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SEVEN DEVILS PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE 2008
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: December 31, 2007
Please read all instructions & notes
What we need from you is:
- One copy of the play that you are interested in working on
- A biography or resume
- A self addressed, stamped envelope (#10 business sized)
- A check for $5 made out to id Theatre Company (Please note: this fee is paid entirely to the reader for your play, we do not use reading fees to subsidize the conference. We get a lot of plays, and our readers them all cover-to-cover).
IMPORTANT NOTE: YOUR CHECK MUST MUST MUST BE MADE OUT TO id THEATRE COMPANY. Our bank will not allow us to accept checks made out to Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. Sorry folks!
Submit all materials to:
Jeni Mahoney, co-Artistic Director
id Theatre Company
343 East 30th Street, #19K
New York, NY 10016
ATTN: Seven Devils Playwrights Conference
PLEASE NOTE:
New policies at the US Post Office make the return of scripts time consuming for our small staff (we must take them to the Post Office & stand in line). Our preference is to NOT return scripts. But if you need your script returned, you must include an appropriately-sized, self addressed stamped envelope with correct postage and a return address. Please also know that your response time could be delayed if you do not also include the #10 business-sized envelope.
Finalists are selected on a rolling basis, and may be asked to send or email an additional copy of their play.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are open to full-length plays of any genre or style. Really. That being said, we are particularly inclined toward plays that embrace, explore and challenge the diverse geographical, philosophical, cultural, aesthetic and political landscape of the American experience - rural and urban, east and west, coastal and inland.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT IF I'M INVITED?
Final decisions will be made by mid-April. The Conference takes place in June (usually the middle two weeks) in McCall, Idaho. Those invited to the Conference, are provided with transportation, housing, access to a car and a modest stipend.
Each playwright is assigned a director, dramaturg and cast of actors. During the rehearsal process playwrights are welcome to re-write the play as much or as little as they like. Each play is presented once as a fully staged reading with minimal props, sets & lights.
Please note: Invited playwrights are expected to be in residence for the entire two weeks of the Conference.
Please remember this is a DEVELOPMENT event. The Conference does not “produce” the plays that are the selected. Plays are presented as fully staged readings with a focus on the continuing growth of the play, and the playwright.
