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In order to save trees and save time, The Eclectic requests that ALL submissions are sent in electronically ONLY! Please email the following to ECTHurricaneSeason@gmail.com: 1. A cover letter that includes your name, address, phone number, e-mail, method of payment and source (how you first came to hear about this contest/festival). Please make sure your name and the name of your script is in the body of your email. 2. ONE PDF of the script WITHOUT the name of the author anywhere in the document. This is important to ensure our reading committee has no knowledge of who wrote the script. DEADLINE: All submissions and payments must be received by March 17, 2013. Early entry is encouraged. PAYMENT: Entry Fee is $15 You have TWO options for payment processing: 1. Send the processing fee via PayPal to ECTHurricaneSeason@gmail.com. 2. Send a check via snail mail to the following address. Please make all checks out to Eclectic Company Theatre. HURRICANE SEASON 2013 C/O THE ECLECTIC COMPANY THEATRE 5312 LAUREL CANYON BLVD. VALLEY VILLAGE, CA 91607 IMPORTANT: Submission Criteria 1. Scripts must be previously un-published. 2. Scripts must not have been previously produced in Los Angeles County. Prior productions in other counties, states or countries are acceptable. Produced is defined as any production, reading, or staging for a paying audience. 3. The running time of the script should be 15-40 minutes. This is approximately 10-35 pages. 4. One-person shows will not be considered. 5. Submissions must be in English. 6. Production requirements in the script (i.e., size of set, special effects, etc.) must be able to be adapted to fit into a black-box theatre using minimal set pieces, props, and costumes. We reserve the right to reject any script we believe cannot be produced in our facility. 7. Make sure your name and/or personal information is removed from the PDF submitted to ensure unbiased review. 8. We encourage you NOT to submit the same script to Hurricane Season two years in a row unless you have made significant changes. While this may not hurt the chances of your script being chosen, we like to see new and varied work each year. Different scripts will help us get better acquainted with your voice as a writer. Important Fine Print (Please Read!) The Eclectic Company Theatre's Hurricane Season Playwriting Competition is a part of the Hurricane Season New Play Festival. You are submitting to our Festival. Contestants are competing to win cash prizes for the top three best-written plays, as well as non-cash audience favorite awards. The competition is open to anyone but submissions must comply with submission criteria. Authors must guarantee that they have sole rights to all matter contained within the script. By submitting a script for consideration to the competition, the playwright agrees that The Eclectic Company Theatre may produce the script during the Hurricane Season Festival and has control over the artistic choices of this particular production. The Eclectic Company Theatre agrees to produce the script, if chosen, to the best of its ability. Furthermore, the playwright agrees to waive any royalty for the production of the script in the festival. The committee's decisions are final and no correspondence concerning the results may be entered into. Play Selection Process The Play Selection Committee will be made up of members of the Eclectic Company Theatre. ONLY a single producer of Hurricane Season will know the identity of the playwrights. That producer will not be a part of the reading committee. At least three different members of the Play Selection Committee will read each script. The Play Selection Committee will select the 9 scripts to be produced in the festival. . The Producers of Hurricane Season will notify playwrights of their status in a timely manner. A committee of 3-5 Judges will select a First, Second, and Third place winner, which will be announced during the award ceremony on August 23, 2013. Judges will be active Directors, Producers, Educators, and Playwrights in the theatre profession. None of the Judges will be members of the Eclectic Company Theatre or have any other involvement in the Festival, including submitting