To receive an initial Submission Form

email your request to:  info@appleseedproductions.org

 

Process

 

1. The artistic director will have the option of directing one show during each regular season.  This script is decided on through a separate process involving the steering committee.  The script search committee will have the relevant information in time for selection of slates but not necessarily before the submission process begins.

 

2) Proposed scripts are to be submitted to the Artistic Director between the dates of October 1st and December 31st to be considered for the upcoming season. (e.g. scripts to be considered for the 2012-13 season must be submitted between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2011.) The director must submit the script.

 

3) The Artistic Director will then send out a Script Search Packet to directors who have submitted a script within the designated time period. The packets will contain an introductory letter, Script Proposal Worksheet, a time line of dates for the process, and any other pertinent information.  (I don’t know what this packet is.  Last year, there was a second form posted for them to fill out and that is all.  Further discussion is needed on this point.)

 

4) The Script Proposal Worksheets are due back to the Artistic Director by February 1st if the script is to be eligible to continue to the next stage of the selection process.

 

5)  Throughout the submission process, the Script Search Panel members will read all submitted scripts and meet regularly to discuss the submissions based on the information from the Script Proposal Worksheets.

 

6) The Script Search Panel will meet with each director individually to discuss the submissions and address any concerns.  Musical Directors who have committed to a proposed script will be expected to attend this meeting.

 

7)  The Script Search Panel will then meet to select possible slates of shows, which are then submitted by the Artistic Director to the Steering Committee.   At this meeting, Steering Committee members will receive a summary of each show, and a report detailing the Panel’s reasons for their selections. All Steering Committee members are expected to read the report and those summaries (and are encouraged to read the entire scripts), and be ready to vote at their next meeting on the upcoming Main Stage slates as proposed by the Script Search Panel.

 

8) Individuals are limited to submitting four scripts for consideration in an upcoming season, but no more than two of the same genre (i.e. comedy, drama, musical, etc.).

 

9) All proposing directors are required to meet with the Artistic Director (this was changed to Technical Director last year and falls mostly under that job description as it is largely about set costs) to discuss production budget prior to returning the Script Proposal Worksheets.

 

10. Upon request, any submitting director is entitled to an exit interview with the Artistic Director to discuss the process.

Script Criteria

 

Because Appleseed Productions is founded on, and marketed as "family entertainment," all scripts presented by Appleseed will reflect that identity in the following ways:

 

1) Productions will contain subject matter and language that ranges from "G" through "PG-13" (movie ratings) in content.

 

2)  Scripts presented by Appleseed will reflect a standard of high quality in writing, be in good taste, and function successfully as a whole.

 

3) Appleseed will select scripts that can be presented credibly with the technical resources and performance space available to the company.

 

 

Director Eligibility

 

In order to be considered as a director for Appleseed Productions, you must have directed, assisting directed, or music directed a production at Appleseed.

 

A person who would like to direct for Appleseed Productions but who does not meet the eligibility requirements as outlined above, must contact the Artistic Director and provide the Artistic Director with his/her directorial resume. The Artistic Director may then submit that person to the Steering Committee for approval as a prospective director, which must be obtained before that person is eligible to submit a script to the Script Search Panel. Any such prospective director must also choose a Mentor from a list of candidates provided by the Steering Committee prior to submission. If that person’s script is not selected for the upcoming season, s/he retains that approval and is eligible to submit scripts for consideration in future Script Search processes, but is still required to work with a Mentor throughout his/her first actual directorial assignment with Appleseed. At the conclusion of that first assignment, the new director will meet with the Artistic Director for a debriefing of his/her experience.