Plays and Playwrights

This item from Marcin Lipinski

Highly experienced performers and emerging new talents are invited to submit their solo pieces to United Solo, the world’s largest solo theatre festival. From openly solicited submissions, the Festival will select local and international productions and will present them October 20 – November 20, 2011 at Theatre ROW on 42nd Street in New York City.

The goals for the 2011 United Solo Festival remain consistent with its previous edition: celebrating individuality, promoting quality solo performances, and supporting The Actors Fund, the organization that serves professionals in the performing arts who are in need or transition.

The deadline for submissions for the 2011 Festival is May 16th. Detailed information can be found at www.unitedsolo.org.  Related inquiries may be addressed to Marcin Lipinski at info@unitedsolo.org.

This item from Dale Heller, publicist

The Playwrights Realm – the Off-Broadway theatre company dedicated to nurturing the next generation of theatrical voices – is currently accepting submissions for its 3rd annual Writing Fellows program; deadline for submission is April 30, 2011.

Each year, four promising playwrights receive nine months of resources, readings and feedback, designed to craft and complete a single new work. This full season of creative development is tailored to meet each individual writer’s professional goals.

Each writing fellow will receive a monetary stipend, and will work one-on-one with Artistic Director Katherine Kovner and the entire Playwrights Realm staff to bring their play from a rough-draft to a production ready script through a process of monthly reviews and revisions in a challenging and motivating environment. Fellows also get valuable input from their talented co-fellows, as well as established theater professionals in monthly meetings. The experience is designed to widen each artist’s network of resources and enable them to gain a foothold in the ever turbulent New York theatre landscape. Finalists for the program will be interviewed in the spring and final selections will be announced in the summer of 2011.

For a list of criteria and application process for The Playwrights Realm’s Writing Fellows program please visit The Playwrights Realm website – www.PlaywrightsRealm.org.

This item from Voice & Vision

Call for Submissions – The ENVISION Retreat – June 12-26, 2011 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Email Deadline: Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 Voice & Vision is looking for projects initiated by women theater artists including performers, directors, writers, designers and groups of collaborators.

Voice & Vision Theater’s annual summer Retreat offers selected participants an artist-centered workshop environment where they can develop projects with women at the core. Voice & Vision provides ample rehearsal space on the Bard College campus, dramaturgical support, round-trip transportation from New York City, housing, a daily stipend and most meals. The ENVISION Retreat affords each artist a highly focused workspace and opportunities to informally present their works-in-progress. Projects will be chosen to reflect a broad range of aesthetic and cultural perspectives. Please email your submission to voiceandvisioninc@gmail.com and attach the following: The application form available at http://vandv.weebly.com/call-for-submissions.html Your script, if available (if not, excerpts are acceptable, or an earlier script) Resumes of any project participants already connected to the project, whom you would like to bring to the Retreat (we do not expect or require that you already have your creative team together, we just need to know if you do) Send $20 application fee to: Voice & Vision Attn: ENVISION Retreat 520 8th Avenue, #316 NY, NY 10018 Please write the name of your project on your check! Decisions will be announced by email by May 15th, 2011 For more information: http://vandv.weebly.com voiceandvisioninc@gmail.com 212.268.3717

This item from Joe Trentacosta, publicist

Amas Musical Theatre is announcing the launch of a new developmental showcase for musicals, The Glorious Bouquet Project.

The Glorious Bouquet Project is a juried competition of new musicals by emerging minority composers, lyricists and librettists, and creators of musicals exploring minority experiences. New musicals that feature stories and casts that are emblematic of the diversity of our emerging cultures, both American and global, are welcome.

Excerpts of musicals selected by a Glorious Bouquet Project panel will be presented live for the public at an evening event in late June, 2011. An onstage panel of judges will discuss each show and select one to receive the 2011 Amas Glorious Bouquet Award, which includes a full, public staged reading in the 2011-12 Amas Musical Theatre Six O’Clock Musical Theatre Lab Series and a $1,000 stipend to the winning writers.

Full details on the Amas Glorious Bouquet Project, including Submission Requirements and Timeline, are available at www.amasmusical.org. Deadline for Submissions is March 28, 2011.

This item from Nancy Vitale, Producing artistic director

Noor Theatre announces a general call for submissions of new plays by writers of Middle-Eastern descent. Submissions will be considered for upcoming programming including the fall reading series, Highlight, as well as possible special events, workshops and commissions.

Submission Guidelines:

We are accepting full-length plays previously unproduced in New York City; we are interested in the various perspectives of writers of Middle-Eastern descent, whether the plays are Middle-Eastern themed or otherwise. 

Please include the following with each submission: a bio and/or resume, production or development history if applicable; for non-agent submissions, a letter of recommendation from a theatre professional.

The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2011. In an effort to be ecologically responsible, Noor Theatre accepts scripts with all materials in one email to nancy@noortheatre.org. Scripts with all attachments may also be mailed to the address below; please note, they will not be returned: Noor Theatre – Submissions, PO Box 1063, New York, NY 10276.

