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Tips for choosing between Mainstage and WordPlay
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What we like to see in a Mainstage submission is often very different than what we look for in a Wordplay submission. Wordplay submissions can be more fluid, less developed, less finished, etc., while for Mainstage, we like to see a certain amount of thought for the possibility of production of the script (mostly in terms of having a fairly-fleshed out idea, but if you have thoughts about staging or production elements, feel free to throw them in as well).
Of course, you can submit for both Wordplay and Mainstage, but think about what it is you want for your piece. If your submission is accepted for Mainstage, are you ready for the collaborative process of fully producing a piece of theatre? Is your play/musical at a point in development where you are comfortable handing it off to or working closely with many other people? Are you going to be able to finalize it by the Freeze Date? If you submit for Wordplay, are you okay with working more heavily on development for a semester? Will you take feedback (an option we give to all who submit to)? What do you and your work get out of a mentorship and a reading? These are all questions you should ask yourself as you write and submit to NOMADS. |
Give us as much as you can! If you don’t have a full, finished script, give us what you have and an outline. If you don’t have an outline, give us some ideas, themes, disconnected scenes, whatever you got. The more you can give us, the better sense the NOMADS board has of the potential of the piece. We ask that you try to give us at least one short scene to read, so we have an idea of your writing voice, but unfinished work is totally acceptable (especially for Wordplay).
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