Talespinner Children's Theatre is seeking scripts for PLAYground 2018, an annual new works festival. PLAYground gives Cleveland-area writers of all experience levels a chance to put their original works for children up on the TCT stage! Four selected scripts are workshopped for a week and script-in-hand readings are performed for an audience over two weeks n July. Plays submitted to PLAYground may be considered for future, full-stage production by TCT. 2018 timeline: March 15: Script submission deadline March 30: Script selection May 12: AUDITIONS (16+) 12:30 - 5:30PM July 1 - 6: Rehearse first 2 scripts July 7 & 8: Public performances July 8 - 13: Rehearse second 2 scripts July 14 & 15: Public performances Playwrights Playwrights must be based in the Cleveland area. Scripts must be world premiere pieces , no longer than 45 pages, and must be based on an international folktale, faerie tale, myth or an adaptation of a ballet, opera, classical music piece or piece of literature that is in the public domain. Email (preferred) scrips to talespinnerchildrenstheatre@gmail.com with "PLAYground Script Submission" in the subject header or mail to Talespinner Children's Theatre at 5209 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102, Attn: PLAY- ground. Audiences Your feedback will help these scripts as they grow! You can say you knew these scripts from the start! Tickets are pay- what-you-wish at the door. Auditions (Actors 16+) May 12, 12:30-5:30PM half-hour slots, cold read from scripts RSVP starting May 1 by emailing talespinnerchildrenstheatre@gmail.com Marketing and Box Office Talespinner Children's Theatre *2017 Season* *Red Onion, White Garlic (a Tale of Indonesia) *April 8 - 30 by David Hansen, directed by Katelyn Cornelius *Sundiata (a Tale of Mali) *June 10 - July 2 by Nina Domingue Glover, directed by Nina Domingue Glover & Nathan Lilly *The Rainbow Serpent (A Tale of Aboriginal Australia) *Sept. 16 - Oct. 8 by Christopher Johnston, directed by Alison Garrigan *Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts (A Dickens of a Holiday Tale) *Nov. 25 - Dec. 17 by Michael Sepesy, directed by Alison Garrigan Reinberger Auditorium | 5209 Detroit Ave. - Cleveland, Ohio 44102 | 216.264.9680 www.talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org