correction to blog post - please note

The '8 in 48' Festival this Fall at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD, has been pulled forward a week to September 11, 2010--not September 18, as originally promoted. Thanks.

short play festival

Submissions invited for the Claire Donaldson 8 in 48 Short Play Festival

Augustana College (SD) and The Great Plains Dramatist Exchange seek submissions for the Claire Donaldson 8 in 48 Short Play Festival. Submissions are accepted from January 15, 2010 to May 15, 2010. Eight ten-minute plays will be selected by a national panel of selectors; winners are notified by June 15, 2010. A scholarship and cash prizes are offered. This festival is founded in honor of the late Claire M. Donaldson. Ms. Donaldson was a 2000 Augustana College graduate passionate about the art of playwriting.

Julia Bennett, Augustana Theatre Faculty and Co-Producer, says, "The 8 in 48 is an outstanding opportunity for us to honor Claire while supporting the development of new short plays. Producing eight plays in forty-eight hours is a challenging and exciting artistic event. Our community loves to see the new works and our students mark it as a highlight in their college careers." Heidi Sue Meyer, Festival Coordinator and Augustana College Alumna, adds, "As a playwright, I was eager to create a supportive environment for young playwrights in our state. The Festival continues to offer that possibility."

All submissions must be previously unproduced, 10 minutes or less in length, and can focus on any topic or genre. No more than two submissions per playwright, please. Submissions by electronic attachment are encouraged. Winning selections will be mounted during the 8 in 48 Festival on September 18, 2010 at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

A call for Festival directors, designers, and actors will go out March 1, 2010. Augustana's community and alumni are strongly encouraged to participate. All interested individuals are invited to bring their talents to this unique opportunity. For more information regarding the Festival, contact Julia Bennett at julia.bennett@augie.edu

Direct any submission inquiries to Heidi S. Meyer at haleyhayworth@hotmail.com

Send all submissions to:


Electronic: haleyhayworth@hotmail.com

Subject: 8 in 48 Submission

Ground: Augustana College Theatre – 8 in 48

2001 S. Summit Ave

Sioux Falls, SD 57197

grants

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Accepting Applications for 2010 Institutional Grants

Grants will be awarded to nonprofit film organizations and to higher education film programs working to provide film workshops, seminars, training, and education opportunities to college students and adults....

Posted on October 15, 2009
Deadline: January 15, 2010

USArtists International Offers Funding for Artists to Perform at Festivals Abroad

Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to cover the festival participation expenses for selected American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists with nonprofit status....

Posted on October 15, 2009
Deadline: January 8 and May 3, 2010

Creative Work Fund Invites Letters of Inquiry From San Francisco Artists Collaborating With Nonprofits

Grants of up to $40,000 will be awarded for two-year projects featuring one or more performing or visual artists collaborating with a nonprofit in the San Francisco Bay Area...

Posted on October 15, 2009
Deadline: November 6, 2009 (Letters of Inquiry)

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Arts Program Accepting Applications for Fund for National Projects

Grants of up to $200,000 will be awarded to individual nonprofits and consortia working to strengthen the health of the dance, jazz, presenting, or theater arts fields....

Posted on October 15, 2009
Deadline: November 1, 2009, and May 1, annually (Letters of Inquiry)

grants

Tournées Festival Offers Grants to Bring Contemporary French Cinema to U.S. College Campuses

Grants of up to $2,300 will be given to American universities or colleges conducting a French cinema festival featuring at least five different films....Posted on May 13, 2009

Deadline: June 30, 2009 and October 1, 2009

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Announces New Technology Funding Program for Jazz

Grants of up to $75,000 each will be awarded to jazz musicians and nonprofits using technology to develop audience, communications, marketing, distribution channels, and networking for jazz performance....Posted on May 13, 2009

Deadline: July 6, 2009 (Round I); and July 1, 2010 (Round II)

How Cissy Grew staged reading at FesivALL in Charleston, WV

“How Cissy Grew” by Susan Johnston (staged reading)
Event Details

Date/Time:
Monday, June 22, 2009 8:00 pm

Buy Tickets:
http://www.theClayCenter.org

Sponsors:
Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
Architectural Products
Corbett, Inc
InterfaceFlor Commercial

