Fireworks Play Development Program Submissions 2024 – 2025 Teesri Duniya Theatre’s Fireworks Play Development Program is a guided 6-month-long mentorship that seeks to provide an encouraging and safe environment for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and socially conscious playwrights to experiment in the creation and development of their work. Fireworks serve as an incubator for new and original plays. Here you will receive: Culturally sensitive dramaturgical feedback on your work with professional dramaturges Evolution of your craft as a playwright through sustained mentorship program Active feedback from other artists within the mentorship group The chance to hear your writing read out loud by actors in a live play reading/workshop at the end of the unit Starting in mid-November 2024, playwrights will work to develop their plays over 9 months, meeting every 2 weeks with a dramaturg and the playwrights of the Fireworks cohort. This will culminate in a public reading of each playwright’s script before a live audience at the very end of the unit in May 2025. This season we are looking for the completed first draft of a play. Please be sure to outline its development history below. DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: 11:59PM (Montreal Time) October 31st 2024 Questions? Email fireworks@teesriduniyatheatre.com