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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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#NEWPLAY NEWS & BRIGHT SPOT: @woollymammothtc's Major Evolutionary Change in Artistic Process by Arena Stage

WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVOLUTION OF ITS COMPANY IN 25 YEARS PLAYWRIGHTS, DIRECTORS, AND DESIGNERS ARE ADDED TO THE COMPANY AND WILL ENGAGE MORE DEEPLY …

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#NEWPLAY BRIGHT SPOT: @SignatureTheatr Announces New Residency Program by Arena Stage

September 19th 2011 SIGNATURE THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL RESIDENCY FIVE PLAYWRIGHTS: ANNIE BAKER, WILL ENO, KATORI HALL, KENNETH LONERGAN AND REGINA TAYLOR. FIRST OF ITS KIND PROGRA…

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#NEWPLAY NEWS: @OrlandoShakes Announces Schedule For Playfest! The Harriett Lake Festival Of New Plays by Arena Stage

Orlando Shakespeare Theater Announces Schedule For Playfest! The Harriett Lake Festival Of New Plays Orlando Shakes welcomes playwright, Jeffrey Hatcher, as Keynote Speaker on Saturday, Nove…

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#NEWPLAY BRIGHTSPOT: @AdamSzymkowicz I Interview Playwrights Part Million by Arena Stage

Want to know the happenings of hundreds of #Newplay-ahs around the country? EVERYDAY!!! Adam's on playwright #385!! Check out Adam Szymkowicz's blog: I Interview Playwrights! Today's entry i…

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#NEWPLAY NEWS: Riverside Theatre @riverdogRT in Iowa City Joins the National New Play Network by Arena Stage

NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK SELECTS RIVERSIDE THEATRE IN IOWA CITY FOR MEMBERSHIP (from July 8) NNPN's Board of Directors voted to extend full membership to Riverside Theatre, Iowa City's resi…

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

#NEWPLAY HOT CONVOS: Wrap Up of The Weekly Howl of Sept 27, 2011 by Arena Stage

THE HOWL Today's HowlRound.com "Weekly Howl"- Our weekly Twitter conversation on hashtag '#newplay' about New Theater - was OFF THE HOOK! Thanks to all that came to talk about 'TRU…

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#NEWPLAY OPPS: Submit a Play to Seven Devils Playwrighting Conference - id Theater by Arena Stage

Submit a Play id Theater accepts open submissions for the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference only. All other id projects are drawn from artists we have met and/or worked with through the Co…

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#NEWPLAY OPPS: @PWfoundation Wants Your Play! by Arena Stage

Submit a Play Open Submission Process Our play submission window will be October 1 through November 30, 2011. The majority of Playwrights Foundation's programs are open to all playwrights wr…

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#NEWPLAY PRACTICES: @PWfoundation & The Sister City Playwrights Exchange by Arena Stage

Sister City Playwrights Exchange Sister City Playwrights Exchange, founded by playwright/director Vincent Murphy at Emory University in 2003 in cooperation with several Atlanta theaters and …

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#NEWPLAY NEWS: Berkeley Rep's 'The Ground Floor' Revolutionizes New Play Development by Arena Stage

Berkeley Rep's 'The Ground Floor' Revolutionizes New Play Development First Posted: 9/26/11 09:28 PM ET Updated: 9/26/11 09:29 PM ET reposted from the HuffingtonPost.com For years, talented …

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#NEWPLAY NEWS: @trishamead article "Theater and the importance of being local: Part one" by Trisha Mead by Arena Stage

By Trisha Mead Recently, Carey Perloff, the artistic director for the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, posting on her Huffington Post blog, posited a new potential mission for…

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#NEWPLAY HOT CONVOS: Feedback from Nan Barnett's "One of Those People" by Arena Stage

From the comments section of Nan Barnett's HowlRound.com Journal article "One of Those People" You live to fight another day. Thank you for the great swirling truth. The whole stor…

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#NEWPLAY OPPS: @inkwelltheatre of DC - 2011 Call for Submissions by Arena Stage

2011 Call for Submissions The Inkwell is now accepting plays through its 2011 Open Call for Submissions! CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT OUR ONLINE FORM AND SUBMIT YOUR PLAY IN PROGRESS! But before y…

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#NEWPLAY FESTIVAL: at the National New Play Network's Actor's Theatre of Charlotte by Arena Stage

What is New Voices for a New Generation? Actor's Theatre of Charlotte has been working for more than 3 years to develop and fund New Voices for a New Generation, an annual new play festival …

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Monday, September 26, 2011

What's the topic for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay? "TRUST". Convo's Tues at 12-1pm PST / 3-4pm EST by Arena Stage

