Tuesday, April 8, 2008

THE NEW PLAYWRIGHTS SESSION

"THE WHITE HILLS PLAYWRIGHTING SESSION"

THIS COMING SUMMER WILL SEE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SCHEDULING OF EVENTS FOR THE NEW CURTAIN THEATRE COMPANY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUMMER ABOUT “NEW “ BEGINNINGS. WE HAVE SOME NEW PROJECTS OF OUR OWN ON LINE BUT THE MOST EXCITING IS OUR MOVE TO GO NATIONAL IN OUR PROJECTS. AUGUST WILL SEE THE FIRST OF OUR “WRITE ON THE SLOPES SESSION”. WE ARE ALL ABOUT NEW BEGINNINGS HERE AT NCTC AND THIS IS OUR NEWEST PROJECT.

August will see the first of our new playwrights festival where we will invite aspiring writers from across this vast country of ours to submit their short one acts for our jury and the top four will be selected for work-shopping and production festival during the final two weeks of August to culminate on the Labour Day weekend on September 1, 2008.

The requirements are outlined in the following
· Scripts should be at least 20 minutes in length and no more than 40 minutes.
· Stories should be easily staged in a minimal setting.
· Entries are open to all aspiring playwrights from Newfoundland to British Columbia to the Northwest Territories.
· Scripts need to be submitted by July 1, 2008.
· Entries must be accompanied with an application and a $30 entry fee (non-refundable)
The top four entries will be judged by an established Newfoundland playwright and work-shopped and rehearsed and mounted in the final week of the festival leading up to Labour Day Weekend.
Contact us here at New Curtain for more info and for our application form.
nctc@persona.ca or 709 466 6699

Geoff
Artistic Director of THE NEW CURTAIN THEATRE COMPANY