#StageOpps #StageOppsMarch15

#StageOpps #StageOppsMarch15   #StageOpps Submission Opportunities Newsletter for Women in Theatre You can view #StageOppsMarch15 online by clicking on the links below. Brought to you by the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, League of Professional Theatre Women, and WomenArts   #StageOppsMarch15 Project Submissions Script Submissions Onstage Backstage Funding Residencies Other Resources _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ February Special Opp: The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF)  Deadline Extension Plus Discount! The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) is currently gathering projects for its sixteenth season. The MITF is the third-largest theatre festival in New York City. It also has the biggest ratio of paid, professional staff to participants. It's a comfortable place to preview your work, whether you're new to producing or have commercial ambitions. (Last year 4 MITF alumni shows were playing Off-Broadway simultaneously!) And our Midtown location can't be beat for access to industry and general theatregoers! There's no application fee. If your project is accepted, there's a participation fee of $600 ($999 for Equity showcases) for full-length plays and musicals. In exchange for your participation fee, the Festival offers a unique array of benefits unmatched by any other theatre festival in NYC: * Twenty hours FREE rehearsal time, plus severely discounted additional time * FREE showcase insurance * FREE external storage (availability permitting) * FREE marketing consultation, with E-mail followup * No side letter with Equity, so no hidden costs * COMPS for all festival participants to each others' shows * Five production photos taken by our publicity staff In addition to full-length plays and musicals, opportunities exist in our Commercial Division (for productions with commercial ambitions), the Short Subjects division (for shows of 60 minutes or less), the Short Play Lab (2 programs of 10-minute plays), Cabaret MITF (our well-received cabaret series), and the new Next Generation Program (an outreach to recruit, nurture, and showcase work by students from colleges and acting schools). Questions? Please visit our website www.midtownfestival.org for in-depth information about script submission and production guidelines. More questions? Reach out to us at midtownfestival@gmail.com.  Website: http://www.midtownfestival.org/. Extended deadline for #StageOpps Readers: March 13, 2015 Once accepted, receive a 10% discount on the participation fee! Email specialoppscode@gmail.com for submission instructions to receive the extension and discount!   #ScreenOpps online  on the Women in the Arts and Media Coalition website.  #StageOpps online on the Women in the Arts and Media Coalition website. #StageOpps online  on the League of Professional Theatre Women website. Ongoing additional Funding Resources on the WomenArts website. To sign up to receive any of our newsletters or to change your preferences, link here. VISIT OUR WEBSITE       The Women in the Arts & Media Coalition is a coalition of member organizations; if you are a member of one of our member organizations, you are a member of the Coalition!  The purpose of the Coalition is to focus the power of our member organizations together and to use that combined strength to address issues of concern to women in theatre, film, tv, radio, and new media.  We are committed to being the link between our member organizations as we collaborate to impact the various topics that affect women in our industry through advocacy, networking, and events.  Member Organizations: Actors' Equity Association, Associated Musicians of Greater New York Local 802 AFM, Dramatists Guild, League of Professional Theatre Women, New York Women in Communications, New York Women in Film & Television, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, Stage Directors and Choreographers, Writers Guild of America East Affiliate Member Organizations: Dancers Over 40, Drama Desk, The Lambs, Inc., Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative, National Theatre Conference, Professional Women Singers Association, The Rehearsal Club, Women Make Movies, WomenArts, Women's Media Center, Works by Women We are adding new Member Organizations all the time!  Watch this space ... or, better yet, join with us if you haven't already!