Performance Network Accepting Submissions for Fireside Festival

Performance Network Theatre is currently accepting submissions for the Fireside Festival of New Works, which will be held May 2nd through 5th, 2010. All submissions should be unproduced, full-length scripts by playwrights currently living in, or with close ties to Michigan.

The Fireside Festival of New Works is a twice yearly festival of staged readings, the purpose of which is to give emerging and established playwrights the opportunity to work closely with professional actors and directors through a short rehearsal process as well as experience the effect of their play on an audience.

For those interested in submitting, please send a 10 page script sample to David Wolber, Artistic Director of Performance Network Theatre. David can be reached at david@performancenetwork.org or 120 E. Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Email is preferred. The deadline for submissions is March 17, 2010.

Please visit www.performancenetwork.org for tips on submitting a script.

Founded in 1981, Performance Network Theatre has grown from a fledgling company to Ann Arbor's only resident, professional theatre. The Network reaches 40,000 theatre patrons and children each year through the year-round Professional Series and The Children's Theatre Network. Performance Network also presents the Fireside Festival of New Works and a series of classes on theatre-related topics. The Network provides uncompromising artistic leadership in the region and produces works that engage, challenge and inspire audiences and artists.