CALL FOR SUBMISSION: CONTEMPORARY LATIN@ PLAYS WRITTEN IN SPANISH
50 Playwrights Project
INFO: 50 Playwrights Project is inviting previously unpublished contributions for an anthology of Contemporary US Latin@ Plays written in Spanish. This volume seeks to fill the gaps in published resources about US Latin@ plays written and performed in Spanish. US Latin@ theatre in English has received considerable publications in the past decades and is now part of the academic and performance archive. Yet, US theatre written in Spanish remains undervalued despite the fact that there is a large and vibrant corpus of work being produced across the country. Given the lack of published dramatic works in Spanish, the scope of investigations thus far has been limited, as well.
This volume intends to continue the dialogue about these writers and launch US Latin@ dramatic literature written in Spanish into the larger conversation of Latin American and US Latin@ literature and cultural studies. We invite plays that have been written in Spanish by Latin@ authors who are writing/working in the U.S.
DEADLINE: December 1, 2016
MANY VOICES FELLOWSHIPS
The Playwrights’ Center
INFO: Many Voices Fellowships are awarded annually to two artists of color with previous playwriting experience and/or training. One fellowship is awarded to a Minnesota playwright, and one fellowship is awarded to either a Minnesota or national playwright.
The Many Voices Fellowship was created in 1994 in partnership with the Jerome Foundation in order to create a home for early-career playwrights of color who would provide the American theater scene with diverse voices and aesthetics. Since that time, the Many Voices program has provided over 140 fellowships for more than 100 emerging playwrights of color, offering class instruction, play development workshops, and mentoring opportunities.
AWARD:
- A $10,000 stipend
- An additional $2,500 for living expenses
- $1,500 in ply development funds
- Assistance building connections with theater leaders and companies in the Twin Cities and nationwide
DEADLINE: December 1, 2016
pwcenter.org/programs/many-voices-fellowships
MANY VOICES MENTORSHIPS
The Playwrights’ Center
INFO: Many Voices Mentorships are awarded annually to two Minnesota-based beginning playwrights of color. Mentorships focus on the nuts and bolts of playwriting through a curated package of writing and development services intended to aid the participant toward the completion of a play script.
AWARD: Mentorships provide a $2,000 stipend as well as free access to over $1,500 in services designed to introduce beginning playwrights to the craft of playwriting. These services include a staged reading with professional actors, two six-week classes taught by leading playwriting professionals, an array of one-night seminars, a One-on-One with a Dramaturg session, and a two-year Playwrights' Center membership. Mentorship recipients attend quarterly meetings with Many Voices Program Coordinator Christina Ham as well as scheduled consultations with other Playwrights' Center artistic staff.
DEADLINE: December 1, 2016
pwcenter.org/programs/many-voices-mentorships
MCKNIGHT NATIONAL RESIDENCY AND COMMISSION
Playwrights’ Center
INFO: Supported by a grant from the McKnight Foundation, this program aids in the commissioning and development of new works from nationally recognized playwrights.
Benefits include:
- A $14,000 commission
- At least two U.S. round-trip airline tickets
- Housing during the residency period
- Up to $5,750 in workshop funds to support the development of the play
- A public reading of the commissioned play
DEADLINE: December 8, 2016
https://pwcenter.org/programs/mcknight-national-residency-and-commission
MULTISTAGES 2017 NEW WORKS CONTEST
INFO: MultiStages, a multicultural, multidisciplinary theatre company located in New York City, is seeking original, unproduced, high quality full-length plays by established and emerging writers for its eighth New Works contest.
MultiStages produces non-traditional multicultural, multidisciplinary theatre works that incorporate a fusion of art forms rarely found in today’s theatre. These fusions include collaborations with artists working in dance, music composition (including opera), visual arts, puppetry, poetry, multimedia, et al. If your play includes music, you may choose to submit with a composer. All submitted scripts must be multidisciplinary and multicultural, and respect non-traditional casting choices. All productions are subject to development by MultiStages in collaboration with the playwright.
