An eccentric and eclectic blend of opportunities for theatre projects and for writers. Let us know your success stories! Send anything you come across that seems to fit this page to starlightcircleplayers_at_yahoo.com with " Submission:Writers & Theater" in the subject line.
  New Title From Wallflower Press - Screenwritin 2009-06-26 Wallflower Press are pleased to announce a brand new title: Screenwriting History, Theory and Practice by Steven Maras Request Inspection copy or purchase here: http://www.wallflowerpress.co.uk/product/new-titles/screenwriti ng or email lucy@wallflowerpress.co.uk For those in the UnitedStates and Ca ...Contact: lucy@wallflowerpress.co.uk URL: www.wallflowerpress.co.uk Friends— In Sept. 2009, The Independent Eye is collaborating with Sonoma County Repertory in a puppet/mask staging of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Our preparations include bimonthly workshops, and we're also offering a
close-up view of the nine-month gestation of this babe via the
ultrasound blogosphere. In other words, I'm posting a weekly blog of
workshop reports, storyboards, videos, design sketches, photos of
puppets in process, research and wild ideas on the evolution of this Tempest. We welcome comments. We're at http://www.independenteye.org/news/index.ht The Tempest
weblog is for people interested in theatre, Shakespeare, puppetry,
backstage glimpses, magical islands or the creative process in
general. So we invite you to participate in its evolution. I post every Monday or Tuesday. Still recovering from the opening of Rash Acts, with two more weeks to go. If my opening-night post-partum bronchitis clears up, sculpting for Tempest starts tomorrow. Peace & joy— Conrad Bishop OZARK project - http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=55293969&blogId=454378936- Greetings Ya'll, Want
to let you know that our new CD out and we are having such amazing
experiences with the whole OZARK project. We got an Arkansas Heritage
Grant to do this in conjunction with Jones Television. That enabled us
to make the CD/Booklet and documentary about these characters. We
have performed about 7 of the free community concerts so far, in the
communities where the folks hail from. All the proceeds (in Arkansas)
from the Cd/book will go to Play it again, Arkansas to get banjos,
fiddle, dulcimers and the like for any student who wants to keep the
traditions alive and learn how to play a folk instrument. We have
already raised over $2,000 for the cause! Visit our website at
www.stillonthehill.com and click on the lower right corner on OZARK to
learn more about these folks. There is a slide show with sound track
about one of the most amazing homemade instrument makers in the world,
Ed Stilley of Hogscald Holler, Arkansas. You don't want to miss taking
a look and listen at that! We are also excited that last month
in November our new Ozark CD was 1 on the FOLKDJ list and we were
voted 1 Artist as well. We are honored and thrilled. Another
exciting thing is that our good friends, the AMAZING group, Trout
Fishing in America just got a Grammy Nomination for their new CD and WE
ARE GUEST ARTISTS on a couple songs! WHEEEEE. Lots of good stuff going on. PLEASE join our mailing list on our website as well. Donna and Kelly Still on the HillFree Acting Workshop at Fort Mason Center Rachael
Adler offers a free acting workshop for Theatre Bay Area members:
"Acting from Instinct: An Introduction to the Meisner Technique" on
Saturday, April 4, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, April 25, noon to 3
p.m. Create truthful, cutting edge performances; connect deeply and
fully to any character, any text, any direction; experience complete
immersion in onstage relationships; bring imagination to truthful life
onstage; lose self-consciousness completely; perform with full
integrity, power and confidence. To reserve a spot, contact Studio
Magnetic, (415) 456-2725, rachaeladler@gmail.com. Thu Mar 26 7 pm **New Moon Gorilla Choir & Potluck - Berkeley Potluck 7:00, music at 9 We're celebrating the solstice on the new moon at Gorilla Choir, a Berkeley tradition for over 20 years celebrating the joy of family rainbow style with music, song and improvisation merriment. You don't need to be a musician to enjoy. This is a safe place to explore your latent abilities to bliss out on sound, music and good vibes. Please bring a meal to share and some acoustic musical instruments. Originally a weekly event, Gorilla now is celebrated four times a year around the solstice and equinox, so please don't miss this one. Please RSVP Alan at bflyspirit8@aol.com or 415-424-7238 for more information. http://www.souledout.org/singing/index.html