Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) is now accepting submissions for the Going to the River Festival 2009. Going to the River (GTTR) was founded to produce and support African-American female playwrights by providing a major New York City forum in which to develop, refine, and present their work.
Requirements:
• Ten-minute plays by female playwrights of color;
• Limit of two plays;
• Estimated running time of no more than ten minutes;
• Plays must address one or more of the Seven Deadly Sins (lust, gluttony, sloth, wrath, envy, pride, greed);
• Please be mindful of cast size.

The submission deadline is 6/1 at 5:00pm EDT.

Ten plays will be selected and produced on EST’s main stage in September 2009. Only e-mail submissions addressed to gttr@ensemblestudiotheatre.org will be considered. To be considered submissions should be in the form of one Microsoft Word document and organized as follows:
• Page 1 cover page to include: the title page, estimated running time, the playwright’s name, address, city, zip code, phone numbers;
• Page 2 a biography of the playwright;
• Page 3 Character Breakdown;
• Page 4 Begin the body of the play.

No phone calls. Address inquiries to e7vandyke@aol.com.

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Source: TRU