THEATER - JANUARY 2017

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

INFOINKtank 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. 

DEADLINEJanuary 6, 2017

risingcircle.submittable.com/submit/72050/inktank-2017-cycle-8

  

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: PLAYWRIGHTS’ WEEK

The Lark

INFO: The Lark’s Open Access Program seeks to provide development opportunities for new and diverse voices for the theater by identifying and advancing promising plays that reveal unheard and vital perspectives.  This submissions program allows The Lark to serve a wide range of playwrights through an extensive multistage selection process with an emphasis on inclusion and advocacy.    

All playwrights will receive consideration without regard to demographics, professional experience, geographic location or history with the organization.

DEADLINE: January 12, 2017

larktheatre.org/get-involved/submit-play/

 

CORE WRITER PROGRAM

The Playwrights’ Center

INFO: The Playwrights’ Center invites committed professional playwrights to apply for the Core Writer program. 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.

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. Selected work by Core Writers makes up 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 re-apply for additional terms.

DEADLINEJanuary 19, 2017

pwcenter.org/programs/core-writer-program 

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSION: “CONVERSATIONS IN AMERICA: UNDER THE GUN”

Women in the Arts and Media Coalition

INFO: The Women In the Arts and Media Coalition is sending out a call for submissions for our new series: Conversations In America. This first artistic conversation is called "Under the Gun."

The series will be a creative evening of works that attempt to reach beyond emotions and find ways to discuss critical issues in America. This first conversation is about the gun violence problem in the United States. Yelling and screaming have not changed a thing, so what might?

They are asking their members, to write, paint, sculpt, photograph, film, make music, and/or dance to a better understanding of this volatile subject where entrenched and automatic responses have become knee jerk reactions on both sides of the conversation. 

They will host a gala evening to display, discuss, enlighten and begin to mutually develop a way to dialogue the many sides of this issue that affects all of us daily.  They are seeking to construct an understanding and develop movement on this issue through our art.  How can we talk away the fear - on both sides of the discussion - and find a place of understanding that supports all of our rights? We all acknowledge that this is an uncomfortable talk to have.  How do we start the conversation without shutting each other down?  

They are looking for: Short plays and Monologues, Short Films, Music, Poetry, Dance Pieces, Paintings, Photographs, Performance Art, and written and performed pieces with a running time of 10 minutes or less. A female-identified member of one of our their or affiliate member organizations must submit and be the primary engine of the project submitted, but it may have any additional collaborators, female or male, members and non-members.

DEADLINE: January 22, 2017 at 11:59pm

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CALL FOR SUBMISSION: DESDE EL PUENTE-ANNUAL ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVAL

Raices Theatre Company

INFO: Calling all Latinx Playwrights for submitting works to Desde El Puente, the 2nd annual production of Raíces Theatre Company’s one act play festival. Desde El Puente honors the memory of Rafael Pérez, a leader in Western New York’s Latino community, and recognizes the bridge that needs to be crossed for Latino works to be celebrated by the wider world. Ten plays will be chosen for a 3 weekend run starting May 26th, 2017 and closing June 11th, 2017 in Buffalo, NY.

Playwrights may submit a maximum of 2 one act plays, each no longer than 10 minutes. If you find yourselves with more than 10 pages on hand, please read it aloud and time it. All plays must have a cast no larger than 6 characters and minimal set requirements as there is no time for elaborate set changes. All plays must deal with subject matter that relates to the Latino culture. If selected your play will be cast, produced and directed by Raíces Theatre Company. All selected plays will run every night.

DEADLINEFebruary 1, 2017

raicestheatrecompany.com/desde-el-puente-annual-one-act-play-festival/

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