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Organizations

Dramatists Guild: The Dramatists Guild of America was established over eighty years ago, and is the only professional association which advances the interests of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists writing for the living stage. The Guild has over 6,000 members nationwide, from beginning writers to the most prominent authors represented on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in regional theaters. The regional chapter for Washington state has bimonthly meetings in Seattle for members, with programs such as discussions with artistic directors of theatres large and small, guest artists, and panel discussions about play development organizations and various forms of self-production.  The Guild’s regional rep is Seattle playwright Duane Kelly; he can be contacted at dkelly@dramatistsguild.com.

Seattle Playwrights' Collective (SPC): open for playwrights wanting to work with a group on their scripts, table read processes up through staged readings. Those interested in staged readings would be most successful in considering joining the table reads. Meetings: Sunday late afternoon/evenings in the north end of Seattle and in Shoreline, generally on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sundays of each month, with occasional adjustments for holidays, etc. First Look is the staged reading, typically on the 1st Sunday of each month in the fall/winter/spring. 2nd and 3rd Sundays are table read workshops open for parts of works, including experiments and early writing, and are held at northern Seattle area libraries, mostly Shoreline Library and Lake City Library. If you are interested in just sitting in, please refer to the web site for times/dates and come on down. If you want to have a piece up to 15 minutes long read, contact seattleplaywrightscollective@yahoo.com or miryamgordon@gmail.com to get info on how to schedule your piece for a table read. (www.seattleplaywrightscollective.org)

Seattle Playwrights Studio: Writers' group through ArtsWest.

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Submissions with Deadlines

Burien Little Theatre: Works from Washington State playwrights sought for 2011 Bill and Peggy Hunt Playwrights Festival Deadline September 30, 2010 Winning scripts to be staged April 8-May 1, 2011 Burien Little Theatre is seeking submissions of unproduced, unpublished plays by Washington State Playwrights for the 2011 Bill and Peggy Hunt Playwrights Festival. Winning scripts will be staged April 8 through May 1, 2011, as part of the company’s 2010-2011 season. In addition to being produced, winning plays will also receive monetary prizes. Additional scripts of merit may receive readings. The submission deadline for all scripts is September 30, 2010. To qualify for the Festival all submissions must follow Playwrights Submission Guidelines. Click here for guidelines

The guidelines and entry form can be found at www.burienlittletheatre.org.

Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez AK: Call for Plays for the 2011 Play Lab. The Conference takes place from June 12-18, 2011. Selected plays receive public readings at the Conference, with both public and private feedback sessions led by theatre professionals. Authors must register for the Conference and be in attendance for their reading.Play Lab will feature plays from 20 minutes to 2 hours in length. Accepted writers will also have an additional opportunity to present their work in the 10-Page Play Slam, the Monologue Workshop, and the late-night Fringe Festival. The submission guidelines are as follows:

·                    Plays must be received by December 31, 2010.

·                    Submissions should include an approximate running time for the play, between 20 minutes and 2 hours.

·                    The play must not have received a professional production;

                         readings and amateur productions are acceptable.

·                    No musicals are accepted.

·                    One submission per author.

·                    Plays can be submitted via e-mail as either a PDF or Word document to dmoore@pwscc.edu.

Plays presented at the Conference have gone on to productions throughout Alaska and the rest of the United States due to the exposure received there. Updates about this year’s Conference will be posted at www.pwscc.edu/conference.

Questions can be addressed to Conference Coordinator Dawson Moore at 907-834-1614 or dmoore@pwscc.edu.

Stone Soup: Calling all Female playwrights! - Double (XX) Fest If you are interested in being a part of an annual playwrights’ festival featuring women writers and directors, then Stone Soup’s Double (XX) Fest is for you! For the past four years, Stone Soup Theatre has produced (along with a team of directors and actors) up to fourteen original works in the Downstage theatre. This season, we’re trying something different with the Double (XX) Fest – instead of two weeks of short (up to 20 min) pieces, we’re going for 3 weeks, using both the DownStage and the UpStage, and featuring works from 10-minute shorts to longer 45 minute pieces. And of course, showcasing exclusively the work of female playwrights and directors.

The Skinny: We are seeking original one-act plays (up to 45 minutes in length), particularly 10-minute shorts written by women. Can be any subject matter with casts of both genders. 50% of our scripts will be self-produced from local playwrights. The other half, non-local, will be produced by Stone Soup actors and directors. Submissions will be accepted at the theatre through January 14, 2011. Plays must be submitted by mail (NO electronic submissions will be accepted, sorry!) to this address:

Stone Soup Theatre

c/o Playwrights’ Festival

4035 Stone Way N

Seattle, WA 98103

Authors MUST include (Incomplete submissions will be disqualified):

·         TWO printed copies of each script – no more than 2 scripts per writer, please

·         Cover letter (including all contact info, mailing/email addresses and phone number, plus a brief description of authorial intent)

·         Cover Page with each copy (including play title, author’s name, character list/description, gender breakdown, plus a description of the play)

·         $6 PER SCRIPT FEE, paid by check or money order (fully used to pay our patient readers!)

The plays themselves must be ORIGINAL and should be 10 to 45 minutes in length, with minimal set, costumes, and characters. If you are interested in and capable of putting together the production as well (finding directors, actors, and/or costume and props resources), please include this information in your cover letter. 

Thank you for your time and good luck!

For more information, please contact playfestival@stonesouptheatre.org.

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