1. CIRCLE OF CONFUSION WRITERS DISCOVERY FELLOWSHIP
DEADLINE: January 2nd
WEBSITE: circleofconfusion.com/fellowship
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. 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.
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. Once 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.
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.
The Fellowship program will begin in May of 2022 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.
2. YADDO RESIDENCY
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. 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
3. BLKSPACE AT RYDER FARM
DEADLINE: January 5th
WEBSITE: https://www.spaceonryderfarm.org/blkspace-2022
Led by an all Black woman team, Interfest (Kristen Adele Calhoun and Nikki Vera) will curate BLKSPACE: two consecutive, weeklong residencies— August 29 to September 3 and September 5 to September 10— for Black creatives to use the full resources of SPACE on Ryder Farm however they see fit. To create a welcoming environment for residents, each week will feature an entirely Black residency staff and curated visual art throughout the living and working spaces. BLKSPACE seeks to simultaneously provide an expansive dreaming space for the individual and a collective practice ground for Black liberation.
BLKSPACE provides Black individual artists, activists, organizers and small groups (up to 4 people) the opportunity to create and ideate away from the stress and noise of everyday life and in the company of other Black people. Residents will manage their own time based on what they would like to achieve and the Residency will be centered around three farm fresh, communal meals prepared by a Black chef (please see SPACE’s FAQ page for information about diets and food allergies our chefs are able to accommodate).
4. SPACE ON RYDER FARM’S FAMILY RESIDENCY
DEADLINE: January 5th
WEBSITE: https://spaceonryderfarm.com
SPACE on Ryder Farm’s Family Residency, provides a residency on the farm for working parents and their children. The Family Residency offers artist-parents structured time to create while their child(ren) participate in nature-focused arts programming under the guidance of professional educators. All family residents (parents and children) enjoy three farm-sourced meals daily. (Please see SPACE’s FAQ page for information about diets and food allergies that SPACE’s chefs are able to accommodate.) The residency culminates in short, informal sharings of the work created by both parents and children while in residence.
APPLY FOR THE FAMILY RESIDENCY HERE
SPACE welcomes applications from artist-parents with children who will be 5 to 12 years old by July 1, 2022. If both adults in a two-parent/guardian household want to apply for the Family Residency, each parent/guardian must submit SEPARATE applications, regardless of whether they are working on the same or distinct projects. If either of your participation is contingent on both of you being accepted, please refrain from applying.
All time in-residence is fully subsidized. Additionally, those selected for the Family Residency are able to apply for a travel subsidy to help offset their transportation costs. The allocation of travel funds is based on a resident’s geographical location as well as their stated financial circumstances.
All residents are required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of attending a 2022 SPACE residency. A similar policy is in effect for SPACE staff and guests. SPACE recognizes medical contraindications and closely held religious beliefs may prevent some residents from receiving the COVID vaccine.. Such individuals will be asked to follow a thorough set of safety protocols including quarantining and PCR testing before arrival. Applicants must be available to be in residence from either August 1-10 or August 16-25, 2022. Family Residency alumni are not eligible to attend again but are encouraged to apply to SPACE’s other programs. Prospective residents may only apply for one program in a season.
5. FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL
Deadline: January 8th
Website: http://www.freshfruitfestival.com/
Accepting submissions of any kind of performance art featuring LGBTQ characters or themes. Held July 6 through 19 at The WILD Project and other Manhattan venues. YOU are the producer of your show, but there are no required application fees or participation fees, and all productions receive a box office share.
DETAILS
For Plays (not Solo works): Please attach a complete version of the play. One-Acts (at least 25-35 min. long) and Full-Lengths (45+ min) will both be considered. (Short plays are ineligible for this July Festival). Submissions in English only
For Musical/Opera/Cabaret: Please submit a link to audio recording of select musical numbers and a copy of the book (.pdf or .doc format only); submit a video link to any completed demo portions
For Comedy: We are not accepting standup routines this season; submit scripts to comic 1-acts or solo plays as below
For Solo Plays/Performances: Please submit complete script (.pdf or .doc format only) and a video link to the complete routine or extract/demo.
