Job Openings: Auditions, Positions

High School Student Auditions for Performance of Pride Players: Project 13 October 18 or 19, 2011 - 6:30pm - attend one date or the other, not both Auditions for high school students only. Pride Players: Project 13 features songs, poetry, monologues, and skits created by the teenage cast that explore what it means to be a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, or straight-allied teen in Omaha. Performance Dates:     January 19-20, 2012 - 7pm     January 21, 2012 - 4:30 and 7pm The Rose Theater, 2001 Farnam St., Omaha, NE 68102 The 7pm performance on January 21, 2012 benefits GLSEN and PFLAG. Pride player shows directed by Brian Guehring and Amanda Kibler. For information about Pride Players: Project 13, as well as what to prepare for the audition, contact: Brian Guehring: 402-502-4636; briang@rosetheater.org The National Education Association awarded Pride Players a “Human and Civil Rights Award” in 2006.

Ongoing Support Needed (no deadlines)

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: 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

Entries for Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Contest 2012 Deadline: October 1, 2011 Purpose The Castillo Theatre is seeking new scripts for the stage that engage the political/social/cultural questions affecting the world today for its fourth annual Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Contest. The purpose of the Political Play Contest is to encourage the writing of such plays, and to provide a stage for scripts that might not otherwise find one. While Castillo recognizes that in the broadest sense, “all theater is political,” the contest is seeking politically progressive plays that: look at social and/or economic problems and challenges; explore possibilities of social transformation; and, reflect the the contest is seeking politically progressive plays that reflect the concerns and interests of communities and/or which explore the importance of community. Castillo also encourages scripts that experiment with form and seek new ways of seeing and new ways of experiencing theatrical performance. Requirements Plays may be written in any style, set in any historical time, geographic or imaginary location. May contain any number of characters, and be of any length. Plays must be in English. No musicals or adaptations. No scripts will be considered that have previously been submitted to this contesxt, have received a produced production or won other contests. Only one script per playwright will be accepted, nor will resubmitted plays be considered. Scripts must be submitted on paper. Include these items with play submission Statement of the political/social/cultural questions at work in the script. Brief synopsis. Character breakdown, including specific gender, and if any age and ethnic requirements. Set requirements, and if any special effects. 100-word biography of the playwright. Current e-mail address. Notes Scripts will not be returned. Castillo will not give critical feedback to playwrights/contestants. Contest winners are required to sign a letter of agreement, which will include but not be limited to granting the right for Castillo to produce one or more readings and/or a full production of the winning play. Contest winners are responsible for travel expenses or any other expenses incurred as a result of participating in the development of the play with Castillo, or as a result of attending the reading and/or full production. The contest is judged by a team from Castillo and otherof distinguished theater artists. The winning script(s) will receive a reading and/or a full production at the Castillo Theatre in New York City during the theater’s 2012 summer season. The winner(s) will be publicly announced at the Otto René Castillo Awards for Political Theatre in New York City in May of 2012. Submissions: Attn: Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036 Inquiries: Madelyn Chapman 212-356-8485; madelynchapman@gmail.com

Workshops

Michael Kearns Classes Ongoing Michael Kearns photo: Jim Cox   “Working with Michael Kearns is life altering and career enhancing.” - Rex Lee, star of Entourage 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. In southern California Check here for information regarding current classes: michaelkearns.net/classes.php Information: 323-661-3406; mkla@att.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” This archive 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” It also contains an excerpt from “The Right to Marry” — the world’s first documentary (1996) about the struggle for the civil right of legal marriage for same-sex couples. Click here to order Demian’s Film & Video Projects DVD from Amazon. 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. $15 check 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

Historical Documentation Caffe Cino Pictures       72 online pages of photos, posters, and plays from the legendary Caffe Cino (NYC 1958-1968)       The first Off-Off Broadway theater and early stamping grounds of:             Lanford Wilson, John Guare, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick,Tom Eyen, Jean-Claude van Itallie, William M. Hoffman,             Doric Wilson, George Birimisa, Tom O’Horgan, Marshall W. Mason, Al Pacino, Bernadette Peters, and many others.       rbrtptrck@aol.com 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