications submitted through the online application system. To access the system, you must first register for an account here, where you will also find a list of requirements that we strongly encourage you to read before beginning your application. Once registered, you may login as needed to work on your application by clicking on the "login" button indicated to the left.
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. So also are all project materials and equipment, and any personal expenses incurred during the fellowship period, including medical expenses. Spouses/partners will be charged a daily fee of $25 to help defray the cost of meals and housing.
10. CORKSCREW THEATER FESTIVAL
Deadline: January 17, 2020 (extended)
Website: https://corkscrewfestival.org/
Corkscrew Theater Festival is now accepting submissions for its fourth annual season, which will take place in Summer 2020 from July 30-August 30 at A.R.T./New York’s Mezzanine Theatre (502 W 53rd St, Manhattan). Along with its move uptown from the East Village, the festival will expand its support for artists: for the first time, Corkscrew will provide its five productions with commissioning fees, help in defraying physical production costs, and more. These new initiatives further Corkscrew’s mission to reduce the steep financial and material barriers for early-career artists striving to produce work unreliant on traditional nonprofit and commercial models.
Merging the institutional support of a theater company, the soul of a collective, and the energy of a festival, Corkscrew prioritizes new and underrepresented voices creating spectacularly eclectic, defiantly exhilarating, subversively jubilant theater. Corkscrew selects each season through a free and open submissions process, culminating in a five-week repertory festival of five world premiere productions and five works-in-progress. In addition to the new financial resources, Corkscrew will continue to provide comprehensive dramaturgical, casting, and design support over a months-long developmental process. Each production will receive 9 performances over 2-3 weeks and at least 16 hours of technical rehearsal time.
Corkscrew is not limited in genre, content, or theme – all kinds of theater are welcome. Important criteria for selection include an innovative perspective and adventurous scope for the project, passion for the project from its generating artists, and an understanding of how Corkscrew’s unique development process will serve your goals for the project. Artists may apply with collaborators attached or without; the festival will help connect new collaborators to projects if selected.
The deadline for submissions has been extended to January 17, 2020 at 11:59pm EST. A complete application consists of:
1. A draft of the script, or other document demonstrating the scope and content of the project
2. Lead artist bios
3. One or more work samples (photos, audio, or video)
4. Five short answers accessible on application form
11. VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS: LOVE IS QUEER
Deadline: January 17th
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/villageplaywrights/
The Village Playwrights is seeking submissions for Love Is Queer, staged readings of 10 minute plays to celebrate Valentine's Day on Monday, February 10, 2020 from 7 to 9 pm at St. Johns Church, 81 Christopher, NYC.
The VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS was founded out of the need of Lesbian and Gay writers to have a venue in which they could present their works without fear of being harshly criticized or dismissed because of their sexual orientation or gender identification. The VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS meet at the LGBT Center in New York on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month (8 pm) and welcome all Playwrights, Screenwriters, Directors and Actors to participate in their programs. The VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS take pride in critiquing works solely on their merit and not on their sometimes sensitive subject matter. This allows each writer to find his or her voice as a creative individual. To speak freely is to be empowered.
12. 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!
13. CITY THEATRE
Deadline: February 1-7th
Website: https://citytheatreofindependence.org/playwright-festival/
Subject & Content:
-Scripts shall contain at least two and not more than five characters.
-The subject matter of the story must be women.
-The stage will be bare, with no walls, doors, or floor coverings.
-Set pieces available shall be an overstuffed chair, a sofa, a coffee table, two end tables with lamps, an office desk, a regular table, three regular chairs, and a coat tree. All, or any combination of, these pieces (and these only) may be used. Photographs of the specific pieces are shown below.
Additional information and guidelines:
-All scripts must be submitted electronically via email in .pdf format to: playwrightsubmissionscti@gmail.com
-Playwrights will be notified via e-mail when their manuscript is received.
Scripts must include:
-A separate cover page with the playwright’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and a short biography of the playwright.
-A cast of characters with descriptions
-A brief synopsis
-Numbered pages
THEME: Missouri.
Only the first 75 submissions will be accepted.
14. MCKNIGHT FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: January 20th
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 level of accomplishment, commitment, and artistic excellence. The fellowship term is July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021. The fellowship includes:
$25,000 stipend
$2,500 to support a play development workshop and other professional expenses
$1,400 in travel funds
Past recipients include: Carlyle Brown, Lisa D’Amour, Barbara Field, Keli Garrett, Jeffrey Hatcher, Christina Ham, Cory Hinkle, Carson Kreitzer, May Lee-Yang, Kira Obolensky, Harrison David Rivers, Stacey Rose, and Rhiana Yazzie.
