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Paddy
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Posted: Wed Oct 29th, 2008 02:58 pm |
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The Castillo Theatre Launches the
2009 Mario Fratti-Fred Newman
Political Playwriting Contest
The Castillo Theatre believes that theatre, at its best, is a
playground of the social imagination. But in the sandbox of the
American stage, our play has for too long been constrained by
financial concerns dictated by a conservative political and cultural
environment. There have been few forums for playwrights and plays that
push the political and cultural envelope. The purpose of the Mario
Fratti-Fred Newman Political Playwriting Contest is to encourage the
writing of such plays and to provide a stage for scripts that, due to
their progressive/radical and experimental vantage point(s), would not
otherwise be produced.
The Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Playwriting Contest was founded
by its namesakes in 2004. Mario Fratti is the author of some 70 plays
(the best-known being the award-winning musical Nine) which together
have received a total of more than 600 productions internationally.
Fred Newman is a philosopher, psychotherapist, political strategist,
and author of over 30 postmodern political plays and musicals, and he
is the retired artistic director of the Castillo Theatre.
The contest is looking for scripts for the stage that engage the
political/social/cultural questions impacting on the world today. The
plays should not have been previously produced, and may be in any
style, set in any historical time or location, contain any number of
characters, and be of any producible length. The plays must be in
English and, due to production limitations, no musicals can be
considered.
The first-prize winner will receive a production by the Castillo
Theatre at the All Stars Project on 42nd Street as part of its
2009-2010 season. Five runners-up will receive public readings at
Castillo during the summer of 2009. The contest will be judged by a
distinguished selection committee from the progressive and
experimental theatre community.
All submissions must be received, in English, by December 30, 2008.
Hard copy only. Scripts will not be returned. Send all submissions
to: Castillo Theatre ATTN: Political Playwriting
Contest 543 West 42nd Street New York, N.Y. 10036
Questions and inquiries should be addressed to Dan Friedman,
dramaturg, via email: castillo@allstars.org.
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in media res
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Posted: Wed Oct 29th, 2008 07:40 pm |
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Thanks, Paddy.
At their website they say submissions should be by December 15.
http://www.castillo.org/contest.html
best,
in media res
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