The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol

The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol presents…
Scripts from Scratch: 4 plays / 2 days

The Studio Theatre at Tierra del Sol invites you to submit your new play to Scripts from Scratch: four plays /two days. Submissions will be accepted Now through November 1, 2020. The 2021 New Play Workshop will be held May 10-15, 2021.

Submission Details

Here's your chance to share your theatre artwork! The Studio Theatre at Tierra del Sol is inviting Florida playwrights to submit new plays to "Scripts from Scratch: four plays/two days." Submissions are being accepted August 1 through Nov. 1, 2020. The play workshop will be May 10-15, 2021.

PLAY SUBMISSIONS

The Studio Theatre is proud to present its second New Play Workshop: Scripts from Scratch four plays/ two days. Florida Residents are invited to submit their full length scripts to scripts@thesharonstudio.com by November 1, 2020. All scripts must be a blind copy in PDF format. Four finalists will be selected from the submissions to join The Studio creative staff for one week in May 2021 to workshop and develop their play with local talent and an assigned director. On Friday, May 14, 2021 and Saturday, May 15, 2021 there will be four staged reading (one reading per script). Selected playwrights must attend the readings and workshop week in The Villages. Playwrights will only be notified if your play is selected. A $100 reward will be granted to each of the four finalist playwrights. Playwrights must cover their own travel expenses to The Villages, FL. The four staged readings will be a ticketed event open to the public.

Audience members will be a part of the creative process through a guided talk back. After the staged readings, audiences will be able to give feedback to the playwright on how best to develop and strengthen their new play. Please see more details to submitting below.

PLAY SUBMISSIONS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

Any Submissions not meeting all criteria listed below will be disqualified.
  • Play must not have been produced professionally.
  • Submission must be received on or before November 1, 2020.
  • Playwright must be a resident of Florida, USA.
  • Submission must be a minimum of 60 pages long and have a minimum run time of 80 minutes.
  • Submission must be in a .pdf format.
  • Plays are given blind reads, so there should be no playwright identifiers (name, contact, etc.) anywhere on the script. Any scripts submitted with playwright's name will be immediately disqualified.
  • Playwright's name and/or contact information should only be in the email when submitting to scripts@thesharonstudio.com
  • Only one play per playwright per submission period.
  • No musicals, children's plays, or one-person plays.
  • Only digital submissions will be accepted.
  • Playwrights must be available to workshop their performances.
Four finalists will be selected from the submissions to join The Studio creative staff for a week next May workshop and develop their play with local talent and an assigned director. On Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, there will be four staged readings of each script. If you are a selected playwright, you must attend the workshop week and readings in the Villages. Only the selected playwrights will receive notification. A $100 award will go to each of the four finalists.

Additional Questions please check online http://www.thesharonstudio.com/scripts-from-scratch.html or email info@thesharonstudio.com

The Studio Theatre's Mission is to inspire the residents of Central Florida to examine relevant issues by elevating them through innovative and intimate storytelling. Think outside the box, inside the box.