You have only 3 more chances to see one of the coolest shows around!

Picked by Creative Loafing as one of the best Things to See & Do This Week,
'Felice Ramadan' features Radio Theatre, Magic, Circus stunts, amazing singers,
and the oldest form of theater in the western cannon, all in one show!

Kate Graham & Aaron Gotlieb host a veritable potpourri of talent including:

- ARTC
- The Thoroughly Modern Senior Ensemble
- Gateway's Mummers
- Thimblerig Circus
- Gwen Hughes
- Magician Mick Stone
- John Stephens
- & An info-mercial written by Topher Payne!

Friday & Saturday @ 8, Sunday @ 2:30!

Discount TIckets through Atlantix (both on line and @ the booth!)
When you buy from Atlantix, you help both the artists & the arts!

4O4-474-8332 for more info or

http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/holiday_felice_ramadan/Content?oid=1\
231657

See you this weekend @ Academy Theatre!
119 Center St. Atlanta 30002

So, out of love for the music, theater & dance community and because apparently,
the prospect of rain scares people,

We're offering $5 tickets to 'Felice Ramadan' for this Sunday!

Showtime is 2:30 and you must bring this e-mail with you with the phrase "I want
to be part of Stevie's Kayfab!"

This is a great chance to catch Gwen Hughes, Gateway Performance, Atlanta Radio
Theater Company, Kate Graham & Aaron Gotlieb, and more.

Really cool show, really cheap price!  One Day Only!

119 Center Street Avondale Estates, 30002

Have snacks and beverages during the show!

404-474-8332 for more info or
http://www.academytheatre.com

"Your belly will shake like a bowlful of jelly"
There's no place else you'd rather be than with the magical elves at Sketchworks
TOMORROW NIGHT at 7p got the annual Sketchworks Company Holiday Party 2!  Get to
www.sketchworkscomedy.com so you'll be passed out under our tree!  Bring cameras
and get your pix made with your favorite characters!

"Bah, hummerbug"
This is our annual fundraiser and how we stay alive.  This year, proceeds go
toward establishing our non-profit status, so we can become a permanent Atlanta
institution.  We've always wanted to be institutionalized!

$20 ticket includes a live, one-act Sketchworks main stage show, a silent
auction, eats and live music from Justin Miles, Xan Nichols & the Jazz Bandits!

Silent Auction Items Include:
-Handmade Jewelry by Rhoda Griffis.
-Pilates Class from Jessica Lucas of Intown Pilates Atlanta.
  www.intownpilatesatlanta.com
-Two Sketchworks 2010 Season Passes.
-Four Personal Training Sessions with Robert Peterson (personal
  trainer of Q100's Bert Weiss) of Body Sculptor Inc. PLUS a signed
  DVD copy of Dolvett's "Me and My Chair" Home Workout.
  www.bodysculptorinc.com
-Enrollment for One to Intro to Sketch Writing Taught by Robin Henry
  with Tyler Perry Studios.
-Two $30 Gift Certificates from Circus Arts Atlanta.
  www.circusartsatlanta.com
-Enrollment for One to Intro to Sketch Comedy Acting taught by Julie
  Shaer-Deutschle.
-$100 Gift Certificate Toward Any Class at YourAct OnCamera Acting
  School. -Original Framed Art from James Smith.
-Wine Tasting from Stephanie Northrup.
-Fabulous Products from The Goods Brand.  www.thegoodsinc.com
-Headshot Session from Anna Ritch Photography.
  www.annaritchphoto.com
-$200 Gift Certificate for Services from Chris Gray of Payscape
  Advisors.  Good for Setting Up Merchant Accounts and Online
  Transactions for Individuals, Small Business and Organizations.
-Basket of Arbonne Health and Beauty products + Notorious D-A-D's
  "Bumpin' in the Burbs" CD.   www.kimstiles.com

Food From the Likes Of:
-Six Feet Under  www.sixfeetunderatlanta.com
-Melton's App and Tap
-Inland Seafood.  www.inlandseafood.com

It worked just fine!  Thank you and your second 'tini for being so generous!



--- In wtplaywrights@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Cuccaro" <PatrickCuccaro@...>
wrote:
>
> Welllll....I tried to donate a hundred bucks through PayPal, but I'm on my
second martini tonight so I'm not sure if it went through. Dang, being a good
citizen is gettin' harder 'n' harder.
>
> Patrick

Welllll....I tried to donate a hundred bucks through PayPal, but I'm on my
second martini tonight so I'm not sure if it went through. Dang, being a good
citizen is gettin' harder 'n' harder.

Patrick

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: jillpatrick1
   To: wtplaywrights@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 1:04 PM
   Subject: [wtplaywrights] WTP's 5th Annual BREAK HANK'S BANK!





   Presenting the 5th Annual "Break Hank's Bank"

   Now through Jan. 31, 2010, WTP board president Hank Kimmel will match
   ALL donations made to Working Title Playwrights up to $10,000! That's
   ALL donations, from ALL resources (so that's YOU and maybe your matching
   gift from your employer?), from $1 to $1,000 (or more-who are we to
   limit you?)!! With an overall Break Hank's Bank goal of $20,000 no
   amount is too small, so...

