Theatre Arts Program
The Theatre Arts Program and Kelly Writers House are pleased to announce the second year of the PENN PLAYS FELLOWSHIP, a collaborative playwriting project open to current students, faculty, and staff at the University of Pennsylvania. The PENN PLAYS FELLOWSHIP features a $500 award and the opportunity to develop the winner’s script through critical feedback by Penn faculty, professional writers, and dramaturgs. The Fellowship will culminate in a staged reading or lightly produced workshop production of the winning work at the Bruce Montgomery theatre in March, 2015.
Directing the staged reading of this year's winning fellowship play will be People's Light & Theatre resident director Samantha Bellomo (below, left). The winning playwright will be mentored by award winning playwright Jackie Goldfinger (below, right)
Project Timeline:
Deadline for play submissions: October 19, 2014
Award announced: by November 14, 2014
First public reading of winning script: December 5, 1:00 PM (Kelly Writers House)
Period for critical feedback/play development: December 5, 2014 - February 13, 2015
Play reading/performance: March 27, 2015 (Bruce Montgomery Theatre, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)
Play submission guidelines:
Submission Deadline: OCTOBER 19 (midnight)
- This competition is for any length play. (No screenplays, please.)
- The script should submitted in English, with one inch margins all sides, in 12 point font.
- Please submit your play ELECTRONICALLY, as a PDF, to Jessica Lowenthal (jalowent@writing.upenn.edu), with PENN PLAYS FELLOWSHIP ENTRY as the subject line. Your name SHOULD NOT appear on the manuscript. Please include your contact information, including name, phone, email address, and title of submission in the body of the email.
Please feel free to send any questions to jalowent@writing.upenn.edu.