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
METLIFE NUESTRAS VOCES NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHT COMPETITION
Repertorio Español
INFO: Repertorio Español seeks original and full-length plays (minimum running time: 1 hr., 30 min). Playwrights may be Latino or of any other ethnic or racial background as long as the play’s subject matter and characters resonate with Latino audiences and accurately depict the Hispanic experience. New and un-produced plays preferred. Plays that have had readings or a workshop production are acceptable.
PRIZES:
- Finalists will receive a staged reading at Repertorio to further develop the script.
- Grand Prize Winner: $3,000 and a full production at Repertorio Español (must be available for Awards Ceremony)
- 2nd Place: $2,000
- 3rd Place: $1,000
DEADLINE: June 1, 2016
repertorio.nyc/#/nuestrasvoces-submit
MPAACT
INFO: MPAACT (The Ma'at Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre) consistently produces a season of outstanding world premiere productions. They are seeking submissions of full-length original plays by African American and African Diaspora playwrights for its 2017-2018 season.
Selected playwrights will be given development opportunities over the next year to prepare work for world premiere productions with their Chicago company. Female identified playwrights strongly encouraged to submit.
DEADLINE: June 21, 2016
2017 CIMIENTOS PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Instituto Arte Teatral Internacional, Inc.
INFO: IATI’s mission is to perform and promote contemporary Latino heritage through full productions in theater, music and dance, as well as staged readings and workshops, serving as a bridge between artists and underserved communities in their New York home in the East Village on national and international tours.
The 2017 Cimientos will consists of two main components:
- PPP (Pal Playwrights Panel): Playwrights accepted to the program, IATI Theater’s artistic staff and other specially invited theater professionals will converge in workshop meetings to discuss the new works that make up the particular season. Every meeting will be dedicated to a single playwright in the program, the focus being in further advancing the text before it is presented in front of a live audience.
- SRP (Staged Reading Presentation): Each playwright in the program will be given the opportunity to present his/her play in a directed, professionally acted staged reading. Thus, the piece will be exposed to a receptive audience that further develops the featured script through a post-reading talkback.
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
DEADLINE: June 30, 2016
iatitheater.org/programs/play_development_program
MARIO FRATTI-FRED NEWMAN POLITICAL PLAY CONTEST
Castillo Theatre
INFO: The Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Contest is intended to encourage the writing of progressive plays that engage the political/social/cultural questions affecting the world today and/or historical events and issues that impact on our communities.
The contest encourages scripts that experiment with form and seek new ways of seeing and new ways of experiencing theatrical performance. Castillo welcomes scripts from all countries and cultures.
The plays submitted to the Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest may be written in any style, set in any historical time, geographic or imaginary location, contain any number of characters and be of any length. The plays must be in English and cannot be musicals or adaptations. No scripts will be considered that have previously been submitted to this contest, have received a production or won other contests. Only one script per playwright per year will be accepted.
The contest is judged by a team of distinguished theatre artists.
PRIZE: The winning script(s) will receive a reading at the Castillo Theatre in New York City during the theatre’s 2017 summer season.
DEADLINE: July 1, 2016