   Let's make Hank go for broke!

   Your contribution is tax deductible, you will receive formal and
   personal recognition, and a glowing warm-fuzzy in your heart for having
   done a really swell thing for this growing 501(c)3 non-profit
   organization, which is the leading playwright development organization
   in the Southeast.

   Checks or money orders (payable to "Working Title Playwrights")

   will be gratefully accepted at:

   Working Title Playwrights c/o BHB

   P.O. Box 585 Decatur, GA 30030-0585

   Alternately, you may conveniently make your contribution online by
   visiting

   http://pledgie.com/campaigns/7152 <http://pledgie.com/campaigns/7152>

   If you use this vehicle for contributing, be sure to send an email to
   managing@...
   <mailto:managing@...> with your address so we
   can thank you by letter.

   Look at all the good you'll be doing!

   You can confidently give, knowing that your money is measurably being
   put to work, supporting theatre and new play development in our
   community. Thanks to your past generosity, we've been able to forge
   ahead with the following:

   * Expand our educational programming, which includes the acclaimed
   Kick-Ass Workshop; Playwrights Playground Series; Based on True Stories:
   Creating Plays From What's Real; and our first Master Class, led this
   year by Chicago playwright, Carlos Murillo;

   * Extend the scope of our competitive series, The Ethel Woolson Lab,
   which is now adjudicated by the leading literary and artistic managers
   in the Atlanta theatre community;

   * Increase the number of playwrights served (we now have 60+) and
   audience reached;

   * Enrich our relationships with the top theatres in town including
   Academy Theatre, Actor's Express, Essential Theatre, Horizon Theatre and
   Synchronicity Theatre;

   * Provide more opportunities for play readings through our First Draft
   on Demand series with professional actors and facilitated talkbacks;

   * Create for the community a growing inventory of structurally-sound
   plays that entertain, and give voice and vision to the everyday;

   * Become a source of outreach for the Dramatists Guild, the national
   organization for playwrights.

   In addition, Working Title Playwrights recently relaunched the wildly
   successful 24-Hour Play Festival, inaugurated a new Dramaturgical
   Service, and introduced our rollicking Playwright Slams at area
   restaurants. Our members enjoyed successes both locally and nationally,
   including Johnny Drago's Billy Budd: A Portrait in Seamen at the
   Mondohomo Festival, Welcome to the Neighborhood by Hank Kimmel at JCC
   CenterStage, and Vynnie Meli's Plagued, A Love Story at the New York
   Musical Theatre Festival and more!

   All this is just the start.... but we need YOUR financial support to
   stay on our upward trajectory.

   The journey to $20,000 starts with a single swing and a step-yours!

   So please, give some dollars, grab a hammer, and let's put a
   hurtin' on Hank's Bank!

   For even more details about Working Title Playwrights, please visit our
   website:

   http://www.workingtitleplaywrights.com
   <http://www.workingtitleplaywrights.com/>

   Disclaimer: Contrary to the graphic, no harm will be done to any pigs
   during this fundraising campaign. We just wanted to get your attention.

   Much thanks for your consideration,

   Jill Patrick

   Managing Artistic Director

   Working Title Playwrights

   404.441.2716

   To find out more about how we work and what we do, please peruse the
   Working Title Playwrights Handbook 2009-2010 at
   http://issuu.com/WorkingTitlePlaywrights/docs/wtp_2009-10_handbook
   <http://issuu.com/WorkingTitlePlaywrights/docs/wtp_2009-10_handbook> .

   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Presenting the 5th Annual "Break Hank's Bank"



Now through Jan. 31, 2010, WTP board president Hank Kimmel will match
ALL donations made to Working Title Playwrights up to $10,000! That's
ALL donations, from ALL resources (so that's YOU and maybe your matching
gift from your employer?), from $1 to $1,000 (or more—who are we to
limit you?)!! With an overall Break Hank's Bank goal of $20,000 no
amount is too small, so...



Let's make Hank go for broke!



Your contribution is tax deductible, you will receive formal and
personal recognition, and a glowing warm-fuzzy in your heart for having
done a really swell thing for this growing 501(c)3 non-profit
organization, which is the leading playwright development organization
in the Southeast.



Checks or money orders (payable to "Working Title Playwrights")

will be gratefully accepted at:



Working Title Playwrights c/o BHB

P.O. Box 585 Decatur, GA 30030-0585



Alternately, you may conveniently make your contribution online by
visiting

http://pledgie.com/campaigns/7152 <http://pledgie.com/campaigns/7152>



If you use this vehicle for contributing, be sure to send an email to
managing@...
<mailto:managing@...>  with your address so we
can thank you by letter.



Look at all the good you'll be doing!



