i totally agree. everybody has adobe so pdfs are legit. that’s how actors get their sides..for a brief period i was in charge of first reads for a big rep company in the states. they only took hard copies and the pile was gynormous. convinced me that a blind submission would have as much chance of getting a show produced as just leaving copies randomly on the subway.

Some prefer hard copies, I know . . . I know they’re easier to read, but email saves paper and time, I think.

Turnaround time, shoot, usually I’d just like to know that it got read . . . most of the time, when I send a script, I never hear back from them, heh . . . I think it gets put on a pile and never opened, is my suspicion.

But I think 4 to 6 weeks is reasonable for a script, once a request is put out and unless it’s sent out without warning.

If I ask if I can submit a play and the okay is given, a few months is understandable.

I think it a company believes it’s going to take a year or so, it’s better for them simply not to accept scripts until they get caught up.