Script Submission Guidelines for Mainstage Productions
PPTCO accepts full-length plays by Pittsburgh playwrights year round. Playwrights should email their bio, synopsis, page length, and a 10 page sample of the play to pptco@aol.com.
Submission Guidelines for PPTCO's 2010 Theatre Festival in Black and White
1. The Black and White Festival is a one-act play festival consisting of eight plays. Each play submission must be 25 pages or less.
2. Each play must be written by a Pittsburgh playwright, meaning that he or she currently lives in the Pittsburgh area, is from/grew up in the Pittsburgh area, or lived in the Pittsburgh area for a minimum of two years.
3. Each playwright may submit up to two one-act plays for consideration.
4. Any and all subject matter is encouraged.
5. No musicals please. Plays using music as a story-telling device will be considered, but musicals, in the conventional sense, will not.
6. Your submission package should include the following:
a) Two (2) hard copies of each play you are submitting. If you are submitting 2 different plays, then we should receive four separate scripts.
b) A cover page for each submission containing the following:
i) The title of the play
ii) Your name. DO NOT WRITE YOUR NAME ANYWHERE ON THE SCRIPT ITSELF. PUT YOUR NAME ONLY ON EACH COVER PAGE.
iii) Your contact information, including address, e-mail address (this is most likely how we will inform you of our decision), and phone number. This information should also only be on your cover page and not on the script itself.
iv) The word ‘BLACK’ or ‘WHITE’. The B&W Festival is made up of 8 plays, 4 by black playwrights and 4 by white playwrights. Please indicate with which category you identify yourself.
v) A short biography of both you and the play, indicating your relationship with Pittsburgh (i.e. currently residing here, grew up here, went to school here, etc.) and your play’s history (i.e. if it’s new, if it’s been produced before, and if so, when and where).
7. Please seal and send your complete submission package to:
The Theatre Festival in Black and White
c/o The Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company
542 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
8. The DEADLINE for play submission is August 16, 2010. All submissions must be postmarked no later than this date.
9. There is no submission fee.
10. The eight playwrights' plays which are chosen will receive a full production during our October play festival.
11. Last year's festival did not take place. If you had entered last year, your play or plays will be considered for this year's festival. There is no need to re-submit.
12. It is possible that 2 of the 8 plays may be from guest playwrights from outside of the Pittsburgh area. This will be determined by the quality of this year's submissions to ensure a successful festival.
13. The top three plays will receive awards.
14. Interested directors may forward their resume to A/D Pgh Playwrights Theatre Co. 542 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222