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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 Voices<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</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Submissions are now being accepted for one act plays by
young writers for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">NEXT ACT! <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">NEW VOICES</i> </b>category in the 2015 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Next
Act! New Play Summit 4!</i></b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Next Act! </i></b>now in it’s fourth year, is an expansion of Capital
Repertory Theatre’s commitment to the development of new work and directly
reflects the theatre’s mission, “to create meaningful theatre generated from an
authentic link to the community.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">New Voices</i></b>, which received a pilot run in last years’ summit,
reflects the theatre’s dedication to providing theatrical opportunities to
students from Elementary School through College. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">New Voices </b>is an event within <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Next
Act! </b>that is dedicated to new works from the next generation of playwrights,
and will include 3-5 readings of one act plays by student playwrights.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Next Act! New Play Summit 4 </i></b>takes place October 31 - November 2<sup>nd</sup>,
2015 with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Next Voices </i></b>as one of the weekend’s special events.</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Accepting 15-Minute one act plays by students ages 13-22. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">(must be
enrolled in school at the time of submission)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Multi-cultural and
ethnically diverse pieces encouraged.</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Comedy and Drama
welcome!</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>must be 15-minutes in length
and should have no more than 7 characters.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Plays previously submitted to Next Act will not be
considered for this years’ Summit.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Playwrights must be enrolled in school at the time of
submission. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Playwrights may be from anywhere in the United States.</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Submission Deadline: END OF DAY – Monday June 1, 2015</b></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 short one-paragraph synopsis – that illuminates the
plays entire plot including its ending; character descriptions and the complete
script, along with a photo and bio (which should include the school you are
currently attending).</p><p class="MsoNormal">Email your submission to Margaret E. Hall, assistant to the
artistic director, at <a href="mailto:mhall@capitalrep.org">nextact@capitalrep.org</a>
with NEW VOICES SUBMISSION in the subject line.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Electronic submissions preferred.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>PLAYS SELECTED:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Three to five plays will be selected to have readings during
the annual 3-day summit, which takes place October 31 – November 2<sup>nd</sup>,
2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>A limited travel allotment is provided.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Capital Rep is a professional LORT D theatre, established in
Albany in 1981.</p>
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