Finally, Funky Little Theater Company is proud to announce the return of our annual playwriting festival, [spectrum: lgbtqia+ new play festival]. Our fourth excursion with [spectrum] will be produced as part of our 2025 season in partnership with Club Q. Each play selected will be fully produced with Funky Little Theater Company at Club Q in Colorado Springs, CO in the Spring 2025.

 

​Funky is looking for unpublished ten minute plays focusing on issues surrounding, embracing or showcasing individuals of the LGBT community. Submissions may have a production history. In a Funky first, 2025's [spectrum] selections will be given the opportunity to be published as a collection with Next Stage Press. Next Stage Press will offer the opportunity to officially license and publish the collection of plays. They may be produced through Next Stage Press only. Individually or as a collection. Contracts and paperwork will be engaged between Next Stage Press and the playwrights. This is a huge opportunity for emerging playwright as well as our theatre company. We are looking forward to reading submissions from talented and creative playwrights from everywhere.

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• Guidelines for submissions:

  • A selected committee and Funky company members will be reading and evaluating each submission. There will be three rounds of elimination before selection.

  • No submission fee

  • Playwrights should be 18 years or older as of submission deadline.

  • Each script should be one act, ideally one set and no more than four actors. Keep in mind this is going to be produced with a number of other short plays, so we would like to keep less complicated.

  • Ten minutes is the max length of submissions, but may be shorter.

  • All scripts should be typed and organized in a professional script format (page numbers, title page, correct spacing, etc) and submitted as a PDF. Please ensure all contact information is part of your script.

  • Include your name, mailing address, contact number, and the play title in the body of the email and attach the script to the email. Please include production history for your play, if any. 

  • Email your play by Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at midnight MST to: chris@funkylittletheater.org SUBJECT LINE: Spectrum Submission YOUR LAST NAME

  • Selected playwrights will be notified via email no later than February, 1, 2025 at midnight MST.

  • No more than one (1) submission per playwright will be accepted. If multiple entries are submitted, the first one listed will be the only one reviewed.

• Lodging and travel expenses are not available at this time.

• The winning festival lineup will have the opportunity to be published as part of a collection!

• All of our festival selections and their playwrights will receive a $50 honorarium .

• One play will be selected as “Festival Favorite” based on audience votes and a panel of judges. Winning submission will receive a $100 prize.

• The top three plays (according to overall votes) will receive a one year subscription to Play Submission Helper (www.playsubmissionshelper.com)

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Happy writing and thanks for your consideration, Funky Little Theater Company.