Will You Go On a Script Frenzy This Year?
Brought to you by the creators of NaNoWriMo, Script Frenzy is when thousands of strangers gather together online to write a play or movie script in 30 days or less. Traditionaly held each year in June, playwrites from around the world join in to write a 20,000 word script. Starting in 2008 the contest will be held in April and the goal has been changed to writing 100 pages. Have you got a script inside of you?
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Ok, back on NaNo I joined the Big Scary Fun Goals. Here is my basic list:
Okay, so some of those goals don't apply over here, but a couple do, and they result in some questions, that I'm hoping someone over here, may have some advice on. I'll explain:
- To win Script Frenzy 08 for the first time.
I have written a couple of very short odd plays, but nothing profesional. I have never done Script Frenzy before. I planned to do it last year, but than forgot to bookmark the date, and remembered it after it had already finished. This year, I am making sure I do not miss it. Not only shall I enter, but I shall win!
- To take my play from Script Frenzy and find a local stage company to produce it.
To get one of my plays accepted by a local stage company, and made into a stage production... doesn't need to be anything big, even a high school play... I just want to see them brought to life.
I don't think it will be too hard to get my play written, I have it well thought out and I think I know how I want to write it. And thanks to you guys here, I think I've figured out the basic, standards of formating.
However, this is the BIG SCARY of my Big Scary goals: To get my play on stage. You see, I have no idea how to go about approaching a stage company and asking them to consider my play. Does anyone have any advice on that?
I live in what is called Maine's "Arts District", there is the state theater, the town theater, a drama college, the state cultural hall, a few dozen small amature theaters, several "private" theaters in upstairs lofts, and every local high school has it's own drama group. There are about 4 dozen small acting troupes (most very amature, many use no costums or scenery at all) all less than 40 mins from me. Plus the world famous Portland Symphany Orchastra. (uhm... yeah, this is Portland, I'm talking about... the city the thinks and breathes nothing but theater, theater, and more theater). Basicly there is no lack of places for me to take my play, but it's a daunghting task and I have no idea where to start... or rather how to start. What should I do? What would you do?
Live theater is a REALY REALLY big thing around here. It's not an uncommon thing for practicly every one in the area to have worked in theater at some point, I myself am profesionally trained as a fashion designer for stage, however, I have never dared approach any of the acting troupes with a play before... call it a major case of cold feet...or an odd form of stage fright maybe? but it's a really big fear for me, to try to approach anyone with one of my plays. I'm terrified stiff of it! I need some major help in this area, if I'm going to make this goal real.
So Question #1:
What is the propper way to go about contacting an acting troupe or stage director, to get a play considered?
Should I contact them in person? by mail? email? at a certain time of the year?
What do I say? Who should I contact? (Manager? Director? the troupe? the theater? School principal? Drama teachers?)
If you have already gone out and tried getting your play on the stage, what did you do? What worked? What would you not do again?
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Okay, moving on, to the formating question:
Worse, than approaching the people is how do I get my play into their hands? I have no idea what I should do about geting the play published, so that I can get it to the stage director in the first place. I mean, I can't just print up 100 pages off my computer and hand them to a stage director. I've got to get them bound somehow right?
Has anyone ever gotten their plays bound via LuLu?
I'm thinking I should publish it via LuLu in spiral bound and than buy about 10 copies for myself to hand out to local stage directors.
I don't know yet, I'll figure it out though. Suggestions would be nice.
Well, this brings about anouther question: Who pays for the actors' copies of the play? Does the playwrite have to provide those? Does the troupe pay for them? Does each actor have to buy their own copy?
I am so confused about what to do here. What has everyone else done? Can anyone offer some advice about this?
Thanks!
- To write more often, and get paid to do it, even if it means writing non-fiction articles more often than fiction stories.
- To paint-draw more often, and to sell my art online.
- To self-publish at least one non-fiction book this year.
- To self-publish at least one fiction book this year.
- To win Script Frenzy 08 for the first time.
- To take my play from Script Frenzy and find a local stage company to produce it.
- To win NaNo08, for my third win in a row.
- Start my own shop (Gothic clothen).
Okay, so some of those goals don't apply over here, but a couple do, and they result in some questions, that I'm hoping someone over here, may have some advice on. I'll explain:
- To win Script Frenzy 08 for the first time.
