A Call to Alberta Playwrights!

The Citadel Theatre is accepting submissions for this year’s Playwrights Forum. This 7th edition of the Playwrights Forum provides intensive dramaturgical guidance combined with a rigorous practical process. The Playwrights Forum runs from June 19 to July 7, 2017. This includes work around the table in an open forum and two weeks with a select company of actors exploring each play’s unique challenges in a practical environment.

We are open to work in a variety of genres that can find a home in any of our four venues: the Maclab’s thrust stage, the Shoctor’s proscenium stage, the intimate Zeidler theatre, and our cabaret venue – The Club. All of our stages insist on a bold imagination and accessibility of theme and narrative. Our interest is in innovative, large vision projects that speak to a wide audience and reflect a diverse approach.

The Forum is open to playwrights based or born in Alberta. Candidates are encouraged to submit material that reflects Canada’s ever-evolving social, political and cultural landscape. We encourage submissions from all Alberta playwrights, including artists who self-identify as members of under-represented communities.

The Citadel will select four participants, each of whom will receive remuneration for this residency.

Please provide a clear proposal and/or draft of your work along with your development and artistic goals during the Forum.

Please submit to bdooley@citadeltheatre.com.

Deadline to submit: January 16, 2017.

Photo: Andrew MacDonald-Smith and Julien Arnold participating in a Play Development Workshop of Sense and Sensibility at the Citadel Theatre.