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Theatre Funding News, Volume #44 Dear Theatre Artist, Welcome to Theatre Funding News, Volume #44. This free bi-monthly newsletter is a service provided by The Fund for Women Artists, a community of artists and allies dedicated to celebrating and supporting art that tells the truth about women's lives. For more information about us, please see the About Us section of this web site. Share This Newsletter - Please feel free to disseminate this information to other artists, but please credit The Fund for Women Artists. If you know of good sources for this kind of information that you want to recommend, or you have a listing you would like to add, please send it to me at grabo@WomenArts.org. Contents - This newsletter is organized into three sections:
Highlighted entries - Entries highlighted in orange are specifically seeking works by women. Best of luck in all your good work, Carrie Grabo |
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3S Theatre Collective – Opportunity for playwrights in NY/NJ/CT Tri-State Area. 3S Theatre Collective, a new theatre company dedicated to promoting talent from Tri-State Area, seeks creative and original one-acts, full-length plays, and musicals from both emerging and professional playwrights. Variety of themes and issues and all cast sizes welcome. Email submissions preferred but not required. NO FEE. Mariah MacCarthy, Literary manager, 3S Theatre Collective, 491 Palisade Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07307, T: (917) 628-0363, Mariah@3stheatrecollective.org, www.3stheatrecollective.org. Deadline: Immediate Barefoot Theatre Company – In search of new and provocative contemporary plays for their upcoming seasons of productions, readings, and workshops. “In 1999, Barefoot Theatre Company was founded by a group of multicultural artists in order to produce stimulating and thought provoking theatre for the public. Since then, we have stood by the principles of ensemble collaboration and artistic risks to develop and foster plays, new and existing, with a broad range of social relevance, striving to keep the vitality of American Theater alive and vibrant. By creating a visceral, more provocative manner of storytelling through our ensemble commitment, we provide emerging artists with the opportunity to explore and take artistic risks while engaging audiences of all ages.” Include brief synopsis (including production and development history), character breakdown, technical requirements, and updated bio and contact information. NO FEE. Stephen Gracia, Literary Manager, Barefoot Theatre Company, barefootsubmissions@earthlink.net. www.barefoottheatrecompany.org, www.myspace.com/barefoottheatre, www.barefoottheatre.blogspot.com, www.facebook.com/pages/Barefoot-Theatre-Company/10724206570. Deadline: Immediate Jewish Ensemble Theatre’s Festival of New Plays (West Bloomfield, MI) – Seeking original, unproduced plays, especially plays of social conscience. Full-length preferred, but one-acts also considered; 8 actors max. No musicals. Each play receives 2 staged readings on consecutive evenings, performed and directed by theatre professionals and followed by open discussion between the audience, actors, director, and playwright, when in attendance. NO FEE. Playwrights receive small honorarium. Evelyn Orbach, Festival of New Plays, The Jewish Ensemble Theatre, 6600 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield, MI 48322-3002, e.orbach@jettheatre.org, www.jettheatre.org. Deadline: Immediate Theodore Ward Prize / Columbia College Chicago Theater Center (Chicago, IL) – The Theodore Ward Prize for African-American Playwriting is nationally acclaimed for recognizing the outstanding individual accomplishments of African-American playwrights and for their growing importance to the shape and direction of American drama in our time. Former contest winners have held a mirror up to a myriad of subject matters: the post-American Civil War Reconstruction experience, Negro League baseball in the 1940s, the 1930s' Tuskegee syphilis experiments, and present day life on and off the streets of Philadelphia. Contest goals: To uncover and identify new African-American plays addressing the African-American experience that are promising and producible; to encourage and aid playwrights in the development of promising scripts; and to offer an opportunity for emerging and established playwrights of African-American descent to be exposed to Chicago's professional theater community through staged readings and/or fully mounted productions. FEE: Not specified. Chuck Smith, Contest Facilitator, Theodore Ward Prize, Columbia College Chicago Theater Center, 72 E. 11th St., Chicago, IL 60605, www.colum.edu/undergraduate/theater/workshops.php. Deadline: Contact contest facilitator Theatre Unleashed Coffee Shop One Acts (Los Angeles, CA) – A series of experimental one acts to be performed throughout coffee shops in Los Angeles. Looking for completely original, unproduced shows, 20-30 minutes long, 2-4 characters. Think about the space that you'll be writing for: a table with a couple chairs, a bathroom, a line to get coffee, the entrance to the coffee shop. The idea is to use the environment so that the audience will be experiencing something almost too real - hyper-realism! Use this to your advantage. Be clever, have fun, get a little abstract. Some level of improv written into the piece may be necessary as unexpected things may happen in a coffee shop that may not happen in a theatre space. That's part of the excitement of the project. If someone has to go use the bathroom, for the show to continue, they may need to wait for a patron to finish using the bathroom first. Submit via email. NO FEE. Phillip Kelly, Artistic Director, Theatre Unleashed, phillip.kelly@theatreunleashed.com, www.theatreunleashed.com. Deadline: June 7, 2008 Porter Fleming Writing Competition (September 19-21, 2008, Augusta, GA) – In conjunction with the 28th Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival. Writers who are residents of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, or North Carolina may enter this competition with short plays (15 pp. max), fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Cash prizes of $500-$1,500; winner given opportunity to read 6-minute excerpt at award ceremony during festival. FEE: $10. Porter Fleming Literary Competition, P.O. Box 1776, Augusta, GA 30903, T: (706) 826-4702, FAX: (706) 826-4723, admin@augustaarts.com, www.artsintheheart.com, www.artsintheheart.com/PDF/porter_fleming_application.pdf. Deadline: June 13, 2008 Teatro del Pueblo Political Theatre Festival 2009 (Minneapolis, MN) – Seeking one-act political plays concerning issues pertaining to the theme of Latino social justice. Teatro del Pueblo's mission is to promote