Tramp Art Theatre Club Artistic Director, Josh Brolin and Street School Artist Collective President, Vincent Riverside, are accepting Playwright submissions for the 2009 American Heartbreak Festival (AHF). AHF is a six day event featuring stage works, short film, music and multi-media live improv theatre.

How to Enter:

Please enclose two hard copies of your script with a letter including:
• Name
• Address
• Phone Number
• Email Address
• Title of Play
• Check payable to Tramp Art Theatre Club*
• A short note telling us who you are and why AHF should feature your piece.

Entries should be submitted to:
American Heartbreak Festival
P.O. Box 38278
Los Angeles, CA 90038

*Scripts will not be returned.

Deadlines:

The submission deadline is December 31, 2008. Final submissions must be postmarked by October 31, 2008 for consideration in AHF.

THE AMERICAN HEARTBREAK FESTIVAL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

We the Producers...In Order to form a more perfect Festival, have established a new Launch Date for the Inaugural American Heartbreak Festival.

It is a time for change...In that spirit, Tramp Art Theatre Club Artistic Director, Josh Brolin and Street School Artist Collective President, Vincent Riverside are pleased to announce a series of sweeping transformations to our vision for AHF:

1. Launch date moved to February 2009. Still a six-day festival, the exact dates will be announced shortly.
2. New Works, New Writers. Rather than a Competition, we will present One-Acts from New Voices deserving to Be Heard.
3. All Submission Fees Waived. To those who previously submitted a check to us, you may have noted that we have not cashed it. In fact, these checks will be destroyed forthwith.
4. New Submission Deadline December 31st, 2008. If you have yet to submit a piece, you now have additional time to do so. If you have previously submitted a One-Act, feel free to submit additional pieces.
5. Addition of Spoken Word. In addition to stage works, short film, music and multi-media live improvisational theatre, AHF will now also feature spoken word. If you know any artists working in that genre, spread the word so they can submit either taped or text examples of their work.

Let the word go forth that the torch has been passed to a new generation... We come together in community, to raise our voices, to celebrate and to mourn, everything we are as Americans. We the people...

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Rules

• AHF is open to anyone. Submissions must be previously unpublished and not have been previously produced for a paying audience.

• Plays should fit into a black box theatre, using minimal set pieces and props and should have minimal tech and staging requirements.

• Submissions must be One Act in length with a maximum running time of 20 (twenty) minutes (approximately 20 pages).

• AHF does not accept responsibility for the damage or loss of the scripts submitted.

• Playwrights must guarantee that they have the sole rights to all matter contained in the script.

• All decisions are final.

• When a script is submitted,the playwright/author is in agreement that AHF can produce their script in the festival. The playwright must waive any royalty for the production if it is included in the festival.

• Submissions must be the author’s own original work. Each entry shall be free from copyright restrictions and the author agrees to hold the Street School Artist Collective, Tramp Art Theatre Club, AHF and its officers free from all copyright claims.

• AHF reserves the rights and privileges concerning casting, production and programming for the festival. We reserve the right to:

1. Use the title, author’s name and images from the production for publicity purposes related to the festival
2. Reproduce as many copies of the play as are needed for distribution to the judges and participants in the production
3. Videotape the performance