Costume-Con 27 http://www.costume-con.com/cc27/INDEX.HTM May 1st - 4th, 2009 The Crowne Plaza Baltimore North Timonium Maryland As various other details (side trips, program items, workshops etc.) become firm, we will be posting them on our web site and adding them here. Please check back often, and we hope to see you in May 2009. Conference at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel Association for Theatre in Higher Education • All Rights Reserved Contact: ATHE, P.O. Box 1290, Boulder, CO 80306-1290 http://www.athe.org/conference/index 2009 Leadership Development Program will be posted here in the spring. http://www.athe.org/leadership/index Religion and Theatre Focus Group http://www.athe.org/getinvolved/focusgroups/rt The Religion and Theatre Focus Group is an active forum for scholars and artists engaging with the discourses surrounding performative practices of spiritual belief. We advocate for serious and creative inquiry into points of intersection between religion/spirituality and theatre/performance. We challenge preconceptions about the place of belief in theatre and performance studies, and champion uncensored, critical discussion of religion in the public sphere/ Fri Mar 27 7 pm Country Joe McDonald's Open Mic & Music Hall - Berkeley Fourth Friday of every month Musicians may start signing up at 5:30 pm This grand opening show features High Hat Bill with Annie and the Vets. Country Joe is hosting with Max Newton. www.countryjoe.com "Most of the legendary and talented musicians of our time have emerged from "open mic" nights in great clubs and coffee houses around the country. As host of Open Mic Night, I'm committed to providing an intimate and warm environment to encourage local talent." Joe Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley $5-$10 donation Wheelchair accessible. For more information contact: 510 841-4824 www.bfuu.org SF Theater Festival Applications Available The San Francisco Theater Festival is on July 26, and all sorts of performance groups are invited to apply to be a part of it. The Festival is a large-scale event that has evolved into a popular showcase for theatre groups and performers. The program spans eight indoor and six outdoor stages with a range of productions, including one-acts, scenes, readings and full-length performances. The application deadline is May 1. Early applications receive priority, and there is no fee for applying or performing. To download an application, visit sftheaterfestival.org, or call (415) 291-8655 Active Arts Theatre for Young Audiences, in association with Maximum Entertainment, Inc. announces auditions for "Strega Nona," a musical directed by Tracy Ward. Show opens September and tours nationally from October until April. Non-Equity, Paid. HS/Resume to Active Arts Theatre 6114 La Salle Avenue, #431, Oakland, CA 94611, nina@activeartstheatre.org Get Some CA$H Have you heard? CA$H grants have grown! Individual artists can apply for grants of $2,500 (increased from $1,500) and companies can apply for $5,000 (up from $2,500). This is due to an unexpected grant from the Hewlett Foundation and continued funding from San Francisco Grants for the Arts. Applications will be available soon for the following deadlines: Theatre: March 23, 2009 Dance: April 27, 2009 www.theatrebayarea.org/programs/cashgrants.jsp. Workshops will be announced soon where you can hear more about the program and can also be trained to be a peer panelist for this or future panels! http://theatrebay.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ International SWAN Day www.SwanDay.org Second International SWAN Day is Off and Running We are thrilled that SWAN Day 2009 is building momentum! Last year the first International SWAN Day was celebrated in March 2008 with 160 events across the U.S. and in 10 other countries on 4 continents. International Events - All organizers including international organizers can list, host and manage their events from the SWAN Day website. However, the international events appear in a list instead of on a map. We’re looking forward to new technology that will allow us to map our international events sometime in the future. Please write to us at info@SwanDay.org if you need help creating your listing in English. How to Find SWAN Day Events and Collaborators Be a Part of SWAN Day on YouTube, Flickr or Your Blog Final Thoughts - Helping Your Sister ArtistsFolk Play and Mumming resources: Folk Play Research Home Page Traditional Drama Research Group: http://www.folkplay.info/index.htm "Guisers' and Mummers' Plays are short traditional verse sketches performed at Christmas and other festivals, and taken