THE 13th ANNUAL NEW WORKS FESTIVAL - Summer of 2010
Sponsored by The Geordie and Jamie Hormel Trust
with additional support from Judith Hardes
PHOENIX THEATRE NEW WORKS FESTIVAL ANNUAL PLAYWRITING COMPETITION
Deadline: January 15, 2010
PHOENIX THEATRE announces its 13th New Works Festival, and its fourth national playwright’s competition. The New Works Festival presents four staged readings of plays each summer at Phoenix Theatre, the oldest arts organization in Arizona and the largest Phoenix-based producing theatre. Playwrights whose work has been presented include Jack Heifner, Janet Neipris, Craig Bohmler, Hal Corley, James McClure, Rich Orloff, Eric Coble, Dale Wasserman, & Richard Warren.
We are seeking new works requiring a company of no more than 5 performers; and no more than 3 locations. We offer a staged reading, with professional actors, directors and dramaturges, to be held during the summer of 2010 in Phoenix. The Playwright receives travel to and lodging in Phoenix for participation in the process, as well as a small honorarium.
Plays are screened by a committee consisting of professional directors, actors and dramaturges from Phoenix Theatre and graduate students from the Arizona State University Playwriting program. Please submit a full, printed script (online submissions will not be reviewed) along with a $10 adjudication fee (please make checks payable to Phoenix Theatre). Include a SASE if you wish the script returned and an email address which will be used to let you know that your script was received. Submissions must be postmarked BY JANUARY 15, 2010. Finalists will be chosen and contacted by April 15th 2010.
Please submit to:
Phoenix Theatre New Works Festival
100 E. McDowell Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85004.
ABOUT THE NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
Phoenix Theatre’s New Works Festival was founded by Playwright Richard Warren and director Mark DeMichele in 1998 to introduce Phoenix audiences to the new works of emerging and established playwrights. In this invitational festival, the audience, performers and writer all take part in the play development process. The writer creates the script, the actors translate the page to the stage and audience members exchange immediate and uncensored reaction to the play, providing all with insight into further development of the product. Playwrights with a unique vision, innovative subject matter, and diverse perspectives are thus given a voice—which otherwise might never be afforded to them in the contemporary world of performing arts.