Bowie, Maryland

Playwrights are invited to submit their full-length plays to the University's annual New Play Festival.

We enjoy plays that experiment with structure and language and address race, class, and power in America.

Submission guidelines:

1. Plays must be received by June 30, 2008

2. Plays must feature diverse casts for three to five college-aged performers.

3. Submissions cannot have received a professional production.

4. The selected play will receive a reading at The Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival over Labor Day Weekend and on the campus of Bowie State University this fall.

5. Musicals are not accepted at this time.

6. Plays must be submitted via e-mail to newplayfestival@bowiestate.edu in pdf format.

7. Submissions should include a brief author bio.

8. $500 prize to the selected script.

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