I have written a couple of very short odd plays, but nothing profesional. I have never done Script Frenzy before. I planned to do it last year, but than forgot to bookmark the date, and remembered it after it had already finished. This year, I am making sure I do not miss it. Not only shall I enter, but I shall win!
- To take my play from Script Frenzy and find a local stage company to produce it.
To get one of my plays accepted by a local stage company, and made into a stage production... doesn't need to be anything big, even a high school play... I just want to see them brought to life.
I don't think it will be too hard to get my play written, I have it well thought out and I think I know how I want to write it. And thanks to you guys here, I think I've figured out the basic, standards of formating.
However, this is the BIG SCARY of my Big Scary goals: To get my play on stage. You see, I have no idea how to go about approaching a stage company and asking them to consider my play. Does anyone have any advice on that?
I live in what is called Maine's "Arts District", there is the state theater, the town theater, a drama college, the state cultural hall, a few dozen small amature theaters, several "private" theaters in upstairs lofts, and every local high school has it's own drama group. There are about 4 dozen small acting troupes (most very amature, many use no costums or scenery at all) all less than 40 mins from me. Plus the world famous Portland Symphany Orchastra. (uhm... yeah, this is Portland, I'm talking about... the city the thinks and breathes nothing but theater, theater, and more theater). Basicly there is no lack of places for me to take my play, but it's a daunghting task and I have no idea where to start... or rather how to start. What should I do? What would you do?
Live theater is a REALY REALLY big thing around here. It's not an uncommon thing for practicly every one in the area to have worked in theater at some point, I myself am profesionally trained as a fashion designer for stage, however, I have never dared approach any of the acting troupes with a play before... call it a major case of cold feet...or an odd form of stage fright maybe? but it's a really big fear for me, to try to approach anyone with one of my plays. I'm terrified stiff of it! I need some major help in this area, if I'm going to make this goal real.
So Question #1:
What is the propper way to go about contacting an acting troupe or stage director, to get a play considered?
Should I contact them in person? by mail? email? at a certain time of the year?
What do I say? Who should I contact? (Manager? Director? the troupe? the theater? School principal? Drama teachers?)
If you have already gone out and tried getting your play on the stage, what did you do? What worked? What would you not do again?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Okay, moving on, to the formating question:
Worse, than approaching the people is how do I get my play into their hands? I have no idea what I should do about geting the play published, so that I can get it to the stage director in the first place. I mean, I can't just print up 100 pages off my computer and hand them to a stage director. I've got to get them bound somehow right?
Has anyone ever gotten their plays bound via LuLu?
I'm thinking I should publish it via LuLu in spiral bound and than buy about 10 copies for myself to hand out to local stage directors.
I don't know yet, I'll figure it out though. Suggestions would be nice.
Well, this brings about anouther question: Who pays for the actors' copies of the play? Does the playwrite have to provide those? Does the troupe pay for them? Does each actor have to buy their own copy?
I am so confused about what to do here. What has everyone else done? Can anyone offer some advice about this?
Thanks!
Ever Thought About Writing A Book of School Plays?
I was wondering: Has anyone ever written (on Script Frenzy) a book of school plays?
Instead of one long play for Script Frenzy, a book of plays would have 10 or 12 short (about 15 minute) one act plays that are all based on a theme. Such as Christmas, or Easter, or Fairy Tales, or Folk Lore, or some other such theme. And they would be used by the school, such as, each classroom would pick one play, and than preform it at the school's Christmas Pagent or Parents Day or whatever.
I've seen several such play-books and I love them, but I've noticed that they are not really that common and that many of these school play books were written in the 1950's through 1970's, and that very few of them are written today.
Anyways, that's what I'm planning to do for Script Frenzy 2008. Instead of writing one long play, I'm going to write a book of short plays. I've got three differant themes choosen, so if I have time I'm going to try to write all three of them this year: Halloween, Christmas, and Fairy Tales. I'll be working on the Halloween one first, and if I finish it early, I'll move on to one of the others.
So, is anyone else planning on doing a set of sckit-type plays for schools?
Has anyone else done that before for Script Frenzy?
Anyone have any ideas or advice on this idea?
