Job Openings: Auditions, Positions

Auditions in Sacramento, California Audition: March 21, 2009 - 11am Play: “Sordid Lives” Producer: Lambda Players Theater Place: Studio Theatre 1028 R St., Sacramento, California Contact: 916-444-8229; boxoffice@lambdaplayers.com Auditions in Montreal Ongoing: posted May 11, 2008 Various productions. Seeking both English and French-speaking actors. villagescene.com/audition.html Davyn Ryall, artistic director: 514-656-3420; info@villagescene.com Village Scene Productions, P.O. Box 142 Station C, Montréal, Québec, H2L 2H0

Ongoing Support Needed (no deadlines)

Seeking Volunteers: Rude Guerrilla Ongoing: posted March 3, 2008 Opportunities in every aspect of the theater experience including ushering, production, set-building, design, marketing, and administration. Volunteer website: rgtcvolunteer.blogspot.com Aurelio Locsin, volunteer coordinator, 714-547-4688, rgtcvolunteer@gmail.com Rude Guerrilla Theater Company, 202 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92870 Seeking Volunteers: Theater Offensive Ongoing: posted May 15, 2007 Positions include: usher, flyer distribution, photographer, videographer, backstage helper, office help, marketing, etc. Time commitment: regular or intermittent, weekday and weekend slots, day or evening. You determine your commitment level, and we work with you to find volunteer tasks that you’d enjoy. Theater Offensive, 43 Thorndike St., Box 14, Cambridge, MA 02141 617-621-6090; joinus@thetheateroffensive.org thetheateroffensive.org “Forming and presenting the diverse realities of queer lives in art so bold it breaks through personal isolation and political orthodoxy to help build an honest, progressive community.” Seeking Volunteers: Thorny Theater Ongoing: posted July 17, 2006 Thorny Theater 2500 N. Palm Canyon Drive, #A4, Palm Springs, CA 92262 Seeking Stand-up Comics: Sunday Night Gay Comedy 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month - 8pm - ongoing series Ongoing: posted January 3, 2006 QComedy’s “Sunday Night Gay Comedy” is San Francisco’s only ongoing gay comedy showcase. Jon Sims Center, 1519 Mission St., San Francisco, California Wheelchair accessible Information 415-541-5610 To perform, contact: Nick Leonard nick@nickleonard.net Seeking Volunteers: Performing Arts Collection Ongoing: posted January 2004 Seeking volunteers to help in many areas: sorting, cataloguing, research, acquisition, events and more. ONE Institute & Archives, 909 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-741-0094; 310-854-0271 oneigla@usc.edu Seeking Writers: Lodestar Quarterly Ongoing: posted March 6, 2005 Lodestar Quarterly, an online journal of gay and lesbian literature, seeks one-act and full length drama. No minimum, and a maximum length of 100 standard-formatted pages. Submissions accepted in Microsoft Word or plain text format with a brief bio and relevant contact information. editors@lodestarquarterly.com www.lodestarquarterly.com/submit

