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<b class="ContentPasted0">Capital Repertory, Albany, NY Announces<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></b></p>
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<b style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><i class="ContentPasted0">Next Act! New Play Summit 12<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></i></b></p>
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The submission process for Capital Repertory Theatre’s <b class="ContentPasted0">
Twelfth Annual NEXT ACT! NEW PLAY SUMMIT </b>is now open!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0">
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<b><i class="ContentPasted0">NEXT ACT!</i></b>, now in its twelfth year, is an expansion of Capital Repertory Theatre’s (theREP) commitment to the development of new work. At the same time, the four-day long summit is designed to complement the Upper Hudson
Valley’s rich diverse populations. <b><i class="ContentPasted0">NEXT ACT! New Play Summit 12
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theREP is looking for scripts that use theatre to address injustices, inequities, and cultural collisions, providing a voice for the unheard on stage, in the workplace, the Capital Region and beyond. Specifically seeking scripts with racial, ethnic, generational,
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<b class="ContentPasted0">Accepting full length <u class="ContentPasted0">plays</u> only.
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Pieces written by and featuring POC stories and characters encouraged.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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Maximum of 5 actors (doubling is allowed if it works to illuminate the story).<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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Comedy and Drama welcome!<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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<b><u class="ContentPasted0">ELIGIBILITY<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></u></b></p>
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Eligible <b><i class="ContentPasted0">plays</i></b> <b class="ContentPasted0">cannot</b> have been previously produced, though previous readings are allowed. Plays can have no more than five (5) actors (doubling is allowed if it works to illuminate the story).<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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<b class="ContentPasted0">Plays previously submitted to NEXT ACT will not be considered!<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></b></p>
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Agent and non-agent submissions accepted – both must adhere to the guidelines.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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<b class="ContentPasted0">Submission Deadline: END OF DAY – Tuesday, January 31, 2023<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></b></p>
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<b><u class="ContentPasted0">HOW TO SUBMIT<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></u></b></p>
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Playwrights should submit all materials in <b class="ContentPasted0">one (and only one) document</b>, either a Microsoft word document
<b class="ContentPasted0">or</b> a PDF file, via email attachment. This document must include: a short one-paragraph synopsis – illuminating the play’s entire plot including its ending; the character descriptions and the first ten (10) pages
<b class="ContentPasted0">(and only the first ten pages)</b> of their play. Submission documents must be void of playwright’s name and contact information.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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<b><i class="ContentPasted0">Submissions that do not conform to the guidelines stipulated will not be accepted!<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></i></b></p>
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Email your submission to <a href="mailto:mhall@capitalrep.org" class="ContentPasted0">
nextact@capitalrep.org</a> with 2023 SUBMISSION in the subject line.<i><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></i></p>
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A small stipend is available for selected playwrights.</p>
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Electronic submissions only.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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<b><u class="ContentPasted0">PLAYS SELECTED:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></u></b></p>
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Playwrights selected for the summit will be notified in late March or early April 2023.
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No less than two plays will be selected to have readings (with an eye towards a potential future production) during the annual summit, which will take place in early June of 2023.
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Capital Rep is a professional LORT D theatre, established in Albany in 1981.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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