This year the Theatre Southwest Readers' Theatre Matinee will happen on Sunday,
Jan. 22nd, 2023 at 3:00 P.M. and is accepting 5-10 minute scripts. Selected
plays will be read and voted on by the audience in attendance and the Audience
Favorite will receive a $100 cash prize!
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Lifeline seeks submissions from writers of color outlining their intent to
develop a stage adaptation of a book or other literary work (e.g., short story,
article, memoir, tale, poem, etc.). Proposals can be for traditional
adaptations or “inspired by” approaches where the literature serves as a
jumping off point, but the source material should be in the public domain. Only
one proposal per writer will be accepted.
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Now in its 35th year, NAMT’s Festival of New Musicals is the cornerstone of
NAMT’s mission to be a catalyst for nurturing musical theatre development and
production. Every year, we feature eight musicals in short presentations for an
audience of over 700 industry professionals. We look for new musicals at all
stages of development from the broadest possible range of voices.
*** FOR MORE INFORMATION about these and other opportunities see the web site
at https://www.nycplaywrights.org
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*** SECRETS WILL BE REVEALED ***
This dazzling world premiere welcomes you into Jaja's bustling hair braiding
salon in Harlem where every day, a lively and eclectic group of West African
immigrant hair braiders are creating masterpieces on the heads of neighborhood
women. During one sweltering summer day, love will blossom, dreams will
flourish and secrets will be revealed.
More...
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/upcoming/
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Holiday season is a time for celebration! Twas A Night of Improv Games is an
OPEN Short Form JAM! Games bring families together and strengthen friendships,
and most of the time no one gets hurt. Stories will be Told – Things will be
Made Up – Secrets will be Revealed.
More...
https://www.azactorsacademy.com/theatre-upstairs/
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In order to keep up his spirits, his doctors have lied to him about his true
condition. His wife is in denial. Their Golden Boy son, Brick, has taken to
drink. Their eldest son, Gooper, is trying to take charge of affairs. The
daughters-in-law, Maggie and Mae, are squaring off to see who can secure the
biggest chunk of one of the largest estates in the Mississippi Delta for their
husbands. Long-standing rivalries and resentments along with some deeply
held secrets will be revealed...
More...
https://whatzup.com/cat-on-hot-tin-roof-first-presbyterian-stages-williams-pulitzer-prize-winner/
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The prosperous Birling Family is gathered to celebrate their successes and the
engagement of their daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft when the sudden arrival of
the mysterious Inspector Goole brings the celebrations to a halt. Goole is
investigating the apparent suicide of a young woman. Are the Birlings
responsible? What deep, dark and complex secrets will be revealed?
More...
https://listings.intermissionmagazine.ca/theatre-productions/an-inspector-calls/
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Megan and Kimmy are fourteen-years-old, best friends, and currently planning to
commit grand larceny against country music star Rick Montgomery at his concert
tonight. As they put their plan into play, songs will be sung, secrets will be
revealed...
More...
https://newcityplayers.org/littlemontgomery
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Moe, drifting in and out of the dementia that accompanies his illness, also
has conversations with his altar ego, the glamorous and beautiful
torch-singing drag queen Lupe, the fabulous one that is the center of Moe’s
fantasies.
Now Moe is Latino, so that means before he goes he will be in a confessional
frame of mind. And more than skeletons will be coming out of the closet at this
particular get-together. Long-hidden secrets will be revealed...
More...
https://www.performingartslive.com/Events%5CDementia-415201084122
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If you’re one of the 400 lucky followers of @newplayrobot, you’ve been treated
to some of the funniest theatrical criticism of the decade in the form of an
obscure novelty twitter account. @newplayrobot’s handle speaks for itself; it
is a robot that generates “play ideas of the moment,” the kind that artistic
directors “love.”
For anyone who has found themselves slogging through self-important drafts in a
playwriting class or through famous people’s manuscripts as part of a literary
internship, @newplayrobot’s mocking attitude towards the stubborn cliches of
American drama are incredibly cathartic.
Here
are a few:
“Home for Easter Susan spends weekend with alcoholic mother/estranged sister.
Secrets revealed. Speech featuring ‘but I stayed!’ Title: Her”
“Play: After being disbarred, Sue is forced to confront how she neglected her
family. Sitting and talking. Secrets revealed. Title: Side Bar”
“New play idea: Urban couple returns to country roots after inheriting family
home. House is character. Secrets revealed. Title: Good Bones.”
It should be noted that though @newplayrobot skewered several genres—it hasn’t
tweeted in about a year—every single tweet incorporated “secrets revealed” at
some point.
The
shared understanding and sense of collective exhaustion that makes
@newplayrobot so funny to me is at the heart of the problem many people have
with the genre of the “family play,” a term that—over the past several
years—has become more and more pejorative.
More...
https://www.pastemagazine.com/theatre/the-way-the-world-ends-on-10-years-of-august-osage/
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