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Local Happenings
February 19, 2004 at 8:00 p.m.
DC PREMIERE!
[sic] by Melissa James Gibson
Directed by Kathleen Akerley
In adjacent apartments, three ambitious neighbors come together to discuss, flirt, argue, share their dreams, all the while pushing the limits of their friendship and demonstrating that language can be both an instrument of intimacy and a weapon of defense. By exploring these questing lives in language that alternates between exhilarating structural inventiveness, loony comedy, and poignant self-analysis, Melissa James Gibson has created a unique play that is as witty and wise as it is stylistically groundbreaking and unexpected.
April 29, 2004 at 8:00 p.m.
DC PREMIERE!
Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Kirsten Kelly
Closing out the season will not only be the DC premiere of Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman, but it will be the DC premiere of... Rebecca Gilman. This production, the first of any of Gilman's plays to be done in DC, presents a frightening glimpse into what can lie in wait for those searching for love in the city. Gilman's brilliantly written play is an acute observation on a very modern nightmare. On a blind date, girl meets boy, boy becomes fixated, girl is forced to change her life, and even herself, in order to escape the relentless pursuit of the boy. This story explores the sexual and political fine line between what is romance and what is considered obsession.
Contests
April 15, 2004
VSA arts Playwright Discovery Award
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Award program challenges middle and high school students of all abilities to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Two scripts are selected by a distinguished panel of award-winning theater artists for professional production at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Award recipients receive scholarship awards and a trip to Washington, D.C. to view the production.
For more information, visit www.vsarts.org or call 1-800-933-8721 (Voice) or 202-737-0645 (TTY).
Arts Events
ABC Fellowships Seek Diversity Among TV Directors
In order to increase diversity among directors in television ABC and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) are pursuing plans for the 2005 ABC/DGA Directing Fellowship Program. Talented women and minority directors are encouraged to apply from February 2-28, 2004. This will be the fourth year of the Program.
In the 2004 Program, slated to begin in January, three fellowships will be awarded for a period covering approximately 36 non-consecutive weeks of the television season. Fellows will be employees of ABC and will be paid an annualized salary of $50,000. They will observe and be mentored by select DGA directors as part of a notation system intended to provide exposure to different perspectives and artistic approaches. The Program is also intended to increase opportunities for professional relationships with executive producers, show runners, and other television executives. Directing assignments are not provided, implied or guaranteed.
Appropriate applicants to the Program might include theater directors, associative directors, assistant directors, stage managers, those who have directed their own or other independent films, as well as participants in the DGA Mentoring Program.
For more information, e-mail abc.fellowships@abc.com, write ABC/DGA Television Directing Fellowship, ABC Entertainment Talent Development, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California 91521-4389, or call (818) 560-4000.
The website http://www.abctalentdevelopment.com/html/tv_direct_mainpage.htm also has links to many valuable resources in writing, directing, production and other aspects of the television industry.
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