Applicants must have been continuous residents of Minnesota since January 16, 2019, and must maintain residency in Minnesota during the fellowship year. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the United States. Applicants must have a minimum of one full-length work fully produced by a professional theater at the time of application. Recipients of 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 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 and eligibility 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 16, 2020 do not count.
-Artistic Statement
Use this statement to contextualize your work sample and help the panel get to know you as an artist. Describe your artistic goals and vision as a theater maker. You're only submitting one play, but this statement is your opportunity to describe the larger landscape of your work and to discuss your reasons for writing plays.
-Full-length play script
Please be sure your name and the play's title are on the cover page. 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 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.
15. CORE WRITERS PROGRAM
Deadline: January 23rd
Website: https://pwcenter.org/programs/core-writer-program
The intent of the Core Writer Program is to support playwrights who demonstrate a sustained level of accomplishment, commitment, and artistic excellence. Created in recognition of the particular needs of emerging and established writers, the program offers significant resources intended to further a playwright's career and is available to writers nationally.
Playwrights who have benefited from the Core Writer program include Christina Anderson, Trista Baldwin, Lee Blessing, George Brant, Carlyle Brown, Connie Congdon, Marcus Gardley, Jeffrey Hatcher, Sherry Kramer, Carson Kreitzer, Martyna Majok, Melanie Marnich, Winter Miller, Greg Moss, Qui Nguyen, Kira Obolensky, Jen Silverman, and Alice Tuan.
The Core Writer program gives 25-30 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 at the Center in collaboration with prominent directors, actors, dramaturgs, and designers. 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 United States during the Core Writer term. 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.
16. BBC INTERNATIONAL RADIO COMPETITION
Deadline: January 30th
Website: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2K19ftQ7bts6lNlnzQZSXjd/international-radio-playwriting-competition-rules-2020
Entry is only open to anyone who is over the age of 18 as at 31 January 2020 who is not normally a resident of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man (“UK”). Individuals who have lived or worked in the UK on a temporary basis for no more than 12 months at the time of entering the competition are also eligible. Professional and previously published writers are eligible to enter, but this is not a requirement of entry. We may require proof of eligibility.
Entrants should write a radio play of approximately fifty three minutes’ length on any subject of their choice.
THERE ARE A LOT OF RULES AND GUIDELINES, so please check out the website for all the details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2K19ftQ7bts6lNlnzQZSXjd/international-radio-playwriting-competition-rules-2020
17. BRIClab Performance Artist Residency
Deadline: January 30th
Website: www.bricartsmedia.org/artist-opportunities/residencies/briclab-performance-residency
The BRIClab Performance Residency is a commissioning and residency development program for New York City-based performing artists to explore and expand the possibilities of their work in music, dance, theater, and multidisciplinary performance. Free and open exploration and intentional commitment to process—with the support of the staff and resources that BRIC offers—are at the heart of the BRIClab Performance Residency program. Artists receive stipends and an intensive residency in BRIC's Artist Studio with development time, opportunities for artistic mentoring, and work-in-process performances.
Artists receive:
-Exclusive use of the BRIC House Artist Studio for 10-12 days (10AM – 10PM)
-Artist stipend of $1750
-Artistic mentoring
-Technical support from BRIC’s production staff
-Two work-in-process showings (dates/times determined by BRIC)
-Documentation of showings
18. 2020 WRITERS RETREAT FOR EMERGING LGBTQ VOICES
Deadline: February 3rd
Website: www.lambdaliterary.org/writers/subs/11/14/2020-writers-retreat-for-emerging-lgbtq-voices/
Lambda Literary is proud to announce details of the 2020 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, the nation’s premier LGBTQ writer’s workshop and residency. The Retreat will be held August 9-16, 2020 on the campus of Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.
The Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices offers intensive and sophisticated instruction to selected writers over a carefully designed one-week period. The Retreat provides writers access to industry professionals and the opportunity to advance in their craft and careers. It is one of Lambda’s most dynamic initiatives: it represents the future of LGBTQ literature.
