Members and their families, as well as area playwrights, actors, directors, designers, technicians, and those interested in finding out more about ScriptWorks are invited to the 13th Annual Meet N Greet. This is our annual party to kick-off the new year, welcome new members, swap summer triumphs and tribulations, and get informed about programming in the coming year.  The event is free and open to all.  We’ll will provide libations and attendees are invited to bring their favorite finger food to the potluck. (At 8pm, all are invited to attend the Vortex production of B-boy bluez by ScriptWorks Core Alum Zell Miller, III.) This party has no narrative through-line and no inciting incident, so drop by anytime and rub elbows and egos with the local bards.

Tix $10-$20 (sliding scale), available at the door
The Blue Theater
916 Springdale Road

• Sunday, July 11- The Fabulous Monika Bustamante’s The Only Children at Carousel Lounge. Post-show Cupcakes by Delish, music by Whiskey Priest!
• Friday, July 16 – The Brilliant Sarah Saltwick’s Low-Hanging Stars at Eponymous Gardens, with post-show pizza by Spartan Pizza and music by The LateJoys!
• Friday, July 23 – The Self-Promoting Jenny Connell’s There Be Dragons at Blue Theatre, post-show Barbecue and Live Music (TBD)!

More info at www.shrewedproductions.com

Debutantes & Vagabonds, an Austin non-profit theater company, proudly presents the theatrical premiere of The Virgin w/ 10,000 Arrows written by member Jason Tremblay and directed by Francisco Rodriguez.The production received funding from ASW’s Finer Point Fund for new play production and to help us replenish the fund, D&V is donating proceeds from the July 18th matinee to Austin Script Works. Please come out and support ASW and new play production in Austin!

In 1994, a young and famous American painter, Andres Marca Relli steals his own artwork out of a NY gallery and then commits suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge three days later. This play takes place between the seven seconds from when Andres steps off of the Golden Gate Bridge to the moment he hits the water. Starring: Travis Emery, Kim Adams, Noel Gaulin, Carole Metellus, Don Stewart, Emily Everidge, and Eric Porter.

Tickets are $15 for general admission and $12 for students and starving artists.

The Arts Center of the Capital Region and Capital Repertory Theatre, both located in the Capital Region of upstate New York, are seeking new works for The Firestorm Series, a collaboration between the two organizations.

Short plays dealing with social issues that are likely to fuel discussion and debate (i.e. war, sexism ,corporate greed, etc.) will be considered for readings by professional actors during the 2010/2011 season.

Works MUST BE NO LONGER THAN 45 MINUTES IN LENGTH, to allow for adequate audience discussion time post-show. Writers are welcome to attend the readings but travel is not provided. Works will be considered either way.

Please include full script (not an excerpt) along with CV in PDF form sent to jill-at-artscenteronline.org on or before Monday, August 30th. Late submissions will not be considered.

The purpose of this biennial workshop is to encourage writers to create artistic theatrical scripts for young audiences. It provides a forum through which each playwright receives constructive criticism and the support of a development team consisting of a professional director and dramaturg. Plays will be cast from professional, experienced, age-appropriate actors from Central Indiana.

Plays should be intended for young audiences third grade through high school (no play is expected to appeal to all ages simultaneously). Playwrights must suggest the appropriate age category on the official entry form.

1. Scripts designed for the youngest audience, grades 3-5, should be approximately 30-45 minutes in length. Plays designed for grades 6 and above should have a minimum performance length of approximately 45 minutes.
2. One development slot will be reserved for a script aimed at the 3-5th grade audience.
3. Scripts must not be committed to publication at the time of submission. Commissioned works that are not in development are eligible.
4. Scripts previously produced in an educational or vocational setting are eligible, if playwrights are eager to pursue development of the script.
5. Scripts previously produced professionally are NOT eligible. (i.e., productions in which the director and actors have been paid).
6. If the play is an adaptation or dramatization, written proof must be provided that the original work is in public domain or permission of the holder of the copyright has been granted.
7. Musicals will not be accepted for the 2011 contest.
8. Only ONE submission per playwright is accepted.

