There will be a REGISTRATION DESK in the lobby
of the Pavilion Theatre (1025 Lorne St, Kamloops). Volunteers will be stationed at the
Registration Desk throughout the weekend. Participants can pick up their Registration
Packages at the Registration Desk upon arrival.
Auditing:
There is only one REDUCED
Festival Pass Fee or "Hospitality Fee" this year, which
covers access to all sessions as an auditor, reader or actor. Registered participants may
sit in and observe any of the 'Re-working Sessions and/or 'Finalist Round Table Sessions'
as well as attend the Playwrights' Reception, opening day Workshop and the Staged Public
Readings. Some copy scripts will be available at the Registration Desk. Stay with one
particular Re-working Session from start to finish or move around to any combination of
the various Sessions. We only ask that 'Auditors' show courtesy to the Dramaturges,
Playwrights and Actors/Readers when entering or leaving Sessions. Please do not interrupt
the work in progress. It is best to change Sessions during breaks..
Re-working
Sessions:
These intense workshop sessions, running Friday
evening through Sunday afternoon, will focus on taking the three category-winning scripts
"from the page to the stage". Playwrights will be given direction on taking
their scripts to the next level to develop and prepare each work for production. The
Dramaturges and Playwrights will work through their respective scripts, using registrant
actors to work scenes. This year's sessions include:
Full Length Winner: "Homeless Hannah" by Leo
Orenstein, Toronto,ON
Dramaturge: David
Ross
One Act Winner "The Big
Smoke" by Ron Fromstein, Toronto, ON
Dramaturge: Janet
Michael
Special Merit Winner "The Fetch" by
Samantha Wright, Stouffville, ON (F/L)
Dramaturge: Lanni
McInnes
Finalist Round Table Sessions:
These four-hour sessions with registrant Readers
and a professional dramaturge, provide the Finalist Playwrights with an analytical process
and valuable feedback for continued development of their scripts. This year, the Finalist
scripts will also receive a Public Reading; one script during the Playwrights’
Reception and the remaining scripts on Sunday morning.
"Care and Control" by Keith Dorland,
Kearney, ON
"Death of a Clown" by Sebastien Archibald, Vancouver, BC
"The Feel Goods" by Kerri Armstrong, Winnipeg, MB
"Mahogany Row" by Stephen Baetz, St.Jacobs, ON
"Reason Has Nothing To Do With It" by Pauline Carey,Toronto, ON
"Spinning You Home" by Sally Stubbs,Vancouver, BC (formerly
titled "Spinning Gold")
Dramaturges: Robin Nichol & Danielle Dunn-Morris
Playwrights'
Reception:
The New Play Festival will
host an informal Reception in the Pavilion Theatre from approximately 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
on Saturday, April 7th, open to Playwrights, Dramaturges, Instructors, Registrants and
invited guests. The Reception will include the presentation of the Cash Awards to the
three category-winning playwrights, and Public Reading of one Finalist Play. This
will also be an opportunity for all participants to mingle, unwind, get to know each other
and discuss the events of the weekend.
Staged Public Readings:
The culmination of the weekend
Festival will be the 'Staged Public Readings'. These Readings will take place Sunday,
April 8th at the Pavilion Theatre, with Finalists scripts being read on Sunday morning
from 10:00am - 12:00pm, and the three category-winning scripts from 1:30 - 4:30pm. Tickets
are available to the public for a minimal charge ($5 for Theatre BC Members/Students and
$10 for General Public). Finalists will be given
approximately 30 minutes each, while the Category Winners will be given approximately 45
minutes each to perform.
Free
Workshop:
Friday, April 6th from 2:00- 4:00 will
be a free workshop for festival registrants at the Pavilion Theatre. Danielle Dunn-Morris
will facilitate a condensed version of her popular "
Finding the Essense of a Character " workshop, which she has taught
at Mainstage 2006 and 2004.
"Writing is responding to what we know. As writers we
open up our emotions and allow ourselves to live other lives.
Each writer is unique, so too is the creation of characters we breath life into.
This hands-on writing session will be done with all your senses: smell, taste, hearing and
touch.
Each participant will discover a character from your own imagination.
Every Character comes from somewhere. In this 2-hour workshop we will discover the
character’s world and a point in their lives where the character feels a great urge
to talk, to understand, to remember.
A transition point. We all have them, remember yours? Out of this place will come a unique
monologue or story line, which will be discussed and shared.
Requirements for the workshop are: Imagination, an open mind and confidence in your innate
ability to create.
Come and find all the characters residing in your soul. "
Lunches:
Lunch can be provided for registrants for $10.00 (including GST) per day on Saturday,
April 7th and Sunday, April 8th. Lunch will consist of Soup & Sandwich, Dessert and
Fruit Juice. Lunches will be delivered to the Festival venue. If you would like to include
lunch(es) with your Festival Package, be sure to mark which days and include $ total with
your registration submission. There is a field for supplying any special dietary
need/request.
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