Still reveling in the success of Colby Quick’s Moon Swallower, The Jasper Project is pleased to announce the next cycle of the Play Right Series, a collaboration between South Carolina theatre artists and Community Producers, culminating in 2023 with the staged reading of another brand new South Carolina play.
The play submission window is now open; it will close on December 31, 2022 at which time the Play Right Series committee will select a play for the next round of development.
“Development,” in this case, means round-table readings and discussions with paid professional director, cast, and crew, and attended by Community Producers and other professionals, followed by rehearsals, and a public presentation of a fully realized staged reading.
Read about the 2022 staged reading of Colby Quick’s Moon Swallower, directed by Chad Henderson..
The development process will be facilitated by Community Producers—audience members invested in the development process and supportive of the state’s theatrical and literary talent who exchange a modest financial contribution for the experience.*
A final version of the winning play will be published and filed with the Library of Congress, with copies distributed to the winning playwright as well as industry leaders in the area and beyond.
Professor Jon Tuttle will serve as the Project Manager for the Jasper Project’s Play Right Series again in 2023..
Playwrights must be natives or residents of South Carolina.
Plays may be on any topic, using language appropriate to the subject matter, though please: no musicals or children’s plays, and only one submission per playwright.
Submissions must be one-act plays, 45-75 minutes in length, typed according to industry-standard format.
Collections of shorter revue sketches on a common theme will be considered.
Please include, as a cover sheet, a short (one-page) biography of the playwright and description of the play, and include cast size and any unusual technical demands, bearing in mind that smaller and fewer are usually preferable.
Please submit your play to playrightseries@jasperproject.org
DEADLINE - DECEMBER 31, 2022
*In 2022 CPs each invested $250 tax deductible