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Core Strength for Playwrights
This item from Karen Hartman
For writers in mid-project with an eye towards building a draft and/or revising, while staying centered on the initial impulse and core values of your work. This class is right for writers at all levels, starting with anything from an initial idea through a full draft, as long as the writer is LAUNCHED and ready to make serious progress this summer.
Four TUESDAY EVENINGS, June 30 through July 21, 7-9:30 pm. Plus one long SATURDAY July 18th, 10am-4pm. Meets at A.R.T./NY, 520 8th Avenue, 3rd floor. Small class size (6-8 students) will allow for generous individual attention. $350 (price reduced b/c I'm running it on my own, a few small discounts available). Any questions please e-mail khartman@aya.yale.edu.
The Public Theatre Accepting Applications for 2010 Emerging Writers Group
This item is from Sam Neuman, publicist
Expanding on its history of developing new plays and cultivating new voices for the American theater, The Public Theater is now accepting applications for the third year of The Emerging Writers Group, an initiative that seeks to target playwrights at the earliest stages in their careers and nurture their artistic growth by providing necessary resources and support. In doing so, The Public hopes to create an artistic home for a diverse and exceptionally talented group of up-and-coming playwrights.
Through an open application process, The Public Theater will select 10 promising playwrights to join the Emerging Writers Group for one year.
Selected playwrights will receive a $3000 stipend. Works by Emerging Writers Group members will be presented in at least one reading at The Public. They will also participate in a biweekly writers group led by The Public’s Literary Department and master classes with established playwrights. Additionally, they will have a chance to observe rehearsals for productions at The Public and receive artistic support and professional development guidance from the Literary Department and Public artistic staff. Members of the group will also receive complimentary tickets to Public Theater shows, invited dress rehearsals, and other special events, as well as a supplemental stipend for tickets to productions at other theaters.
Visit www.publictheater.org for application form and guidelines. APPLICATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 28, 2009.
COUNTING SQUARES THEATRE LAUNCHES NEW PLAYWRIGHTING PROGRAM
This item is from Joshua Gold
As our commitment to creating new works and fostering new artists continues,
Counting Squares Theatre has decided to open our doors to new plays and
playwrights. New play submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis, and will be
evaluated by our Playwright Development Coordinator and the Counting Squares
Team. It is our goal to take the best of the best, workshop the new pieces, and
eventually produce them as a part of our regular season.
We ask that anyone interested in submitting a new play, please visit our website at
www.countingsquarestheatre.org, where they can learn more about Counting
Squares Theatre. We ask that those interested in submitting a new play send us a
character list and description, a one‐page synopsis of the play, a little information
about the playwright, and the play in its entirety. Please submit all plays in PDF to
newplays@countingsquarestheatre.org.
]New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest
This item is from Sandra Nordgren
New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest is accepting scripts through June 30, 2009 for new works that:
1) Enhance self-realization
2) Support peace and social justice
3) Foster new understanding of minority issues that focus on racial, ethnic and gender discrimination both in the United States and abroad
4) Empower youth to build healthy inner foundations
5) Educate to gain further insight into healthy social/emotional living
6) Shed new light on religious, spiritual, and cultural differences and issues
7) Build respect for cultural expression and identity in a world that is experiencing rapid globalization
8) Explore the widening gap between the values this country was founded on and the values we present to the world today
For Guidelines and Application Form: www.playwritingcontest.cjb.net
North American Laboratory Classes
This item is from NACL Theatre
Summer Teen Drama Camp - Shakespeare's MACBETH - August 10-15, Rehearsals 10 AM to 5 PM, lunch included. $350
TO REGISTER: Call 845-557-0694 or e-mail: nacl@nacl.org. You will be required to pay on the first day of class.
One Act Play Competition
This item is from Charles Robertson, Bottle Tree Productions
Bottle Tree Productions ONE ACT PLAY COMPETITION For Writers. First Prize, $1,000; Second Prize, $250; Third Prize, $100.
One Act Plays of any length may be submitted
to Bottle Tree Productions
at 126 Wellington Street, Kingston, Ontario K7L-3C8.
Phone 613-542-0070 or email info@bottletreeinc.com. Please have your copy bound and if you wish it returned, please include a manuscript-sized SASE. or check out www.bottletreeinc.com
for email submissions and Paypal options.The entry fee for each submission is $25. Please make cheque payable to Bottle Tree Productions. Multiple submissions accepted. Plays can have previously been produced or work shopped but not professionally. The competition runs until November 30th 2009. Winners will be announced in January of 2010.
New York State Council On The Arts Theatre Program - Report On The Status Of Women: A Limited Engagement?
This item is from Susan Jonas, NYSCA
The Theatre Program of the New York State Council on the Arts is releasing a report on its three-year research initiative assessing the status of women in theatre. The initiative sessions produced a body of invaluable historical, anecdotal and statistical information on the ways in which women have confronted, overcome and continue to face discrimination in the field. The panels also produced a series of recommendations both to monitor and to assist women in theatre.
For an e-mail copy of the report write to: info@nytheatre.com.
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