EdTA seeks a freelance Literary Manager to solicit, read, evaluate and recommend original scripts to advance the canon of original works appropriate for high school theatre production to be published in our member publications. 

Freelance Responsibilities:

• Solicit, read and evaluate original script submissions from multiple sources.
• Prepare readers reports with recommendations per our editorial mission, and maintain a reporting system.
• Maintain knowledge of sources of current original plays and maintain relationships with playwrights. 

Qualifications:

• Experience in playwriting, dramaturgy or literary management.
• Literary evaluation skills sufficient to identify themes, characterization, dialogue sets and staging appropriate for high school theatre productions.
• Experience writing readers reports for scripts reviewed.
• Knowledge of available resources and networks to source original scripts appropriate to our mission.
• Bachelor's degree in English, Theatre, or related field, or equivalent related experience.

About Educational Theatre Association

The Educational Theatre Association is an international nonprofit association with more than 135,000 active members. EdTA’s mission is shaping lives through theatre education: honoring student achievement in theatre; supporting teachers by providing professional development, resources, and recognition; and influencing public opinion that theatre education is essential and builds life skills. EdTA is the home of the International Thespian Society, an honorary organization established at nearly 5,000 schools, that has inducted more than 2.3 million theatre students since its founding in 1929. EdTA also produces the International Thespian Festival and publishes Dramatics magazine in print and online for high school theatre students, and Teaching Theatre, a journal for theatre education professionals. The Educational Theatre Foundation is the philanthropic arm of EdTA.

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