Applicants of the Retreat submit prose, poetry or theatrical manuscript pages that are evaluated for craft, creativity and originality. Twelve students per workshop are accepted into the competitive program where they spend the week working on their manuscripts, attending guest lectures led by publishing industry professionals, and participating in public readings in venues around Los Angeles. Ability to pay is in no way part of the decision-making process and scholarships are available. Lambda Writers Retreat Fellows have gone on to publish an impressive array of works.
NOTE: there is a $25 application fee and the week costs $1725 for the artists.
19. HERE ARTS RESIDENCY
Deadline: February 3rd
Website: https://here.org/programs/harp/
One of the most robust residency programs in the country and serving as a national model, HARP provides a commission, development support, career planning, and a full production to hybrid artists, all within a collaborative environment of peers working across disparate art forms – including theatre, dance, music, puppetry, visual art, and new media. HARP provides significant long-term support, as well as $50,000 in cash and $50,000 in space, equipment and services over 2-3 years to tailor each residency to each artist’s individual needs. Through significant investment of time and resources, dynamic work within a strong community is created.
Each spring, we offer a window into the creative process of our nationally recognized HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP). For 19 years, this exploration of new work in development has been known as HERE’s CULTUREMART Festival. As we launch into 2020, we’re ready to embrace a new moniker that better captures the essence of the experience. Welcome to HERE RAW / Resident Artist Works! This year’s program features 7 workshop presentations, at various stages of development, that blur the boundaries between theatre, music, dance, new media, and visual art. HERE RAW / Resident Artist Works 2020 is Feb 23–Mar 1
20. DRAMA LEAGUE: DIRECTING FELLOWSHIP IN TV & FILM
Deadline: February 3rd
Website: https://dramaleague.submittable.com/submit
For many decades, emerging directors felt they had to choose between working on the stage, or working in film and television. The skills sets overlap to some degree, but not in totality…which made the acquisition of experience difficult. Recently, however, the field of directing has begun to widen. The notion of a director successfully transitioning back and forth between these overlapping industries is now not only possible, but in some cases, encouraged. Their imaginations are vital to the future of both mediums.
The Fellowship for Directing in Television is a career development initiative for stage directors to observe the craft of film/TV direction. Through network building with industry professionals and shadowing successful film/television directors, the Fellow will gain essential skills and contacts to begin working in both mediums.
COMPONENTS
1) SHADOW DIRECTING ASSIGNMENT
Those selected to participate become part of the Drama League Directing Talent Pool. Drama League staff, entertainment executives, executive producers and/or producing episodic directors select individuals to shadow on an episode of produced television. Shadowing assignments are not guaranteed; however, if an assignment is secured, the Fellow will shadow production and shooting. Observing post-production is solely at the discretion of producers. Drama assignments typically run three or more weeks, and comedy assignments usually run one to two weeks. The duration of an individual's participation is at the discretion of the Drama League staff, executive producers and/or episodic directors.
2) STIPEND
Directors on shadowing assignments will receive a paid stipend when actively shadowing on a production, the amount of which will be disclosed prior to acceptance. In the 2019 cycle, the Stipend was $2,000, but could be less or more depending upon the length and location of the assignment. Taxes will be deducted from the stipend in accordance with federal, state and local law.
3) TRANSPORTATION
Fellows will be provided with travel to the city of the shooting location. In-city travel is not included.
4) HOUSING
Fellows will be provided with housing in the city of the shooting location.
21. DORA MAAR HOUSE
Deadline: February 15th
Website: mfah.org/fellowships/doramaarhouse/dora-maar-how-to-apply/
The Brown Foundation Fellows Program at the Dora Maar House is located in one of the most beautiful regions of Southern France, about 40 km southeast of Avignon, the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes is an 18th-century residence. In 1944 Pablo Picasso purchased the four-story mansion for Dora Maar, an artist and surrealist photographer who was his companion and muse in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Dora Maar owned the house until her death in 1997.
In 1997, a friend of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston purchased the former residence of Dora Maar. In a five-year effort, the owner rehabilitated and updated this spacious eighteenth-century, four-story stone residence in the village of Ménerbes. Her goal was to make it a retreat for scholars, artists, and writers, where they could work undisturbed on their research, art, or writing, for one to three months.
