<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Bennington Community Theater</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center">at Bennington
Performing Arts Center</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt">  Call for
Script Submissions     </span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16pt">Attention local playwrights! <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">Here is a chance to see your work presented in a <b>Staged
Reading</b>, <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">performed by local actors, guided by experienced
directors.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Beginning in January of 2021, Bennington Community
Theatre will present monthly, on-line Staged Readings of new plays written by
local playwrights. Each program will be less than 50 minutes long,
pre-recorded, and streamed for 5 nights on YouTube. The final night may include
a Zoom format discussion among audience, cast, director, and playwright.</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">There is no particular theme for the series, and the Play
Selection Committee will consider all genres and styles of plays within these
parameters:</p>

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</span></span><b>Short plays that run 10-20 minutes</b>; two
or three of these shorts will comprise one evening. <span></span></p>

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</span></span><b>One-act plays that run 30-50 minutes</b>;
these will be stand-alone presentations.<span></span></p>

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</span></span>Cast size should be small, <b>2-5 characters</b>.
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</span></span>Due to the limitations of the on-line medium— as
well as the nature of Staged Readings—<b>costumes, blocking, props,
and sets will be minimal or non-existent</b>. Stage directions will be read by
a non-cast member. These considerations will influence the selection of plays.</p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span></span></p>

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</span></span>Please utilize <b>standard play formatting</b>.</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Submissions
for the first three programs (Jan-Mar 2021) are due by 12/10/20.</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Send
submissions to: <a href="mailto:info@bpacvt.org">info@bpacvt.org</a><span></span></p>

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