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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><strong class="ContentPasted0">Capital Repertory, Albany, NY Announces </strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><i><strong class="ContentPasted0">NEXTT ACT! New Play Summit 13 </strong></i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">The submission process for Capital Repertory Theatre’s<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><strong class="ContentPasted0">Thirteenth Annual NEXT ACT! NEW PLAY SUMMIT</strong><span><strong class="ContentPasted0"> </strong></span>is
now open!<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span> </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0"><i><strong class="ContentPasted0">NEXT ACT!</strong></i>, now in its thirteenth year, is an expansion of Capital Repertory Theatre’s (theREP) commitment to the development of new work. The multi-day
summit is also designed to complement the Upper Hudson Valley’s rich diverse populations.<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><i><strong class="ContentPasted0">NEXT ACT! New Play Summit 13</strong></i><span><i><strong class="ContentPasted0"> </strong></i></span>will
take place in late April and early May 2024 (exact dates coming soon) and will swirl around the theatre’s World Premiere Production that came from the 2022 Summit. The annual summit will feature readings of several never-before produced plays, with additional
events throughout the summit. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">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, religious and gender diversity. Scripts that engage art and social justice. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><strong class="ContentPasted0">Accepting full length</strong><span><strong class="ContentPasted0"> </strong></span><strong><u class="ContentPasted0">plays</u></strong><span><strong class="ContentPasted0"> </strong></span><strong class="ContentPasted0">only.</strong><span><strong class="ContentPasted0"> </strong></span><strong class="ContentPasted0"> </strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">(No Musicals.) </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Pieces written by and featuring POC stories and characters encouraged. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Maximum of 5 actors (doubling is allowed if it works to illuminate the story). </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Comedy and Drama welcome! </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><strong><u class="ContentPasted0">ELIGIBILITY </u></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Eligible<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><i><strong class="ContentPasted0">plays</strong></i><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><strong class="ContentPasted0">cannot</strong><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>have
been previously produced, though previous readings are allowed.<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><strong class="ContentPasted0">Plays can have no more than a</strong><span><strong class="ContentPasted0"> </strong></span><strong><u class="ContentPasted0">cast</u></strong><span><strong class="ContentPasted0"> </strong></span><strong class="ContentPasted0">of
five (5) actors</strong><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>(doubling is allowed if it works to illuminate the story). </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><strong class="ContentPasted0">Plays previously submitted to NEXT ACT will not be considered! </strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Agent and non-agent submissions accepted – both must adhere to the guidelines. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><strong class="ContentPasted0"> </strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><strong class="ContentPasted0">Submission Deadline: END OF DAY – October 31, 2023 </strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><strong><u class="ContentPasted0">HOW TO SUBMIT </u></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Playwrights should submit all materials in<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><strong class="ContentPasted0">one (and only one) document</strong>, either a Microsoft word document<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><strong class="ContentPasted0">or</strong><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>a
PDF file, via email attachment. Said 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<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><strong class="ContentPasted0">(and
only the first ten</strong><span><strong class="ContentPasted0"> </strong></span><strong class="ContentPasted0">pages)</strong><span class="ContentPasted0"> of their play. Submission documents must be void of playwright’s name and contact information.</span> </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><i><strong class="ContentPasted0">Submissions that do not conform to the guidelines stipulated will not be accepted, no exceptions! </strong></i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Email your submission to<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a title="mailto:mhall@capitalrep.org" href="mailto:mhall@capitalrep.org" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" class="fui-Link ___10kug0w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0" style="overflow-wrap:break-word" id="OWA9296d205-8fcf-8c1d-50f7-95531cd0a7e1">nextact@capitalrep.org</a><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>with
2024 SUBMISSION in the subject line.<i class="ContentPasted0"> </i></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">A small stipend is available for selected playwrights.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Electronic submissions only. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><strong><u class="ContentPasted0">PLAYS SELECTED: </u></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Playwrights selected for the summit will be notified in late March 2024.<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span> </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">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 late April/early May 2024.<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span> </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Capital Rep is a professional LORT D theatre, established in Albany in 1981.</p>
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