Coal Creek Theater seeks short play submissions for its Front Range Playwrights' Showcase

Coal Creek Theater of Louisville Seeks Play Submissions for the 10th Annual Front Range Playwrights’ Showcase!

Colorado playwrights are encouraged to submit their short plays by June 3, 2016.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

1. Scripts for one-act plays of 15 – 40 minutes in performance.  No musicals or full-length plays will be considered.
2. Only one (1) submission per playwright.
3. Playwrights must be from the state of Colorado. (Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis for those living in towns that immediately border state lines.)
4. Scripts must include a cast list with brief character descriptions and short summary of the play.
5. Preferred method of submission is electronic in either Word or PDF format.
6. If you wish to submit by USPS, 6 copies of each script must be submitted in standard manuscript format and bound, not stapled, with card stock cover. Copies will not be returned.
7. Please include a cover letter with title of play, resume and ALL contact information for playwright: address, phone and email address.
8. A short playwright bio or resume should be included.
9. Please send scripts either via email to steverausch55@gmail.com (preferred) or mail to CCTL Showcase, Attn: Play Reading Committee at P.O. Box 791, Louisville, CO 80027.
10. Deadline for submissions is June 3, 2016.  Finalists will be notified by July 9, 2016.
11. Submissions may have been performed as staged readings or educational projects, but scripts that have been professionally published or performed for a paying audience will not be considered.

All scripts submitted will be read, reviewed and scored by the members of the Play Reading Committee.  Three or four finalists (depending on the performance time of the selected pieces) will be chosen for a reader’s theater presentation at the Coal Creek Theater of Louisville Front Range Playwrights’ Showcase on Friday, August 26, 2016.  The entries will be adjudicated by a distinguished panel of judges.  The winning playwright will receive a cash award and may have a fully realized production of his/her one-act staged by CCTL at some time during the 2017 season.