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Posted: Thu Nov 23rd, 2006 03:28 am |
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Quick response. You're doing great, nic. This is what we want to hear, and I think we will hear much more good news in the not too distant future.
What did you write today?
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Well, here's what I've been up to in the past week or so:
--I was rejected from ACME theatre's festival in Maynard, MA (which sucks, b/c I would have gone; I live 45 minutes from there).
--I was accepted into Theatre One's second annual Slice of Life Festival (b/c my play was snowed out last year), which is nice, b/c it's an hour away and I can go.
--I wrote a new 11-page play called SHOOT for the Desipina's 7-11 Convenience Store Festival (deadline 12/15) and emailed it to them today. I really like this play (which is somewhat rare for me, so I hope I'm not jinxing it), and also sent it to Provincetown Theater's Festival (deadline 12/30).
I now need to get back to the one-shoe play for Heartland (due 2/1/07). So yes, I've been writing AND submitting. :)
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Posted: Tue Dec 19th, 2006 11:02 pm |
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Hello, everyone!
I got "Not What Not to Wear" picked up by Ratutu Collaborative in Queens. Finally, I'm a New York playwright!
I got three pieces rejected by MOB Productions out of Chicago.
Happy Hannukah,
NinaNina
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Sue B
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NinaNina wrote: Hello, everyone!
I got "Not What Not to Wear" picked up by Ratutu Collaborative in Queens. Finally, I'm a New York playwright!
I got three pieces rejected by MOB Productions out of Chicago.
Happy Hannukah,
NinaNina Congratulations! I can't count the number of rejections I've received in the past four months, so I'm just looking ahead to a...could it be...acceptance somewhere? We shall see.. Happy Chanukah to you, too!
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Posted: Wed Dec 20th, 2006 07:34 pm |
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Not spree'ing per se, but I did send "Owen & George Play Chess" to our friend Paddy's Asphalt Jungle Shorts fest today.
Hooray for e-subs.
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Posted: Sun Dec 24th, 2006 04:27 pm |
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To all those that submitted for the nufan ensemble in Chicago:
DO NOT get involved with these people.....
BAD BAD NEWS...
You will somehow, someway, end up getting screwed....
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Posted: Sun Dec 24th, 2006 05:48 pm |
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jake,
Would you care to elaborate? Although it certainly can, sometimes one person's bad experience doesn't necessarily predict an other's.
What did you write today?
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in media res
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jake,
Since I live here in Chicago and am very well connected, I would like to hear more of what your experience has been. I am always warning people not to get involved with certain groups if they do not prove to be on the up and up.
Just need to know the specifics.
in media resLast edited on Mon Dec 25th, 2006 06:03 am by in media res
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Posted: Tue Dec 26th, 2006 05:44 pm |
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Yes, please do elaborate, Jake. I'm in a bit of a limbo state with this group at the moment.
Dramamama near Chicago
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in media res
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Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2006 03:11 pm |
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Anyone else hear from Mad Labs Theatre Theatre Roulette in Columbus, Ohio?
I only made several submissions during the spree. This was one of them.
My one-act play was not chosen, but they got back exactly on time with an e-mail - yesterday. They also had sent an immediate receipt via e-mail. That is always apreciated.
(Of course they made a huge mistake!)
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Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2006 03:26 pm |
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in media res,
Having read none of your creative work, but knowing you through your postings and PMs I whole-heartedly agree and without a shade of doubt that they made a very huge mistake!
What did you write today?
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Posted: Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 09:44 pm |
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| Anyone get accepted by Madlab's Theatre Roulette? I've started to hear about a number of rejections, but have hear nothing so far on mine. Part of me hopes that means it's still in the running, but the more paranoid part of me fears that they never received the submission.
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in media res
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Posted: Thu Jan 4th, 2007 12:11 am |
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tolston,
I recieved an IMMEDIATE automated e-mail response upon sending my online submission.
You may want to check your "Sent Items" and find a corresponding date of the receipt to help assuage your paranoia! Hey, paranoia can be useful at times, especially when the whole world is against you!