You can confidently give, knowing that your money is measurably being
put to work, supporting theatre and new play development in our
community. Thanks to your past generosity, we've been able to forge
ahead with the following:



* Expand our educational programming, which includes the acclaimed
Kick-Ass Workshop; Playwrights Playground Series; Based on True Stories:
Creating Plays From What's Real; and our first Master Class, led this
year by Chicago playwright, Carlos Murillo;



*  Extend the scope of our competitive series, The Ethel Woolson Lab,
which is now adjudicated by the leading literary and artistic managers
in the Atlanta theatre community;



*  Increase the number of playwrights served (we now have 60+) and
audience reached;



*  Enrich our relationships with the top theatres in town including
Academy Theatre, Actor's Express, Essential Theatre, Horizon Theatre and
Synchronicity Theatre;



* Provide more opportunities for play readings through our First Draft
on Demand series with professional actors and facilitated talkbacks;



* Create for the community a growing inventory of structurally-sound
plays that entertain, and give voice and vision to the everyday;



* Become a source of outreach for the Dramatists Guild, the national
organization for playwrights.



In addition, Working Title Playwrights recently relaunched the wildly
successful 24-Hour Play Festival, inaugurated a new Dramaturgical
Service, and introduced our rollicking Playwright Slams at area
restaurants. Our members enjoyed successes both locally and nationally,
including Johnny Drago's Billy Budd: A Portrait in Seamen at the
Mondohomo Festival, Welcome to the Neighborhood by Hank Kimmel at JCC
CenterStage, and Vynnie Meli's Plagued, A Love Story at the New York
Musical Theatre Festival and more!




All this is just the start.... but we need YOUR financial support to
stay on our upward trajectory.



The journey to $20,000 starts with a single swing and a step—yours!



So please, give some dollars, grab a hammer, and let's put a
hurtin' on Hank's Bank!



For even more details about Working Title Playwrights, please visit our
website:



http://www.workingtitleplaywrights.com
<http://www.workingtitleplaywrights.com/>



Disclaimer: Contrary to the graphic, no harm will be done to any pigs
during this fundraising campaign. We just wanted to get your attention.



Much thanks for your consideration,



Jill Patrick

Managing Artistic Director

Working Title Playwrights

404.441.2716



To find out more about how we work and what we do, please peruse the
Working Title Playwrights Handbook 2009-2010 at
http://issuu.com/WorkingTitlePlaywrights/docs/wtp_2009-10_handbook
<http://issuu.com/WorkingTitlePlaywrights/docs/wtp_2009-10_handbook> .





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1 p.m.
Writers for Planet Earth
  Adults and Youth ages 14 and older
Open to writers at all levels of development
Acknowledge and write about the special and sacred places you know and have
experienced on Planet Earth with an opportunity to share your work with the
Provisional Territorial Units Project -  a  global effort that seeks to identify
and unify this knowledge.

The Sketchworks Company Holiday Party 2!!
The office party you can get wild at without getting fired!
One night only, Saturday, December 12, 2009, 7p to 11p at the Sketchworks
Theatre
3041 N. Decatur Rd. Scottdale, GA 30079

Annual party and Fundraiser!
$20 includes one-act Sketchworks show, food, beverage, live music, silent
auction and other surprises!
Dress to kill!
www.sketchworkscomedy.com

Onion Man Productions is accepting submissions for Harvest 2010, A New Crop of
10-Minute Plays to be staged in June 2010. Deadline for submission is December
31, 2009.

Guidelines – 10-minute plays. Atlanta area playwrights. Play must be set in a
backyard. Set will include porch, table/chairs and other items in a backyard.
Prefer 2 to 3 characters (no more than 4). Prefer plays that are not littered
with f-bombs. Simple staging requirements. Comedy or drama (even dramas should
have some humor.) The playwright should make strong choices. All pieces really
need to have an impact.

Playwrights receive $25 if selected and are required to put in some volunteer
hours toward the production.

Email in either Word(no docx) or PDF. If PDF, leave name off cover page. Email
to info@...

Selections to be made by mid-January.

Working Title Playwrights presents Topher Payne's EVELYN IN PURGATORY, a WTP On
Demand Reading, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., Actor's Express, King Plow
Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga.  $5 at door (WTP members free).

EVELYN IN PURGATORY
a new play in two acts
by Topher Payne

SYNOPSIS:
When a complaint is filed against one of the 70,000 teachers in New York's
public schools, they're sent to a "Reassignment Center," one of a series of
empty offices in the Department of Education Building.  There, they sit and wait
for their case to be reviewed.  Usually for months.  Sometimes for years.

   A claim of improper behavior by a failing student lands Evelyn Reid in "the
rubber room," where she encounters a group of teachers, some guilty, some not,
who have long since lost any hope of returning to a classroom.

   Over the course of the school year, these colleagues form an unlikely
alliance, reminding each other of forgotten passions, emerging to face life
outside in unexpected new directions.  They also learn French and workshop a
screenplay.


CAST


Evelyn Reid:  Betty Hart

Lila Wadkins: Jill Jane Clements

Candace Metzger:  Katie Cofield

Toby Fleming:  Jef Holbrook

Roberta Burke:  Bobbie Elzey

Fred DiSalvo:  Charles Green


WHERE:  Actor's Express, King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
WHEN:  Monday, Nov. 23, 2009
TIME:  7:30 p.m.
TICKETS:  $5 at door (WTP members free).

