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03 January 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). Venus Theatre seeking full-length play submissions empowering women (Maryland, USA) – Deadline: 5 January 2014 Theatre Exchange Birmingham
Read with a free account →03 January 14 · Opportunities
Grin Theatre is accepting submissions for Queerfest 2014. Note: This is one of three opportunities for writers currently open at Grin Theatre. What to submit: Writers will need to submit a 30 minute original play with an LGBT theme. How to apply: Email your submission to info.gri
Read with a free account →03 January 14 · Opportunities
Grin Theatre is seeking submissions for its 2014 Young Playwrights Competition. Note: This is one of three opportunities for writers currently open at Grin Theatre. What to submit: Writers will need to submit a 30 minute original play that has not been performed before and is for
Read with a free account →02 January 14 · Opportunities
Grin Theatre has put out a call for 15 minute monologues for Voices 2, scheduled to take place on 28 February 2014. Note: This is one of three opportunities for writers currently open at Grin Theatre. Prompt: “All we ask is that it is an original piece that has not been actively
Read with a free account →02 January 14 · Opportunities
Claremorris Fringe Festival is seeking submissions of 15 minute plays. The Fringe will be held from April 4th to 11th 2014 – with two plays each night – that’s a total of sixteen plays. The venue is The Dalton Inn Hotel in the centre of the town, adjacent to the Town Hall. The pl
Read with a free account →01 January 14 · Opportunities
Amateur playwrights are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays for the 11th annual Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Drama Writing Award. Eligibility: Only amateur playwrights are eligible; only one script per author will be accepted. Each play must be an original work by the e
Read with a free account →31 December 13 · Opportunities
Now in its 37th year, the Dubuque (Iowa) Fine Arts Players One-Act Playwriting Contest is accepting submissions for the 2014 season. Established in 1977, Dubuque Fine Arts Players’ one-act play contest is the oldest in the United States (according to their website). The contest n
Read with a free account →30 December 13 · Opportunities
Theatre companies and agents are invited to submit scripts to the University of Edinburgh Department of English Literature by 7 February 2014, for consideration for the James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2014. The winner of the £10,000 annual award will be announced in August 2014.
Read with a free account →27 December 13 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Dysthelexi seeking submissions for SundaySurgery (targeted at Dyslexic Writers, fee for participation) – Deadline: None posted (event is 26 Janua
Read with a free account →27 December 13 · Opportunities
Shakespeare in the ‘Burg is pleased to announce our inaugural one-act playwriting competition, in conjunction with our Shakespeare in the ‘Burg theater festival scheduled for April 4-6, 2014, in Middleburg, VA (USA). There are two categories of plays that will be judged: Plays wr
Read with a free account →27 December 13 · Opportunities
In 2014 Unspoken Theatre will host a festival of short new work adapted from classical, traditional, mythological or sacred stories. We invite playwrights to submit short theatre pieces to our Festival of Mythic Shorts by January 16, 2014 for consideration in the festival. Note t
Read with a free account →26 December 13 · Opportunities
Small Fish Radio Theatre will be accepting radio plays, stories, original songs and poems for their spring show from now until January 15th. The prompt: “THEME: INTOXICATION. Of any sort, don’t limit yourself. Anything from a scent, to a person, a place, a thing-is fair game. Of
Read with a free account →26 December 13 · Opportunities
Venus Theatre in Maryland, USA is accepting submissions for its 2014 season. What to submit: They prefer two act plays. “All submissions must empower women.” They are seeking dramas or comedies for adult audiences. Submissions must feature no more than 7 actors. How to apply: Ple
Read with a free account →25 December 13 · Opportunities
Dysthelexi’s SundaySurgery is a monthly development workshop for film, theatre and radio scripts, bringing together writers, actors and directors to work on new writing in a rehearsal room environment. It’s an opportunity for industry talent to work collaboratively and help write
Read with a free account →25 December 13 · Opportunities
As we head into 2014, the BBC Writersroom will be modifying its submissions policy. As announced on their blog, the BBC Wrtersroom will continue to accept unsolicited scripts. However, each of the four scriptrooms they are running in 2014 will be focused on a different department
Read with a free account →24 December 13 · Opportunities
Kitchen Dog Theatre is seeking scripts for their 2014 New Works Festival. What you get: Each year, Kitchen Dog Theater selects one original script to receive: A fully staged production (as part of our regular season – a five-week run) Paid travel to Dallas, TX (if necessary) to w
Read with a free account →24 December 13 · Opportunities
StageQ invites you to submit a short play for our ninth annual festival of short queer plays, Queer Shorts 9. Queer Shorts 1 – 8 were sold-out smash hits, and you could be part of the fun during their 2014 playfest. Queer Shorts 9 will be performed June 13-21, 2014 at the Bartell
Read with a free account →23 December 13 · Opportunities
In April 2014, Schreiber’s Shorts: “Beyond Our Backyard” will present an evening of new 10 minute plays that deal with the theme of identity. Examples of this include immigrant experiences, cultural differences and clashes, nationalism and national identity. The goal of the eveni
Read with a free account →23 December 13 · Opportunities
Scripts are now being accepted for Gadfly Theatre Productions’ first annual Final Frontier Festival. The Final Frontier Festival is a new one-act play festival exploring the intersection of queer, feminist, and geek culture. What to submit: Scripts should be no longer than forty
Read with a free account →22 December 13 · Opportunities
Fluff Productions is seeking submissions for their ‘No More Page 3’ writing competition. The task is to write a short play 30-40 minutes in length based on the No More Page Three campaign. This can be is literal or as abstract as you would like, you may want to write directly abo
Read with a free account →20 December 13 · Opportunities / Weekly Round-up
Our weekly round-up of opportunities listed on the blog that haven’t yet reached their closing date (listed in order of closing date). Bush Theatre open to proposals for new plays – Deadline: 20 December 2013 Ghost Dog Productions seeking 10 minute plays – Deadline: 23 December 2
Read with a free account →19 December 13 · Opportunities
Salon:lab 2014 will offer even more opportunities and exposure to writers as they take our writer development programme forward and draw audiences and support from a wider network. After four successful events at the Cockpit and Conway Hall in 2013, they are working towards three
Read with a free account →18 December 13 · Education / Opportunities
In Spring 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 whi
Read with a free account →18 December 13 · Opportunities
Squint has put out a call for submissions for their March 2014 performance of Scratchbook: Great Reckonings in Little Rooms. About Squint: Squint create bold, ensemble-driven theatre that explores epic modern themes through visual storytelling. We stage work that asks questions o
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