Emerging Playwrights Fellowship

Now accepting applications for our LGBTQIA+ Spring Fellowship!

As part of our mission at the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre to foster the next generation of theatre goers as well as the next generation of artists, the S&S is pleased to announce a new program, the S&S Emerging Playwrights Fellowship.

In our 2021-22 season, our Emerging Playwrights Fellowship will aid and elevate two emerging Southern Arizona playwrights, one in the fall and one in the spring with four month residencies.

We wish to address the lack of representation for underrepresented communities, both on the page and on the stage. To help close this gap we are seeking to support a BIPOC playwright this fall 2021, and an LGBTQIA+ playwright in spring 2022.
We seek playwrights who wish to write for audiences of all ages; work representative of our productions for Scamps. We are seeking to grow a body of work — plays that appeal to young audiences and their adults by engaging all ages through emotionally resonant storytelling.

Each playwright will be paired with a professional director/dramaturg and will have access to a support team of other theater professionals including actors, artists and other playwrights. The playwright will meet weekly with their director/dramaturg and with the other members of their support team as needed.

Weekly meetings can be in person or virtual. The workshop will be culminated by an open-to-the-public presentation of their work (a selection or in entirety) at The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre at the end of the program.

Fall Fellowship is closed. We are now accepting applications for our Spring Fellowship.

The Spring fellowship runs from January 2022 - April 2022. The fellowship will also provide an honorarium of $2500 for the playwright.

Applications for emerging LGBTQIA+ playwrights in Southern Arizona are open September 7th - October 21st and all applicants will be notified of the results of the application process by November 17th.

Application Materials/Requirements:

Must be 18 years or older to participate in this fellowship.
Submit your interest form by clicking "Apply" below.
As a part of the application process we will require the following:
- Artist resume
  If you are a writer, poet or playwright please be sure to highlight previous writing work
- Artistic Statement ( Limit 1 Page)
  Speak to your interest and/ or experience with playwriting, how you would like this program to support you on your artistic journey and your goals for this fellowship. Tell us about your project and how you plan to appeal to young audiences and their adults. What do you want to write during your time with the S&S?
- Sample of written work (Limit 3 pages)
  Please submit a sample of your written work that best illustrates your style and voice as it might relate to this project.

Please send any questions to director@scoundrelandscamp.org.

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