The Brown Foundation Fellowship provides
• one to three months in residence at the Dora Maar House
• a private bedroom and bath and a study or studio in which to work
• expenses paid for round-trip travel from a fellow’s home to the
Dora Maar House
• a grant-based upon the length of stay at the Dora Maar House
In 2006 the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston was asked to direct this project, which is now known as The Brown Foundation Fellows Program at the Dora Maar House. Here outstanding midcareer professionals are offered fellowships that enable them to reside in the Dora Maar House and focus on the creative aspects of their work.
http://www.mfah.org/fellowships/doramaarhouse/fellowship/
22. PLAYWRIGHTS REALM WRITERS' FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: February 2nd
website: https://www.playwrightsrealm.org/fellow-app/
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.
Program Criteria
Deadline: January 5th
Website: https://www.yaddo.org/apply/guidelines/
Artists who qualify for Yaddo residencies are working at the professional level in their fields. An abiding principle at Yaddo is that applications for residency are judged on the quality of the artist’s work and professional promise. There are no publication, exhibition, or performance requirements for application.
Artists in all disciplines who are enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs, or are engaged in completing work toward an academic degree at the time of application, are not eligible to apply to Yaddo.
Artists may apply once every other calendar year. For example, if you applied in 2017 (January or August), you will be eligible to apply again in either January or August of 2019.
Yaddo encourages artists of all backgrounds to apply for admission. Yaddo does not discriminate in its programs and activities against anyone on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, disability, HIV status, or veteran status.
Artistic Disciplines
Five admissions panels consider applications to Yaddo in the following disciplines:
-Literature, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, translation, librettos, and graphic novels.
-Visual Art, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and installation art
-Music Composition, including instrumental forms, vocal forms, electronic music, music for film, and sound art
-Performance, including choreography, performance art, multi-media and/or collaborative works incorporating live performance
-Film & Video, including narrative, documentary and experimental films, animation, and screenplays
2. MADISON NEW WORKS LAB
Deadline: January 5th
Website: https://www.jmu.edu/theatredance/about/special-programs.shtml
MNWL is interested in new plays that address contemporary issues with characters that are suitable for college-age actors. Creative teams are given retreat during a one-week residency while working on a new play. During this residency, we provide opportunities for creators to take their new plays into the next stage of development and explore their work with a community of artists in the rehearsal room as well as in front of an audience.
Accommodations
Creative teams are given retreat during a one-week residency while working on a new play. During this residency, we provide opportunities for creators to take their new plays into the next stage of development and explore their work with a community of artists in the rehearsal room as well as in front of an audience. Connecting emerging writers with our students and faculty offers mutually beneficial opportunities for artistic growth in a safe and focused environment.
Round-trip transportation and housing for the playwright
Honorarium for the Playwright
Rehearsal studios and practice rooms in a variety of performance venues.
Access to student performers, selected through an audition process. (Maximum of 8 actors, may include double casting.)
Available resources include director, stage managers, and supportive artistic staff.
3. WOMEN’S PROJECT LAB
Deadline: January 6th
Website: https://wptheater.submittable.com/submit
WP THEATER is the nation’s oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. For over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement towards gender parity, and the example we set and the artists we have fostered have grown into a robust, thriving community of artists in theater and beyond. WP empowers women+ artists of all kinds to reach their full potential, challenging preconceptions about the kinds of plays women write and the stories they tell.
WP LAB: The artistic heart of WP Theater lies in the Lab: a two-year residency for early career women+ playwrights, directors and producers. Selected through a highly competitive process, the Lab provides its members with a vital professional network, entrepreneurial and leadership training, rehearsal space, and most significantly, tangible opportunities for the development and production of bold new work for the stage. In addition to developing their own unique work, the Lab residency culminates in the biennial Pipeline Festival, a festival of five new plays written, directed and produced by the Lab.
The deadline for applications for the 2020-2022 WP Lab is January 06, 2020.
4. LEAH RYAN FUND FOR EMERGING WOMEN WRITERS
Deadline: January 8th
Website: http://www.leahryansfeww.com/apply.html
All women who consider themselves emerging playwrights (as distinct from fledgling or mid-career playwrights) are eligible to apply for the 2018 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 winner will be chosen by a readers committee selected by the board members of Leah Ryan's FEWW, and will be presented her award as part of the 2018 Lily Awards, which honors the work of women in American theater. In addition, the winner will receive a cash prize of $2,500, a workshop at the Vassar Powerhouse Theater, and a reading of her play in New York City. A stipend of up to $700 for travel and accommodation will be provided by FEWW if necessary.
