Austin Playhouse Invites Submissions for American New Play Festival -- Deadline of December 15, 2016
Austin Playhouse is thrilled to announce their inaugural Festival of New American Plays. Full-length scripts are currently being accepted through December 15, 2016. Three to four scripts will be selected and announced to the public on March 1, 2017. Professional directors and performers will be assigned to the selected scripts for a rehearsal period culminating in a series of public staged readings from May 5 – 7, 2017. Festival playwrights will be awarded a $500 prize.
Submission Guidelines
· Plays must be submitted in PDF form by December 15.
· Plays must be full-length with a running time of at least an hour.
· Plays must be submitted in an acceptable script format and written primarily in English.
· Plays must be unproduced. Scripts may have received public readings or limited workshops, but additional information may be requested to determine eligibility.
· Only one script per playwright may be submitted.
· Playwrights must be citizens of the United States. Submissions from Austinites, Texans, and underserved populations are particularly encouraged.
· Playwrights must submit plays and send direct inquiries to info@austinplayhouse.com with the subject header “New Play Festival.”
· Playwrights must include a brief biography or resume with submission.
· Austin Playhouse will have first right of refusal for selected scripts for the 2017-2018 season.
Submissions accepted through December 15, 2016
Selections announced on March 1, 2017
Festival held on May 5 – 7, 2017
Austin Playhouse at Austin Community College’s Highland Campus,6001 Airport Blvd., Austin, TX 78752
WEB: austinplayhouse.com
Austin Playhouse’s 2016-2017 Season
Austin Playhouse’s 2016-2017 season opened with Lauren Gunderson’s luminously beautiful and historical play Silent Sky, September 23 - October 16, 2016, followed by two Texas premieres: Baskerville by Ken Ludwig, November 18 - December 18, 2016, a farcical reimagining of the most famous Sherlock mystery, and then the bittersweet time-travel tale, Bloomsday by Austin playwright Steven Dietz, January 13 - February 5, 2017. In the spring, audiences will be treated to Arthur Miller’s rich and timeless drama Death of a Salesman, February 17 - March 12, 2017, and delighted with Kate Hamill’s audacious adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, March 31 - April 30, 2017. The golden age musical comedy Guys and Dolls with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows will conclude the season from May 26 - June 25, 2017. Austin Playhouse’s Theatre for Young Audiences program brought back The Arkansaw Bear, an award-winning play by Aurand Harris, October 3 - 16, 2016.
Austin Playhouse
Austin Playhouse is a professional theatre in its 17th season. Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Don Toner and Artistic Director Lara Toner Haddock, Austin Playhouse has grown from a three-play season on the campus of Concordia University, to a year-round operation producing an average of eight plays a year. Austin Playhouse is currently performing at the Austin Community College Highland campus. The theatre has recently been renovated to include an expanded lobby, rehearsal hall, and restroom facilities.