Play Submissions
We are not currently accepting full-length plays, but see below for
submissions to Under 30: Young Latino Playwrights Speak Out.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES (Download
the Submission Guidelines)
Deadline: postmarked or emailed by October 1, 2008
UNDER 30: YOUNG LATINO PLAYWRIGHTS SPEAK OUT
Teatro Bravo seeks ten-minute plays written by Latino playwrights under
30. If chosen, submissions will be included in the Latino Play Festival
for January 2009 as staged readings. Possible production of plays may
follow, pending funding.
Teatro Bravo produces plays that portray a variety of issues in the
national Latino and/or Latin American community in both English and
Spanish. For further information, please view our website: www.teatrobravo.org.
The purpose of the contest
1. To promote new opportunities for young Latino playwrights.
2. To uncover the issues in the minds of younger writers, and portray
them on stage.
3. To increase visibility of young Latino playwrights.
4. To discover new talent across the country.
General Guidelines:
1. The play must be ten-minutes or ten pages in standard play format
with 12-point type and standard margins.
2. The play must be on any subject matter pertinent to either “contemporary
Latino issues” or “Latino heritage,” broadly interpreted.
3. The plays may be written in English, Spanish, or Spanglish.
4. Technical effects must be kept simple.
5. Any number of characters is acceptable as long as it makes sense
to the story the author is trying to tell. In ten minutes, the author
may wish to concentrate on a small number of characters, but there’s
always an exception.
6. The author owns all the rights, and will maintain them. We simply
seek the right to present it once during the Latino Play Festival. We
would renegotiate any future use.
7. We prefer new and unproduced work, but the play may be produced as
long as the rights for this presentation are readily available.
8. We cannot pay for the staged reading section of the presentations,
but would pay a royalty if the play is chosen for production.
9. Please include a copy of an identification that reveals age with
your submission. Since some documents are private, you may wish to block
out the i.d. number. All we need is a date that reveals age with your
name on it. (When does one count as 30? By the deadline or the festival?
We will count you as “under 30” if that’s your age
by the time the postmark or the electronic submission is made.
10. Enclose an SASE if you wish your submission returned. Otherwise,
please write a note allowing us to recycle.
11. Playwrights may be notified shortly after December 1, 2008.
12. Please include contact information on your script: name, a phone
number, or an email address.
Please send submissions to:
Hardcopy:
Teatro Bravo
Attn: Ten-Minute Play Contest
4211 E. Palm Lane #204
Phoenix AZ 85008
Electronic submission:
Teatrobravophx@aol.com
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