CULTURE*PARK SEEKS ORIGINAL PLAYS FOR 7TH ANNUAL SHORT PLAYS MARATHON,
FALL '08, DOWNTOWN NEW BEDFORD
CALL FOR SHORT PLAYS
Culture*Park announces a call for entries for its Seventh Annual Short Plays Marathon, scheduled for Saturday, November 22, 2008, in downtown New Bedford, MA. Please note the following guidelines for play submission: o Plays with regional (New England) or local themes and references are encouraged. Plays with New Bedford themes will be given special preference. Additional consideration will be given to playwrights who will participate in the brief audience talk-back session after their plays are performed. All plays will be considered. New writers are welcome. A new category: Plays by Teens - with three winning plays chosen. Plays must have New Bedford themes.
> 10 minute plays are preferred, 20 minutes. maximum.
> Two hard copies of each play should be submitted
> Include on one page: a brief synopsis, character breakdown, your name and contact info, your commitment to attend the performance.
Deadline for submissions is 10/15/08 + Please include a $10 submission fee to Culture*Park (for up to two plays) Plays will be selected by a small reading committee of local theatre artists and writers and will be presented as staged readings by an ensemble of actors and directors.
+Fee defrays costs of producing the Marathon / Marathon is sponsored in part by the New Bedford Cultural Council
Please submit plays by mail to Culture*Park attn: Patty Thomas 69 Walden Street New Bedford, MA, 02740 > For more information, please email [email protected], or call 508-990-7779.