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The New Works Festival is
now accepting submissions for the 10th Annual New Works Festival at
College of the Canyons. The New Works Festival focuses on the
development process for playwrights, through readings, discussions,
revisions and eventually rehearsals and performance. Writers are
integrated throughout the process. All playwrights are required to
participate in the development process by registering for the production
class in the spring.
The performance dates for the festival this year are
April 28th - May 2nd.
“This is a unique opportunity for playwrights to work on their play,"
says David Stears, director of the New Works Festival. “For many
competitions and festivals, writers submit their work and don't see it
again until the show opens.”
Playwrights experience the process of hearing their plays, working with
a director and or dramaturge. Then during the revision process,
the playwrights work with a director and actors to clarify or strengthen
their works. Finally, the playwrights are invited to attend all
rehearsals and watch as their plays are fleshed out by the production
process.
Currently, there is no registration fee or entry fee for submitting your
work. The submission process is open to all original and previously
unproduced dramatic work.
Submission Deadline:
Wednesday November 11th @ 7 pm
Click here for
submission information
After the submission deadline, the play selection committee reads all
the plays and selects pieces that show the most promise in being
developed. Playwrights are notified by the middle of December. Selected
playwrights must register for the production class in the spring and be
available to participate in the process.
For more information about the submission process, click here.
Dust of your scripts and submit them now ! |
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NWF
Symposium 2009
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Leading the symposium is NWF Director David
Stears, with playwrights, Joseph Camhi, Colleen Niemi,
Katrina Langford, and David Francis |
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New Symbol for NWF
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The new symbol for
the New Works Festival combines the silhouette of
the college’s logo with an adaptation of Freytag’s
Pyramid, a graphic illustration of dramatic
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The NWF is
incorporating a new look, combining the silhouette
of the college’s logo and an adaptation of a classic
symbol of dramatic structure.
“We kept coming back to a discussion about
structure, and ultimately a rough sketch of this
triangle”, say David Stears. “It seemed to make
sense to incorporate it into our symbol or logo.”
The new look for the logo reflects the basic
structure of a climatic play.
Not all plays follow this same shape, but it is a
starting point, it is classic. Developed n 1863 by
German playwright and novelist, Gustav Freytag, his
pyramid is a graphic representation of his expanded
principals of dramatic structure, expanding on
Aristotle’s discussion in his POETICS. The new look
will not replace familiar Box logo but rather be
used in conjunction with the current image.
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Solo Performances
for the NWF
Each year teh NWF includes
selected pieces developed in
the Solo Performance class with Susan Hinshaw. The
inspiring and popular class, taught by actress and solo
artist Susan Hinshaw, began two years and produced a number
of pieces that continue to be performed by their creators in
venues throughout the community.
For more information about the Solo Class, please contact
Susan Hinshaw at susan.hinshaw@canyons.edu. |
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