Commonwealth Writers Guyana Scriptwriting Workshop
INFO: The Commonwealth Writers Guyana Scriptwriting Workshop will take place February 5 - 8, 2020 at Moray House, Georgetown, Guyana. The workshop is aimed at emerging Guyanese playwrights who have a passion for theatre. If you would like to be considered for the workshop, please confirm in the covering email that you live in Guyana, and attach the following documents:
a short CV/biography, including your writing experience/experience of publication (500 words)
a sample of your recent work
a covering letter stating why you would like to attend, what you hope to get out of the workshop and how attending this workshop would benefit your writing and your literary ambitions. Please answer as fully as possible (500-750 words).
Please include Guyana Workshop Application in the subject line of your email and send your application to e.dcosta@commonwealth.int
DEADLINE: Extended to January 6, 2020
https://www.commonwealthwriters.org/guyana-scriptwriting-workshop/
LAB APPLICATION: Playwrights
WP Theater
INFO: WP Theater is looking for early-career women+ playwrights, directors, and producers who crave an artistic home, professional support, and the resources to launch them into the next phase of their careers to join the WP Lab.
The Lab provides up to fifteen artists with community, a vital professional network, entrepreneurial and leadership training, free rehearsal space and, most significantly, tangible opportunities for the development and production of bold new work for the stage.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY:
Must be a women+ artist living within 90 minutes of WP Theater via car or rail
Must be able to attend evening meetings at WP Theater twice each month from September 2020 to May 2021, and September 2021 to May 2022, as well as other events throughout the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons, such as master classes, retreats, observerships and other special events at WP
Regular attendance is mandatory and therefore applicants should view the program as a two-year-long commitment
Must be available for an in-person interview
THE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS WILL:
Receive a stipend
Participate in a monthly lab meeting led by WP Artistic Staff and Lab Liaisons
Participate in a bimonthly meeting of the five artists in their concentration led by a mentor in their field
Participate in master classes led by established artists
Receive complimentary tickets to WP shows, invited dress rehearsals and other special events
Receive artistic support and professional development guidance from the artistic staff
Participate in The Pipeline Festival, a festival of five new plays, written, directed and produced by the WP Lab, to be presented during the second year
DEADLINE: January 6, 2020
https://wptheater.submittable.com/submit/82372/lab-application-playwrights
PLAYWRIGHT PRIZE
Leah Ryan’s Fund for Emerging Women Writers
INFO: All women, trans women, and non-binary playwrights who consider themselves emerging (as distinct from fledgling or mid-career playwrights) are eligible to apply for the 2020 Leah Ryan’s FEWW Prize. Playwrights from all over the world are encouraged to apply, but the play must be written in English. Eligibility does not require that a submitted work adhere to the traditional three-act structure. One-acts, two-acts (even four-, five-, six- acts), monologues, adaptations, and any other wild (or deceptively tame) format will be considered with equal seriousness. The only absolute requirement is that the submitted text be a completed full-length work for theater.
The winner will be chosen by a committee selected by a readers committee selected by the board members of Leah Ryan’s FEWW, and will be presented with her award as part of the 2020 Lilly Awards, which honors the work of women in American theater. In addition, the winner will receive a cash prize of $2,500, a workshop at the Vassar Powerhouse Theater, and a reading of her play in New York City.
Finalists will be contacted in mid-March and will have one week within which to submit their full play.
SUBMISSION FEE: $10
DEADLINE: January 13, 2020
https://leahryansfeww.com/?page_id=515
Summer 2020 THEATRE FELLOWSHIP (June 1– September 30, 2020)
MacDowell Colony
INFO: About 300 artists in seven disciplines are awarded fellowships each year and the sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence. There are no residency fees. Travel grants as well as need-based stipends are available to open the residency experience to the broadest possible community of artists. Artists with professional standing in their fields, as well as emerging artists, are eligible to apply. MacDowell encourages artists from all backgrounds and all countries in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts.
The theatre arts include performance artists, playwrights, librettists, devised theatre artists, and composers of musical theatre.
SUBMISSION FEE: $30
DEADLINE: January 15, 2020
https://macdowell.slideroom.com/#/Login
ARTIST RESIDENCY
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation
INFO: The Foundation offers three months of rent-free and utility-paid housing to people who specialize in the creative arts. Our eleven guest houses, or casitas, are fully furnished and provide residents with a peaceful setting in which to pursue their creative endeavors.
The Foundation accepts applications from painters, poets, sculptors, writers, playwrights, screenwriters, composers, photographers, and filmmakers of national and international origin.
Applications are reviewed by a selection committee consisting of professionals who specialize in the artistic discipline of the applicant. Numerous jurors serve on committees for each: visual arts, music composers, writers, poets, playwrights, and filmmakers. Jurors, who know nothing about the artist's demographics, score in five categories based purely on the merit of the applicant's creative work samples.
Artists in residence have no imposed expectations, quotas, or requirements during their stay on the HWF campus. The HWF’s residency program provides artists with the time and space to create, which in turn enriches the artistic community and culture locally and abroad.
SESSIONS:
Session 1: Jan - Apr
Session 2: June - Aug
Session 3: Sept - Dec
DEADLINE: January 18, 2020
https://wurlitzerfoundation.org/apply
Loud 'N Unchained Black Theater Festival
Loud 'N Unchained and Broom Street Theater
INFO: Loud 'N Unchained and Broom Street Theater are proud to present the Loud 'N Unchained Black Theater Festival. This festival will be produced at Broom Street Theater and will have performances on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for three weeks starting June 12, 2020 through June 28, 2020.
This festival is focused on producing works by Black artists. We are currently accepting submissions to the festival for a variety of performance arts. Submission period is open until January 31, 2020. All artists will be notified by March 1, 2020.
Once the selections have been made, there will be a call for artists and actors. Auditions for the production will be in late March/ early April with rehearsals running from the end of April through opening weekend. All theatrical submissions will be directed by Dana Pellebon. The artistic committee of T Banks, Dana Pellebon, Janine Gardner and Doug Reed will review all alternative performances for inclusion and those performances will have rehearsal time with the Director.
GUIDELINES:
1. Work must be written/originated by a Black artist.
2. All submissions will be reviewed to ensure that content is not transphobic, racist, misogynistic, or otherwise harmful to the Black community in its intent.
3. Submissions can include the following:
a) Full length theatrical play (60-90 minutes long)
b) Short theatrical play (5 to 20 minutes long)
c) Spoken word (0-5 minutes long)
d) Dance (0-5 minutes long)
e) Musical performance (10-25 minutes long)
f) Drag or Burlesque (0-5 minutes long)
g) Other (5-25 minutes long)
4. All plays and spoken word pieces must be submitted via pdf or word document. This document should not have your name printed on the document. Title and Contact information will be on the Google Form submission.
5. Dance or Musical Performance must be submitted via video. It can be a link to a performance or an actual video.
DEADLINE: January 31, 2020
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzrcgDUarTSp4KtQddhlrKr69orNhTZniuXJK8rH2qBEztlg/viewform