6. FLINT 2022 New Works Festival
Deadline: January 10th
WEBSITE: https://flintrep.org/new-works-festival/
Flint Repertory Theatre is seeking new plays and musicals for the 2022 New Works Festival April 29 – May 1, 2022. The New Works Festival is an annual weeklong event featuring staged readings and workshops of new plays and musicals. Playwrights and composers from around the country are in residence in Flint during the process, which includes post-show audience discussions. Playwrights should submit an original, unproduced, full-length script attached as a PDF or Word document. Please include contact information, a short bio, play synopsis and development history. Submissions will be accepted until January 10th, 2022. Please email submissions to literary@flintrep.org.
Contact Sasha Dudock (Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director) at sdudock@flintrep.orgwith any questions. If you are interested in submitting your play or musical to be considered for future seasons or for the annual New Works Festival, please email the following to: Literary@FlintRep.org
- Full PDF version of the script (Word also accepted)
- Brief synopsis of the play
- Full Demo if a musical
- Production history (including any readings, workshops or full productions the play has received)
- Professional playwright resume or bio
7. SESAME STREET WORKSHOP
DEADLINE: January 10th, 2022
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.
8. THE ORCHARD PROJECT
DEADLINE: January 14th
WEBSITE: https://orchardproject.com/2022-apply/
As we welcome the return of in-person events, we also hope to honor the discoveries we made through engaging with virtual working methods. In 2022, we’re thrilled to offer virtual, hybrid, and in-person Labs, as well as the addition of an Adaptation Lab, thematically geared toward conceptually engaging this time of artistic renewal and institutional transformation. The Orchard Project is proud to announce its 2022 lab programs, which continue to expand and shift in response to the ongoing challenges facing performing artists nationally and worldwide. As we support the most innovative artists and diverse voices, helping creators to explore, create, and share their work in new ways, our 2022 programming reflects a moment of transition within the organization and in the arts ecosystem at large. While we welcome the return of some in-person events and collaborations, we also seek to honor the new discoveries that took place in our 2020/2021 virtual Labs.
In our summer Episodic and Audio Labs, we will continue to build on the success of our virtual Lab settings – in particular, the virtual setting’s ability to unite an international and diverse cohort of high-caliber voices, while providing each artist the autonomy to write freely from their own corners of the world. Our year-round Greenhouse Program will similarly begin mainly with virtual meetings, but with a sincere hope to transition regular meetings into the physical realm as the health crisis evolves throughout the year, and as physical resources allow.
In addition to our annual Episodic, Audio, and Greenhouse Labs, we’re excited to pilot a new online Adaptation Lab, thematically geared toward supporting ambitious Adaptation work across a variety of mediums.
The Orchard Project Greenhouse Program, for collaborators generating new works and collaborations in a multitude of forms;
The Orchard Project Episodic Lab, for writers working on the advancement of original TV scripts;
The Orchard Project Audio Lab, for early development of scripts and ideas in the audio storytelling form; and
The Orchard Project Adaptation Lab, for development of dramatic work that adapts source material in one form into another.
9. EST SLOAN PROJECT
DEADLINE: January 15th
WEBSITE: https://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/est-sloan/submissions
The EST/Sloan Project commissions, develops, and presents new works delving into how we view and are affected by the scientific world. These plays examine the struggles and challenges scientists, and engineers face from moral issues to the consequences of their discoveries. The Project is designed to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling work exploring the worlds of science and technology and to challenge existing stereotypes of scientists and engineers in the popular imagination. The Project commissions and develops new works throughout EST’s developmental season, including one Mainstage Production, as well as workshops and readings in an annual festival called FIRST LIGHT.
For over 20 years, the EST/Sloan Project has awarded commissions totaling more than $3,000,000 to more than 300 artists and theatres. The EST/Sloan Project is open to a broad range of topics related to the issues, people, ideas, processes, leading-edge discoveries, inventions, and/or history of the "hard" sciences and technology.
Commissions will be awarded to individuals, groups and creative teams for full-length and one-act plays and musicals. Commissions range from $1000 to $10,000. Commission amounts are determined on a case-by-case basis, as are deadlines for drafts, finished work, and research support (if appropriate). Extant, full-length works may be submitted and are judged on a script-by-script basis by the EST/Sloan Project staff. Rewrite commissions for existing scripts range from $1,000 to $5,000.