round pubs and private houses in return for cash and refreshments." The Traditional Drama Research Group (TDRG) encourages research into all aspects of traditional drama. The TDRG is essentially an informal group of researchers in the British Isles, Europe and North America who have an academic interest in the history and performance of all forms of traditional drama. Whilst a unifying influence tends to be an interest in the British & Irish folk play or mumming-play tradition, individual studies have encompassed topics as diverse as shadow puppets, miracle plays, the social history of the Fool, the folk drama of Russia and of the several native and immigrant American communities. Improv! Acting class, Tuesdays Jan. 29-Mar 5 & Thursdays Jan 27 -Mar 3 YMCA: 2600 Bancroft Way (at Bowditch) $40 m4ember/ $48 non-members.$5 students (with ID) drop in: $10 per class. Instructor: Alan Lerman. 510-848-6370. No experience required Casting Directors for TV's #1 Day Time Drama and "TWILIGHT" Sequel coming to SF! http://theatrebay.pmailus.com/pmailweb Camille St. Cyr & Tenika Becker who cast these projects are coming FEB 28 & March 1 for a workshop. Actors will work on scenes and receive feedback, and get an opportunity for a great Q & A!Class size limited; includes 12+ hours! <firsttake@firsttake.org> Apply for Directors Lab West: 10th annual lab on May 16 to 23 in Pasadena, California. Applications are Directors Lab West seeks mid-career directors to participate in a week long series of workshops, panels, roundtables and symposia with some of the nation's leading theatre artists. Directors Lab West, like its inspiration at Lincoln Center Theater, creates an intensive laboratory environment where theatre directors come together to inspire, educate and challenge each other. For its 10-year anniversary, the Directors Lab West Steering Committee and alumni are planning to feature a wide variety of sessions and inspirational theatre artists, including an entire day of open sessions available free to SSDC members and all theatrical professionals. Attendance is by application only,and no cost is charged to participate in the Lab. Blackbird's SPECIAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE VIDEO ESSAY Postmark/ Email receipt deadline: April 3, 2009 About video essays Like its print counterpart, the video essay is an attempt of personal reflection while engaging with the facts of the world. Contact: panbehchiml@vcu.edu URL: www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v7n2/sub-video_essay.htm For Playwrights  Circus Theatricals (Culver City, CA) Seeking plays that have not been previously produced in Los Angeles or Southern California. All styles and genres are considered, but plays with simple production value are preferred. Submit a short synopsis of your play, 15 representative pages, a cast breakdown, set requirements, and previous production history. Multiple submissions are permitted. NOTE: No e-mail submissions. Circus Theatricals, Attn: Joe Bays, Literary Coordinator, P.O. Box 586, Culver City, CA 90232, T:  Department of English. Mary Field Distinguished Visiting Writer. The English department and its distinguished Creative Writing Program (http://www.depauw.edu/acad/english/) invite poets to apply for one-semester appointment in fall or spring of 2009-2010 as the Mary Field Distinguished Visiting Writer. (Position will alternate among genres in successive years.) Duties include teaching one workshop-style undergraduate creative writing course in area of choice, conducting occasional master classes involving faculty and/or community members, and presenting own work at two public events. Applicants with exceptional publication records of poetry books and critical recognition consistent with a writer of national reputation desired. Candidates who can show evidence of outstanding teaching preferred. Successful candidate will receive competitive salary, furnished housing and professional expense budget. To apply, submit cover letter, cv, evidence of successful teaching, and names and contact informati on for three references to: Mary Field Distinguished Visiting Writer English Department DePauw University Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 http://www.depauw.edu Review of applications will begin February 15, 2009 and continue until position is filled. DePauw University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. |  For Writers ... con't Coreposis A Journal of Myth and Theatre This is a new project, connected with the creation of a Ritual, Folk, and Mythic Theatre conference and festival. Coreopsis is under the editorship of Lezlie Kinyon, Ph.D. Over the next year, an