Season Submissions

Facetime Theatre’s 2026 Season

 Production Proposal Notice

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Facetime Theatre is now taking show submissions from creative teams for our 2026 Season!  Below you will find guidelines to direct a Mainstage show in our next season.  

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Please fill out the this form (or click on button above) to submit:

 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHnPzP6mfQIOGykhgbWaKISqskAkMaWtW3COfuVVtMn5kfkQ/viewform

 

The deadline for submissions is April 6, 2025, after which staff members will meet and discuss all of the options.  Prospective directors/music directors/choreographers may be asked to meet with the Executive and Artistic Directors or the Board of Directors.    

 

If you have any questions, please email Artistic Director Katie McGrier at KatieRomano86@gmail.com.

 

Mainstage Season General Goals:

-To appeal to a diverse pool of local performers

-To open up opportunities to as many actors as possible, without affecting the integrity of the show

-To be efficiently and creatively produced in our theatre

-To appeal to a community of patrons diverse in age, race, gender, and ethnicities

 

2026 Mainstage Season Timeslots

 

1) Feb 28-March 14, 2026: Mainstage Musical- Three weekends- 8 performances

 

2) April 10-19, 2026: Mainstage Play- Two weekends- 6 performances

Notes:  We try to produce plays with medium to large casts

 

3) NEW! May 22-30, 2026: Very small cast musicals, New Works Festival, Staged Reading, Cabarets, Licensed Concert versions of musicals, Other Special Events - One to Two weekends- 3 to 6 performances

 

4) September/October 2026: Mainstage Musical- Three weekends- 8 performances

 

Previous or Current Mainstage Shows Produced by Facetime Theatre: 

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, And The World Goes Round, Company, Footloose, Songs For A New World, Into The Woods, Legally Blonde, Fun Home, Bridges of Madison County, RENT, Jekyll & Hyde, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Boeing Boeing, The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Nighttime, Titanic, Little Shop of Horrors, Peter & The Starcatcher, Next To Normal, The Three Musketeers, Cabaret

 

Qualifications

All directors submitting a proposal to direct in our Mainstage Season should have experience directing, assistant directing, music directing, or choreographing previously and are required to submit a resume along with all other forms.  

 

Location of Performances

All performances will take place at Facetime Theatre, 400 Franklin Avenue (The Franklin Commons), Suite 109, Phoenixville, PA 10460

 

Casting and Rehearsals

Scheduled auditions are held for every production, usually for two nights plus a callback night.  We do NOT permit pre-casting.  The Artistic Director will assist in the scheduling and organization of auditions, as well as sit in and assist with the casting process.  

Rehearsals typically run 3-4 days a week depending on the needs of the show, the director’s preference, and the class and rehearsal schedule for other shows being rehearsed, and will begin 10-12 weeks prior to tech week.

 

Script and Royalty 

• Facetime Theatre will be responsible for securing rights for proposed productions

• Royalty costs are not included in the budget guidelines below

• Any changes made to the script must be outlined in the proposal and approved by the Artistic Director, as well as probably the licensing company.

• Directors are responsible for making sure that all copyright laws are followed for their respective production.  This includes copying and digital publication of materials and use of the logo.

 

Budget

Not including royalties, our musical budget tends to be between $10,000-15,000; the play budget between $8,000-10,000.  The Artistic Director and/or Producer will work together with the director to solidify a budget that works for the show and the theatre.

 

Production Team

For musicals, Facetime Theatre requires that you tentatively secure a musical director before submitting your proposal and are welcome to build your production team as you see fit, but all production team members will need to be approved by the Artistic Director.  We will also be happy to assist the director in the building of the production team.  We offer small stipends for certain production team members.  Our actors are not paid.