This summer we are adding a new, exciting element for Renegade N.O.W. and will be accepting plays in two separate categories. We will be accepting new, original works that meet the following guidelines:
New Plays #1:
Plays should be no longer than 90 minutes in length.
Never been produced.
Can be any style/genre.
New Plays #2:
Plays are written on the theme of “Redemption.”
Are not longer than 15 minutes in length.
Have a cast of no more than three characters.
Have never been produced.
Can be any style/genre.
Can be fully produced using minimal setting/props/costumes.
The deadline for new play submissions is May 1st, 2013.
Plays should be sent electronically to: [email protected]
If you are unable to submit your script via email, you can mail a cd to the following address.
Renegade Theatre Festival
Attn: Paige Dunckel
4065 E. St. Joe Hwy.
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
Please include your name, address, phone and email address with your submission. Playwrights should also include a brief synopsis of their play that can be used in promotional material as well as a short bio. Playwrights whose plays have been selected will be notified by late June.
Selected plays will be seen by as many as 2,000 festival goers as well as professional, community and educational theatre representatives. Highlights from previous festivals have included performances of comedy, drama, musicals, children’s theatre, performance art, readings of new works by local playwrights and improvisation. Past participants have included Williamston Theatre, Peppermint Creek Theatre Company, Stormfield Theatre, Ruhala Performing Arts Center, Starlight Dinner Theatre, Lansing Community College Theatre, All-of-us Express Children’s Theatre, Mid-Michigan Family Theatre, Saginaw Valley State University, Holt-Dimondale Community Players, Shakespeare on the Grand, Riverwalk Theatre and Michigan State University.
We look forward to reading your new play!
Check out our festival website at:
www.renegadetheatrefestival.org
Cordially,
Paige Dunckel
Winning Selections presented at the 2012 Renegade N.O.W were:
Awake at Night
By Ariel Vida (Twin Lake, MI)
Long one-act/Drama
This is Not a Musical
By Veronica Bialecki
Short one-act/Comedy
Least I Could Do
By Paul Bourne (East Lansing)
One-act/Drama
Home is Where the Heart
By Alana Mancuso (Howell)
Long one-act/Comedy-Drama
Think Tank
By Ben Blackman (Ann Arbor)
Full length/Comedy
Working in Restaurants
By Emma Jeszke (Dearborn Heights)
Long one-act/Drama