We are excited to announce that our 2015 Season will be a Festival of new works by MWT members. PAGE TO STAGE 2015 will run at La Mama Courthouse from October 5 – 25. Submissions can only be accepted until 15th June, so send in your scripts now!
PAGE TO STAGE 2015 will feature:
1. 2-WEEK SEASON
for a writer who has a developed, full-length play and a director interested in directing their work. The applicant must be a member of MWT, and be prepared to produce the season in conjunction with MWT. MWT will assist by providing a stage manager and in kind support. Applicants must include in their proposed budget 750 dollars per week for rent of the Courthouse (La Mama’s hire fee for the Courthouse for MWT full members).
The play for the Season will be selected by an independent dramaturg.
*** To ensure a fair assessment process, we request that scripts be submitted with a title page that does NOT show the author’s name or contact details. These details should be printed on a separate page, together with your production plan and details of your proposed director, and enclosed in a sealed envelope marked “Contact Details”.
Writers may submit up to 3 full-length plays.
Please send 2 hard copies of your script
together with the submission fee of $30 per script
payable by cheque/money order/bank transfer
Bank Transfer Details:
Melbourne Writers’ Theatre BSB: 033-178 Account No. 118971 Use your name as a reference.
to:
Melbourne Writers’ Theatre, PO Box 1049, Carlton, Victoria, 3054.
2. WEEK OF MONOLOGUES
directed by our resident director Elizabeth Walley and produced by MWT.
Monologues should be 5 – 15 minutes in length.
Again, to ensure an equitable assessment process we ask that scripts be submitted with a title page that does NOT show the author’s name or contact details. These details should be printed on a separate page, together with a brief synopsis (max. 200 words) of your monologue and any other details you feel are relevant to your submission – eg. the names of any actors you have approached in relation to the monologue – and enclosed in a sealed envelope marked “Contact Details”.
Writers may submit up to 5 monologues.
Please send 2 hard copies of your monologue,
together with the submission fee of $25 per monologue,
payable by cheque/money order/bank transfer
Bank Transfer Details:
Melbourne Writers’ Theatre BSB: 033-178 Account No. 118971 Use your name as a reference.
to:
Melbourne Writers’ Theatre, PO Box 1049, Carlton, Victoria, 3054.
As part of PAGE TO STAGE 2015, we will also be presenting a host of workshops on a variety of topics for MWT members . The full Festival program will be announced soon!