For more information, please contact Jill Patrick at 404.441.2716 or via e-mail
to managing@ workingtitleplaywrights.com.

Dear Friends,

Last night's fund raising event for Allen Hagler was a smashing success!
While we're still counting and have several outstanding bids from the
silent auction to be settled, we're expecting a tally of around $8,000 -
100% of which will go to Allen himself.  PRETTY DARNED GREAT for an
event thrown together on the sheer will of love.  As one friend has
said, "It felt way more like a birthday party!"

If you weren't able to make it, then you missed the opportunity to enjoy
a wealth of food, drink and generosity, as friends and family of Allen
Hagler gathered together to hear new plays by Curt Shannon and David
Fisher in concert readings directed by Betty Hart.  In addition, the
dynamic duo of Johnny Drago and Emma Crandall wowed the crowd with
back-handed compliments that some of us are still wincing from today
(but in a happy, codependent way).

Food was provided by Feast, Saba, Savage and The James Joyce Pub;
Colleen Hilker, Jo Howarth and Perry Patrick.

Hooch was provided by Paris, Decatur and Bob Smith and Daphne Mintz, who
swears she is no longer unhappy with her husband (today).

Space was provided by Academy Theatre.

Invaluable volunteer help was provided by Kim Brundidge, George Devours,
Connie Melton, Robert Drake, Jim Walsh, Lainey Welsch and Jared Foust.

A cornucopia of donated gedunk made this silent auction and raffle a
delightful mix of original art(s) and first edition and autographed
copies, hand crafted jewelry, sweaters, knitted caps (Allen will soon be
wearing a raspberry cap made by Josie Burgin-Lawson, thanks!), tickets
from just about every theater in town, switch plates, thigh masters and
more!  If you came without a sense of humor, surely you left with one
intact.

We haven't stopped working for Allen's cost of living.  There were a
number of items left out of the auction that will become available to
purchase / bid on via an online auction.  Stay tuned from either Jo
Howarth or myself for more details.

We'll keep collecting contributions via Paypal to
friendsofallenhagler@....

To read the background on Allen's story, visit Working Title
Playwrights' blog at http://www.workingtitleblog.com/?p=183.

If I've missed anyone in my acknowledgments, I humbly apologize.  Feel
free to give yourselves a shout out in response to this missive.  I just
wanted to get something out to everyone, letting you know I HEART HEART
HEART YOU ALL.  Your love for Allen and your generous spirits are making
his life that much simpler.  Overwhelming, maybe, as he had no idea, but
simpler.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.






--
Jill Patrick

"Long after life, there is love."

An Evening of Fun and Fundraising for Allen Hagler



For those who don't yet know, longtime Atlanta actor and all around
wonderful guy Allen Hagler was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer
that has metastasized into his liver, making it Stage IV. Like many in
our country, Allen had an hourly wage job and employers who truly love
him but could not provide health care benefits. With the help of his
good friends Jill Patrick and Olivia Brantley, he's finding his way
through the Grady Hospital system but between treatments and pain
management, at this time, Allen is physically unable to work.



To read the whole story go to: http://www.workingtitleblog.com/?p=183
<http://www.workingtitleblog.com/?p=183>



Because we love Allen (and despite the fact that he REALLY hates asking
for help), Working Title Playwrights and the Academy Theatre present:



A Silent Auction, Raffle. and Reading for Allen Hagler



DATE:             Tuesday, November 17



TIME:             6PM – Doors open revealing free food while it
lasts, $2 hooch, soft drinks, or dessert, and $1 compliments, a chance
to win REALLY good stuff, and more. PLUS a smorgasbord of fun geedunk to
bid on in a silent auction.



7:30PM – Readings begin of 2 short works by WTP playwrights Curt

   Shannon and David Fisher



WHERE:             Academy Theatre - 119 Center Street, Avondale
Estates, GA 30002



COST:             Admission is $10 at the door*. Tickets for drinks,
dessert, raffle, etc are $1 each. NOTE: Every cent goes to Allen!



*If – for any reason - you just can't afford the $10 PLEASE don't
let that stop you from coming! Bring two cans of food for the Atlanta
Food Bank or just come and have a good time celebrating Allen and new
plays for the American stage.



Or… if you want to help Allen but can't attend the fundraiser,
please consider making a donation of goods &/o services to the
auction/raffle by contacting Jo Howarth OFFLINE
(johowarth@... <mailto:johowarth@...> ) with
questions and/or donations no later than November 15 (which is REALLY
soon!). The more the merrier!



To make a financial donation to help Allen go to
www.workingtitleblog.com <http://www.workingtitleblog.com/>  and click
on "Give Here for Allen."



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Onion Man Productions is accepting submissions for Harvest 2010, A New Crop of
10-Minute Plays to be staged in June 2010. Deadline for submission is December
31, 2009.

