2023 North Carolina Audio Play Festival

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Announcing the fourth annual North Carolina Audio Play Festival (previously known as the NC Radio Play Festival)! A yearly collaboration between Cary Playwrights’ Forum and Greensboro Playwrights’ Forum, this festival provides a platform for North Carolinian writers to have their work produced and published at no cost.

Every year the festival has a theme, and this year that theme is…

THE IMPOSSIBLE

Traditional theatrical staging comes with a wide array of limitations—budgetary, practical, and otherwise. To paraphrase a famous fictional engineer, “you cannot change the laws of physics!” Fortunately, the audio play format affords the playwright the freedom to be as creative as their imagination will allow, and this year we’re leaning into those flights of fancy and soliciting scripts that would be impossible (or extremely difficult) to stage with live actors. 

Script Submission Requirements:

• Scripts for selected audio plays should not exceed 10 minutes in length
• Scripts must be submitted by 11:59:59pm on June 16, 2023
• Playwright must be a North Carolina resident
• Scripts should be written in standard play format [link to video example]
• Maximum of two script submissions per playwright

Script Submission Link: Google Form

 

 

PlaySlam! – The Sketch-tacular 2023

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Cary Playwrights’ Forum is teaming up with Oak City Tonight and ComedyWorx to produce PLAYSLAM – The Sketch-tacular! Join us in a night of organized chaos! 

Script Submission Requirements:

• Scripts should not exceed 2 minutes in length
• Scripts must be submitted by 11:59:59 PM on June 16,2023
• Playwright must be a North Carolina resident
• Scripts should be written in standard play format [link to video example]
• Maximum of two script submissions per playwright (only one play may be chosen)

Other Considerations for Playwrights:

• PlaySlam productions are minimized (minimal furniture, costumes, and props).
• Lighting cues will consist only of “Lights Up” and “Blackout”
• We cannot promise that specific special effects or sound cues will be provided per the script

Submission Link:    PlaySlam Submission

 

 

Monthly Playwright Forums

Do you have a script that you’re working on? You can bring it to our Monthly Playwright Meetings to discuss with your fellow writers. Bring copies of your script!

 

 

Who We Are

The Cary Playwrights Forum workshops and develops new stage plays written by North Carolinian playwrights. Its mission is to provide NC playwrights and aspiring playwrights opportunities to develop as dramatic writers. CPF is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

Founded in 1993, Creative Greensboro’s Playwrights’ Forum supports local aspiring playwrights in getting published or produced through contacts, marketing, and improving their skill as dramatic writers.

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Check out this page for info on submitting for the CPF Radio Hour podcast show!

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Here is a PDF, video, and example covering “Standard Manuscript Format for Stage Plays”