GAN-e-meed Theatre Project Announces the One Page Play Experiment

GAN-e-meed Theatre Project is now accepting submissions for the first One Page Play Experiment, a celebration and competition of three great arts: visual, text, and performance. The top fifteen submissions, as selected by GAN-e-meed, will be displayed during the run of GAN-e-meed's production of Silence where audience members will vote for their favorites. They will also be presented as staged readings on Sunday December 12 in a free performance which is open to the public, accompanied by a reception. The winners of the audience vote will receive a full performance as part of GAN-e-meed's 2011 season.

The Experiment was inspired by the blank lobby walls of the Elizabeth Peabody House, where GAN-e-meed will perform Moira Buffini's Silence December 2-18. "Blank walls are great- it gives us an opportunity to support other artists" says Producing Artistic Director SerahRose Roth. "I was considering mounting an exhibition but when I look around at GAN-e-meed' s monthly Networking Night for Women in Theatre and saw the many playwrights, I wanted to find a way to support their work, give them new a challenge, and offer them a new home. The two thoughts eventually melded into this new amalgam.

"Keep in mind" she advises playwrights, "the presentation of your piece on its single sheet of paper is just as important as the text itself" since audiences throughout the run of Silence will be voting after viewing the submissions as visual and textual art. Artists are further advised to "be creative, take risks, and submit as many plays as you wish."

Submissions will consist of a play with a maximum of two characters (of any gender), written on one side of one page of letter-size white paper, with a one half-inch margin on all four sides. The page must not be folded but may be decorated in any two-dimensional way, and the text must be legible without the use of a magnifying glass. Any artist may submit by emailing a pdf to info@ganemeed.org, or sending a hard copy (which will not be returned), to: One Page Play Experiment, c/o GAN-e-meed Theatre Project, P.O. Box 551, Tyngsboro, MA 01879. No other formats will be accepted. They must be emailed or USPS postmarked by Saturday November 20, 2010.

The One Page Play Experiment reception and performance will take place on Sunday, December 12 at 2pm, at the Elizabeth Peabody House, 277 Broadway, Somerville MA. While the event is free and open to the public, seating is limited so reservations are strongly encouraged at www.ganemeed.org, by email to info@ganemeed.org or phone at 617.863.0664.

"We're calling this an experiment- let's see where it goes!" laughs Roth. "This is the only one-page festival that I know of, and the only one mixing visual and dramatic arts in this way. I am really excited to see how it turns out. Hopefully this will expand in future years."

About GAN-e-meed Theatre Project
GAN-e-meed exists to advance the role of women in theatre. Their inaugural 2010 (calendar year) season "Gender In Leadership" will conclude in December with Silence by Moira Buffini, playing December 2-18 at the Elizabeth Peabody House in Somerville. Mini-proposals are currently being accepted online (through October 25) for production in the 2011 season "Generational Collision." GAN-e-meed's all-female Hamlet, the first full production of 2010 starring SerahRose Roth, performed in May in Lowell and Somerville to sell-out audiences. The season also included collaborations with other arts organizations for shorter engagements. GAN-e-meed produced Lucy Dreaming, starring Erin Scanlon and directed by SerahRose Roth, as part of FeverFest2010, in conjunction with STAB (the Small Theatre Alliance of Boston). Ties That Bind, three short plays written, directed, and about women was presented by GAN-e-meed as part of Whistler in the Dark's Second Act Series at the Factory Theatre in February 2010. Funds for Hamlet were partially raised by BOOBFest: Bringing On-Stage Opportunities to Babes, a wildly successful variety show celebration hosted by GAN-e-meed at Boston Playwrights' Theatre. GAN-e-meed also continues to host monthly Networking Nights for Women in Theatre and their supporters, now on the *second* Monday of every month at the Burren in Davis Square, Somerville (check www.ganemeed.org for details).

GAN-e-meed Theatre Project was founded in 2009 to advance the role of women in theatre: the experienced and novice, young and old, artist and leader. To accomplish this, their seasons are created from shows proposed by female artists (actress, stage manager, designer, playwright, or director). They promote the study of and visibility of gender bias within the theatre community. GAN-e-meed Theatre Project hopes to be the catalyst to establishing gender equity in New England theatre. For additional information about the One Page Play Experiment, the proposal process, Silence, or other GAN-e-meed events, or to join the mailing list, visit www.GANemeed.org.

 

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