Seeking ONE-ACT SCRIPT submissions of all genres from emerging and established playwrights for the “Lips Livingroom Reading Series”, a reading series for, by and about women. Once the plays have been chosen for the reading series, a committee will then select one play as the finalist to be presented as a reading and/ or production.

GUIDELINES FOR ONE-ACT SCRIPTS

1. Only accepting one-acts plays written for the theatre (no screenplays, poetry, short stories), 15 minutes max in length.

2. Plays must center on issues concerning the lives of women or feature principal women characters.

3. All submissions must include playwright’s contact information, bio and resume, synopsis of play, number of characters, genre type, running time, and copy of the full script. If submitted play has been previously been staged or produced please provide dates, producer, theatre company and location.

4. Selected works will be assigned a director and cast from our pool of talented actors.

5. Reading will be given 8-12 hours of rehearsal and a Q&A forum with audience to help workshop play.

6. Submissions must be MAILED, please send through postal service. Scripts will not be returned.

Mail postal submissions to:

Attn: Lillian Ribeiro, Director of Performance & Film

_gaia Studio

315 3rd Street

Jersey City, NJ 07302

201.386.0486

Mark Envelope “LL”

For more info email performing*at*gaiastudio.org