Charleston High grad, Susan Johnston, was honored last April in front of an overflow crowd of 700 raucous theatergoers, creators and fans at the 30th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards. Miss Johnston was recognized for her play, “How Cissy Grew”, which had its world premiere run at The El Portal Forum Theatre from October to November 2008 starring James Denton of Desperate Housewives, Erin J. O’Brien, Liz Vital and Stewart Calhoun who was also nominated by LA Weekly for Best Supporting Male Performance for his role as “The Guy”. All of these actors, as well as the original director and Ms. Johnston will be here for a staged reading of the play.

“How Cissy Grew” tracks the implosion of a West Virginia family over the twenty years following their baby’s mysterious and brief abduction. Best known for her plays, Old Woman Flying and One Girl Drummer, Miss Johnston’s work has been produced and/or read at Mill Mountain, City Lights Youth Theatre, The Jungle, Centenary Stage, The O’Neill, The Peter Norton Space, The Lark, The Echo, Manhattan Theatre Space, NADA, La MaMa, Provincetown Playhouse, etc. She is a six-time published playwright who completed her MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and has received a number of grants and fellowships, including a Jerome and a nomination for a Fulbright. She has worked as a film industry reporter for Interview magazine and an interstitial writer for A&E’s Biography series. Her first novel, Party Favors, is on shelves now. In May, Miss Johnston was honored by NYU with a Meritorious Alumni Service Award for her work helping to establish alumni programs on both the West and East coasts.

The play was critically hailed from the offset. The LA Times called the play “absorbing” and said, “Johnston’s monologues for the guilt-stricken Butch, beautifully underplayed by Denton, are the show’s highlights.” Daily Variety said, “Susan Johnston examines the jagged shards of a dysfunctional family's sorrowful history, offering compelling glimpses into the aftermath of a horrific event.”

"Compelling glimpses into the aftermath of a horrific event." —Variety

"Piercingly painful and beautifully wrought." —LA Weekly

"70 searing minutes." —LA Daily News

"Spellbinding and seductive." —Theatermania.com

Cost: $19 (festival seating)

Link: http://www.festivallcharleston.com/event/%E2%80%9Chow-cissy-grew%E2%80%9D-susan-johnston-staged-reading

Location

Clay Center on stage (Enter through Walker Theatre entrance)
One Clay Square
Charleston, WV, 25301
(304) 561-3570

CALL FOR ENTRIES

12th UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL (UNAFF)

October 17-25, 2009 Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University -celebrates the power of international documentary films and videos dealing with human rights issues, environmental themes, protection of refugees, famine, homelessness, racism, disease control, women's issues, children, universal education, war and peace. Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we have chosen the theme:

ENERGY & THE WORLD
Formats: 16mm and 35mm film; Beta SP, DVD (NTSC)

Preview: on 1/2" VHS (PAL/NTSC), DVD (NTSC region 0 or 1)
All lengths are eligible
Entry fee: $25 for films up to 30 min. (late deadline $35) and $35 for films longer than 30 min. (late deadline is $45)

Please send a check or money order payable to UNAFF or use PayPal using UNAFF web site www.unaff.org

Early Deadline – May 25, 2009
Regular Deadline - JUNE 1, 2009
Late deadline - June 9, 2009

THE ENTRY FORM: Print from www.unaff.org or www.withoutabox.com

Awards: • UNAFF Grand Jury Award for Best Long Documentary• UNAFF Grand Jury Award for Best Short Documentary• Stanford Video Award for Cinematography• Stanford Video Award for Editing

Please submit screening materials and background info to:

UNAFF 2009
Stanford University
10 Alvarado Row - CERAS/CFLP, Room 125
Stanford, CA 94305-3084

Questions or comments: Email info@unaff.org or call (650) 724-5544

resources for docs

CALLS FOR ENTRIES: View More »

The International Film Festival Portugal call for entries deadline is April 20, 2009. The Chicago International Childrens Film Festival early deadline is May 1, 2009. The LA Shorts Fest final deadline for submission is May 8, 2009. The early deadline is May 25, 2009 for the 12th UNAFF.

