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MadLab Theatre presents:  Young Writers Short Play Festival

When: Submissions due: December 15, 2011

Description:

MadLab Theatre is extending its outreach to young playwrights in local and regional high schools in Central Ohio.  The goal is to produce a group of 15 minute short plays written by high school students for its Young Writers Short Play Festival in MadLab’s 2012 theatre season.  Playwrights can submit their short play to MadLab any time between now and December 1, 2011.  Scripts will be selected in January 2012.  After this, playwrights will work with adult mentors who are known and published playwrights to workshop, stage read, and revise scripts as needed.  This learning environment will provide education and creativity for young playwrights work to be produced for the very first time.  MadLab will then produce all chosen scripts in end of July/ Early August 2012.

Details and Deadlines:

Submissions:

  1. PDF or MSWord format.
  2. 15 minutes in length max or at most 15-20 pages.
  3. Play should be able to be produced on a theatre stage.  Your stage directions and needs should be geared toward stage rather than film.
  4. Content is open to what playwright wants to write.
  5. All submissions should have Title page, character description, brief synopsis, and set and prop needs.
  6. Submissions should have name, address, phone number, email address, school and teacher listed. (We will not accept a submission if we do not know where it is from).
  7. All submissions are due to MadLab Theatre by 5pm Thursday, December 15st.
  8. Submissions should have subject line reading “Young Writers Short Play Festival” and should be sent to michelleb@madlab.net.

Other Important information:

  • Submission Deadline December 15, 2012
  • Plays will be chosen in  January 15, 2012
  • Playwright workshops with local playwrights in Febuary/March 2012 (specific dates TBD).
  • Final revised play to be completed by end of March 2012.
  • Auditions for Young Writers Short Play Festival will be April 2012 (specific dates TBD).
  • All Directors and Actors for Young Writers Short Play Festival will be chosen by MadLab.  Playwrights will be invited to attend and work with their designated Director.
  • Young Writers Short Play Festival to be produced in July 27,28 and August 3,4, 10, and 11th 2012.