Cleveland Public Theatre Announces
2019/2020 New Play Development
Request for Proposals
Deadline for submissions is
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
CPT's New Play Development
CPT's mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT's programming agenda is to produce work that is
outside the mainstream, offering a much broader range of work available to the Cleveland public and expanding the impact and originality of theatre across the country. CPT strives to make work that is
excellent, extraordinary, and nationally competitive.
Our new play development programs are based on our years of experience, community input, and key principles of: focusing on artists; valuing diversity of approach, aesthetics, and perspective;
and balancing impact with investment.
We envision CPT as a nationally recognized hub for the development of new theatre that is extraordinary, edgy, and relevant. We hope to be a model for nurturing local talent in similar sized markets,
the most regarded cultivator of new theatre for Cleveland audiences, a laboratory for promising research and investigation, and a launcher of nationally significant new plays.
Check out CPT's
New Play Development Programs
and applications below!
Entry Point
Every project is unique and has unique needs. Some playwrights need a director to work with, others just need time in the rehearsal room with their ensemble, or a way to share a short fragment and
get feedback. Entry Point is a platform for artists to develop their work in the early stages of creation. CPT will customize its support of projects and provide a festival forum to share that work with the public.
Entry Point can include staged readings, works-in-progress, open rehearsals, in-progress installations, and guest panel discussions featuring
national leaders of our field in seven venues on the CPT campus. Audiences and artists travel to different stages to experience new work representing a broad spectrum of style, aesthetic, and content.
Feedback at Entry Point is low-risk and focused on nurturing projects.
TO APPLY: Entry Point Request for Proposals
here.
Test Flight
Test Flight offers opportunities to artists who are interested in co-producing works with us.
Test Flight is a multi-week series where artists are given the keys to the theatre to develop their projects to a workshop level. In addition to serving local artists,
Test Flight will also be open to national and international artists who wish to come to Cleveland to develop their pieces. Feedback for this series will be specific to each project, developed by the artist, and vetted/approved by CPT.
TO APPLY: Test Flight Local Request for Proposals and Non-local Request for Proposals here.
Catapult
The most extensive of CPT’s development programs,
Catapult is intended to move projects that are outside the mainstream and align with CPT’s aesthetic from early to mid-development phase to being “production-ready”. Each process is customized to the work. Projects may receive a series of readings, significant
rehearsal time, and workshop productions.
Playwright/Creators of
Catapult projects will receive the Nord Family Foundation Fellowship and, while developing their work, will play an active role in the life of the theatre.
TO APPLY: Catapult Request for Proposals
here.
India Nicole Burton
18/19 NNPN Producer in Residence
Cleveland Public Theatre
216.631.2727 ext.201