FUNDING & OPPORTUNITIES: View More »

Pioneers of Prosperity is seeking proposal submissions from documentary filmmakers for its 2009 Caribbean competition (due: April 10). Adobe is offering two free eSeminars on April 21 and May 20. And Mitchell Block is running two doc producing workshops on April 18 and April 25.

FESTIVALS & EVENTS: View More »

The Video Festival Imperia has its 4th edition April 14-18 in Italy. Register now for NALIP 10 Conference, April 17-19 in Newport Beach, CA. April 22-24 in Frankfurt, Germany don't miss MEDIA-TECH Europe 2009. From April 30-May 5, the South East European Film Festival is happening at the Goethe Institute Los Angeles.

theater festival in slovenia

Announcement for performers, performing arts teachers, playwrights, stage designers, journalists and arts managers.

Theatre Methods 09
Between Tradition and Contemporaneity
July 6-12, 2009 Bovec, Slovenia

"Theatre Methods" is the annual professional festival-fair dedicated to the Bridge between Tradition and Contemporaneity in performing arts. This is the opportunity to demonstrate your performance, workshop or work-in-progress and to attend numerous events of the programme!

You are welcome to take part in the festival as a Presenter or a Participant.
More details...

How to submit your presentation?
Submission Guidelines:
http://www.iugte.com/projects/fest.reg.php

Bovec, Slovenia:
http://www.iugte.com/projects/slovenia.php

Photo Gallery of the previous festivals:
http://picasaweb.google.ru/globtheatre

FestivALL in Charleston, WV

THE FESTIVALL CHARLESTON 2009 CAPITOL STREET ART FAIR

Dear Artisan,

Charleston Mayor Danny Jones and Executive Director Larry Groce invite you to apply for the fifth annual FestivALL Capitol Street Art Fair. The Fair will take place on Saturday, June 27, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 28, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

FestivALL will take place for a total of ten days, beginning on June 19, 2009. Events will include the Smoke on the Water Chili Cook-off, the Mayor’s Concert, the Fund for the Arts’ Blues, Brews & BBQ and Wine & All That Jazz, Mountain Stage, and performances involving theater, music, and dance, plus other visual arts and special events.

There will be local and regional marketing of FestivALL and events listings via website, rack cards, posters, fliers, billboards, print ads, radio and television commercials, and other promotions. This year the artisans who are juried into the Art Fair in March will be included in the printed schedules.

For the 2009 Art Fair all artisans are required to go through a formal jurying process in order to maintain a high level of quality and achieve a balanced mix of media for the Fair. The necessary information is enclosed with this letter. We welcome applications from artisans from across West Virginia and outside of the state, including emerging artisans.

Artisan evaluations of the 2008 Fair provided both positive feedback and suggestions for improvements. Based on these evaluations a number of changes are being made for 2009. These include:

• We have contracted with one supplier for all tents.

• The basic booth space is being increased from 8’ to 10’. Tents are being moved further away from the stages and fewer tents will be used between Lee and Washington Streets. All cars will be kept from parking on this block.

• A limited number of individual 10’ x 10’ tents will be made available, if possible, adjacent to Capitol Street.

• The number of demonstrators for children is being expanded to four on each of the two blocks.

• There will be overhead lights in each of the long tents. Individual electricity will continue to be provided wherever possible.

• Security will be enhanced, but all artisans who leave goods overnight do so at their own risk. Fair hours are being adjusted to allow artisans to remove their goods Saturday night and bring them back Sunday morning.

• Artisans will be limited to a total of two spaces (20’ frontage).

• Application fees have been raised due to increased costs per space. Note that FestivALL does not take a commission on sales.

Allied Artists and Tamarack continue to be partners in the production of the Art Fair and each have identified tents for artisans juried into their organizations. Allied Artists and Tamarack artisans will be juried for the Art Fair through the same process as all other applicants.

