New Play Workshop
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The Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop
Dedicated to supporting playwrights in the development of scripts with strong production and performance values. It is named for RLTP favorite and one of our region's most respected original playwrights Emanuel "Manny" Fried.
Each year up to ten participants are selected to meet twice a month to craft their newest play in an atmosphere of peer support and guidance. At the end of the development cycle, each work is given a public staged reading featuring Western New York's leading talent to test the audience-readiness of the piece.
The workshop is led by Workshop Director Kyle LoConti and Literary Director Jon Elston.
Composition of participating playwrighting will be as follows:
* FOUR (4) FIRST-TIME PARTICIPATING PLAYWRIGHTS
Writers who have never participated in the Workshop prior to 2010.
* THREE (3) RETURNING SECOND-YEAR PLAYWRIGHTS
Writers who participated in the previous year (2009) and either want to continue to develop their play from their previous year or want to return with a new play.
Note: Beginning in 2010, playwrights may apply for participation in two consecutive Workshops before being asked to take a one-year sabbatical.
* THREE (3) RETURNING FIRST-YEAR PLAYWRIGHTS
Writers who have participated in past Workshops (prior to 2009).
Criteria for acceptance into the New Play Workshop is as follows:
1.) The participating playwright must be developing an original theatrical text as a work-in-progress. Development is the essence of the Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop; please, no production-ready final drafts.
2.) The participating playwright must reside in the Western New York area OR be able to reliably commute to each meeting. If in doubt, please refer to the following diagram for reference.
This is Western New York:
3.) Attendance at each Workshop meeting and reading is mandatory; two or more unexcused absences are considered grounds for dismissal from the Workshop.
4.) If accepted into the NPW, each participating playwright must be responsible for his or her own tuition. Fee is $100. This fee may be fulfilled by selling ten tickets to the 2010 NPW Fundraiser (Summer '10) at a cost of $10 per ticket.
TO APPLY TO THE NEW PLAYWORKSHOP:
1.) If you have already submitted a play in the past twelve months for consideration in the 2010 Workshop, please skip to step #2.
OTHERWISE: Please submit the following:
* One representative 10-page selection from your play
* A 1-page synopsis of your play (one page minimum)
* A 1-page letter of intent, stating what you hope to accomplish in your development process (one page minimum)
* 1 literary and/or theatrical resume (past participants of the NPW are exempt from this requirement)
All materials must be in MS Word Doc format or PDF. Please, no Docx.
All materials must be E-MAILED to genman@roadlesstraveledproductions.org by January 31st, 2010.
No paper submissions are accepted.
2.) Beginning on Monday, February 1st, you may be asked to meet with the NPW Moderators to discuss your application. Regardless, by Wednesday, February 10th, you will be notified if you have been accepted into the 2010 Workshop.
3.) All accepted applicants must then confirm their participation in the 2010 Workshop -and- submit a complete draft of the play they will be developing in the Workshop by March 1st, 2010. Failure to confirm your participation or submit a complete draft by March 1st will result in forfeiture of your slot in the 2010 Workshop.
4.) The 2010 Emanuel Fried New Play Workshop will begin Monday, March 8th, 2010. The Workshop generally meets every other Monday through the calendar year (specific dates are subject to change).
FINE PRINT/MISCELLANEOUS DISCLAIMERS:
All acceptance into the Workshop is at the discretion of the Moderators, within the guidelines outlined above. In the event that submissions do not fulfill the composition structure outlined above, open slots will be filled at the discretion of the Moderators. Maximum allowance is set at ten playwrights; however, moderators reserve the right to adjust this figure as circumstances dictate. Playwrights not accepted into the 2010 Workshop will be encouraged to resubmit for NPW 2011.
Please contact Jon Elston at genman@roadlesstraveledproductions.org for more information.Join the Proud... Join The Brave... Join the Few... THE 2010 EMANUEL FRIED NEW PLAY WORKSHOP.
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PAST PARTICIPANTS
• Eric Appleton (06/07)
• Dana Block (06/07, 2009)
• Frank Canino (05/06,06/07)
• Annette Daniels-Taylor (05/06,06/07)
• Cindy Darling (05/06)
• Philip Durgan (2009)
• Michael Fanelli (05/06,2008)
• Hunter Fernandez (2009)
• Tom Paul Fox (2008)
• Billy Horn (2008)
• Donna Hoke-Kahwaty (2008)
• Justin Karcher (2009)
• Aaron Krygier (2008)
• Christopher LaBanca (2008)
• Alex Livingston (2008)
• Melissa Mawhinney (2009)
• Andrew Novell (04/05)
• Donald Richardson Jr. (2008)
• Gary Earl Ross (2008)
• Darryl Schneider (04/05,05/06)
• Ibn Shabazz (2008)
• Lisa Vitrano (04/05)
• Melody Von Smith (06/07,2008)
• Wendy Weinstein (2009)
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