editorial board will convene. It is my hope that this site will host a peer reviewed journal concerning myth, folklore, and ritual within theater and performance. One essay has been posted - just as a "start the conversation" piece. For essays, article and column suggestions, please consult the submission guidelines. For all other questions, please contact me at: coreopsisjournalofmyththeatre@gmail.com. (About me: http://lezlie1.wordpress.com/) Essays, articles, and events are being accepted now. Referees are needed. CFP: Tolkien Society Seminar: Journeys & Destinations Deadline: 2009-05-10 Description: The Tolkien Society invites submissions for papers to be given at the annual Seminar. Focus: The seminar provides academics, students and independent scholars with a venue for interdisciplinary dialogue. This year the theme is "Journeys and destinations" in Tolkien's works. Participants are free to draw on any part of Tolkien's oeuvre, or to follow a thematic line within one text, or one text in it's variant forms (draft ms, published work, amended edition). Format: The seminar will consist of a series of presentations over the day, presentations may be twenty minutes or forty-five minutes in length with a ten to fifteen minute question/discussion session. It is intended that there will be two morning sessions and one afternoon session. Contact: edsec@tolkiensociety.org Tolkien Society Seminar: Journeys & Destinations will take place at Sir John Soane's Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3BP Saturday, June 27, 2009 Submissions: Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words. Send your proposal, and a short biography/CV to edsec@tolkiensociety.org. Deadline: Abstracts must be received by May 10th, 2009. The Playful Paradox: Postgraduate Creative Writing Conference 2009-05-232nd Call for Papers The Playful Paradox: Creative Writing on Campus A mini-festival of imagination in practice Sat 23rd May 2009: Univ. Bedfordshire, Park Square, Luton LU1 3JU Keynote speakers will include Judy Corbalis, Emma Darwin, Tiffany Murray, and Kate Pullinger. Contact: creativewriting@beds.ac.uk URL: cwparadox.wikidot.com Short Story Contest War is All We Know We are now accepting proposals for our new Anthology War is All We Know. We are running a contest for this anthology-similar to the one for our Poetry Anthology. The best three stories will win 1st-3rd place and all winners will be published in the Anthology and receive a free copy - cash prizes ... diversionpress@yahoo.com http://www.diversionpress.com/war_is_all_we_know_short-story_contest Special Issue of FemSpec to Honor Paula Gunn Allen 2009-06-15 Description: 20 years after the Flagstaff conference that resulted in the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures, PGA identified Native American literary criticism shifts and issues:There was nothing then, and now there's everything. menoukha@yahoo.com URL: femspec.org/ Wandering Scholars Call for Papers Wandering Scholars seeks submissions for its next biannual issue in July. We are an online arts journal publishing articles and reviews on literature, music, the visual arts and aesthetics. We aim to bring together exploration of both contemporary art and the traditional canon in a broad humanistic ... Contact: editor@wanderingscholars.org.uk www.wanderingscholars.org.uk New Online Global Affairs "Journalzine": $5,000.00 Award INFINITY JOURNAL (IJ), a global affairs journalzine, is seeking creative and innovative papers (research and/or opinion pieces) from graduates and young professionals. Please note that we are looking for articles for the 4th edition, which will launch in August 2009. Contact: adam@infinityjournal.com www.infinityjournal.com The Internet Review of Science Fiction http://www.irosf.com/guidelines.qsml welcomes the submission of reviews, criticism, interviews, essays, and articles. We do not buy fiction or poetry. Before submitting your work, please review the formatting guidelines. IROSF accepts queries, but no commitment can be made until we see the final piece. Queries are particularly advised for time-sensitive material, and interviews. Creative writing teachers wanted by Gotham Writers’ Workshop for classes offered in NYC and online. Candidates should have noteworthy credits in their field. Teaching experience and advanced degrees a plus. E-mail a brief cover letter and resumé to Alex Steele, Dean of Faculty, at alex@write.org. To see courses, visit www.writingclasses.com. GradStudent Journal CfP: Witches, Wizards and Magic from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period Deadline: 2009-03-01 Description: Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies