Here is a summary of the Region 1 NPP timelines for play selection, auditions and rehearsals.
NEW PLAY SELECTION
- Tuesday, December 1 – Friday, December 4: Accepted playwrights contacted
- Friday, December 11: Accepted playwrights must confirm and commit to registering and attending the festival.
- Monday, December 14: Directors assigned to playwrights
- January 4: Dramaturgs assigned to plays
- January 4-11: Possible Playwright/Dramaturg/Director meetings
- Early January: Stage managers assigned
NPP AUDITIONS
- Friday, January 8: Auditions due at 11:59pm
- Students submit a one (1) minute monologue of their choosing, or choose from a
selection of monologue sides that will posted on this site on December 20. - Monologues do not have to be memorized.
- LINK TO OPEN ON OR ABOUT 12/1
- Students submit a one (1) minute monologue of their choosing, or choose from a
- Saturday, January 9 – Sunday, January 10: Playwrights and Directors view auditions
- Monday, January 11: 7pm Casting Session
- Monday, January 11: Actors notified (by stage managers of each show)
NPP REHEARSALS
- Monday, January 11 – Saturday, January 23: Rehearsals
- Ten-Minute plays (2) two-hour rehearsals
- One Acts (2) 3-hour rehearsals
- These will be scheduled by the Directors and Stage managers and rehearsals are
mandatory
NEW PLAYS PRESENTATIONS at Festival 53
Schedule announced in January