NEW SCRIPT CALL FOR SUMMER SHORTS 2016
Playwrights’ Round Table
INFO: Playwrights’ Round Table is seeking up to seven new, original 10-minute plays for production and is particularly interested in plays by women and minorities.
There is no fee to submit a play; however, if selected, the playwright must become a member of Playwrights' Round Table for a minimum of one season. The baseline membership is free.
DEADLINE: April 15, 2016
theprt.com/shows/2016shorts.html
DRAMATISTS GUILD FELLOWS PROGRAM
The Dramatists Guild of America
INFO: The Dramatists Guild of America, the only organization devoted solely to the interests of artists writing for the theater, is now accepting applications for its Fellows Program. This year, they will select five playwrights for a nine-month program that includes group sessions with theater professional, one-on-one mentoring, and an opportunity to become interns or observers with dramatists involved in professional productions.
DEADLINE: April 29, 2016
Buran Theater
INFO: In honor of its 10th anniversary in 2017 Buran Theater will support and produce theatre/performance-based artists through transformative 2-year process-based fellowships. Utilizing the Buran process developed over the past decade by the artistic director and associate artists, CartHorse Fellows will build, produce and present a new theatre work over two rigorous years of development with the support of the company’s resources and talent.
The fellowship will be an immersive experience for artists who are eager to develop their own process; delve deep into a completely new project; gain/build skills in self-production, marketing, development and administration; build a company/family of collaborators under the auspices of Buran Theatre’s creative and organizational capacity; and a means to expand Buran's mission and ethos to pioneering and under-represented artists.
Working closely with the artistic director and associate artists, the CartHorse Fellow will:
- take on artistic role in producing Buran Theatre’s 2017 10th anniversary production;
- partake in administrative, creative, developmental and production meetings and decisions for the 2017 season;
- have access to Buran company resources (space, talent, funding, etc.);
- receive commissioning fee for new work (at least $250 , but could be larger dependent on funding);
- develop a new work throughout 2017/18;
- receive two-week run of production in 2018 in NYC;
- and potentially tour to Buran satellite system (Albuquerque/Los Angeles/Kansas City/Minneapolis).
DEADLINE: May 1, 2016
docs.google.com/forms/d/13mVn_hUxKmMkz9qlulqqDtCQl0zbFAXDTNm4vD0-b0c/viewform
CALL FOR ENTRIES: NEXT ACT! NEW PLAY SUMMIT
Capital Repertory Theater
INFO: Capital Repetory Theater seeks submissions for its fifth annual Next Act! New Play Summit designed to complement the Upper Hudson Valley’s rich diverse populations.
Entries must be full-length plays. Multi-cultural and ethnically diverse pieces are encouraged.
Next Act! New Play Summit will take place in Albany, NY from October 21-24, 2016 and will feature readings of four never-before produced plays, with additional special events throughout the weekend.
DEADLINE: May 1, 2016
capitalrep.org/next-act-new-play-summit/next-act-play-submissons
I AM SOUL - PLAYWRIGHT RESIDENCY
National Black Theatre
INFO: The annual I AM SOUL - Playwright Residency program recognizes Black playwrights whose work demonstrates exceptional artistic merit and excellence in the theatrical field. Alongside NBT’s Theatre Arts Director, the selected playwright will develop a new play during the eighteen (18) month residency. The program provides the playwright with a stipend, administrative and dramaturgical support, in-house readings, and one 29-hour workshop. This process culminates with a Workshop Production in NBT’s following season.
With I AM SOUL, NBT seeks to deepen the artistic relationship between Black theatrical institutions and Black playwrights in order to re-establish Black theatrical institutions as the foremost supporters and producers of new works created by Black playwrights.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Deadline: May 1, 2016
- Finalists Notified: June 10, 2016
- Recipient Notified: July 13, 2016
- Residency: September 1, 2016 – March 31, 2018
The American Playwright Foundation
INFO: The Relentless Award, established in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman and his pursuit of truth in the theater, is the largest annual cash prize in American theater awarded to a playwright in recognition of a new play.
Submissions by first-time playwrights, women and playwrights are encouraged.
PRIZE:
- $45,000
- The option to have the winning play published by the Dramatists Play Service
- A week-long residency at SPACE on Ryder Farm, an artist residency program housed on a working organic farm in Brewster, New York. The author can elect to have a director, a dramaturg and actors join him or her while in residence on the farm
- The selected play will also have a national roll-out through the Ed Vassallo Relentless Reading Series, established to help bring to life and develop the winning play by presenting a series of staged readings at some of the top theaters across the United States
Three runners-up will also be named.
DEADLINE: 11:59pm EST on May 2, 2016