This item from Repertorio Español

In 2000 MetLife Foundation and Repertorio Español joined forces to establish The MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition in the hopes of discovering new American plays by established and emerging playwrights writing about the many themes and topics relevant to the Latino communities across the United States—plays that may be under the radar in other venues.

REQUIREMENTS: *PLEASE READ CAREFULLY*
PLAYS THAT DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE READ.
-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.
-No screenplays, one act plays, musicals, adaptations or translations will be accepted.
-New and un-produced plays preferred. Plays that have had readings or a workshop production are acceptable.
-All plays must be original and full-length (minimum running time: 1 hr., 30 min) and can be written in Spanish and/or English.
-Playwrights must be at least 18 years of age and residents of the United States or Puerto Rico.
-Previously submitted scripts are accepted unless they have already placed in the top 10.
+SELECTION PROCESS:
-Each script will be read by two independent judges selected by Repertorio Español, on a blind submission.
-Winners will be announced six to seven months after the deadline.
-Each participant will be notified of the results by e – mail. We request that participants do not contact the office to inquire about the competition’s results.
+PRIZES:
Round 1:
Finalists will receive a staged reading at Repertorio to further develop the script.
Round 2:
-Grand Prize Winner: $3,000 and a full production at Repertorio Español
-2nd Place: $2,000
-3rd Place: $1,000
-Two runners-up will receive $500 each
+SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
All applicants must complete the online application form.
In addition, applicants must submitt:
-One ELECTRONIC COPY of your script (PDF, Microsoft Word, Plain or Rich Text Formats Accepted) to nuestrasvoces@repertorio.org immediately after completing the online application.
-The ELECTRONIC COPY of the script must have numbered pages and a title page that lists the title and year the play was written ONLY.
-Please OMIT your name from the script
-DO NOT send other biographical information or reviews
[+]Click here for the online application form

This item from Emily Owens, publicist

The Brick Theater, Inc. is now accepting applications for the Comic Book Theater Festival. For more information and to apply to be part of the June 2011 festival visit www.bricktheater.com/comics. The deadline for all submissions is February 15, 2011.

Every show that applies to be part of the festival is encouraged to create some sort of alliance between comic artists and theater artists. Ideally, each show will have a “staged” component, presented in front of a live audience, and a “printed” component, to be absorbed separately, either on paper or online. In order to foster collaboration and give artists a forum to meet and share ideas, a Facebook page has been set up at facebook.com/comicbooktheaterfestival.

This item from Jonathan Slaff, publicist

From August 14 to September 4, Theater for the New City (TNC), under the direction of Crystal Field, Artistic Director, will present its second “Dream Up Festival,” a festival of experimental theater and dance featuring new works from across the country and abroad. The theater’s Literary Manager, Michael Scott-Price will continue as curator. The submission period is January 15 to April 16, 2011.

Last year’s “Dream Up 2010″ was an all-premiere festival with 23 world premieres and two American premieres. “Dream Up 2011″ will offer more wide-ranging and original theatrical visions.

For details and to download your festival submission application go to: http://www.theaterforthenewcity.net/dreamup.htm

This item from Stephen Stout

The Old Vic announced that applications for The 2011 TS Eliot US/UK Exchange will open on Friday 28^th January. The Exchange is a unique programme designed to nurture the best young British and American theatre practitioners. Supported by the T.S. Eliot Estate, The TS Eliot US/UK Exchange offers 21-30 year old artists the opportunity to develop their skills by engaging with the theatre communities on the other side of the Atlantic.

This May, 50 British actors, writers, directors and producers, will travel from London to New York to engage in a week of cultural activity and artistic development, including a showcase at a high profile Manhattan venue. Following the NY Exchange, 50 American artists will travel to London in May to take part in a similar programme at The Old Vic.

Further information and application details are available via www.ideastap.com (for the direct link, go to www.ideastap.com /community/partners/ovnv/usuk or simply click on the Old Vic New Voices logo from the IdeasTap homepage). IdeasTap is a creative online network and funding body for emerging artists which offers members a platform to showcase their work. Deadlines for applications are Friday 18^th February.

This item from Gary Carr, Fringe Publicist

The San Francisco Fringe Festival is now accepting applications for the 20^th annual Festival, which will run for twelve days, September 7-18, 2011, in downtown San Francisco. Applications for participants in Standard Fringe Venues are accepted through midnight (PST) February 5, 2011. Applications accepted online only at www.sffringe.org.

Successful applicants will be drawn by lottery and announced at the Fringe Lottery Party at 7:00 pm February 12, 2011 at EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Fringe Festival continues to be an open, non-juried, uncensored theatre festival where performers are selected through a lottery. The SF Fringe returns 100% of box office earnings to the performing company.

To complement the 40 Standard Venue shows, the festival is also interested in including some Non-Traditional Fringe Venue (NTFV) shows.  This category is for site-specific work, and in previous festivals has supported Fringe shows on moving buses, in local parks, museums, bars, cabarets and other shows outside the traditional theatre setting.

Artists applying to perform their work at Non-Traditional Fringe Venues must arrange for a site and meet NTFV guidelines. NTFV shows are not chosen by lottery. Deadline for submitting an NTFV application is midnight (PST) May 31, 2011.