CALL FOR PLAYS for the 8th annual John Gassner New Play Competition.
DEADLINE EXTENDED to October 31st!!!
The Department of Theatre Arts at Stony Brook University has announced a CALL FOR PLAYS for its annual John Gassner New Play Competition at Stony Brook University. The festival and playwriting contest is named for John Gassner (1903-1967), one of the most distinguished names in American theatre. Gassner, a Long Island resident, pioneered the field of dramaturgy in America and championed American playwrights. (Stony Brook University has one of the nation’s leading graduate programs in Dramaturgy in America.)
Created by the Department of Theatre Arts, the John Gassner New Play Competition (JGNPC) solicits scripts from playwrights from around the country and encourages the development of new American plays through its annual playwriting contest. The contest seeks full-length plays that are both relevant and intrinsically theatrical. The contest is administered by the Stony Brook University department of Theatre Arts' Graduate Program in Dramaturgy. Our MFA Dramaturgs spend the year reading the many submissions, selecting finalists and choosing the winner as part of their studies in new play development under the guidance of Steve Marsh. The winning playwright will be in residence and will work with our students and professional actors in preparation for the reading.
This year's winner, SOMETHING ABOUT A BIRD by Trina Kakacek, received a staged reading on May 11th 2011.
Submission guidelines
The Play Contest is open to all. The play submission period is from April 01, 2011 to October 31st, 2011.
Submissions should be original full-length plays (approximately 90 minutes), and will not be returned.
Please send two (2) bound copies of your play, with contact information on a cover page, and a self-addressed-stamped, letter-size envelope (for notification after finalists are chosen) to:
Steve Marsh
Literary Manager
Department of Theatre Arts
Stony Brook University
Staller Center, Rm 3037
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5450
Two finalist plays will be selected by the literary associates at Stony Brook University’s Department of Theatre Arts and presented in public staged readings. The new play festival will be open to the public free-of-charge.
The first place winner will receive a cash prize and the winning play will be workshopped by the department of Theatre Arts’ graduate program in Dramaturgy.
For more information call literary manager, Steve Marsh in the department of Theatre Arts at 631-632-4291.
Previous winners
(2009) MONSTROUS BEAUTY by Karla Jennings
(2008) ALBATROSS by Dennis Schebetta
(2007) Saving Grace by James McLindon
(2006) Off Compass by Kelly Younger
(2005) Japanese Death Poem by DT Arcieri
(2004) Love in a Thirsty Land by Alan Glass
(2003) Ephemera by John Yearley
For more information call Literary Manager, Steve Marsh in the Department of Theatre Arts at 631-632-4291.