cultural pride in the Latino community, to develop and support Latino talent, to educate the community at large about Latino culture, and to promote cultural diversity in the arts. Plays may be in English or Spanish and may be 15-50 minutes long; must call for no more than 3 actors and minimal set. NO FEE. Christina Akers, Teatro del Pueblo, 209 West Page Street, Suite 208, Saint Paul, MN 55107, T: (651) 224-8806, Christina@teatrodelpueblo.org, www.teatrodelpueblo.org. Receipt deadline: June 15, 2008 Hidden River Playwriting Award – $1000 and publication in Hidden River Awards Anthology. Eligible: Unpublished, unproduced full-length plays. FEE: $15 ($17 international). Hidden River Awards, P.O. Box 421, Bala-Cynwyd, PA 19004, hiddenriverarts@gmail.com, www.hiddenriverarts.org/articles/article.php?4. Deadline: June 20, 2008 **Women At Play(s)** - Company providing creative outlet for female playwrights, directors, and actresses seeks original one-act plays from U.S. or Canadian female playwrights, emerging or established, for 4th annual festival. All characters must be female and plays must be no longer than 20 minutes. Performances, produced as an Equity Co-op, will be in early to mid-January 2009. Last year’s 6 selected one-acts ranged from dramatic to comedic and dealt with issues from religion, to reconciliation, pregnancy, motherhood, death, and life. NOTE: Website listed below will be up soon; Facebook page is available. Send submissions by email. NO FEE. Marianne Sawchuk, Creator/Artistic Director, Women At Play(s), mariannesawchuk@hotmail.com, www.womenatplays.com, www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7151986511. Receipt deadline: June 30, 2008 **Vagina Festival** (October 24-26, 2008, New York, NY) – Seeking proposals for visual art, poetry, music, dance, plays, talks, panels, monologues, etc. about women – our experiences, challenges, connections, passions. Vagina Festival will engage people by creating a fun, moving, thought-provoking visual and performance art experience, providing an opportunity to have conversations we don’t typically get to have, in ways we don’t typically get to have them. Through visual art, performance, speaker presentations, and interactive activities, Vagina Festival forms a welcoming space for exploring sexuality, body image, personal identity, health, and well-being. Takes place at the Sage Theater in New York City. NO FEE. Alexandra Jacoby, Founder, leave the castle, LLC, 333 East 45th St., 21D, New York, NY 10017, Alexandra@vaginafestival.com, www.vaginafestival.com. Receipt deadline: June 30, 2008 Circus Theatricals’ One-Act Plays Festival (Fall 2008, Los Angeles, CA) – Winning plays will receive production during festival. Plays must be no longer than 15 minutes; may have been previously produced, but not in Los Angeles or Southern California. All styles; simple production values preferred. NO FEE. Circus Theatricals, Attn: One Act Plays Festival 2008, P.O. Box 586, Culver City, CA 90232, T: (310) 226-6144 ext. 1, info@circustheatricals.com, www.circustheatricals.com. Deadline: June 30, 2008 Warehouse Theatre International Playwriting Festival (IPF) 2008 (November 22-23, 2008, Croydon, UK) – Open to playwrights regardless of nationality. Seeking full-length, previously unproduced, original plays, 90-120 minutes, in English. NOTE: Applicants must submit under a pseudonym. NO FEE. Rose Marie Vernon, Festival Administrator, International Playwriting Festival, Warehouse Theatre, Dingwall Road, Croydon CR0 2NF, UK, T: 020 8681 1257, info@warehousetheatre.co.uk, www.warehousetheatre.co.uk/ipf.html. Receipt deadline: June 30, 2008 Firefly Productions’ Nancy Weil New Play Search (Cambridge, VT) – Playwrights invited to submit full-length plays, one-acts, or groups of three 10-minute plays. Entries must be previously unproduced and remain that way at time of acceptance. Grand Prize: $300 and possible production. FEE: $10. NWNPS c/o Firefly Productions, 123 S. Main St., Cambridge, VT 05444, T: (802) 644-2542, firefly@pshift.com, www.fireflyprod.com/NWNPS.htm. Deadline: June 30, 2008 Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays / PlayFest 2009 (Orlando, FL) – Seeking unpublished, full-length plays and musical adaptations based on or inspired by works of classic literature or historic events; also specifically seeking such works that are by Hispanic authors (or with Hispanic subject matter) and written in English. Plays requiring no more than 6 actors preferred, one-person shows of particular interest; in all cases, works should be dynamic new theatrical versions of classic stories that speak to the contemporary mindset. Cast size for musicals less strict. Approximately 10 selected plays will be presented as readings, 2-3 of which will receive workshop production during PlayFest (stipend, travel, and housing expenses provided), with possibility of full-production during a subsequent OST season. Plays may not have received more than 2 professional AEA productions or have received any Broadway, Off-Broadway, or Orlando production. NOTE: To submit, send only specified materials and sample, NOT full script; do not submit any materials by email. NO FEE. Patrick Flick, Director of New Play Development, PlayFest - Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, 812 East Rollins St., Suite 100, Orlando, FL 32803, T: (407) 447-1700, FAX: (407) 447-1701, patrickf@orlandoshakes.org, www.orlandoshakes.org. Deadline: June 30, 2008 North Park Playwright Festival (October 2008) – Looking for new plays for festival production - must be 15 minutes max, easily staged, and have casts with no more than 4 people. Plays that have had workshops or one or two productions OK, but company’s goal is to produce brand new work and let playwrights see their work done for first time. Plays should be complete, not excerpts from longer works. “Most subject matter is OK. We don't mind controversial issues, etc., but we don't do nudity.” Works will be chosen by the directors involved in the festival. NOTE: Please send plays by snail mail. NO FEE. Summer Golden, Artistic Director, North Park Playwright Festival, North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe, 2031 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92104, www.northparkvaudeville.com. Deadline: June 30, 2008 East West Players / Pacific Century Writing Competition – For original, full-length plays and musicals on Asian Pacific themes and/or characters as primary focus. Cash prizes of up to $5,000. All genres welcome, comedies encouraged. No translations or adaptations. Plays may have 6-8 actors, musicals 10-12. FEE: $15. Jeff Liu, Literary Manager, East West Players, PACIF Competition, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, T: (213) 625-7000 ext. 27, jliu@eastwestplayers.org, www.eastwestplayers.org/literary.htm. Deadline: