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Sharpe
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Posted: Mon Mar 17th, 2008 07:56 pm |
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I think I have some good material and would like to see it done. I send out my work with SASE and it would be honest to say that it would be a step up for me to start receiving rejections.
I've come to writing later than most people and don't have time to screw around. I've considered renting space and putting on what would amount to a producer's show. Ask reps from different theater groups to come see it and see if they'd be interested in producing it. Is that as over the top as I think it is or might it actually be worth a try.
Any suggestions?
Sharpe
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bkahn
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Posted: Mon Mar 17th, 2008 08:18 pm |
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There isn't only one method or means to getting one's work produced. I can tell you my path, which I know has worked for others as well. After self-producing a couple of times, I realized that getting producers to attend a performance was an almost futile goal. (I did get one Broadway producer to come, but he died shortly after.) I looked around at all the theaters in NYC and chose one that I felt was accessible to what I write and whose artistic, political and social philosophy is similar. I volunteered at the theater (EVERY theater needs volunteers), always reminding them I am a playwright. It took a year, but eventually they booked one of my plays. That was in 1994. My current production there is my 14th! The Ghosts of 14th Street runs through March 30. (see announcements) Since you're in NYC, come to a performance and say hello.
I continue to send out scripts, but only when the guidelines are specific enough for my work to have a decent shot at being accepted. And I NEVER pay submission fees.
Good luck.
Barbara
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Sharpe
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Posted: Mon Mar 17th, 2008 08:26 pm |
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Barbara, thank you. It's just that sort of information I need. I'm completely clueless about these things and can use all the help I can get.
Sharpe
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katoagogo
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Posted: Mon Mar 17th, 2008 10:18 pm |
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It's not really about getting producers to come see your show. It's about you seeing your show. Go through the process of producing your work. No other experience will let you understand the intricacies of theatrical production.
Then do another show.
Then do another show.
Then.
You do another show.
At some point you'll start doing better and better shows. You'll write better and better shows based on your production experience and the voices of the actors with whom you work.
If you keep doing it, and people keep coming to see it, and actors keep wanting to act it for you -- then other people interested in theater -- like producers -- will come.
But that isn't the point.
The point is to do the work because you love to do it.
Have freakin' fun doing the work. All else will come from that. Joy is irresistible to a crowd.
--Kato
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