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*** FREE THEATER IN NYC ***
New Music Theatre Project presents PREMIERE NIGHT 2022
Two new world premieres from two groundbreaking artists:
ARUBA, a new musical by Andrew Porter
THE BARE MIND-imum, a concerto for violin and piano by Ariana Bell
PLUS a sneak peak of Chris Dieman's song-cycle NEW YORK IS DEAD
Shows at 2 and 7pm* December 16, 2022
The performances will take place in Scorca Hall at The National Opera Center: 330
7th Avenue, 7th Floor in New York City.
The program will last approx 2 hours with two (2) short breaks.
Please arrive on time as the program will begin promptly.
*A reception will take place after the 7PM program where refreshments will be
served.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nmtp-premiere-night-2022-tickets-454412238237?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
*** THE NEGOTIATING STAGE ***
STRUGGLING WITH A DRAFT? STUDY PLAYWRITING WITH THE MAN WHO WROTE THE BOOK!
Award-winning playwright, Jeffrey Sweet has a few places open in his weekly
playwriting class. This is your opportunity to work one-to-one with the man who
wrote “The Dramatists Toolkit”, the best-selling book on playwriting. Sessions
begin on the first Sunday of each month and cost $140 per month. That’s just
$35 per class.
Get ONE FREE LESSON here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNIQCSMY5tI&t=1s&ab_channel=JeffreySweet
SIGN UP for the next session here: www.thenegotiatingstage.com/classes
*** HUNTER COLLEGE MFA PLAYWRITING PROGRAM ***
The Hunter College MFA Playwriting Program is accepting applications through
January 15th! The program is a highly selective, rigorous, and affordable
two-year playwriting program located in the heart of NYC. We seek writers eager
to develop their craft and challenge assumptions about what theater is and will
become.
Students study with award-winning writers, working theatre professionals, and
esteemed guest artists. The program offers workshop opportunities and fosters a
collaborative, close-knit artistic community. Teaching Assistantships and
tuition waivers are available.
Current and recent faculty include: David Adjmi, Clare Barron, Mia Chung, Lisa
D'Amour, Maria Striar, and Lloyd Suh. Visiting artists for 2021-2022 include:
Eboni Booth, Sharon Bridgforth, Sheila Callaghan, Morgan Gould, and Daniel
Alexander Jones.
For more information, visit: https://www.huntertheatre.net/mfa
*** OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYWRIGHTS ***
The 2023 OOB Festival will be accepting submissions. Short plays and musicals
can be no longer than 15 pages and have a max run time of 15 minutes (ideal run
times are between 8-13 minutes). If submitting a musical the page limit should
reflect the libretto.
***
Fresh Words-An International Literary Magazine is accepting submissions for
Special One Act Play Anthology series 'Hello Godot! (Volume -4)'. The One Act
Play must have GODOT (Reference 'Waiting for Godot') as a character OR motif OR
there should be recurring reference of GODOT with theme/s of futile
wait/absurdity of existence/inaction/circular plot etc.
***
The EST/Sloan Project commissions, develops and presents new works delving into
how we view and are affected by the scientific world. These plays examine the
struggles and challenges scientists and engineers face from moral issues to the
consequences of their discoveries.
The Project is designed to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling
work exploring the worlds of science and technology and to challenge existing
stereotypes of scientists and engineers in the popular imagination. The Project
commissions and develops new works throughout EST’s developmental season,
including one Mainstage Production, as well as workshops and readings in an
annual festival called FIRST LIGHT.
*** FOR MORE INFORMATION about these and other opportunities see the web site
at https://www.nycplaywrights.org
***
*** MORE THEATER ARTICLES FROM THE ONION ***
Mingling at intermission during the opening-night performance of the
playwright’s latest work, members of high society were about to fucking snap if
Clarence Wadleigh’s Haut Monde continued to make clever, lighthearted jests
about their foibles, sources confirmed Wednesday.
More..
https://www.theonion.com/high-society-gonna-fucking-snap-if-playwright-says-one-1847083053
***
As the national debate surrounding school shootings continues with President
Trump recently suggesting educators carry guns in the classroom, high school
English teacher Mary Bacher told reporters Thursday that she was already armed
with a deadly weapon called Shakespeare.
More...
https://www.theonion.com/english-teacher-already-armed-with-deadly-weapon-called-1823427645
***
In an effort to accommodate pupils who are realistic about their chances in the
industry, the performing arts conservatory Juilliard announced Wednesday that
it had formed a new business school for students who realize the whole acting
thing is probably a long shot.
More...
https://www.theonion.com/juilliard-opens-business-school-for-students-who-realiz-1847423020
***
TikTok is in hot water after some dangerously sincere videos. Hear how the
company is backtracking today after having their platform flooded with millions
of videos featuring insufferable high school drama club students. (Audio
feature)
More...
https://www.theonion.com/tiktok-apologizes-after-inadvertently-giving-platform-t-1844697265
***
Noting the fat paychecks he’d received for his work on Broadway and in
Hollywood, Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda announced Thursday that “You people
are giving me too much fucking money.”
More...
https://www.theonion.com/lin-manuel-miranda-you-people-are-giving-me-too-much-f-1841494909
***
Providing insight into the culture of early Western civilization, historians
from the University of Oxford announced Friday the discovery of new evidence
revealing that ancient Greeks immediately regretted inventing theater. “Our
research shows that directly after developing theatrical performances as a way
to honor the gods during religious festivals, the people of sixth-century Athens
realized what a terrible thing they had done,”
More...
https://www.theonion.com/new-evidence-reveals-ancient-greeks-immediately-regrett-1823641762
***
Describing a wild scene in which performers and stagehands were loudly
conversing, laughing, and occasionally breaking back into their characters from
the play, sources confirmed Sunday night that the cast party for the local
production of Our Town is currently going off the rails.
Members of the Peekskill Players, who just concluded a four-show run of the
play at the Old Mill Theater downtown, told reporters the festivities at the
home of assistant director Rachel Mullen have only grown more out of control as
the night has progressed, spurred on by a 12-pack of craft beer and a bottle of
Yellow Tail Shiraz purchased for “the best Webbs and Gibbses the world has ever
seen!”
More...
https://www.theonion.com/our-town-cast-party-going-off-the-rails-1819578265
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