Four Walls Theater seeks scripts

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Deadline: March 22, 2021

Four Walls Theater is a grass roots socially responsible theater company that produces unpublished plays through online readings and performances, working with diverse artists from around the country.

The submission deadline for scripts is March 22, 2021. Scripts submitted will be considered for an early summer virtual performance with a talk back. Please email submissions to fourwallstheater@gmail.com with a 3-7 sentence description of your show in the body of the email.

Eligible scripts contain these elements:

-Preference for playwrights from marginalized communities, such as BIPOC &/or a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

-Script is between 35 & 55 pages

-Cast of 4-7 actors (double casting permitted)

-Cast is diverse

-suitable or adaptable for the virtual platform


Thematic elements include:

-Stories of redemption

-Hope/ new beginnings

-Ecological Crisis

-Fantastical/ otherworldly

-Modern Fables/ self-reflection and improvement narratives

-Immigration/ Refuge rights

-Educational Reform

-Coming of Age

-Cultural Awareness & Appreciation

Elements to avoid:

-Violence

-Horror/Gore

-Excessive physicality (this is a rehearsed reading; actors are primarily stationary) -TYA scripts

-An abundance of overlapping dialogue or required overlapping dialogue.