The Premiere Play Festival
INFO: Premiere Stages is committed to supporting emerging and regional playwrights by developing and producing new plays. Since 2005, the Premiere Play Festival has offered playwrights the opportunity to develop their work in an encouraging, focused environment through discussions, rehearsals, readings, workshops, and Equity productions.
Through the Premiere Play Festival, Premiere Stages has developed many plays that have gone on to have successful productions in New York and at regional theatres throughout the country. We strive to facilitate relationships between writers and theatre professionals who we think will respond to their work, in hopes that plays developed at Premiere will go on to subsequent productions. We offer Play Festival winners the option to retain the coveted “World Premiere” brand on their plays. Additionally, Premiere’s productions are consistently reviewed, scouted by major publishing houses, and honored by the American Theatre Critics Association.
Premiere Stages will accept submissions of unproduced plays written by playwrights affiliated with the greater metropolitan area from September 1, 2019 through December 1, 2019. All plays submitted to the festival are evaluated by a panel of professional theatre producers, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, and publishers. Four finalists are subsequently selected for public Equity readings in March 2020.
Following the Spring readings, one play is selected for an Equity production in the Premiere Stages 2020 Mainstage Season and receives an award of $2500. The runner-up receives a 29-hour staged reading and $1000. The two other finalists will each be awarded $750.
Premiere Stages is committed to supporting a diverse group of writers; playwrights of all backgrounds, ages, and experience levels are encouraged to apply.
Submission Guidelines
All plays must be submitted as a PDF.
Plays must be full-length and have a cast size of no more than eight.
Plays must be unpublished and unproduced (readings and workshops are okay), with no productions and/or publication currently scheduled through September 2020.
Playwrights must have strong affiliations with the greater metropolitan area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Delaware).
Musicals, adaptations (of existing plays or other sources), and solo shows are not eligible.
Submissions are limited to one script per playwright.
Please contact Premiere Stages to inquire about submitting a script that has been previously submitted.
Playwrights must be available for the development of their script (see the 2020 schedule table).
DEADLINE: December 1, 2019
http://www.premierestagesatkean.com/play-festival
2020 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM: PLAYWRITING / SCREENWRITING
Marble House
INFO: Marble House Project is a multidisciplinary artist residency program that fosters collaboration and the exchange of ideas, by providing an environment for artists across disciplines to live and work together. The residency integrates sustainable practices, including small-scale organic food production and waste conservation. Residents sustain their growth by engaging with the grounds while working on their artistic practice. Marble House Project is founded on the belief that the act of creating, whether in the studio or in nature, is how human potential expands and community thrives.
Marble House Project accepts approximately 60 residents and is open to artists living in the United States and abroad. Residencies run from April through October, scheduled into six three-week residencies and one two-week family-friendly residency for artists with children. Each session accommodates eight artists and is specifically curated to bring together a diverse group of creative workers, to maximize potential for collaboration and dialogue while in residence and beyond.
All residents live together in the historic, eight-bedroom Manley-Lefevre house, a communal space organized around responsibilities-sharing systems which highlight sustainability and community. All residents will be paired and asked to cook for shared dinners three times over the course of their residency, Monday-Friday. A substantial amount of the food we provide comes from our organic garden, which also serves as a space for gathering and an educational tool. Residents are invited to help with planting, harvesting, and maintenance. While not required, our hope is that you will spend some time in the garden alongside your studio practice. Each session culminates with ART SEED, our public open house weekend event. Artists are invited to share their work with our community through artist talks, readings, performances, and open studios.
Marble House Project provides private bedrooms, food, private studio space, and artist support. We are not able to cover costs related to travel or materials. There is no fee to attend the residency.
Applications are accepted in all creative fields including but not limited to writing, dance and choreography, performance, music composition and sound, film and video, visual arts, and culinary arts. Applications are reviewed by a jury of alumni, staff, and outside experts, and artists are selected based on quality of work, commitment to practice, and project description. Please choose the application that best describes your work. Two artists may apply together as a collaborative, and should complete one application. Within each application you will be asked to select the session dates best for you. You may choose the family friendly residency only if you will be bringing your children. Family friendly applicants may select additional dates if willing to attend without your children.
Marble House Project does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.
Selection Process
Our jury is composed of Marble House Project alumni and professionals within their field. We do not post the names of our jury and jury members change annually. After artists are chosen, they are specifically curated into residency groups by staff, board and outside consultants.
Collaborators:
Two artists maximum.
If applying as a collaborative (two artists max), please complete a single application in the discipline most applicable for your shared project. Please include both artists’ resumes in your upload and an artist statement which relates to both collaborators. Work samples should reflect both artists’ work, and/or work from previous collaborations. Collaborators should be willing to share a studio and possibly a bedroom.
