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Eclectic Full Contact Theater Company Announces The 1st Annual Playground Play Festival A One-Act New Play Festival for Young Audiences Eclectic Full Contact Theater Company announces the opening of submissions for the1st annual Playground Play festival. To be presented at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater, 1133 W Catalpa Ave, Chicago, IL 60640. May 25, 2024 - June 2, 2024 We are currently accepting submissions of New One-Act Plays for Young Audiences that embody this years lesson of: Be Yourself Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2024 Three finalists will have their play produced in our festival. A $250 Audience Award will also be presented to the festival favorite as determined by our audiences. |
Submission Requirements:
- Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2024
- Scripts should be written for Young Audiences, meaning our target audience is 2nd - 5th graders
- Scripts cannot contain copyrighted music unless the playwright owns the music’s copyright, or has written permission from the music’s copyright owner.
- Script length not to exceed 30 minutes.
- Scripts should be written for a maximum of 5 actors, but infinite characters. Please list all double/triple casting in your play’s character descriptions.
- Playwrights cannot submit more than 2 scripts per year for Playground. If more than 2 scripts are submitted by the same playwright, we’ll pick 2 at random. Only one play per playwright may be featured per Playground Festival per season.
- Scripts must be previously unproduced, BUT may include pre-existing characters created by playwright for previously produced pieces.
- Submit scripts as pdfs to [email protected]