10. THE ANDERSON CENTER’S DEAF ARTISTS RESIDENCY
DEADLINE: January 15th
WEBSITE: https://theandersoncenter.submittable.com/submit
The Anderson Center’s Deaf Artists Residency (DAR) is an ASL-centric environment where Deaf artists can communicate and exchange ideas. The program provides 5 Deaf artists the opportunity to come together to live, work and share ideas with other native ASL signers, while advancing their own personal artistic projects.Because the program is generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, only Deaf artists based in the United States of America are eligible to participate.
For the 2022 season, the Anderson Center is only offering month-long residencies in June.
The Anderson Center campus is located on the 350-acre historic Tower View Estate on the western edge of Red Wing, Minnesota.The Center features a large sculpture garden, and is adjacent to the Cannon Valley Trail, a 20-mile biking and walking trail that runs from Cannon Falls to Red Wing. Transportation is provided between the Center and the Twin Cities airport on the first and last day of residencies only.
A completed application form includes a brief artist statement, a work plan, work samples, and a resume or CV. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed by the panel. You may begin your application, leave and return as many times as necessary to complete the form PRIOR to clicking the submit button at the bottom of the completed form. Important: do not submit your application form until you are completely finished editing as your application will be finalized at that time. If you are a prior resident of the Anderson Center, you must wait one season/year from the time of your residency to apply again. The Resume, CV, or Biographical Statement is a Word or PDF document that shows education, work experience, publications, awards, and previous residency experience. 3 pages maximum.
The Work Plan is a one page Word or PDF document that clearly and concisely describes what you are working on and what you’d like to accomplish at the Anderson Center. Successful applicants address how the timing and location of the residency, as well as the opportunity to live/work in a community of ASL signers, would benefit their practice. Artists may also mention how specific amenities or resources at the Anderson Center (such as the surrounding natural environment, specific studio spaces or equipment) would advance their work. The statement can be single-spaced.
Work Samples should be of recent work and should include:
· For composers and musicians: 3 to 5 recordings
· For visual artists: At least 5 images of work (300 dpi or larger)
· For nonfiction and fiction writers: 10 pages of double-spaced prose
· For playwrights & screenwriters: 20-page excerpt (does not need to be from the beginning)
· For poets: 10 pages of poetry
· For translators: 10 pages of translation and original text
· For performance artists: 3 short videos excerpts of performances (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
· For filmmakers: at least 3 short film clips (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
· For Scholars: 10 pages of work, including research abstracts and relevant diagrams.
ASL interpretation is provided for arrival day and other public events/activities with the hearing community such as the Capstone Presentation & Discussion at the end of the month. Each resident is provided room, board, and workspace for the length of the residency period in the historic Tower View mansion. Visual artists are provided a 15' x 26' studio and are responsible for supplying their own materials. Other workspaces on site include a cone 10 gas kiln and electric kilns, an open-air metalsmith facility, a dark room, and a print studio (with a Vandercook 219 letterpress and a Charles Brand-like etching press). Practice / studio space is also available for performing artists.
Each artist-in-residence receives:
· $1,100/month artist stipend
· Travel honorarium (Reimbursement up to $500)
Evening dinners are prepared and presented by the Anderson Center chef Monday through Friday. The chef also shops for meal items for artist residents, and residents are responsible for preparing their own breakfasts and lunches, and meals over the weekends.
11. NEXTFEST
DEADLINE: January 15th
WEBSITE: https://nextfest.ca/theatre-call-for-submissions/
This submission is for emerging playwrights submitting a written script for Nextfest. Please fill out the submission form below and submit a script to be considered for a staged reading, progress showing a presentation, or full production.
To submit a script, please be sure that you qualify with Nextfest’s definition of an emerging artist:
- you are an artist within the FIRST TEN YEARS of your career
- you are NOT represented by an agent or by an professional organization
- you have NOT had a play published
To submit a MainStage Project please fill out the following form: Theatre Mainstage – Submit a Script 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 2022 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
12.THE ANDERSON CENTER’S JEROME EMERGING ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM
DEADLINE: January 15th
WEBSITE: https://theandersoncenter.submittable.com/submit
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. Selected emerging artists receive a $625/week artist stipend, documentation support, art-making resources, facilitation of community connections, lodging & studio space, a travel honorarium, 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.
