Submissions

The Ma-Yi Writers Lab is now reviewing applications for new members entering in for the 2012-2013 Season. 

Please submit an application to:

mayilab@gmail.com by June 1st, 2012.

The 2012-2013 Lab will begin in September 2012.

Founded in 2004 by Sung Rno in connection with the TCG/NEA residency program, the Ma-Yi Writers Lab is the largest resident company of Asian American playwrights ever assembled. Currently led by Co-Directors Michael Lew and Rehana Lew Mirza, the Lab is a professional peer-based workshop in permanent residence with the OBIE Award-winning Ma-Yi Theater Company, designed to nurture and showcase Asian American playwrights in New York City.  Ma-Yi is deeply committed to its Lab artists, and has helped develop and premiere new works that have also gone on to be produced nation-wide. The Lab is a community resource, braintrust and place of artistic growth for its members. As such, members are expected to attend meetings twice per month from September - June, participate in and see quarterly LabFest readings of fellow members, and also support members outside of Lab activities, when possible.  The Lab has also become Ma-Yi's primary resource for production material, and as such, writers will be expected to complete at least one full-length play per year.

To apply, please submit the following:

* a cover letter with all relevant contact information;

* an artistic resume including production experience, publications, and/or training history, as applicable;

* a one-page artist's statement describing your interest in the Lab and how you hope it will benefit your work and your further development as a writer; and

* One full-length play in standard American play format, as a PDF or Word doc. Please note that we may only consider the first 25 pages of each submission (depending on submission volumes), but would still like to have an entire full-length for reference.

Electronic submissions greatly preferred. However, in the need to mail a hard-copy, please mail materials to:

Ma-Yi Writers Lab

Membership Applications

520 8th Avenue, Suite 309

New York, NY 10018

HARD-COPY MATERIALS WILL NOT BE RETURNED

Finalists will be asked to interview in Summer 2012.