HotCity Theatre, a professional theatre company with a focus on contemporary programming and new play development announces the call for submission of new plays for its 7^th Annual Greenhouse New Play Festival to take place in June of 2013.

Approximately 20 plays are selected as semi-finalists at which time full scripts will be requested. To be selected, playwrights must be able to attend the entire festival and workshop week, which begins on the Sunday prior to the festival weekend. HotCity Theatre offers playwrights travel and lodging for the Festival. Three plays will be selected for final public reading during festival week and will receive workshop with director, dramaturg and professional actors. The final public readings will be followed by audience response sessions.   HotCity artistic staff will then select one script for a fully produced world premiere as part of the company’s 2014 mainstage season.

Persons interested in learning more about submission requirements, procedures, and contact information can visit www.hotcitytheatre.org/submission.html.

New Play Festival Submission Schedule

June 1, 2012 - Open for Submissions

October 1, 2012 - Submission Deadline

December 1, 2012 - Semi-finalists announced

February 1, 2013 - Finalists announced

June 16-23, 2013 - Festival Week  

About HotCity Theatre:

HotCity Theatre operates under a Small Professional Theatre contract with Actors Equity, the union of professional actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and receives funding from the Siteman Foundation, Regional Arts Commission, The Whitaker Foundation, The Arts and Education Council, Steve Nelson Memorial Playwright’s Fund of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation, The Missouri Arts Council, The Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, The John R. Goodall Charitable Trust and the William A. Kerr Foundation, as well as generous individuals in the community.

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