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ShortLived 3.0 Submissions, for Writers

13 Jan

PLAYWRIGHT SUBMISSIONS

ShortLived 3.0, a playwriting competition featuring local playwrights and theater groups scored by audiences, runs every Friday and Saturday night at 8PM at The Asylum Lab, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. (at Vine), Los Angeles and at Off-Market, 965 Mission St (between 5th and 6th), San Francisco, from April 2- June 26. Tickets are $20 at the door and online at www.pianofight.com.

Past winners include Daniel Heath who penned the original “Fork Off On Your Own Forking Adventure Which You’ve Forked: FORKING!”, which played to sold out audiences last January and Bill Bivins, the most celebrated playwright from the 2009 SF Fringe Fest, whose full-length play “The Position” debuts February 4th at Off-Market Theater.

Only playwrights from the Los Angeles area and San Francisco Bay Area may submit. If you meet this criterion, you may submit any style of short play – sketch comedy, dramatic, or something in between are all welcome – so long as it has not been fully produced anywhere else, and it does not run longer than 12 minutes.

The script will be directed and performed by PianoFight company members.

If the piece wins the round, it will automatically clinch a spot in the Championship Weekend. It will also stay in competition for subsequent rounds until it scores in the bottom four pieces.

If the piece does not win the round, but places in the top four by the end of the round, it will stay on to compete again in the next round for a chance to clinch a spot in the Championship Weekend.

If the piece scores in the bottom four by the end of the round, it will be dropped from competition, and the playwright may submit again if he/she would like.

LA submissions can be sent to ShortLivedLA@gmail.com.

SF submissions can be sent to ShortLivedSF@gmail.com.

Please put you’re your name and “Playwright Submission” in the subject line.

NOTE: Submissions should not be prop heavy or require too much tech/sets. There is no compensation for competing, however there is also no fee to submit. Compensation will be given in the form of the Grand Prize.

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ShortLived 3.0 Submissions, for Theater Groups

13 Jan

GROUP SUBMISSIONS

ShortLived 3.0, a playwriting competition featuring local playwrights and theater groups scored by audiences, runs every Friday and Saturday night at 8PM at The Asylum Lab, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. (at Vine), Los Angeles and at Off-Market, 965 Mission St (between 5th and 6th), San Francisco, from April 2- June 26. Tickets are $20 at the door and online at http://www.pianofight.com.

One group will be given one slot each round to produce a piece written, directed, and performed by that group. Only groups from the Los Angeles area and San Francisco Bay Area may submit.

If the piece wins the round it will immediately clinch a slot in the finals. At that point, the group will have the option of stopping performance of that piece until the Championship Weekend, or performing it through the run (unless it gets voted off).

If the piece does not win the round, but places in the top four, the group has the option of coming back to compete in the next round to try again for clinching a slot in the Championship Weekend. However, if the group chooses not to continue they may drop out at any time.

If the piece is scored in the bottom four at the end of the round, it will be dropped from the line-up.

To submit, please send an email including the script you wish to perform, and a little about your company with the name of your company and “Group Submission” in the subject line.

LA group submissions can be sent to ShortLivedLA@gmail.com.

SF group submissions can be sent to ShortLivedSF@gmail.com.

Any group with any script is welcome, so long as the piece has never been fully produced and does not run longer than 12 minutes. Groups will be chosen by PianoFight.

NOTE: Pieces should work in a black box setting, meaning a “set” will only include chairs or blocks etc. Props and tech should be fairly minimal as well, and entirely supplied by the group, not PianoFight. There is no compensation for competing, however there is also no fee to submit. Compensation will be given in the form of the Grand Prize, which will consist of one month’s worth of space in both SF and LA.

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