May 2006 Archives
Latino Playwrights Initiative launched by partners Austin Script Works, the State Theater and Teatro Vivo
Phase One:New Short Plays
The Latino Playwrights Initiative Phase One kicks off this week with a request for new short plays by Latino/a writers.
Phase One of the LPI is a process of identifying existing writers and reaching out to inspire new writing in the region. With this release, ASW and partners announce the rules for a new short play festival, modeled after the "Weekend Fling" that ASW has organized for its general membership for the past eight years. Three "ingredients" are listed below. Playwrights are invited to submit 10-20 minute plays that somehow include these ingredients. Deadline for submission is June 15.
A committee comprised of national and local artists and community members will review all submissions and select 8-10 plays. The plays will then be performed in a public reading festival at the State Theater September 8 and 9, 2006. The weekend will also include panel discussions, workshops, and mentorship of selected playwrights by nationally-recognized writers.
"One of this region's greatest strengths is the Latino community,"says C. Denby Swanson, artistic director of Austin Script Works, "and yet there is an absolute dearth of new works for the theater by Latino writers on our stages. This initiative will work to change that."
Phases Two and Three will focus on commissions, development, and, ultimately, production by regional theater companies, starting in 2007. "Our plan is to repeat the short play call bi-annually, so that we are continually looking for and connecting with new Latino writers. It's not one isolated weekend; it's a substantial, long-term program."
Austin Script Works Announces Latino Playwrights Initiative
Austin Script Works, the State Theater, Teatro Vivo, and a dedicated committee of local and regional artists are organizing the area's first Latino Playwrights Initiative.
"One of this region's greatest strengths is the Latino community," says C. Denby Swanson, artistic director of Austin Script Works, "and yet there is an absolute dearth of new works for the theater by Latino writers on our stages. This initiative will work to change that."
The Latino Playwrights Initiative will provide a framework to develop and advance Latino/Latina writers in the Central Texas region, and will include things like Mentorship, Commissions, Inspiration, Readings, Workshops and Networking.
Dramatis Personae Workshop
Just in time for the Latino Playwright Initiative call for short plays, or maybe just a head start on your FronteraFest piece ...
Hold on to your Shorts!
The Learning to Write Quickly (and shortly!) Workshop
led by Amparo Garcia
6:30-10:00 p.m.
Monday, May 22, 2006
State Theatre, 719 Congress Ave. (map)
$20 ASW members/ $30 General
512-454-9727 or
Member Salon
Don't miss the last Salon of the season!
The Sandreckoner by Dan Dietz
6:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 21st
State Theatre, 719 Congress Ave. (map)
A student. A teacher. A pizza. A gun. An ancient mathematical problem.
A terribly modern tragedy. Just another night in the suburbs. Featuring Ken Bradley, Jeffery Mills, and Rebecca Robinson. Salons will go on hiatus for June and July and will resume with a membership event in August.
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