Any aspiring playwrights out there?
The theatre company I am a member of is hosting our annual Christmas play Festival. It does not need to be Christmas but around/about the holidays. In the past we have had such shows as Holiday Jihad, The Christmas Jew, and a play from the perspective of four bottles of beer.
The deadline is JULY 20, 2009.
A Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Company (ARFTCo.) is calling for plays for their third annual Christmas play festival. Time Out Chicago said that, "presented as a compilation of plays chosen from nationwide submissions-and inspired by ARFTCo.’s ensemble’s personal Christmas photos-this BYOB buffet offers a lot." The ARFTCo. ensemble members have gathered all new pictures inspired by their memories of the holiday season in the Windy City.
Here’s our process:
Step 1: All ensemble members were asked to submit pictures to the Artistic Director. The pictures could be from personal albums or any other outside source. The pictures should reflect their memories of the Chicago Christmas season; even if they don’t celebrate it can be pretty hard to ignore the lights, the consumer gluttony, the merriment, all that caroling. Pictures are then put into the ARFTCo. Holiday Memory Bank.
Step 2: ARFTCo. will accept solicitations from writers who will choose a picture as the inspiration for a short play. This year we have two categories, Christmas carol parodies (take your favorite holiday tune and write some new lyrics) and the short one-act (approximately 5-30 minutes in length). Plays must be previously unpublished and inspired by the photos from the ARFTCo. Memory Bank. Previous festival included parodies, period-pieces, monologues, political satire and an existential look at the Chicago Christmas season as seen through the plastic eyes of the Marshall Field’s window characters. DEADLINE IS JULY 20, 2009.
Step 3: From the submitted scripts, the Artistic Director and his reading committee will select which scripts will be presented in the show. All playwrights who submit plays will be notified about script selection for the festival. There are no fees.
The ARFTCo Memory Bank
The deadline is JULY 20, 2009.
A Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Company (ARFTCo.) is calling for plays for their third annual Christmas play festival. Time Out Chicago said that, "presented as a compilation of plays chosen from nationwide submissions-and inspired by ARFTCo.’s ensemble’s personal Christmas photos-this BYOB buffet offers a lot." The ARFTCo. ensemble members have gathered all new pictures inspired by their memories of the holiday season in the Windy City.
Here’s our process:
Step 1: All ensemble members were asked to submit pictures to the Artistic Director. The pictures could be from personal albums or any other outside source. The pictures should reflect their memories of the Chicago Christmas season; even if they don’t celebrate it can be pretty hard to ignore the lights, the consumer gluttony, the merriment, all that caroling. Pictures are then put into the ARFTCo. Holiday Memory Bank.
Step 2: ARFTCo. will accept solicitations from writers who will choose a picture as the inspiration for a short play. This year we have two categories, Christmas carol parodies (take your favorite holiday tune and write some new lyrics) and the short one-act (approximately 5-30 minutes in length). Plays must be previously unpublished and inspired by the photos from the ARFTCo. Memory Bank. Previous festival included parodies, period-pieces, monologues, political satire and an existential look at the Chicago Christmas season as seen through the plastic eyes of the Marshall Field’s window characters. DEADLINE IS JULY 20, 2009.
Step 3: From the submitted scripts, the Artistic Director and his reading committee will select which scripts will be presented in the show. All playwrights who submit plays will be notified about script selection for the festival. There are no fees.
The ARFTCo Memory Bank