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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Capital Repertory, Albany, NY Announces<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Next Act! New Play Summit 3<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Call for Entries<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Submissions are now being accepted for Capital Repertory
Theatre’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Third Annual</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">NEXT ACT NEW PLAY SUMMIT!</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Next Act! </i></b>is an expansion of Capital Repertory Theatre’s commitment
to the development of new work, and is designed to complement the Upper Hudson
Valley’s recent and future growth explosion in the fields of research and
technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The summit will
directly reflect the theatre’s mission, “to create meaningful theatre generated
from an authentic link to the community.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Next Act! New Play Summit 3 </i></b>takes place November 1<sup>st</sup>
– 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2014 and will feature readings of two never-before produced
plays, and special events throughout the weekend.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Capital Rep is particularly interested in scripts that
showcase world events as they impact the individual and society, highlighting
the common threads that bind the American culture together in a world that is
defined more and more by diversity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The theatre will give preference to character driven scripts that
showcase technology’s impact on humanity.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Accepting full length plays only.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Multi-cultural and
ethnically diverse pieces welcome.</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Comedy and Drama
welcome!</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">(Please do not submit plays about the
theatre.)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>ELIGIBILITY<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Eligible <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">plays</i></b> can <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">not</b> have been previously produced, though previous readings are
allowed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>No more than 7
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(Please do not submit
works in which actors play multiple roles, unless it is a device used to
illuminate generations.)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Plays previously submitted to Next Act will not be
considered for this years’ Summit.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Agent and non-agent
submissions accepted.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Submission Deadline: END OF DAY – Sunday June 1, 2014<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>HOW TO SUBMIT<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Plays:</b>
Playwrights should submit a synopsis, character descriptions and the first 10
pages of their play with a photo/resume and bio. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Email your submission to Margaret Hall, Assistant to the
Artistic Director, at <a href="mailto:mhall@capitalrep.org">mhall@capitalrep.org</a>
with NEXT ACT SUBMISSION in the subject line.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">A small stipend and limited travel available for playwrights
selected.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Electronic submissions preferred.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>PLAYS SELECTED:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Two plays will be selected to have readings (with an eye
towards a potential future production) during the annual 3-day summit, which
takes place November 1<sup>st</sup> – 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Like last years <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">How Water Behaves</i></b>, which
is being produced as a part of Capital Repertory Theatre’s 2014-15 Season.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Capital Rep is a professional LORT D theatre, established in
Albany in 1981.</p>
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