The Chirp: September Submission Opportunities
New American Voices Play Reading Series
Landing Theatre Company
Deadline: September 30
The Landing Theatre Company accepts full-length plays for the New American Voices Play Reading Series. Four plays will be selected for staged readings during the Landing Theatre Company's Spring Festival in Houston, Texas. Selected playwrights must attend the readings. A stipend of $100 will be awarded to each winning playwright.
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New Ideas Festival
Alumnae Theatre Company
Deadline:September 5
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National Playwright Residency Program
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Deadline: September 15
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, in collaboration with Howlround, A Center for the Theater Commons at Emerson College, established the National Playwright Residency Program (NPRP) in 2013. The pilot round, which was on an invitation-only basis, has provided three years of salary, benefits, and a flexible research and development fund for American playwrights at 14 selected theaters. The goals of the program are to:
- Advance the state of playwrights in the American theater by providing them with space, time, and resources, and greater access to the institutions in which they work;
- Influence the working environment of theaters by embedding playwrights in them;
- Generate public value through the interaction of playwrights with local artistic and civic communities;
- Document and disseminate the findings to help benefit the field.
Residencies for the next round will be selected through an open application process.
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First Flight Festival
Boomerang Theatre Company
Deadline:September 15
FIRST FLIGHT is a development series for new plays. The creative energy born at FIRST FLIGHT serves as a source of inspiration for playwrights, provides opportunities for directors and actors to work on exciting new plays from their inception, and increases the appeal of new plays for the audience
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The MacDowell Colony
MacDowell Fellowship
Deadline: September 15
The MacDowell Colony provides time, space, and an inspiring environment to artists of exceptional talent. A MacDowell Fellowship, or residency, consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for up to eight weeks. There are no residency fees.
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