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Write Out Loud

 

 Postal, by Lucy O'Brien

Write Out Loud presents professional, public rehearsed readings of work by local writers. Plays presented in previous years have then gone on to appear at professional theatres around the country, so please consider submitting your unproduced work for this competition. Deadlines for scripts for both Wellington and Dunedin are Friday 4th June 2010.

Write Out Loud Wellington –

Write Out Loud Wellington is a programme of professional playreadings of unproduced plays by Wellington playwrights, an event which brings together local theatre practitioners. Our major funding partner is Wellington City Council. Scripts can be of any length - please remember to include a title page, page numbers, character breakdown, and short synopsis. Please email your submission, and any enquiries, to Jean, scripts@playmarket.org.nz.

The 2009 WOL Wellington winners were Holding On by Gavin McGibbon and Sketch by Kate Morris. The readings were held at Circa 2, directed by Paul McLaughlin and Susan Curnow, respectively.

The 2008 readings, held in Circa 2, were Where Are You My Only One by Vanessa Rhodes, which went on to be produced at Circa Theatre; Meat by Geraldine Brophy; Postal by Lucy O’Brien, which had a season at BATS Theatre; and an extract of Under the Hood by Gavin McGibbon.


     

 

Write Out Loud Dunedin –

Write Out Loud Dunedin is a programme of professional playreadings of plays by Dunedin playwrights, a programme which brings together local theatre practitioners.

Stage South, an independent group of Dunedin theatre practitioners, produce Write Out Loud in Dunedin, with assistance from Playmarket, The Dunedin City Council (our major funding partner for this project) and The Fortune Theatre.  The 2009 winners were The Middlemarch Singles Ball by Ella West and The Marquess of Toodle-Do by Paul Baker.

2008 winners were Powdered Milk by Thalia Henry, and Glorious by Richard Huber, which was produced by Wow Productions in a successful season at the Fortune Studio (2009), and will be professionaly staged in 2010.

Scripts can be of any length and can be emailed to scripts@playmarket.org.nz.

Please ensure your script has a title page, page numbers, character breakdown, and short synopsis. All enquiries to Jean at scripts@playmarket.org.nz.