June 30, 2008 The Firehouse Theatre Project’s 6th Festival of New American Plays (Richmond, VA) – For full-length, never previously produced scripts (readings acceptable if no admission was charged and actors read from the script). Two winners receive staged readings and prizes of $1,000 and $500; in case of a tie, each winner receives $750. Scripts must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a theatre company or individual familiar with your work. Letters do not need to be specific to the play submitted – they may be general recommendations of the playwrights work - but must be received with the script, not under separate cover. NO FEE. The Firehouse Theatre Project, 6th Festival of New American Plays, 1609 W Broad St., Richmond, VA 23220, www.firehousetheatre.org/community/playwriting-contest. Deadline: June 30, 2008 Borderlands Theater – Developing plays or theatrical works by indigenous writers focusing on the U.S. / Mexico border region and the Native communities that live there: Tohono O’odham, Pascua Yaqui, Tohono Akimel, and Cocopah communities. Borderlands seeks short dramatic material: story telling, monologues, dramatic songs or musical pieces, dramatic scenes, sketches, and treatments of any style or genre are encouraged. Themes may include but are not limited to: myth of sovereignty, immigration (including tribal accountability for migrant deaths in the desert), militarization of the border, environment, language, and “the virtual wall.” NOTE: Send initial email to Barclay Goldsmith, bltheater@aol.com, expressing interest in participating; send actual submissions to William Lang at address below. NO FEE. William Lang, 5040 North Camino Esplendora, Tucson, AZ 85718-6225, T: (520) 882-8607, FAX (520) 884-4264, wlang@U.Arizona.edu, www.nativetelecom.org/enews/txt_docs/borderlandsinfo.doc. Receipt deadline: July 1, 2008 (initial email expressing interest); August 1, 2008 (1st draft) Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition (Buffalo, NY) – For full-length and one-act plays and musicals. Competition is open to anyone, of any age and citizenship, but limited to one submission per category, per author, per year. Entry may be of any style, but preference given to those scripts that are uniquely theatrical. Must never have been produced and must be withheld from production during period of competition (works which have had workshops or staged readings are eligible). Winning full-length receives its premiere production at Alleyway during the season which begins ten months after announcement of winners; prize awarded. Winning one-act receives its premiere in annual Buffalo Quickies festival; prize awarded. Winning play for children will be considered for premiere by KidShowCo, Alleyway Theatre’s children’s theatre company. FEE: $25. Literary Manager, Alleyway Theatre, 1 Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo, NY 14202-1911, T: (716) 852-2600, email@alleyway.com, http://alleyway.com. Deadline: July 1, 2008 Rogue Valley Ten-Minute Plays Festival (September 2008, Ashland, OR) – Working with graduating seniors from directing and acting programs at Southern Oregon University, 6-9 single-scene, one-act plays are selected and cast. Each play receives at least 3 rehearsals, during week before event opens. Event is usually in a cabaret or other casual setting at SOU; runs one weekend. Festival is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Animal Shelter, which benefits the Jackson County Animal Shelter, and winning selections will be listed in a packet sent to other animal shelters across the U.S. for possible use in events to raise funds. Submitted scene should be 8-12 pages long. Plays that speak to human-animal interactions of special interest. Send submission via email with subject line of “TMPF Submission.” Acceptable file formats: PDF (Adobe Acrobat), plain text, Microsoft Word. NO FEE. John H. Lee, President, ArtWork Enterprises, P.O. Box 453, Ashland, OR 97520-0453, T: (541) 482-4357, info@AshlandNewPlays.org, www.AshlandNewPlays.org/index.html. Deadline: July 1, 2008 Humble Play: Appalachian New Play Festival (September 29 – October 4, 2008, Athens, OH) – Presented by ARTS/West, Humble Play seeks plays that highlight the work and playwrights, actors, and directors of Appalachia generally and Southeastern Ohio specifically. Three categories: Playwright, Company, Youth Division. FEE: $10-$20. ARTS/West, Attn: Humble Play, 132 West State St., Athens, OH 45701, T: (740) 592-4315, artswest@ci.athens.oh.us, www.myspace.com/humbleplay. Deadline: July 1, 2008 The Actors’ Theatre Ten-Minute Play Contest (January 2009, Santa Cruz, CA) – Eight winning plays will receive fully staged production in the sell-out "Eight Tens @ Eight" ten-minute play festival. Eligible: Original, unpublished, unproduced, 10-minute plays (plays that have received staged readings OK). 10 pp. max. FEE: $10. Ten-Minute Play Contest, Actors’ Theatre, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, actors@sbcglobal.net, www.sccat.org/contests.htm. Deadline: July 1, 2008 Emerging Artists Theatre’s Spring EAT Fest of New Short Plays (New York, NY) – For plays up to 50 minutes in length, character driven, with unusual subjects and settings with a twist. Must not have been produced in New York City. NO FEE. Playwrights Manager, Emerging Artists Theatre, 464 W. 25th St., #4, New York, NY 10001-6501, T: (212) 247-2429, EatTheatre@gmail.com, www.eatheatre.org/submissions.php. Deadline: July 1, 2008 MadLab Theatre (Columbus, OH) – Seeking full-length plays for regular 2009 theatre season and beyond (not for Theatre Roulette). MadLab promotes the creation of provocative new works and strives to deliver diverse and original theatre to the community – it’s been called a “Generation X-troupe with ambition and taboo-shattering imagination.” Ideally scripts should be long one-acts (70-90 minutes) or two-act plays (100-120 minutes). Remuneration: $200 + 10% of box office. NO FEE. Andy Batt, T: (614) 221-5418, andy@madlab.net, www.madlab.net/submissions.htm. Deadline: July 7, 2008 New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest (New York, NY) - For original plays that enhance self-realization, support peace and social justice, or foster new understandings. Readings will be presented at theatre venues in Manhattan, including Thirteenth Street Repertory Theatre. 