Downtown Urban Arts Festival Seeks Submissions for 2017 Season

The Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) is currently accepting staged plays and completed films that illustrate city life for its 2017 annual season to be held during April and May in downtown New York City at the Cherry Lane Theatre and Joe's Pub at The Public Theater.

THEATER @ DUAF (15th Anniversary season) will accept 18 theatrical works (plays, musicals and solo works) with running times up to 70 minutes. Each work is performed only once during the festival. There will be $1,000 awards in the categories of Best Play, Best Short and Audience. There is no submission or participation fee and each playwright will receive a monetary production stipend at the start of the festival to defray some of the production costs of presenting their work.

To submit, forward the following to duafnyc@gmail.com.

(1) Playwright's bio with contact info - name, address, phone # and email
(2) Photo of playwright
(3) Synopsis of theatrical work
(4) Complete script of theatrical work
(5) Estimated running time of work
(6) Actor/director/crew bios, if available
(7) Description of stage set (if any) and production needs (i.e. sound and lighting)

THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2016.

For more info about DUAF, visit www.duafnyc.com and www.facebook.com/dutfnyc.