Actors Scene Unseen is now a full voting member of the Grammy Recording Academy in the Producers and Engineers Wing. As a voting member of the Recording Academy, Actors Scene Unseen is able to submit recording to the Academy for Grammy nomination consideration.   Actors Scene Unseen has partnered with Digital Distribution giant IODA to supply audiobook and Spoken Word works to its 250+ Digital Distribution subscriber companies.   In addition to its music publishing, Actors Scene Unseen is now also an official literary and audiobook publisher and can register and submit your works to "Books in Print".

For a limited time only submit a full-length work for the same submission fee as a one-act or short play -- just $35.

Most of the publishers we work with in our season will not consider a script for publication unless it has had a significant production. For these publishers Actors Scene Unseen productions are significant.

EXPressIt Productions is a new service from Actors Scene Unseen that can deliver a significant production production credit. Your play can dovetail seamlessly into our current season offerings. What on-demand publishing has brought to the literary and independent music worlds, Actors Scene Unseen brings to the theatre world.

ExpressIt Productions are created on a fixed, pre-negotiated price and are inclusive of all time and material required by the format of the production type (theatre, sets, props, costumes, Internet bandwidth, promotion, etc). There is a nonrefundable submission fee for each play submitted for ExpressIt Productions consideration. For a limited time only submit a full-length work for the same submission fee as a one-act or short play -- just $35. The submission fee will be applied to the production price when your project is costed. You play will be evaluated by no less than two readers and you will receive detailed feedback and recommendations about your play's suitability for each of the available formats. You feedback will include marketing research on the estimated popularity of your play in the selected format.

Disclaimers

ExpressIt Productions is a solely playwright invested production program. Playwrights must own or obtain the rights to all of the material used in the performances in order for it be produced and delivered by Actors Scene Unseen. This includes the rights to all music including background and incidental music. Actors Scene Unseen can provide royalty free sounds and music or newly composed music as a part of its package. Adaptations of existing works must be accompanied by a rights agreement from the original author.

For more information contact producer@colorview.com for instructions on how to submit and play and how to request a rate card with average costs for each production type. The average cost and time to completion are only estimates. The actual cost and time to completion is dependent on the size of cast, number of performances, and numerous other considerations.

Do not submit scripts by email. Send an email describing the theme of your project and wait for authorization to submit your script. When instructed to do so, submit your script by post and enclose a check covering $75 for each full-length or long one-act work, and $35 for each short one-act or short story to be reviewed. Attachments in unsolicited emails will be deleted. Unsolicited manuscripts send by post will not be returned. 

Why is there a Submission Fee?

Unlike most on-demand book publishers, Actors Scene Unseen has a full schedule of its own productions. The thorough and careful evaluation of a script requires time and research. Also unlike on-demand book publishers, Actors Scene Unseen can provide a number of different productions format. The evaluation of the artistic and marketing merits of a script and its suitability for each of these formats takes the time of dedicated professionals.

EXPressIt Productions is a playwright invested program that guarantees production, performance, and promotion of the artist's work.  Productions can be created in the following formats:

Prerecorded Internet Radio Broadcasts (Average time to completion: 6 weeks)
Your play will be recorded in our studio and receive unlimited broadcast at the Actors Scene Unseen web-site.

Live Internet Radio Broadcasts (Average time to completion: 12 weeks)
A predetermined number of performances of your play will be produced in our standard live Internet radio format. We currently perform and broadcast from the Duke Power Theatre, Spirit Square in Charlotte, NC, which is part of the NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. In archive format, your play will receive unlimited broadcast at the Actors Scene Unseen web-site. This option carries the potential for a live production royalty depending on the size of the houses your play delivers. You may also consider an Audio CD version of your live program for commercial sale.

Live Staged and Costumed  Performances with Optional Internet Audio or Video Simulcast (Average time to completion: 6 months)
A predetermined number of performances of your play will be produced in our new staged "cross-over" productions with set(s), costumes, music, and blocking. In archive format, your play will receive unlimited broadcast at the Actors Scene Unseen web-site. This option carries the potential for a live production royalty depending on the size of the houses your play delivers. You may also consider an Audio CD or Video DVD version of your live program for commercial sale.

Your Play or Audio Book on Audio CD (Average time to completion: 9 months)

Your play can be recorded in our studio and delivered as a commercial product on Audio CD. This option includes all recording, mastering, artwork, sound effects, music, promotion, and distribution. You may choose to own the finished CD outright or let Actors Scene Unseen handle the marketing and distribution while you retain a large royalty. Depending on your budget, the following options are available for CD projects: Full-Run CD Production (1000 CDs) Short-Run CD Production (500 CDs) Very-Short-Run CD Production (100 CDs) "Just-in-Time" CD Production (CDs are manufactured as orders are placed by vendors)