The Millibo Art Theatre is seeking submissions of short plays and performance pieces that creatively address the Covid-19 Pandemic in Colorado. Selected plays and performance pieces will receive a full production of 8 performances as part of Millibo Art Theatre’s “The Lost Years” – March 13-23, 2025.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR SHORT PLAYS
Submissions will be collected until 5:00pm on Friday, December 13, 2024 after which time our Play Selection Committee will read and review each piece, narrowing down the number of scripts to a selection of 4 to 6 plays to be produced. Our Artistic Board will appoint directors for each of the selected plays and the directors will cast from open auditions. After a rehearsal period of @4 weeks, the plays will be presented for 8 performances in front of a paying audience. Performances will be held March 13-25, 2025.
Please note that spoken word will be through auditions. Please stay tuned for dates and sign-ups.
PLAY GUIDELINES
- Playwrights must be Colorado residents or those who were living in Colorado from 2020-2023
- Plays should be between 2 to 10 minutes in duration
- We are interested in plays that explore the multiplicity and complexity of culture and experience and are rich in theatrical imagination
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- We want to read plays that address the drama, tragedy, irony and, yes, humor from this era
- Plays should reflect how the pandemic affected and was experienced by Coloradans
- We are able to consider plays which require between 1 to 5 actors
- We can accept one submission per playwright and/or performing artist
- All submissions must be new work that have not been previously staged in a theatre with a live and present audience.
- Successful playwrights, actors, and performance artists receive a small stipend for their work and 2 complimentary tickets to attend the festival.
- Upon completion of the festival, playwrights and artists retain all rights to their work
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PLAY
- Fill out the submission form linked HERE
- We accept one submission per playwright.
- Please include a Title Page with your full contact information, dramatis personae, and a brief synopsis of the play on the cover page. All subsequent pages should have no mention of the author’s name.
- Please number all pages.
- Plays should be PDF
- Submit your application before the 5pm December 13 deadline – no plays will be accepted after the 5:00pm deadline.
- The review committee includes Play Directors and Millibo Artistic Directors.
