Strand Seeks Directors, Stage Managers, and Scripts For Upcoming Season

Strand Seeks Directors and Stage Managers for upcoming season!
Please submit a resume to jkilburn@strandtheatercompany.org by Friday, October 1, 2010. Please indicate which show you are interested in (A Peppermint Patty Christmas or The Year of Magical Thinking) and what interests you in the piece. Interviews will be conducted on October 4-8, 2010 from 5:30pm-7pm. Rehearsals for all shows are held at the Strand Theater: 1823 N. Charles Street, Baltimore; weeknights between 7-10pm and weekends as needed. Actual schedule is dependent upon the director and cast / crew. Stage Managers receive a small stipend. www.strandtheatercompany.org

A Peppermint Patty Christmas
By: Kate Bishop
December 2-18, 2010
A Peppermint Patty Christmas is brought to you by local playwright, Charm City Kitty, and lesbian activist, Kate Bishop. Patricia dreads going home for the holidays. It seems her winter gloom descends like the dancing robot Santas and the light-up Messiahs, earlier and earlier every year. But this year, she's going to set a different dinner table. Patricia made a promise to herself, her girlfriend, and her therapist that this is the year -- no matter how much her mom tries to keep conversation meteorological in nature -- this year she's going to try something new. She will tell the truth. The whole truth. And nothing. But. The truth.

The Year of Magical Thinking
By: Joan Didion
February 3-19, 2011
In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times called "an indelible portrait of loss and grief . . . a haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage), Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play.

The Strand Seeks Scripts for the 2011 Friends and Neighbors Festival!
The Strand encourages submissions by women with roles for women. The Strand will select plays that are relevant, well-written, and experiment with new theater conventions. www.strandtheatercompany.org

About the Festival:
The Friends and Neighbors Festival is a six week-long festival where a new script is performed at the Strand every weekend for five weeks with an admission price of $5. The Friends and Neighbors Festival was created to give local artists a chance to perform experimental pieces in front of an audience with the support of a fully functional theater. The Friends and Neighbors Festival also allows theater patrons to explore new works affordably. All playwrights are given a stipend of $100. Plays are fully produced by the Strand Theater, on a small budget. Playwrights are supplied with a director and stage manager, and given use of the Strand space on a sign up basis.

Requirements:
The Strand encourages playwrights, performers, comedians, etc, to submit to the FN Fest. The FN Fest accepts performance pieces that range from traditional plays to performance art to workshops. Everything is encouraged. There are no limitations!

If you are not submitting a traditional play, please submit a written statement describing your proposed performance or idea. For possible inclusion in the 2011 Friends and Neighbors Festival, please send plays by Monday, January 10, 2011. New plays granted a production will be selected by Monday, February 7, 2011. If you have submitted your play to past Friends and Neighbors Festivals, please resubmit for consideration this year.

For ANY questions regarding script submissions, please email Jayme Kilburn: jkilburn@strandtheatercompany.org. Please only submit plays to submissions@strandtheatercompany.org and fill out the required online form found at: http://www.strandtheatercompany.org/new-play-submissions.html

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