Here's hoping you wre selected. Let us know.
best,
in media resLast edited on Thu Jan 4th, 2007 12:11 am by in media res
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Posted: Fri Jan 5th, 2007 02:23 am |
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Rejected from Madlab. Rejected from Potluck. Rejected from Fullerton. Rejected from Snowdance. And am assuming rejection from Augustana and a few others.
NOW- for the "whoo-hoo's! Acme (from previous binge) is doing MOUSE TRAPPED end of January and Tom Berry is wonderful about keeping in touch. Helpful. Kind.
Paw Paw Players is doing TEEN ANGST (that was a "maybe that play isn't right for them-I'll-take-a-chance-anyway-cause-I-like-it) (Playwrights on the Web Binge)
Largo Cultural Center is doing HANGING ON. (PLaywright binge "binge")
So, suffice to say - I am having a very good winter even if I did pull up lame New Year's Eve and am a bundle of scary germs!
I will be out of town Feb/Mar and so will try to do two weeks of Playwrights on the web binge before I go away and two weeks of PLaywrights binge when I come back - because I now know first hand that you do not get produced if you do not submit! Thanks for ongoing support. I am not doing a lot of reading of the plays (I miss them) lately because of work. Looking forward to a down time when I can catch up. Happy opps all!
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Posted: Mon Jan 8th, 2007 10:24 pm |
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Sorry about the delay....to those that requested more specific info on the nufan ensemble in Chicago....
Very unethical and underhanded group...
The artistic director has a terrible reputation around town.....if your play is produced, he will see to it that you get very little benefit from your hard work and effort....chances are no one is even going to see it, since this group has NO audience in Chicago...
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Posted: Sun Jan 14th, 2007 01:42 am |
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Boy you guys all astound me. I admire those who can actually mail and email and risk it by getting their work out there. I admire even more those who succeed and there are a lot of successful folks here.
But in my own defense, I suffer from 'mail phobia' and I am 'postally challenged." At least that's my excuse. I try, but I get all tangled in paper and ink and envelopes and I send the wrong things and lose stuff then I arrive at the post office just as they are locking the door. I'm hopeless. If it werent' for word of mouth, telephones, and email, I would never get anything onstage at all.
I'm working on this. Anyone know a cure?
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Last week, a very good NYC Equity Theatre I have been trying to crack has been cracked. Now I have to find a way to open it more.
Received a lovely (not form) letter from the Literary Manager praising one of my plays in detail but…but…they were going to pass on it. However, they want to see more of my work that would pertain to their theatre…which I have.
And, yesterday I was contacted about this very same play about a production of it in a smaller theatre in Chicago. So, it was nice to have cracked a nut on one theatre I had been targeting. And we’ll see how things go in talking to the theatre company about the possibility of production of it. We will have to come to terms.
It was kind of good news at the beginning of the year. Doesn’t mean much, though, unless something happens.
The NYC Theatre was an independent submission I made prior to the submission spree. The NYC theatre took 9 months to read it and reply, which is about standard for that size theatre when the Literary Manager writes a letter.
The Chicago Theatre was fairly quick because the script was recommended to them and they also have high regard for my work as an actor. Took two weeks for a response. But they are not inundated with scripts the way larger theatres are.
best,
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Posted: Tue Jan 16th, 2007 08:27 pm |
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Greetings!
Rejections from: MadLab, Teaspoons, and something like Lady X Festival in Baltimore.
A lovely letter but, ultimately, a rejection from Electric Pear Ensemble.
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Posted: Sat Feb 3rd, 2007 10:20 pm |
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
My name is Paul Barile. I am the artistic director and a founder of the n.u.f.a.n. ensemble in Chicago.
None of us know who Jake is or why he is angry with us, but we have a very good reputation and have never been under-handed or unethical in anything we have done.
We give writers - actors - directors -technicians work. When we can we pay them.
If you have any questions about the company - any specifics - please feel free to write me at prbarile@sbcglobal.net.
Maybe Jake got a work rejected from us and he is angry, but we are not now - nor have we ever been - under question by any legitmate theater company or theater artist.
Have a good 2007,
barile
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Posted: Sat Feb 3rd, 2007 11:03 pm |
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Paul Barile here again...
I was trying to let this go. I am in rehearsals (as an actor and a writer) and re-writes on a different show and this little jake person shouldn't be a distraction - but he is. Like a little fly in the ointment.
