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Rejectionism vs. Acceptionism in Play Submission Reading

January 14, 2013 · by babelwright · in Theatre · 5 Comments

If you are a reader for, or a manager of readers for, a theatre company that judges open submissions, are you rejectionist or acceptionist? I think rejectionism is the standard. By that, I mean “don’t pass a play on to the next level/give it high marks unless it deserves to go on.” In other words, […]

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