Applicant Information and Contact
1. First Name
2. Last Name
3. Email address This information will not be shared with our jury
4. Phone Number This information will not be shared with our jury
5. Mailing Address This information will not be shared with our jury
6. Artists Statement
Word count should not exceed one page or 250 words.
7. Resume or CV.
Please upload a current resume and include education history; awards, grants and fellowships received, artists' residencies attended and a list of professional achievements in your field (exhibitions, publications, performances, recordings). Please delete your address and email from this document. We want to respect the privacy of each applicant.
8. Website
If you do not have a website, do not input this information.
9. Statement of intent/project description.
What will your focus be or what do you plan to accomplish during your residency at Marble House Project? While we are aware that this may change, it is important in shaping how each residency group is curated. 300 words limit.
10. Work Samples.
You may upload up to 15 pages writing samples. Pages must be double spaced.
11. Studio Needs
Please tell us about any special requirements you might have for your studio space. Jurors will not see this information.
12. How did you hear about Marble House and anything else we need to know.
This question refers to anything that may be relevant to your application that is not asked in other areas. Please tell us who referred you to our program or how you heard about it.. Our jury will not see this information.
13. Residency Dates
Each session hosts eight artists and is carefully curated to bring together a group of creative workers across various disciplines, who might collaborate and learn from one another. The more dates you are available, the more flexibility Marble House Project has in curating each group. Please choose carefully because if accepted, you will be placed in a residency session that has been curated with you in mind. and it is sometimes very difficult to move people around. If your dates change, please notify us prior to January 15th. If you are applying for the family friendly residency please check that box. If you are applying for family friendly but can also attend a residency without your child/children then check each time slot that you are available. You may not apply to the family friendly residency without a child. Children should be no younger than three in order to participate in our camp for artists children. If your child is younger than three, you will need to have a partner provide childcare. Jurors will not see which sessions you apply to. Residency dates for the 2020 Artist in Residency are as follows:
April 13th - May 5th
May 11th - June 2nd
June 8th - June 30th
August 3rd - August 25
August 31 - Sept 22
October 5 - 27th
July 13 - July 28 Family Friendly Residency
14. For Family Friendly Residency only.
Please answer all of the questions if you are applying to our family friendly residency session.. If you are not applying to this session, please leave the answers blank. This information remains internal and is not seen by our jurors.
15. Outreach and Statistical purposes
The questions below are for outreach and statistical purposes, and will remain confidential. Marble House Project is working hard to reach creative people in many different communities.. Although optional, we strongly encourage you to answer the questions below. Our demographic questions will help us achieve this goal in the coming years and we need your help.
Marble House Project does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.
Date of Birth
Country of Birth
How do you self-identify - This question refers to pronouns and anything else you choose to tell us about yourself.
Ethnicity Please respond in the way that most appropriately describes how you identify yourself.
Education What is the highest degree of education you have completed?
SUBMISSION FEE: $35
DEADLINE: December 9, 2019
https://marblehouseproject.submittable.com/submit
Playwriting Lab
Chain Theatre
INFO: Chain Theatre Playwriting Lab continues its commitment to developing new plays by diverse artists and underrepresented voices in the American Theatre. Since its inception, Chain has developed plays focusing on what unites us, links us together as well as what divides us. This is a highly collaborative process with a personal, intensive focus on the playwright, your story, and your words.
Playwrights will meet regularly with your Director and the Director of the Lab. While each play will have different needs depending on how far along in the development process your play is, a typical timeline for the Lab would be: Weeks 1-2, meet with the Director and the Director of the Lab once a week to discuss your work and structure. Following each of these meetings, you will be given time to work on the play outside of the Lab and return with any changes. Weeks 3-5, actors are brought in to read through the script and/or work on specific scenes. At a second meeting during these weeks, you will meet with the Director to discuss what was learned from the previous rehearsal and any possible changes to consider. Week 6, there will be two to three rehearsals to fine tune the intentions of the characters with the actors in preparation for the staged readings.
A Director will be chosen for you from the Chain Theatre Team, so plays that already have a director attached cannot be considered. All actors will be chosen by the Director and the Chain to ensure an opportunity to hear the text with a fresh voice.
Following the 6 weeks of development, playwrights will be given two professional staged readings at Chain Theatre with an invited audience.