1st place winner also receives $300. Submissions may be full-length (2 hours max.) or one-act stage plays, including children’s plays; scripts that have received a workshop, staged reading, or non-professional production are eligible, but published or professionally produced scripts are not. No adaptations, collections, or musicals. Script evaluation available for additional fee. FEE: $25. Sandra Nordgren, Director of Literary Services and Founder, New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest, 511 Avenue of the Americas - #2000, New York, NY 10011-8436, T: (917) 363-2369, NewWorksOfMerit@aol.com, www.PlaywritingContest.cjb.net, Deadline: July 15, 2008 Future 10 Ten-Minute Play Festival (November 2008, Pittsburgh, PA) – Ten playwrights, ten plays, ten minutes each. 5th annual Festival is produced by Future Tenant, a multidisciplinary art space in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. This year’s festival seeks scripts somehow inspired by “life in Pittsburgh” to go along with this year’s “Yinzer” (Pittsburghese) theme. No musicals, children’s plays, or plays that have been previously produced. Due to limited space, casts of 2-6, few props, and simple lighting preferred. NOTE: No email submissions. NO FEE. Stacey Vespaziani, Future 10 Play Submissions, 3251 Pinehurst Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15216, svespaz@mac.com, www.futuretenant.org/programs_FutureTen.html. Receipt deadline: July 15, 2008 Malibu’s 6th Annual International Festival of One-Act Plays (October 2008, Malibu, CA) – To be performed by the Malibu Stage Company. St. Aidan's Better Entertainment League (SABEL) will join once again with Malibu's high profile talent of renowned directors of theater, television, and motion pictures, combined with actors from all over Los Angeles, to produce a community-wide project involving many local churches. Plays may be grounded in any religion, so long as they conform to project's premise: spiritual or moral tales told in an original and entertaining way. Keep it simple; at most 15 pages, limit characters to 1 to 4 speaking parts, no scene changes, minimum stage and limited props. Late plays will be held over for reading for the next festival. Maximum two plays per entrant. Submit 8 1/2 x 11 hard copy in play format. Include details (if any) of previous performance and, if possible, an email address. Plays cannot have been performed on the West Coast of the US. Enclose SASE, postcard and/or e-mail address to acknowledge that play has been received. Regretfully, copies cannot be returned. NO FEE. Dona Bigelow, Co-Producer, SABEL One-Act Play Festival, 30652 La Sonora Dr., Malibu, CA 90265, http://www.staidanschurch.org/groupsactivities.html#sabel, www.malibustagecompany.org. Deadline: July 15, 2008 Threads Productions – Seeking to serve Christian writers through developing and possibly producing scripts that have the potential for success in the mainstream secular marketplace. Interested in scripts that understand and explore all aspects of the human condition whether they are overtly Christian in context or not. Threads is currently not accepting “cold” script submissions but rather invitations to readings and workshops of new works. The readings can be of completed works or works that are “still in progress.” Email invitations with a brief cover letter introducing yourself and your piece or your program. NO FEE. Kim Prentice, Managing Director, THREADS Productions, 1359 Broadway 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018, kim@threadsproductions.org, www.threadsproductions.org. Deadline: July 15, 2008 Brevard Little Theatre New Play Competition (Brevard, NC) – Seeking original, unpublished, un-produced, full-length plays (including musicals) and one-acts. Full-length play winner will be produced in May 2009 as part of subsequent BLT season and invited as guest of honor for opening-day party (travel expenses responsibility of author, but BLT will provide accommodations for author and 1 guest for 2 nights). One-act winner will be presented at luncheon for town dignitaries and with author permission may be included in “BLT-To-Go,” the company’s traveling troupe that performs for nonprofits as a community service. NOTE: Writers should keep in mind that BLT is a small theatre that prefers scripts with simple sets and small casts (10 or under), but these are not required; also understand that BLT is located in a region of the country known for its emphasis on "family values." NO FEE. Al Edick, New Play Competition, Brevard Little Theatre, P.O. Box 426, Brevard, NC 28712, T: (828) 890-5636, aedick@bellsouth.net, www.brevardlittletheatre.com. Deadline: July 30, 2008 **Soapstone’s Writing Retreat for Women** - Residency opportunity for women writers, including screenwriters and playwrights, in beautiful rural Oregon setting. Residencies may last 1-4 weeks. Applicants must be at least 25 years old, should have a car, and should be able to handle minimal physical chores and significant time alone. Soapstone has space for two writers simultaneously; women may apply singly or in pairs. $3 per day charge for use of phone (including local and long distance calls) and wireless Internet service. NOTE: Do not mail application before July 1, 2008. FEE: $20. Soapstone, 622 SE 29th Ave., Portland, OR 97214, T: (503) 233-3936, retreats@soapstone.org, www.soapstone.org/apply_pages/index.html. Deadline: August 1, 2008 Theatre Aquarius’ Brave New Works Festival (November 17-21, 2008, Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA) – Opportunity for Canadian playwrights. Brave New Works is a free and inter-active week-long series of play readings from new and emerging Canadian artists; celebrates the development of playwrights and new audiences for new work, with post-reading discussions led by artistic director Max Reimer. NO FEE. Carolyn Drost, Theatre Aquarius, 190 King William St., Hamilton, Ontario, L8R 1A8, T: (905) 522-7815, cdrost@theatreaquariu.org, www.theatreaquarius.org/BraveWorks.html. Receipt deadline: August 8, 2008, 4:00 p.m. GAP: Aurora Theatre Company’s Global Age Project (Berkeley, CA) – Annual new play development program to nurture and explore forward-looking visions of global import by playwrights in U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Seeking unproduced scripts of any length, in any style; works should explore current and future state of global community and/or examine changing state of human relationships in this new, modern century; works can be provocative, gentle, fierce, or transformational – anything that addresses an evolving understanding of the world in all its complexities. Submissions culminate in 4-week festival of staged readings in Spring 2009. Selected plays receive $1,000, staged reading, travel and housing for playwrights outside Bay Area, and possibility of full production in following season. NO FEE. Attn: GAP, Aurora Theatre Company, 2081 Addison St., Berkeley, CA 94704, T: (510) 843-4042, FAX: (510) 843-4826, lit@auroratheatre.org, www.auroratheatre.org. Deadline: August 15, 2008 The Yale Drama Series – Winner of this annual competition receives David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale Rep. Winning play will be selected by Edward