PRIZE:
- The contest winner will receive a workshop staged reading with professional actors or a full-staged production at a reputable theatre in New York City under an AEA approved code.
- The finalists will receive a staged reading with professional actors in the New Works festival.
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
DEADLINE: December 31, 2016
multistages.org/2016/01/2015-new-works-contest/
NATIONAL LATINO PLAYWRITING AWARD
Arizona Theatre Company
INFO: Submissions for the 2017 National Latino Playwriting Award are now open. Latino playwrights residing in the United States, its territories or Mexico are encouraged to submit scripts for the award. Each script will be read and evaluated by a culturally diverse panel of theatre artists; finalists will be judged by ATC artistic staff.
Scripts may be in English, English and Spanish, or solely in Spanish. (Spanish-language and bilingual scripts must be accompanied by an English translation.)
Plays must be unpublished and professionally unproduced at the time of submission.
Full-length and one-act plays (minimum length: 50 pages) on any subject will be accepted.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2016
arizonatheatre.org/national-latino-plawriting-award/
PLAYWRITING CONTESTS
Kumu Kahua Theatre
INFO: Each year, Kumu Kahua Theatre conducts a playwriting contest with three categories:
- The Hawai‘i Prize ($600) is open to residents and non-residents of Hawai‘i. The play must be set in Hawai‘i or deal with some aspect of the Hawai‘i experience. Some examples of appropriate topics might be: pre-colonial life in the islands; relation between indigenous and colonizer; the coming of whalers; missionaries and merchants; the history of ethnic immigration and adaptation to Hawai‘i; the development of enter-ethnic relationships; labor history; the territorial era; militarization; the move toward statehood; tourism and development; contemporary immigration and diaspora; women’s rights; the experiences of Hawai‘i’s people outside of Hawai‘i. Restricted to full-length plays (minimum 50 pages of standard form).
- The Pacific/Rim Prize ($450) is open to residents and non-residents of Hawai‘i. The play must be set in or deal with the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Rim, or the Pacific/Asian American experience. Restricted to full-length plays (minimum 50 pages of standard form).
- The Resident Prize ($250) is open to the residents of Hawai‘i. At the time of submission, the plays may be on any topic, and of any length.
Winning playwrights receive cash prizes and are regularly offered the opportunity to see their scripts included in a future Kumu Kahua season.
DEADLINE: January 4, 2017
kumukahua.org/contests-writing/
MCKNIGHT FELLOWSHIPS IN PLAYWRITING
Playwrights’ Center
INFO: The McKnight Fellowships in Playwriting recognize playwrights whose work demonstrates exceptional artistic merit and excellence in the field, and whose primary residence is in the state of Minnesota.
AWARD:
- A $25,000 stipend
- $2,500 to support a play development workshop and other professional expenses
- $1,400 in travel funds
DEADLINE: January 5, 2017
pwcenter.org/PROGRAMS/MCKNIGHT-FELLOWSHIPS-IN-PLAYWRITING
INKTANK
Rising Circle Theater Collective
INFO: INKtank is Rising Circle Theater Collective's play development intensive for playwrights of color. INKtank has a two-fold mission of providing emerging playwrights of color an artistic home and support system while assisting them in the creation of a more developed draft of a full-length script. The final drafts of the INKtank plays will be presented at PlayRISE, a culminating festival event where the selected works receive a public reading.
The INKtank Lab seeks to select 3-4 writers of color who are invested in the revision process of their own work as well of their peers in an artistic community environment with a shared intention of honest feedback and rigorous pursuit of excellence. The lab cycle will be facilitated by INKtank alums, Raquel Almazan (La Esperanza, or The Hopefulness) and Monet Hurst-Mendoza (Lilia, Veil'd). INKtank is a collaborative process where Rising Circle will provide structure and resources, while playwrights create what happens week-to-week based on the needs of each writer.
DEADLINE: January 6, 2017
risingcircle.submittable.com/submit/72050/inktank-2017-cycle-8