THE WEEKLY HOWL Join HowlRound.com for a Twitter conversation on the topic of TRUST. Tuesday, Sept 27 at 12pm-1pm Pacific / 3pm-4pm Eastern Use hashtag "#newplay" in your tweets to…

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#NEWPLAY OPP: PlayPenn is accepting script submissions for 2012 conference until Sept 30th by Arena Stage

PlayPenn is pleased to request your full length script in consideration for our 2012 conference. PlayPenn is accepting applications for its 2012 new play development conference. Application …

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#NEWPLAY OPP: Baltimore Playwrights Festival is accepting submissions until 9/30! by Arena Stage

Eligibility This is a local festival: Playwrights must currently reside or work in Maryland or the District of Columbia or have previously maintained their primary domicile, or place of empl…

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#NEWPLAY OPP: TheatreThree is accepting submissions for Festival of One-Act Plays until September 30, 2011 by Arena Stage

THEATRE THREE, Port Jefferson, New York, is now accepting submissions for its . . . 15th ANNUAL Festival of One-Act Plays . . . to be held on its Second Stage, the Ronald F. Peierls Theatre,…

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#NEWPLAY NEWS: National New Play Network awards $40K for Residencies & Commissions by Arena Stage

NNPN AWARDS $40,000 FOR PLAYWRIGHT COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES (news from July 8) WASHINGTON, DC - The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champ…

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

#NEWPLAY FESTIVAL: @NYMF runs September 26-October 16 by Arena Stage

NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATER FESTIVAL 9.26-10.16 NYMF announces 2011 full slate of musicals, readings, special events and partner events. NYMF Member Ticket Booking Begins August 1. The New York…

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

#NEWPLAY OPPS: @pwcenter 2012-2013 Fellowship Applications Now Available by Arena Stage

THE PLAYWRIGHTS' CENTER'S FELLOWSHIP AND CORE WRITER PROGRAMS PROVIDE CASH GRANTS AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS FROM THE TWIN CITIES AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE IS NO FE…

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Friday, September 23, 2011

#NEWPLAY PRACTICES: @steppenwolfthtr's "First Look 101" Program for Audiences by Arena Stage

First Look 101 Ever wonder what goes on before the curtain goes up? Steppenwolf is proud to offer First Look 101, an innovative program that offers you unprecedented access to the play rehea…

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#NEWPLAY HOT CONVOS: Feedback about @TaylorMacNYC's "A Culture of Trust" by Arena Stage

from the comments section of Taylor Mac's HowlRound Journal article "A Culture of Trust": Tatiana: "… it echoes my thoughts. Actors become adept at auditions not actually do…

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#NEWPLAY OPPS: National New Play Network's Smith Prize by Arena Stage

In the spring of 2006, NNPN began administering an annual play prize. Funded by a gift from novelist and playwright Timothy Smith and a group of socially conscious donors, The Smith Prize is…

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#NEWPLAY RESIDENCIES: Playwright James Still & Indiana Rep @irtlive by Arena Stage

by Jamie Gahlon, Associate Director, American Voices New Play Institute James Still was kind enough to speak with me over the phone about his experience at Indiana Rep, as part of our contin…

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#newplay opps: Stage International Script Competition - $10,000 Prize by Arena Stage

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA NOW ACCEPTING PLAY SUBMISSIONS FOR ITS 5TH CYCLE OF THE STAGE INTERNATIONAL SCRIPT COMPETITION - $10,000 PRIZE TO BE GIVEN FOR BEST NEW PLAY ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNO…

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#NEWPLAY NEWS: Highlights from @PublicTheaterNY's Emerging Writers Group by Arena Stage

To read the playwrights' bios or learn more about the EWG program, please visit publictheater.org Highlights from the 2008 Emerging Writers Group Radha Blank's Seed is currently running via …

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

#NEWPLAY OPPS: @americanbluesth Accepting Submissions for Playwrighting Award by Arena Stage

American Blues Theater (ABT) seeks submissions for the annual Blue Ink Playwriting Award. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of $500.00 and receive a staged-reading of his/her manuscrip…

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#NEWPLAY BRIGHT SPOT: National New Play Network Eliminates Subsidiary Rights! by Arena Stage

(news item from July 8) - Washington DC: The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of…

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#NEWPLAY NEWS: @LarkPDC Hosts Playwrights' Week September 20-24 by Arena Stage

September 20 - 24 by Emily Bohannon by Philip Dawkins by Jennifer Haley by Jacqueline Goldfinger by Katharine Clark Gray by Dominique Morisseau by Ken Weitzman FOR SCHEDULE AND TO RSVP CLICK…

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