Albee. Playwrights worldwide may submit, but plays must be in English. Eligible: original, unpublished, full-length plays that have not had professional productions. No translations, musicals, or children’s plays. NO FEE. Yale Drama Series, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040, T: (203) 432-0960, FAX: (203) 432-0948, http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/drama.asp#rules. Deadline: August 15, 2008 Little Fish Theater / Pick of the Vine (January-February 2009) – Accepting submissions of one-act plays for annual Pick of the Vine production. Plays should have minimal set requirements and 6 or fewer characters. NO FEE. Melanie Jones, Little Fish Theatre, 619 West 38th St., San Pedro, CA 90731, Melanie@littlefishtheatre.org, www.littlefishtheatre.org/scripts.html. Deadline: August 15, 2008 Urban Stages’ Emerging Playwright Award (New York, NY) – Presented to best of new, innovative playwrights in U.S. whose works speak to the whole of our society; Urban Stages’ ongoing mission is to develop and produce new, exciting, multi-cultural works that are issue-oriented. Submissions received throughout year, with finalists first included in fall or spring reading series (for staged and workshop readings), and award announced in Spring. Cash prize of $500 and staged production in New York City. Full-length plays preferred, 9 actors max., no translations or adaptations; on rare occasions, will consider exceptional musicals and one-acts that fit Urban Stages’ mission. (Plays for younger audiences will be considered for outreach program.) Plays may have been developed elsewhere but never produced in New York City. No email submissions. NO FEE. Frances Hill, Artistic Director, Urban Stages, 17 East 47th St., New York, NY 10017-1920, T: (212) 421-1380, FAX (212) 421-1387, urbanstage@aol.com, www.urbanstages.org. Deadline: Rolling Portland Stage Company’s Little Festival of the Unexpected (Portland, ME) – An annual event dedicated to public readings of new works. Three to five playwrights are in residence each year at the festival as they continue to develop their scripts with input from actors, directors, and audience members. Stipend as well as housing during festival provided; limited support for travel also available. Playwrights who do not have agents may submit 10-page dialogue samples from their plays for consideration; literary agents may submit full plays. Plays must not have previously been professionally produced or workshopped with Equity actors, including in Actors Equity showcase or waiver productions; plays that have had readings or non-Equity productions are eligible. NO FEE. Dan Burson, Literary Manager, Portland Stage Company, P.O. Box 1458, Portland, ME 04104, T: (207) 774-1043, dburson@portlandstage.com, www.portlandstage.com. Deadline: Rolling **Rivendell Theatre Ensemble** – Professional theatre company committed to cultivating the talents of women theatre artists and to seeking out innovative plays that explore the unique female experience in an intimate, salon environment. You may submit a play through a literary agent or accompanied by a letter of recommendation by a theatre professional (i.e. an artistic director or literary manager at a professional theatre). If neither of these apply to you, you may write a letter of inquiry to Literary Manager Rachel Walshe and submit a brief synopsis and your resume. NO FEE. Rachel Walshe, Literary Manager, 5775 N. Ridge Rd. #1, Chicago, IL 60660, T: (773) 334-7728, Rachel@rivendelltheatre.net, www.rivendelltheatre.net. City Theatre Company – Providing a home for contemporary theatre in Pittsburgh, PA, with a strong focus on new works, often in their premieres or second productions (and often with playwright in residence developing the text). Always seeking unproduced work - full-length original plays, adaptations, translations, musicals, and solo plays. Particularly interested in new, innovative, theatrical plays of substance and ideas that engage the intellect as well as the emotions and that challenge preconceptions about both life and theatre; works of unconventional form, content, and/or use of language; compelling stories; and plays by underrepresented voices (e.g., women, writers of color, writers with disabilities). Do not send script; rather, mail a query letter, with resume, complete synopsis of play, a character breakdown, a 15-20 pp. dialogue sample (and demo cassette or CD for musicals), and development and production history of play. NOTE: No phone calls. NO FEE. Carlyn Ann Aquiline, Literary Manager & Dramaturg, City Theatre Company, 1300 Bingham Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, caquiline@citytheatrecompany.org, www.citytheatrecompany.org. Silk Road Theatre Project – Chicago-based theatre company dedicated to showcasing works relevant to a people (or peoples) of the Silk Road and/or their Diaspora community or communities. Company welcomes playwrights of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean backgrounds to submit plays that have not been produced in Chicago area. Play’s protagonist must be of an Asian, Middle Eastern, or Mediterranean background. Dramas, comedies, musicals, solo pieces, and performance art pieces all welcome. Submissions will be considered for either staged reading or production. Include a resume with production history when mailing script. NOTE: No email submissions. NO FEE. Jamil Khoury, Artistic Director, Silk Road Theatre Project, 680 South Federal St., Suite 301, Chicago, IL 60605, www.srtp.org. Portland Theatre Works – Accepting submissions for FreshWorks reading series. Mission is to develop new work – public presentation is not necessarily primary part of the process. Most projects involve submission of complete draft of a script, but company is open to different models and processes of developing new work. Scripts and proposals may be submitted. Plays must not have had a professional Equity production, but previous workshops or readings are OK. NO FEE. Andrew Golla, Portland Theatre Works, P.O. Box 8582, Portland, OR 97207-8582, T: (503) 296-5533, submissions@ptwks.org, www.ptwks.org. About Face Theatre (Chicago, IL) – Dedicated to creation of performances that examine and participate in development of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. Produces main stage series and New Works Festival for rough-staged readings. About Face seeks one-acts, full-lengths, musicals, and performance art; Queer scripts preferred, with particular interest in lesbian plays. Material should challenge self-conceptions, moral expectations, and ideas about gender and sexuality in historical or contemporary contexts. Interested in scripts that are imaginative and of literary caliber, with strong dramatic action, theatricality, and dynamic, unpredictable characters that break traditional ideas about dramatic form, structure, and presentation. Will consider second productions. Adaptations accepted. Agent submissions encouraged. No unsolicited scripts. Send query letter with synopsis, cast list, first ten pages, resume, SASE, and relevant production history. No email or fax submissions. NO FEE. Heather Schmucker, Producing Director, About Face Theatre, 1222 W. Wilson Ave., 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60640, T: (773) 784-8565, heather@aboutfacetheatre.com, www.aboutfacetheatre.com. Purple Rose Theatre Company (Chelsea, MI) – Company founded by Jeff Daniels and dedicated to development and production of new plays and emerging playwrights seeks submissions of synopses (full scripts will not be read at initial stage). NO FEE. Guy Sanville, Artistic Director, Purple Rose Theatre Company, 137 Park Street, Chelsea, MI 48118, T: (734) 433-7782, FAX: (734) 475-0802, sanville@purplerosetheatre.org, www.purplerosetheatre.org/playwrights.html. Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse (Liverpool, UK) – Looking for writers who have a story that they passionately want to tell that can only be told through the unique power of theatre. All scripts read by panel of freelance readers and responded to with constructive criticism – expect approximately 2-3 months for response. NO FEE. Suzanne Bell, Literary Manager, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, 13 Hope St., Liverpool L1 9BH, UK, T: 0151 708 3700, FAX: 0151 708 3701, info@everymanplayhouse.com, www.everymanplayhouse.com/new-writing/how-to-submit-a-script.asp. Drama Ministry Scripts – Opportunity for publication. Seeking scripts for sketches 4-7 minutes long that can be used in worship services to focus attention of worshipers on specific themes or life issues that the pastor can then address in sermon or message that follows. Thus, the best scripts dramatize and heighten the issues without always resolving them; resolution is left to the sermon or is subtle enough that the sermon can tie it in. Most of Drama Ministry’s scripts are not obviously religious in nature. Rather they pose human situations that can be addressed from the pulpit following the sketch. Should have no elaborate costumes or staging; 1-6 characters. NO FEE. Regi Stone, Drama Ministry, P.O. Box 40387, Nashville, TN 37204, www.dramaministry.com/writers_guidelines.asp. |
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The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Production Grants – To offset expenses in producing theatrical works (plays, musicals, operas, choral works, orchestral works with text), film, and video. Works must present gay and lesbian lifestyle in positive manner and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historic person, culture, work of art, or event. You may think your affair with the dancer from the Russian ballet was historic, but it doesn’t count. Grants, usually of $1,000, available through 2008 and may be used toward any aspect of production. Eligible: Original comedy or drama, original musical work employing text that is original, adaptation, translation, or direct setting of other works of prose, poetry, or drama, published or not. If another writer’s work is used, composer must prove copyright clearance of text. The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, 2500 N. Palm Canyon Dr., #A4, Palm Springs, CA 92262, ArchWrite@aol.com, www.aabbfoundation.org/productioncos.htm. Deadline: Immediate Pride Foundation Northwest States Funding Program – Offers range of grants and scholarships intended to connect, inspire, and strengthen Pacific Northwest LGBT community in pursuit of equality. Program provides $5,000 to organizations or projects that operate within one or more of Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska and that target lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender people. General operating support considered for organizations that target services to LGBT people, with emphasis on small grassroots organizations. NOTE: Application details vary according to state – check website for particulars. Jeff Hedgepeth, Grants Program Manager, Pride Foundation, 1122 East Pike Street, PMB 1001, Seattle, WA, 98122, T: (206) 323-3318 or 1 (800) 735-7287, FAX: (206) 323-1017, grants@pridefoundation.org, www.pridefoundation.org. Deadline: Varies National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) Fund for the Arts – Grants of $2,500-$10,000 to support Latino working artists and ensembles and small and mid-sized Latino arts and cultural organizations. Must be NALAC member (individual membership: $35/year; organizational memberships start at $60/year) and individual artists must be 18+ years old. Submit in English or Spanish. Eligible artist disciplines: Dance, Interdisciplinary Arts, Literary Arts, Media Arts, Multidisciplinary Arts, Music, Performance Art, Theater Arts, Visual Arts. Elisa Gonzales, Grant Program Manager, NALAC Fund for the Arts, 1208 Buena Vista St., San Antonio, TX 78207, T: (210) 432-3982, FAX: (210) 432-3934, grantmanager@nalac.org, www.nalac.org. Deadline: June 16, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Artist Trust / Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship – Opportunity for Washington State artists. Unrestricted fellowship awards of $6,500 to professional artists working in the following disciplines: Emerging & Cross-Disciplinary Arts (includes Digital Arts as well as Interactive and Immersive Installation), Performing Arts, Visual Arts, and Traditional and Folk Arts. Applicant must be practicing artist, 18+ years old by application deadline, a generative artist (i.e., the originator of the work of art), and a resident of Washington State at time of application and when award is granted. No grad or undergrad students in any degree program may apply. Artist Trust, 1835 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122, T: (206) 467-8734 ext. 9 or 1 (866) 218-7878, info@artisttrust.org, www.artisttrust.org/grants/FELL. Deadline: June 20, 2008 Fred Ebb Award - Recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting by a lyricist, composer, or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success; includes a $50,000 award and one-night showcase of winner’s work. Each applicant must be a composer/lyricist or composer/lyricist team wishing to create work for the musical theatre. In addition, applicant must meet at least one of the following requirements: Work has been produced on stage or in workshop; at least one song has been published, recorded, or performed professionally; applicant is or has been a member of professional musical theatre workshop (such as ASCAP or BMI) or a musical theatre development program. NOTE: Do not apply before June 2, 2008. Fred Ebb Award, Roundabout Theatre, 231 West 39th St., Suite 