NATIVE VOICES AT THE AUTRY ANNUAL CALL FOR SCRIPTS
Native Voices at the Autry is the nation's premiere Equity theatre company dedicated to the development and production of new works for the stage by Native American and First Nations artists. We accept submissions year round but to be considered for the specific events listed below all submissions must be received between September 1 - 15.
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1st Annual Short Play Festival
An all new event! Selected short plays and one acts will be presented during the Autry National Center American Indian Arts Market in Los Angeles. This year's theme is Indians in America: What You See is What You Get inviting a wide range of short scripts. Selected plays will be given a staged reading on November 5, 2011. Of the plays presented, one will be selected by a panel of judges for the 2011 Award for Excellence in Playwriting, a $1,000 cash prize.
2012 Playwrights Retreat and Festival of New Plays
The retreat and festival brings artists together from across the globe to continue work on a select number of plays through a rigorous directorial and dramturgical commitment for this week-long retreat in June at San Diego State University with public presentations at the Tony award-winning La Jolla Playhouse and the Autry National Center. Selected playwrights receive directorial and dramaturgical support as well as an honorarium; out-of-town artists receive round trip airfare plus lodging in Southern California.
2012 First Look Series
Selected plays receive a 10-hour workshop and public presentation at the Autry National Center. Selected playwrights receive directorial and dramaturgical support as well as an honorarium; out-of-town artists receive round trip airfare plus lodging in Southern California.
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Native Voices at the Autry
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Plays are evaluated on originality, theme, theatricality, and execution.
Plays workshopped at Native Voices at the Autry have gone on to productions and/or readings at The Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, VSA North Fourth Art Center, Workshop West in Canada, Pennsylvania Center Stage, Trinity Repertory Company, Montana Rep; and have been featured at the Kennedy Center's New Visions/New Voices Theatre for Young Audiences in Washington D.C.; the Two Worlds Native American Theater and Film Festival in New Mexico; the City University of New York Indigenous World Theatre Reading Series; Idyllwild Native Arts Week; the Originals Festival in Brisbane, Australia; the ASSITEJ 16th World Congress and Performing Arts Festival; the Origins Festival in London; among others.
