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09 September 14 · Education / Opportunities
In Fall 2014, The Royal Court Theatre will be running two Introduction to Playwriting groups, both of them intended to help playwrights at an early stage of their career to develop their skills. The groups are small in number and are a friendly and supportive environment in which
Read with a free account →07 August 14 · Opportunities
The TS Eliot Commissions are now in their second year and if you’ve got a story to tell they want to hear from you. In 2013 they commissioned plays that explored topics such as dystopian future governments, the big bang theory and monogamy in gay relationships. They want writers
Read with a free account →06 August 14 · Opportunities
She Writes is an event featuring script-in-hand rehearsed readings of short plays and extracts from work in progress from female playwrights curated and run by 17Percent. The new 4-weekly incarnation of She Writes, a regular night of new short plays by women starts on 4 August as
Read with a free account →31 July 14 · Opportunities
The BBC Writersroom has announced announce that they will soon be opening for submissions for Scriptroom 8 (stage plays – comedy & drama) and this year’s Writer’s Prize, for which they are looking for original, surprising multi-character narrative drama scripts of 45-75 minutes i
Read with a free account →31 July 14 · Opportunities
After their first sell out show at the Tristan Bates theatre, Short Back and Sides is opening again for short play submissions. The selected plays will be performed at the Tristan Bates in October. This time the theme is: “How English are you?” What to submit: The only rules are
Read with a free account →30 July 14 · Opportunities
Mind The Gap is now accepting submissions for consideration in its ongoing BRITBITS series. What to submit: These short plays must be: 1-20 pages in length maximum written by NATIVE UK playwrights require simple set and technical elements accompanied by a brief playwright biograp
Read with a free account →29 July 14 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in August and late July 2014. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if you’d like to p
Read with a free account →15 July 14 · Opportunities
Stay Awake! – a new Denver-based theater company – is now accepting submissions for its inaugural 10-minute play competition. Playwrights from around the world are invited to submit a 10-minute piece for their Prism Festival of new works. Each submitted play will be read by at le
Read with a free account →09 July 14 · Opportunities
Attic Theatre’s annual Playfest returns this Autumn in association with Wimbledon Bookfest. They are now open for submissions of previously unproduced 15-20 minute plays. 4 plays will be chosen for rehearsed readings on 11 and 12 October 2014. The winners will also receive £100.
Read with a free account →03 July 14 · Opportunities
After their first sell out show at the Tristan Bates theatre, Short Back and Sides is opening again for short play submissions. This time the theme is: “How English are you?” The only rules are that the play is no longer than 20 minutes and that it doesn’t rely too heavily on pro
Read with a free account →25 June 14 · Uncategorized
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in July 2014. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if you’d like to peruse the whole
Read this article →18 June 14 · Opportunities / Uncategorized
The Lion Tamers Theatre Company is looking for submissions for their 2015 North West tour. What to submit: Your play must meet the following requirements: Cast size: Strictly between 2 and 4 cast members. They can allow for doubling, however they must be strict on not having more
Read with a free account →17 June 14 · Opportunities
Alex Chisolm, Associate Director (Literary) at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, will be leaving on 1 August 2014, and is coordinating a last round of unsolicited script submissions before she goes. Following this last round of submissions, they do not have plans to accept unsolicite
Read with a free account →13 June 14 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly Friday round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Menagerie seeking submissions for One Page Play Competition at Hotbed 2014 – Deadline: 13 June 2014 at 5pm IdeasTap accepting submissions
Read with a free account →12 June 14 · Opportunities / Writing Workshops
Are you 16 – 25 years old and passionate about writing?This course, led by playwright & director Dinos Aristidou, will give 20 young writers the opportunity to develop their writing and experience what it is to write for, in and about theatre. Sessions are 10am – 12.30pm on alter
Read with a free account →05 June 14 · Opportunities
Write Up Front are a Colchester based theatre company, specialising in new writing. They are currently accepting submissions for their first new writing evening. They are looking for one-act plays, 10-30 minutes in length with no more than 4 characters and no complicated staging
Read with a free account →05 June 14 · Opportunities
Solas Festival (Scotland) is looking for 5 minute plays or a 5 minute excerpt from a play that can be rehearsed and read at the festival. Sarah Rose Graber, currently with the National Theatre of Scotland will curate and direct the event. How to apply: write your five minute play
Read with a free account →03 June 14 · Opportunities
The Bush Theatre has now opened its’ summer submission window. They will be accepting full length plays until 1st September. The Bush recommends that before you submit, you take a look at their current season, the archive and familiarise yourself with their work. “We don’t just w
Read with a free account →03 June 14 · Opportunities
Sterts’ One-Act Play Competition is now in its third year. Based in Cornwall, this event is run to promote and encourage new play-writing talent and has proved to be very successful in producing an ever increasing high standard of writing. An experienced panel of judges will choo
Read with a free account →30 May 14 · Opportunities
The Arch and Bruce Foundation is currently accepting submissions for its 2014 Playwriting Competition. What to submit: All works must concern LGBT (lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender) life and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historical person, culture, work of art or event.
Read with a free account →28 May 14 · Opportunities
Play Submissions Helper has just published their monthly roundup of opportunities, featuring those with deadlines in late-May and June 2014. As usual, we’ve already picked and posted the ones we’ve found most relevant (most of these are based in the US), but if you’d like to peru
Read with a free account →28 May 14 · Opportunities
NEXT ACT! is an expansion of Capital Repertory Theatre’s commitment to the development of new work, and is designed to complement the Upper Hudson Valley’s recent and future growth explosion in the fields of research and technology. The summit will directly reflect the theatre’s
Read with a free account →22 May 14 · Opportunities
An annual prize of $1,000 from Hidden River Arts, a literary arts organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be given in the following categories: (1) to the best unpublished short story or novel excerpt (2) the best unproduced full-length play. Eligibility: Submissions are
Read with a free account →20 May 14 · Uncategorized
The Progressive Playwright is an evening of play readings for new and developing playwrights, where the playwright can hear short extracts of their work directed and performed by professional actors in The Tron Victorian Bar. Following the readings there will be feedback and disc
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