Guidelines – 10-minute plays. Atlanta area playwrights. Play must be set in a
backyard. Set will include porch, table/chairs and other items in a backyard. 
Prefer 2 to 3 characters (no more than 4). Prefer plays that are not littered
with f-bombs. Simple staging requirements. Comedy or drama (even dramas should
have some humor.) The playwright should make strong choices. All pieces really
need to have an impact.

Playwrights receive $25 if selected and are required to put in some volunteer
hours toward the production.

Email in either Word(no docx) or PDF. If PDF, leave name off cover page. Email
to info@...

Selections to be made by mid-January.

THE PLAYWRIGHTS PLAYGROUND
Workshop led by Hank        Kimmel        Round Three--Tuning up Your
Play

Saturday, November 7, 2009, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.:               Actor's
Express
WTP members:   $35 per individual        session

Non-members:  $50 per individual session
ATTENTION PLAYWRIGHTS AND        OTHER WRITERS!

Are you telling us a        story we want to hear?

Are you willing to        examine your work more critically?

Are you looking        for constructive ways to re-invigorate and market
your play?
The Playwrights        Playground is a ground-breaking series of
independent workshops that        are designed to explore the element of
"play" and craft in        playwriting.  This particular
workshop will focus on individual        students' own work, using a
series of hands-on exercises to get        playwrights to think more
critically about the main component of their        work -- the story.
Playwrights must bring in either        a completed copy of one of their
works, a work-in-progress, or the germ of        a new idea.
Be prepared to write and        share.

Space is limited.

To reserve your seat today, call Jill Patrick at        404.441.2716 or
email to managing@...
<mailto:managing@...>

WHAT:         Playwrights Playground Writing Workshops
WHEN:         Saturdays, Nov 7
TIME: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.:
WHERE:  Actor's Express, King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta,        GA



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Dear Bob,

I'm working on my second musical now. The name and address for the contest you
are referring to didn't come through too well. If you can send a website, I'd
love to check it out.

Personally, my feeling is that you should take your $100 and offer pizza to your
favorite local theater to do a private, table reading. With $400, you can offer
to finance an actual "open to the public" concert reading (reader's theater
style). If the play is ready for it, then getting reactions from the general
public is always a good thing. Doing a musical concert reading will real easy if
you can play the piano accompaniment yourself.

You might also like to know that MTI has a new social network. Check it out for
musical theater people at:

<http://www.mtishowspace.com/pg/profile/36640>

Best wishes,
Rodney Robbins, the Singing Playwright

Anyone familiar with this contest?  They charge fees ranging from $100 for a
dramaturg to read and send a 3-5 page eval or $400 for a 15-20 pg eval to a
'table read' for $240 per hour for three member staff evaluation; six hour
minimum.
I am also going to add their submission guideline pdf to the files section...
I know at least one of us other than me writes musicals, right?
Thanks
Bob

Sunday night, Working Title Playwright Topher Payne and WTP board member
Jo Howarth were honored with Metropolitan Atlanta Theater (MAT) Awards.
Jo received Best Leading Actress in a Play for "Don't Look at the Fat
Lady" by Topher Payne, while "Above the Fold" by Topher Payne was
recognized as the Best New Play and Best Overall Production.  "Above the
Fold" was produced by Process Theatre, directed by DeWayne Morgan and
featured Jo Howarth, Amanda Cucher and Greg Morris.

It is safe to say these plays are a little "different," and that fact
was never more apparent than during the ceremony. Fifteen theater
companies were in contention for awards and Process Theatre was one of
the two semi-professional groups with nominations - Essential Theatre
was the other. Both had done new plays or a play with a socio-political
message. Among the dozen community theaters considered, the nominations
were all for productions of standards like "The Fantastiks," "Man of La
Mancha," "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," and "Driving Miss Daisy."

On behalf of all of Working Title Playwrights, I congratulate Jo and
Topher and all of our friends for their successes and the MAT Awards for
recognizing the importance of producing new plays that sometimes
challenge audiences to go beyond their norms.

Cheers!
Topher Payne's one-woman play "Don't Look at the Fat Lady" was presented
as the first act of two 1-act plays by Topher Payne. The second act,
"Above the Fold," consists of four 10-minute plays in which three actors
create a total of 11 different characters.

Above the Fold: When one moment in your life captures the nation's
attention, what happens when the reporters are long-gone and the cameras
have moved on to the next story? Above the Fold tells the tales of
people who were on the periphery of these events. Featuring Amanda
Cucher, Greg Morris, and Jo Howarth.

Don't Look at the Fat Lady: It's been six years since she left the sofa.
Inspired by the true story of a 600-pound Florida woman who "became her
couch," Gloria attempts to answer the most common question about her
life,  How did this happen?  In doing so, she shares her thoughts on
God, love, family, Katie Couric, the Sex and the City finale, and a
nation that loves food, but is terrified of fat. Featuring Jo Howarth.


