Living
Literature Festival:
January 2012
Horatio Alger
Deadline - September
30, 2011
Submit
Metropolitan Playhouse presents its
7th Annual Living Literature Festival, devoted to Horatio Alger.
WHAT
Scheduled for January 16th
through January 29th, 2012, the festival is
a collection
of new plays celebrating
the
spirit of the artist who made a cultural touchstone of the term "rags
to riches". Horatio
Alger became famous in America promoting a popular myth of opportunity
for all, and but also against a backdrop of self-made millionaires
challenging an entrenched social order. For their promise or their
threat, his boys' adventure stories were inspirations to many readers.
Adaptations of Horatio Alger's works, biographical pieces exploring his
life, or works inspired by/critical of what has become known as the
Horatio Alger Myth are all
welcome.
HOW IT WORKS
The annual festival is a co-production
of Metropolitan Playhouse and the participating artists.
Metropolitan will curate, host, and promote the festival, while the
participants will create and perform the plays in the festival.
Proceeds will be divided between Metropolitan and the participants.
WHO CAN SUBMIT
Submissions
are welcome from individual artists and performance companies
alike. Co-producers will take responsibility for conceiving and
creating their contribution to the festival, with use of Metropolitan's
space and physical resources. Metropolitan will coordinate and
promote the festival as a part of its 20th Season.
WHAT KIND OF WORK
Submissions may be twenty-minute plays, one-acts, or full length
performances (though no longer than 1 hour and 45 minutes.) There are no
restrictions concerning style.
Adaptations, biographies, fantasies, and treatises, as well as
song/poetry/dance cycles will
all be considered. Selection by Metropolitan Playhouse will be
based on artistic quality,
feasibility of production, relationship to literature of Horatio Alger,
and suitability for the venue.
However:
No scripts alone! Please
note, we are seeking submissions of performances
which we will
co-produce. We are NOT seeking
scripts for Metropolitan to produce. We will not
provide directors or
actors for productions.
And plays
from the period will
receive lowest consideration.
This
festival
is particularly devoted to
new theater pieces inspired by
non-theatrical writing.
Guidelines
Submissions
will be accepted by e-mail or snail mail, and must include:
- Cover sheet with
- Name of Company/Artist taking responsibility
for producing the work
- Project Title
- Author, Person, or Subject who inspired the
work (and specific
titles of inspiring works, as applicable)
- Performance Length (Max. 1 hr, 45 min.
This is extremely important for
scheduling.)
- Contact Person
- Telephone Contact
- E-mail Contact
- Project narrative of no more than 2 pages
- Key artist biographies and, if applicable, company history
- Sample text (may be the script for the proposed performance or a
comparable work by
the key artist(s))
Submission Deadline: September 30 ,
2011
Mail to:
Metropolitan
Playhouse
220
E. 4th Street
New
York, NY 10009
Attn:
Living
Literature
E-mail to:
alger@metropolitanplayhouse.org
Acceptance
Metropolitan
will
invite collaborators to be a part of the festival within two
weeks of submission deadline.
Questions?
Contact Alex Roe at
(212) 995-8410 or
alex@metropolitanplayhouse.org.
Metropolitan
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