2009 Rita & Burton Goldberg Award

The recipient of the 2009 Rita & Burton Goldberg Playwriting Award is...

ALEX DAVIDSON

for his play

MAY THE DEVIL BE KINDER

Alex will recieve $10,000 and a workshop reading of his play in the Abe Burrows Theater, 1st floor of Tisch 721 Broadway on February 11 and 12, 2010.

Congratulations!

Ten Minute Play Festival

THE 2009
TEN MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

6 new works by students in the NYU Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing

Featuring:
"'Til Death Do Its Part" by Ayanna Maia Saulsberry"
Debbie's Decision" by Emma DeGrand
"Better Half" by Xan Holt
"An Unadvancement of Medium/Media (Or the Comical and Horrid Beauty of Depression)" by Anne Katherine Lesser
"Black Hole" by Jeremy Lubman
"The Matchmaker" by Patrik Medley
Directed by Padraic Lillis

FREE!

November 19, 20, & 21 @ 7:30 pm
November 21 @ 3pm
The Rita & Burton Goldberg Theatre
721 Broadway, 7th Floor, NYC 10003

For reservations call: (212) 998-1985
or email: goldbergddw@gmail.com

Ten Minute Play Fest Submissions

DDW TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL!!!

Festival Dates November 19-21, 2009

Producer: Lori Fischer

Director: Padraic Lillis

Dramaturg: Cheri Magid

ELIGIBILITY: All Students majoring in dramatic writing and currently enrolled in the Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Submit scripts to the DDW Reception Desk, 7^thfloor. No emailed scripts will be accepted. No late scripts will be accepted.

The Scripts accepted into the festival will be decided by faculty reading committees and through a blind reading process.

The Festival Plays will be announced by Wednesday, October 7, 2009.

SCRIPT & FESTIVAL GUIDELINES:

1. You may submit only 1 ten-minute play.

2. Scripts that read, out loud, longer than 12 minutes may beautomatically eliminated.

3. Submit 2 copies of the script.

a. Both scripts must have 2 title pages: One with the title, your name, and all contact information; and one with just the Title (not your name, nothing, just the Title).

b. Character list (ages, race if important, gender)

c. Pages must be numbered.

4. You must be available on the following dates. These dates are mandatory. If I learn after the fact that you cannot attend on a certain date, you may be replaced by a writer who is available for all of the dates:

a. Saturday, October 24(Times TBA but probably 1:00-4:00 p.m.) For a full company production meeting and read-through of the scripts. You will be needed for the full time.

b. Scheduled time w/ your director & dramaturg for dramaturgical work and rehearsals. Dates & times decided amongst the 3 of you. You are expected to attend the rehearsals.

c. Saturday, November 7(Times TBA but probably 1:00-4:00 p.m.) For a showing of the progress of your work (rewrites, blocking) to the Ten-Minute Play Producer, Designers and the Head of Production. Not needed for the entire time.

d. Saturday, November 14for Tech. of all the plays. Tech times are TBA; now scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. and end at 9:00 p.m. You are not needed for the entire time.

e. Sunday, November 15 from 2:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. for two run-throughs of the plays. A dinner break will be scheduled. Not needed for the entire time

f. Wednesday, November 18, Time TBA Go for an evening Preview Run of the plays.

g. November 19-21 Times TBA 4 performances of the Ten-Minute plays.

5. Production Values: Our emphasis is on helping you prepare your script for a production. You are encouraged to rewrite up until Technical Rehearsals begin. Each play will have different production requirements but all will share a unit set. We will be working with sound, light, set and costume designers. We will not allow elaborate set-changes or excessive use of any production value. We do want to produce an elegant, moving, fun, dramatic, evening of plays. We will use an ensemble cast. We will not employ children or current DDW students to act in any of the plays.

If you have any questions regarding this process please contact the Head of Production, Adrienne Thompson (ALTGI@aol.com)

End of Semester Departmental Presentations

Come to the following events and see what the writers in the MFA Class of 2009 have been working on during their time in the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing:

Thursday, April 30th
MFA TV Concentrates Spec Puppet Show
It's the first annual grad TV puppet show reading, featuring spec scripts from your favorite grad TV concentrates, Brad, Daniel, and Rob.

Goldberg Theater
721 Broadway
7th Floor
Reception at 7:30 pm
Performance at 8 pm (or whenever we feel like it)

A night of "Must-See TV" featuring SOME of the following:

Futurama
The Office
30 Rock
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Honeymooners
Lassie
The Price is Right

You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll get to see puppets!

Featuring the voice talents of Tasha Gordon-Solmon, Avi Glickstein, Joe Tracz, Ryan Haydon, Halley Gross, Chris Bramante, and MORE!

No reservations. Arrive early. Come!

