MOVING ARTS SCRIPT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

About Moving Arts
Moving Arts is an award-winning theatre located in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles. We are a company of resident theatre artists
dedicated to producing new and original theatrical works. In our fourteen years of operation, we have produced over a hundred plays by emerging and established playwrights, the majority of them world premieres. Our productions have been praised by the Los Angeles Times, Variety, Los Angeles Magazine, the L.A. Weekly, Glue Magazine, the L.A. Reader, Drama-Logue, BackStage West, the L.A. View, Park La Brea News, Glendale Leader, the Tolucan, the Burbank Times, Frontiers, Compass, and various local radio stations.
The theatre is operated in full accordance with the Actors Equity Association 99-Seat Plan. We are also a proud member of LA Stage Alliance, Theatre Communications Group, and Play 7. Literary Director Trey Nichols is a members of the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights and the Dramatists Guild.

Types of Material
For "mainstage productions" (Friday - Saturday @ 8pm, Sunday @ 2pm with a minimum 6-week run) we are interested in original drama or comedy that is bold, challenging, and edgy; engaging stories with complex characters, evocative language, strong relationships and resonant themes that speak to the human condition in a fresh and startling way. We are not limited to any particular style or genre; we are confined only by the inherent truth of the material, though we tend to prefer contemporary settings to historical ones. We are drawn to plays that speak to a diverse, culturally literate audience.


We also produce a New Play Development Workshop and a Playreading Series. The New Play Development Workshop involves an intensive rehearsal process of a new play followed by a short run of a workshop production. The Playreading Series is a free forum, open to the public, involving a brief rehearsal process and a post-show audience discussion. There is no separate submission process for the New Play Development Workshop or the Playreading Series--all plays are selected from scripts solicited through our regular submission process indicated below.
For other programming, we favor the eclectic--some of our late-night or short-run shows have combined elements of cabaret, folk singing, biting stand-up, radio comedy and performance art.


Physical Description
Moving Arts' theatre is currently a 30-seat black box in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles (east of Hollywood, northwest of downtown); this venue is used primarily for rehearsals, playreadings, and workshops. Mainstage productions will be staged at venues throughout the greater Los Angeles area until a larger, permanent theatre space is secured by the company.


Payment
Payment is a small non-refundable advance against a percentage of admissions. In return, we seek a small percentage of future income from
subsequent productions of the play for a limited time.


Submission Guidelines
FULL-LENGTH PLAYS: Send a cover letter, synopsis, character breakdown, bio, 10-20 of your favorite sample pages, SASE and/or SASP to Moving Arts, Submissions.

Send script, cover letter, and SASE, to:

Moving Arts
P.O. BOX 481145
Los Angeles, CA 90048

 

Hmm...what else...?
Oh! Moving Arts accepts submissions and queries for full-length plays year-round. Although we make every effort to speed along the reading and evaluation process, we are a small organization and want to give each script the full attention and consideration it deserves. Sometimes this involves multiple reads, spirited discussions, sleepless nights, fistfights, etc. Please allow six to nine months for a query/sample response and an indefinite period for a script. Please refrain from follow-up communication regarding your submission; if you've sent a SASP or SASE, we will always send you a reply after your materials have been reviewed. Please do not send scripts or sample pages via e-mail.


We look forward to reading your work!