Fresh Meat Festival of Transgender & Queer Performance celebrates their 15th Anniversary with the biggest festival ever,
June 16-18, 8pm at Z Space in San Francisco. There will be a variety of musical, dance, and theater performances, including
¡Ser! written and performed by Karen Anzoategui. For more information, including the lineup for each day, visit
freshmeatproductions.org/fresh-meat-festival-2016/.
Linda L. Rand's short play HEART CHOICES has been selected for presentation in the
TCT 2016 Playwright's Festival "Small Town Life". Playing
July 8-17th at the BeeKay Theatre. Also featuring plays by Deanna Alisa Ableser, Diane Bergstrom, Debbie Bolsky, Deborah Hand-Cutler, Doris Sadler Davis, Rhea MacCallum, and SilentWolf. Visit
www.tctonstage.com for details and to purchase tickets.
Seeking Our Story is co-hosting
Mary Pickford's LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY with
The Mary Pickford Foundation at the American Cinematheque on
Saturday, July 16th, 7:30pm at Sid Grauman's Egyptian Theater. The Foundation's resident film scholar, Cari Beauchamp, will speak on a panel before the film discussing updating and preserving silent film and the Pickford legacy. Tickets available
here with a special discount for LA FPI members using code SOSMary.
Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group presents a wet n' wild, high-euro-fashion adaptation of Shakespeare's tale of love, murder and betrayal, where glamour is a rocky road and jealousy is a green-eyed monster. Featuring Vanessa Cate as Othello and directed by Josh T. Ryan. Opening
June 24 & 25, Friday & Saturday @ 11 pm, and continuing
through July 30 on Fridays and Saturdays @ 8:30 pm. At 4850 Lankershim Blvd in North Hollywood. Tickets available at
ZombieJoes.Tix.com.
SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES
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Short+Sweet, the world's largest 10-minute play festival, is looking for scripts to be considered for over 20 Short+Sweet Festivals around the world. This powerhouse festival started in Australia 15 years ago and has offshoots in the United Arab Emirates, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Phillippines, Singapore and Zimbabwe—and is now coming to North America, in Hollywood. Details and submission form
here.
Deadline for Hollywood: June 18
SHINE Storytelling is now accepting submissions for its Sunday, July 10
th show at The Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica. The theme is
"Crossroads." We are looking for true stories about a time in your life when you had to make a major choice. (This can also be a story about someone close to you, where you were first-person witness.) Full submission guidelines
here.
Deadline: June 19th.
The Ebell of Los Angeles Playwright Prize is accepting submissions. First-prize winner will be awarded $5,000 and a stage reading on Sunday, March 5, 2017. Eligibility and submission details at
ebellplaywrightprize.com.
Deadline: June 30, 2016 at 12pm (PST).
Samuel French Bookshop's 1st Annual Summer Shorts Series is now accepting original plays from 5-20 pages, appropriate for all ages. For more information email
broberts@samuelfrench.com.
Deadline: July 10
Detroit Street Films is seeking short film submissions by female writers for its ongoing reading series, meeting every other Tuesday night in Hollywood. Must be less than 10 pages in screenplay format. After being read, scripts may also be submitted for production with the company. Email
fosterwilson1@gmail.com for more info.
Ashland New Plays Festival is now accepting scripts for their five-day festival happening October 18-22, 2017 in Ashland, Oregon. This international playwright competition culminates in the reading of four new plays chosen from hundreds of submissions by a group of volunteer readers. Winning playwrights receive a $1,000 stipend and local accommodations. See website for
submission guidelines.
Deadline: December 31, 2016.
LA FPI is a proud to again partner with the Hollywood Fringe, promoting women writers and awarding "FPI's Most Wanted" status to the venues that supported them. For more information and a full list of Fringe Femmes, visit
http://lafpi.com/about/women-at-work-onstage/women-on-the-fringe/
30JJ or Bust: The World is My Underwire, written and performed by Joan Afton, and directed by Deana Barone. is the true story of one woman's attempts to share what she has learned—and still needs to learn—about navigating through the world while growing up in her 30JJ bra size. Funny, poignant and thought-provoking, about how we see ourselves and each other. For more info and tickets, visit
hollywoodfringe.org/projects/3754.
Mimi's Suitcase, by Ana Bayat. One woman, 27 characters and 4 languages. Performed in English, Spanish & Persian with English subtitles. Following the adventures of a teenage girl who returns to her native Iran from Spain in the midst of the 1980s Iran-Iraq war. For more info and tickets, visit
hollywoodfringe.org/projects/3807.
Giving Up is Hard to Do, by Annie Abbott. An irreverent, humor-filled take on the audacity and grit needed to be a working character actress and to survive the hurdles of online dating. For more info and tickets, visit
hollywoodfringe.org/projects/3854.
The Oy of Sex, by Alicia Dattner. From shy beginnings to all manner of romantic misadventures as she deals with the gap between the desire for love and intimacy and the fear of commitment. A sizzling show that encourages us to laugh at our foibles, love ourselves, and just enjoy the ride. For more info and tickets, visit
hollywoodfringe.org/projects/3767.
WOMEN at WORK onstage
June 18 @ 2pm: BAD MOON RISING by Karen JP Howes will be read at the Modjeska Playhouse in Lake Forest, CA. Directed by
Dr. Jaye Austin Williams. The relationship between a white woman and a black blues musician is caught up in politics, bias, journalism, and murder in Mississippi in 1974.
The Blank Theatre's Young Playwrights Festival has a great track record of female playwrights onstage each year, but the 24th Annual YPF has reached new heights. Playing
through June 26, 11 of 12 YPF playwrights are women! Check out the conversations with these ladies here:
http://lafpi.com/about/fpi-files/
Saturday, June 25 at 1:00 pm, To Bury and Stranger by Ann L. Gibbs and Judith Allen will have a reading as part of the West Hollywood Gay Pride Festival at Plummer Park. This is their first collaboration. Ann will be reading stage directions for the entire event, a position she has held for many years.
Through July 10: Trio Los Machos written by Josefina López and featuring the music of Trio Los Panchos, at CASA 0101 Theater. The play follows three young migrant workers who sing in the barracks to entertain their fellow field hands. Their proud machismo, which in the past helped them survive hardship becomes a barrier for them, forcing them to confront their vulnerabilities. Tickets may be purchased at
casa0101.org or
323-263-7684.
July 24-30, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm: THE SUNRISE CLUB,
written and produced by Tara Turnbull. Young students experience their last sunrises on Earth. In the lead-up to leaving, long-time friends find themselves gazing at the horizon during meetings of The Sunrise Club, run by a strange, enchanted boy whose presence presses his peers to reconsider their politics at the end of this world and at the start of the new one. Tickets and more info available
here.
The Latina Christmas Special returns to the Los Angeles Theatre Center this season from
November 17 - December 18. Written and performed by Diana Yanez, Maria Russell and Sandra Valls. These three Latina comedians share their sassy tales of the season as first generation Americans.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INSTIGATORS!
Short+Sweet, the world's largest 10-minute play festival, is looking for writers, directors, companies, actors and support of every kind. The festival will run for four weeks starting August 31 with 15-20 pieces each week. Awards will be given at the Gala Finals on September 25. Information and registry forms available
here. Register by
June 18 to participate in this year's festival.
The Latino Theater Company's Summer 2016 Conservatory is accepting applications for this year's program taking place July 5-30, 2016. The Conservatory is an opportunity for high school students from under-served communities to experience and train in a professional, university-style setting. Up to 21 students will be selected, and financial aid will be available. Application can be downloaded
here.
"...at every opportunity...'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."
– Zora Neale Hurston
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