Monday, May 4th:
MFA Screenwriters Showcase
A FREE concert reading of excerpts from seven different screenplays from writers from AROUND THE WORLD!
Directed by Eduardo Machado

Lion Theater
410 W. 42nd Street (b/w 9th and 10th Avenues)
7pm

For reservations email screenplayshowcase@gmail.com

Excerpts from the following wonderful screenplays:

Piel - Kisha Burgos
The Book of Marty - Tom Capana
El Paisa - Alex Davidson
Ria - David Goldfrank
12 1/2 - Ryan Haydon
The Ox - Ndumiso Khovana
Chino - Daniel Krauze

BONUS! Those in attendance go home with a disc of most of the full screenplays and other assorted writings by the MFA Seven.

ATTENTION: Los Angelistas and other non-NYers!
Those that don't attend may still procure this magical disc by e-mailing md4@nyu.edu - though discs will NOT be available until around May 4th.

Tuesday, May 5th - Sunday, May 10th
MFA Playwriting Thesis Readings
presented in association with The Public Theater

All readings are FREE and will take place at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street

May 5th @ 8pm
FINAL STATUS by Ismail Khalidi
Directed by Claudia Weill

May 6th @ 8pm
IN THE WOODS WHERE WOLVES ARE by Joe Tracz
Directed by Heath Cullens

May 7th @ 2pm
LOST IN LIGHT by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Evan Cabnet

May 7th @ 8pm
DEAD FISH by Rachael Holder
Directed by Mark Armstrong

May 8th @ 2pm
DO GOODER by Christopher Taormina
Directed by Stefanie Sertich

May 8th @ 8pm
ALTER IDEM by Avi Glickstein
Directed by Alice Reagan

May 9th @ 2pm
WATERLILIES by Tasha Gordon-Solmon
Directed by Shira Milikowsky

May 9th @ 8pm
CHIMI CHANGAS AND ZOLOFT by Fernanda Coppel
Directed by Alex Correia

May 10th @ 2pm
BOTTLED UP by Erica Lipez
Directed by Amanda Charlton

May 10th @ 8pm
LEVEE JAMES by Sherry M. Shephard-Massat
Directed by Delroy Lindo

Also check out our BFA Playwrights......

Monday, May 11th
2009 BFA Showcase
7PM
The Clurman @ Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street (btwn 9th & 10th Aves)
Reservations encouraged: BFAShowcase@gmail.com

Featuring selected readings from the 2009 Steinberg Playwriting Lab participants:

Jake Brandman
Becky Ellis
Sahoua Gboizo
Cary Gitter
Dane Jerabek
Charlotte Lang
Sam Libby
Michael Narkunski
Carlos Rojas
Chris Sullivan
Michael Walek
Hannah Wood

Directed by Janice Goldberg

Made possible by the generous support of the Harold & Mimi Steinberg Foundation

Come see the Goldberg Award-winning plays!

RESERVE YOUR SEATS NOW FOR THE GOLDBERG AWARD WINNING PLAYS:

Workshop of 1st Place winner A SOFT ESCAPE by SHERRY M. SHEPHARD-MASSAT

Reading of 2nd Place winner TENNIS IN NABLUS by ISMAIL KHALIDI

Rita and Burton Goldberg Theater, 7th floor, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing

FREE

Thursday, April 2

@ 8:00 p.m. A SOFT ESCAPE

Friday, April 3

@ 3:00 p.m. TENNIS IN NABLUS reading

@ 8:00 p.m. A SOFT ESCAPE

Saturday, April 4

@ 2:00 p.m. A SOFT ESCAPE, final performance.

@ 7:00 p.m. TENNIS IN NABLUS, final reading.


Reservations (recommended): 212-998-1985

KCACTF Playwriting awards

This year's KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Award winners have been announced, and a number of DDW students have made the list:

The Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award
FLAT SAM
by Antoinette Nwandu
New York University

Distinguished Achievement
BLACK WIDOW
by James Webb
New York University

Distinguished Achievement
GHOSTING
by Jaye Austin Williams
New York University

The Quest for Peace Playwriting Award
TENNIS AT NABLUS
by Ismail Khalidi
New York University

Runner-up: The Mark Twain Comic Playwriting Award
TENNIS AT NABLUS
by Ismail Khalidi
New York University

The KCACTF Latino Playwriting Award
MAELSTROM
by Christopher Peña
New York University

The KCACTF Musical Theatre Award
STANDARDIZED TESTING
Music and lyrics by Sam Willmott
New York University

Congratulations to all our current and former students whose work is being recognized!

The Festival is over...now tell us what you think!

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to support the 2009 Festival of New Works! It was a HUGE success!

Now that it's over, we encourage you to fill out a response so we can know what you loved, what you hated, and how to make this thing even better next year. Response forms can be found at the front desk on the 7th floor.

Also, did you miss our "Cinema of Dread" horror movie panel with the WGAE? Check it out online at http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/blog/cinema-of-dread-screenwriters-discuss-the-horror-film/422

(Reel 13 has a cool online shorts competition too. Check it out while you're there.)