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
americanplaywritingfoundation.org/the-relentless-award.html
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: RENEGADE 2016
Renegade Theatre Festival
INFO: The Renegade Theatre Festival, held in Lansing, Michigan, is seeking new plays for their annual festival held in August. Going into its 11th year, Renegade is a free, completely volunteer festival that gives theaters and independent producer/writer/directors an opportunity to present works that they might not normally staged.
They are now accepting plays in two separate categories. They will be accepting new, original works that meet the following guidelines:
New Plays #1:
- Plays should be no longer than 90 minutes in length.
- Have never been produced.
- Can be any style/genre.
New Plays #2:
- Plays written on the theme: ___________ ruined my life.
- Are not longer than 15 minutes in length.
- Have a cast of no more than three characters.
- Have never been produced.
- Can be any style/genre.
- Can be fully produced using minimal setting/props/costumes.
DEADLINE: May 15, 2016
renegadetheatrefestival.org/now.html
The Playwrights Realm
INFO: Four early-career playwrights will receive 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 setting for writers to share and refine their work. Individual meetings with the Realm’s Artistic Director and Literary Director support each writer’s specific artistic process. Fellows work with a director, design consultant, and actors over the course of two workshops 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 workshops shed light on the often opaque business of theatre, and empower the Fellows to be active, informed participants in their own careers. The Writing Fellows season culminates in a public reading of each fellowship play as part of our INK’D Festival of New Plays.
PRIZE:
- $3,000 Award
- A monthly Writers Group
- Internal workshop
- Professional Development Opportunities
- A public reading in their INK'D Festival
- Access to all their resources
PROGRAM CRITERIA:
- Playwrights must be able to attend meetings and workshops in New York City on a twice-monthly basis from September 2016 through May 2017.
- Playwrights should identify as early-career.
- Those enrolled in an MFA program during the span of fellowship are not eligible.
- Plays to be considered for the fellowship should be complete drafts (minimum 60 pages) at a stage of development that would benefit from a nine-month rewriting and workshop process. Plays should have no commitments to other theaters that will limit their development with The Playwrights Realm.
- Plays going through another similar development process simultaneously, or that have had a production outside of an academic environment, are not eligible.
- They are not looking for solo performance projects at this time.
DEADLINE: May 15, 2016
playwrightsrealm.org/fellow-app/
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation
INFO: The 2016 playwriting competition is open to full-length works (dramas, comedies, musicals, screenplays) only and must concern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or genderqueer life and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historical person, culture, work of art, or event.
One entry per author, please. Scripts must be original and in English.
Email submissions to: jwillis@aabbfoundation.org
PRIZE:
- First Prize – $3,000
- Second Prize – $1,500
- Honorable Mentions – $500
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
DEADLINE: May 31, 2016
aabbfoundation.org/comp-guidelines
2016 NEW MUSICAL DISCOVERY SERIES
Florida Theatrical Association
INFO: Aspiring writers from around the country are encouraged to submit their new works, which will be reviewed by a panel of theatre professionals, including renowned directors, writers, producers and performers. The panel will select two works that will each receive a staged reading. One final winner will receive a workshop presented of their piece featuring local directors and talent. The Discovery Series will also include talkbacks for students and audiences with the playwrights and directors.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2016
http://floridatheatrical.org/new-musical-discovery-series