ScriptWorks

Spectral Sisters Production presents WATERLESS PLACES by C. Denby Swanson.

August 11-13, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
August 14, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Kress Theater, Alexandria, LA

We are scheduling Salons for this coming season in Austin and Dallas. Remember that to have a Salon in Austin, you must have attended two Salons. Austin Salons are the last Sunday of every month, DFW Salons are flexible, but generally occur on Monday nights. Email christi@scriptworks.org, if you want to sign up.

We are scheduling Salons for next year in Austin and in Dallas. Remember that to have a Salon in Austin, you must have attended two Salons. Austin Salons are the last Sunday of every month, DFW Salons are TBD. Email christi-at-scriptworks.org, if you want to sign up.

Re: Psyche (the myth of Eros and Psyche) by ASW member Jenny Connell
Thursdays-Saturdays @ 8, Sundays @ 8
Through July 18th

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)!

Deadline: August 30, 2010

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.

Deadline: August 16, 2010

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.

Deadline: August 15, 2010

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.

Deadline: August 1, 2010 (requires entry fee)

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.

Deadline: August 1, 2010

Little Fish Theatre is accepting scripts for our annual Pick of the Vine production, presented in January/February.

Preferred plays will require a minimal set, 9 or fewer actors, and run no longer than 20 minutes. Email submissions to melanie-at-littlefishtheatre.org.

Deadline: July 31, 2010

Theatre ASAP, the annual 24-hour play festival sponsored by SATCO, seeks playwrights and directors for the 2010 festival. Theatre ASAP will begin on September 10, 2010 with a 6:30pm reception at STAGE Theatre in Bulverde, during which playwrights will choose phrases and props to incorporate into new 10-minute play scripts. At 8:00pm, the playwrights will be released to complete scripts by 6:00am on September 11. At 8:00am in the new Palmetto Center for the Arts at Northwest Vista College, directors will be paired with scripts and actors and begin rehearsals. At 8:00pm on September 11, the new plays will be performed in the state-of-the-art 400 seat proscenium theatre in the Palmetto.