CLUBBED THUMB BIENNIAL COMMISSION
http://www.clubbedthumb.org/bc/#bcguidelines

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NO ENTRY FEE
Clubbed Thumb is accepting proposals for the second Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission. The winner will receive a $15,000 commission to write and develop a play based upon Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission Guidelines. Playwrights are invited to submit a description and a sample scene of the play they propose to write by July 15, 2007.

The playwright will receive $5,000 once selected, $5,000 on completion of the first draft, and $5,000 on submission of the final draft. The final draft will be due no more than one year after the day of selection. Clubbed Thumb will additionally provide opportunities for readings and workshops to aid in the development of the play. Clubbed Thumb expects the playwright to be in New York occasionally during the course of the year to take advantage of these opportunities. Clubbed Thumb will reserve the exclusive right to produce the commissioned work for two years commencing the day the final draft is submitted, but is under no obligation to produce the work.

Running time: between 1 hr. and 1:30 hr. Intermissionless. Must have a reasonable representation of women, both in quantity and quality of roles. At least 3 characters - we prefer medium sized ensemble casts. Clubbed Thumb produces plays that are funny, strange, and provocative. The presence of a sense of humor is strongly encouraged. Please check out www.clubbedthumb.org/history  to get a feeling for our sensibility and a selected chronology. The Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission was created to encourage the writing of plays that consider the relationships between truth, power, history, and personal responsibility. For each commission, Clubbed Thumb will ask a question or pose a theme to serve as a jumping-off point for this examination. Please use the theme as inspiration. The result need not be immediately recognizable as a product of the initial examination. The theme for year 2007-2008 is "The Tragedy of the Commons."