Ringwald Accepting Submissions for 7th Annual Gay Play Series

The Ringwald Theatre is sounding a call for new, original one-act plays to be performed at their 7th annual Gay Play Series (GPS). The Detroit-area's only LGBT short play festival is striving to provide early-career writers the opportunity to see their work produced, giving them what is oft-needed exposure.

The plays submitted should have a performance time of 30 minutes or less and deal directly with issues or characters that are identified as gay/lesbian/transgender, or contain a gay sensibility. From the initial submission pool, a final line up will be chosen by a panel of judges to be performed at The Ringwald Theatre in June 2016, at the 7th Annual Gay Play Series Festival.

From those performed, an audience poll will be conducted to select one winning script, actor, actress, and director.

The 2015 Festival departed from the usual format of 10 minute plays and featured a series of longer-format short plays written and performed in a 10 day span. From last year's festival, the winning play Madonna the Dead written by Joshua Ben-Ra, will have a featured run at The Ringwald later this season. Scott Jason Alexander Cook was named Best Actor for Orange is the New Black Eyed Peas, with Maggie O'Reilly and Barbie Weisserman sharing Best Actress nods for My Fair Lady Gaga and 50 Chers of Gray, respectively.

All submissions must be submitted electronically to: submissions@theringwald.com

• The submitted script must be the script proposed for presentation, with no major alterations necessary.

• Please provide an approximate running time, number of cast members, and a one sentence synopsis in the body of the email.
• Only one entry per playwright will be accepted.
• Neither fax nor paper submissions will be accepted.
• Submission materials will not be returned.
• Previously submitted scripts will not be eligible.
• The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2016.

• The final line-up will be announced in May, 2016.

The Ringwald opened their doors seven years ago on May 11, 2007 with Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. Quickly, The Ringwald became a mainstay of Detroit's theatre community. Past Productions include: August: Osage County, When the Rain Stops Falling,, The Bad Seed, Making Porn, The Book of Liz, Rent, and Love! Valour! Compassion!. The Ringwald was named 2009, 2012 and 2013 Best Theatrical Troupe by Real Detroit and Best Place to See Local Theatre in 2010, 2011 and 2012 by the readers of Metro Times.

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