Ron DeWitt, Tamarack Artisan Services Director, is serving as the Chair of the Selections Committee, and all applications will be sent directly to him. The Committee includes two representatives each from Allied Artists, Tamarack, and unaffiliated artists. I also sit on this Committee. None of the Committee members will be exhibiting at the Fair.

We encourage you to apply by the early deadline in order to benefit from the reduced fees. All applications will be juried at the same time, on March 12 and 13, 2009. All checks will be held uncashed until after the jurying process. If your application is not accepted then your check will be returned. Notifications will be mailed out by April 3, 2009.

If you are interested in participating in this Fair, please submit the application form, a check for the appropriate fee, and five photos or a CD with five images for each separate medium. Please use postal tracking in sending your application and keep a copy of your verification of delivery.

This letter and the application and background materials are posted on the FestivALL web site, www.festivallcharleston.com, This packet is also available by email or postal mail upon request. The web site will also have information about the other events for the 2009 FestivALL as updates become available.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions at:

FestivALL Capitol Street Art Fair,
PO Box 234,
Duck, WV 25063
304-364-8972
bettyrivard@yahoo.com

Sincerely yours,

Betty Rivard
Producer
FestivALL Capitol Street Art Fair

http://www.festivallcharleston.com/

Submissions requested

DOWNTOWN URBAN THEATER FESTIVAL IS NOW ACCEPTING NEW WORKS

NEW YORK— After another successful summer, the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) returns for its seventh season to accept new works from playwrights. Although the dates of the festival are yet to be determined, this annual event will showcase a two-week celebration of urban theatrical expression by a cross-section of emerging playwrights whose work is underrepresented in American Theatre in NYC. For the past three years, the legendary Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, has been the venue of choice to host the festival, however, for DUTF 2009, the staff will be considering other venues. Below are submission details.

For DUTF 2009, the staff will accept 12 theatrical works; six full-length productions (60-90 minutes) and six shorts (30-45 minutes). Each work is performed only once during the festival. Three of the outstanding works produced during the festival will receive $1,000 in cash in the following categories of Best Play, Best Short and Audience Awards.

Please forward all materials to Marie Denise Jean-Louis, mjeanlouis@arcos-ny.com by 5pm on Friday, December 19, 2008 or via mail at Downtown Urban Theater Festival, C/O Arcos Communications, 341 West 38th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10018.

Must include the following:
Biography with contact information of the playwright’s name, address, telephone number and email address, and photo
Synopsis of theatrical work
Complete script of theatrical work
Biographies of actors, director, and crew, if available
Description of stage set (if any) and production needs (i.e. sound and lighting)

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About DUTF
Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) has been recognized as one of the world’s best festivals for new works and described as “not only prestigious, but a slice of heaven for playwrights who want the chance to freely express themselves.” (Theater Festivals, 2005) From an inclusive, multicultural perspective, DUTF presents works that echo the true spirit of urban life and speak to a whole new generation whose lives defy categorizing along conventional lines. It has been a catalyst and an outlet for some of NYC’s most vibrant and creative playwrights and has presented 64 original theatricalworks for more than 7,000 urban theatre-goers.

Call for Proposals: THEATRE METHODS 09. Between Tradition and Contemporaneity

International Festival-Fair

THEATRE METHODS 09
Between Tradition and Contemporaneity
July 6-12, 2009 Bovec, Slovenia

"Theatre Methods" is the annual professional festival-fair dedicated to the Bridge between Tradition and Contemporaneity in performing arts. The festival is an opportunity to demonstrate methods of training in traditional theatre and to present contemporary works created as the result of traditional theatre training techniques.

At the moment THEATRE METHODS 09 has been accepting presentation proposals.

Presentation format:

• performance (not requiring special technical conditions)
• workshop/master class
• work in progress
• reading/lecture
• any other way of demonstration to the presenter's discretion.

The festival is aimed at new international contacts, creative exchange and communication. "TM" does not imply opportunity of a one-day tour. Important condition of "TM" is that performers and theatres presenting works at the festival participate in the whole programme from the first to the last day - attending other festival events, workshops, performances, etc.

