Our Selection Process
The company seeks to recommend a play if it fulfills the following criteria:
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Dramaturgy
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Great roles for actors — bravura roles attractive to leading talent
2. Story Elements
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Powerful, well-crafted script — well written, telling a dynamic story
3. Potential Audience/Market
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Universal market appeal — of interest to a large potential audience
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Significant subsidiary market opportunity — first production leading to worldwide royalties and rights for the investors
4. Cost to Produce
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Modest budget — smaller casts, simple scenery
With recommended scripts, SLP takes an advocacy stance and champions scripts by:
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Recommending and promoting scripts to appropriate theatre and production companies
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Working with playwrights to develop plays
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Optioning appropriate candidates for production
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Raising production capital,
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Producing the best of The Project’s findings
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Working with other producers to bring new projects to the stage
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Leveraging productions to a wider audience through other media.