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Dear All,
I received this information from the Alliance Theatre and just got a free
ticket.  Hope to see some of you there.
Anne



The Laramie Project:
Ten Years Later. An Epilogue.
Alliance Theatre

Hertz Stage
October 12, 8 pm
The Alliance Theatre partners with Actor's Express to bring you a staged reading
of this powerful new play, written by MoisŽs Kaufman and members of the Tectonic
Theater Project and directed by Freddie Ashley.

The Laramie Project is a play by about the reaction of the community of Laramie,
Wyoming, to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard. Ten years after Shepard's
murder, members of the Tectonic Theater Project returned to Laramie to conduct
follow-up interviews with residents featured in the play. Those interviews were
turned into a companion piece, entitled The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.
More than a hundred theatres nationwide will simultaneously present readings.

This event is free. For more information contact the Woodruff Arts Center box
office at (404) 733-5000.

In case anyone was still seriously considering entering the New Works of Merit
contest...
 
This is from The Loop online-- i.e.: Gary Garrison
 
Evan
 
 

A message to all members of The Loop Online

We've often heard of issues surrounding this contest. This is extracted from
someone who was an intern at the theatre. We thought we should pass it forward.

---------------------------------

...Now the internship is bad, but what I learned about their contest is worse. 
The scripts she [producer] is so determined to have interns read are submission
scripts for their big money making New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest.  They
charge $25 for the submission, and then offer the option of having your
evaluation sent to you: one evaluation for $40 more or two evaluations for $80
more -- a price which she claims to have raised this year to "make it more worth
her time".  The fact is however that these evaluations are the exact same
evaluations which the interns are doing for her.  I am personally a graduate
student at the _____ @ ___ University as a playwright,; however many of the
other interns are 18 year old actors fresh to New York having never attended
college, some are undergraduate NYU students confused about how to read a
script, and still others are simply people interested in becoming a "theater
person" and looking to this
  internship to help them make an educated decision about whether or not to do it
. . . .

As far as I know she's the only "professional" who ever reads these submissions,
and even with that she said on one occasion that if a script gets enough bad
reviews she doesn't even bother reading it.  After having spent three weeks with
this group, I would strongly recommended that no serious playwright ever
remotely consider this contest. And while I am sympathetic that this would mean
losing another venue in a constantly depleting collection of outlets, I believe
the practices which her group employ require this action.

Hopefully this will help other people out there looking for a place to submit. 
Thanks for your time.

Visit The Loop Online at: http://thelooponline.ning.com


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Dear All,
 
After a long delay, I am thrilled to announce that my play Nighthawks is now
finally in print and available. The book, a trade paper edition, is beautifully
bound.
 
I have a limited number of copies available, and am offering them at the cover
price -- $14.95 -- including free media mail shipping. If you’re interested,
just drop me an e-mail (ejbplaywright@...) and I’ll give you all the
details. It can also be ordered through BN.com
(http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Nighthawks/Evan-Guilford-Blake/e/9780974162355\
/?itm=1&usri=1) and (as of next week) though Amazon
(http://www.amazon.com/Nighthawks-Evan-Guilford-Blake/dp/0974162353/ref=sr_1_1?i\
e=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253727699&sr=1-1).
 
And, I’m also happy to report, Nighthawks’ publication is just the tip of
the iceberg. This past week, my short story Dreidel, about a very special
Hanukkah gift, was published online at http://www.jscribes.com/dreidel/;
Heartland Plays announced the online publication of Ceremonies of Prayer; and
the Porter Fleming Competition named my story My Enemy Dr. Seuss the second
place winner in the short story category and my short play Dreamland the third
place winner in that category.  
 
My thanks to all of you who have provided your support and kindnesses. I’m
deeply grateful and hope to be able to offer you the same support for your
endeavors.
 
Warm regards,
 
Evan Guilford-Blake
  Review synopses and dialogue samples of all my plays at
www.guilford-blake.com/evan/

and help provide free mammograms:
www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2

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Johnny Drago's THE BIRDWATCHERS September 26, 2:00 p.m.!
A sudden gathering of birds in the front yard, a mysterious visitor from
Atlanta, and an irrevocable chain of lies threaten to destroy a
small-town Georgia family in this dark meditation on the nature of
salvation and the calculated cruelties we inflict upon one another.

Directed by Melissa Foulger. Dramaturgy by Addae Moon. Featuring
performances by Daniel Burnley, Jo Howarth, Megan Hayes, and Clifton
Guterman.

An audience talkback moderated by Betty Hart will immediately follow the
reading. Your participation is greatly appreciated by the playwright.

$10 admission goes to support Working Title Playwrights and The Ethel
Woolson Lab.

WHEN:  Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009
TIME:  2 p.m. matinee performance ONLY
WHERE: ACADEMY THEATRE, 119 Center St., Avondale Estates, Ga.
Directions: http://www.academytheatre.org
<http://www.academytheatre.org/>
TICKETS:  $10 at door.  Reservations requested. Call 404.441.2716.

