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The Mono Box – Solo Show: From Page to Stage with Milly Thomas and Lisa Carroll

Don’t miss Lisa Carroll and Milly Thomas at The Mono Box with their Solo Show workshop! This online session will cover the big WHY of your solo piece, storytelling, structure & form, logistics of getting your work on its feet & lots of helpful exercises for finding your own voice. Monday 17th July 7-9.30pm, Online …

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The Pleasance Theatre Trust – Futures Festival 2023

  The Pleasance are looking for bold, fearless and intriguing WIP theatre work to take part in Futures Festival 2023.  The festival is curated by Pleasance Associate Artists and each week is looking to feature three different shows exploring a theme of our current times: Week 1 – The Future Is Thirsty AF with Louise Orwin A week …

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INK Festival – Short Play Submissions

INK is again welcoming new short plays for stage and radio.  Selected submissions will be professionally produced and performed multiple times at the 5-day INK Festival in April 2024. Find full submission and category details on the INK website. Submissions open: Tuesday 1st August 2023.  Submission deadline: Saturday 23rd September 2023 Source: BBC Writersroom

Athena Project’s Read & Rant: A Plays In Progress Series: September 2023

Athena Project’s Read & Rant program seeks to combine the sharing of theatrical work with the wider public and new play development  while also fostering collaboration between playwrights and dramaturgs. Think book club for plays! Learn what makes a good script, discuss how it affects us, and explore the ways it links to the larger …

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Eclectic Full Contact Theater Company Announces The 1st Annual Crashbox! Festival – An International Festival for Short Live Radio Plays

EFCT announces Crashbox! A new festival of short plays presented in the style of Old Time Radio. They are opening submissions for short genre scripts written to be heard but not seen, which their creative teams will then turn into a night of reader’s theatre, augmented with spectacular live sound effects and music, guaranteed to …

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BFI Network South East – Script Lab

The aim of the BFI Network Script Lab is to support up to twelve writers based in the South East to develop a short film idea over the course of three months. Writers will attend sessions in-person and online, meeting regularly to collaboratively develop their narrative ideas into treatments, and finally a completed draft script for a …

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Santa Cruz Actor’s Theatre – 8 Tens @ 8 International Short Play Contest

The Santa Cruz Actor’s Theater is accepting international submissions for its annual short play contest. A panel of judges consisting of local writers, directors, actors and theater enthusiasts selects the top 16 plays, which are then assigned to directors and rehearsed for several months before premiering in front of sold-out audiences at the annual 8 …

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Titchfield Festival Theatre – New Playwright Competition

The Titchfield Festival Theatre is receiving script submissions for its New Playwright Competition. Your submission must be a brand new full length play that has not been previously performed. All genres are welcome. Maximum length of 2 hours. Scripts must be submitted anonymously under a pseudonym with no other identifying information on the script. All …

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2024 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative

The 2024 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative welcomes submissions for full-length, unproduced plays by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) playwrights in accordance with the mission statement of the Crossroads Project. A diverse panel of judges including Illinois State University faculty, staff, students, and alumni, as well as members of the local community, will select …

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