Playwrights Aloud is a reading series Dramatist Theatre Manager Glenn B. Rust started at Columbia College Chicago that is now being brought to Chicago Dramatists. Due to Covid-19, we will be holding this month's Playwrights Aloud online! You will send in an appilcation here and we will pair you with your desired amount of actors. You will video chat with your actors then have a week to write a 2-4 minute scene. Your scene will then be performed via zoom, recorded, and posted online on our social media platforms for you to share. 

Fill out this application no later than April 1st 2020. You will then be put in contact with your actor(s) by April 3rd. In the form below there is also a spot to put in a page number of your choice which corresponds to the Oxford Companion to World Mythology. When put in touch with your actor(s), playwrights will be given a random myth from the page they selected and are encouraged to develop their work by incorporating their myth either directly or inspirationally and building on the strengths of their actor(s). However, if you have a piece that you are already working on that your actor(s) would like to work on as well, they will be accepted. These scripts will be due on April 10th and a time will be scheduled for the following week to meet with you and your actors over Zoom. You will have 20minutes to rehearse and then we will record the scene. The goal is to have these videos posted on April 19th.

Submission Requirements:

2-4 minutes in length
1-2 Characters 
Unpublished

If you have any other questions or curioties feel free to email Glenn B. Rust at grust@chicagodramatists.org.