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 Must be previously unpublished work produced since the year 2000.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).

Teatro Vivo Invites Scripts for New Latino Play Festival; Deadline Is February 12, 2013

Teatro Vivo Call for Scripts from Texas Playwrights The 2013 Austin Latino New Play Festival (ALNPF) May 16 - 18, 2013, 8 p.m. 3 nights, 3 new plays at the Rollins Theatre Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin TX Deadline for submission by e-mail is midnight, February 12, 2013

The Austin Latino New Play Festival brings together playwrights and audience members together for staged readings and rich conversation about three new scripts, each running just one night. After each reading, the playwright, director and actors participate in moderated talkback sessions with the audience. Attendees are able here, to provide feedback to the playwrights. The focus for the 2013 ALNPF is on Texas/Tejano playwrights. ALNPF focused on Austin playwrights in 2011 and in 2012 on a national call for scripts. What is the process for Austin Latino New Play Festival (ALNPF)? How do I submit a script? The ALNPF provides an opportunity for Texas playwrights to hear, see, and receive feedback on their original works. The festival format brings together the playwright to work with a dramaturg, director, and actors to bring their play to life as a staged reading in front of an audience. The rehearsal process for each staged reading is approximately 1 1/2 weeks long. Guidelines for ALPNF scripts: *The script is a work by a Latino(a) playwright or focused on the lives of Latino(a)s. * Scripts already produced or scripts scheduled for full production before August 2013, do not qualify as a script in development. *The script is an original work. *The script utilizes both the English and Spanish language. Playwrights selected will... *be available and willing to collaborate with the dramaturg and the director that are selected to work with your play. *be available to participate in the development process via email, Skype or in person. *be available on to attend the reading of their play, and participate in a facilitated talk back with the audience immediately after the reading. We encourage playwrights to attend all three readings of the festival, if possible. This year's ALNPF will playwrights selected will be invited to share their work with with local writers and community members in a 60- to 90-minute workshop/dialogue the afternoon of their reading.

Click to go to the Teatro Vivo website for submission inforfmation