<div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Foothills Arts Council is a community driven organization that aims to bring people together. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are currently seeking submissions for scripts by local playwrights for our </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Short Play Festival</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">! Special attention will be given to the scripts that are actively using theatre as a device for addressing injustices and inequities in our current cultural conversation. The Foothills Council is aiming to provide a voice for the often overlooked by using the stage as a workplace for conversations involving the Capital Region. We are both; seeking scripts that actively discuss and address diversity and representation on stage while simultaneously addressing those same values in our rehearsal and production spaces. Scripts that engage and entertain the audience through creative yet moral sensibilities are ideal for what the Foothills is looking to incorporate into our upcoming </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Short Play Festival</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Requirements</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">One act </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">play</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">15 pages or less</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maximum of 4 actors. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Flexible</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Comedy </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Drama </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">are as welcome as </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pantomime </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Performance Art</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Eligibility</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Plays cannot have previously been produced. (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Previously read plays are encouraged but not required</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Both agent and non-agent submissions are accepted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submission Deadline: END OF DAY – May 31st, 2022</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Electronic submissions only.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">HOW TO SUBMIT</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwrights should submit all materials in one single document, preferably a PDF file, via email attachment. This document must include: a short one-paragraph synopsis – illuminating the play’s plot; as well as a character description list.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submitted documents must be void of the playwright's name and contact information.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Send to </span><a href="mailto:Foothillsplays@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FoothillsPlays@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with 2022 SUBMISSION in the subject line.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Remember that the Foothills Arts Council is committed to paying artists and to that end a small stipend is available for all playwrights selected for our 2022 </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Short Play Festival</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"><br></div></div>