5. BRICworkspace RESIDENCY
Deadline: January 9th
Website: bricartsmedia.org/ARTIST-OPPORTUNITIES/RESIDENCIES/BRICWORKSPACE-RESIDENCY
The BRICworkspace residency program provides emerging and mid-career artists the resources and support to make a significant commitment to their practice, as well as critical feedback and exposure of their work. The 2020 summer residency for Brooklyn-affiliated visual artists offers free studio space in the Artist's Studio and Project Room at BRIC House (647 Fulton St) in Downtown Brooklyn.
ARTISTS RECEIVE:
-3-month Rent-free studio space at BRIC House. Studios are approximately 225 square feet.
-Artists are provided with a modest stipend for materials.
-Studio visits with curatorial staff from BRIC and other local NY institutions.
-Open Studio event takes place at the end of the residency.
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
-Weekly sessions will take place at the Sesame Workshop NYC offices in Summer 2020 (early May through mid-July)
-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 Check List
-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 in NYC, which will be held from early May to mid-July. Travel and lodging expenses are the participant's sole responsibility.
7. ANT Fest 2020
Deadline: January 15th
Website: https://arsnovanyc.com/Apply_ANTFest
We’re now accepting submissions for our twelfth annual ANT Fest, a festival of All New Talent showcasing new work from New York’s most adventurous emerging artists. ANT Fest 2020 will run through the month of June — to check out last year’s lineup, click here.
Every June, Ars Nova throws open our doors to the next wave of pioneering, hybrid theater-makers and fills our stage with their most dynamic ideas. We’re on the prowl for artists with diverse viewpoints and impressive skills, who see the future of live entertainment and want the chance to try out their ideas on stage. As an artist-driven festival, ANT Fest brings together an eclectic network of creators who feed our artistic community all year long.
We’re interested in unique, innovative projects that span traditional genre boxes (theater, comedy, music, burlesque, drag, variety arts or anything else you can think of) in an exciting way to tell a story, make us laugh, or showcase musicians with a vibrant new sound. This is the place to pitch that crazy show you’ve been dying for an excuse to make! We’re waiting for you.
TO APPLY:
Please fill out the online application form and submit it along with:
-A short description of your evening (one page max)
-An Artist Statement that describes what makes your key creator(s) tick and why you want to make this show (one page max)
-Samples of your key creator(s) work
-Bios or resumes for key creator(s)
-A range of unique submissions will each be given a night to perform in Ars Nova’s intimate -Off-Broadway theater and the opportunity to be a part of artist-driven events throughout the festival. Artists of color and all theater-makers with wide-ranging viewpoints are strongly encouraged to apply.
8. MACDOWELL COLONY (Summer Residency)
Deadline: Jan. 15th
Website: http://www.macdowellcolony.org/
The MacDowell Colony provides time, space, and an inspiring environment to artists of exceptional talent. A MacDowell Fellowship, or residency, consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for up to eight weeks. There are no residency fees. MacDowell will only accept applications for the upcoming deadline. For the Literature Summer residency (Jun. 1st - Sep. 30th), submissions are due January 15th. MacDowell Fellows are selected by our admissions panels, which are comprised of a revolving group of distinguished professionals in each artistic discipline who serve anonymously for three years.
Eligibility
The Colony accepts applications from artists working in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts. The sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence, which the Colony defines in a pluralistic and inclusive way. MacDowell encourages applications from artists representing the widest possible range of perspectives and demographics, and welcomes artists engaging in the broadest spectrum of artistic practice and investigating an unlimited array of inquiries and concerns. To that end, emerging as well as established artists are invited to apply. Applicants who are enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs as of the date of application are ineligible for a residency and therefore cannot apply. Doctoral candidates who have finished all coursework may apply.
MacDowell is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, physical ability or disability. The Colony offers barrier-free access to its main buildings and some studios. There are no medical facilities or medical personnel on site. MacDowell is situated in a rural area with limited access to medical care facilities. We strongly suggest that applicants with special medical needs contact the Resident Director before applying.
9. BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP (for fall residency)
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.
The Foundation only accepts applications submitted through the online application system. To access the system, you must first register for an account here, where you will also find a list of requirements that we strongly encourage you to read before beginning your application. Once registered, you may login as needed to work on your application by clicking on the "login" button indicated to the left.
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. So also are all project materials and equipment, and any personal expenses incurred during the fellowship period, including medical expenses. Spouses/partners will be charged a daily fee of $25 to help defray the cost of meals and housing.
