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CJZ/Rock Surfers Theatre 2014 Writers Commission

The Bondi Pavillion Theatre

In a very exciting announcement, Rock Surfers Theatre Company and Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder (CJZ) are proud to announce the inaugural CJZ/Rock Surfers New Writing Commission. In its first year the commission, worth $12,500, will be open to any writer nationally that has had a work produced or published since the Rock Surfers were founded in 1997.

CJZ CEO, Nick Murray is delighted with the collaboration. “Our company fosters a collaborative and creative culture where some of the industry’s leading producers, writers and performers thrive and flourish. Good writing is the cornerstone of all great TV and I believe we should be nurturing this talent – that’s why CJZ is proudly backing this new writing initiative.”

Rock Surfers Artistic Director Leland Kean is thrilled with the new partnership.  “The commission brings together Australia’s largest independent producer of television with Australia’s largest producer of independent theatre.” Kean says of the venture, “It’s incredible and such an honour to partner with CJZ on a new writing commission. In the past decade the Rock Surfers have produced more new Australian writing than any theatre in the country and this is a wonderful nod to that history and a step toward sustaining that tradition by CJZ.”

“In true Rock Surfers style, in its first year we are throwing the doors open to any writer that has had a play produced or a work published in Australia since the company’s inception in 1997. The Rock Surfers have a long history of developing and producing unsolicited work. This commission continues that legacy and will add another chapter in what is one of the largest Australian canons in the country’s theatrical history,” commented the Artistic Director.

The commissioned playwright and play will be announced as part of the Rock Surfers 2014 season at the Bondi Pavilion Theatre and directed by Artistic Director Leland Kean.

Pitching Process

Pitches should include the below and must not exceed 2 pages.

  • Contact details
  • A brief synopsis
  • Proposed cast size/technical requirement/specific staging ideas
  • A writers statement (what inspired the work? why this story? why now?)
  • You may also include an additional 4 pages that demonstrates some of your previous writing

Submissions should be emailed to phil@rocksurfers.org no later than 5pm Monday 2nd December 2013.

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