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Centenary Stage Company
Women Playwrights Series (WPS) ~ Susan Glaspell Contest
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Deadline: We are accepting submissions for the 2014 WPS season, with a deadline of Nov 4 , 2013. |
The Centenary Stage Company, an Equity theatre in residence on the campus of Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ is accepting submissions for the 2014 Women Playwrights Series (WPS) and the 2014 Susan Glaspell Contest.
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Now in its 21st year, the WPS is a developmental program dedicated to providing a working forum for the unique and underserved
voice of women writing for the theatre today. Each season three new plays are selected for a collaborative workshop process,
with a professional director and actors, which takes place in a brief rehearsal period, over a period of a approximately
1 week, allowing time for the playwright to hear and adapt their work with other professionals. The process culminates
in a presentation of the work for the public as part of the Series giving CSC audiences larger exposure to new work,
as well as offering the playwright an opportunity to get feedback from the audience during the development process.
Playwrights selected for the workshop process will receive a $200 honorarium. Additional funds for travel and housing are available for one playwright each season.
The 2014 Susan Glaspell Contest:
One play from the WPS Festival will be selected by a panel of judges as the winner, to be featured in a subsequent CSC main-stage season as a full production, with an additional award of $1500 to the playwright.
Guidelines for WPS Susan Glaspell Contest:
- Submit Full-length play, no more than ONE production.
(If play has had one production, please include information in your cover letter about the company, # of performances, and contract, if applicable)
- Please include 1 letter of recommendation from a professional colleague or professor/instructor familiar with your work.
- Note: we are rarely able to consider work with over 7 cast members.
- Call CSC for more details (908 979-0900)
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| About Women Playwrights Series (WPS) |
| Women Playwrights Series 2011 |
| Past alumni of the CSC WPS include: | |
| Aoise Stratford Bekah Brunstetter Michelle Carter (PenUSA Award for Drama) Eugenie Chan Merri Biechler Caridad Svitch Neena Beber Heather McCutchen Deborah Brevoort |
Wendy Hammond Christina De Lancie Darrah Cloud Allison Moore Colin Denby Swanson Judy Sheehan Jeanne Murray Walker (PEW fellow) Dominique Cieri and more |
| The Playwright Series at CSC is made possible through the visionary support of The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and CSC members and sponsors. |
| CSC is an SPT Equity Company located 50 miles west of NYC in Hackettstown, NJ Artistic Director: Carl Wallnau WPS Program Director: Catherine Rust |
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