New Works Festival: new play submission

Scripts must be received by January 1, 2010 to be considered for the 2010 Festival. Past mainstage selections include: Sick by Zayd Dohrn (2008), End Times by Allison Moore (2007), Raw Vision by Leslie A. Wade (2006), Hazard County by Allison Moore (2005), Permanent Collection by Thomas Gibbons (2004), ¡Curanderas! Serpents of the Clouds by Elaine Romero (2003), Barbette by Bill Lengfelder and David Goodwin (2002), Eighteen by Allison Moore (2001), Fugitive Pieces (a Play with Songs) by Caridad Svich (2000) and Isaac by David Schulner (1999).

Each year, Kitchen Dog Theater selects one original script to receive:

• A fully staged production (as part of our regular season – a five-week run)
• Paid travel to Dallas, TX (if necessary) to work with the Director, Cast and Crew
• Royalty stipend (amount TBD)

Seven other original scripts will be selected for staged readings as part of the Festival (travel not included).

Prospective scripts must meet the following guidelines:

• Full-length plays only (preferably one hour or longer)
• Submitted scripts must be type-written
• Completed scripts only
• Do not include a synopsis and/or reviews (if any) of the play
• Ideally have between one and five actors (character doubling acceptable)
• There are no restrictions on play content.

Only one script per playwright may be submitted.

All unproduced scripts will be recycled.

Please send your script with cover letter to:
Attn: Tina Parker, Co-artistic Director
Kitchen Dog Theater
3120 McKinney Avenue, Ste. 100
Dallas, TX 75204.

DO NOT EMAIL SCRIPTS. ONLY COMPLETE SCRIPTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

DEADLINE for 2010 New Works Festival: RECEIVED BY JANUARY 1, 2010