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Geva Theatre Center Wants Local Writers!

Submissions Sought for Geva’s 16th Annual Regional Writers Showcase

2009-12-09

Media Contact: Dawn Kellogg
Communications Manager
(585) 232-1366 ext. 3059
dkellogg@gevatheatre.org



December 8, 2009, Rochester, N.Y. Geva Theatre Center is pleased to announce that once again they will be collaborating with Writers & Books to give regional playwrights the opportunity to take their works from page to stage. The theatre is seeking plays and playwrights for its Regional Writers Showcase to be held on April 12 and 26, 2010 in Geva’s Nextstage. The Showcase gives area playwrights the opportunity to have their works publicly performed by actors with the help of Geva directors and dramaturgs. Plays must be submitted no later than January 26, 2010.

The purpose of the Regional Writers Showcase is to give promising local writers a chance to hear their work out loud and thereby gain the information they need to rework the script and take it to the next level of development. The showcase will feature as many noteworthy new works as time and resources allow, showcasing a range of regional talent.

Entrant Guidelines

  • The Showcase is open to writers now living or having lived within the five-county area: Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Ontario and Genesee.
  • Plays for consideration must be submitted (postmarked or hand-delivered) between January 11 and January 26, 2010 to Writers & Books, 740 University Ave, Rochester, NY 14607. Manuscripts should be marked to the attention of Jean Ryon, Regional Writers Showcase.
  • Please include clear contact information: name, address, phone number and email (if available).
  • Scripts will be returned after the selection process has been completed. Therefore, playwrights should include a self-addressed stamped envelope with each manuscript.
  • Musicals will not be accepted.
  • Entrants must submit the play in its entirety.
  • Writers may submit up to three (3) plays for consideration.
  • Plays that have been submitted for consideration for previous Showcases may be submitted if there has been significant work done on the script since the last submission.
  • Let your imagination be your guide: there are no rules regarding length, content or style.
  • Selected authors will be notified by March 8, 2010 and writers will be expected to attend rehearsal on the day of their play’s appearance in the Showcase.


    • For more information, please call Jean Gordon Ryon,
    Geva’s New Plays Coordinator, at (585) 232-1366 ext 3034.




    GEVA THEATRE CENTER

    Geva Theatre Center is Rochester's leading professional theatre and the most attended regional theatre in New York State. Founded in 1972, Geva attracts over 160,000 patrons annually, including more than 16,000 students. The 552-seat Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage offers a wide variety of shows, from musicals to American and world classics.

    The 180-seat Ron & Donna Fielding Nextstage is home to Geva's own series of cutting-edge drama, comedy and musical theatre; Geva Comedy Improv; Geva's New Play Reading Series and the Hornet's Nest - an innovative play-reading series facilitating community-wide discussion on controversial topics. The Nextstage also hosts visiting companies of both local and international renown.

    Geva Theatre Center offers a wide variety of educational, outreach and literary programs, nurturing audiences and artists alike. For the past fourteen years the organization has been led by Artistic Director Mark Cuddy.

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