Applicants will be notified by Feb. 3 as to the status of their application. A phone interview process with finalists will take place in late February following a second round of jury review. Selected artist residents, wait-list and runners-up will be notified by March 2, 2022.
13. OBSIDIAN THEATRE FESTIVAL
DEADLINE: January 17th
WEBSITE: it.ly/otf2022submit
Seeking new plays by Black playwrights for its upcoming theatre festival: June 22-26, 2022, produced for live audiences and filmed in Detroit. Selected content will be staged, rehearsed, produced, filmed, and made available for viewing as part of a four day festival, June 22 - 26, 2022. Pieces will be presented for live theatre audiences, and as filmed stage productions.
Please submit a play no shorter than 30 minutes. Selected playwrights will be paid a stipend of $250USD.
14. HELEN WURLITZER FOUNDATION RESIDENCY (TAOS, NM)
DEADLINE: January 18th
WEBSITE: https://wurlitzerfoundation.org/apply
Founded in 1954, the HWF manages one of the oldest artist residency programs in the USA. The Foundation’s mission is to “Support the artist and the creative process” and serves as a haven for visual artists, literary artists and music composers. The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation is located on fifteen acres in the heart of Taos, New Mexico, a multicultural community renowned for its popularity with artists.
To apply for an artist residency, submit an application form along with the application fee and required work samples.
15. TEDX ASBURY PARK
DEADLINE: January 20th
WEBSITE: tedxasburypark.com
In its 10th season, TEDxAsburyPark is broadening its commitment to ideas by seeking short original plays to be produced and directed at the Two River Theater Red Bank NJ as part of the April 30, 2022 TEDxAsburyPark all-day production of Joy. JOY is the theme. Any aspect of Joy is fair game. Bliss, ecstasy, happiness, contentment, sensuality, altered awareness, consciousness, mindfulness, loss of joy, anti-joy. Plays must have a running time of less than 15 minutes, involve a small cast and be suitable for a simple stage production. As a lab, our directed and rehearsed productions will involve the playwright, and all sessions, including the final production, will be recorded.
Submissions link is here:
https://tedxasburypark.submittable.com/submit/3471dd84-c8ac-42d1-b2c2-873f47674f49/joy-plays-2022
The final production will be offered to a live online audience where we typically host 200-800 attendees, to be followed by a panel discussion with the playwright, director and cast.
The final production will be hosted on our YouTube channel, which has had over 6 million views. We can only review small cast plays between 10 and 20 minutes in length. Submissions will be evaluated on originality, an idea worth spreading, language, and suitability for virtual production
16. METROPOLITAN PLAYHOUSE 17TH EAST VILLAGE CHRONICLES ONE ACT FESTIVAL
DEADLINE: January 21st
WEBSITE: http://metropolitanplayhouse.org/index
Now in our 30th season, Obie Award-winning Metropolitan Playhouse is accepting submissions for its 17th presentation of East Village Chronicles, a festival of new one-act plays inspired by the diverse population, culture, and history of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. There is an honorarium of $100 for each script accepted for production.
Plays must pertain specifically, even if not exclusively, to the character, reputation, and/or history of the East Village and/or Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan. Creative responses to this broad theme are encouraged, but plays that do not address the neighborhood’s history and/or character will not be considered.
Emailed submissions are highly preferred, and should be sent to Amanda Vincenti at EVC17@metropolitanplayhouse.org.Emailed scripts must be in PDF format. Please ensure pages are numbered, and please include the following: A cover sheet, with playwright’s name and contact information. A production history, if any.
Running time should be from 10 to 30 minutes. Performances will be rehearsed and performed live for six performances in the theater’s home: a ¾-thrust, 51 seat theater on East Fourth Street. In the event that pandemic restrictions do not allow for live performances at that time, rehearsals and performances will take place virtually, in consideration of COVID-19 safety measures.
