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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">We are seeking plays by Capital Region Playwrights to be considered for participation in the 6th Annual Short Play Festival / Confetti Fest in October 2010.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 15, 2010.</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">SUBMISSIONS MUST BE:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">not longer than 60 minutes</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">applicable to our mission statement</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">an original work</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">(works that have NOT been previously produced are encouraged)</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST INCLUDE:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>cover letter of interest</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">(tell us about your passion for writing and how you anticipate participation in SPF6 will affect you)</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>playwright's name, address, phone number, and email address</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>synopsis of the play</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>listing & description of characters in the play</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>the script</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>list of all previous productions of the work, if applicable</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Playwrights will be notified via e-mail of receipt of submission(s). All submissions will be reviewed by the SPF6 reading committee. Letters of acceptance, alternate, or decline will be mailed via the USPS in late March, 2010. As needed, alternates will begin being moved onto the participant list in early April, 2010. The number of plays selected varies from year to year and ranges from 6 to 10 plays.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Directors & designers will be paired with their scripts soon after the participant list is finalized.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Auditions for the festival will be held in May, 2010. Rehearsals will begin in August, 2010.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Submissions with a cover letter of interest should be sent to:</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Attention: 6th Annual Short Play Festival / Confetti Fest</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">2215 Nott Street, Box 285</SPAN></STRONG></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Niskayuna</SPAN></STRONG></st1:City><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">12309</st1:PostalCode></SPAN></STRONG></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Submitted works cannot be returned to the playwright.</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Electronic submissions cannot be accepted at this time.</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Multiple submissions must be treated independently of one another and each submission must include all items listed above.</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><STRONG><I><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Participants of the 6th Annual SPF / Confetti Fest may expect:</SPAN></I></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>a collaborative process</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>a fully staged production of your script</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>full credit in all programs and posters for the festival</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>evaluation of the festival production by Confetti Stage's Artistic Director</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>possible adjudication by the Theatre Association of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New York</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (TANYS festival consideration)</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">-<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>possible submission to either the Strawberry Festival, at the Riant Theatre in NYC or the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Play Festival, in NYC</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">If you have any questions regarding the submission/selection process for SPF6, please contact Confetti Stage's Managing Artistic Director, Neil Jones at 518-253-1253 or via email at <A href="mailto:neiljones@confettistage.com">neiljones@confettistage.com</A>.</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Confetti Stage <st1:place w:st="on">Mission</st1:place> Statement</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Confetti Stage was founded to explore the human experience, while illuminating the myriad diversities which define us as groups and individuals. Confetti Stage promotes diversity and understanding through the creation of dynamic and inspirational productions and educational opportunities. We strive to maintain the highest possible level of artistic standards while fostering collaboration and mutual respect.</SPAN><br>
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