The thing is - he is dishonest. He has never worked with us. He has never been involved with us. He has no idea at all about n.u.f.a.n. He didn't even write it correctly. It is all lower case with periods. It is an acronym . (Someone explain that to jake.)
He said something about "if they produce your work you will not get blah blah blah..."
We have NEVER produced outside of the company before. With the exception of our 7in7 festival which - I might say - sold out. By sold out I mean STANDING ROOM ONLY at Chicago's Breadline Theater mainstage.
He also said we have no audience. On the closing night of our spring 2006 show "The Cemetery Tree" the arts center where we were performing RAN OUT OF CHAIRS. I think that speaks for an audience.
This spring we will be choosing plays from submissions to produce. We will do an awesome job and jake will be able to sit in the corner of the theater and wring his hands and wish he knew of what he spoke.
everyone write like your life depends on it
(for some of us it does)
and catch me with questions at prbarile@sbcglobal.net
don't let jake ruin the chance to get your work produced
by an up and coming company...
best
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Posted: Sun Feb 4th, 2007 04:00 pm |
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"He said something about "if they produce your work you will not get blah blah blah..."
"We have NEVER produced outside of the company before. With the exception of our 7in7 festival"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/playsandplaywrights/message/16907Last edited on Sun Feb 4th, 2007 04:26 pm by jake
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Posted: Sun Feb 4th, 2007 05:20 pm |
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jake
you have got to be kidding.
you are doing nothing but showing ignorance here.
Monodogs of War is not produced by the n.u.f.a.n ensemble.
I created Monodogs of War and have been very successful with it.
(Check the PerformInk archives.)
n.u.f.a.n ensemble doesn't prouce it.
They have sponosred it a few times.
You have never dealt with us. You have never worked with us in any capacity.
You have an issue with us for some reason that no one seems to be able to figure out, but please target someone else with your anger.
We have done nothing to you - don't even know - or care - who you are.
The other thing is let us know who you are and air out the problem.
We can't do this though because there is no problem - no real problem.
You have posted three time on this site.
The first was to lob an emtpy insult at us.
The second was to follow up on the insult with some lies.
The third was to quote my repsonse with a link that doesn't address your lies.
The fourth might be to apologize to the people of n.u.f.a.n. for your behaviour.
In the meantime - jake - grow up.
and have a nice day.
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Posted: Sun Feb 4th, 2007 06:26 pm |
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"Monodogs of War is not produced by the n.u.f.a.n ensemble."
"n.u.f.a.n ensemble doesn't prouce it."
"They have sponosred it a few times."
?????
http://www.nufanensemble.com/nufan/History.html
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Posted: Sun Feb 4th, 2007 07:08 pm |
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Whatever, little guy...
Tell us what we did or why you are angry or just go away...
You obviously don't understand this industry.
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Posted: Sun Feb 4th, 2007 08:44 pm |
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You're right Paul, I apologize not only to the n.u.f.a.n. ensemble, but to the members of this forum for parading my ignorant, angry self around here...
thank God you are here to set me straight...
so let's start with this:
what's the difference between "producing" and "sponsoring"?
and one last thing:
"I created Monodogs of War and have been very successful with it.
(Check the PerformInk archives.)"
You created "monodogs of war", which I gather is basically a collaborative effort
of writers and actors performing their original work. So it would seem that your
success (press, notoriety, etc. ) is based upon the work of others....correct?
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As Henry Kissinger once said about academia and a friend adapted about Chicago theatre:
"The arguments are so great because the stakes are so small."
Boys, give it a rest, will you?
Carry on with your work.
best,
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Posted: Mon Feb 5th, 2007 04:19 am |
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little guy
in media res is right. Enough is enough.
I would love to continue this dialog but not in the forum.
You can reach me at prbarile@sbcglobal.net or we can drop the whole thing.
I will gladly share the wisdom of my years.
barile
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Posted: Mon Feb 5th, 2007 06:08 am |
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Paul,
you'd love to take this out of the forum and drop it cause you can't keep your stories straight....
you've demonstrated you have no respect for anyone...and your only answer to anything is to try to humiliate and belittle someone..