The Ethel Woolson Lab replaces WTP's former Summer Reading Series and
Playwrights Salon, making it WTP's only competitively selected play
development series.  The workshop is week-long with actors, director and
dramaturg culminating in the staged reading for the public.  John
Drago's THE BIRDWATCHERS is the second of three Ethel Woolson Labs to be
presented in 2009.  Hank Kimmel's DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES, directed by
Laurence Ruth with dramaturgy by Suehyla El-Attar, will complete this
year's Ethel Woolson Lab in December.



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Jill Patrick

Managing Artistic Director
Working Title Playwrights
404.441.2716


We make new plays happen . . . by developing playwrights.

Please Goodsearch and Goodshop with Working Title Playwrights in mind!
goodsearch.com <http://goodsearch.com/>  and goodshop.com
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Hello Everyone,

You folks know Atlanta a LOT better than I do. Are there any theaters that like,
seek out, or encourage new musicals? I'm trying to figure out where to pitch my
new musical comedy and the right theater would be one with an audience that
might enjoy "The Full Monty," "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," "Spring
Awakening," or "La Cage aux Folles." In other words, a fun show with a bit of
sex appeal.

Thanks for your help.

Best wishes,
Rodney Robbins
The Singing Playwright

Flyin West by Pearl Cleage
Directed by Tanya Carroll
The critically acclaimed drama which tells the story of a courageous group of
pioneer women - former slaves who settled in the all-black town of Nicodemus,
Kansas.  With its gripping plot and richly drawn characters, this is an
unforgettable play.

Character description
Sophie Washington- a black woman, born into slavery age 36
Miss Lea- A black woman born into slavery age 73
Fannie Dove- a black woman age 32
Wil Parrish -a black man born into slavery age 40
Minnie Dove Charles- ablack woman age 21
Frank Charles- a very light skinned black man , born into slavery age 36

Auditions will be a cold read from the script

NON Paying Community Theatre
October 31 at 2pm and Nov 1st at 1pm
please bring a picture/headshot

Lionheart Theatre- 10 College st, Norcross GA 30071
770-885-0425
Tanya Carroll
Producing Artistic Director
Lionheart Theatre Company  770-885-0425

Sketchworks is Atlanta's premier live sketch comedy troupe in the tradition of
SNL and MadTV.

"Sketch-22"
Fridays and Saturdays Sept 18 - October 24 at 8p
Matinee Sunday October 18 at 5p
Directed by Brian Bremer
Sketchworks Theatre
3041 N. Decatur, Decatur, GA 30079
404-499-8181
www.sketchworkscomedy.com
All Tickets $10 opening weekend only
$17 online or $20 at the door
$10 tickets for groups of 10 or more

August marked my third year as Managing Artistic Director of Working
Title Playwrights and while it's been a lot of hard work, it's been a
lot of fun, too, especially when I get to introduce a remarkable new
play by a dynamic playwright.

WTP's Ethel Woolson Lab presents John Drago's THE BIRDWATCHERS at
Academy Theatre, Sept. 26, 2009, 2 p.m.

A parable about the inevitable confrontation between the beauty and the
horror of life, THE BIRDWATCHERS tells the story of a mother's
struggle to accept the death of her beloved though estranged son, driven
from the family home in small-town Georgia some time ago by an
unyielding daughter desperate for her own salvation from addiction. When
a stranger from Atlanta arrives bearing the shattering news of the
boy's death, and describing a classical form of divination wherein
the behavior of the birds is used to understand the will of the gods, a
chain of events is set in motion which forces the family to face the
evil, awful things both in the world and at home. A doppelganger of the
lost boy, an unexpected gift from the past, and a sudden accumulation of
birds in the front yard lead mother and daughter to a devastating
explosion of irrevocable lies and the ultimate destruction of the
boy's sainted memory.

This workshop reading is directed by Melissa Foulger, dramaturgy by
Addae Moon and performed by Daniel Burnley, Clifton Guterman, Megan
Hayes and Jo Howarth.  A talkback moderated by Betty Hart will
immediately follow the reading.

WHEN:  Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009
TIME:  2 p.m.
WHERE: ACADEMY THEATRE, 119 Center St., Avondale Estates, Ga.
Directions: http://www.academytheatre.org
<http://www.academytheatre.org/>
TICKETS:  $10 at door.  Reservations requested. Call 404.441.2716.

The Ethel Woolson Lab replaces WTP's former Summer Reading Series and
Playwrights Salon, making it WTP's only competitively selected play
development series.  The workshop is week-long with actors, director and
dramaturg culminating in the staged reading for the public.  John
Drago's THE BIRDWATCHERS is the second of three Ethel Woolson Labs to be
presented in 2009.


--

Jill Patrick

Managing Artistic Director
Working Title Playwrights
404.441.2716


We make new plays happen . . . by developing playwrights.

Please Goodsearch and Goodshop with Working Title Playwrights in mind!
goodsearch.com <http://goodsearch.com/>  and goodshop.com
<http://goodshop.com/>  for all your online shopping needs.



