ITW New Work Submission Criteria

 

NEW WORK SUBMISSION CRITERIA

In The Works ~ In The Woods provides paid opportunities, resources and a week in the Catskills to assist in developing new Plays, Musicals, Theater for Young Audiences (TYA) and new, solo Cabaret shows in our CabLab. 

Our submission process for Plays and Musicals is open until February 19th, 2024. The main criteria for new play and musical submissions is:

  1. There is a complete (or nearly complete) Draft for submission and perusal.

  2. The piece has not yet had a full regional or commercial production.  

  3. The writers (playwright, composer, lyricist) are available to be present on campus in Forestburgh for the Festival dates (September 1-8, 2024). 

  4. Cast size for Musicals are preferably 16 actors or under. (Small roles can be doubled etc to present in a staged reading setting). Cast size for plays - 8 or under.

  5. Once Plays and Musicals are determined to meet Festival criteria, they are passed along to our Advisory Committee who all read, assess and then provide the Artistic Director with their top choices in each category. In early April, we will Meet/Zoom with the writers and directors who are in the final round to get a sense of their availability, where they feel they are in the development, and what each team hopes to work on during the week leading up to the Festival. Final selections are made in early May. 

  6. Submissions should include; Synopsis, Full Script, Character Descriptions and song Demos if applicable.

* The CABLAB Performer Selection process consists of 2 video song submissions, a short video statement of your ideas for the show’s theme and a few examples of possible content. Finalists will then have an informal conversation with our CabLab Director and the Festival Artistic Director. The main criteria for CabLab performers is that they are doing a solo cabaret show for the first time. If chosen, they should be able to meet periodically (via zoom or otherwise) throughout the Spring and Summer with the CabLab director - fulfilling an agreed upon schedule for creating song lists and script development. 

If you are interested in any of the above, please contact us and send your work to: itw-itw@fbplayhouse.org with “In The Works~In The Woods Submission” in the subject line. 

And please let us know how you heard about the In The Works ~ In The Woods Festival!