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It's been a lot like Narnia before the return of Asland.... It's been a lot like that time when Hans cut open that Taun Taun to save Luke from freezing up like a popsicle.
It's been a lot like Minnesota here in Washington, DC... although I haven't seen anyone setting up a tiny house on the Potomac and cutting a circle in the ice for fish.
To put it plainly... it's been cold... and it's been snowing inches and inches and inches and inches and inches.
But that doesn't stop The Inkwell from plotting and planning, my friends. Nope. We've been sitting in our thinking chairs, a hot cup of coffee on the table beside us, and we've been cooking up a whole lot of playmaking for 2010!
And now we are just burstin' to tell you all about it.
So I'm going to give you a little taste of what we've been thinkin' and what we've been plannin'.
But if you really want to find out all there is to know about The Inkwell in 2010, come out to LOCAL 16 this coming Tuesday, March 2nd. We're holding our first Happy Hour of the year.
The Inkwell team will venture forth (rain, sleet, or snow) to raise a glass with you and talk a bit more about... well, everything playmaking!
To start the conversation, I’d like to share with you a few things that The Inkwell team learned this past year about making plays… lessons we’ve been discussing quietly amongst ourselves.
LESSON #1: As daunting as it was to read so many plays, our first national call for submissions was a tremendous leap forward for The Inkwell.
We connected with more than 400 playwrights… wow. We are grateful and inspired by all who submitted their work. What a landscape of the imagination… if I may wax poetic for a moment.
PLAYWRIGHTS: Keep writing, keep revising, and send us your work.
SERIOUSLY….Write…revise… send us your plays starting MARCH 1st!
That's right... we're doing it all again with The Inkwell's SECOND NATIONAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS.
Make sure you check out The Inkwell website on MONDAY, MARCH 1ST where you can get all the details on how you can submit your play.
LESSON #2: Our collaborations with the 23 playwrights we chose to showcase during the 2009 Inkubator Festival taught us so much about how playwrights work and how plays get made.
There’s so much more to say, but let me boil it down to one observation.
We could see how isolated playwrights get from the people they most need to collaborate with… other playmakers. Every single playwright that came into town for the festival (and many paid their own way) thrived in the rehearsal room, watching their work up on its feet and talking with their directors, actors, designers, and dramaturgs.
So we're working on bringing in more playwrights over time, and bringing them in for longer rehearsal periods. Stay tuned over this next year, as we tell you more about our ongoing collaborations with playwrights... you may even get to see them in action as we being a video blog series of our playmaking projects!
LESSON #3: We want to work with playwrights all the year round… and we want to find all sorts of ways to make connections between playwrights and playmakers here in DC.
So we've a big decision. We are going to forgo a festival this year. We've just got too many activities to cram into four weeks.
Instead, we are going to host events throughout the year, starting with our Happy Hour on March 2nd. We want all the playmakers and playwrights in DC to come out and play with us... winter, spring, summer, and fall!
And all this starts with our second national call for submissions. On Monday, you'll hear from the fabulous Lindsay Haynes, who is overseeing the submissions process. She's going to tell you more about how to submit, how we read plays, and what kinds of plays we are looking to explore in 2010 and beyond.
Gosh, I don't know about you, but I'm gettin' all heated up with excitement. That's good, because it's still pretty cold here.
It's been a lot like Minnesota here in Washington, DC... although I haven't seen anyone setting up a tiny house on the Potomac and cutting a circle in the ice for fish.To put it plainly... it's been cold... and it's been snowing inches and inches and inches and inches and inches.
But that doesn't stop The Inkwell from plotting and planning, my friends. Nope. We've been sitting in our thinking chairs, a hot cup of coffee on the table beside us, and we've been cooking up a whole lot of playmaking for 2010!
And now we are just burstin' to tell you all about it.
So I'm going to give you a little taste of what we've been thinkin' and what we've been plannin'.
But if you really want to find out all there is to know about The Inkwell in 2010, come out to LOCAL 16 this coming Tuesday, March 2nd. We're holding our first Happy Hour of the year.
The Inkwell team will venture forth (rain, sleet, or snow) to raise a glass with you and talk a bit more about... well, everything playmaking!
To start the conversation, I’d like to share with you a few things that The Inkwell team learned this past year about making plays… lessons we’ve been discussing quietly amongst ourselves.
LESSON #1: As daunting as it was to read so many plays, our first national call for submissions was a tremendous leap forward for The Inkwell.
We connected with more than 400 playwrights… wow. We are grateful and inspired by all who submitted their work. What a landscape of the imagination… if I may wax poetic for a moment.
PLAYWRIGHTS: Keep writing, keep revising, and send us your work.
SERIOUSLY….Write…revise… send us your plays starting MARCH 1st!
That's right... we're doing it all again with The Inkwell's SECOND NATIONAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS.
Make sure you check out The Inkwell website on MONDAY, MARCH 1ST where you can get all the details on how you can submit your play.
LESSON #2: Our collaborations with the 23 playwrights we chose to showcase during the 2009 Inkubator Festival taught us so much about how playwrights work and how plays get made.
There’s so much more to say, but let me boil it down to one observation.
We could see how isolated playwrights get from the people they most need to collaborate with… other playmakers. Every single playwright that came into town for the festival (and many paid their own way) thrived in the rehearsal room, watching their work up on its feet and talking with their directors, actors, designers, and dramaturgs.
So we're working on bringing in more playwrights over time, and bringing them in for longer rehearsal periods. Stay tuned over this next year, as we tell you more about our ongoing collaborations with playwrights... you may even get to see them in action as we being a video blog series of our playmaking projects!
LESSON #3: We want to work with playwrights all the year round… and we want to find all sorts of ways to make connections between playwrights and playmakers here in DC.
So we've a big decision. We are going to forgo a festival this year. We've just got too many activities to cram into four weeks.
Instead, we are going to host events throughout the year, starting with our Happy Hour on March 2nd. We want all the playmakers and playwrights in DC to come out and play with us... winter, spring, summer, and fall!
And all this starts with our second national call for submissions. On Monday, you'll hear from the fabulous Lindsay Haynes, who is overseeing the submissions process. She's going to tell you more about how to submit, how we read plays, and what kinds of plays we are looking to explore in 2010 and beyond.
Gosh, I don't know about you, but I'm gettin' all heated up with excitement. That's good, because it's still pretty cold here.
