 sUBVERsIVE
sHORTs
Guidelines, Rules, & General Information on our 2010
Competition
Our "sUBVERsIVE sHORTs"
program is designed to help foster and highlight the vibrant body of new
political theatre creations that are being crafted in America today.
Please take a look at the rules and guidelines listed below and find out if
your latest work would be a good fit for our program.
The deadline for submissions for the 2010 "sHORTs" competition
is February 1st, 2010 (details on the submission process are provided
below). Selections will be announced no later than May 1st, 2010.
All selections will be performed as part of our 2010 "sUBVERsIVE
sHORTs" Showcase in June/July of 2010. All works are
presented on a royalty-free basis. We consider our "sHORTs"
program to be an incubator for developing promising new works. For
that reason, the director of each project or our "sHORTs" Curator
Lara Haberberger may propose possible re-writes, cuts, or alterations to
works. Playwrights are asked to remain cooperative and open-minded with
this process. Playwrights will be consulted regarding any significant
changes to their work and no significant alterations will be made without
advanced approval by the author. Subversive Theatre
retains the right to assign directors, cast actors, and craft the presentation
of all selected submissions as we see fit. The Submission
Process:
To enter your work for consideration, send your
submission as an attachment to shorts@subversivetheatre.org
(please send a separate e-mail for each submission). Include a
synopsis and bio on the first page, being mindful of our selection criteria.
Fill out our online
submission form (again, fill out one form for each submission).
Playwrights are welcome to submit multiple entries. There is a
submission fee of $5.00 per entry. Submission fees can be paid online
through the PayPal system on this site. Or checks can be sent to
Subversive Theatre at: 541 Schultz Road, Elma, NY 14059 (payable to "Subversive Theatre").
Indicate check payment on your e-mail.
All scripts must be submitted online. For
technical reasons, we cannot accept hard copies of scripts. Please do
not send anything other than checks by snail mail.
Eligibility:
To be eligible for this competition plays must run
no more than 30 minutes in length and be "subversive" in some
aspect of content and/or style. What qualifies as "subversive"
is of course a matter of interpretation and our selection committee will
always keep an open mind in reviewing entries. But the primary type of
submissions that will be considered are works that address some sort of
political and/or social issue in a radical and/or unconventional and/or
controversial way.
Due to the limited resources available for this
program, special consideration will be given to works that have modest
production needs (although we'll always consider a more involved project if it
is particularly strong). The "sHORTs" Showcase
is presented as a cabaret-style production with multiple works being performed
in quick succession. Plays with simple set-up and small casts (or casts
that can easily be doubled up to be performed by a small group of actors) are
typically the best fit for this format. The Selection Process:
Subversive Theatre maintains a Selection Committee
of no less than four members. All entries will be reviewed by at least
two readers for consideration. After an initial round of screening,
submissions will be passed onto all members of the Selection Committee.
Semi-Finalists will then be referred to the body of directors for this year's
Showcase.
Directors will make one round of selections and then
finally select the plays they wish to direct from a group of Finalists. Awards
& Citations:
All selected works will be eligible for
consideration for the following awards and citations. These awards are
symbolic -- no physical trophies will be given out -- but winners will be
published on our website and in other supporting material and may prove
beneficial to playwrights' resumes.
- THE RED QUILL AWARD
This award, chosen by Subversive Theatre's Artistic Director in
consultation with the Selection Committee and the "sHORTs"
Curator, goes to the work that is considered to be the most politically
and artistically compelling submission of the year.
- SELECTION COMMITTEE FAVORITES
The Selection Committee may name as many submissions as they like as
their "Favorites" based on which works they feel are the most
artistically successful.
- THE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Ballots are provided at every performance of our "sHORTs"
Showcase and this Award goes to whichever piece receives the most
votes. In case of a tie, multiple awards will be issued.
Please direct any questions regarding the "sHORTs" Program to our
"sHORTs" Curator Lara Haberberger at shorts@subversivetheatre.org.
THANKS
FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM!
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