DEADLINE: December 12, 2019
http://www.chaintheatre.org/chain-playwriting-lab
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Hawai’i ConFest 2020
The Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (CAATA)
INFO: The Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (CAATA) mission is to advance the field of Asian American Theater through a national network of organizations and artists. CAATA is committed to an inclusive and evolving definition of “Asian,” “American,” and “Theater.” Our 2020 ConFest will specifically center the voices of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceanic theater practitioners. If you would like to be a part of this conversation please apply! https://caata.submittable.com/submit
PLEASE NOTE: To apply to present at CAATA ConFest, you MUST be either be an active individual member, or acting on behalf of an active organizational member. Your proposal application fee is FREE with purchase of your annual membership. You will receive the opportunity to purchase a membership at the completion of the submission. The $38 (Individual) and $54 (organizational) fee will cover membership and processing fees.
The Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists (CAATA) seeks proposals from Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Oceanic, and Pan Asian American theater artists, practitioners, ensembles, ad hoc collectives, established companies, and scholars for inclusion in the 2020 National Asian American Theater Festival & Conference (ConFest). We invite a diverse range of proposals and presentations, including:
Theater productions
Movement and dance theater
Small ensemble and solo performances
Performance art
New play readings
Panel discussions
Workshops
Additional interactive and innovative presentation sessions
ABOUT OUR CONFEST THEME
The contributions of theater practitioners from Hawai’i have largely gone unrecognized by American Theater. From being founders and original cast members of every established Asian American Theater or play on the continent, to any Broadway play featuring Asian American actors, independent artists touring and working in community venues, theater practitioners from Hawai’i have been there. It is time to come back to Ku’u ‘Āina (land), Ku’u Piko (center), and Ku’u Kahua (stage).
This year’s ConFest will center the voices of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceanic theater practitioners; and will highlight the rich and ongoing history of collaboration and exchange among Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Oceanic and Asian Americans. Attendees will be exposed to the idea of what is like to create theater in a state where Asian Americans are the majority. And be introduced to the thriving theater community of Hawai’i, where our faces on stage are the NORM not the exception.
Our conference theme, “Ku‘u ‘Āina, Ku‘u Piko, Ku‘u Kahua: Return to the Source” is a call to all theater artists to reconnect with their foundations and their sources of knowledge, which may be their land, their family, their center. Performing our stories on the stage is a means to ground ourselves, our cultural knowledge, and our many identities in the works that we bring to our communities. We invite our national colleagues to return to the Piko (the source), witness theater that centers our stories, exchange and develop strategies for making change and expressing creativity in Hawai’i and on the continent, and participate in growing our collective impact.
CONFEST 2020 WILL FEATURE:
Panel discussions, workshops, staged readings, and additional presentation sessions during the 5-day Conference, August 11 – 15, 2020
Full productions at the Kennedy Theatre and Earle Ernst Lab Theatre at UH Manoa during the Conference, August 11 – 15; and at partner venues throughout Oahu during the 10-day Festival, August 7 – 16, 2020
Salons, open mics, and other opportunities to showcase work in all stages of development
VENUES
CAATA-produced Festival performances will be staged in two primary venues at the Kennedy Theatre on the campus of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa:
The 620-seat proscenium Kennedy Theatre Mainstage, built to accommodate traditional Japanese theater staging in addition to the proscenium orientation.
The 150-seat blackbox Earle Ernst Lab Theatre.
The 25-30-seat multi-purpose room Studio S
Self-produced work will be at venues throughout O‘ahu and are the responsibility of the producer to secure.
Most other events (including workshops, panels, presentations, and staged readings) will take place at or near the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa campus, including East-West Center.
DEADLINE: December 15, 2019 at midnight HST.
https://caata.net/rfp-confest-2020/
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: PLAYWRITING
The Bush Theatre
INFO: The Bush Theatre (based in London) is committed to discovering the best new plays from playwrights who may be unknown to us and therefore are currently seeking submissions in a dedicated script windows.
We look for exciting new voices that tell contemporary stories with wit, style and passion and we champion work that is both provocative and entertaining.
If you are a playwright, are not currently represented by an agent, and have a play to share with us, then we would love to receive it during our submissions window.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
The Bush Theatre exists to produce original plays that provoke conversation and are theatrically bold. We want to house voices and stories that reflect the diversity of contemporary society.
We encourage you to familiarise yourself with our work by visiting us in Shepherd’s Bush and seeing a play or reading those plays we have produced recently – we have thousands of playtexts in our library to get you thinking.BushGreen is your first port of call to get to know our writers and read articles around our work.
If you want to get to know us better, we are hosting a Playtext Sale on November 30th from 12-3pm where you can meet our Literary team and learn more about the theatre.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU SUBMIT?
All scripts that are received are considered by Bush Theatre readers, which is a team made up of professional playwrights, directors and other artists. The senior creative team including the Associate Dramaturg and Associate Director oversee the submissions process.
