Re: RAT Re: obscurity

["Karen Cronacher" <kcron@ix.netcom.com>]

Thank you, laurel,
for requesting Scavengers, i'll send it right out.  If you know jason
neulander in Austin, please talk to him about it, he raved about your
theatre.

thanks, Karen.
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>From: LHoitz@aol.com
>To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>Subject: Re: RAT Re: obscurity
>Date: Mon, Feb 22, 1999, 1:38 PM
>

>In a message dated 2/20/99 4:50:50 PM Central Standard Time,
>kcron@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
><< how do we get far-out language plays, that are black
> comedy and avante-garde, etc., produced??? >>
>
>karen:
>
>undermain in dallas does lots of far-out, avant-garde, blackly comedic
>language plays.  mac wellman and jeff jones are two of our favorites.  and we
>keep reading y york, trying to find the right match.  we don't have a literary
>manager or anyone to read unsolicited submissions.  when we did, they were
>overwhelmingly inappropriate for our theater.  we get most of our scripts on
>referral from our playwright pals.  we found erik ehn and mac wellman through
>jeff jones.  we found suzan-lori parks and lenora champagne through erik.  we
>found quincy long, ruth margraff, and most others the same way. we trust their
>taste and they know our work.  talk to some of your playwright pals and ask
>them to refer scripts of yours they like to theaters that might also like
>them. each time you're produced and forge a relationship with a like-minded
>theater, offer to do the same for them. it is partly about connections, but
>that's not all bad.  if you send me a copy of your script, i'll make sure we
>add it to our next season selection reading series.
>
>laurel
>(undermain company member)
>
>
>mail to:
>
>laurel hoitsma
>9824 county cork drive
>dallas, texas 75218
>