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