<div dir="ltr"><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">Albany Civic Theater is looking for local <span class="gmail-il">Playwrights</span> to
submit for our <span class="gmail-il">Playwright</span>’s <span class="gmail-il">Showcase</span> on
Sunday, August 3rd, 2025! Playwrights should be able to attend the
performance/talkback.</span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">Submissions for the <span class="gmail-il"><b>Playwright</b></span><b>’s <span class="gmail-il">Showcase</span> </b>should include a brief synopsis and a copy of
an original work.  We will accept one-act plays or a section of a
longer play (up to an hour of performance).  We also reserve the
right to feature more than one original work in the <span class="gmail-il">Playwright</span>’s <span class="gmail-il">Showcase</span>. </span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">The production will be presented at Albany Civic Theater as a
blocked staged reading with a talkback after the play. <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Albany Civic Theater will assign a director who will also cast
the play.  </span></span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">For submissions, here is what you need to do:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)"></span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">1.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">  </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">Email a copy of the script of each submission (up
to two selections) to:</span></p>

<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">Albany
Civic Theater Artistic Director Ellen Cribbs at<br>
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:ellencribbs@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(17,85,204)">ellencribbs@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">2.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">       </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">Include
your name and email address on your synopsis.</span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">3.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">       </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">Enter your
submissions by <u>May 10, 2025</u></span></p>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)">We look forward to receiving your submissions and beginning the
selection process! If you have any questions, please email Ellen at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:ellencribbs@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(17,85,204)">ellencribbs@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(38,40,42)"></span></p></div>