Seeking Scripts: Theaters, Festivals, Contests

Seeking Play Submissions on Sexual Identity Deadline: August 17, 2009 Seeking scripts for the Boston Actors Theater’s 2009-2010 season. Plays must be original, full-length and deal with sexual identity. Selected works recieve $100 and a professional production in Boston, Mass for a two-three week run. Please send scripts with a short synopsis and bio of the author to joeycpelletier@gmail.com Information: Joey C. Pelletier: 617-888-0728 Submissions: Short Works about Diverse Queer Sex for “Come As You Are!” Deadline: February 28, 2009 Presented June 2009-June 2010 Seeking: Short works about “diverse queer sexualities.” In preparation for the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Works that help engage audiences in vibrant conversation about queer sexualities, and the values that underlie them. We encourage audience participation productions. We especially encourage submission of works by women, people of color, and transfolks. Mission: To recognize and give voice to the great diversity of queer sexualities. Let’s not forget how important a role sex and sexuality has played in the movement for queer liberation, which cannot be ignored for this historic celebration. Requirements: Up to 10 minute length. Any genre or format. May be solo works performed by the author. Application: Fill out Submission Form Include a copy of the script, or a description, of no more than 10 pages. If applicable, include a DVD or links to a video of the performance. Each artist (or artist group) may submit only one work. The chosen works: Receive a $300 honorarium, and a workshop and performance in Boston. Are published online and in print. Performed around the country, without restriction. Information: thetheateroffensive.org/comeasyouare.html Submissions send to: The Theater Offensive c/o Havalah Grace Backus 29 Elm St., #2, Cambridge, MA 02139 havalah@thetheateroffensive.org; 617-661-1600 Submissions: New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest Deadline: June 30, 2009 Winners announced: about December 31, 2009 Mission Statement Criteria: Enhance self-realization Support peace and social justice Foster new understanding of minority issues that focus on racial, ethnic and gender discrimination both in the United States and abroad Empower youth to build healthy inner foundations Educate to gain further insight into healthy social/emotional living Shed new light on religious, spiritual, and cultural differences and issues Build respect for cultural expression and identity in a world that is experiencing rapid globalization Explore the widening gap between the values this country was founded on and the values we present to the world today Play Requirements: Original full-length (no longer than 2 hours or 100 pages U.S. Standard Format) and one-act stage plays including children's plays. Scripts that received a workshop, staged reading, or non-professional production are also eligible. Plays submitted must be the original work of the author and meet the above Mission Statement Criteria. Do Not Submit: Musicals, published scripts, scripts that have received a professional production, adaptations, collections, poems, scripts that do not meet the above Mission Statement Criteria, and scripts over 2 hours or 100 pages U.S. Standard Format. Submission Requirements: Application and Check List filled out. Prefer U.S. Standard Format, though this format is not required. Submit clean copies, not originals. Script is to be securely bound (no clips). Avoid spiral binding and hard cover looseleaf binders if possible. Full Contact Information on the cover/title page. Brief Synopsis of the play, no longer than half a page, bound into script. * Under the Synopsis, a two sentence Log Line. Brief Character Descriptions, bound into script. * Script pages must be numbered. Time and Place, bound into script. * Set Requirements, bound into script. * If the play has accompanying film sequences, include a DVD of them. If the play has unusual accompanying sound, include a CD. To verify script receipt, submit a Self-Addressed Stamped Postcard. Write the name of the play on the postcard along with the contest name. We will return this postcard to you with the play’s Roster Intake number. Include a SASE for script evaluations. Send a CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY. * Be sure to include a Bound Synopsis, Character Description, Set Requirements, and Time and Place. If you do not have a way to fasten them, you may staple them behind the cover page. Fees: $25 per script Contest Awards: 1st Place Award: $300 and a reading 2nd and 3rd Place Awards: a reading Certificates of Honorable Mention will be given for noteworthy scripts of merit. All readings will be presented at theatre venues in Manhattan, among them Thirteenth Street Repertory Theatre. More Detailed Information: Submission Information Application Form Contact: Sandra Nordgren 917-363-2369; newworksofmerit@aol.com New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest 511 Ave. of the Americas, #2000, New York City, NY 10011-8436

Workshops

Michael Kearns 12-Week Intensive Scene Work January 11-March 29, 2009 - Sundays 10:30am-12:30pm Michael Kearns photo: Jim Cox   Michael Kearns has been teaching acting for more than three decades in a safe, non-judgmental, and fun environment. Michael Kearns has featured in the world of art and politics for more than three decades, combining a mainstream career in film and television with prolific theatrical experience that includes writing, acting, directing, and producing. Silverlake, California Information: 323-661-3406; michaelkearns.net

