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East West Players Announces Playwriting Competition Face
of the Future
East West Players, the nation's premier Asian American theatre
organization, is pleased to announce Face of the Future, a
playwriting competition with cash prizes awarded to the top
three plays, including $5,000 for the first place winner, $2,500
for second place, and $1,000 for third place. All winners will
be considered for workshop and/or production at East West
Players. This year, the focus is on the exploration of the
reality of multicultural America from an Asian American
perspective. For instance, subject matter might include, but not
limited to, biracial or multiracial identity, clashes or
collaborations between cultures, or international/transnational
storylines.
"Through Face of the Future, East West Players hopes to
encourage more works with Asian American themes and characters,"
says EWP Producing Artistic Director,
Tim Dang. "We encourage
everyone with ideas exploring these themes to submit their play.
As we move into a more multiracial and global society, it is
important to process the many levels and complexities of stories
in our lives. We continue to encourage comedies as Asian
American theatre is in need of these works to balance an
overwhelming majority of dramas. Our audiences also demand more
humor in their lives as a diversion from serious world events."
East West Players previously held a competition in 2008 called
Pacific Century. The winners of Pacific Century included S.
Vasanti Saxena for SUN SISTERS, Philip W. Chung for MY MAN KONO,
and Michael Golamco for YEAR ZERO.
All our playwriting contests have received major funding from
The James Irvine Foundation. Previous EWP writing competition
judges have included Henry Chan,
Julia Cho,
Philip Kan Gotanda,
Amy Hill,
David
Henry Hwang, Judith
Nihei, Gary Shimokawa, Alice Tuan, and Wakako Yamauchi.
Submissions will be accepted beginning May 2 through August 31,
2011. Notification of winners will take place in February 2012.
Submissions must be original, unproduced full-length plays or
musicals. Translations or adaptations will not be accepted.
Submissions must have Asian Pacific American themes and/or
characters as the primary focus.
All genres are welcome, comedies are encouraged. Plays should
require no more than 5-7 actors. Musicals should require no more
than 10-12 actors. The story should be told in less than 2.5
hours including a 15-minute intermission and must be accessible
to a primarily English-speaking audience. East West Players must
have the first option to produce.
All submissions must include a $20 entry fee with the Face of
the Future entry form which can be found at
http://www.eastwestplayers.org/arts_education/literary_competitions.htm.
Submissions should be mailed to FACE OF THE FUTURE Playwriting
Competition, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. For
additional information, please contact Literary Manager Jeff Liu
at 213.625.7000 x27 or JLiu@EastWestPlayers.org.
Read more:
http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/article/East_West_Players_Announces_Playwriting_Competition_Face_of_the_Future_20110404#ixzz1KBpstbar
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