10. CORKSCREW THEATER FESTIVAL
Deadline: January 17, 2020 (extended)
Website: https://corkscrewfestival.org/
Corkscrew Theater Festival is now accepting submissions for its fourth annual season, which will take place in Summer 2020 from July 30-August 30 at A.R.T./New York’s Mezzanine Theatre (502 W 53rd St, Manhattan). Along with its move uptown from the East Village, the festival will expand its support for artists: for the first time, Corkscrew will provide its five productions with commissioning fees, help in defraying physical production costs, and more. These new initiatives further Corkscrew’s mission to reduce the steep financial and material barriers for early-career artists striving to produce work unreliant on traditional nonprofit and commercial models.
Merging the institutional support of a theater company, the soul of a collective, and the energy of a festival, Corkscrew prioritizes new and underrepresented voices creating spectacularly eclectic, defiantly exhilarating, subversively jubilant theater. Corkscrew selects each season through a free and open submissions process, culminating in a five-week repertory festival of five world premiere productions and five works-in-progress. In addition to the new financial resources, Corkscrew will continue to provide comprehensive dramaturgical, casting, and design support over a months-long developmental process. Each production will receive 9 performances over 2-3 weeks and at least 16 hours of technical rehearsal time.
Corkscrew is not limited in genre, content, or theme – all kinds of theater are welcome. Important criteria for selection include an innovative perspective and adventurous scope for the project, passion for the project from its generating artists, and an understanding of how Corkscrew’s unique development process will serve your goals for the project. Artists may apply with collaborators attached or without; the festival will help connect new collaborators to projects if selected.
The deadline for submissions has been extended to January 17, 2020 at 11:59pm EST. A complete application consists of:
1. A draft of the script, or other document demonstrating the scope and content of the project
2. Lead artist bios
3. One or more work samples (photos, audio, or video)
4. Five short answers accessible on application form
11. VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS: LOVE IS QUEER
Deadline: January 17th
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/villageplaywrights/
The Village Playwrights is seeking submissions for Love Is Queer, staged readings of 10 minute plays to celebrate Valentine's Day on Monday, February 10, 2020 from 7 to 9 pm at St. Johns Church, 81 Christopher, NYC.
The VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS was founded out of the need of Lesbian and Gay writers to have a venue in which they could present their works without fear of being harshly criticized or dismissed because of their sexual orientation or gender identification. The VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS meet at the LGBT Center in New York on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month (8 pm) and welcome all Playwrights, Screenwriters, Directors and Actors to participate in their programs. The VILLAGE PLAYWRIGHTS take pride in critiquing works solely on their merit and not on their sometimes sensitive subject matter. This allows each writer to find his or her voice as a creative individual. To speak freely is to be empowered.
12. 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!
13. CITY THEATRE
Deadline: February 1-7th
Website: https://citytheatreofindependence.org/playwright-festival/
Subject & Content:
-Scripts shall contain at least two and not more than five characters.
-The subject matter of the story must be women.
-The stage will be bare, with no walls, doors, or floor coverings.
-Set pieces available shall be an overstuffed chair, a sofa, a coffee table, two end tables with lamps, an office desk, a regular table, three regular chairs, and a coat tree. All, or any combination of, these pieces (and these only) may be used. Photographs of the specific pieces are shown below.
Additional information and guidelines:
-All scripts must be submitted electronically via email in .pdf format to: playwrightsubmissionscti@gmail.com
-Playwrights will be notified via e-mail when their manuscript is received.
Scripts must include:
-A separate cover page with the playwright’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and a short biography of the playwright.
-A cast of characters with descriptions
-A brief synopsis
-Numbered pages
THEME: Missouri.
Only the first 75 submissions will be accepted.
14. MCKNIGHT FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: January 20th
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 level of accomplishment, commitment, and artistic excellence. The fellowship term is July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021. The fellowship includes:
$25,000 stipend
$2,500 to support a play development workshop and other professional expenses
$1,400 in travel funds
Past recipients include: Carlyle Brown, Lisa D’Amour, Barbara Field, Keli Garrett, Jeffrey Hatcher, Christina Ham, Cory Hinkle, Carson Kreitzer, May Lee-Yang, Kira Obolensky, Harrison David Rivers, Stacey Rose, and Rhiana Yazzie.
Applicants must have been continuous residents of Minnesota since January 16, 2019, and must maintain residency in Minnesota during the fellowship year. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the United States. Applicants must have a minimum of one full-length work fully produced by a professional theater at the time of application. Recipients of 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 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 and eligibility 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 16, 2020 do not count.
