ALAMEDA THEATRE COMPANY: An Avenue for Latin Voices

2007-2008

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

1ST ANNUAL

2008 DE COLORES FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS BY LATIN-CANADIAN PLAYWRIGHTS

Alameda Theatre Company, Canada's premiere professional Latin Canadian theatre company, invites submissions from established and emerging playwrights for our first ever Latin Canadian playwright’s festival: THE 2008 DE COLORES FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS.

The festival will focus on providing developmental support for works in progress by pairing the chosen playwrights with professional dramaturgs from Toronto’s theatre community. This year’s festival dramaturgs are the award- winning director and playwright Guillermo Verdecchia (Bloom, The Noam Chomsky Lectures, Insomnia, Fronteras Americanas to name a few) and Stephen Colella, Dramaturg at Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People.

Our mandate is to provide opportunities to Latin Canadian theatre artists and playwrights and to build audiences for their work. We envision that Latin American arts and artists will be embraced by a broad Canadian community that is aware of, understands and respects the Latin-American Canadian experience.

Scripts selected for the 2008 De Colores Festival of New Works will receive dramaturgical sessions from January to June 2008, a short workshop and staged reading in June 2008 and will automatically be short-listed for production in our upcoming seasons. Selected playwrights will be contacted by December 2007.

Deadline for submissions: October 15, 2007

GUIDELINES:

1. Scripts must be Canadian, original, un-produced works of 60 to 120 minutes in length.

2. Playwrights must be citizens or landed immigrants of Canada.

3. We will NOT accept more than one submission per playwright.

4. All themes are encouraged. Plays need not have specific Latin American themes or characters, but playwrights must be of Latin American origin, as the goal with this festival is to develop Latin American voices in Canada. (Even if you do not speak any Spanish, if you identify yourself as Latin American, Hispanic, Latino, Spanish or a mix of these, we encourage your submission.)

5. Cast size should preferably be no more than 5 characters.

6. All plays must be in English OR translated into English before the start of the festival.

7. Please include a one-page synopsis with the theme, plot, length of play, character breakdowns and any doubling possibilities.

8. Please also include a title page, with playwright’s name, name of play and contact information.

9. Submissions must be in hard copy only (emails will NOT be accepted), typed or word-processed, one side, loose page and minimum 11-point font on white paper. All pages must be numbered with the title of the play on each page.

10. Please do not submit original copies. If you wish to have your scripts returned, please include a SASE with the correct postage.

Please note:

Playwrights whose scripts are selected are encouraged to attend the festival in June. An honorarium will be provided to writers for the playwright unit and festival, however travel is the responsibility of the artist.

Please submit scripts to:

2008 De Colores Festival of New Works

ALAMEDA THEATRE COMPANY

966A Dundas St. W.

Toronto, Ontario

M6J 1W5

For more information regarding the 2008 De Colores Festival of New Works please email hola@alamedatheatre.com or call (416) 428-7638.

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