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Summer Play Festival Announces Last Two Weeks for Submissions
By: BWW News Desk Dec. 01, 2005
Following its successful 2nd year, the Summer Play Festival is accepting submissions through December 15, 2005 only. SPF will be accepting submissions through agents as well as the first 500 unsolicited scripts. SPF runs from July 5 - July 30, 2005 at Theatre Row Theatres, 410 West 42nd Street (at 9th Avenue).
The eligibility requirements for the Summer Play Festival for both plays and musicals are as follows:
*Submissions must be made through the SPF website at: www.spfnyc.com
*Scripts should be no less than 45 pages.
*Scripts will only be accepted in the following formats: doc pdf rtf fdr.
*No one person shows.
*The website will only accept one attachment per application including cover page and multiple acts. (no separate cover pages or separate act attachments)
*For scripts with no cover page, please include the title and playwright's name on the header of each page.
*Please make sure each script includes page numbers.
*Translations will not be accepted.
*Adaptations will not be accepted.
Additional Information for musical submissions:
*Please keep musical casts under 10 characters.
*Applications require a script attached via the website application. Musical scores are not required.
*Applications require a CD (and CD only) of recorded selections from the musical. CDs can be mailed to:
SPF SUBMISSIONS
PO BOX 778
New York, NY 10108
You are not eligible to submit if any of the following apply:
*The play you are submitting has had an equity showcase in the past year or if you are planning one year from the 2006 Summer Play Festival to produce an Equity showcase.
*If you have had a play produced in a New York City theatre with more than 99 seats.
*If you are a writer who has participated in past Summer Play Festival's.
Under founder Arielle Tepper, the overall plan and goals of the Festival remain the same-- to give emerging writers, directors, producers an opportunity to work on their material and their craft in a protected environment, guided by established professionals at no cost to them.
There are no submission or entrance fees. SPF provides artists with a budget for their production as well as any required assistance they may need. SPF provides guidance and advice with everything from finding a director to casting to technical consultation, as needed.
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