-Artistic Statement
Use this statement to contextualize your work sample and help the panel get to know you as an artist. Describe your artistic goals and vision as a theater maker. You're only submitting one play, but this statement is your opportunity to describe the larger landscape of your work and to discuss your reasons for writing plays.
-Full-length play script
Please be sure your name and the play's title are on the cover page. 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 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.
15. CORE WRITERS PROGRAM
Deadline: January 23rd
Website: https://pwcenter.org/programs/core-writer-program
The intent of the Core Writer Program is to support playwrights who demonstrate a sustained level of accomplishment, commitment, and artistic excellence. Created in recognition of the particular needs of emerging and established writers, the program offers significant resources intended to further a playwright's career and is available to writers nationally.
Playwrights who have benefited from the Core Writer program include Christina Anderson, Trista Baldwin, Lee Blessing, George Brant, Carlyle Brown, Connie Congdon, Marcus Gardley, Jeffrey Hatcher, Sherry Kramer, Carson Kreitzer, Martyna Majok, Melanie Marnich, Winter Miller, Greg Moss, Qui Nguyen, Kira Obolensky, Jen Silverman, and Alice Tuan.
The Core Writer program gives 25-30 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 at the Center in collaboration with prominent directors, actors, dramaturgs, and designers. 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 United States during the Core Writer term. 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.
16. BBC INTERNATIONAL RADIO COMPETITION
Deadline: January 30th
Website: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2K19ftQ7bts6lNlnzQZSXjd/international-radio-playwriting-competition-rules-2020
Entry is only open to anyone who is over the age of 18 as at 31 January 2020 who is not normally a resident of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man (“UK”). Individuals who have lived or worked in the UK on a temporary basis for no more than 12 months at the time of entering the competition are also eligible. Professional and previously published writers are eligible to enter, but this is not a requirement of entry. We may require proof of eligibility.
Entrants should write a radio play of approximately fifty three minutes’ length on any subject of their choice.
THERE ARE A LOT OF RULES AND GUIDELINES, so please check out the website for all the details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2K19ftQ7bts6lNlnzQZSXjd/international-radio-playwriting-competition-rules-2020
17. BRIClab Performance Artist Residency
Deadline: January 30th
Website: www.bricartsmedia.org/artist-opportunities/residencies/briclab-performance-residency
The BRIClab Performance Residency is a commissioning and residency development program for New York City-based performing artists to explore and expand the possibilities of their work in music, dance, theater, and multidisciplinary performance. Free and open exploration and intentional commitment to process—with the support of the staff and resources that BRIC offers—are at the heart of the BRIClab Performance Residency program. Artists receive stipends and an intensive residency in BRIC's Artist Studio with development time, opportunities for artistic mentoring, and work-in-process performances.
Artists receive:
-Exclusive use of the BRIC House Artist Studio for 10-12 days (10AM – 10PM)
-Artist stipend of $1750
-Artistic mentoring
-Technical support from BRIC’s production staff
-Two work-in-process showings (dates/times determined by BRIC)
-Documentation of showings
18. 2020 WRITERS RETREAT FOR EMERGING LGBTQ VOICES
Deadline: February 3rd
Website: www.lambdaliterary.org/writers/subs/11/14/2020-writers-retreat-for-emerging-lgbtq-voices/
Lambda Literary is proud to announce details of the 2020 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, the nation’s premier LGBTQ writer’s workshop and residency. The Retreat will be held August 9-16, 2020 on the campus of Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.
The Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices offers intensive and sophisticated instruction to selected writers over a carefully designed one-week period. The Retreat provides writers access to industry professionals and the opportunity to advance in their craft and careers. It is one of Lambda’s most dynamic initiatives: it represents the future of LGBTQ literature.
Applicants of the Retreat submit prose, poetry or theatrical manuscript pages that are evaluated for craft, creativity and originality. Twelve students per workshop are accepted into the competitive program where they spend the week working on their manuscripts, attending guest lectures led by publishing industry professionals, and participating in public readings in venues around Los Angeles. Ability to pay is in no way part of the decision-making process and scholarships are available. Lambda Writers Retreat Fellows have gone on to publish an impressive array of works.
NOTE: there is a $25 application fee and the week costs $1725 for the artists.