1200, New York, NY 10018, info@fredebbfoundation.org, www.fredebbfoundation.org. Deadline: June 30, 2008 Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance's 2008 5-County Arts Fund - Offering grants of up to $3,000 to nonprofit organizations and individual artists for arts-related projects or programs to occur in 5-County region of southeastern Pennsylvania (i.e., Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties). Projects must take place between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009; total budget may exceed grant limit. Electronic application required. Karla Bieniulis, Grants Program Coordinator, 5-County Arts Fund, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 600, Philadelphia, PA 19103, T: (866) 526-8689 (toll free) or (215) 557-7811 ext. 20, FAX: (215) 557-7823, karlab@philaculture.org, www.philaculture.org. Deadline: June 30, 2008 National Assembly of State Arts Agencies: National Accessibility Leadership Award – Seeking nominations for award of one-year matching grant of up to $30,000 to state or regional arts agency, in recognition of exceptional and effective initiative or program that makes arts accessible and inclusive to individuals with disabilities and/or older adults. Award co-sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts. Nominations may be made by any state arts agency or regional arts organization staff or council member or by individuals/organizations working on access issues in participation with such an agency/organization. Dora Shick, Membership Associate, NASAA, 1029 Vermont Ave., NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, T: (202) 347-6352 ext. 108, dora.shick@nasaa-arts.org, http://nasaa-arts.org/2008-awards-main.shtml. Receipt deadline: June 30, 2008 California Story Fund – Program of the California Council for the Humanities (CCH), providing grants of up to $10,000 for public humanities projects that bring to light compelling stories from California’s diverse communities and provide opportunities for collective reflection and public discussion. Especially interested in projects that will engage California youth. Dramatic presentations, storytelling events, and film/video and radio productions are among eligible formats that projects may employ (but no film/video projects over 30 minutes long). CCH funds must be matched 1:1 with cash or in-kind contributions. Projects must host a face-to-face community discussion related to the stories; must involve as least 1 humanities expert (not the project director) in design and implementation; must have total budget of no more than $50,000, including CCH funds; must produce photos, transcripts of stories, or audio and video recordings that can be archived and made available to general public; and must culminate in events that are free and open to participation by general public. NOTE: Email, phone, and postal address contact information depends on your region of the state; see http://www.calhum.org/guidelines/guidelines_csf_faq.htm for details. California Story Fund, California Council for the Humanities, www.calhum.org/guidelines/guidelines_csf_overview.htm. Receipt deadline: July 1, 2008, 12:00 noon Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Individual Artist Fellowships – Opportunity for artists in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The Foundation provides administrative services for individual artist fellowship programs in these states; application details are specific to each state but further information is available on Mid Atlantic website. NOTE: Grant workshops are provided by some states beginning in mid-June. Joanna Raczynska, Programs Assistant, Individual Artist Fellowships, T: (410) 539-6656 x 101, Joanna@midatlanticarts.org, http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/artists_programs/fellowships/state_fellowships.html. Deadlines: July 15, 2008 (NJ), July 31, 2008 (MD), August 1, 2008 (DE), August 4, 2008 (PA) New England Foundation for the Arts / Native Arts @ NEFA Program – Provides grants of up to $3,000 to support Native artists residing in New England. Projects should focus on art making and its benefit to New England communities. Projects may address preservation of arts and cultural traditions, contemporary native arts, and/or training and technical assistance. Eligible: Native artists demonstrating knowledge and experience in their art form, medium, or media; Native organizations committed to preserving and encouraging art and art making in their communities; artists and organization leaders who are members of or affiliated with a Native American tribal nation and reside in one of the six New England states. This round funds projects occurring between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009. Dawn Spears, New England Foundation for the Arts, 145 Tremont St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02111, T: (617) 951-0010 ext. 525, dspears@nefa.org, www.nefa.org, http://www.nefa.org/grantprog/nativearts.html#grantguidelines. Deadline: July 15, 2008 The Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation – In recognition of an innovative, existing program that has made a difference in lives of people it serves. Peter Drucker’s definition of innovation – change that creates a new dimension of performance – is key to consideration for award. Winners receive unrestricted cash prize - $35,000 (1st prize), $7,500 or $5,000 (runners-up). Eligible organization must be registered, U.S.-domiciled, 501 (c ) (3) nonprofit entity serving a U.S. population, and program must be fully operational at time of application. Program must have specific and measurable outcomes and serve as a model that can be replicated or adapted by other organizations. Kerry Boyle, Executive Director, The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, 1021 N. Dartmouth Ave., Claremont, CA 91711, T: (909) 607-9060, FAX: (909) 621-8543, kerry.boyle@cgu.edu, http://www.druckerinstitute.com/programs.html#, www.cgu.edu/pages/4126.asp. Receipt deadline: July 15, 2008 The Playwrights’ Center’s Many Voices Fellowship Program – Funded by the Jerome Foundation and serving playwrights of color by nurturing writing talent, providing theatrical opportunities, and building community. Many Voices provides cash grants, education, and opportunities to develop new work with theater professionals. Applications screened for eligibility by The Playwrights’ Center and evaluated by select panel of Minnesota theater artists; finalists evaluated by diverse panel of national theater artists. Applications for 2008-09 funding cycle will become available June 9, 2008. Fellowship year is October 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. The Playwrights’ Center, 2301 East Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55406, T: (612) 