CALL FOR TEN-MINUTE PLAY SCRIPTS

Mid-America Dramatists Lab

Mid America Theatre Conference Playwriting Symposium:

“Wrighting in Collusion: Collaborative techniques in Writing for Performance”

Taking our lead from the conference wide theme of “New Millennium Formations: Developing a Praxis for Collaboration & Multicultural Diversity” the MATC Playwriting Symposium seeks ten-minute plays that have been created in collaborations between two or more playwrights, or combinations of playwrights and directors, playwrights and actors, playwrights and dramaturges. The scripts should reflect the themes and possibilities of a genuinely multicultural theatre with regard to race, gender, and sexual orientation.

This is a juried event, and the call for scripts is directed primarily at academic playwrights who are either faculty or graduate students at colleges and universities seeking the opportunity to present their work to their peers. The plays will be rehearsed and presented as concert readings at the conference with invited directors, actors, and dramaturges. All playwrights whose work is selected must register for the conference; there is no funding from the conference for travel or lodging costs. The Mid America Theatre conference takes place at the Allerton-Crowne Plaza Hotel in Chicago on March 2-5.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

• Scripts must be typewritten in accepted format, using Samuel French or similar guidelines. Submit no more than two scripts per playwright. The scripts should be no more than 10 pages long.
• Scripts should bear only the title of the play, but not the name and address of the author. On a separate title page, list the title of the play, name of author, address, phone number, email, and university/college or state affiliation. This page will be separated from the scripts before they are given to the readers.
• Submit three (3) copies of each script. In addition, email a copy of the play to: CrespyD@missouri.edu as an RTF or MS Word file.
• The play may call for NO MORE THAN FOUR ACTORS to participate. Roles may be doubled, however, but only four actors per script will be accommodated.
• Scripts will not be returned.
• All submissions must be received by October 31, 2005.
• Acceptance will be acknowledged by the first week of February, 2006, if not sooner.
• If your play is selected, you must register for the conference and pay all conference fees to have your play produced.
• Please submit plays to:

Dr. David A. Crespy

Department of Theatre

University of Missouri-Columbia

129 Fine Arts Building

Columbia, MO 65211

573-882-0535

Crespyd@missouri.edu