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- VisionFest 3 Information -
*PLEASE NOTE: This year's VisionFest schedule has been changed!
LiveWire is excited to present our 3rd annual festival of original short plays this winter.
This year, playwrights will be asked to write plays based on an Image. LiveWire is putting a call out to visual artists from around the world to submit their best image for consideration. The submission deadline has been extended and are now due by March 12th and are open to any style, form or content. Once we have received all visual art submissions, the LiveWire Collective along with invited members of the community will choose 10-12 pieces for the entire public to vote on. The Image with the most votes will guide all play submissions. NOTE: We are not looking for plays where the characters are sitting, looking and talking about the image, but for plays where the image is part of the world of the play.
The online public poll for the Image will be start mid-March and run through mid-April.
LiveWire established VisionFest to expose new works to the community and get the community involved in new works. Besides helping us choose an "Image" (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.
VisionFest 3 - VISUAL ART SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Submission content is open-ended, but please spend some time on our website to learn more about the company before entering your piece. Submissions are open to local, regional, national and international artists. Finalists will be announced when poll is open. Winner will be announced shortly after polls close.
- Only original material may be submitted.
- Submissions will only be accepted via email at visionimage@livewirechicago.com.
- To submit, send a low-res and a high res jpeg file of your work. Compress files that exceed 10 MB. In the body of your email, indicate artists name, title of piece, contact info and size of physical artwork. Please associate file name with artist or title.
- All images must be received by Friday, March 12th at 11:59 p.m. No exceptions.
- One submission per artist will be considered.
- Entrants allow LiveWire to display their image on our website during polling process.
- Once poll has been completed, LiveWire will arrange with artist a display for their image at VisionFest 3. The opportunity to display more than one piece will also be presented to winning artists.
VisionFest 3 - PLAY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Submissions are required to adhere to the "Image" guideline or are discarded. Submissions are open to local, regional, national and international playwrights. Finalists will be announced when program is complete.
- Only original material may be submitted.
- Submissions must be postmarked between April 19th through July 31st to be accepted (Any submissions sent outside of these dates will be discarded.)
- Plays must be between 1 to 12 minutes in length; 1 to 12 pages depending on density of material. (Any scripts over 12 minutes will be discarded.)
- One submission per playwright will be considered.
- Previously produced scripts will NOT be accepted.
- Submissions should only include your playscript (bound preferred) with playwright's name on the title page only. (SASE for returning playscript is optional.)
- Submissions should be sent to LiveWire Chicago Theatre, ATTN: VISIONFEST, P.O. Box 11226, Chicago IL 60611-0226. E-mail Submissions will not be accepted.
If you have any questions and/or comments please direct them to info@livewirechicago.com.