The Women Center Stage Short Play Fest

Request for Proposals
Deadline: 5pm, December 14, 2007

Women Center Stage (WCS) is a multidisciplinary producing arm of
Culture Project, focused on supporting and vigorously promoting the
work of women artists, writers, and changemakers. WCS is becoming an
echo chamber for the most contemporary and relevant work by women –
to build community and solidarity, share stories and ideas, and challenge
one another to act and react.

WCS will present its annual festival in Spring 2008, featuring a new short
plays festival. We are looking for submissions from women directors who
wish to direct a short play (15 minutes or less) with a focus on social
change . Plays may be old or new, and social change may be defined
broadly.

Proposals should address the following:
1. a brief synopsis of the play
2. a description of your directorial vision for the play
3. raison d'etre: the reason for your interest in the play
4. character breakdown
5. casting wish list (optional)

Mail ALONG WITH A SCRIPT and a RESUME or CV to:

Women Center Stage
Culture Project
55 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10013

For information about Women Center Stage,
visit http://www.CultureProject.org/wcs

Questions?
Please email wcs@cultureproject.org or call 212.925.1806

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
If you can't find the answer to your question here, email wcs@cultureproject.org

May playwrights submit their plays directly?
No, this RFP is only for submissions from directors. If you are a playwright and wish to submit a play for consideration, please send a brief email to wcs@cultureproject.org for more information on our regular submissions procedures.
When will I be notified of the selection results?
Culture Project will notify all applicants of the results of the selection process on or before February 15, 2008.
If my piece is selected, what is the process that follows?
Women Center Stage staff will assign a performance date and time for the piece; we will work with selected directors to cast their piece, and will assign rehearsal time prior to the Women Center Stage 2008 festival (beginning in late April; specific dates TBA).
If my piece is selected, will I be paid for my work?
Directors and actors will be provided with an honorarium for their work in Women Center Stage 2008.
May I propose more than one play?
If you wish to propose more than one short play for consideration, please contact Women Center Stage to discuss the pieces with our staff prior to submitting your application.
What does "social change" mean?
For our purposes, the term social change can be defined very broadly – we are looking for pieces that address issues of pressing concern in the world, pieces that tell stories of individuals or communities making change, even pieces that ask what social change means. If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Does the play have to be about women or women's issues?
No. At Culture Project we believe that all human issues are women's issues, and vice versa.
Does the playwright and/or all the characters have to be female?
No. Only the director of the piece need be female.

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SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

NAME: ___________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________________
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EMAIL: ___________________________________________________________
PHONE: __________________________________________________________
Have you participated in WCS programming previously? Yes ___ No ___
If yes, when and what? ___________________________________________
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SCRIPT DETAILS

TITLE: ___________________________________________________________

PLAYWRIGHT(S): __________________________________________________

ATTACHMENTS:
___ SYNOPSIS:
___ VISION:
___ RAISON D'ETRE:
___ CHARACTERS:
___ CASTING WISH LIST (optional):
___ SCRIPT
___ RESUME or CV