Stemming from traditional legends and myths and adapting to a multicultural world, the Bigfoot by Moonlight Play Festival is a call to our audiences and artists to celebrate and share stories from our own back yard that define and challenge the essence and perceptions of who we are as a diverse community of storytellers and theatre-makers sharing the future together.
The structure of the festival will mirror stories, plays, and legends that have been performed for audience throughout the course of human existence: sitting around a campfire watching a narrative being presented and sharing in the communal act of performance.
The purpose of the festival:
To promote Theatre as an artistic medium for expression.
To give voice to emerging (and established) playwrights, directors, performers, designers, and theatre-makers in the Inland Northwest area.
To promote the tradition of storytelling and legend-making; specifically the legends surrounding Bigfoot (in the legends various regional and cultural permutations).
To inspire and encourage the next generation of theatre-makers to explore community and community-building through the medium of theatre and storytelling.
Contest Rules:
- Plays may be on any subject and written in any style.
- Plays should incorporate Bigfoot in some meaningful way for consideration. The incorporation can be either direct (with Bigfoot as an active part of the narrative) or indirect (where Bigfoot only has some limited connection to the action of the piece). As long as the play involves Bigfoot, then it is eligible for consideration. We will also accept plays dealing with Sasquatch, Sésquac, Yeti, Abominable Snowman, Yowie, Almas, Skunk Ape, Grassman, Wendigo, Orang Pendek, Mapingauri, or Yeren.
- Plays produced in the festival will be subject to the limitations of the performance space, and may require slight alterations – playwrights will be consulted before any changes or adaptations are made.
- Play must not exceed 30 minutes – shorter works are preferred. Time will be strictly enforced.
- Playwrights must hold the copyright for the work submitted.
- Plays will be judged as to style, content, concept, and relationship to Bigfoot. Both the playwright’s use of Bigfoot and the overall “theatricality” of the piece will be judged.
- Multiple entries may be submitted by an author.
- Hard Copy or emailed PDF Submissions are accepted.
- There is NO Submission fee.
- Plays should be written using Dramatists Guild Format.
- Cover page should include title, author’s name, address, telephone number, and email.
How to submit: Emailed PDF copies of the script should be sent to: Ashley.DeMoville@sfcc.spokane.
Hard Copy script submissions should be stapled or bound. Scripts should be mailed to:
The Spartan Theatre
Spokane Falls Community College
Bigfoot Play Submissions
Attn: Ashley DeMoville – MS 3050
3401 W. Fort George Wright Drive
Spokane, WA 99224
USA
Scripts must be emailed or post marked by SEPTEMBER, 23 2019.
Scripts will not be returned. DO NOT SEND YOUR ONLY COPY OF THE SCRIPT.
Applicants will be informed by OCTOBER 7, 2019, if their play is to be included in the Bigfoot by Moonlight Play Festival.
Scripts must be typed, double spaced on 8.5 x 11 (or A4 for international submissions) white papers. Hand written scripts will not be considered.
The Spartan Theatre, Spokane Falls Community College, and Community College of Spokane System are not responsible for lost, damaged or undelivered scripts.
No revisions will be accepted after the original submission.
The judges reserve the right to accept or reject any script submitted.
Previously produced plays are accepted.
No oral or written critique will be provided for submissions.
The decisions of the judges will be final.
Winning playwrights will have a reading/production of their work. Production will take place in The Spartan Theatre at Spokane Falls Community College, or possibly in an alternative location on or near the college campus.
The Spartan Theatre will select a director who shall control all artistic interpretation of the script, casting and production. No script changes will be made without the playwright’s written approval.
By submitting your script, you agree to allow The Spartan Theatre to produce your work on stage (either as a reading or a full production) for the “Bigfoot by Moonlight Play Festival” in October 2019 without any recompense or royalties. You further allow performances to be photographed for publicity purposes. The Spartan Theatre at Spokane Falls Community College may request to record performances for archival purposes, for which you will receive a free copy.
If your script is published at a later date, The Spartan Theatre and its producer, directors, and actors will receive premier billing.
Playwrights retain all rights to their own original work.
Send questions to: Ashley.DeMoville@sfcc.
Organization Info:
https://sfcc.spokane.edu/What-
FACEBOOK: https://www.
Deadline: 23 September 2019
Source: direct contact