O'Neill Ends Open Submissions by Leonard Jacobs
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, long a beacon for new American drama, announced it is no longer maintaining an open submission policy beginning with its 2004 Playwrights Conference. The organization has instead created a "National Selection Committee" consisting of 150 as-yet-unnamed "esteemed theatre professionals" who will, in turn, nominate a total of 250 scripts to be considered, with the deadline set for the …