I didn't post on this forum cause I have nothing better to do with my time..I posted cause people need to be warned about getting involved with you....
consider it dropped.
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Posted: Mon Feb 5th, 2007 04:07 pm |
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Just remember one thing, little guy.
You don't know me.
You don't know my company.
I have offered to air things out.
You would rather hide then do so.
I have a great company and we do great work.
You want respect?
Earn it.
I did and I do every day.
Best of luck to you,
barile
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Posted: Mon Feb 5th, 2007 05:20 pm |
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was willing to let it drop...you had to open your big mouth and come back with just one more lame "little guy' insult...got anything better than that?
I don't know about you or your company? think again, my friend
I'd be a fool to go public and leave myself open to whatever harassing behaviour your're capable of.
"You want respect?
Earn it.
I did and I do every day."
I have nothing more to say....I am trying to carry on a discussion with someone that is
TRULY delusional...
Beware people
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Posted: Mon Feb 5th, 2007 05:41 pm |
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I have offered you many chances to discuss this.
You have chosen to sit back and make empty accusations.
I have asked what I did to earn your wrath.
You have said nothing of truth - then you call me delusional.
I have offered to discuss this in private - or in public.
You have said nothing of merit.
Tell me what I/we did.
You have misplaced anger at me and/or my company.
You don't know us.
You have never dealt with us.
You are warning people about something you know nothing of.
I have given my real name and am completely open to everything.
You don't even have the stones to give your full name.
It is dropped now.
No one is going to heed your empty warning.
Everyone knows what my company does.
We give work to theater artists.
What do you do?
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| Please, Please, PLEASE-- let this go.
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Posted: Mon Feb 5th, 2007 08:10 pm |
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Far be it for me to step into a mud hurling, but this thread is about submission sprees...if you are going to continue back and forth, could you start a new thread that warns people, so they don't have to read it if they don't desire?
Please and thanks.
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Posted: Mon Feb 5th, 2007 08:13 pm |
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will do.
sorry.
b
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Had my first hit from the fall submission spree! I just learned today that my play "Look Mom, I Got a Job" is a finalist in Lakeshore Player's 10-minute play festival. This is in my area, so it'd be great to get into something I can go and see!
-T. James Belich (Colorado Tolston)-
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Also just got word that my ten minute play 'Line' is a semi-finalist at Lakeshore.
Good luck, tolston.
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I too have gotten word that my play, "There's No Wrigley Field," is a Lakeshore Players semi-finalist.
Maybe we'll all be finalists and can meet at the festival. This is the first time any of my plays has received any more than a polite rejection letter-- so if it's a finalist you can bet I'll be in MN in June! Maybe this will be the start of a new trend for me-- a modicum of interest in my work.
Frankly, I'd become discouraged and hadn't worked on any of my plays since December, except to work on turning one of them into a novella (a process that is nearing completion of the first draft). This little bit of encouragement is just what I need to get me going again. BillySundae
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| It looks like between this forum and the playwrights binge list, we're accounting for quite a lot of the Lakeshore semi-finalists! Let me know if you do make it out to MN for this, I'd love to meet some fellow forum members face-to-face.
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I know what you mean about nufan...I recentlydropped out of a production of theres in the last few days. They are extremely unproffesional. the director and lead actress did nothing but talk behind everyones back. True I was having a hard time getting my lines memorized but in a recent episode (where i had every line almost down packed) I was reading a line in which I missed part of..the actress got down on her hands knee's and said to the director " you know theres more to that line" the director said to me then lets go to the next scene cause your waisting our time.
I then pondered what would happen if we were on stage? Is this the action that there so called star would perform? I have acted in several productions and one thing I have learned is that acting is give and take. And that we should always be prepared to cover incase of a missed line or an action.
In additon the producer who never even saw what was going on at rehearsal has made threats to me stating that I will never work in chicago again after I had decided to drop out.
After reading your post I am so glad of my decision and whats really great is I have the backing of already a few companies I worked with that now my capabilities as an actor
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 10:37 pm |
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Jake,
I am so with you on this..during my rehearsal with N.U.F.A.N I was as you say belittled. I was also warned by a few members of past theatre groups that I worked with that they have a bad rap!
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