The Playwrights In Our Schools Project is seeking two qualified playwrights to engage in three-day school residencies in Utah secondary schools. For complete information and an application form in a printer-friendly format, please click the following link:
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Seeking Utah Theatre Teachers to Host 2012 Residencies, Apply by Nov.12, 2011
For complete information and an teacher application form in a printer friendly format, please click the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x0pIEXWqjQyO70dTs67Aqao3N7KZDTzGZKUFLN5H5hY/edit?hl=en_US
In the last two years, The Playwrights In Our Schools project has provided three-day residencies for Kansas playwright Ric Averill at Park City High School, Maine playwright Carol Korty at West High School, and New Jersey playwright D.W.Gregory with the University of Utah Youth Theatre. During spring semester 2012, the project will provide two residencies in Utah secondary schools by playwrights of similar standing. The project is sponsored by the Broadway Across America-Utah Education Fund and administered by the Playwriting Network of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education.
In the last two years, The Playwrights In Our Schools project has provided three-day residencies for Kansas playwright Ric Averill at Park City High School, Maine playwright Carol Korty at West High School, and New Jersey playwright D.W.Gregory with the University of Utah Youth Theatre. During spring semester 2012, the project will provide two residencies in Utah secondary schools by playwrights of similar standing. The project is sponsored by the Broadway Across America-Utah Education Fund and administered by the Playwriting Network of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education.
HOW MUCH: The playwright will receive a $1200 stipend to cover air travel, per diem, and honorarium. The school is responsible for providing housing, either at a hotel or in a private guest room in a home; ground transportation for the playwright; and photocopies of scripts for the reading.
WHEN: School applications are due by email by November 12, 2011 and teachers will be notified by December 1, 2011. The residency must take place between January and May 2012, the exact dates negotiated by the host teacher and the playwright.
WHO: The playwright must have received one of seven major national awards for playwriting for young audiences and actors in order to apply for the project. Dr. John Newman, the project chair, will make himself available before and during the residency to guide the teacher through the process of hosting and working with the guest playwright.
HOW: Submit the application (in the document below) as MS Word or PDF attachments by email to john.newman@uvu.edu no later than November 12, 2011. For questions, feel free to call (801-863-5079) or email john.newman@uvu.edu.
Teacher Application
(You may retype the form or answer on the back if you need additional space)
TEACHER ____________________________________________
SECONDARY SCHOOL ________________________________
HOME ADDRESS______________________________________
EMAIL ______________________________________________
HOME PHONE _______________________________________
SCHOOL PHONE _____________________________________
GRADES TAUGHT AT THE SCHOOL ____________________
1. In two or three paragraphs, describe your secondary theatre program and what you believe makes it unique.
2. List the major productions your secondary school program has mounted during the past two seasons.
3. List any honors or distinctions your theatre program has received in recent years.
4. Briefly describe any previous experiences you have had in developing or producing new work, either with adult or student playwrights. (The program welcomes applications both from those who have developed new plays in the past and those who have never done so but are eager to learn.)
5. How do you imagine that you, or another individual, might facilitate the audience feedback sessions after the staged reading of the play?
6. What kinds of activities do you believe that you would be able to best facilitate during your workshop time with the writer?
(Possibilities might include discussion of the text, improvisation, multiple readings with different actors, reading or playing out new rewrites, exploring the world of the play, etc.)
7. What kind of working relationship would you like to establish among you, the playwright, and your students?
(playwright-directed, teacher-directed, student-centered, open forum, "follow the flow," predetermined series of activities, etc.)
8. How do you anticipate that such a residency could benefit your theatre students, particularly your young writers?
9. How do you anticipate that such a residency could benefit a play?
10. How would you provide lodging for the playwright? (pay for a hotel, arrange for a private guest room in a home, etc.)
11. If you were selected to host the residency (you would know by December 1), when would it be best for you to host a three-day residency between January and May 2012, and when would you not be able to host?
Submit the completed form to Dr. John Newman, AATE Playwrights In Our Schools Project Chair as an email attachment in either MS Word or PDF format to john.newman@uvu.edu by November 12, 2011. The decision of the selection committee is final.
Playwrights In Our Schools (PIOS) is a project of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) Playwriting Network and is sponsored by the Broadway Across America-Utah Education Fund. Since 2003, Playwrights In Our Schools has brought eight award-winning playwrights into secondary schools for three-day residencies. While in residence, the playwrights hear a reading of their latest works, engage in workshop development, hear and respond to student-written plays, and talk to theatre, creative writing, and language arts classes about the process of playwriting. Resident playwrights have included Sandra Fenichel Asher, Brian Geuhring, Ric Averill, Yokanaan Kearns, Max Bush, Carol Korty, and D.W. Gregory.
Playwrights who apply for the program must be current members of AATE. While in the past, we have been able to accept applications from schools throughout the country to host the residencies, our current sponsorship limits applications to Utah secondary schools. We hope to be able to re-open applications to schools in other regions in the near future. School applications are accepted in the fall and the residencies are scheduled, by agreement between the playwright and the school, between January and May of that year.
The program is directed by Dr. John Newman, director of the Noorda Theatre Center for Children and Youth at Utah Valley University. For more information about the program, contact Dr. John Newman at john.newman@uvu.edu or 801-863-5079.
Playwrights who apply for the program must be current members of AATE. While in the past, we have been able to accept applications from schools throughout the country to host the residencies, our current sponsorship limits applications to Utah secondary schools. We hope to be able to re-open applications to schools in other regions in the near future. School applications are accepted in the fall and the residencies are scheduled, by agreement between the playwright and the school, between January and May of that year.
The program is directed by Dr. John Newman, director of the Noorda Theatre Center for Children and Youth at Utah Valley University. For more information about the program, contact Dr. John Newman at john.newman@uvu.edu or 801-863-5079.
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