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Tue, 02/06/2020 - 1:06pm

RUN!!!

Shá Cage
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Mon, 06/04/2020 - 1:11am

Finding Yes

C. Denby Swanson
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Tue, 07/05/2024 - 12:59pm
Art in Odd Places (AiOP) (New York | NY)

Art in Odd Places 2024 – CARE

AiOP CARE invites artists, performers, agitators, and caretakers to enact notions of care along 14th Street NYC. We are looking for individuals, collectives, and collaborators, and those interested in collaborating with like-minded folks to design new team projects for the festival. CARE invites artists to offer stations of care across the festival, where all are invited to stop, to rest, to CARE. Curated by Patricia Miranda and Christopher Kaczmarek, the festival is Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 18-20, 14th Street from Avenue C to the Hudson River, Manhattan.
Fee: 
No fee
Restrictions: 
Open to all. Unable to provide travel or housing support; we can help with a letter of support for artists who are seeking visas and suggest affordable housing while in NYC.
Submission Method: 
Online
Deadline: 
5 / 26 / 2024

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Tue, 07/05/2024 - 12:39pm
The Black List (Encino | CA)

2025 NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship

The Black List is thrilled to announce that it has partnered with NRDC’s (Natural Resources Defense Council) Rewrite the Future program, The Redford Center, and The CAA Foundation to launch the fourth annual NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship. The Fellowship will grant $20,000 each to three writers to support revision of a feature screenplay or pilot that engages with climate change in a compelling way through events, actions, character, emotions, plot, and/or setting. In addition, NRDC will connect each fellowship recipient with professionals for feedback and guidance on their scripts. Writers that opt in with a qualified screenplay or pilot will receive one free month of hosting and one free evaluation. Each fellowship recipient will retain complete ownership of their work.
Fee: 
Host scripts: $20/month. $100/evaluation. 1 month & 1 evaluation fee waiver available through opportunity.
Restrictions: 
You must be at least 18 years of age and not a minor in the state or country of your residence at time of submission. In order to submit for this program, you must be logged into the Black List website. If you do not already have a script hosted, you must be ready to upload one during the submission process.
Submission Method: 
Online
Deadline: 
12 / 5 / 2024

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Tue, 07/05/2024 - 12:15pm
Valhalla Tahoe (South Lake Tahoe | CA)

WordWave Lake Tahoe One-Act Play Writing Contest

The annual WordWave Lake Tahoe One-Act Play competition is now open. Writers are invited to submit work that fits the criteria through July 1, 2024 at 5pm PST. Three submissions will be selected each year as the winners and each winner will receive a $500 cash prize and be invited for a 2-night stay in South Lake Tahoe to see their work directed and produced on stage at the historic Valhalla Boathouse Theatre on November 2, 2024.
Fee: 
$30
Restrictions: 
Open to U.S. Citizens/permanent residents
Submission Method: 
Online
Deadline: 
7 / 1 / 2024

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Thu, 19/12/2019 - 10:33am

Empowering Playwrights one Pixel at a Time: How Online Resources Can Fuel Your Playwriting Interests

Rachael Carnes

What if you want to write a play? Where to start? And what if you have a few plays? What to do with them? And what if you want to learn more skills as a writer? Where to go next? If you’re here, you probably already have some ideas. But member to member, I’ll offer some tips and tricks, in what has become a daily habit: Read, Write, Send and Find. Let’s go!

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Sun, 13/10/2019 - 11:37am

Exploring Character Through Environment

Courtney Meaker

Environment dictates more than we give it credit for in our writing. Give environment its due and follow your impulses to explore all facets of your character. Hopefully, the result will be characters that feel molded from the earth they grew up in. In this article, readers are taken through a three-part exercise to explore how environment dictates character and character dictates environment. 

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Sat, 14/09/2019 - 12:41pm

The Playwright & Biography

Tylie Shider

Arguably, some of the most successful American plays are gripped by biography. So, how do we shape elements of biography into dramatic works?

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