[NEohioPAL]Call For Scripts - Wade Festival of New Plays (Minnesota)

Thu Apr 22 20:39:14 PDT 2004

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The Wade Festival=20
a festival of new works=20

Submission Deadline is May 15th, 2004.
Festival to be held June 7-11, 2004 at the Cedar Riverside People's =
Center in Minneapolis, MN.
Mission:
The Wade Festival is designed to give staged readings of new works and =
works in progress and promotes the development of new plays by emerging =
playwrights. The Festival serves to increase the visibility of those =
writers, and to encourage production of their work in the Twin Cities.=20

The Wade Festival is named for the late George Franklin Wade, the =
founder of Shakespeare & Company, Minnesota's longest running classical =
outdoor repertory theater and a mentor to many of Pigs Eye's founding =
members.=20

Submission Guidelines:
Playwrights are limited to one submission per year. To enter your play, =
you must prepare a submission package containing the following:=20

a.. Three (3) copies of your play. The first page of your play must =
contain only the name of the play and the characters.=20
IMPORTANT: Your name should not appear anywhere on the play. (Judging =
and selection are conducted anonymously). The pages should be numbered =
and the name of the play should appear on each page of the play. Please =
include a 3x5 index card with your name, address, phone number and email =
address.=20

a.. Each copy of the play must be paper-clipped. No staples, plastic =
binders, hard cover or other binding.
a.. Staging must be simple in all technical areas. Musicals are not =
permitted. We will accept plays from one to three acts in length, with =
running time not to exceed three hours.=20
a.. A self-addressed stamped response postcard or envelope required with =
all submissions, and a non-refundable $15.00 processing fee payable by =
check or money order, made out to Pigs Eye Theatre.=20
a.. Previously produced plays are not eligible. Staged readings are not =
considered production. Plays previously submitted to the Festival are =
not eligible.=20

Send your submissions to:
Wade Festival
Pigs Eye Theatre
P.O. Box 75687
St. Paul, MN 55175-0687=20

a.. Questions may be addressed by mail, by calling the Pigs Eye Hotline =
toll-free at: (800) 370-4920 or via email at info at pigseyetheatre.org=20

a.. We're looking for plays that have not yet received a professional =
production, and that the playwright feels is in need of development. We =
accept proposals for the Wade Festival on a year-round basis.=20

a.. Plays selected will be developed in rehearsal for two to five days, =
and then performed in front of a paying audience either once or twice. =
In addition, it allows local playwrights to be involved in the rehearsal =
process as an active participant, interacting with director and actors =
in a unique collaboration. If the play is performed twice, a rehearsal =
between readings allows the playwright to continue the play's =
development right up to the final day of the project.

Tim Perfect - Associate Artistic Director (Founder and former Executive =
Director of The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival)
(612) 436-6243 or tim_perfect at yahoo.com

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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Arial Narrow">Festival to be held June 7-11, 2004 at =
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face=3D"Arial Narrow"> in Minneapolis, MN.</FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=3D"Arial Narrow"><B>Mission:</B><BR>The Wade Festival is =
designed to=20
give staged readings of new works and works in progress and promotes the =

development of new plays by emerging playwrights. The Festival serves to =

increase the visibility of those writers, and to encourage production of =
their=20
work in the Twin Cities. 
The Wade Festival is named for the late =
George=20
Franklin Wade, the founder of Shakespeare & Company, Minnesota's =
longest=20
running classical outdoor repertory theater and a mentor to many of Pigs =
Eye=92s=20
founding members. 
Submission =
Guidelines: Playwrights are=20
limited to one submission per year. To enter your play, you must prepare =
a=20
submission package containing the following: 

<LI>Three (3) copies of your play. The first =
page of=20
your play must contain only the name of the play and the characters. =

IMPORTANT: Your name should not =
appear=20
anywhere on the play. (Judging and selection are conducted anonymously). =
The=20
pages should be numbered and the name of the play should appear on each =
page of=20
the play. Please include a 3x5 index card with your name, address, phone =
number=20
and email address. 

<LI>Each copy of the play must be =
paper-clipped. No=20
staples, plastic binders, hard cover or other binding.
<LI>Staging must be simple in all technical =
areas.=20
Musicals are not permitted. We will accept plays from one to three acts =
in=20
length, with running time not to exceed three hours. 
<LI>A self-addressed stamped response =
postcard or=20
envelope required with all submissions, and a non-refundable $15.00 =
processing=20
fee payable by check or money order, made out to Pigs Eye Theatre. =

<LI>Previously produced plays are not =
eligible. Staged=20
readings are not considered production. Plays previously submitted to =
the=20
Festival are not eligible. </LI>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Send your submissions to: Wade=20
Festival Pigs Eye Theatre P.O. Box 75687 St. Paul, MN =
55175-0687=20
</DIV>

<LI>Questions may be addressed by mail, by =
calling the=20
Pigs Eye Hotline toll-free at: (800) 370-4920 or via email at <A=20
href=3D"mailto:info at pigseyetheatre.org"><FONT=20
face=3D"Arial Narrow">info at pigseyetheatre.org</A>=20


<LI>We're looking for plays that have not =
yet received=20
a professional production, and that the playwright feels is in need of=20
development. We accept proposals for the Wade Festival on a year-round =
basis.=20


<LI>Plays selected will be developed in =
rehearsal for=20
two to five days, and then performed in front of a paying audience =
either once=20
or twice. In addition, it allows local playwrights to be involved in the =

rehearsal process as an active participant, interacting with director =
and actors=20
in a unique collaboration. If the play is performed twice, a rehearsal =
between=20
readings allows the playwright to continue the play's development right =
up to=20
the final day of the project.</LI>
 Tim=20
Perfect - Associate Artistic Director (Founder and former Executive =
Director of=20
The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival) (612) 436-6243 or <A=20
href=3D"mailto:tim_perfect at yahoo.com">tim_perfect at yahoo.com</A> </BODY></HTML>

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