<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black"><b style=""><font size="4">Foothills Arts Council </font><span style="font-size:12pt">is currently seeking submissions for
scripts by local playwrights for our </span><i style="font-size:12pt">Short Play Festival</i><span style="font-size:12pt">!</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> 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, but </span><b style="font-size:12pt">all scripts meeting the requirements below are welcome!</b><span style="font-size:12pt">
The Foothills Council aims 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><i style="font-size:12pt">Short Play Festival</i><span style="font-size:12pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">Requirements</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">One act play. (Approximately
<i>15 pages or less</i>) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">Ideally</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">, a maximum of 4 actors. (<i>Flexible</i>)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">Comedy </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">and <b>Drama </b>are as welcome as <b>Pantomime
</b>and <b>Performance Art</b>!</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">Eligibility</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">Plays cannot have
previously been produced. (<i>Previously read plays are encouraged but not
required</i>)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">Both agent and
non-agent submissions are accepted.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">Submission Deadline:
END OF DAY – May 31st, 2022</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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submissions only.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">HOW TO SUBMIT</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">Submitted documents
must be void of the playwright's name and contact information.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">Send to </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Foothillsplays@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"EB Garamond"">FoothillsPlays@gmail.com</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black"> with 2022 SUBMISSION in the subject
line.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"EB Garamond";color:black">Remember that the
Foothills Arts Council is committed to paying artists and to that end <b>a
small stipend is available for all playwrights selected for our 2022 <i>Short
Play Festival</i>.</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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