New Play Production Fund
Since 1994, PlayGround has been a leading incubator for some of the Bay Area’s most promising new playwrights, developing nearly 550 original short plays by 160 Bay Area emerging playwrights. In the past eight years, PlayGround itself has emerged, as one of the leading commissioners of new full-length works by Bay Area playwrights. Twenty-eight full length plays have been developed to date and six new works are currently under commission for presentation in the 2011 Best of PlayGround Festival at Thick House.
In support of these playwrights and to further encourage the production of new works by Bay Area playwrights in Bay Area theatres, PlayGround has established the New Play Production Fund. The New Play Production Fund annually distributes two awards in support of professional production of full-length works commissioned and developed by PlayGround that have not yet received their world premiere.
Round 2
Applications for Round 2 of the New Play Production Fund are now available
and will be accepted through December 1, 2010. Selections will be announced
by December 15, 2010. Theatres must complete production of selected plays
between August 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012.
One award of $15,000 will be presented to a Bay Area theatre for a production with a budget of $45,000 or more, in a theatre of 100 seats or more, and a performance run of no less than 16 performances. A second award of $5,000 will be presented to a Bay Area theatre for a production with a budget of $15,000 or more, in a theatre of 50 seats or more, and a performance run of no less than 12 performances. Each theatre may submit only one application for each award level. Multiple theatres may submit for the same play.
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Round 2
Application - Round
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Announcement - Round 2
2010 New Play Production Fund Winners Announced
Eligible Plays
5 Women on a Playground by Malachy Walsh†
Astonishment by Evelyn Jean Pine
Crevice by Lauren Yee
Feets Too Big by Brady Lea
Fifty Years Hungry by Daniel Heath
Golden Gate Fair by Trevor Allen
Me Given You by Geetha Reddy
Mushroom Boy by Brady Lea
Naked by Diane Sampson†
Plans and Peccadilloes by Maria Rokas
Reunion by Kenn Rabin
Seven Days by Daniel Heath
Stiff Competition by Cass Brayton†
The Eve Generation by Kristina Goodnight
The Grand Divorce by Garret Jon Groenveld
The Secret Rulers of the World Go to Camp by Tim Bauer
The Secrets of the World by Evelyn Jean Pine
The Serving Class by Garret Jon Groenveld
The Singularity of We by Molly Rhodes
The Sum of All Parts by Brady Lea
The Year To Live or Blue
God Countdown by Geetha Reddy
Truffaldino Says No by Ken Slattery
† Works in development.