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Submission Deadline has passed.
We will be announcing our line-up shortly.
LiveWire is excited to present our 3rd annual festival of original short plays in November. This year, we have chosen the theme of "Feast" for the fest. Along with asking playwrights to write plays based on this theme, LiveWire opened a suggestion box seeking a line, phrase, quote and/or word that people wanted to see incorporated into all plays. After compiling a great list of suggestions, the LiveWire Collective narrowed the suggestions down to ten of our favorite. Those ten were then polled online and with 22% of the votes, the line that must be used in all plays submitted is:
"I can't remember the last time we were all together."
VisionFest3 Schedule (dates are subject to change):
April 11 - 25, Suggestion Box Open (CLOSED)
May 2 - 16, Poll Open (CLOSED)
May 17 - August 23, Play Submissions (CLOSED)
LiveWire established VisionFest to expose new works to the community and get the community involved in new works. Besides helping us choose a quote, phrase, line and/or word (or "Environment" or "Theme" as we have the last two years respectively), VisionFest audience members are offered the chance to provide feedback to the playwrights and artists on the development of the pieces presented.
VisionFest3 - PLAY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Submissions are required to adhere to the theme of "Feast" and must include the line "I can't remember the last time we were all together." *Variations on this line will be accepted* Submissions are open to local, regional, national and international playwrights. Finalists will be announced when program is complete.
- Only original material may be submitted.
- NEW THIS YEAR! LiveWire will ONLY be accepting online submissions.
- Submission should be sent to vf3-play@livewirechicago.com.
- Submissions should be formatted as a PDF (.pdf) or Word Doc (.doc) with the title of the play as the name of the file (i.e., My-Awesome-Play.doc).
- Do not include playwrights' name on any of the pages in the document.
- In the body of the email, please include: Playwrights' Name, Title of Play, Email Address, Phone Number and Current City of Residence.
- Submissions must be sent between May 17th and August 23rd to be accepted (Any submissions sent outside of these dates will be discarded.)
- Deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. on August 23rd.
- Plays must be between 1 to 10 minutes in length; 1 to 10 pages depending on density of material. (Any scripts over 10 minutes will be discarded.)
- One submission per playwright will be considered.
- Previously produced scripts will NOT be accepted.
If you have any questions and/or comments please direct them to info@livewirechicago.com.