Call for Plays

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