JOIN THE RANKS OF JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY, LYLE KESSLER, ERIC BOGOSIAN, AND JESSE EISENBERG BY SUBMITTING YOUR PLAY TO THE 2025 CHAIN THEATRE WINTER ONE-ACT FESTIVAL
Calling all playwrights, actors, directors, and producers!
NEW YORK, NY; November 8, 2024 — The Chain Theatre is excited to announce that submissions are now open for the highly anticipated Chain One-Act Festival, returning from February 3 to March 2, 2025. The festival will be hosted in the heart of midtown Manhattan, across Chain Theatre’s two performance spaces: a 99-seat Off-Broadway theater and a 65-seat theater.
The festival celebrates new, original work from voices across the theater world, accepting plays ranging from 10 to 60 minutes in length. Past festival participants include celebrated talents such as Pulitzer Prize-winner John Patrick Shanley (Doubt), playwright Lyle Kessler (Orphans), and actor-writer Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio, AMC's Interview with the Vampire). Last winter’s festival also featured Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), who made his theatrical directorial debut with the Chain Theatre.
Submissions are free, as is participation for selected works. Additionally, the Chain Theatre provides rehearsal hours to all participants, offering essential support to bring each vision to life on stage.
To review submission guidelines and full festival rules, visit www.chaintheatre.org/winter-one-act-fest-landing-2025. Submissions are open through December 1, 2024.
Join the Chain Theatre in celebrating and showcasing the next wave of compelling theater. Don’t miss this chance to be part of an extraordinary lineup of theatrical talent!
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Submission link: https://www.chaintheatre.org/winter-one-act-fest-landing-2025
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CHAIN THEATRE is a critically-acclaimed (NYT Critic’s Pick macbitches) premiere Off-Broadway producing organization located in midtown Manhattan. Chain Theatre produced the World Premiere of Garbageman by Emmy-nominated Keith Huff (A Steady Rain, Mad Men, House of Cards) and has also collaborated with Tony Award winner David Rabe (Hurlyburly, In The Boom Boom Room), and Eric Bogosian (An Evening With Eric Bogosian). Most recent hit World Premiere productions include: This G*d Damn House (ScreenCraft Grand Prize Winner), A Will to Live, and What Passes for Comedy.
Chain Theatre is always seeking to reflect and react to the world around us. Culturally. Politically. Socially. Audiences can find investment in the work at the Chain, because the work is about them, no matter what it might be. It’s a place where artists and audiences can expand their perspectives. In addition to our Mainstage programming, the Chain supports thousands of emerging and established artists to showcase their work professionally-works seen nowhere else via two One-Act Festivals annually..
Chain Theatre is located at 312 W. 36th Street, 3rd and 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018. For more about the Chain Theatre visit www.chaintheatre.org @chaintheatrenyc. Chain Theatre is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.
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