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to accept script inquires at this time. Please watch this page for updates. |
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Mission: Develop, premiere and produce new queer and allied work at NCTC. History: NCTC new plays program began in 2002 and has commissioned and produced the following 4 world premieres: Breakfast with Scot by Michael Downing, Mysterious Skin by Prince Gomolvilas, Crucifixion by Terrence McNally, and It's Murder, Mary! by Andrew Black and Patricia Milton. It has also produced the world premiere of The War At Home by Brad Erickson. Additionally, NCTC is committed to producing second and third productions of new work in San Francisco enabling playwrights to receive productions of their plays beyond the world premiere. For a complete list of NCTC's production history, please visit http://www.nctcsf.org/production_history.html |
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Join us for a staged reading of each of the new plays below. Admission is complimentary. To reserve your seat, click on the corresponding link below. |
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Rights of Passage Rights of Passage is a new play about LGBT Global Equality progress. A cautionary tale that explores conflicts that divide us and bonds that unite us, the play tells of the struggles and triumphs of LGBT people worldwide. Rights of Passage has been developed through extensive research, hundreds of interviews, and the unyielding support of LGBT citizens and activists around the world. Rights of Passage will have its world premiere at NCTC in the fall of 2012. |
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Staged Reading January 22, 2012 at 2:00 pm. In Evan Johnson’s new solo play PANSY, a young man discovers what it means to "come of age" into one's own time. What do we inherit from queer ancestry and what does is mean to grow up queer today? Evan explores himself and a variety of characters in a provocative, comic, inter-generational fantasia on modern queer themes about youth, gender, sex and make believe. Check out Evan's webpage about his new play PANSY. |
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American Dream is set in San Diego, California and a Spanish colonial town deep in the heart of Mexico. The story straddles the border and explores the literal and spiritual frontiers the characters are challenged to cross. In the play, Tom, a recently divorced, and recently out, 40-something architect finds himself unexpectedly falling in love with his handsome Spanish teacher, Salvador, in the beautiful city of San Miguel, Mexico. Tom’s ex-wife, Cara, bitterly clings to the life that has been torn away from her and vows to keep Tom from bringing Salvador home to San Diego. Tom enlists the help of Cara’s beau, an influential Republican attorney, and that of an unlikely Minute Man, in an attempt to smuggle Salvador across the border. American Dream will premiere at NCTC in August 2013. |
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 Castle Rockin'by Jewelle Gomez Waiting for Giovanni playwright Jewelle Gomez continues her work at NCTC with a commission to create the world premiere of Castle Rockin’, a play with music about the life of Black lesbian singer/songwriter, actress, and nurse Alberta Hunter (1895-1984). The story opens in the early 1960's with Hunter making the decision to make a professional comeback despite knowing how many doors to the past it may open. It was a period when public acknowledgement of lesbian life was not only disapproved of but often treated as an illegal act. Framed by Alberta Hunter’s triumphant return to singing, the play is a back stage story which lays bare the tension this history creates for Hunter. The premiere is planned for the 2015-16 season. |
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American Dreamto accept script inquires at this time. Please watch this page for updates. |
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1. Full manuscript submission is by invitation or via agency representation only. You will be contacted should we wish to invite submission of a full manuscript. NO phone calls, please. Response time is usually 3-6 weeks. |
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