2019-2020 New York Intensive

Submission Guidelines

Submission deadline

September 15th

selections

October 15th

Announcements

October 23rd

 

Please Read Carefully

 

  1. Must be of Latino/a/x descent.

  2. Must be NYC (or tri-state) based.

  3. Must have written at least 2 full-length plays.

  4. Must have attended at least one Latinx Playwright Circle of NYC Group meeting.

  5. Must be present at all Intensive Meetings.

  6. Submit a 10 page excerpt of the play you’d like to work on during the intensive. Preferably the first ten pages of the plays.

  7. The 10 page excerpt must include play title and character descriptions, these two pages will not be counted towards the 10 page count.

  8. Please include a page where you have the synopsis and possible themes you are exploring in the play. This page should be AT THE END of your excerpt.

  9. The 10 page excerpts MUST be from a full length play. Please submit both the full length play that you’ll be working on during the intensive, and separately, the 10 pages to be considered.

  10. This is a blind submission, please make sure any identifying information is removed from the 10 page excerpt.

  11. Send play and excerpt to nyclatinxcircle@gmail.com. In the subject line please write Playwright Circe Intensive Submission and in the body of your email, please include your name, a short bio, resumé and the best contact information. We will then forward your blind submissions to our readers/selection committee.

 

The Intensive is part of our Residency with Primary Stage

The residency will consist of two components.

 

1.

The first being a writers group open to any Latinx identified playwright based in NYC. Meetings will be held 1-2 times each month where playwrights will bring pages to share and receive feedback.


 

2.

The second component is a 2-month (8 meetings) intensive for 4 LPC members whose works have been selected for further development. The two months will be spent discussing the plays, receiving feedback and rewriting. At the end of it there will be a private read-through with the mentors and different theater professionals (directors/designers/etc…) for final feedback of the play. The culmination of the intensive will be a public staged reading in the beginning of May 2020.

 

Primary Stages is an Off-Broadway not-for-profit theater company dedicated to inspiring, supporting, and sharing the art of playwriting. We operate on the strongly held belief that the future of American theater relies on nurturing playwrights and giving them the artistic support needed to create new work. Since our founding in 1984, we have produced more than 130 new plays, including In Transit by James-Allen-Ford, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth (on Broadway last season); Horton Foote’s The Roads to Home, The Day Emily Married, Harrison, TX, and Dividing the Estate (two Tony nominations); Donald Margulies’ The Model Apartment (1995 premiere and 2013 revival); David Ives’ Lives of the Saints and All in the Timing (original 1993 production and 2013 revival); Billy Porter’s While I Yet Live; Deborah Zoe Laufer’s Informed Consent; Charles Busch’s The Tribute Artist and Olive and the Bitter Herbs; Ike Holter’s Exit Strategy; Tanya Saracho’s Fade; Michael McKeever’s Daniel’s Husband, A.R. Gurney’s Black Tie; Theresa Rebeck’s Poor Behavior; Tanya Barfield’s The Call, Terrence McNally’s Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams and The Stendhal Syndrome; Dan O’Brien’s The Body of an American; Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter’s In the Continuum (which went on to tour the U.S., Africa, and Scotland); and Conor McPherson’s St. Nicholas (which marked the playwright’s U.S. debut). Our productions and artists have received critical acclaim, including Tony, Obie, Lortel, AUDELCO, Outer Critics’ Circle, Drama League, and Drama Desk awards and nominations. Primary Stages supports playwrights and develops new works through commissions, workshops, readings, and our education and training programs: The Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, the Marvin and Anne Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA), the Fordham/Primary Stages MFA in Playwriting, and the newly launched Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project. Through these programs, Primary Stages advocates for our artists, helping them make important—and often transformative— connections within the theater community.