If you wish to present your work at TM09, please become familiar with Submission Guidelines before submitting your proposal:

http://www.iugte.com/projects/fest.reg.php
http://www.iugte.com/projects/TM09.php

The festival committee is considering proposals in appropriate standard only.
Links to web sites are not considered as the application.

catching up with spearhead

Big shout out of Love to Franti and the Spearhead boys as they head off into the world to spread the message. We loved having you here in LA!!!! And congrats on breaking into the Top 40!!!!

Raleigh Ral - so proud of you!!!

Which Theatre Festival Is Right For Me?

Have you ever wondered how to get your show up in New York City? Tried to figure out which is the right theatre Festival for you and your team?

Then join the Summer Play Festival and the NYC Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting for a free panel that will take a look at a wide range of New York theatre Festivals presented throughout the year. SPF, the Fringe Festival, the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and Teatro StageFest will be on hand to discuss the way that works are submitted, chosen, produced and funded - all to help you figure the best place to go for the biggest splash.

"Which Theatre Festival Is Right For Me?" will take place on Monday, April 21 at 7pm to 8:30pm at New World Stages - 340 West 50th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues.

Please RSVP to message@film.nyc.gov by April 19 to secure your seat.

International Intensive: Practical Methods of Theatre Training

August 27 - September 1, 2007 Donetsk, Ukraine

PARTICIPANTS: actors of dramatic, physical, musical and dance theatres, dancers, choreographers, directors, stage designers, playwrights, script writers.

Participation fee:495 EUR by payment before July 1st, 2007(by payment before August 1st - 595 EUR).

The fee covers attendance of the programme, accommodation (five nights) and the transfer from Donetsk Airport on arrival day.

VENUE: Donetsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet.

To register, please send your CV and a brief letter of motivation to info@iugte.com
For more details, please visit:
http://www.iugte.com/projects/PracticalTheatre.php

"To make difficult habitual, habitual - easy, easy - beautiful", this is the greatest inspiration and the mastery of a performer in self-improvement. Participants will gain hundreds of interesting ideas and effective devices for practical work on the stage, starting from methods of individual training to creation of a performance in creative group. This is an excellent chance to investigate possibilities and to reconsider stereotyped views.

brewery artwalk in la

If you've never done the Brewery Artwalk - I highly encourage you to go. A wonderful chance to see into artists studios and meet them in person. A wonderful way to spend the day.

The Brewery Spring 2007 Artwalk

Saturday & Sunday
April 21st & 22nd
11 am - 6 pm

I really encourage you to check out Dave Lefner's studio. His print is above. He writes:

"Please visit me in my studio to view all the new limited-edition, linoleum block prints"

Dave Lefner
620 Moulton Avenue,
Studio 212
Los Angeles, CA 90031

Main Street Exit @ the 5 Freeway near Downtown Los Angeles

FREE admission & secured parking

For more info www.breweryartwalk.com

back from sundance

Sorry it's been a little slow the past few days, I've been to Sundance running from warm party to warm party and meeting about a thousand Tisch grads. Encourage you to check out the following films:

DEATH TO THE TINMAN written and directed by Ray Tintori
***Short. How the tinman lost his heart. Shot in black and white, great story, funky and fun take on the Oz mythology, a joy to watch both for its cinematography and its performances. You'll actually laugh and cry - really!

WONDERS ARE MANY directed by Jon Else
***Feature doc. Behind the scenes of the Peter Sellars directed, John Adams composed opera "Dr. Atomic" - an in depth look at Oppenheimer but also, for those of us in the arts, a chance to see Sellars in rehearsal and to better understand how a composer and a director collaborate.

SAVE ME directed by Robert Cary written by Craig Chester, Alan Hines, Robert Desiderio
***Feature drama. A drug addicted cutie (Chad Allen) gets shipped off to Genesis House, a Christian home for gay men who want to "cure their sexual broken-ness", where, of course, he falls in love with the equally hunky Robert Gant. What could have been a stereotypical nightmare of a film is actually quite moving and Judith Light reinvents herself. Worth seeing.