Two of our Emerging Writers’ Group writers will be selected from this year’s unsolicited submissions, and for many more writers, submitting your script is the beginning of a relationship with the Bush. We have committed to meeting with at least 25 writers through meetings or phone calls, and 100 more will receive feedback via email.
We will always inform you of the final outcome. The large volume of submissions we receive means this process can take up to 6 months and are unable to enter into conversation about plays that we do not wish to take further.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
We accept full length plays (running at 60 minutes or more) from writers based in the UK or Ireland.
DEADLINE: December 15, 2019
https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/artists/play-writing/submissions/
STORYKNIFE WRITERS RETREAT
INFO: Women’s stories are vital and important. Currently, those stories whether expressed in poems, plays, novels, essays, or memoirs are not published, reviewed, or promoted as often as the work of men. Storyknife provides female-identified writers with the time and space to explore their craft without distraction. Every aspect of a residency at Storyknife is steeped in a profound generosity of spirit so that each writer knows she and her work are valuable. Storyknife residents carry away both this affirmation and a living community of women writers to assist their valuable work wherever they go.
Residencies at Storyknife in Homer, Alaska, are either for two or four weeks, based on preference of the applicant. Resident’s food and lodging is covered during the period of their residency, but travel to and from Homer, Alaska, is the responsibility of the resident. Residents stay in individual cabins & dine at the main house. An on-staff chef is responsible for food preparation.
Residencies are offered in two week and four week periods. Four week residencies begin on the 1st of each month and end on the 28th. Two week residencies begin on the 1st of each month and end on the 15th. Residencies are available April through October.
Applicants must:
Be woman-identified
Be 21 years of age or older
Apply as an individual artist, not a collaborative group or team
You will provide a work sample and answer three questions (each answer 300 words or fewer).
How have you sought to educate yourself as a writer? (Formal education not a prerequisite, but evidence of curiosity and learning in your applicable genre is.)
What is your experience with publishing your work? (Publishing is not a prerequisite but is considered a goal for writers who attend Storyknife.)
What project will you pursue while in residency? (Please note that you will be free to work on whatever writing you wish during residency. We simply are interested in what you think you’ll be pursuing.)
Work Sample Requirements:
Work samples should reflect work completed within the last two years. All work samples must be uploaded through CaFE. Written work samples will be uploaded directly within the application. You do not need to upload images for this application.
Applicants can submit published or unpublished work samples.
All work samples must be combined into one PDF file.
A writing sample not to exceed 10 pages (prose: double-spaced 12 point font, poetry: single-spaced 12 point font acceptable).
Any writing samples with identifying material will be disqualified. This is a blind jurying process.
Diversity
Storyknife is committed to diversity and elevating marginalized voices. We value all aspects of diversity and seek to make each resident’s time at Storyknife as productive and pleasant as possible.
Please contact executive director, Erin Hollowell, at ehollowell@storyknife.org to ask about accommodation or to speak further about your needs. Storyknife is welcoming to all and will work with you to meet your needs.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2019
https://storyknife.org/how-to-apply/
LA MAISON BALDWIN WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM FOR 2020-2021
INFO: Shortly before James Baldwin passed away, he told close friends in Saint-Paul de Vence that he dreamed of seeing his beloved house made into a writers' colony. This medieval village, with its uncommon light, its majestic mountaintop placement and surrounding countryside, has for centuries attracted artists, architects, alchemists and thinkers, great minds intent on changing the world. Here is where Baldwin wrote some of his most enduring books, including If Beale Street Could Talk, Just Above my Head, and his sole book of poetry, Jimmy's Blues.
Writers in residence are offered a room in the village center to pursue their current creative project. While in residence, they will contribute to the literary culture of Saint Paul de Vence by offering a community event or creative public program.
They are hosted at La Maison Baldwin Residence for Writers, a house in the historic center of St. Paul de Vence located directly across the street from the village church. The home features a 3rd-floor bedroom suite with a sunny terrace overlooking the tiled roofs of the village and the valley beyond.
Residents also stay in a charming artist cottage made available to the program through a partnership with the city of St. Paul de Vence.
Lunch every day is offered to the resident writers through partnerships with local restaurants and host families. The fellowship includes a $700 travel stipend.
Eligibility and How to Apply
This fellowship is open to emerging writers working in the spirit of James Baldwin. Eligible to apply are poets, playwrights, essayists and fiction writers with no more than one published book or staged production.
The review committee will select ten fellows for residencies of 2 to 4 weeks in fall 2020 (Sept 15 to Oct. 31) or spring 2021 (April 1 to May 15).
DEADLINE: December 31, 2019
https://www.lamaisonbaldwin.fr/st-paul-de-vence-writer-in-residenc