Thursday, May 16, 2013

Opportunity: Call for Tejano Plays for Anthology, Deadline June 26

Posted on Facebook by Rupert Reyes of Teatro Vivo:




CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: JUNE 26, 2013

MADE IN TEJAS An Anthology of Texas-made Latino/a Plays and Performances

TEJAS Teatro companies and individual artists, this one is just for you!

CRITERIA FOR SUBMISSION:
1. Must be created and produced right herein TEXAS by Teatro companies or individuals who consider themselves Chicano/a or Latino/a playwrights or performance artists living and working in Texas.
2. Must be previously unpublished work produced since the year 2000.
3. The work can be in English, English/Spanish, or Spanish.
4. The play or performance must be cleanly typewritten and professionally edited for typos etc. Use MS Word.doc. FORMAT: flush left CHARACTER: talk talk talk. Single space, Times New Roman 12 points.
5. Include a 200 word Company Bio (or mission statement), or Brief Artist Bio with a brief production history of the piece, particularly where it premiered and if it was a commission. Provide website and other social media addresses.
6. Participants provide one image 300dpi format .jpg with release forms for all artists pictured.
7. Artist or company is responsible for procuring permission for the use of any copyrighted material used in the performance from the original source. (This holds true for adaptations.)
8. One submission per company/artist.
9. Companies will select ONE person within their organization as a liaison to communicate with the editors, please.
10. All email communication with the editors requires PROMPT response within 48 hours. We are on a FAST track here.
11. Be willing to participate in The Author Speaks (author/company interview). In the case of devised or collective work, be willing to share the process in written form.

We are looking for these FOUR TYPES of work:

Plays: Any one act or full length play by individual artist or companies.
Performances: Work by an individual artist or group of the spoken word
Theatre for Young Audiences: Plays or performances designed to be performed for audiences of children and/or adolescents.
Devised/Collective creation: Plays or performances created through a collective process by a company or group of artists for adults.

PLEASE SEND SUBMISSIONS TO ALL: Teresa Marrero (Marrero@unt.edu), Lorenzo Garcia (Garcia@unt,.edu) and Vanessa Mercado-Taylor (vanessamercadotaylor@gmail.com).

SUBJECT LINE: PLEASE STATE ONE OF THE FOUR TYPES OF WORKS LISTED ABOVE (PLAY, PERFORMANCE, YOUNG AUDIENCES, DEVISED/COLLECTIVE).

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