Media

DVD: Demian’s Film & Video Projects - archive DVD 21 shorts and excerpts: 1967-2006 Bruce (Erik Maahs) is defensive when Bill (Mark Johnson) vents his fury in “The Fight Before Christmas” Contains an excerpt from “The Fight Before Christmas” — a heart-warming story of Bruce and Bill, a male couple, loosely based on Clement Moore’s familiar poem, “The Night Before Christmas.” Bruce pretends his mom is Santa, while she pretends the two men are just roommates. But it is Bill, not Santa, who hits the roof. Rev. Mel White in “The Right to Marry” Also contains an excerpt from “The Right to Marry” — the first documentary (1996) about the struggle for the civil right of legal marriage for same-sex couples. Click here for more information on contents and ordering: Demian’s Film & Video Projects - archive DVD Book: Return to the Caffe Cino Edited by Steve Susoyev and George Birimisa. Published November 6, 2006 by Moving Finger Press. A collection of 22 plays originally produced at the Cafe Cino in Greenwich Village, circa 1959-1967, with memoir-style essays by many of the pioneers who helped to launch the revolution that took place in American theatre on the Cino’s 8-by-8-foot stage. Contributors include such Broadway legends as actress Bernadette Peters, playwright Edward Albee, and director Tom O’Horgan. Steve Susoyev writes for the legal community on the child-custody rights of gay and lesbian parents and other human rights issues. His bestselling memoir, “People Farm,” won a 2004 Writer’s Digest “Culture Award.” Steve practices law in San Francisco, specializing in the needs of people with life-threatening conditions. George Birimisa was the first openly gay playwright to receive a Rockefeller Foundation Grant. He later won the Drama-Logue Award for his 1978 play “Rainbow in the Night.” “Daddy Violet,” the 1967 play included in this collection, opened at the Cafe Cino and went on to tour college campuses in the U.S. and Canada. George is the founder and director of Intergeneration Writing Workshops in San Francisco. He won the “Harry Hay” award in 2005. The hardcover edition is marked at $44.95 and can be found for $29.67. Book: My Blue Heaven Josie and Molly, an urban, lesbian couple move to the country to save money, and enable one of them to pursue her writing career. They are nominated as couple of the year. An unwitting young man arrives to notify them of this honor, only to find a very different couple than he assumed. One of Chambers funniest plays, it was the season opener for the Glines’ Second Gay American Arts Festival in 1981. Chamber directed the premiere on June 3, 1981 at the Shandol Theatre, New York, New York. Jane Chambers’ irrepressible comedy, “My Blue Heaven” is available from TnT Classic Books, which also has published Chambers’ “A Late Snow,” “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove,” “Burning,” “Chasin’ Jason” and “Warrior at Rest,” as well as plays by Doric Wilson, Sidney Morris, Robert Chesley and Arch Brown. A trade paper back, the library-type edition of “My Blue Heaven” has author comments, and information on the first New York production. The three-character play was designed to be easily produced with a simple set. The $7.95 book may be purchased through: TnT Classic Books Womancrafts Drama Book Shop Samuel French Book: 1001 Beds A collection of my essays, performances, manifestos, journals, and performance touring stories from Tokyo-to-Chattanooga, written by Tim Miller. For a signed copy, send an $18 (retails for $20) check to: Tim Miller, P.O. Box 794, Venice, CA 90294-0794 Book: Michelangelo’s Models design by Andrew Caldwall   “Michelangelo’s Models,” the full-length, Renaissance romantic comedy by Robert Patrick is available in a 100-page acting edition with 30 black and white illustrations from four productions. Los Angeles playwright Robert Patrick, author of more than fifty published plays, is best known for his international success, “Kennedy’s Children.” He has ghostwritten for many films and TV shows. photo by Andrew Caldwall   Robert Patrick also wrote “Temple Slave” a novel, in part, about the early years of the modern gay theater movement. He was honored, on June 28, 2004, with the Off-Off Broadway Review Award of Excellence for the best play produced Off-Off Broadway (June 2003-to-May 2004) for his comedy “Hollywood at Sunset.” For comments on “Hollywood at Sunset” and “Michelangelo’s Models,” please see this report from Bill Kaiser and Doric Wilson: Bi-coastal Robert Patrick = $12 check or money order = Robert Patrick, 1837 N., Alexandria Ave., #211, Los Angeles, CA 90027 = Please write on check: “I am over 18” = Please include your e-address Foreign sales: rbrtptrck@aol.com Web site: Lodestar Quarterly Read on-line, new fiction, poetry, and drama by some of today’s finest gay and lesbian writers. Book: The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays Purple Circuit member Kenneth Krauss has provided the introduction for a new version of The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays by Oscar Wilde. Kenneth is the author of The Drama of Fallen France: Reading la