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Wisconsin Playwrights and Scripts
Wisconsin playwrights and theater companies running script competitions are welcome to send information to be included on this page to webmaster@madstage.com.
This site is provided as a free service. We'd very much appreciate a link to our site from yours and mention in your programs and mailings! If you find it useful and would like to help make it even an even more effective tool for promoting theater, dance and comedy in Wisconsin, contributions will be applied toward development and maintenance expenses and publicity for the site.
Calls for Submissions
Professional, community and school-based theater companies in Wisconsin.
NativeAliens Call For Scripts for Short Play Festival
NativeAliens Theatre Collective of New York City is soliciting plays for its 11th annual short play festival, Short Stories 11. A celebration of the playwright, Short Stories is a collection of short plays from the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender perspective that will be produced together for a week’s run in late June 2010, coinciding with Gay Pride Week. Playwrights interested in having their plays produced should go to our website, www.nativealiens.org, for submission instructions. Deadline: April 1, 2010.
2010 New Works Fest - The Seven: Hidden Agendas
June 17- 20, 2010
FUSION Theatre Company Announces Fifth Annual Short Works Festival
Seven fully-produced world premieres.
Seven different directors.
A professional ensemble cast.
One winning playwright who will receive transport and lodging to Albuquerque
for the festival.
GUIDELINES FOR PLAY SUBMISSION
• The plays should be inspired by the theme: “Hidden
Agendas”
• Scripts may be a maximum of 10 pages.
• Each playwright may submit up to two scripts.
• Do NOT include the phrase “Hidden Agendas” in the text
of the play.
• We are looking to mount premiere productions of submitted plays. If
the play has previously received a fully-mounted production, please
do NOT submit. Plays that have been given public readings are allowable.
• Longer one-act or full-length plays will not be accepted for consideration.
• Each manuscript must include an additional title page with name, address, phone number and e-mail address.
• The easiest and our preferred method of receiving scripts is via e-submission. There is a nominal cost of $5 to offset printing and distribution costs to do so. You may submit up to two scripts with this fee by following this link: www.fusionabq.org/TheSevenSubmissions.htm
• You may also mail your submissions AT NO COST to:
FUSION Theatre Company
Attn: The Seven Submissions
700 1st St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
There is no submission fee with this option.
• POSTMARKED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: FRIDAY, APRIL
16th, 2010.
• E-Submissions will be accepted until midnight on that date.
• Entries will be acknowledged by e-mail once they have been received.
Due to the volume of scripts we are unable to offer criticism or return
any submissions.
• Finalists will be announced on Friday, April 23rd. The winning seven
will be announced on Friday, May 7th.
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Wisconsin-based Playwrights
Comedy and improv troupes on MadStage. Add yours if it isn't here using this form.
Mike Birkley
Ludmilla Bollow
- Email: bollow@earthlink.net
- Web site: home.earthlink.net/~bollow
Steven Brown
- Email: stevenmbrown@hotmail.com
- And on the Eighth Day: Bryan v. Darrow
- I also produce (and write) live, original (and broadcast) radio dramas and comedies for the WGTD Radio Theater, in Kenosha-Racine.
Catherine Capellaro and Andrew Rohn
- Email: capellar@chorus.net
- Web site: www.walmartopia.com
- Authors of Walmartopia
Bob Curry
- Email: curryclan@aol.com
- Current president of Playwrights Ink
Danielle Dresden
- Email: info@tapitnewworks.org
- Web site: TAPIT/new works
George Farah
Holly Walter Kerby
- Email: hkerby@matcmadison.edu
- Web site: www.matcmadison.edu/faculty/hkerby
Gary Kriesel
Jessica Lanius
Anthony Lamarr
- Email: anthonylamarr@gmail.com
- Ballots - an 80s Rock 'n Roll MUSICAL parody of the 2000 presidential elections.
Rick Ponzio
- Email: rponzio@wi.rr.com
Playwrights Ink
Playwrights Ink is a non-profit association of theater artists dedicated to the development of playwrights and their work. Our members include area playwrights, actors, directors, and theater enthusiasts.
- Web site: www.madison.com/communities/ink
Script Resource Sites
Script publishers.
- Broadway Play Publishing - BPP specializes in full-length, contemporary, American plays. BPP also publishes dramatic adaptations of classic plays and literature, and a few period pieces.
- Children's Theatre Plays.com - Stageplays for children, young audiences and families. Theatre producers, directors, drama coaches and teachers will find scripts for productions of every size, scope and budget.
- Classic Acts - A collection of plays for children 10-14. The plays are adaptations of classical literature or best lived children's stories, such as Midsummer Night's Dream, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, Romeo and Juliet, Frankenstein, Cinderella, Cyrano de Bergerac, Don Quixote and more. Creative, fun and a great way to interest children in classic theatre and literature. Low prices. No fees. Downloadable!
- Classics On Stage! - A collection of professionally proven, audience tested children's theatre plays by double Shubert Fellowship award winning playwright, Michele L Vacca. Inspired by the classics of world literature, the scripts are excellent for university, school, professional and community productions.
- The Dramatic Exchange
- Dramatists Play Service, Inc. - Representing the American Theatre by publishing and licensing the work of new and established playwrights.
- HaveScripts.com - Online publishing company with an emphasis on middle school and high school plays for both the stage and the classroom. We have some competition one-acts and many books and scripts ideal for readers theater in the classroom.
- Heuer Publishing - One of the oldest publishers serving the education and community theater markets.
- Insight for Playwrights - a monthly marketing newsletter that provides dramatic writers with up-to-date submission information.
- Musicline Publications - Has available musicals, pantomimes and Christmas shows for all ages.
- Original Works - Original Works Publishing is a Los Angeles based play publisher dedicated entirely to bold and original work. Our goal is to bring the new breed of theatre to the forefront.
- Plays For Stage - entertaining, family-friendly play scripts for schools, community theaters, melodrama houses, churches, and other groups to perform for reasonable prices.
- Samuel French, Inc. - Samuel French's Catalogue lists not only plays but monologues, audition material, classroom guides, classic works and the latest plays from the professional theater.
- StoryFoundry.com - The StoryFoundry is a place for playwrights to list their works and start a community. Companies looking for new works to perform will find a large collection of plays of all lengths, with contact information for the playwrights. All services are free.
- TheaterWords - offers royalty free plays and scenes for students and educators. There are also several pieces for all-women casts.
- Venice Mootney Scripts - scripts, rights and background for previous Venice Mootney productions.
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