Deadline September 7 | Search for Plays Confronting Racial/ Ethnic Issues: The 2012 Ruby Lloyd Apsey Award (US)

30 August 2012
Deadline September 7 | Search for Plays Confronting Racial/ Ethnic Issues: The 2012 Ruby Lloyd Apsey Award (US)
Deadline: 7 September 2012

Every year, Theatre UAB conducts a search for new and original full-length plays confronting racial or ethnic issues, especially those calling for ethnically diverse and/or multi-racial casting. The Apsey Award consists of a $1000 prize plus a staged reading and audience talk-back at Theatre UAB.

We prefer recyclable hard-copy submissions, but we do accept electronic submissions PROVIDED each submission is a SINGLE FILE containing a brief synopsis of the play and a cover letter giving highlights of the author's theatre experience. Next submission period: June 1st - September 7th, 2012.

The Apsey winner will be a play with intriguing characters, an engrossing plot, a strong sense of the true power of live performance, meaty roles for university-level actors, and a fresh examination of race relations in America with genuinely challenging insights. Produced scripts are welcome, but preference will be given to world premieres.

Each submission must include:
  • a brief synopsis of the play
  • a cover letter giving highlights of the author's theatre experience
Send all scripts to:

The Ruby Lloyd Apsey Play Search
Theatre UAB ASC 255
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham AL 35294-1263
OR to leeshack@uab.edu

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: leeshack@uab.edu

Website: http://www.uab.edu/theatre
  • Deadline August 30 | Call for Applications: National Book Development Trust Fund (Philippines)
    Deadline: 30 August 2012The NBDB is now accepting applications for grant for 2013 in the following topics: 1) Habitat Rehabilitation and Social Impacts; 2) A…
  • Job Opening: Editor for Raintree Media (India)
    Raintree MediaWe welcome people with imagination and application, self-starters who are empowered by the desire to excel and revel in a job well done.Senior Editor/…
  • Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer Longlisted for Guardian First Book Award
    Ten titles contend for £10,000 Guardian First Book Award, with subjects covered including everything from the itinerant experience of the Somali community to…
Related Opportunities:
Ranked: 500 highest-paying publications for freelance writers
The Freelance 500 Report (2015 Edition, 138 pages) profiles the highest-paying markets, ranked to help you decide which publication to query first. The info and links in this report are current. Details here.