Deadline Extended!

If you are one of those playwrights that waits until the last minute... feel free to wait a little longer! The deadline for submissions for the Inner Views new play contest has been extended to January 1, 2010.

Remember...

Email submissions in Word or PDF format to InnerViewsSDAART@gmail.com. Type your full name in the subject line. (If you prefer to mail hard copies, you may send two copies of your script to SDAART’s P.O. Box.) Please include a bio (100-words or less), and full contact information including a home address and phone number. Playwrights may submit a maximum of two plays. No entry fee required. Winners will receive a new playwright certificate and production of their scripts. All authors agree to permit SDAART to produce their contest entry play if the theatre should wish to do so. Authors retain copyright and full ownership of their plays.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Lauren Beck, Literary Manager/Dramaturg at InnerViewsSDAART@gmail.com. To see a list of SDAART’s past productions, please visit www.asianamericanrep.org.

Actors Workshop at SDAFF

Please join us for an actors workshop and auditions at SDAFF (San Diego Asian Film Festival) on Oct. 24 from 2-4 pm THIS SATURDAY. It will be held at the Mission Valley Double Tree Hotel in the San Diego II room.

Actor/Comedian Randall Park will talk about his experiences and give advice. The first hour will cover how Randall got into acting, getting an agent, headshots, audition strategies, the market for asian actors, q+a, etc. You do not have to be Asian to attend! Bring friends!

The second hour will be auditions for Kim-Bap, a new play by SDAART's president, Elise Prosser, which will be produced Jan. 15-31, 2010 at SDSU.

SDAART is also casting for a ten-minute play festival in may 2010, Asian American heritage month.

Peter Cirino, a director and a professor of theater at SDSU, will conduct various exercises and film actors reading the sides to improve performances.

For more info on the workshop, see:
http://sdaff.bside.com/2009/search/../../2009/films/sdaartnowactorsworkship_sdaff2009

Hope to see you there!

Call for scripts!

CALL FOR 10-MINUTE PLAY SCRIPTS
Inner Views: Asian American Voices

WHAT: SDAART’s new play festival Inner Views: Asian American Voices is intended to explore Asian American identities and experiences. Playwrights from all over the country are encouraged to submit new, original, never-produced plays, 5-10 minutes in length and less than 10 pages, that explore perspectives of Asian Americans (Pacific Rim or Indian Subcontinental cultures). Selected plays will be produced by SDAART during May 2010 with local directors, actors, designers, and dramaturgs.

WHEN: Deadline for submission is December 1, 2009. Playwrights will be notified of acceptance by February 1, 2010.

WHERE: Inner Views: Asian American Voices will be produced in San Diego during Asian Heritage Month – May 2010 – in celebration of SDAART’s 15th anniversary.

HOW: Email submissions in Word or PDF format to InnerViewsSDAART@gmail.com. Type your full name in the subject line. (If you prefer to mail hard copies, you may send two copies of your script to SDAART’s P.O. Box.) Please include a bio (100-words or less), and full contact information including a home address and phone number. Playwrights may submit a maximum of two plays. No entry fee required. Winners will receive a new playwright certificate and production of their scripts. All authors agree to permit SDAART to produce their contest entry play if the theatre should wish to do so. Authors retain copyright and full ownership of their plays.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Lauren Beck, Literary Manager/Dramaturg at InnerViewsSDAART@gmail.com. To see a list of SDAART’s past productions, please visit www.asianamericanrep.org.

SDAART, P.O. Box 2752, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067. Tel. # 1-888-568-2278.