New Play Project Deadline

Who needs the beach with all it's sand and sunshine when you can spend the day in a cold, dark theater?

The deadline for the New Play Project is March 16th, 2007. I want you all to submit your 10-minute plays.

I did the New Play Project last year and I can't tell you what a great experience it is, especially since all of you are new to playwriting. It's a fantastic group of actors, writers, directors--all working together to make an excellent piece of art. It's exciting to see the final result of all your hard work performed on stage in front of a live audience. I highly recommend you all do this. It's an experience you will not forget.

If any of you have questions or want to discuss your 10-minute plays (if you wish to submit), email me and we'll talk.

Here's the specifics/guidelines you'll need to know:

New Play Project (ENGL 5970), which will be meeting M and W 9-noon, with performances during three Thursday evenings, and rehearsals on Monday evenings (times as listed in the course book).

The class includes between twelve and eighteen playwrights, twelve to fifteen actors, five directors and two stage managers. During the course students will have one of their plays rehearsed for two weeks and produced as a script-in-hand public staged reading. Additionally, playwrights will participate during the seven and a half weeks as dramaturgs, stage managers, and actors (sometimes as directors) on their fellow playwrights work, and as company members in ensemble developed plays and activities.

Admission for playwrights is on a competitive basis, and for actors and directors by permission of the Theatre Department (please contact Mark). Interested playwrights should submit two copies of a 10-30 page one-act play to the mailbox of Dr. Steve Feffer (sixth floor Sprau) with complete contact information by Monday, March 16th. You will be notified soon after that date.

Please note: We have changed the submission process slightly this year. Playwrights who are currently in ENGL 3680, have already taken 3680, but not a 5000 level playwriting class, or have not taken playwriting at Western are strongly encouraged to submit a ten minute (10 page) play. Playwrights who are currently taking 5660, have taken 5660 or a previous New Play Project, or have instructor permission, may submit a longer (up to 30 page) play.