Please do not be dispirited. Rejection letters are just another acknowledgment of your existence as a writer. I've gotten loads of rejections and I pin them up. His program allows SCRT to respond to writers with thoughtful notes of praise or rejection or within two months. Summer Repertory Theatre at Santa Rosa Junior College produces six shows a year, but hasn't produced an original play since the early '70s.
New plays are a problem because they are new.
After auditions, SCRT starts performing works for an audience three weeks later. If egos become an issue it could hamper a production. Actors' Theater already holds an annual New Works Festival that culminates in four staged readings for the finalists. Danielle Cain, the group's associate artistic director, said they are happy with the number of entrants, the majority of which are from northern California, that they have already. She said she admires SCRT's effort, but doesn't think they have to make submissions any easier.