2012 Tenth Anniversary Season (2012)

Call for Plays

The Ithaca Shakespeare Company is looking for plays by local writers to be presented in a series of staged and concert readings this spring.

Plays of any length will be considered. They may be written specifically for this series or may have been written previously.

The only requirement is that the plays must have some significant connection to Shakespeare, in content or style. Plays that connect in some way to Shakespeare's life, works, characters, era, theatrical world, dramatic style, etc., would all be welcome.

4 to 7 plays will be selected from those submitted.

These readings will be part of our "10 Years - 10 Plays" season, celebrating our tenth year of performing outdoor Shakespeare at Cornell Plantations. We will be presenting a total of 10 plays during the year, including 3 full productions and 7 readings. The readings will either be a mix of Shakespeare plays and new plays or all new, depending on the number and quality of submissions we receive.

The readings will be presented over three weekends:

April 20-22, 2012 (as part of a celebration of Shakespeare's birthday)
April 27-29, 2012
May 4-6, 2012 (as part of the Spring (W)rites literary festival)

Submission deadline: Sunday, February 5, 2012

Play submissions should be e-mailed as a PDF or Word file to: info@ithacashakespeare.org

Thank you, and we look forward to reading your plays!