Northwest Playwrights Alliance in NYC - and you’re invited! WWU/Northwest Playwrights Alliance tour: Sat. March 20  @  3 pm Tickets: Donation at the door (or free if you’re willing to projectile laugh and/or cry)

Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

just west of 8th Avenue

Join us for the first leg of the tour.  Next stops: England & Japan. Dr. Rich Brown directs an amazingly talented ensemble, featuring short plays by Eva Suter, Michael Wallace, Aaron Shay, Greg Hischak, Solomon Olmstead & Bryan Willis The plays: Tads, by Eva Suter.  An origin story that combines a brilliant use of dialogue and movement.

• Tads, dramatizes a conversation between the first amphibians to survive the treacherous journey out of the ocean to the beach.
• Johnny Elgam and the Newport Kid, by Aaron Shay.  A hilarious Old West Showdown between the meanest, trickiest, snarliest pokemon champs this side of Hawks Prairie.
• Scent of Man, by Solomon Olmstead.  The etiquette of growing a mustache – an idle conversation with life-changing consequences.
• The Square, by Michael Wallace – Schoolyard politics go a little too far in this playground competition…Funny, heartbreaking, and a little scary.
• Poor Shem, by Gregory Hischak – trouble in teh office when a co-worker has a fatal run-in with the Xerox machine.  Do we call a priest, a repairman…or just use the by-pass tray?
• The Lazy Beauty, by Bryan Willis — a classic fairy tale with an unexpected ending.  Be careful what you wish for….

CALL TO PLAYWRIGHTS FOR APPLICATIONS
Seattle Rep Summer Residency at Western Washington University
JUNE 20th-27th, 2010

Are you a playwright residing in the Pacific Northwest? Would you like to bring your work-in-progress to our inaugural Summer Residency at Western Washington University? For one week at WWU, Seattle Rep will host two full-length plays (two writers, two directors and ten actors) as well as a solo piece. Each play will be given several days of rehearsal time and a public presentation on Sunday, June 27th.

Seattle Rep and WWU provide transportation to and from Bellingham, room and board, and a modest stipend. Please send your proposal to :

Seattle Repertory Theatre
WWU Summer Residency
Attn: Braden Abraham
PO Box 90093
Seattle, WA 98109

Proposals should include:

* A brief description of your play
* Your goals for the residency
* Any schedule conflicts
* A copy of the script or writing sample
* Your contact information
*Please note we will be unable to return any proposal materials. *We will accept proposals until March 15th, 2010.

NPA ANTHOLOGY: NORTHNORTHWEST – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Northwest Playwrights Alliance is now accepting submissions for its 5th edition of “NorthNorthwest” an annual anthology of ten-minute plays. (NorthNorthwest is co-sponsored by NPA, Seattle Repertory Theatre and Western Washington University). This year’s theme: “The Way It Is.” No fee. Limit two scripts per playwright. Deadline for scripts: March 15, 2010. If selected, notification will be not later than June 15, 2010 NPA will not retain rights of any kind. Payment: international fame and complimentary copies. Please send your pdf. or Word e-submissmion to nnw.submissions@gmail.com. No snail mail submissions will be accepted. Questions? Please email nnw.submissions@gmail.com for further inquiries.

Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of “This Too Shall Pass” off of the album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky”. The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The “machine” was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs ( http://syynlabs.com/ ) over the course of several months.