Spring Submissions

SPRING SUBMISSIONS

Virtual Theatre ProjectBeginning March 1, 2008 VTP is accepting bold, passionate, innovative and compelling new work for the stage. We impose no restrictions as to theme, style or subject matter, but do want plays written specifically for the stage. • Winner receives a $2,000.00 cash award. • First and second runners-up receive cash awards of $1,000.00 and $500.00 • Up to seven honorable mentions will receive cash awards of $100.00 each.
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Estro Genius FestivalThe 10th annual Estrogenius Festival will be held in fall 2009. SHORT PLAYS accepted January 15 - March 2, 2009 LOOKING FOR EMPHASIS ON FEMALE ROLES AND THE FEMINE EXPERIENCE
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Actor's Theatre of CharlotteThe MFA Playwriting Award was created by Actor's Theatre of Charlotte to honor and encourage emerging playwrights of American Theatre.
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The Stone TheatrePURPOSE The Arthur W. Stone Playwriting Award was established in 2006 by the Stone Theatre at Louisiana Tech University. Arthur W. Stone was Director of Theatre at Louisiana Tech from 1947-1975. During his years of active service to theatre in Louisiana, “Papa” Stone was a strong advocate for playwrights and their art and craft. The award is designed to honor “Papa” as he celebrates his 100th birthday in 2007. It also intends to encourage and stimulate playwrights through the production of their work.
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The Bedlam Theatre TenFestBedlam Theatre is gearing up for another year of Community Collaborative Adventures. The Bedlam Community Ten Minute Play Festival started in 2002 and every year comprises up to two dozen original short works.
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Samuel French, IncOne of Manhattan’s most established play festivals, the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival fosters the work of early-career writers, giving them the exposure of publication and representation.

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The Sandy Spring Theatre GroupPlease send your original one-act plays by March 20 for consideration at the Cedar Lane Stage and Sandy Spring Theatre Group's 2009 summer one-act festivals.
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Hunger Artists Theatre Co.Hunger Artists Theatre Company is accepting scripts for its 10 minute play festival Beyond Convention 3. Scripts must be under ten minutes long and challenge normal theatre conventions.
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Radient Theatre ProductionsRadiant Theatre is seeking submissions for our 5th Annual Celebration of Women--Emergence 2008. We want plays written by woman playwrights of any age. The plays must have good women's parts and be empowering to women in some way. We are also seeking women directors and volunteers of any gender.
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Prize for PlaywrightingThe Larry Corse Prize for Playwriting was established in 2003 by Larry Corse, Professor Emeritus of Theatre and English at Clayton State University, to encourage the development and production of new works for the stage. The prize has been awarded four times and in each of these years the competition received more than 300 plays from around the world. For a list of previous winners, go to http://www.larrycorse.com.
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Princess Grace Foundation-USAThe Princess Grace Awards is a national program dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging theater, dance and film artists who are at the outset of their careers or at early stages of professional development. This mission is accomplished in playwriting through a residency program at New Dramatists, Inc. in New York City.
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Cheshire Comedy PublishingPlaywrights! Ever dream of seeing your play come alive? Hearing a crowd of people laugh at the joke you wrote? This is it... Get it here... Be the one chosen! Enter your most hilarious comedy plays for a chance at a $500 advance, being published, produced, and forever known as the winner of... The Funniest Play on Earth 2009!
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New PlayThe Chameleon Theatre Circle is looking for a few good scripts for our Tenth Annual New Play Contest. Each submitted script can be from one of the following categories: 10-Minute, One Act, Full Length, Musical or Theatre-for-Youth. EACH submissions MUST include the New Play Contest Entry Form, as well as three (3) copies of the script. The rolling submission deadline is May 4, 2009. Submissions received after May 4, 2009 will be entered into the Eleventh Annual New Play Contest. The Tenth Annual New Play Festival will be held in August, 2009.
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Award applicationThe John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award Competition fosters new playwrights and scripts through this important competition established by Molly Gassner, wife of theatre historian John Gassner. The Award was created in 1967 to honor the late John Gassner (1903-1967) for his lifetime dedication to all aspects of professional and academic theatre. Two cash prizes will be awarded: First Prize of $1000, and Second Prize of $500. The judges may withhold prizes if in their opinion no play merits the award. Only full-length scripits are accepted.
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The Seven SubmissionsFUSION Theatre Company announces our fourth annual Ten Minute New Play Festival The Seven: New Works Fest June 18-21, 2009 Last Summer FUSION presented our 3rd Annual New Ten Minute Play Festival, The Seven: Something Left Unsaid. An international call for entries introduced New Mexico audiences to world premieres of works chosen from hundreds of submissions from up and coming playwrights drawn from around the world. This summer, we're at it again. Our audience has spoken: on-line voting by FUSION Theatre Company patrons has produced this year's theme: That One Thing. Again this year, theatre management has agreed to provide a Jury Prize: a flight to lovely Albuquerque, NM to see your professionally produced play! (Jury comprised of nationally prominent theatre professionals and FUSION's own literary staff.)