Submission are now Closed for
Echo Theatre's BIG SHOUT OUT 3
International New Play Contest for Women+* Playwrights

THANK YOU to over 400 playwrights who submitted to the contest. It took our reading committee all of July and August to read just half the entries, so please continue to be patient while we give everyone's work the attention it deserves.

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A Note to Entrants:

We received so many entries that we need a bit more time to process and confirm them all. IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CONFIRMATION OF YOUR ENTRY BY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd AT 5PM, PLEASE RESEND YOUR ORIGINAL SUBMISSION EMAIL BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th AT 5PM AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOUR ENTRY HAS BEEN LOGGED IN. You WILL receive confirmation.

It is our goal to announce the Finalist Honorees by the end of November 2021 and the Winning Playwright will be notified before the end of 2021. Please scroll down and join our mailing list for future announcements.  

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The Contest Winner receives a $1000 Royalty and Echo will present the winning play either as a workshop production or a mainstage regional premiere** in Echo Theatre's 24th Season, which runs during the 2022 calendar year.

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Finalist Honorees each receive a $150 Royalty from Echo to present the Finalist scripts one to two times in our 2022 Echo Reads Performance Reading Series.

Ooohhh! Fine Print!      * About women+:  We recognize the limiting nature of the binary use of the word “woman.” We use the term “women-plus” to include an expansive and diverse array of people; including those

born female, those who identify as women, and those who who are gender non-conforming.

** Depending on our assessment of the script's state of readiness for production.

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Call for Entries closed Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 11:59 pm CT/USA

A Note to Playwrights...

Echo Theatre enjoys plays that encourage learning, growing, and evolving together as people and as an institution. We look for work that cries out to be performed in a theatrical setting. Whether your script is an experiment in form and language, a comedy, a drama, a work about historical characters, or a new translation, we pledge to produce rich and compelling creative work with high quality artistic effort.

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Please scroll down and join our mailing list so you don't miss updates!

Thank you for participating and for writing your truths!

PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE BIG SHOUT OUT:

Winners of the 2019 Big Shout Out Special Project: #WRITENOW

HEAR ME: Voices of #MeToo

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Curated and Directed by Kateri Cale

In response to the #metoo and #timesup movements, Echo Theatre called for monologues and devised a compelling new work distilled from 14 diverse female stories on sexual harassment. Click HERE to visit 2019's Voices of #MeToo.

Winner of the Big Shout Out 2

THE ADVENTURES OF FLO AND GREG

by Briana Pozner

"Everyday Super-Heroes Fighting Modern Day Demons"

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Directed by Terri Ferguson

September 10-26, 2015

Bath House Cultural Center / White Rock Lake Park

CAST

Flo - Chandler Ryan

Greg - Matt Holmes

CREATIVE TEAM

Producer/Stage Manager - Alett Gray

Tech Director - Bryan Douglas

Master Electrician/Carpenter - Alexander Ferguson

Set Design - Randy Bonifay

Light Design - Bob McVay

Sound Design - Graeme Bice

Costume Design - Melissa Perkins

Co-Prop Design - Lynn Mauldin and Rebekka Koepke

Box Office - Jordan Willis

Box Office - Alett Gray

Board Op - Jon Leitch

Winner of the Big Shout Out 1 (Three-Way Tie)

THE EARLY EDUCATION

OF CONRAD EPPLER

by Isabella Russell-Ides 

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"What if the Myths we Believe in, Believe in Us?"

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Directed by Pam Myers-Morgan

February 9-25, 2012

Bath House Cultural Center / White Rock Lake Park

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CAST

Sister Mary Extraordinary - Ellen Locy

Sister Merry Berry - Kateri Cale

Sister Subordinary - Lisa Anne Haram

Luce - David Lugo

Kilowatt - David Meglino

Conrad Epplar - Jennings Humphries

Alethia - Kylie Zeko

Roica - Matthew Clark

Miss Demeanor - Miller Pyke

Honeycomb/Epiphany - Tatum Zeko

Honeycomb/Epiphany - Wendy Blackburn

Wing Sergeant - Tamitha Curiel

Wing Sergeant - Stephanie Butler

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CREATIVE TEAM

Producer -Terri Ferguson

Production Assistant - James Stroman

Asst. Director - Carolyn McCormick

Stage Manager - Jordan Willis

Asst. Stage Manager - Alett Gray

Set Design - Christopher Jenkins

Light Design - Jaymes Gregory

Sound Design - Graeme Bice

Costume Design - Ryan Matthieu Smith

Co-Prop Design - Rebekka Koepke and Lynn Mauldin

Winner of the Big Shout Out 1 (Three-Way Tie)

A MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN

by Cathy Tempelsman 

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"Is George Eliot - the most popular writer of the age - secretly a woman, and living in sin?"

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Directed by David Meglino

September 8-24, 2011

Bath House Cultural Center / White Rock Lake Park

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CAST

George Eliot - Emily Scott Banks

George Henry Lewes - Russell Schultz

Isaac Evans - Randy Pearlman

John Blackwood - Scott Milligan

Novel Woman - Morgan McClure

George Combs - Adrian S. Churchill

Barbara Bodichon - Jessica Cavanaugh

Herbert Spencer - Brian Witkowicz

Edward - Jordan Willis

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CREATIVE TEAM

Set Design - Cindy Ernst
Costume Design - Caitlin Rain
Lighting Design - Jaymes Gregory
Sound Design - Pam Myers-Morgan
Prop Design - Rebekka Koepke and Lynne Mauldin
Dialect Coach - Elly Lindsay
Board Operator - Bryan Douglas
 

Winner of the Big Shout Out 1 (Three-Way Tie)

THE EXECUTIONER'S SONS

by Catherine Bush

"Once upon a time, there were four little boys who lived in the tower of London."

Directed by Terri Ferguson

February 5-19, 2011

Bath House Cultural Center / White Rock Lake Park

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CAST

Henry Tatersall - Wm. Paul Williams

Kate Tatersall - Jessica Cavanagh

John Tatersall - Lily McCollum

Thomas Tatersall - Stuart Lee Williams

Prince Edward V - Jaxon Beeson

Richard, Duke of York - Marlhy Murphy

Duke of Gloucester - Kevin Moore

Lord Hastings - Jack O'Donnell

Shane Beeson - Hooded Henchman

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CREATIVE TEAM

Kateri Cale - Co-Producer

David Meglino - Co-Producer

Alett Gray - Stage Manager

Bryan Wofford - Set Designer

Ally Elsey - Costume Designer

Graeme Bice - Sound Designer

Jaymes Gregory - Lighting Designer

Tish Mussey - Properties Designer

Erin Keller - Dramaturg               

Bo Barron - Box Office Manager

Linda Marie Ford - Publicity Manager

Jessica Cavanagh - Patron Outreach Manager

Shane Beeson - Kid Wrangler

Lucas Barnes - Board Operator