Instead of one long play for Script Frenzy, a book of plays would have 10 or 12 short (about 15 minute) one act plays that are all based on a theme. Such as Christmas, or Easter, or Fairy Tales, or Folk Lore, or some other such theme. And they would be used by the school, such as, each classroom would pick one play, and than preform it at the school's Christmas Pagent or Parents Day or whatever.
I've seen several such play-books and I love them, but I've noticed that they are not really that common and that many of these school play books were written in the 1950's through 1970's, and that very few of them are written today.
Anyways, that's what I'm planning to do for Script Frenzy 2008. Instead of writing one long play, I'm going to write a book of short plays. I've got three differant themes choosen, so if I have time I'm going to try to write all three of them this year: Halloween, Christmas, and Fairy Tales. I'll be working on the Halloween one first, and if I finish it early, I'll move on to one of the others.
So, is anyone else planning on doing a set of sckit-type plays for schools?
Has anyone else done that before for Script Frenzy?
Anyone have any ideas or advice on this idea?
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Link List: Helpful Sites for Playwrites
- American Association of Community Theatre
- Your Community Theatre Resource
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- WONDERFUL COSTUMES FOR YOUR PRODUCTION!
Scroll down to the play you are considering - The Costume Page
- An index of costume links, for those who study and/or make
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amateurs, dancers, theatrical costumers, writers, researchers, and all those interested in
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- Ben Nye makeup, costume rentals, theatrical costumes, wigs, beards, mustaches
- Theatre Logos Agency
- Theatre Logos Agency licenses high-quality artwork for the promotion of theatrical productions.
- Theatre Communications Group
- American Theatre Magazine
- Broadway.com: New York & London Theater Tickets, Ticket News, Videos, Theatre Photos & Interviews
- Broadway.com - The most comprehensive source for Broadway, Off-Broadway and London theater information. Tickets / Gift Certificates / Videos / News & Features / Reviews / Photos / New York Hotel & Theater Packages
- Broadway Tickets, Broadway Shows, Broadway Discount Tickets, Theatre News and Reviews: TheaterMania!
- TheaterMania.com is your comprehensive resource for complete Broadway, Off-Broadway, and worldwide theater listings, ticket discounts, theater news, and theatre reviews.
- Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
- For over seventy years Dramatists Play Service, Inc. has provided the finest plays by both established writers and new playwrights of exceptional promise.
- The Burry Man Writers Center - Theater submission guidelines, contests & festivals, play publishers' guidelines
- The Burry Man Writers Center
Script Submission contests & festivals,
theater submission guidelines,
play
publishers' guidelines - Submission Tips for Playwrights
- Advice for playwrites.
- THE PLAYWRIGHTS' FORUM
- THE PLAYWRIGHTS' FORUM : stageplays-forum
- Playwrite Application
- Playwrite Application
- Portland Stage Co. - Literary Works at PSC
- Clauder Competition
Little Festival
Young Writers Project
From Away
Portland Stage Company
General Script Submission Guidelines - Links for Playwrights - StageSource
- StageSource, The Alliance of Theatre Artists and Producers, provides resources for advancement of theatre in New England, serving theatre, film, and casting companies and actors, directors, designers, playwrights, production and administrative personnel.
- You've Finished Writing the Play: Now What?
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-- The Internet Writing Journal(R) - Maine Playwrights Catalogue
- Maine Playwrights Catalogue
of
original plays a public service of??? ?
Maine Association of
Community Theaters.?? ? THE ON-LINE CATALOG
OF PLAYS BY MAINE PLAYWRIGHTS
is offered by MeACT as a service to Maine playwrights
looking for oppor - En Avant Playwrights - Message Board - ezboard.com
- A community for playwrights to support and encourage each other to send out and produce their work.
- Ballet Austin
- Ballet Austin is one of the top dance companies in the country. Led by Artistic Director Stephen Mills. Based in Austin, Texas Ballet Austin travels around the country and world with it's innovative approach to both classical and contemporary ballet
- School of Portland Youth Ballet
- School of Portland Youth Ballet
- inside - Wichita State University
- Vol.
17, No. 14 April 5, 2001 Issue
Local
ballet company premieres English professor’s writing
By Amy Geiszler-Jones
The Metropolitan
Ballet of Wichita rehearses "Merlin’s Song," an original
full-length ballet written by WSU English professor William Woods,
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