RAT Annex Theatre Call for Writers

[Ken Judy <ratso@judykat.com>]

Hello,

Wanted to put word of this on the rat list.

Annex Theater is going to hold our annual writer's event in May. It's a
chance to be flown to Seattle for a couple weeks and work with a
director and actors to create a new piece of theater from scratch.

Below is the text of our press release. You can also browse to the link
off http://annextheatre.org.

If you have questions, please e-mail hothouse@annextheatre.org - or -
call Bruce at 206 728-8081.

- Ken J
Annex Theatre
ken@annextheatre.org
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Press release follows....
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ANNEX THEATRE, 1916 4th Ave., Seattle WA 98101

 SPECIAL
 ANNOUNCEMENT:
                  CALL FOR WRITERS
 CONTACT(s): Ken Judy, Annex Artistic Associate for Developmental Work

 Tricia Sexton, Annex Literary Manager (206)-728-0933

 Bruce Hall, Annex Company Administrator


                                                   22 December, 1999 –
Seattle

Annex Theatre is pleased to announce a call for playwrights to
participate in Annex Hothouse
2000, a unique creative workshop hosted by Annex Theatre. After our
highly successful pilot of
last year, we’ve decided to make Hothouse an annual event. Of the four
writers that participated
last year, three have plans for projects with Annex in the coming year.

SUMMARY FOR PRINT

Annex Theatre announces a call for playwrights for Annex Hothouse For
two weeks, May 14 –
27th, 2000. Annex will host four writers who will work with directors
and actors to create new
pieces of theater. The event culminates in public performances on the
Annex Mainstage. Call
(206)-728-0933 for application guidelines and further information.

During two weeks (May 14 – 27, 2000), Annex will host writers in
residence to work with a
director and actors to create a new piece of theater. Rehearsals will be
scheduled evenings and
weekends with days free for writing, meeting with directors, or
exploring Seattle. The event
culminates in public performances of the work in progress on the Annex
Mainstage. Each
performance will be followed by an audience and artist discussion of the
creative processes that
led to these works. A reading series will also take place during the two
weeks of Hothouse to
present readings of previously-written works by the guest playwrights.

The projects themselves have very few constraints. They must be between
15 minutes and one
hour long; range in cast size from 3 to 10 (assigned according to
writers' expressed needs at the
beginning of the process); and may be in any stage of polish or lack
thereof. They may take any
"form" the artists involved can imagine and create but must be written
from scratch on-site
within the two week time frame.

This event is about cultivating new collaborative relationships and the
potential for new work.
Annex Hothouse is not an end in itself, but a venue for initiating
potentially ongoing relationships.

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Directors will be assigned with the writers' particular interests and
desires in mind. The director
may take the role of traditional director, Dramaturg or facilitator.
Directors will be paired with
writers based on the writer's stated interest in a specific kind of
relationship and the director's
interests and skills in the various roles.

To apply as a writer to Annex Hothouse 2000, please submit 10 to 20
pages of script text, and
a letter of interest addressing the following questions:

               1. Why do you want to participate in this project?

               2. How do you propose to use this project? Describe your
goals and way of
               working within such a structure and your ideal
relationship with a
               director/dramaturg/facilitator.

               3. Riff on what you know about Annex (or your impressions
of Annex based
               on the attached fact sheet) and why you're interested in
working there.

Please send your applications to

Bruce Hall, Company Administrator

          Annex Theatre

          1916 Fourth Avenue

          Seattle, WA 98104

postmarked no later than February 5, 2000.

If you have questions, or need further information, please call Bruce at
(206) 728-8081.

Annex is a member of the National New Play Network, an alliance of
not-for-profit theaters
from around the country dedicated to the creation, exchange and
production of new work.

         For further information or application guidelines for Annex
Hothouse, please:

                           Telephone: (206) 728-0933

                         Email: hothouse@annextheatre.org

                      Or browse: http://www.annextheatre.org.

Annex Theatre is dedicated to creating bold new work in an environment
of
improbability, resourcefulness, and risk. Annex projects are supported
in part by the
King County Arts Commission, the Flintridge Foundation, the Jaech Family
Fund,
Corporate Council for the Arts, the Washington State Arts Commission,
The Pride
Foundation, Bloodhound Travel, Visio Corporation, and Woods &
Associates. Other
donors include: the Mayflower Park Hotel, Kinko's, Microsoft, Re-bar,
QFC, Home
Depot, Trader Joe's, and the Seattle Housing Authority.

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