Who Wants Cake? announces the return of the Gay Play Series

Who Wants Cake? is sounding a call for new, original one-act plays to be performed at their 2nd annual Gay Play Series (GPS). The Detroit-area's newest short play festival is striving to provide early-career writers the opportunity to see their work produced, giving them what is oft-needed exposure.

Last year's festival proved to be wildly successful, with Margaret Edwartowski's play, My Dull Friend, winning the top prize. Artistic Director Joe Bailey says, "The first GPS Festival exceeded our expectations and we are beyond excited to be able to bring it back this year. I'm incredibly eager to start receiving submissions and planning out the schedule!".

The plays submitted should have a performance time of 30 minutes or less and deal directly with issues or characters that are identified as gay/lesbian/transgender, or contain a gay sensibility. From the initial submission pool, a final line up will be chosen by a panel of judges to be performed over at The Ringwald Theatre in June, 2011. From those performed, an audience poll will be conducted to select one script that will receive a full production at The Ringwald Theatre during the 2011/2012 season.

In the interest of "going green", this year all submissions must be submitted electronically to:
Submissions@WhoWantsCakeTheatre.Com

• The submitted script must be the script proposed for presentation, with no major alterations necessary.
• Please provide an approximate running time and a one sentence synopsis in the body of the email.
• Neither fax nor paper submissions will be accepted.
• Submission materials will not be returned.
• The deadline for submissions is April 16, 2011.
• The final line-up will be announced in May, 2011.

Who Wants Cake? opened the doors to their resident home, The Ringwald, in May 2007 with Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. Quickly, The Ringwald became a mainstay of Detroit's theatre community. Since opening their doors, Who Wants Cake? has been offering up slice after slice of successful shows gay-themed shows including Southern Baptist Sissies, Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical, The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode, Some Men, Based on a Totally True Story, The Bad Seed, Sordid Lives: It's a Drag, and The Little Dog Laughed. Who Wants Cake? was named the 2008 and 2009 Best Theatre Group in Channel 4's Vote 4 The Best contest.

 

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