The Latinx Bilingual Playwrights Circle @RILA is open to all Latinx playwrights and actors currently residing in Rhode Island.
The Playwrights Circle's mission is to provide Latinx playwrights the opportunity to share scripts, receive feedback and advice from their peers and to see their works performed on stage.
There are two opportunities to submit:
Adaptations for Teatro en El Verano: The selected play may be considered for next year or a future performance of Teatro en El Verano.
Original Scripts: You will receive feedback from theater makers and Latinx peers.
The Playwrights Circle's mission is to provide Latinx playwrights the opportunity to share scripts, receive feedback and advice from their peers and to see their works performed on stage.
There are two opportunities to submit:
Adaptations for Teatro en El Verano: The selected play may be considered for next year or a future performance of Teatro en El Verano.
Original Scripts: You will receive feedback from theater makers and Latinx peers.
Who can submit a play?
Anybody who is of Latin American and/or Caribbean heritage and currently lives or studies in Rhode Island.
How much does it cost to participate?
There is no cost to be involved in the Playwright's Circle.
Anybody who is of Latin American and/or Caribbean heritage and currently lives or studies in Rhode Island.
How much does it cost to participate?
There is no cost to be involved in the Playwright's Circle.
- Script Adaptations Guidelines
- Adaptation Submission Criteria
- Your play must be an adaptation of an open domain story, book, or play. You may present your own, or select from one on our suggested list (see right 👉🏽) Please keep in mind if you select your own and it is not open domain you, will be disqualified.
- The play should be as family friendly as possible. (Minimal or no violence/intimacy).
- The play should overall aim to be maximum 1 hour and 45-minutes; it must not be longer, but it may be shorter.
- Deadline to submit: Friday, October 13, 2023.
- The full play will be selected by October 28, 2023.
- Reading will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2023 • 10am to 1pm.
- Our playwright will be selected shortly thereafter.
Suggested Titles Free Domain Stories
- Cinderella (Fairytale, comedic)
- Rapunzel (Fairytale, comedic)
- The Lion King (Fairytale,comedic)
- The Three Musketeers (Book, historical novel & adventure)
- The Importance of Being Ernest (Play, comedic)
- Alice In Wonderland (Fairytale, fantasy)
- Little Shop of Horrors (Musical, Comedic)
- Sherlock Holmes (Book/TV Series/Movie, Mystery/Detective)
- ★ Add your title here …
Here’s how it works:
Summarize your story and pitch 20-30 pages of a script. This can be the beginning, the middle, or the end… you pick whatever you think is strongest. Our review committee will read all submissions and pick four finalists who will be invited to submit their full length play.
If your piece makes it as a finalist, you will be invited to a reading at RILA where we will have actors read your full length play, along with the review committee.
After we have had readings for all four finalists, the committee will select the playwright.
What happens next?
We will work with you to finalize and prepare your script for consideration on stage for Teatro En El Verano 2024.
NOTE: The physical scripts become the property of Teatro del Pueblo@ RILA and will not be returned. In this case, “property” means the physical property, not the intellectual property or any rights to the play.
- Original Script Guidelines
Rhode Island Latino Arts | Teatro del Pueblo invites you to submit your original works.
RILA seeks scripts for an evening of short bilingual play readings to be performed at Trinity Repertory’s Dowling Theater on Monday, January 29, 2024. The selection committee will be looking to assemble a cohesive but diverse set of between 2-4 plays. Each chosen play will be assigned its own cast.Submission Criteria- Plays should run no more than 60 minutes, but they can be less than one hour.
- Cast size should be 2–5 actors. Scripts with one-actor plays may be considered.
- Teatro del Pueblo @RILA embraces diversity. Writers are encouraged to include roles for actors across a wide spectrum of race, gender expression, religion, age, body type, and ability.
- No improvisational, musical or straight dance pieces will be considered.
- Submissions are limited to one original play per person. NOTE: You may also submit an adaptation (see guidelines above).
Two ways to submit:- Fill out an Online Form (see button below) and upload your script to the form when you fill it out.
- Copy-and-paste the following information into an email and send your answers to teatrodelpueblori@rilationarts.org along with a copy of your script.
- Do not include your name or contact information on the script itself. Scripts and playwrights will be tracked by Gabi Ruíz, the Teatro del Pueblo Programs Assistant. Each script will be read anonymously by the selection committee.
Email address:
Phone:
Mailing address:
Short Bio: In 150 words or less; please tell us something about yourself and your history as a playwright, or other theatre experience.
Play title: If you don't have a title, write "pending" here.
Number of characters: Must be between two and five characters.
Plot synopsis: 250 words or less
Please attach your script to the email. We prefer a MS format document (no PDF). * Do not include the text of the script in the body of the email.
The deadline for submissions: November 24, 2023
Questions? Please reach out to Gabriela Lopez Ruíz at: gabi@rilatinoarts.org.
The 1st Annual Latinx Bilingual Playwrights Festival was originally made possible in part by a grant from the Providence Journal Charitable Legacy Fund @ Rhode Island Foundation. The 2023 Playwright's Circle and Teatro del Pueblo | RI receive funding in part from the Rhode Island Foundation, the Dept. of Art, Culture + Tourism and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.
La Casa de Los Vejigantes | @Rhode Island Latino Arts
La Casa de Los Vejigantes @RILA is a flexible Black Box space, and now the home of Teatro Latino del Pueblo | Rhode Island. It is located on the premises, behind La Galería del Pueblo, 209 Central St., Central Falls, RI 02863
