New plays needed for 2017 Peep Show!
SkirtsAfire along with Alberta Playwrights’ Network are now accepting submissions for the fifth annual Peep Show!, a tease of new plays to be presented at SkirtsAfire herArts Festival taking place March 9-12, 2017 in Edmonton.
Submission Criteria:
- All plays submitted must have been written by Edmonton and area women
- 1 Play will be chosen in each of two categories (2 plays total):
Category 1: must be a new, non-produced piece.
Category 2: must be a piece that has had a production or extensive workshop, but still needs further development.
Successful Applications Receive:
- The playwrights of the 2 chosen plays will receive a cash prize of $250 each.
- Each play will receive 3 full days of workshopping and dramaturgy spread out over the months leading up to the SkirtsAfire herArts Festival.
- Each play will receive a public staged reading at SkirtsAfire herArts Festival, March 2017.
Submission guidelines are as follows:
- Your play must be received by midnight via e-mail on Tuesday November 1, 2016.
- Playwrights may submit a different play for each category.
- Please include a cover letter with contact information, brief playwright biography, a synopsis of the play(s) being submitted and which category you are submitting in (produced or non-produced).
- If submitting in the produced play category, please include a history of the play’s development.
- No musicals will be accepted.
For full details, please click here.
Please send submissions to:
Tracy Carroll, Peep Show! Coordinator, at peepshow@albertaplaywrights.com.
Deadline: November 1, 2016