17. BLACK MUSLIM FILMMAKER GRANT
DEADLINE: January 28th
WEBSITE: https://www.mpachollywoodbureau.org/
This award seeks to promote and elevate Black Muslim creatives as they work to tell intersectional stories with nuanced depictions of Black Muslims on screen. One filmmaker will receive a $10,000 grant.
18. SPRINGVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
DEADLINE: January 31st
WEBSITE: SpringvilleArts.org
Seeking to commission a playwright to create a script for a program touring the summer of 2022. Artsapalooza is a free, outdoor, multi-arts program for families with younger children. The two-hour program brings interactive art-making stations, a chance to explore drums and ukulele, theater games and more to rural audiences, culminating in a performance that incorporates giant puppets and live music. Springville Center for the Arts is a multi-arts center located in Western New York State.
The commission requires writing a 40-minute performance piece for children and their families that includes audience interaction, use of live music and song, and the incorporation of large scale, multi-operator puppets. The piece should lead to highly engaging visuals and the playwright need not avoid pathos, horror, or challenging subject matter as long as it engages young audiences. We are not interested in saccharine retellings of cute fairy tales.
THE SCRIPT
Assume a performing troupe size of eight or less plus musicians
Piece may be original or an adaptation of a public domain work
Piece will be performed outdoors in a mini-arts-carnival atmosphere
Must be ready for pre-production in May
Playwright retains all rights to the material, but allows SCA an nonexclusive option to tour the show for one season (10–15 shows)
Should the play be published, credit for the development and commission must be given to SCA
SCA believes in the power of artistic residencies for both the creation of new work and to foster community appreciation for the arts. An ideal scenario places a playwright within the community for a period of time dedicated to creating work. The community is engaged with writing workshops or during initial rehearsals while refining the work. Housing is provided in our AIA award-winning space at Art’s Cafe. Additional funding is available for artists who engage in this residency program. Local artists may commute.
The playwright will receive a minimum stipend of $2000 with increases based on experience, attendance of rehearsals or performances, participation in community engagement programs, and full residency participation.
To apply, please send SCA:
A proposal for your play of no more than 1000 words, but includes your basic premise as well as how it will incorporate the required elements
A ten-page sample of your writing, preferably something that has been intended for a youth/family market
Your bio or resume
A statement as to why you think you are a good fit for this project
A description of your proposed timeline, participation and fees
If you have interest in the residency program, outline your ideal duration and possible community activities
Send materials to Attn: Seth Wochensky, Executive Director, scaseth@gmail.com or Springville Center for the Arts, PO Box 62, Springville, NY 14141
19. 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.
20.THE NEUKOM INSTITUTE LITERARY ARTS AWARD FOR PLAYWRITING
DEADLINE: Feb 2nd
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. Questions? Email Emma Orme at vox@voxtheater.org. Playwrights can submit using this form.
21. DRAMA LEAGUE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
DEADLINE: February 11th
WEBSITE: https://dramaleague.submittable.com/submit/ed47c474-9ccc-470a-9f5e-29af1f3fc473/2022-2023-beatrice-terry-directing-residency-application
The Drama League Directing Residencies are designed to support the interrogative process of a director creating theater or other work that includes live performance. The residencies offer financial support for a developmental process, rehearsal and administrative space, dramaturgical/mentor support from The Drama League artistic staff, and the opportunity to present the findings of the process publicly. The Drama League is not and will not be the producer of the project, nor of any public or private event in conjunction with this residency; the recipient is responsible for all production, contracting/hiring, or other needs in this regard.
The Drama League recently altered and expanded its Directors Project programming, and each has its own application and area of focus. We strongly encourage you to read about them in depth before beginning any of the six applications. by visiting the following pages:
The Drama League Stage Directing Fellowships
The Drama League FutureNow Stage Directing Fellowships
The Drama League Film and Television Directing Fellowships
The Beatrice Terry Directing Residency* (this application)
The Next Stage Directing Residency
The Drama League Directing Assistantships*
*The Beatrice Terry Directing Residency is intended to support female-identifying directors and/or directors who identify as transgender or non-binary. More information can be found at the above links.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants are NOT required to have a university degree.
