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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>For those in the writing mood
– think of it as 23 <u>Dreams</u> of Sarah Palin – non-linear is encouraged.
<br>
Interested not just in S.P. but in the conditions that bring somebody like her
to the fore, and the underlying social psych that makes her
inescapable. Outside the box is ‘in’ for this
particular project: less sketch, more theatricality in word and image.</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’m coordinating an evening at Unknown Theater in Los
Angeles<span style='color:#1F497D'> - </span> tentatively titled “23
<span style='color:#1F497D'>Dreams</span> of Sarah Palin”<span
style='color:#1F497D'>. </span> <span style='color:#1F497D'>W</span>e’re
squeezing the show in on off-nights and late nights in the three weeks before
the election. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>ALL
SUBMITTED PLAYS WILL BE POSTED at <span style='color:#1F497D'>www.</span>23degreesofsarahpalin.com
.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Also looking to HAVE OTHER THEATRE COMPANIES IN OTHER CITIES
JOIN IN THE FUN and produce from the set of scripts that are
generated……<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Submit: NOW and deadline is September 23, 2008: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We’re looking for 1 -7 page plays (or 30 sec to 5
minutes) – not necessarily ‘well-made’<span style='color:
#1F497D'>, </span>non-narrative more than acceptable.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Monologues and 2-3 person preferred, but will consider other
configurations (7 actors at most, and then only for effect)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Low tech required, but props and costumes can be imaginative
as long as they are inexpensive.<br>
We will have several sizes of an identical Sarah Palin costume.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Movement oriented and music encouraged (could be a
song or musical number if charts are provided).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please do not restrict ‘Sarah’ characters to
white women over 40.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dreams by Sarah, of Sarah, about Sarah, not being able to
get to Sarah, <span style='color:#1F497D'>never Sarah, without Sarah, who’s
Sarah?,</span><br>
being Sarah, avoiding Sarah, Sarah past/present/future, wishing Sarah into the
cornfield….<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Multiple Sarahs, alternate Sarahs, Sarah’s Children,
Sarah and the Supreme Bein<span style='color:#1F497D'>g, No Sarah, Que Sera?</span><br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Political orientation open. Really.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Unknown is in Los Angeles and is currently running my play
“Fables du Theatre” - P.R. for a moment – <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>"GO!"</span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <br>
"AN ASSAULTIVE TOUR DE FORCE"<br>
"JAW-DROPPING CREATIVITY"<br>
"AN UNPREDICTABLE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE <br>
THAT DOESN'T JUST BLOW OUT THE FOURTH WALL,<br>
BUT HITS THE FIFTH AND SIXTH WALLS AS WELL."<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-LA WEEKLY</span></strong>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Once
the proper show gets underway, Lewis turns Varda's intricate script into a
series of nested realities and violated expectations, more reminiscent of the
late Andy Kaufman's performance art than a classically well-made play. Whether
it stretches your imagination or drives you crazy will depend on your tolerance
for chaos and indeterminacy. The less you take at face value here, the better.
Especially here. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> Philip Brandes LATIMES</span><span
lang=EN style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT to see Fables du Theatre!
Commercial over. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>But we do create imaginative and experimental work.
And have some amazing actors. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So Sarah it up. Email submissions only to <a
href="mailto:varda@unknowntheater.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>varda@unknowntheater.com</span></a>
. And check out the site… <a
href="http://www.unknowntheater.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.unknowntheater.com</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Brenda Varda<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>New Play Development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Unknown Theater <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>1110 Seward<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Los Angeles, CA<o:p></o:p></p>
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