Showing posts with label minority playwriting contest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label minority playwriting contest. Show all posts

Sunday, May 13, 2007

NEW! IS YOUR SCRIPT A FUTURE HARLEM CLASSIC?

8 scripts wanted for workshops and readings. The Classical Theatre of Harlem, in collaboration with the Fredrick Douglass Creative Arts Center and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture accepting scripts for consideration in 2007/2008 Future Classic Program. E-mail to futureclassics@classicaltheatreofharlem.org. Deadline: 8/3. Source: TRU

Friday, May 4, 2007

Minority Playwrights Contest

NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE FESTIVAL (READERS THEATRE) (NY)
Deadline: 5-31-07
Material: One-Acts or Full length Plays by minority playwrights


The NBTF has various performance components of the Festival. One of the integral components of the Festival is The Readers’ Theatre of New Works. The series is designed to showcase the work of minority playwrights. Garland Lee Thompson, Executive and Artistic Director of the Frank Silvera Writers’ Workshop, is the curator of the series. The series is made up of two components. The first is New Plays At High Noon and the original component, Theatre Conversations At Midnight. Seating is limited at the Midnight readings.

EMAIL SCRIPTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!!

In order for NBTF to notify you promptly, each submission package must include the following:
  • A formal letter of introduction clearly stating the following information: Writer’s Name, address, city,state, zip, phone numbers (home, office, cell), email
  • Play synopsis
  • Typed script, Double spaced
  • Font: Times Roman or Arial - 12 pt.
  • Three-hole punched.
  • Please do not staple script
  • Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard so we may acknowledge receipt of your script.

    Mail one (1) script, to this address:
    The Readers’ Theatre Series
    c/o Frank Silvera Writers’ Workshop
    P. O. Box 1791
    Manhattanville Station, NY 10027

    Mail one (1) script, to this address:
    National Black Theatre Festival
    Reader’s Theatre Series
    610 Coliseum Drive
    Winston-Salem, NC 27106

    For further information, please contact Garland Lee Thompson at (212) 281-8832 or e-mail: playrite@earthlink.net.
  • Nation-wide Call for New Scripts by Minority Playwrights

    NEW PROFESSIONAL THEATRE WRITERS FESTIVAL (NY)
    Deadline: 6-01-07
    Material: Full Length Plays by minority playwrights.


    The Writers Festival begins with a nation-wide call for new scripts by minority playwrights. Since its inception in 1991, the Writers Festival has received more than 2000 submissions. A panel of industry professionals reviews the scripts, looking for superior use of language and noteworthy narrative. Three winners are selected and awarded a cash prize to help sustain their work. Following their selection the winners embark on a two-week residency where they work closely with a dramaturge to develop their new works for a staged showcase reading performed by professional actors before an audience of industry professionals and mainstream theatregoers. Must be a full length play, no one acts, teleplays or screenplays. Musicals are accepted please include an audio tape with all music. Material must be bound and copywritten. Please include your bio and production history.

    Please send to:
    c/o Mr. Mark D. Wood
    New Professional Theatre
    229 W. 42nd St. #501 NY, NY 10036