Applicants must have directed at least three non-collegiate productions.
Applicants cannot be enrolled in any university undergraduate or graduate degree program during the program's period of support.
Please make sure that you are fully committed to participating in the program as your personal priority BEFORE applying. Applicants must be available for all program components during the program period without exception. This means that applicants cannot participate in other career development programs, fellowships, residencies, or other opportunities during this time window. Conflicts with the program components will result in the cancelation of those components, without being rescheduled, and a reduction in the program.
Please review the program schedule to ensure that program components do not conflict with your planned directing work. Applicants may have directing commitments during the program period, which The Drama League supports. Conflicts with the program component timeline, however, will result in the cancelation of those components and a reduction in the program, without being rescheduled.
Please see our Eligibility F.A.Q. page for details to determine your eligibility for this program. We understand that every individual comes to directing on their own individual path; to speak with Drama League staff about your specific experience and its appropriateness for this opportunity, please email artistic@dramaleague.org with your questions.
If a candidate feels they fall outside the bounds of these guidelines and chooses to apply, it is hoped they will note this in the application and address the reasons they've applied in their answers to the narrative questions.
22.GOOD HART ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM
DEADLINE: February 16th
WEBSITE: https://goodhartartistresidency.org/program-details/
Residency includes:
A one- week, or two-week ,or three-week residency stay depending on the program selected. Most residency time slots are two weeks long.
Use of the 1,150 sqft residence and a 24×14 detached studio(for visual artists). Housekeeping services are not provided.
Food is provided. The residence has a fully stocked and well equipped kitchen for the resident to prepare meals. We provide homemade baked goods and jams, locally sourced ingredients, and seasonal vegetables from the host’s garden when available.
$500.00 stipend
Must be over 21
Need to have completed an undergraduate degree in a related field and pursuing art, writing, or composing as a professional career or if self-taught have pursued art, writing, or composing as a professional career
Collaborating artists may apply and be accepted as collaborating artists who share studio space and housing. Each must submit an application.
Artist’s and writer’s and composer’s applications will be considered based on their work submitted, their interest in the program, and the proposed collaboration with a partnering organization.
23. THEATRE ARIEL OPEN SUBMISSIONS
DEADLINE: Open
WEBSITE: http://www.theatreariel.org/opportunities
Theatre Ariel is always seeking the next great Jewish play to present to our audiences. Theatre Ariel is looking for plays that engage with the rich world of Jewish life, thought and practice; plays where Judaism, Jewish identity or Jewish perspectives are significant or driving factors in the story (In other words, not plays where the characters ‘happen’ to be Jewish or that have a few yiddishisms or “Jewish jokes” in them, but plays where Jewish life/thought/history is integral or particularly relevant to the story.). Theatre Ariel seeks plays with casts of five actors or less.
You do not have to be Jewish to have your work considered by Theatre Ariel.
All our performances are presented as salon-style theatre readings in people’s homes, following a long tradition of Jewish theatre. For the foreseeable future, we will be presenting in a hybrid model of both in-person and virtual performances. To have your script considered, please email the following to submissions@theatreariel.org:
Brief cover letter introducing yourself and your play, as well as a short plot summary and character breakdown (indicating doubling, if any)
Ten minute excerpt from the script (if these are not the first ten pages, then please supply a brief explanation of where we are in the story when your sample picks up)
Theatre Ariel is committed to reading and responding to every submission we receive. Please allow three to six months for a response. Please forward any questions you may have to the same email address listed above.
24. DRAMATISTS GUILD FOUNDATION EMERGENCY GRANTS
DEADLINE: Rolling
WEBSITE: https://dgf.org/programs/grants/grants-for-writers/
It is vital to support writers in times of need so that they can get back to doing what they do best. DGF provides emergency financial assistance to individual playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists in dire need of funds due to severe hardship or unexpected illness.
If you are a writer in need, we can help.
