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| East Village
Chronicles, Volume 7 June 2011 Deadline - Friday, April 1, 2011 |
| Metropolitan Playhouse, New York's
renowned explorer of America's
Theatrical Heritage, is currently accepting submissions for new
plays inspired by the life and history of New York's Lower East
Side. Submissions will be evaluated by Metropolitan's artistic staff, and we will produce up to 10 of the submitted plays in June 2011, as part of our 7th Annual East Village Chronicles festival. As in prior years, the plays selected will pertain to a chosen theme. For Volume 7, plays should respond to Stereotypes oflife in the East Village of today and in eras past. (See below for more information.) Submission Deadline: Completed scripts must be RECEIVED, by mail or e-mail, by 5:00 pm Friday, April 1, 2011. Metropolitan Playhouse 220 E 4th Street New York, NY 10009 EVC7@metropolitanplayhouse.org |
| The Festival |
| East Village Chronicles, Vol. 7 is
the 7th seasonal
festival of new, one-act plays that celebrate and explore the varied
history
and eclectic culture that have defined Manhattan's Lower East Side (in
all its
permutations). Combined into two, distinct evenings of
short plays, which run on alternating nights over three weeks, the
presentations will include a variety of styles and tones, unified by
their
being clearly related to life in the theater's neighborhood. Metropolitan Playhouse will produce the plays on our 3/4 thrust stage in our 51 seat theater at 220 E 4th Street. The plays will be directed by directors engaged by Metropolitan to coordinate and rehearse the entire festival. The plays will be performed by a core company of actors, cast specifically for the festival, each of whom will perform in at least two festival plays. The cast of any given play will be drawn from this core company, and therefore anyone cast must be suitable for more than one play. Because we are forming a company, while playwrights' input is highly desired, final decisions remain with Metropolitan's artistic staff. |
| The
Theme
for
2011: Stereotypes |
| The Chronicles plays have been
connected each year in that they have
focused
on a certain topic, theme, or timeline. Selecting plays that are
inspired by some such organizing principle helps to give the festival
shape and to enrich the experience for audience members. (See *
below
for further discussion of the theme idea.) This year, the Chronicles will be devoted to Stereotypes. We believe this theme is especially resonant within the context of our national conversation and the shifting social pardigms within the neighborhood. An ongoing and sometimes vitriolic discussion of the character of the neighborhood is more and more in the local news, and it reflects a broader discussion taking place throughout New York City as we try to collectively define our civic identity. Vain as the effort will always be, the dialogue is a vital one. In our neighborhood, longstanding family businesses and residents continue to leave the neighborhood they once created, while newcomers have set up and changed their minds in the course of a year. As background to these real changes are the diverse visions of what the neighborhood is--the kinds of visions that derive from, endure in, and create stereotypes. Playwrights are encouraged to respond directly, indirectly, and creatively to this idea; how the plays relate to the notion of "Stereotype" is up to the playwright. |
| Technical Guidelines |
| We are seeking plays of no more
than 30 minutes that can be played by 5
or fewer actors. The plays will be presented with at least three others in a given evening, and as a consequence, should not require elaborate set or properties. Performance Dates: June 6 - 25,2011 Theater: Metropolitan Playhouse 220 E 4th Street |
| Questions: Alex Roe Artistic Director, Metropolitan Playhouse 212 995 8410 connect@metropolitanplayhouse.org * Interviews from nytheatre.com regarding past festivals and the selection of themes may be found at: http://www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/Interviewevc1.htm and http://www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/Interviewevc2.htm |