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#NEWPLAY INNOVATION: @classicalharlem introduces The Playwright’s Playground

Classic Theatre Harlem Seeking Actors & Playwrights

The Playwright’s Playground: Seeking Playwrights and Actors to take part in a twice-monthly cold reading series

What is The Playwright’s Playground?

Classical Theatre of Harlem’s (CTH) Playwright’s Playground is a cold-reading series designed to promotes the work of emerging playwrights whose works are persistently under-represented on American stages. The Playwright’s Playground is especially interested in works by artists of color, women and other underrepresented artists such as immigrants, and ethnic and religious minorities. The Playwright’s Playground seeks to provide the opportunity for playwrights to hear works in early development through cold readings with professional actors, to offer them the opportunity to develop a play in a nurturing environment while helping actors hone their craft and giving them the opportunity to become familiar with new work and emerging playwrights.

How does the Playwright’s Playground work?

Starting on May 14, 2012, the second and fourth Monday of each month will be a Playwright’s Playground Monday. Interested playwrights may submit a 10- to 12-page scene from a work in progress, and a Monday will be assigned to them. Up to six playwrights will be featured at each Playground. The night of the Playground, CTH will provide copies of the scenes and cast actors to read from those attending the Playground.

• Playwrights may submit only 10-12 pages.

• Play samples must be submitted as a PDF or as a Word document.

• A brief synopsis of the play and a short bio may be included with the writing sample.

• Please understand that The Playwright’s Playground does not present readings of full plays, only cold readings of scenes from works in progress.


All Playwright’s Playground Mondays will take place from 7 – 10 pm at The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center, which is located at 3940 Broadway between 164th and 165th Street.

Playwrights: Please e-mail your submissions or inquiries to Debra Cardona, Playwright’s Playground administrator, at: playwrightsplayground@gmail.com

Actors: Please arrive a half-hour before the start of each Playwright’s Playground Monday and check in with administrators Debra Cardona and Pia Wilson in order to be considered for a scene.

#NEWPLAY COMMUNITY: Conversation about artists role in the Trayvon Martin Case

Fire This Time Festival, With a Cherry on Top Productions and Soul Productions Present:

A Call to Action 

Community meeting of artists, activist’s, educators, and community members, connecting to discuss next steps in this case, how we are affected, how we contribute to make sure that these events do not happen again. How do we as artists contribute to these kind of events. Remember that artists, in the past, wrote about crimes being done to the youth of their time, our youth. How do we as a community work together to support the efforts in Florida on Trayvon’s case and his family.

April 15th. Start time 7pm
Horse Trade Theatre:
85 E. 4th Street Ny Ny 10003

RSVP to firethistimefestival@gmail.com

The event will be filmed and then broadcast later online for people to watch.

Bridgit Antoinette Evans as Moderator
Panel: Dominique Morisseau, Keith Beuchamp,Shaun Neblett & Brian Jones.

Goal: Find ways to continue the conversation, so we do not forget the burdens once all the hype is gone.

#NEWPLAY COMMUNITY: A call to action of artists responding to Trayvon Martin

There is an outcry over the events that have transpired with the Trayvon Martin case. Artists are speaking up. Join the revolution. 

April 9, 2012
7:30pm
“The Hoodie Plays” (#thehoodieplays): in memory of Trayvon Martin

Trayvon Martin’s senseless death is a symbol to many of the injustice
that still lingers in this country for Black Americans and has
unfortunately become part of the narrative for countless young Black
men in this country.For this special “Community Night” - writers bring pages devoted to
the killing of 17 year old Trayvon Martin.

For More Info: http://www.blackboardplays.com/

#NEWPLAY OPP: @RockefellerFdn Bellagio Residency Submission (via @jfdubiner)

The Bellagio Experience

The Bellagio Residency program offers academics, artists, thought leaders, policymakers, and practitioners a serene setting conducive to focused, goal-oriented work, and the unparalleled opportunity to establish new connections with fellow residents from a stimulating array of disciplines and geographies. The Bellagio Center community generates new knowledge to solve some of the most complex issues facing our world and creates art that inspires reflection, understanding, and imagination.

Arts & Literary Arts Residencies typically last four weeks. We are especially interested in applicants whose work is inspired by or relates to global or social issues.  We also welcome applications for projects that will contribute to the Foundation’s mission of promoting the well-being of humankind or in some way will connect with the Rockefeller Foundation’s issue areas. We strive to select a diverse cohort to ensure that interdisciplinary and international connections remain an integral part of the Bellagio experience. The Center welcomes collaborative residencies for two to four people working on the same project.

Collegial interaction with other residents is an essential dimension of the Bellagio experience. Meals and informal presentations of residents’ work afford an opportunity for dynamic discussion and engagement within and across disciplines. During special dinners, residents often interact with participants in international conferences hosted in other buildings on the Center’s grounds to help build connections and inform one another’s work.

FOR MORE CLICK HERE!

#NEWPLAY OPP: @thtrprjct Accepting Submissions of Full Length Plays

Theatre Project Group in New York

Deadline: open

Theatre Project Group

The Theatre Project is seeking full-length play submissions to produce in Manhattan. Have a script you would like to submit? Email your submissions to Development@TheTheatreProject.org.

SLEEPER opening in NYC - a new play about a truckdriver and her hitchhiker

Playwriting Scholarship Contest

WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOUR VOICE:

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

Tell us what you want! NY Theatre Intensives is accepting submissions for the VOICE Scholarship prize for the 2012 session of this year’s summer conservatory program.

In a one-page monologue, give us a voice. A passionate voice. Let the voice ring out and tell us what we should know.

Here are the rules:

Write no more than one page of a monologue, no less than half a page, for a character of your choice. The first line is: 

“I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I WANT!”

Remember: a good monologue asks a question, and the character learns something and is changed by the end of the speech.

SUBMIT to summerconservatory@gmail.com BY APRIL 5, 2012.

First place will receive a $2000 scholarship to NYTI’s summer session for 2012, second place a $1000 scholarship.

Led by Producing Artistic Director Susan Merson, New York Theatre Intensives, now in its third year in partnership with the artists of Ensemble Studio Theatre, provides rigorous training in the art of new play development through workshops, seminars and master classes that afford performers, writers and directors a unique opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. The program will take place from June 25^th until August 5^th in New York City.

For more information on New York Theatre Intensives, visit our website at www.nytheatreintensives.org.