GAN-e-meed Theatre Project Presents GAN-e-meed Theatre Project, 12/12

GAN-e-meed Theatre Project rounds out its 2010 season with the One Page Play Experiment, which encourages artists to fuse text, performance, and visual art to create a play on a single sheet of paper. Playwrights, artists, and collaborators are challenged to create works that can be both performed and viewed, and they are asked to explore how visual form and content complement one another. Fifteen finalists chosen from the pieces which have been submitted will be included in a staged reading on December 12 at 2 pm.

The finalists will also be displayed in the lobby of the Elizabeth Peabody House during GAN-e-meed's final production of the season, Silence by Moira Buffini. The audiences for Silence and the One Page Play Experiment staged reading will be invited to vote for their favorites. The five pieces with the most votes will be fully mounted during GAN-e-meed Theatre Project's 2011 season.

Boston theatre artists Dawn Simmons, Jen Alison Lewis, and Melanie Garber will each be directing five plays, and Boston-area actors will be joining in to bring the pieces by local playwrights and artists to life. The second half of the program on December 12 will be presented by Whistler in the Dark.

"It's called an experiment and that's exactly what it is," says Artistic Director SerahRose Roth. "We're trying out different ways to support local playwrights and thought this would be a great opportunity to literally get their work out there, while at the same time expanding the Silence audience's experience into the lobby."

Ms. Roth is also hopeful that playwrights will explore the visual component of their work and even collaborate with other artists. "In an increasingly visual culture, it's interesting to see where art and the written word intersect with performance, and hopefully, where they enhance each other."

These unique parameters will challenge playwrights and encourage creativity, Ms. Roth believes. "Ultimately, though, we want it to be fun," she says. "We have blank walls, why not give this space to talented people and see what they do with it."

ABOUT GAN-E-MEED THEATRE PROJECT

A Good Start
The 2010 season, "Gender in Leadership," concludes with Silence by Moira Buffini. The inaugural season also included the acclaimed production of Hamlet, featuring an all-female cast, and BOOBFest: Bringing On-Stage Opportunities to Babes, a wildly successful variety show celebration.

GAN-e-meed collaborated with other arts organizations for shorter engagements, producing Lucy Dreaming as part of FeverFest2010 in conjunction with the Small Theatre Alliance of Boston. Ties That Bind, three short plays written by, directed by, and focusing on women was presented by GAN-e-meed Theatre Project as part of Whistler in the Dark's Second Act Series at the Factory Theatre in February 2010.

Looking Forward
The 2011 season, "Generational Collision," will be announced in the coming months. GAN-e-meed Theatre Project is currently reviewing proposals by female directors, playwrights, actors, designers, and stage managers.

GAN-e-meed continues to host monthly Women in Theatre Networking Night, now on the second Monday of every month (for details, visit www.ganemeed.org).