ASBX Live

Artist Soapbox is thrilled to partner with Capital Arts Theater Guild to present an evening of live audio drama.

About ASBX Live 2024

Capital Arts Theater Guild in partnership with Artist Soapbox presents:

ASBX LIVE: "Home Sweet Home"
February 24, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Theatre Raleigh Arts Center
Lobby Cabaret Theatre

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Artist Soapbox is thrilled to partner with Capital Arts Theater Guild to present an evening of LIVE AUDIO DRAMA!

ASBX LIVE will be an evening of theatrical fun, featuring LIVE presentations of 2 original audio dramas, written by North Carolina writers and support performances by musicians, improvisers, and an MC! This live event will be recorded and released to the public in podcast form later in 2024.

This project is supported by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

This project was supported by a grant from the Manbites Dog Theater Fund.

 

 

QUESTIONS?

Contact artistsoapbox@gmail.com or charlie@capitalartstheaterguild.com with questions.

 

We are thrilled to announce the selections for ASBX LIVE 2024!

JANE GETS SENT BY TEDDY DURGIN

THE WELLERDADS BY ALLAN MAULE

Jane Gets Sent by Teddy Durgin
Veterinarian Jane Williams has spent her whole life caring for animals and has never had any use for people. When she dies and goes to Heaven, though, she is suddenly confronted with spending all eternity with a LOT of people. Rather than reincarnate her for a fourth time, God decides to teach Jane the value of humanity by sending her someplace . . . else.

Teddy Durgin is the author of The Totally Gnarly, Way Bogus Murder of Muffy McGregor, a mystery novel set in 1986. His audio plays, The Next Street Over and After the Hereafter, were co-produced by the Cary Playwrights Forum and the Greensboro Playwrights Forum. He’s also the screenwriter of Paws, a short film that won 2nd place at the 2020 Zombiepalooza Film Festival.

The Wellerdads, by Allan Maule
To win back the respect of his five-year-old son, amateur filmmaker Doug starts his own YouTube channel. But with expenses mounting and ideas hard to come by, Doug must create a hit video or face a humiliating return to B2B marketing. When Doug teams up with fellow dad Matty during a backyard playdate, the two dads look to reignite their lost creativity during the long-haul voyage of parenthood.

Allan Maule is a Durham-based writer who is thrilled to hear The Wellerdads with Capital Arts Theater Guild and Artist Soapbox. His plays include The Weight of Everything We Know (Theatre Raleigh and CATG 2022 NC Playwright's Lab), and EverScape (NYC Fringe 2015 and Sonorous Road Theater).

The submission window has passed for ASBX LIVE 2024. 

Submissions: "Home Sweet Home" 

Seeking original audio plays written by North Carolina writers.

  • Submission Window: Aug 7-21, 2023

Artist Soapbox and Capital Arts Theater Guild invite North Carolina writers to submit a 20-25 minute audio drama script featuring up to four actors.

*Currently, ASBX Live is open to writers living in the following NC counties: Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, and Wake.*

Two scripts will be chosen, rehearsed, and then performed in front of a live audience. The performances will be recorded and released to the public in podcast form later in 2024. 

[Note: each audio play will be staffed with professional actors and production team (director, stage manager, foley artist).]

Selected writers will be paid $100 each.

The style and content are up to the discretion of the writer (see additional writing guidelines below). Script can be any genre. The theme for this event is ‘Home Sweet Home.’ Please write with SFX that will set the scene sonically anywhere that evokes senses of “home”.

WRITING NOTES

  • Please title your play, include character names and descriptions, and the setting as needed. You may format your script as you would a stage play, screen play, or BBC audio drama form: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/bbcradioscene.pdf
  • Sound effects usually take the place of what we read as stage directions in theatre scripts. Please note them in the script as SFX. If you aren’t including SFX, then you aren’t writing for audio. 

Example:

SAM: Another cold one, please, Sue.

SUE: You bet.

SFX: Bottle opener pops open glass bottle. Foaming beer poured into mug. Mug placed in front of Sam on the wooden bar top.

SAM: Thank you, kindly. Bottoms up. 

  • When writing for audio, it may be helpful to think of the sound effects as a scene partner for conveying information and dramatic action. The SFX will guide the sound designer in putting together the SFX needed to perform your piece. 
  • ASBX LIVE will be performed live on stage with Foley artists, actors, and musicians creating the sound effects and music. All script submissions should be ready to produce including direction for sound and music cues (written in the script as SFX, etc.) Sorry, but submissions cannot include usage of copyrighted music.

CONTENT GUIDELINES

  • The content and style is yours to determine.
  • 4 actors only. Your script can feature up to 10 roles with actors double cast in distinctly different voice parts.
  • You’ll receive bonus points for including the live audience as a character(s)
  • Maximum 25 minute piece (please read your draft and time it to make sure that it meets the time limit and edit as necessary.) 
  • Please do not include any identifying personal information in your manuscript.
  • PDF submissions are preferred. 

PROCESS

  • All submissions will be accepted via a Google form and sent anonymously to readers.
  • Submission fee: $10 required donation
  • Each script will be read and scored by multiple readers in a two-step process of selection.
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