Submission Guidelines

1. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically.
2. Author’s name MUST NOT APPEAR in any manner on the manuscript.
3. Supporting materials (reviews, publicity, etc.) SHOULD NOT accompany the submission.
4. All submissions will be acknowledged via email.
5. Plays submitted to previous Bonderman National Youth Theatre Playwriting Workshops are ineligible.
6. Playwrights give permission for their work or portions of it to be read at the Symposium and to be archived in the Child Drama Collection, Hayden Library, at Arizona State University.
7. Playwrights whose work is being considered for full development (ie a potential finalist) will be asked to submit a brief history of the work and goals for the week of development. Subsequently, each playwright will be expected to confer with his/her director and dramaturg prior to casting.
8. Playwrights are expected to be in residence in Indianapolis throughout the workshop and symposium.
9. Each submitting playwright must also complete and send an entry form electronically. All submissions MUST include a brief synopsis and a cast list. The synopsis should be no more than one page and should include:

• list of unusual effects or technical requirements;
• list of characters noting age and sex, (and possible doublings).

Deadlines

1. Submissions must be received by August 16, 2010. Late submissions will NOT be accepted.
2. Winners will be contacted in December 2010.
3. Submissions not following the guidelines will be considered ineligible.
4. Any future production or publication of a finalist play must give the following credit: _____________ was a winner of the 2011 National Waldo M. and Grace C. Bonderman Playwriting Workshop and was featured in a rehearsed reading at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis.

Questions?
If you have questions, please address inquiries to: dwebb-at-iupui.edu.

To enter your script into the workshop selection process, please mail to: bonderman-at-irtlive.com.

Yale University Press and Yale Repertory Theatre are seeking submissions for a major new playwriting competition, The Yale Drama Series. The winner of this annual competition will be awarded the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of his/her manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale Rep. The winning play will be selected by series judge David Hare.

There is no application form or entry fee. Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript:

1. This contest is restricted to plays in the English language, though submissions are accepted worldwide.
2. Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Translations, musicals, and children’s plays are not accepted. The Yale Drama Series is intended to support emerging playwrights. Playwrights may win the competition only once.
3. Plays that have had professional productions are not eligible.
4. The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play’s title and your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address (if you have one), and page count; a second title page which lists the title of the play only; a list of characters; a list of acts and scenes; and (if applicable) a list of acknowledgments.
5. Plays must be typed/word-processed, numbered and in standard play format.

Send the manuscript to:

Yale Drama Series
P.O. Box 209040
New Haven, CT 06520-9040

The Global Age Project (GAP) is Aurora Theatre Company’s annual new play festival addressing life in the 21st century and beyond.

The festival provides a development opportunity for plays that directly respond to our complicated present and our possible future. Plays need not be about Science and/or Technology. Submissions will culminate in a four-week festival of staged readings in the spring of 2011. Four scripts will be selected with the potential of a full production the following season.

Remuneration: $1,000, reading, travel and housing for playwrights outside the Bay Area, possible production.

Submission: ONE unproduced play per playwright, per year. We will accept the first submission only – anything submitted afterwards will be discarded without consideration.

Length: any length.

Styles: all styles.

Language: Must be written in English, and submitted by the original author – no translations, please.

Subjects: Any that directly addresses our present and/or our future.

Application Fee: There is a $20 submission fee, used to pay our valued panel of readers. Our panel is made up of the Bay Area’s professional Artistic Directors, Dramaturgs, Literary Managers, Actors, and Playwrights, to insure each play will receive at least two reads by experienced professionals, guaranteeing each applicant professional exposure. Previous festival participants and finalists are exempt from the submission fee. If the submission fee poses a severe financial hardship, please email the contest to discuss.

Deadline: August 1, 2010

Response: February, 2011