SUBMISSIONS

Deadlines are Up!  Please, review the below as you consider submitting script winter/spring 2012 for our 2013/2014 season.    

SUBMISSION DEADLINES AND PROGRAM DATES

NEW PLAY PRODUCTION

Script Submissions:  Due May 11, 2012                                  Production Dates: 2012-2013 season

SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT

Staged Reading Submissions: Due April 30, 2012                    Staged Reading Date: August 2012

Script Workshop Submissions: Due April 30, 2012                   Workshop Dates: TBA

NEW PLAY PRODUCTION and STAGED READINGS are open to ALL playwrights.

SCRIPT WORKSHOP submissionsfor 2012-2013 only are limited to Ohio playwrights, native or resident.

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
NEW PLAY PRODUCTION
We produce scripts that will receive its world, national, regional, and state premiere at The Players Guild Theatre. Submissions must be new, non-musical scripts that are polished and outstanding from cover to cover. Scripts considered for NEW PLAY PRODCUTIONS (typically) have a history of development, be it professional or otherwise, and be producible on our intimate 139 seat thrust stage with mild to moderate technical support.

Note: Playwrights are advised to consider our SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT program if not 100% sure their script is ready for production. Reading plays takes value time and resources. Please, submit to the correct program. Scripts that start in the SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT program may be considered for future production at The Players Guild Theatre.  The royalty average for NEW PLAY PRODUCTION is $40 per performance.

SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
We offer two types of script development programs for playwrights: STAGED READINGS and SCRIPT WORKSHOPS.  All plays submitted into these categories must not have been professionally produced.

STAGED READINGS are for complete full length scripts in need of artistic and/or audience feedback. Scripts should be in the late or near complete stages development. Staged reading are performed for an audience.  Please, do not apply for the staged reading program unless your script has received some form prior feedback, be it professional or private, and should be noted in your cover letter and/or resume. Staged readings, when performed, will be either 1) full script reading or 2) a select scene coupled with other select scenes from other scripts.

SCRIPT WORKSHOPS – limited to Ohio playwrights, native or resident, for 2012-2013 - are three to  five day private workshops designed for completed scripts/drafts that are in need of first time feedback. Table work and script problem solving are at the core of our script workshops. This program is great for scripts in the beginning to middle stages of development.  Playwrights must be able to attend this program.


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL PROGRAMS
Playwrights may submit one new full length stage script into a specific programs listed above. A completed script is required for all programs and must contain a minimum of 45 pages. For NEW PLAY PRODUCTION, scripts must receive its world, national, regional, or Ohio state premiere at The Players Guild Theatre. For SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT (STAGED READING or SCRIPT WORKSHOP), scripts must be professionally un-produced. There is NO submission fee.

All Submission Packages must be e-mailed and include materials in the following order as ONE FILE in PDF format. Again, all three items below, (1) (2) and (3), should arrive in ONE E-MAIL with ONE PDF file attached. Thank you for your compliance.

(1) LETTER OF INTEREST
In your letter, address the following:
A. your passion and rational for your script and your intended audience
B. state if you are applying for PRODUCTION, STAGED READING or SCRIPT WORKSHOP
C. the minimum/maximum actor requires for your script
D. the development history of your script, if any
E. future prospects for production you may have for your script
F. your tentative ability to attend, if any

(2) RESUME
Please include theatre references and script development involvement, if any

(3) COMPLETE SCRIPT
Your script must including
A. title page with playwright contact information
B. a one page or paragraph synopsis
C. character list
D. full script with numbered pages
Optional are scene breakdowns, general properties pages, etc.

To enter you Submission Package, please send your ONE FILE in PDF format using the below directions EXACTLY:

TO:
jeremy_paul_lewis@yahoo.com

SUBJECT LINE:

MUST LOOK EXACTLY LIKE BELOW

subject: NPC@PG 2012- development program - SCRIPT TITLE - PLAYWRIGHT NAME

example 1:     NPC@PG 2012 - Staged Reading - A Few Good Men - Aaron Sorkin

example 2:     NPC@PG 2012 - Workshop - The Boys Next Door - Tom Griffin

example 3:     NPC@PG 2012 - Production - Our Town - Thorton Wilder

PDF ATTACHMENT (as ONE attachment):

MUST LOOK EXACTLY LIKE BELOW

attachment: development program - SCRIPT TITLE - PLAYWRIGHT NAME.pdf

example 1:     Staged Reading - A Few Good Men - Aaron Sorkin.pdf

example 2:     Workshop - The Boys Next Door - Tom Griffin.pdf

example 3:     Production - Our Town - Thorton Wilder.pdf

NOTE:  ALL THE ABOVE MATERIALS MUST ARRIVE AS A SINGLE PDF FILE.

Contact:  Questions can be e-mailed to Jeremy Lewis at  jeremy_paul_lewis@yahoo.com.

               Please, no phone calls.