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The Deadline for submissions for MadLab’s 2012 Young Writer’s Short Play Festival is

January 15th, 2012

MadLab Theatre is extending its outreach to young playwrights in local and regional high schools in Central Ohio.  The goal is to produce a group of 15 minute short plays written by high school students for its Young Writers Short Play Festival in MadLab’s 2012 theatre season.  Playwrights can submit their short play to MadLab any time between now and January 15th, 2012.  Scripts will be selected in January 2012.  After this, playwrights will work with known and published playwrights as adult mentors to workshop, stage read, and revise scripts as needed.  This learning environment will provide education and creativity for young playwrights work to be produced for the very first time.  MadLab will then produce all chosen scripts in end of July/Early August 2012.

WHAT IS ROULETTE?

The unique style and long running history of MadLab’s THEATRE ROULETTE and its ability to involve a large number of artists is what inspired MadLab to produce the YOUNG WRITERS SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL. It is also in the spirit of MadLab’s mission to provide “an artistic haven for the creation and experience of original works.”

THEATRE ROULETTE is also a festival of short plays and has been produced for 12 years.  It is MadLab’s most popular production.  Short works are popular with audiences and are an entry point for emerging playwrights. 

The festival is scheduled to allow for each play to run every night of the 2 week theatre run.

WHY DID WE COME TO YOU?

We would like to partner with you to provide an opportunity for students to work with locally produced playwrights to develop their work, and see their piece produced at a local downtown theatre. We believe central Ohio students have talents and abilities that need to be fostered and developed through these types of community partnerships.  You know your students better than anyone. You will be able to work with them from the classroom while we help them through workshops and the production process.  Additionally, the Young Writers Short Play Festival’s education process will help the students as they create a writing resume and create experience they can use in future writing endeavors.

Below are the submission requirements and also a timeline for the Young Writers Short Play Festival project.  Please help us continue promoting the arts to students throughout the community through this program.

DETAILS AND DEADLINES:

Submissions:

1. PDF or MS Word format.

2. 15 minutes in length max or at most 15–20 pages.

3.  Play should be able to be produced on a theatre stage.  Your stage directions and needs should be geared toward stage rather than film.

4.  Content is open to what playwright wants to write.

5.  All submissions should have title page, character description, brief synopsis, and set and prop needs.

6.  Submissions should have name, address, phone number, email address, school and teacher listed. (We will not accept a submission if we do not know where it is from).

7.  All submissions are due to MadLab Theatre by 5pm Sunday, January 15th, 2012.

8.  Submissions should have subject line reading “Young Writers Short Play Festival” and should be sent to michelleb@madlab.net.