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Interested in becoming a playwright? Want to work on a play you are writing?
The
IRT has two programs for playwrights: one for adults and one for youth.
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The Bonderman |
YPiP CONTEST
Young Playwrights
in Process
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- Adult playwrights writing plays for youth.
- Submissions
- Selected plays/playwrights participate in a national symposium
- Selected plays workshopped
- Awards
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- Plays written by Middle/Junior High and High School Students
- Submissions in December
- Selected playwrights participate in a workshop
- Selected plays given public readings
- Awards
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More on the Bonderman |
More on YPiP |
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Submitting a Script to the IRT for Production Consideration
Submission procedure: no unsolicited scripts; send synopsis with resume via e-mail to the theatre's dramaturg, Richard Roberts (rroberts@irtlive.com).
Types of material: full-length plays, translations, adaptations, solo pieces.
Special interests: adaptations of classic literature; plays that explore cultural/ethnic issues with a Midwestern voice.
Facilities: Mainstage, 600 seats, modified proscenium stage; Upperstage, 300 seats, thrust stage.
Production considerations: cast limit of 8-10.
Best submission time: year-round (season chosen by February each year).
Response time: 6 months.
Commissions: The IRT employs a playwright-in-residence from whom the majority of our new work is commissioned. We occasionally place other subject-specific commissions.
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