The Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission
Introduction
Clubbed Thumb is accepting proposals for the third Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission. The winner will receive a $15,000 commission to write and develop a play based upon Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission Guidelines and the Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission Description. Playwrights are invited to submit a description and a sample scene of the play they propose to write by July 15th, 2009.
Details
The playwright will receive $5000 once selected, $5000 on completion of the first draft, and $5000 on submission of the final draft. The final draft will be due no more than one year after the day of selection. Clubbed Thumb will additionally provide opportunities for readings and workshops to aid in the development of the play. Clubbed Thumb expects the playwright to be in New York occasionally during the course of the year to take advantage of these opportunities. Clubbed Thumb will reserve the exclusive right to produce the commissioned work for two years commencing the day the final draft is submitted, but is under no obligation to produce the work.
Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission Guidelines
- Running time: between 1 hr. and 1:30 hr.
- Intermissionless.
- Must have a reasonable representation of women, both in quantity and quality of roles.
- At least 3 characters - we prefer medium sized ensemble casts.
- Clubbed Thumb produces plays that are funny, strange, and provocative. The presence of a sense of humor is strongly encouraged. We are attracted to plays that take place in a heterogeneous and dynamic world. Please check out www.clubbedthumb.org/history to get a feeling for our sensibility and a selected chronology.
Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission Description
The Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission was created to encourage the writing of plays that consider the relationships between truth, power, history, and personal responsibility. For each commission, Clubbed Thumb will ask a question or pose a theme to serve as a jumping-off point for this examination. Please use the theme as inspiration. The result need not be immediately recognizable as a product of the initial examination. The theme for year 2009-2010 is "The Crisis of Confidence Speech."
How to apply
- Register at www.clubbedthumb.org/bc/register
- Submit an application packet including
- Application cover page
- Letter of intent no more than 500 words
- Your résumé
- 10 page sample scene of the play you propose to write. This sample need not be from the beginning of the play or all one scene.
- Stamped, self-addressed post card if you want to receive acknowledgement of receipt
> Click here for the Application Packet (Word Document)
As the adjudication process is blind, please DO NOT put your name on Letter of Intent or Writing Sample. Your application should include ONLY the above materials and be mailed to
Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission
388 Second Avenue
Suite 529
New York, NY 10010
This address is only for Biennial Commission applications. Biennial Commission questions can be addressed to bc@clubbedthumb.org. For other correspondence, visit www.clubbedthumb.org/contact or call us at (212) 802-8007.
Applicants may be contacted and asked to supply completed scripts of other plays they've written, references, or other materials or information.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE JULY 15th, 2009 (POSTMARK DEADLINE)
THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED FALL 2009