25. THE DOROTHY ROSS FRIEDMAN RESIDENCE
DEADLINE: Rolling
WEBSITE: https://actorsfund.org/services-and-programs/housing-resource-center?mc_cid=1266183bf9&mc_eid=7436d341a2
and
https://actorsfund.org/sites/default/files/Friedman-Application-Revision-7-21-20.pdf?mc_cid=1266183bf9&mc_eid=7436d341a2
If you think you are eligible, now is a fabulous time to apply to The Dorothy Ross Friedman Residence. The Friedman is a shared housing (roommates) residence that offers affordable housing for working professionals in performing arts and entertainment, persons with HIV/AIDS, and senior citizens (60 years of age or older). Most of the apartments are 2-bedrooms, where you would have one roommate and there are a few 3-bedrooms, where you would have two roommates. All tenants have a rent stabilized lease. All apartments are complete with dishwasher, washer/dryer, central heating, and AC. Many apartments have terraces with spectacular Manhattan views, and everyone has access to the Colleen Dewhurst Community Room and the newly renovated Bette Midler Rooftop and Garden. On-site social services include a range of community programs and the Waldman Living Room for seniors. The Friedman Residence also features 24-hour security.
Criteria: Income Eligibility: 1-person household: $28,500 - $47,760
26. WILD CULTURE PROGRAM @ WILD PROJECT
DEADLINE: Rolling
WEBSITE: http://thewildproject.com/wild-culture-submit-page/
Wild Project is currently accepting artist submissions for its WILD CULTURE curation program. WILD CULTURE will produce the work of 15-20 artists, prioritizing projects by female, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists, across theatre, performance art, music, visual art, and dance later this spring and summer. This program embraces the work of independent performance artists and productions to give these performers free access to valuable resources like wild project’s 89-seat theater and more. Curated artists will also have the option to live stream and/or film their work with our film production equipment and digital distribution platform. Wild Culture is primarily suited for work that is already more developed or previously workshopped. Wild Culture, launched in 2018, gives artists much-needed production support at an important time in their development. It strongly encourages artists whose projects address important issues like social justice, gender identity, equality, mental health, and climate change to submit their work.
27. LONG WHARF THEATRE LITERARY PROGRAM & NEW WORK DEVELOPMENT
DEADLINE: Year round
WEBSITE: https://longwharf.org/casting-and-literary
Long Wharf Theatre has a proud and rich history of forming meaningful relationships with artists, supporting the development of their work, and moving their projects towards production. We are particularly interested in incubating new pieces that center BIPOC voices, push form, and feature innovative dramaturgy. We are also eager to support projects that originate with artists other than playwrights, such as designers, directors, dramaturgs, and activists. Many of these works have become part of the modern American canon with more than thirty Long Wharf Theatre productions transferred to Broadway or Off-Broadway runs.
We are revitalizing our commitment to playwrights at all stages in their careers, and are now welcoming scripts from unrepresented playwrights as well as agents.
Email scripts to: literary@longwharf.org
Type of Materials: Full-length, One act, 10-minute scripts, musicals, adaptations, translations, virtual/Zoom plays.
JOB OPP:
School for Participation / Aaron Landsman
Al11@princeton.edu
Apply here: https://start.princeton.edu
We are seeking a candidate for a new fellowship in entrepreneurship at Princeton called Start.
The fellow will learn, do research and help build a new startup business – either for- or non-
profit - that offers transformative civic education to schools. The ideal candidate will have a
master’s degree (in any field), will be curious about new business models, and will be early in a career as an entrepreneur.
The way it works is: the fellow receives a year of mentorship and training on campus, and is
paid $65,000 plus benefits for that time. At the end of that phase, Princeton puts in significant
startup capital to launch the new organization. While the main thrust of the Start program is
science-based, Princeton has asked playwright Aaron Landsman, also a lecturer at Princeton,
to nominate a Start candidate who could work with him on School for Participation.
School for Participation. This work began as a theater piece Aaron and director Mallory Catlett presented in five US cities. That piece – literally called City Council Meeting - invited audience members to perform excerpts of local government meetings from across the country. It modeled ways to engage creatively with bureaucracy and put young people in dialogue with elected officials. We are now developing a dynamic, flexible curriculum based on City Council Meeting for middle, high school and college students, through which students use our structure to create localized performances of power. The central proposition of our work mirrors that of democracy itself: each of us is as qualified to lead as anyone else.
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