MultiStages Theatre Company

Are You a Writer or a Budding Playwright? Read on!

Oct 5, 2006 Coral Andrews

MultiStages - New York's multicultrual, multidisciplinary, theatre company presents The New Works Playwriting Contest!

MultiStages, is seeking original, unproduced, high quality, full-length, multidisciplinary plays by established and emerging writers for its fourth New Works Playwriting Contest.

MultiStages was founded by Lorca Peress in 1997 to develop and produce new theatrical works that embrace elements of art forms not typically found in theatre. Since 1997, MultiStages has produced close to 20 theatrical world premiere productions and readings of new work by emerging and established writers from around the world; and collaborated with award-winning poets, choreographers, composers, visual artists, and filmmakers.

To date, MultiStages has offered opportunities to hundreds of playwrights, actors, and directors through its New Works Contests. The mission of MultiStages is to develop multidisciplinary, multicultural, theatre between emerging and established artists within and outside the theatre arena. By encouraging these cross-collaborations, new works are created that enrich, explore, and reinvent the world of theatre.

Past Contest winners and finalists are: 2005 New Works Winner - Knowing Bliss by Arden Kass, directed by Artistic Director Lorca Peress and produced by MultiStages, Associate Producer, René Keller at Teatro La Tea in April and May, 2006. This new work explores an estranged relationship between an interracial mother and daughter duo on a visit to the Anasazi Cliff dwellings; with Emmy Winner Blanche Baker leading a company of eight actors and dancers. Multidisciplinary Elements: Video Design by Elisabeth Fraller, Mask Design by Lorca Peress, Dance Choreographer Carlos Fittante.

2005 Finalists: What Comes Next by Pamela A. Popeson, directed by Lorca Peress, The Torment by Nicole Quinn directed by Chris Silva, Fear of a Führer by Abi Basch directed by Tania Inesa Kirkland. The Festival was held at the Dramatist Guild; Guest Artists included actors Melissa Leo, Thursday Farrar (Aida), Seret Scott, and Adam LeFevre.

Deadline for entries for the fourth New Works Playwriting Contest is December 31, 2006. Details, and Submission Guidelines are posted on our website: MultiStages

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