WRiTEON SCRIPT GUIDELINES 
Naked Stage Festival Autumn 2010

• Naked Stage Autumn 2010 will take place on the following dates: 10, 17, 24, 31 October and 7 November, 7 pm, ADC Bar.
• We will consider new, previously unperformed scripts written for performance. Scripts which have received a previous professional reading may be accepted if substantially revised since. All genres, including comedy sketches, may be submitted. Screenplays may be submitted but will be considered as to suitablity for a staged reading.
• Maximum performance length for scripts is 50 minutes. There is no minimum length. It is the author's responsibility to make cuts if accepted scripts exceed this length in rehearsal.
• Maximum number of actors is four. Parts may be doubled up, but it is the author's responsiblity to ensure that submitted scripts may be performed by a maximum of 4 actors.
• Scripts will receive 1-3 rehearsals with an experienced director before being performed as staged readings in the Bar area of the ADC Theatre.
• The Space - ADC Bar
  The space seats 50 people and includes a small, raised, uncurtained, corner stage. Sightlines are good throughout. Basic theatrical lighting is available.  A minimum of furniture will fit on this stage, i.e. small couch, small table and chairs.  Sound effects, if used, should be relatively simple but will be supplied by the company. Visits to the space are recommended.
• The purpose of Naked Stage is to allow writers to present stage works in progress to an informed and interested audience. For this reason, after each evening's performance there will be a chance for the audience to provide feedback on the script. All accepted writers will be expected to attend the reading of their script and will receive one complementary ticket. Writers may also be invited to attend the first rehearsal under the guidance and at the discretion of the director.
• Plays will be selected on the following criteria:
  1) Quality and/or potential of the writing
  2) Writer's region (preference is given to writers from Cambridgeshire and surrounding counties. However writers from anywhere can submit so long as they can attend the reading of the play).
  3) Stageability of the play in our space and adherence to the guidelines.
  4) Balance of the programme over the five weeks
• Scripts must be received by midnight on Sunday, 12 September, 2010.
• Scripts should be e-mailed in WORD format (NOTdoc.x or pdf) to submissions@writeon.org.uk We cannot accept posted scripts.
• Scripts must be presented in a 12 point font, double spaced, with stage directions set out in [square brackets] and italic text or ALL CAPS.
• Pages must be numbered.
• The title of the play and the name of the writer should appear on every page in a header or footer.
• The name of the character speaking should be in CAPITALS and followed by a colon:
• To view a sample page of script in the correct format, click HERE.
• A completed form must be included at the front of each script submitted. Copy and paste the form below onto your submission and complete it before emailing.
• For non- members of WRiTEON, there is a £10 submission fee.
• There is no additional submission fee for WRiTEON members holding a 2010/11 membership (membership runs from 1 May 2010 - 30 April 2011).  You may take out a membership at any time
• Submission and/or membership Fees can be paid through Paypal on the Contact Us page of this website or by post to:

The Membership Secretary,
Write On,
12 Australia Court,
Cambridge
CB3 0JA
Make cheques payable to "Write On". 

If possible, please indicate an e-mail address that can be used when acknowledging your payment. 

WRiTEON SUBMISSIONS FORM
Naked Stage Festival Autumn 2010

A completed form must accompany each submission. Please complete, copy and paste to the front of your script and e-mail as one document.

TITLE OF PIECE:

NAME OF WRITER AS YOU WISH IT TO APPEAR IN PUBLICITY:

APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME:

IS SCRIPT COMPLETE IN ITSELF OR PART OF A LONGER PIECE?

HAS PIECE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED or READ? 
(if so give details of when and where and indicate in what way it has since been revised)

NUMBER OF ACTORS REQUIRED (maximum FOUR for this season):

NAME/S OF CHARACTER/S WITH GENDER AND APPROXIMATE AGE PLUS (OPTIONAL) DESCRIPTION (maximum 10 words per character):

PLEASE LIST ANY PROPS, COSTUMES, ITEMS OF SET OR SOUND EFFECTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PIECE (N.B. staging is minimalist so it may not be possible to meet your requirements):

DESCRIPTION OF PIECE FOR PUBLICITY USE (maximum 50 words. This is the description used to "sell" your piece in press releases and the newsletter and in programmes. We reserve the right to rewrite all blurbs):

BIOGRAPHY OF WRITER (maximum 50 words):

WRiTEON MAY 2010-APRIL 2011 MEMBERSHIP NUMBER:

DATE £10 SUBMISSION FEE PAID IF NOT A PAID UP MEMBER: 

PAID BY CHEQUE/PAYPAL:

ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE NUMBER/S:

E MAIL ADDRESS:

DO YOU EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE PERFORMANCE?

IF SO, ARE THERE ANY OF THE ADVERTISED PERFORMANCE DATES FOR WHICH YOU WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE?

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING  A REHEARSAL AS AN OBSERVER IF THE DIRECTOR AND ACTORS AGREE TO THIS?