Comedie Sans Tickets, an examination of various dramatic works written, or produced, in Paris during the Nazi occupation. Both books available from Barnes and Noble. Book: Lord Alfred’s Lover Monstrous Martyrdoms: Three Plays, Eric Bentley’s play about Oscar Wilde, “Lord Alfred’s Lover,” is available from Northwestern University Press for $16. The 150th anniversary of Wilde’s birth was celebrated in 2004. Producers interested in mounting this gay classic can contact the author at kismkate@aol.com, or through Samuel French, Inc., 7623 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90046; 323-876-0570; fax 323-876-6822. CD: Judy’s Scary Little Christmas Co-written by James Webber and David Church Composer and lyricist Joe Patrick Ward Directed by Kay Cole The show is a mix of a 1959 Judy Garland Christmas TV special and “The Twilight Zone.” Among Judy’s guests are: Bing Crosby, Liberace, Ethel Merman, Richard Nixon, Lillian Hellman, Joan Crawford, and Death. This CD recreates the show, which premiered at the Victory Theater Center (Burbank, California), and played at the Court Theatre (West Hollywood, California), and in Portland, Oregon. It plays in Chicago and Des Moines in winter, 2005. Cast includes: Connie Champagne, Sean Smith, Don Lucas, Lauri Johnson, Eric Anderson, Jan Sheldrick, Joanne O’Brien, Mark A. Cross, Dustin Strong, Jonathan Neeley, Terri Homberg-Olsen, Allen Everman II. Connie Champagne recreates for the CD her performance as Judy Garland, for which she won an Ovation Award. The CD can be purchased via: www.judyschristmas.com $19.95 CD: Film Moi: Narcissus in the Dark              image by Howard Cruse               A Robert Patrick autobiography seen through his favorite movies. On CD-ROM formatted in MS Word. $10 check or money order Robert Patrick, 1837 N., Alexandria Ave., #211, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Please state you are 18+ and aware you are ordering adult material. Please include your e-address. Info: rbrtptrck@aol.com The disk contains more than 1000 illustrations in chapter-length critiques of 14 favorite films. Patrick is the author of “Kennedy’s Children,” “Blue is for Boys,” “T Shirts,” and “Untold Decades.” In “Film Moi,” he analyzes his life and times (1937-ongoing), the trends and traumas of Hollywood, and “the whirled we live in.” Chapters include: “Broken Blossoms,” “Fantasia,” “All About Eve,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “The Ten Commandments,” “Vertigo & Marnie,” “Gigi & Damn Yankees,” “Sweet Smell of Success,” “Judgment at Nuremberg,” “La Dolce Vita & 8 1/2,” “Porn,” “Nashville,” “All That Jazz,” “Aliens & Prick Up Your Ears” Selected Quotes: “American culture is eating itself in front of a mirror, like a porn star.” “Charlton Heston is indisputably the lead in The Ten Commandments — no matter how you pronounce ‘lead.’” “Pornography recaptures the original thrill of film — simply seeing ordinary things moving on a screen.” “Patrick, a founding father of gay drama in America, writes with intelligent perception about movies … Patrick’s candid commentary on his own precocious sexual and artistic life is equally absorbing … Patrick’s prose is so smart and fluid that it’s hard to, well, put the ‘book’ down.” — Richard LaBonte, in his syndicated column, September 2003. Robert Patrick, Playwright on WordPress Robert Patrick (playwright) on Wikipedia Book: You Could Drive a Person Crazy “You Could Drive a Person Crazy: Chronicle of an American Theatre Company,” by Scott Miller is about St. Louis’ only alternative musical theater company, New Line. The book includes material on the theater’s first ten seasons, as well as thoughts about New Line from Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim, and Post Dispatch critics Judy Newmark and Gerry Kowarsky. It contains a show-by-show history of the company, including cast and staff lists, review quotes, director’s program notes, and reminiscences from actors, designers, directors, choreographers, and audience members. “You Could Drive a Person Crazy” is published by Writer’s Club Press (ISBN 0-595-26311-9) for $17.95.

Services

Script Doctor Services This service is for play or movie scripts needing a seasoned writer/director/actor to give you feedback, correct grammar and spelling, as well as check for character consistencies and plot development. Demian Sweet Corn Productions Box 9685, Seattle, WA 98109 206-935-1206 demian@buddybuddy.com Click here for more information on this service and for rates: Script Doctor for Film and Stage

Resources

Play Publishers and Distributors Drama Book Shop       Book sellers, blog.       212-944-0595; fax 212-730-8739; info@dramabookshop.com       250 W. 40th St., New York, NY 10018 Samuel French       Play publishers and author representatives.       212-206-8990; fax 212-206-1429; info@samuelfrench.com       45 West 25th St., New York, NY 10010-2751 TnT Classic Books       Independent book and play publisher. Huge selection of plays with lesbian and gay content.       212-736-6279; fax 212-695-3219; tntclassics@aol.com       360 West 36 St. #2NW, New York, NY 10018-6412