<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>From alumnus Brian Oglesby (contact info below):</div><div><br><div>Last summer we produced three plays by UC-Riverside MFA playwrights. Two of those had previously been produced for PLAYWORKS. We've also had readings or stagings of many, many UCR playwrights' works over the years (ten UCR playwrights, I believe). </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>CALL
FOR PLAYS by BARNYARD THEATRE</b></font></font></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">Playwrights!</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">Can
you imagine your play in a barn?</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>Barnyard
Theatre</b> is a small theatre company that specializes in </font></font>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">elaborate
and innovative productions of new plays. Every summer we </font></font>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">convert
a hundred-year-old historic barn in the fields of northern </font></font>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">California
into a nontraditional space and put on a show. We're </font></font>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">looking
for plays for our summer 2011 season. </font></font>
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</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">We
encourage you to look at our website: <u><a href="http://www.barnyardtheatre.org/">www.barnyardtheatre.org</a></u></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>Priority
Deadline: </b>October 30</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">We're
first looking for our mainstage for Summer 2011. These plays will
also be first in line for the Nights of New Plays Festival. Plays
and proposals submitted after October 30 will still be considered for
the Festival and future mainstage productions.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>Compensation:</b>
Barnyard has budgeted a designated amount for the playwright's
travel. </font></font></font>
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</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>What
We're Looking For:</b></font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">Serious
dramas, comedies, musicals, short plays, each of these have taken a
turn on the mainstage. The plays we're attracted to jump from the
page and beg to be produced. We've developed something of an
aesthetic over the years, but we are most excited when we are
challenged to go beyond the familiar; in essence, we're looking for
plays that will help shape an ever evolving aesthetic. Finally, we're
not afraid of technical challenges.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">Production
history: We'd prefer that the plays submitted have only had
non-professional productions before Barnyard. Workshops, college, and
university productions are fine -- send those plays along.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>NOTE
FOR 2011:</b> This year we're looking for something fun. Of course,
“something fun” has many meanings. Please take this in the
broadest sense.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>Submission
Guidelines:</b></font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000">•
<font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">Make
sure to include your full name, email address, and phone number in
the body of the email.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000">•
<font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">Please
make sure that the title of the document includes both the play's
title and your last name (example: "My Avisia Winger --
Oglesby"). This makes things much easier.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000">• <font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">We
prefer the document be in .doc, .rtf, or .pdf</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000">• <font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">A
short synopsis in the body of the email would be very helpful.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000">•
<font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">We'd
also like it if you could also answer the following question: How did
you learn about us?</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000">•
<font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">Any
production history.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000">•
<font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">Feel
free to include a bio if you'd like to introduce yourself.</font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt">Submit
to <a href="mailto:submissions@barnyardtheatre.org">submissions@barnyardtheatre.org</a></font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="LucidaGrande"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif">Questions?
Email Brian at <a href="mailto:brian@barnyardthes">brian@barnyardthea</a><a href="mailto:brian@barnyardthestre.or">tre.org</a>
or <a href="mailto:barnwords@gmail.com">barnwords@gmail.com</a></font></font></font></font></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Georgia, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt"><font color="#000000">Please
Note: By submitting to Barnyard Theatre, you assert that the
materials are original, and that proof of right(s), if applicable,
are attached with the script. You also grant Barnyard Theatre the
right to distribute the script to Barnyard Theatre members for the
purpose of consideration for inclusion in the season.</font></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
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