New Works Festival

 

Submissions will be accepted starting October 1^st 2010 for the 2011 Hormel New Works festival.
Submissions must be postmarked BY JANUARY 1, 2011.

 

Finalists will be chosen and contacted by April 15^th 2011.

 

PHOENIX THEATRE announces its 14^th Hormel New Works Festival, and its fifth national playwrights’ competition. The New Works Festival presents four staged readings of plays each summer at Phoenix Theatre, the oldest arts organization in Arizona and the largest Phoenix-based producing theatre.  Playwrights whose work has been presented include Jack Heifner, Janet Neipris, Craig Bohmler, Hal Corley, James McClure, Rich Orloff, Nathan Sanders, Eric Coble, Dale Wasserman, & Richard Warren.

 

Plays should be original, un-produced full length, bound scripts that are finished enough to profit from a workshop reading by professional actors but still open to revision. Do not send synopsis or screen plays. No multiple authors or collaborations will be accepted. Scripts may not exceed 100 pages of dialogue and must be bound in traditional script form. Cast size must be limited to 5 characters or less and no more than 3 locations.  

 

We offer a staged reading, with professional actors, directors and dramaturges, to be held during July and early august of 2011 in Phoenix. The Playwright receives travel to and lodging in Phoenix for participation in the process, as well as a small honorarium. If your script is selected, you must be available to be in residence for a 10 day time span during the month of the festival.

 

Plays are screened by a committee consisting of professional directors, actors and dramaturges from Phoenix Theatre and graduate students from the Arizona State University Playwriting Program.

 

Please submit a full bound script (online submissions will not be reviewed) along with a $10 non-refundable adjudication fee (please make checks, money orders, etc.,  payable to Phoenix Theatre). Payments must be included with your script. Do not send cash. Scripts will not be returned. 

 

If your script is selected, you must be willing to provide that in all subsequent productions that Phoenix Theatre receive credit in all programs and publicity material. The appropriate format would read: Original reading by Phoenix Theatre’s Hormel New Works Festival, Phoenix, Arizona.

 

 

Contact: Mr. Pasha Yamotahari at p.yamotahari@phoenixtheatre.com (Resident Dramaturge Hormel New Works Festival)

 

To submit your script:

 

Please send to:

 

NO EARLIER THAN OCTOBER 1^st 2010 but postmarked by Jan 1^st 2011.

A notice of receipt will be sent once your script has been received by email.