Special Call For Papers for Upcoming Issue on Witches, Wizards and Magic from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies is a refereed journal. Contact: submit@hortulus.net URL: hortulus.net/~hortulus/index.php/Call_for_Papers Title: Oaxaca, Mexico, Writers' Workshop Begins: 2009-06-19 Description: Oaxaca Experience in Mexican History and Culture Writers Workshop June 19 - 28, 2009 Organizers of the Oaxaca Experience in Mexican History and Culture invite applications for a summer writers workshop to take place in Oaxaca, Mexico from June 19 to June 28, 2009. Space in the workshop is limited and preference will be given to applicants who have completed the Ph.D. within the last five years. Cost for the workshop is $1,600, which will cover the expenses associated with workshop moderators, local housing accommodations, and access to local university resources.Contact: Monica Rankin University of Texas at Dallas Email: mrankin@utdallas.edu 2009 Edwin H. Sherman Family Prize for Undergraduate Scholarship in Force and Diplomacy &Temple University's Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD) is delighted to once again solicit submissions for its annual Edwin H. Sherman Prize for Undergraduate Scholarship in Force and Diplomacy. The recipient of the Edwin Sherman Prize will receive a $1,000 award along with a certificate. Any paper written by an undergraduate student in the 2008 calendar year submitted by either the student or a faculty member at the student's college or university is eligible. The paper must address an issue, contemporary or historical, that demonstrates the intersection of force and diplomacy in international affairs. Although electronic submissions are preferred, hard-copy submissions will be accepted. Papers must be emailed or postmarked no later than April 1, 2009,to: Electronic submission: Benjamin Brandenburg bbb@temple.edu Hard copy submission: The Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy History Department Gladfelter 913 Temple University 1115 W. Berks Street Philadelphia, PA 19122-6089 At least three fellowships are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers for month long residencies at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, to research pre-twentieth-century American history and culture. A stipend of $1,100 and on-campus housing is provided; fellows residing off-campus receive $1,600. The fellowships support research on any subject as long as it produces high-quality creative work for the general public, such as historical poems and novels. Residencies may take place any time in 2009. Submit 10 copies of up to 25 pages of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction, a resumé, two letters of recommendation (sent directly to AAS by the references), and a five-page project proposal by October 5. There is no entry fee. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines. American Antiquarian Society, Fellowships for Historical Research, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634. The Hench Post-Dissertation Fellow will be selected on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications, the appropriateness of the project to the Society's collections and interests, and, above all, the likelihood that the revised dissertation will make a highly significant book. Applications for 2009-2010 fellowships are available online. Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowships American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street Worcester, MA 01609-1634 Telephone: 5th Canadian National Pagan Conference British Columbia Cross-disciplinary study of the neo-Pagan religious movement in Canada. 5th annual conference bringing together scholars of neo-Paganism, Elders in the various neo-Pagan religions (Wicca, Druidry, Asatru and Ceremonial Magick), and activists in the movement. A mixture of presentation of research and ... http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=166840 Contact: lucieduf-at-uottawa.ca URL: www.gaiagathering.ca  CPF: The Postnational Fantasy: Nationalism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction Deadline: 2009-04-30 We seek chapter proposals for our forthcoming anthology to be published in Spring 2010. The Postnational Fantasy: Nationalism, Cosmopolitics and Science Fiction places itself at the nexus of current debates about nationalism, postnational capitalism, the reassertion of third world nationalism and it ...Contact: pnfantasy@gmail.com URL: dynamicsubspace.net/2009/02/11/cfp-the-postnational-fantasy-nationalism-cosmopolitics-and-science-fiction/ |
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