Edgemar Center for the Arts and The Edgemar Theatre Group Are now accepting submissions for… Acts on The Edge: Annual One Act Short Play Festival Want to submit a one-act to Acts on The Edge 2011? Edgemar Theatre Group will be accepting submissions for the 2011 Acts on The Edge from July 17-December 1, 2010. All submissions will be accepted through www.edgemarcenter.org/events. After your $5.00 submission fee is processed you will receive a confirmation email with all the details of where to submit your script(s). Submission Guidelines - Only unproduced works will be accepted. Plays that have had staged readings are eligible, it is preferred that this be the World premiere production of the work.
- Legal clearance of ALL materials not in the public domain are the full responsibility of the playwright.
- Length: 15 minutes maximum, no minimum.
- Production criteria include scripts requiring minimal technical support for a 65 seat theatre and cast of characters with an age range of 20-50. Sets should be minimal.
- Submission fee: $5.00 per script.
- Playwrights may make multiple submissions, each under a separate cover. Only one play per author will be chosen.
- Please include a title page with name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Please submit a synopsis and character breakdown.
- Playwright must provide in their submission a letter giving the Edgemar Theatre Group the right to produce the work free of all royalties as part of an evening of new works which will be presented in 2011. Please note in the statement that all material in the play is in the public within your right to provide performance clearance. By submitting permission is also given to pursue publication of all chosen one acts as part of an anthology collection.
- The volume of scripts submitted hampers our ability to comment individually on each work, so we do not offer criticism.
- Deadline for submission: December 1, 2010.
2010 Acts on The Edge 12 Innovative pieces were selected from over 800 playwrights from around the world. 12 Directors brought them to life in 2 evenings of theatre that ran in repertory from April 23rd, 2010-May 16th, 2010. The festival lineup included: Dorothy Parker is in the Bath by Laurel Ollstein
Gunning for Life by William Borden
Chip Chop by Matt Lutz
Cry it Out by Jennifer Lankford Long
Do Not Remove by Victoria Goring
Godly Acres by Crystal Smith
Ziploc by Holli Harms
Back to Normal by Thomas Moran
LA 8am by Mark Harvey Levin
Third First Person by Alex Dremann
Soar by Jennifer Maisel
My Name is Art by Peter Snoad SUBMIT A PLAY | 
