Greetings NYCPlaywrights
*** FREE THEATER IN NYC ***
SOCIAL DISTANCE
The R&B Musicl
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 7:00PM
The Players Theatre
115 MacDougal Street
Between West 3rd & Bleecker Streets
New York, NY 10012
Social Distance is a R&B Musical that follows the days amidst the Coronavirus where four American friends of different ethnicities unite via technology while self quarantining. In spirit of Lieber and Stoller, Ain't Misbehavin, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Songs for a New World, Social Distance is a sung through musical.
**proof of vaccination will be required for entry for anyone over the age of 12
***entry into the theatre involves a small flight of stairs and restrooms are located downstairs in the basement. There is no elevator.
*** PRIMARY STAGES ***
STARTING NEXT WEEK: Fall 2021 Online Classes at Primary Stages ESPA!
New and time tested favorite classes begin next week! Start a First Draft, focus on Dramatic Structure, learn the Tools of Dialogue, or create your Artistic Statement. Faculty includes CARIDAD SVICH (Obie Winner for Lifetime Achievement), MELISA ANNIS (Faculty, NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing Program), MICHAEL WALKUP (Artistic Director, Page 73), and many other award-winning writers who provide practical skills and expert guidance in a collaborative atmosphere. Classes begin mid-September.
Flexible, artist-friendly payment plans available. http://primarystages.org/espa/writing.
*** OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYWRIGHTS ***
The 2021 KIT International 10-minute play series
Inaugurated in 2019, Kairos Italy Theater, the Italian theater company in NY, the series is dedicated each year to a specific anniversary in the arts or in society. In 2021, It celebrates the 100th birthday of Leonardo Sciascia, author, playwright, journalist and philosopher dedicated to themes regarding politics and society.
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The University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance is excited to announce our ninth annual 10-Minute Play Festival for spring of 2022.
This festival is open to all applicants, amateur or professional. One selected external submission from this call will receive aproduction as a part of this festival.
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American Renaissance Theater Company – a developmental and producing organization founded in 1974 and based in New York City – seeks to expand its already diverse membership by inviting applications from Indigenous, Black, Latinx, Asian and Pacific Islander playwrights.
A dynamic community of theater professionals, ARTC's membership includes actors and directors as well as writers who encompass the full range of gender, age and sexual orientations. We want to extend a welcome to the voices of all writers who believe they would benefit from the supportive process of our weekly workshop.
*** FOR MORE INFORMATION about these and other opportunities see the web site at https://www.nycplaywrights.org ***
*** 9/11 + 20 ***
This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of one of America's darkest days, the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
As municipalities plan for their memorial events the Know Theatre is offering its own tribute with their production of 'The Guys', set less than two weeks after the attacks.
Like many New Yorkers, artistic director of the Know Theatre, Tim Gleason, said 9/11 left a deep scar.
"I was living in Manhattan at the time," said Gleason, "A day that strikes me still as fresh as if it were coming this September 11th. Sad day, a lot of people who just thought they were going to work, never got to go home."
An event that two decades later is still just as raw, the play 'The Guys' offers a poignant perspective.
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