Pan Theater's 2007 Play Festivals:

Anything Can Happen, Ambiguous Endings,  Halloween Tales, and Christmas Stories.

• Deadlines

• Suggestions for Submissions

• Notes from 2006 Winners

• Fees: FEES WAIVED FOR 2007

• Bay Area Authors

• What to include

• Mailing Address

Last year's festival sold out at every performance.

Pictures from the 2005 Play Festival: Anything Can Happen in Ten Minutes

Deadlines/Contests/Types of Plays Sought:

We are accepting plays for 2007. Note we are limiting the number of total entries per category to 150. Once we receive 150 entries we will no longer accept pieces for a given contest.

Deadlines/Contests for 2007:

Ambiguous Endings: March 30th 2007 (8 plays/sketches/one acts chosen)

Plays that deal with unresolved endings/uncertain conclusions. We want both comedic and dramatic plays for this series. These plays should be at most 30 minutes. Production date is July 2007.

Plays Received: 0 Contest slots open: 150.

Anything Can Happen: April 30th 2007 (15 plays/sketches chosen)

Ten minute plays. The plays need to be playable in ten minutes or less. Shorter plays/blackouts are good. Comedy and absurdity are good, but we also choose more dramatic pieces. Please review the notes for submission guidelines. Production date is September 2007.

Plays Received: 0 Contest slots open: 150.

Halloween Plays: June 30th (10 plays chosen)

30 minutes or less. We are looking for both obvious and less obvious horror/fright. Production date is October 2007.

Plays Received: 0 Contest slots open: 150.

Christmas Shorts: June 30th (10 winners chosen)

Happy holiday plays. These should be short and light, or have a happy ending. Production date is December 2007.

Plays Received: 0 Contest slots open: 150.

All writers with plays accepted for production will paid at the rate of $35 per play. We are limiting the number of plays being reviewed per category. It is suggested to submit any entries early.

Authors of winning plays agree to the following:

To give Pan Theater (and/or its direct successors) the right to produce/stage the plays for an unlimited number of  productions for a ten year period. Plays may be added to the Pan Theater revue/repertory series.

Pan Theater Agrees:

Pan Theater will pay winning authors $30 per play that wins.

Authors will be entitled to an author comp ticket during the run of their play. This is for play authors only.

Suggestions for submissions:

• Have the play read by actors before submitting

• Provide some background detail for the actors

• All submissions should include a synopsis and character outlines

• Limit the number of actors to six at most

• The play should be appropriate for a minimalist production style

• Review our troupe photo pages- these are the people that will be cast in the plays.

Notes from the winning submissions for 2006:

• Only one winning play was over ten pages in length

• No play with more than six characters was chosen as a festival winner

• Plays requiring extensive props and scenery were not chosen!

• Plays requiring music were not chosen

• Plays that could not be cast from our actor based (troupes) were not chosen

• Each play could be easily summarized in one sentence

• Authors followed submission guidelines

• Winning plays had strong central relationships

• Winning plays had a strong main action/event

• Characters were transformed during the play

• Plays chosen were easy to produce with minimal scenery/props

• Plays were easy to cast from our performing troupes

The Ten Minute Play- Drama Workshop Web site (links to external site)

Information on the structure, goal, history and style of ten minute plays.

Plays will be judged by a panel of local performers, directors, actors, and writers. Each piece will be rated separately on the following metrics:

• Meets performance requirements suggested

• Provides strong sense of character, location, and action

• Casting description/suggestions is flexible

• Story holds interest with discernable and actable objectives

• Play is a complete story/scene

• Writing is entertaining and provides a scene that will hold audience interest

• No submissions from current Pan Theater performers or students will be accepted

• All plays will be judged blind without reference to the author or author's previous work

SUBMITTING PLAYS:

• We are waiving all submission fees for 2007.

• There are no submission fees for plays in 2007. There is a two play limit per author/per a category.

• No more than two plays per category/per author.

• Send two copies of each play with the second copy marked reading copy.

• We are no longer accepting electronic submissions!

No materials are returned/ we do not send out notification emails. Winners titles/authors are posted to the Web site.

What to include:

• Writer's info

• Production/Reading History

• Synopsis/Character Info

• Production suggestions

• Full contact information

• Label each play clearly and on the front cover with which category it is being submitted to/for.

Submission Address:

• NO Electronic submissions.

• SNAIL MAIL

  Pan Theater Play Festival

  1611 Telegraph Avenue, #702, Oakland, CA 94612

  Oakland, CA 94612

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