332-7481, info@pwcenter.org, http://www.pwcenter.org/fellowships_MV.asp. Deadline: July 28, 2008 James Irvine Foundation’s Creative Connections Fund for California Projects – Providing grants of up to $50,000 over 1 or 2 years to small and mid-sized California-based nonprofits (with budgets of at least $100,000) providing relevant cultural offerings in local communities across California and primarily outside the San Francisco Bay Area. Eligible projects create new work or offer a contemporary reinterpretation of classic work and involve individual artists in collaborative way; project should also broaden, deepen, and diversify participation. Organization may not receive more than 50% of revenue from government sources. Creative Connections Fund, James Irvine Foundation, 575 Market Street, Suite 3400, San Francisco, CA 94105, T: (800) 374-6851, artsfund@irvine.org, http://www.irvine.org/grants_program/arts/artsfund/Faq.shtml. Receipt deadline: August 1, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time General Mills Foundation's Celebrating Communities of Color Grants – Awarding grants of $10,000 to nonprofit organizations in the seven-county Minneapolis-St. Paul Twin Cities metro area that are serving communities of color. Awards are for project support only (no operating or capital support). Arts and Culture category supports innovative performing arts and cultural programs as evidenced through innovation, program quality, and contribution to community. General Mills Foundation Celebrating Communities of Color Grants Program, T: (763) 764-2211, FAX: (763) 764-4114, communityactionqa@genmills.com, www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/foundation.aspx. Deadline: August 1, 2008 NEA Grants for Arts Projects Program / Access to Artistic Excellence – Matching grants of $5,000-$150,000 to U.S. nonprofits in support of projects that provide short-term arts exposure or arts appreciation for children and youth, as well as intergenerational education projects. Eligible disciplines include Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television, Theater, Musical Theater, and Presenting. Applicant organization must have 3-year history of programming prior to application deadline. Application via online process only. Media Arts Specialist: smithm@arts.gov or (202) 682-5742; Theater and Musical Theater Specialists: denegree@arts.gov or (202) 682-5509, lanouxc@arts.gov or (202) 682-5020; Presenting Specialist: lims@arts.gov or (202) 682-5658; www.arts.gov/grants/apply/artsed.html. Deadline: August 11, 2008 **Open Meadows Foundation Grants**– Funding to individuals and to nonprofit organizations for projects that are led by and benefit women. Grants of up to $2,000 support projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls; reflect diversity of community served by project in both its leadership and organization; promote building community power; promote racial, social, economic, and environmental justice; and have limited financial access or have encountered obstacles in search for funding. In addition to general grants, Open Meadows has 6 special targeted funds: the Jeanne Meurer Indigenous Women’s Fund; the Ellen Dougherty Activist Fund for Young Women; the Edie Windsor Fund for Old Lesbians; the India Fund; the Patsy Lu Fund for Women’s Music Projects; and the Susan F. Eastman Fund for Environmental Activists. Organizational budget should not exceed $150,000; small and start-up organizations strongly encouraged to apply. Open Meadows Foundation, P.O. Box 150-607, Van Brunt Station, Brooklyn, NY 11215-607, T: (718) 885-0969, openmeadows@igc.org, www.openmeadows.org. Deadline: August 15, 2008 Union Pacific Foundation Community-Based Grant Program – Applicant organizations must be nonprofits located in a community served by the Union Pacific Railroad. In Fine Arts category, emphasis is on creating a wider opportunity for the enjoyment of and participation in the visual and performing arts. NOTE: Online preliminary application must be filed before full application may be made. Union Pacific Foundation, 1400 Douglas Street, Stop 1560, Omaha, NE 68179, T: (402) 544-5600, www.up.com/found/contact.shtml, www.up.com/found/grants.shtml. Deadline: August 15, 2008 Native Arts @ NEFA / Native Artist Exchange National Travel Fund - The Native Artist Exchange, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), provides grants of up to $1500 for Native artists residing in any of the 50 United States to travel to different regions of the country to exchange artistic knowledge and skills. Fund is designed to encourage and assist American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian artists, and provides an opportunity for Native artists to teach, learn, and collaborate in traditional and/or contemporary Native art forms through travel from one region to another across the nation. Requests must be received by NEFA no later than 2 calendar months prior to departure date of proposed trip. NOTE: For additional grant opportunity from NEFA, see listing in Call for Entries section above. New England Foundation for the Arts, Native Artist Exchange – National Travel Fund, 145 Tremont St., 7th Fl., Boston, MA 02111, T: (617) 951-0010 ext. 525, dspears@nefa.org, www.nefa.org/grantprog/nativearts/nativeartistexchange.html. Deadline: Rolling Now Art Grants – Awards of $500 for work that takes place outside of gallery or limited-access space and engages a wide audience in dialogue about a current social issue. No fee; send email with idea, link to digital versions of your work, and a bit about yourself. Damali Ayo, Now Art Grants, nowart@damaliayo.com, http://nowartgrants.com, http://xrl.us/AOM86cm. Deadline: Rolling |
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Power of Words Conference (September 12-15, 2008, Plainfield, VT) – Conference organized by Goddard College’s Transformative Language Arts concentration explores how we can use our words – written, spoken, or sung – to make community, wake ourselves up, and foster empowerment, healing, and transformation. This year’s conference features over 25 presentations by writers, storytellers, performers, community leaders, medical professionals, songwriters, healers, and social change artists. Registration: Conference costs start at $210 for registration plus additional fees for pre- and post-conference workshops; lodging and all meals on campus begin at $216/double or $276/single. Some partial scholarships available, including the Roxanne Florence Fund for people of color, as well as some work-study arrangements. Denise Whitesides-Skeeba, Power of Words, Goddard College, 123 Pitkin Rd., Plainfield, VT 05667, T: (800) 468-4888, Denise.Whitesides-Skeeba@goddard.edu, TLAconference@goddard.edu, www.goddard.edu/powerofwords. |
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