Submission Guidelines and Instructions

MAD (Monologues and Duologues)

Festival 2009

   

•  We are looking for stage plays which tell a complete story, for either one or two voices.
• Excerpts may only be submitted if they provide a complete scene in and of themselves.
•  Playing length can be anywhere from one to twenty minutes.
• All genres are welcome.
• Scripts must be submitted in a 12 point font and in correct play format.
• Pages must be numbered.
• Please include a title page which includes the title of the play, the author's name, address and contact details, and a breakdown of the characters.
•  Plays will be performed in front of a paying audience as rehearsed readings with 3-8 plays on each of the five nights of the festival.

To Submit:
Email scripts with a note containing a brief (60 word maximum) synopsis of the play and brief biography of the yourself to the artistic director for MAD, Sarah Ingram, at sarah@writeon.org.uk.

Please include your 2009/10 membership number, if you have one. For non-members there is a fee of £10 per script to submit, which must be posted with your name and address to  WRiTEON, 142 Vinery Road, CB1 3DT.

Membership or payment of submission fee does not guarantee that your play will be performed.

Please direct all inquiries to sarah@writeon.org.uk

Membership
Please note that 2008/09 membership expires at the end of March. From this year, membership will run from 1 May to 30 April. However we are offering people the chance to take out or renew membership now for the entire membership year (that is, until April 2010). Membership is only £15, and entitles you to submit at no additional cost to MAD, the one page play festival and Naked Stage, as well as to discounted workshop admission and ticket prices for events.

You can  pay for membership quickly and easily via paypal on our website. To do this just go to www.writeon.org.uk/contact.htm and click on the PayPal option. You do not have to be signed up with Paypal to use this option.

If you would prefer to pay by cheque, please make it payable to WRiTEON and post it with your name and full address details to Membership Secretary, WRiTEON, 142 Vinery Road, CB1 3DT.

Your membership card will be posted to you.