19. HERE ARTS RESIDENCY
Deadline: February 3rd
Website: https://here.org/programs/harp/
One of the most robust residency programs in the country and serving as a national model, HARP provides a commission, development support, career planning, and a full production to hybrid artists, all within a collaborative environment of peers working across disparate art forms – including theatre, dance, music, puppetry, visual art, and new media. HARP provides significant long-term support, as well as $50,000 in cash and $50,000 in space, equipment and services over 2-3 years to tailor each residency to each artist’s individual needs. Through significant investment of time and resources, dynamic work within a strong community is created.
Each spring, we offer a window into the creative process of our nationally recognized HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP). For 19 years, this exploration of new work in development has been known as HERE’s CULTUREMART Festival. As we launch into 2020, we’re ready to embrace a new moniker that better captures the essence of the experience. Welcome to HERE RAW / Resident Artist Works! This year’s program features 7 workshop presentations, at various stages of development, that blur the boundaries between theatre, music, dance, new media, and visual art. HERE RAW / Resident Artist Works 2020 is Feb 23–Mar 1
20. DRAMA LEAGUE: DIRECTING FELLOWSHIP IN TV & FILM
Deadline: February 3rd
Website: https://dramaleague.submittable.com/submit
For many decades, emerging directors felt they had to choose between working on the stage, or working in film and television. The skills sets overlap to some degree, but not in totality…which made the acquisition of experience difficult. Recently, however, the field of directing has begun to widen. The notion of a director successfully transitioning back and forth between these overlapping industries is now not only possible, but in some cases, encouraged. Their imaginations are vital to the future of both mediums.
The Fellowship for Directing in Television is a career development initiative for stage directors to observe the craft of film/TV direction. Through network building with industry professionals and shadowing successful film/television directors, the Fellow will gain essential skills and contacts to begin working in both mediums.
COMPONENTS
1) SHADOW DIRECTING ASSIGNMENT
Those selected to participate become part of the Drama League Directing Talent Pool. Drama League staff, entertainment executives, executive producers and/or producing episodic directors select individuals to shadow on an episode of produced television. Shadowing assignments are not guaranteed; however, if an assignment is secured, the Fellow will shadow production and shooting. Observing post-production is solely at the discretion of producers. Drama assignments typically run three or more weeks, and comedy assignments usually run one to two weeks. The duration of an individual's participation is at the discretion of the Drama League staff, executive producers and/or episodic directors.
2) STIPEND
Directors on shadowing assignments will receive a paid stipend when actively shadowing on a production, the amount of which will be disclosed prior to acceptance. In the 2019 cycle, the Stipend was $2,000, but could be less or more depending upon the length and location of the assignment. Taxes will be deducted from the stipend in accordance with federal, state and local law.
3) TRANSPORTATION
Fellows will be provided with travel to the city of the shooting location. In-city travel is not included.
4) HOUSING
Fellows will be provided with housing in the city of the shooting location.
21. DORA MAAR HOUSE
Deadline: February 15th
Website: mfah.org/fellowships/doramaarhouse/dora-maar-how-to-apply/
The Brown Foundation Fellows Program at the Dora Maar House is located in one of the most beautiful regions of Southern France, about 40 km southeast of Avignon, the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes is an 18th-century residence. In 1944 Pablo Picasso purchased the four-story mansion for Dora Maar, an artist and surrealist photographer who was his companion and muse in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Dora Maar owned the house until her death in 1997.
In 1997, a friend of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston purchased the former residence of Dora Maar. In a five-year effort, the owner rehabilitated and updated this spacious eighteenth-century, four-story stone residence in the village of Ménerbes. Her goal was to make it a retreat for scholars, artists, and writers, where they could work undisturbed on their research, art, or writing, for one to three months.
The Brown Foundation Fellowship provides
• one to three months in residence at the Dora Maar House
• a private bedroom and bath and a study or studio in which to work
• expenses paid for round-trip travel from a fellow’s home to the
Dora Maar House
• a grant-based upon the length of stay at the Dora Maar House
In 2006 the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston was asked to direct this project, which is now known as The Brown Foundation Fellows Program at the Dora Maar House. Here outstanding midcareer professionals are offered fellowships that enable them to reside in the Dora Maar House and focus on the creative aspects of their work.
http://www.mfah.org/fellowships/doramaarhouse/fellowship/
22. PLAYWRIGHTS REALM WRITERS' FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: February 2nd
website: https://www.playwrightsrealm.org/fellow-app/
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.
Program Criteria
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