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THE PLAYWRIGHTS PLAYGROUND
Workshops led by Hank    Kimmel      Round Two

Saturday, October 3, 2009, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.:      Actor's Express
October 3:  The Character - Race    strategy

November 7:  The Story - Going for it all

Sign up    for just one ... or all three sessions:

WTP members:   $35 per individual    session

Non-members:  $50 per    individual session

ATTENTION PLAYWRIGHTS AND OTHER WRITERS!

Are you looking for a place to work out?

Are you ready to see    yourself and your work more honestly?

Are you willing to be challenged    in unexpected ways?

The Playwrights Playground is    ground-breaking series of independent
workshops that are designed to explore the element    of "play"
in playwriting.  Through a hands-on series of playwriting    exercises
and drills, Hank Kimmel will lead the group through an exploration    of
self, character, and story.   Sometimes playwrights get    stuck.
Sometimes they don't know what they want to say.  Sometimes    they know
what they want to say but are unable to say it.  These    workshops
– taken either individually or together – will give playwrights
the    tools to advance both themselves and their plays.  Be prepared to
write and share.

Space is limited.

To reserve    your seat today, call Jill Patrick at 404.441.2716 or
email to managing@...
<mailto:managing@...>

WHAT:     Playwrights Playground Writing Workshops
WHEN:  Saturdays, Oct 3 and Nov 7
TIME: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.:
WHERE:     Actor's Express, King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

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Jill Patrick

Managing Artistic Director
Working Title Playwrights
404.441.2716


We make new plays happen . . . by developing playwrights.

Please Goodsearch and Goodshop with Working Title Playwrights in mind!
goodsearch.com and goodshop.com for all your online shopping needs.


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Hey folks,

MTI has a new social networking sight where you can meet and greet with other
musical theater folks. You can setup a blog, make short twitter type posts, post
files, share photos and videos, connect with keywords and all the usual social
networking stuff ... but focused on our kind of people. I setup a profile and
found it very easy to use and Google found my profile in just a few days. Here
is the link to my profile--I invite you to visit my profile. Here is the link.

http://www.mtishowspace.com/pg/profile/36640

Best wishes,
Rodney Robbins

'He/She & Me: A Love Story' featuring WTP member Sharon Mathis closes this
weekend at the Academy.

Shows are Friday & Saturday @ 8. P.M.  Show to be followed by a discussion and
cake. 

4O4 474 8332 for reservations

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126274495285






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Come out and see the show I'm acting in - "Heaven on Earth." A terrific show!
Below is some of the general info.  Thanks - James Beck

For reservations either use: 
http://www.lionhearttheatre.org/4000-Times-Tickets.html or call (678) 938-8518.
$15, Lionheart Theatre Company 10 Britt Ave NW Norcross, GA 30071

September 4-20, 2009
Heaven on Earth by Robert Schenkkan
Directed by Jason Caldwell

Bobby lives with his maternal grandmother, Martha, in Waylon, Texas, where not
much goes on and work is hard to come by. Martha has worked for thirty years in
the local beauty shop, and has raised Bobby since her daughter and son-in-law's
death in a car accident, which Bobby, as a young boy, survived. Even after he'd
grown and moved away, Bobby returns to Martha after financial failures in a
drunken stupor. It is always a tough living arrangement since Martha maintains
an
incredible optimism and total belief in God, and Bobby rejects God and religion,
is always pessimistic and remains angry over his parents' death. They must come
to an understanding that believing in themselves and each other will make their
lives full again.

Please be advised this play does include strong language so use discretion.

Working Title Playwrights presents a  First Draft On Demand reading of
Sylvia Davenport-Veith's SURVIVING OURSELVES.


It's August, 1968 in Castile Beach,  Florida and a hurricane is coming
everyone's way.  Aurora Mars,  a bitter southern beauty now stricken
with terminal cancer, is determined  to preserve her battered beach club
bar, The Aurora.  Her daughter,  Cassandra, is equally committed to
saving the club.  But, tensions  ensue when Aurora's sister, Selene,
arrives from Georgia with her son,  Manny.  As always, the presence of
Chase Atwater (Selene's recently  deceased husband and Aurora's former
lover) infects the sisters like  a running sore.  Did Selene drive Chase
to suicide as Aurora believes?   Or was he murdered by his own son,
Manny?  And why does Cyrus,  Aurora's husband, hate the club so much and
drown himself in drink?   Cassandra's journey toward the truth about her
family is set against  a gathering storm.  She has to face it all alone
unless she is  willing to take Ben Winfield back into her life.

This FDOD reading will attempt to help the author turn her screenplay
SURVIVING OURSELVES into a stage play. With Shayne Kohout, Jo Howarth,
Allen Hagler, Peter Hardy, Ellen McQueen, David Quay, and more. A
talkback will immediately follow the reading. Audience participation is
greatly appreciated by the playwright.
WHEN:  MONDAY, SEPT. 14, 2009
TIME: 7:30 pm
WHERE: ACADEMY THEATRE, 119 CENTER ST., AVONDALE ESTATES, GA
TICKETS:  Free to WTP members, $5 suggested minimum donation all others.

For more information, please call Jill Patrick at 404.441.2716 or e-mail
to managing@...
<mailto:managing@...> .



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