Call for Directors and Show Proposals
for Silver Spring Stage’s 57th Season
2024-2025

Silver Spring Stage is actively seeking exciting, socially relevant and compelling new show proposals from directors for its upcoming 2024-2025 season.

The stage is especially interested in cultivating fresh relationships with directors from the BIPOC male and LGBTQ+ communities, which have historically been underrepresented among previous submissions. However, all serious proposals will be duly considered.

DIRECTOR OPEN HOUSE

Join us on Sunday, December 17 at 7 pm at Silver Spring Stage to tour our space, learn about the history of the Stage, and ask questions about the Stage and the show selection process.

Here’s a glimpse into the unique aspects of the Silver Spring Stage:

  • Diverse programming: Silver Spring Stage produces a variety of plays, musicals, and other performances each season, including classic works and contemporary plays by critically acclaimed, new, and local playwrights.
  • Diverse themes and diverse voices: The board is committed to broadening the range of diverse stories at the Stage. In recent years, Silver Spring Stage has produced a number of women’s stories, plays by and about people of color, LGBTQ+ people,and other underrepresented groups. But we still have more work to do.
  • Intimate setting: Silver Spring Stage is a small theater with a seating capacity of just over 100. This intimate setting creates a close connection between the audience and the performers.
  • Quality of Productions: Silver Spring Stage has made a name for itself through the superior quality of its productions. The theatre boasts of a gifted group of directors, actors, and designers who collaboratively work to craft socially relevant and captivating performances.
  • Directorial Latitude: At Silver Spring Stage, we believe that the essence of any production is shaped by the director’s vision. Hence, we give utmost importance to the director’s artistic perspective in shaping our season.

DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY!

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SEND US YOUR RESUME, REFERENCES, YOUR ELEVATOR PITCH AND ANSWER SOME BRIEF QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PROPOSED PLAY BY DECEMBER 31, 2023.

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OUR SIMPLE 2-STEP PROPOSAL PROCESS

Step 1: SUBMIT
Deadline : December 31, 2023
Send to prc@ssstage.org the following:

  • Letter of introduction.
  • Resume detailing your work as a theatrical director.
  • An electronic version of the script to be considered (if available) .
  • Contact details for two to three references.
  • Answer our director’s online questionnaire .
    All proposals will be reviewed thoroughly by the Silver Spring Stage Play Reading Committee (PRC

Step 2: INTERVIEW
If your proposal is a good fit for the Stage, we’ll invite you for an interview in January. All interviews will be held virtually. Before your interview, we will send you a list of specific questions for your interview.

Final selection will be based on the combination of your proposal, answers to the director’s questionnaire, and interview.

TENTATIVE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE FOR 2024 – 2025 SEASON*

  • Show #1 – Sept 13-29, 2024
  • Show #2 – Oct 25 – Nov 10 2024 (Halloween themed shows encouraged)
  • Holiday Show – Dec. 6 -15, 2024
  • Show #3 – Jan 24 – Feb 9, 2025
  • Show #4 – March 14 -30, 2025
  • Show #5 – May 2 -18, 2025
  • Show #6 – June 13 -29, 2025

* One Act Festival is schedule for Aug 3-11, 2024 . There will be a separate call for directors for the Festival.

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SOME THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Facts about Silver Spring Stage and our process

We are a true all-volunteer community theatre. Actors, designers, directors, producers, board members, carpenters, painters, graphic designers and others donate their time, talent, and energy. While we do not pay anyone involved in our productions, we do have a modest production budget to help cover materials and supplies, Director will receive a $300 stipend.

We have a unique space all our own.

  • Our theatre spaces reside in the basement level of the Woodmoor Shopping Center.
  • We have our own rehearsal rooms, conference room, and shop/storage on site.
  • Our stage offers black-box style intimacy with brand new seating on two sides. The playing area is set on point like a diamond. (If you think of it as a baseball diamond, the audience sits along the base lines that run to home base. The backstage area follows the lines from first base to second to third base.)
  • Our backstage area is generous but our floor-to-ceiling height is limited by the architecture of the building. We don’t use microphones.
  • All shows must hold open auditions – we don’t “pre-cast” roles. That said, directors are responsible for casting their own shows. If you know someone you want for a role, invite them to audition and cast them if you wish. We ask directors to keep an open mind.

Join Us
We are excited about the potential to forge new relationships with directors. Our stage is ready for your stories. Join us in our mission to create theatre that is inclusive, thought-provoking, and reflective of our diverse community.

To stay informed about our upcoming shows, auditions, volunteer opportunities, and more, join our mailing list today here .

For more information about submissions contact the Play Reading Committee at prc@ssstage.org.

We look forward to hearing from you!