<html><body style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">==================================================</p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><b>2019 OPEN SUBMISSIONS OF NEW PLAYS</b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">==================================================</p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,255);"><b>PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL</b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(251,0,7);"><b>2019 OPEN SUBMISSION PERIOD</b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(251,0,7);"><b>CLOSING IN ONE WEEK!</b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><b>New ten-minute, one-act, full-length, and radio plays</b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><b>by writers from Northeast Ohio</b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><b>accepted from January 1 - April 30, 2019.</b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,255);"><b>No fee for submitting!</b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,60,192);"><a href="http://www.playwrightslocal.org/" style="color:rgb(170,170,170);">Playwrights Local</a></span> seeks original, unproduced plays for our 2019-2020 season and events, including:<br></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);"><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Staged readings of plays of all lengths in our annual Cleveland Playwrights Festival;</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Development of full-lengths in our Play Lab program;</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Readings of one-acts and full-lengths in our Roundtable workshop;</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Production of audio plays in our PodPlay series;</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Consideration of full-lengths for production in our 2020-2021 season.<br><br></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Playwrights may submit up to three pieces (1 per form):</p><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);"><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">One ten-minute play (10 pages or less)</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">One one-act (30-60 pages) or full-length play (60-120 pages)</li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">One radio/podcast play (25-60 pages)</li></ul><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">All unproduced, original plays for adult audiences are accepted, including one-person plays. (Not accepted: children’s plays, musicals, adaptations of copyrighted material, and translations.) </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(16,60,192);"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);">Find more information at <a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/" style="color:rgb(170,170,170);"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192);">http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/</span></a>.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><span style="color:rgb(251,0,7);"><b>NO SUBMISSION FEE</b></span><br><br>Open to all playwrights age 18 or older who are permanent residents of any county in <a href="https://wikitravel.org/upload/en/6/69/NE_Ohio_Counties.png" style="color:rgb(170,170,170);"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192);">Northeast Ohio</span></a>.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Submissions open at 12:01am on January 1, 2019, and close at midnight on April 30, 2019. Early submissions are encouraged.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Selections will be announced by August 31, 2019. For guidelines and additional information, see <a href="http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/" style="color:rgb(170,170,170);"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192);">http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/</span></a>. </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><b>ABOUT US</b></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);">Playwrights Local is a 501(c)(3) theater company based in Cleveland. As a playwrights’ center, our goal is to provide a home base for all novice and experienced dramatic writers in Northeast Ohio—that is, to serve as a creative outlet for anyone interested in writing for the stage and screen. We offer free classes, produce original plays, provide networking opportunities, and engage the community through outreach projects. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,38,38);"><br>Playwrights Local strives to increase the impact of original theater on the community and to raise the profile of area playwrights both within Greater Cleveland and beyond.</p></body></html>