PINCHE TEATRO Seeks Latinx Writers
PINCHE TEATRO, a new theatre collective that seeks to disturb the way Spanish and Latinx theatre is produced in La Phoenikera is doing a playwriting competition.
It’s called AMORPHX Short Play Contest and they are calling out to Latinx writers in the city and the metro area to submit a 10-minute play or scene with the theme “Phoenix I love you.” Plays can be submitted in English or Spanish.
The winners of the contest will then have a chance to workshop their play with professional writers and dramaturgs and the plays will be performed during a public reading in May.
“One of the objectives of PINCHE TEATRO is to build capacity within the Latinx theatre scene in Phoenix,” says Israel Jimenez, one of the founders of the collective. “This contest is about engaging local writers in theatre production and creating quality works with local talent.”
If you’re interested in submitting your work for the contest, here are the full guidelines and timeline.
Guidelines
The contest is open to Latinx writers from the Phoenix Metro Area.
Writers must submit 10-minute scene or play in English, Spanish, Spanglish or Espanglés.
The script must be original and cannot be previously published or produced.
The theme of the contest is “Phoenix, I love you,” and must include the line “Phoenix te amo” within the script.
Writers must submit plays/scenes in PDF format to PincheTeatro@gmail.com.
Writers must submit plays/scenes following the format provided in this link: bit.ly/amorphx
Submission deadline is March 16.
Selected writers must be available to attend four weekly workshops in April.
Timeline
Play/scene submission deadline – March 16, 2018
Selection announcement – March 26, 2018
Workshops – April 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2018
Public reading – May 18, 2018
