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<!--StartFragment--><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">Submission Deadline March 30, 2015</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">A call for entries for theREP’s
NEW Young Playwright Contest</i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></i></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">Capital Repertory Theatre to
produce five 10-minute plays by teens, for teens, staring teens.</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Capital Repertory Theatre announces a call for entries for
their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">new</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Young Playwright Contest</i></b>.
Contest winners will see their work produced on theREP’s stage, performed by an
acting company comprised of young aspiring actors (movers and shakers) that are
cast in theREP’s new <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Summer Stage Young
Acting Company</i>.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The five contest-winning plays will be professionally produced
on theREP’s stage, with costumes, props and a set designed and built by
theREP’s staff, and using a company of 15 young actors. The plays will be
directed by Margaret E. Hall, theREP’s Assistant to the Artistic Director, who
holds an MFA in Theatre Direction from the University of Essex (London,
England).</p><p class="MsoNormal">In addition to the production of their plays, the five
contest-winning playwrights will receive a mentorship with a professional
playwright in June 2015. Each contest winner will be given ample time to work
one on one with a professional playwright. During these mentorship sessions,
the young playwrights will work on their script to learn and grow from a
professional in the field.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Playwrights will also receive an invitation to the first
read through of their plays by theREP’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Summer
Stage Young Acting Company</i>, an invitation to the opening night performance,
and 4 complimentary tickets to further performances.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">1. Playwrights must be at least 13 years old and no older
than 19 years at the time of submission, and must reside within a 90-mile
radius of Albany, NY.</p><p class="MsoNormal">2. Plays must be no longer than 10-minutes in length.</p><p class="MsoNormal">3. Plays may have no more than 7 characters and may include
one – and only one – adult character. The additional characters must range from
8-20 years old.</p><p class="MsoNormal">4. Submission’s must include the line: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">“See, what happened was…”</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">5. Submissions should also include the Young Playwrights
Application (found online at <a href="http://www.capitalrep.org">www.capitalrep.org</a>)
as well as the script being submitted – both in digital format.</p><p class="MsoNormal">6. Submissions should be sent to Margaret E. Hall, Assistant
to the Artistic Director, at <a href="mailto:mhall@capitalrep.org">mhall@capitalrep.org</a>
with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Young Playwright Contest Submission</b>
in the subject line by Monday March 30<sup>th</sup>, 2015.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>ADDITIONAL
SUBMISSION INFORMATION<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Submissions will be evaluated on creativity,
dialogue, character development, plot structure, and the inclusion of the line
stated above.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Contest winners will be announced on Friday April
3<sup>rd</sup>, 2015.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Contest winners, and their schools, will be
listed on the Capital Repertory Theatre website.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Production dates are: August 12 – 16, 2015.</p>
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