SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Submission deadline is Nov. 15, 2007

Please bookmark this page and we will keep it updated with information regarding BTM 10 submissions. Thanks.

Update: The final judging of the plays will take place over the next couple of weeks and should be completed by early April.

At that time, playwrights will be notified, invitations to participating theatre companies will go out, and these companies will be offered their choice of plays to produce.

Last year we requested electronic copies (Word documents or PDFs) from the playwrights of all the winning BTM9 plays. It made the play choice process so much easier for the theatre companies, so we will definitely be requesting electronic copies again this year from BTM10 winners.

Playwrights:
Read an essay on the writing of ten-minute plays by Bill Lattanzi, co-founder of the BTM and long-time marathon play selection committee member.

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
10TH ANNUAL
BOSTON THEATER MARATHON 2008
(a Marathon of Ten-Minute Plays)

The 10th annual Boston Theater Marathon will be held on Sunday, May 11, 2008, and will benefit a designated charity. The BTM will include 50 plays to be performed by hundreds of Boston’s actors, directors, technicians and volunteers, each one produced by one of at least 50 New England theatre companies.

Script Eligibility:

  • All scripts must play under 10-minutes.
  • 10 Pages maximum. IF YOUR PLAY IS MORE THAN 10 PAGES LONG, IT WILL BE INELIGIBLE FOR THE FESTIVAL. Please use a 10-point font or larger.
  • No more than two submissions per author. This includes co-authored pieces.
  • Minimal sets and props suggested.
  • Submissions will be accepted from New England-area playwrights only.
    --- New England does not include New York. Sorry.
    --- Only permanent residents in New England and/or those who have a New England mailing address are eligible. If you are unsure if you qualify, please call 617-353-5443.
  • There are no restrictions on subject-matter.
  • Script must be typewritten in accepted playwriting format (See Samuel French Guidelines; call 212-206-8990 to order)
  • You must submit three (3) copies of each script. Please put the title somewhere on the first page of each copy, but no author name. (see below) Please only staple the top left or each copy. All other covers, ring bindings, etc. will be removed.
  • NO NAMES PLEASE on the 3 copies. Only indicate the title of the play on the first page of the text - nowhere acknowledge the author’s identity (this includes headers, footers).
  • We require a single separate information page for each play that you enter.
    On this separate page, indicate:
    TITLE OF PLAY
    PLAYWRIGHT NAME
    ADDRESS (including e-mail address if applicable)
    and YOUR PHONE NUMBERS.
    Please do not staple this page to the script copies. This page will be separated from the script before being read by the panel. THIS SEPARATE PAGE IS THE ONLY PLACE YOUR NAME WILL APPEAR. Though three copies of the play are required, only one info. page is necessary.
  • Scripts will not be returned. The paper will be recycled.
  • All submissions must be postmarked (or hand-delivered) by November 15, 2007.

Acceptance will be acknowledged in April, 2008.
Please send scripts to:

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
Attn: Boston Theater Marathon
949 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

(We do not currently accept e-mail submissions.)

 


  
 
           
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