Sample theatre listings:
Artistic New Directions
| Type of Work: | One-acts, ten-minute plays, full-length plays, children's plays, translations, adaptations, one-person shows. |
| Plays/Season: | Varies |
| New Plays/Season: | All |
| Venue: | 99 seats or less |
| Previously Produced: | Okay |
| Best Time: | Anytime |
| Response Time: | ASAP |
Submissions
Received Annually: | Varies |
| Method of Approach: | Query with synopsis, sample dialogue, and SASE. |
| Special Interests: | Work by company members. |
| Equity Contract: | Showcase to Mini |
| Pay? | Yes
| | Notes: | The emphasis of Artistic New Directions is on the new--we sponsor workshops in playwriting, improvisation, and improvisation for the playwright. From these workshop sources, we find shows which range from 10-minute to full-length, from one-person to multi-character. We are not closed to submissions of fully developed works, but our focus is on the development of new works, whether that be from an original idea or an adaptation of an existing work. |
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K. Niven
Artistic Director
Artistic New Directions
250 W. 90th Street, #15-G
New York, NY 10024
e-mail: Niven K@aol.com
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Horizon Theatre Company
| Type of Work: | One-acts, full-length plays, musicals, translations, adaptations, ten-minute plays. |
| Plays/Season: | 4 mainstage shows, 6 off night shows. |
| New Plays/Season: | All (either local, regional or world premieres) |
| Venue: | 185 seats |
| Previously Produced: | Okay |
| Best Time: | Anytime |
| Response Time: | 2 months for query, up to 1 year for requested scripts. |
Submissions
Received Annually: | 200+ |
| Methods of Approach: | Query with synopsis, resume, sample dialogue, and SASE. E-mail queries. Agent submissions. |
| Special Interests: | Women's issues, minority issues, urban issues, Southern issues. |
| Equity Contract: | Small Professional Theatre |
| Pay? | Yes, amount varies |
| Notes: | Horizon is now in its 14th season, and in addition to their four plays on the mainstage, they offer a Teen Ensemble and Young Playwrights Program, a Senior Citizens Ensemble acting and writing program, a reading series of new plays, and their New Horizons series of experimental plays.. Past productions include The Food Chain by Nicky Silver, This Passion Thing by Steve Murray, Escape from Happiness by George F. Walker, The Good Times are Killing Me by Lynda Barry, The Heidi Chronicles, Marvinâs Room, and Six Degrees of Separation. |
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Sarah Raskin
Literary Manager
Horizon Theatre Company
P.O. Box 5376
Atlanta, GA 31107
(404) 523-1477
e-mail: horizonco@mindspring.com
web site: http://www.mindspring.com/~horizonco/
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Sample contest listings:
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Dramas
| Award: | $2,000 if Mixed Blood Theatre Company decides to produce the winning script, $1,000 if they decline production. |
| Deadline: | March 15 |
| Notification: | October |
| Type of Scripts: | Full-length, contemporary comedies or musical comedies. |
| Eligibility Requirements: | Open to all U.S. playwrights (citizens) who have at least one of their works produced or workshopped. |
| Subject Restrictions: | Script must be a comedy of at least 65 pages in length. No translations or adaptations. They are particularly interested in comedies about race, sports, or containing a political edge. Musical comedies are acceptable. |
| Unproduced: | "All scripts entered in the contest must remain unproduced as of October 1, 1998. ÎProducedâ is defined as any production to which tickets are sold." |
| Other: | Limit two submissions per author. Dual entries must be sent under separate cover. Scripts previously entered in the Mixed Blood Versus America contest are ineligible. "Mixed Blood is not necessarily looking for scripts that have multiracial casts; it is interested primarily in good scripts that will be cast with the best actors available." |
| Fee: | None |
| Submission Format: | Complete script and SASE. You can include a resume (this is optional). |
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We Don't Need No Stinkin' Dramas
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
1501 S. 4th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55454
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National Play Award
| Award: | First Prize: $5,000 and production. Four runners-up receive staged readings. |
| Deadline: | March 31 |
| Notification: | Finalists September 1, winner on December 31. |
| Type of Scripts: | Full-length plays. |
| Eligibility Requirements: | Open |
| Subject Restrictions: | No musicals, translations, or adaptations. |
| Unproduced: | Must be unpublished and must not have received a professional production (with a paid Equity cast). Play must also not yet have won a major play award. |
| Other: | No previous entries. You can submit multiple entries, but each must be submitted separately, with separate fee. |
| Fee: | $25, payable to the National Repertory Theatre Foundation. |
| Submission Format: | Complete script and SASE. |
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8th Annual National Play Award
Ann Farthing
Literary Manager
P.O. Box 286
Hollywood, CA 90078
(213) 465-9517
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