Theatre Southwest Festival of Originals

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Submissions for the Theatre Southwest Festival of Originals are being accepted now thru April 1, 2015.

Five twenty-minute plays will be chosen to play simultaneously. There will be five separate directors and five separate casts. These are not staged readings, but fully produced plays. Plays chosen will show a diverse selection of theatre. There are no prohibited subjects or themes - light comedies, satires, dark comedies, dramas, mysteries, thrillers, etc. are all welcome.

Below are the submission guidelines:

• Playwrights may submit up to 2 plays for consideration. 
• All entries should be UNPUBLISHED material. 
• All entries may NOT have been PRODUCED within a 100 mile radius of Houston, Texas. 
• All Genres are accepted (Comedies are encouraged). 
• Monologues or one actor/character plays are NOT accepted. 
• Plays should be 20 minutes in length (give or take a minute or two). 
• While there is no maximum limit as to cast size or set requirements, COMMON SENSE should be used, keeping in mind that five different plays will be produced in one night. 
• Number all pages of the scripts. 
• Hard copies of scripts must be submitted by U.S. Postal mail ONLY. Emailed PDF files will not be considered. 
• Scripts should be bound either in a folder with brads, or by the use of a single staple in the upper left hand corner. 
• Please use Times New Roman, Courier or Arial fonts. 
• Be sure to include ALL contact information (phone number, email address, and physical address) on the title page of the script. 
• Include a list of all characters in the play, with a brief character description. 
• Include a one paragraph summary of the play. 
• Scripts can not be returned. 

One hundred dollars will be awarded to ALL selected playwrights.
There is NO entry fee.

Scripts should be mailed to:

Theatre Southwest
8944 Clarkcrest
Houston, Texas 77063
Attn: TSW-FOO