TRI-STATE IS RAISING THE CURTAIN ON A GREAT PLAY-READING SERIES FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR MANY PATRONS AND FRIENDS!
   
We're calling it the "ON THE TOWN PLAY SERIES," and it will feature great plays by established playwrights from Broadway and around the World! This season we'll read intriguing, fantastic, funny and unique plays from Canada, Ireland, England, and of course America . . .
  
Here is  a little info about each famous playwright--

Norm Foster was born in Newmarket, Ontario and grew up in the city of Toronto.  While working in radio in Fredericton, New Brunswick in the early eighties, he began writing stage plays, and since that time he has become one of Canada's most prolific amd most produced playwrights.  Sometimes called by Americans the Neil Simon of Canada, his plays include THE MELVILLE BOYS, THE AFFECTIONS OF MAY, HERE ON THE FLIGHT PATH, ETHAN CLAYMORE, AND WRONG FOR EACH OTHER.

CONOR MCPHERSON (Ireland)-- THE WEIR--(ON THE TOWN at the Irish Cottage, Franklin, July 16,2011)

Acclaimed by the New York Times as "...quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation," Conor McPherson was born in Dublin. He was educated at University College Dublin, McPherson began writing his first plays there as a member of UCD DramSoc, the college's dramatic society, and went on to found Fly By Night Theatre Company which produced several of his plays. He is considered one of the best contemporary Irish playwrights; his plays have attracted good reviews, and have been performed internationally (notably in the West End and on Broadway).
  
THE WEIR opened at the Royal Court before transferring to the West End and Broadway. It won the Laurence Olivier and the Critics Circle Award for Best New Play for 1999. Other plays by McPherson include: DUBLIN CAROL, SHINING CITY, and THE SEAFARER.

SUBMISSIONS FOR 2012 SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE THEATER
NO EARLIER THAN SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 and  NO LATER THAN  JANUARY 1, 2012.  SORRY, DATES FOR SUBMISSION ARE PAST.  Tri-State will again accept submissions (for 2013) beginning Sept. 1, 2012 -Jan. 2013.

IF YOU ARE A PLAYWRIGHT OR AN ASPIRING WRITER WHO DESIRES TO HEAR YOUR PLAY READ ALOUD IN A CONCERT OR STAGED READING, SUBMIT YOUR SCRIPT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR TRI-STATE ACTORS THEATER'S NEW PLAYS READING SERIES. WE PLAN TO HOLD PUBLIC READINGS OF FOUR NEW SCRIPTS DURING SEASON 2010. THE NEW PLAYS READING SERIES WILL BE PRESENTED Throughout the season. CONTACT US:

                      E-mail: Tri-State!
                            DO NOT SUBMIT SCRIPTS VIA E MAIL.                  
                      REGULAR MAIL: Tri-State Actors Theater
                                                                 Attention: NPRS
                                                    P.O. Box 9
                                                    Newton, NJ 07860
                                                    USA

SOME INFORMATION, SUGGESTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS--
--One script may be submitted in any one submission period.
--Plays may be full-length or one-acts.
--Plays may be submitted as works-in-progress.
--Playscripts must be typed or word processed in a standard play format in   English.
--*Please do not submit scripts via E Mail.  Use only regular mail. This notice applies to all submissions.
--A letter indicating your wish to submit your script should accompany the submission.   Your name, address, and phone number and e-mail must be included.
--TAT cannot return scripts, so make sure you send a copy and not   the original!
--If your script is selected, you become an essential part of the process and will be asked to attend the reading.
--Do not submit musicals.
--Plays with 1-5 characters will be considered first.
--Tri-State Actors Theater is a non-profit professional acting company  incorporated in the state of New Jersey, USA.