scripts of their own. Cash Prizes First Prize: $150 Second Prize: $100 Third Prize: $50 The nine finalists will be performed for two guaranteed weekends consisting of six performances and be eligible for audience favorite awards. (See Schedule below) Production (Non Cash) Prizes Audience Awards for Best Actor & Actress Audience Awards for Best Playwriting Audience Awards for Best Overall Production & Direction Festival Schedule Block A (will consist of 3 plays): July 12 - 14 and July 19 - 21, 2013 Block B (will consist of 3 plays): July 26 - 28 and August 2 - 4, 2013 Block C (will consist of 3 plays): August 9 - 11 and August 16 - 18, 2013 Award Ceremony: August 23, 2013 Please email us at ECTHurricaneSeason@gmail.com if you have any questions. |
| The Eclectic Company Theatre is proud to present its 10th Annual HURRICANE SEASON, a New Play Festival and Playwriting Competition. HURRICANE SEASON will blow through Los Angeles July 12th through August 18th, 2013. Each two-week block will feature a new program of three one-act plays never before produced in Los Angeles. The plays were selected by the members of the Eclectic Company Theatre's reading committee, with monetary prizes to be given to the top three best-written plays as selected by an independent jury. The audience will also get a chance to vote for their favorite plays, directors, performers and playwrights, with non-monetary prizes to be awarded at a special ceremony on August 23, 2013. Please join us in celebrating this 10th Anniversary Special Edition! |
Block 1 July 12 - 21, 2013 THE BLIZZARD Written by Chip Bolcik Directed by Rebecca Hayes Featuring Sarah Allyn Bauer and Christopher Poehls IMPROVISATION Written by Andrew Osborne Directed by Wendy Radford Featuring Mark Bate and Beth Ricketson THE POSSETHSION Written by Ron Burch Directed by Dean Farell Bruggeman Featuring Michelle Danyn, Steve Gustafson and Ann Simmons Block 2 July 26 - August 4, 2013 CARRYING ON Written by Harry M. Bagdasian Directed by Kerr Lordygan Featuring Jennifer Bailey, Elliott Davis, Carissa Gipprich, Steve Gustafson, Mason Hallberg and Perry Smith THE ROAD TO PARADISE Written by Caroline Marshall Directed by Biff Wiff Featuring Kenlyn Kanouse, Rachel Kanouse and Ryan McDonough SUPERMOM Written by Dean Farell Bruggeman Directed by Obed Medina Featuring Lyle Daly, Richard Fresca, Ariel Funk, Gabriel Green and Caroline Marshall Block 3 August 9 - 18, 2013 LUCKY LOU Written by Jonathan Cook Directed by Rebecca Hayes Featuring Carla Betz, Dean Farell Bruggeman and Mason Hallberg A SERIOUS PERSON Written by John Doble Directed by JC Gafford Featuring Brian Nocella and Deneen Melody YOU AND ME AND SHE AND I Written by John Levine Directed by Obed Medina Featuring Michelle Danyn, Carissa Gipprich and Caleb Slavens Performances will be Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm Tickets are $15, or you can save $10 with a Season Pass at $35 (includes one ticket for each of the three different program blocks) Reservations are strongly encouraged - Call (818) 508-3003 or click on the link above. |
| The Eclectic Company Theatre is pleased to announce the recipients of the 10th Annual Hurricane Season playwriting competition and audience awards. Thank you and congratulations to all Hurricane Season participants. Playwriting Competition (Selected by Independent Jury) 1st Place - Improvisation by Andrew Osborne 2nd Place - You and Me and She and I by John Levine 3rd Place - A Serious Person by John Doble Block 1 Audience Awards Best Actress - Beth Ricketson, Improvisation Best Actor - Mark Bate, Improvisation Best Director - Wendy Radford, Improvisation Best Playwright - Andrew Osborne, Improvisation Favorite Show - Improvisation Block 2 Audience Awards Best Actress - Rachel Kanouse, The Road to Paradise Best Actor - Ryan McDonough, The Road to Paradise Best Director - Kerr Lordygan, Carrying On Best Playwright - Caroline Marshall, The Road to Paradise Favorite Show - It was a tie! Carrying On and The Road to Paradise Block 3 Audience Awards Best Actress - Deneen Melody, A Serious Person Best Actor - Brian Nocella, A Serious Person Best Director - Obed Medina, You and Me and She and I Best Playwright - John Doble, A Serious Person Favorite Show - A Serious Person |