Anyone – students from all majors, including dance students, faculty, staff, patrons, etc. – can submit proposals for plays and musicals for the 2016-2017 season
You must fill out a proposal form and fill it out completely. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.
Forms are available electronically (attached to this e-mail) or in hard copy form from the
STAD office. Alternatively, you can fill out the form on our website here: https://www.jmu.edu/theatredance/play-selection-proposal.shtml
Proposals will be accepted between now and the end of the second week of the
Fall 2015 semester: Friday, September 11 th , 2015, is your deadline.
Complete the form; everything must fit on the proposal form; no attached pages please.
Then turn it in to Terry Dean’s box in the STAD Office or send it via e-mail to dean3ta@jmu.edu
, again, no later than Friday, September 11 th
, 2015. We also encourage email submissions throughout the summer.
This is your chance to have a voice in our selection process for the 2016-2017 season. All completed proposals will be considered. Shows NOT submitted will NOT receive consideration until all proposed plays/musicals have been exhausted. In other words, the season will be determined based on the submissions we receive.
Anyone can submit a proposal for any play or musical. Proposals for cross-disciplinary devised work and/or works that are movement-based are welcomed. That said, to best serve our mission and enhance the training and education of our students, the faculty have adopted a set of guidelines that we follow to ensure that season selections reflect a variety of genres and styles throughout each student’s four-year period in school. For the 2016-2017 season, we are particularly looking for proposals in the following categories:
Musicals – Preference for Golden Age musicals (1940-1966) or more contemporary musicals reminiscent of the Golden Age (e.g., Crazy for You, 42 nd Street ).
New work – World premieres and/or plays with no previous significant productions. Playwrights in residence or involved in other ways in productions (e.g., plays written by established playwrights, alumni, students, and/or faculty; also devised work, movement intensive pieces, etc.).
Shakespeare – Plays written by William Shakespeare.
Plays by playwrights from Historically Under-represented Groups (HUG), and/or plays that feature characters from historically under-represented groups.
Examples: plays by and/or about people of color, women, LGBT, persons with disabilities, or other marginalized or oppressed groups.
Other Considerations:
If the New Work fulfills the HUG category in the rotation, then the fourth season slot can be filled by a play in any genre.
Plays with the following qualities are of particular interest.
 smaller casts
 overall reduced production requirements
 high proportion of female characters
The list above is a guide for the types of works to consider to improve the odds that your proposal will receive maximum consideration.
Thank you, we look forward to receiving your proposals!
School of Theatre and Dance