News Release from. . .

YOUR THEATRE

136 Rivet St., New Bedford MA 02744-1814

Telephone: 508 993 0772

Fax: 508 993 1396

For information contact:

Roger H. Allen, Publicity Manager

E-mail: ytinews@comcast.net

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WRITING SERVICE

NEW BEDFORD --- Encouraging authors to create dramatic or comedic stage works for possible production, New Bedford’s Your Theatre Inc. has established a Playwrights’ Original Works Service.

Headed by Your Theatre’s Assistant Artistic Director Dennis J. Amaral of New Bedford, the service is open to anyone interested in developing and testing their ability to write one-, two-, or three-act plays. Works submitted for consideration get evaluated on a range of stage play factors, including character, plot, language, and dialogue development.

Not eligible are musicals, musical revues, and scripts having received professional or nonprofessional production.

The service’s primary focus, Mr. Amaral says, “is nurturing new and upcoming playwrights working, at least initially, with SouthCoast authors because development progresses best when the writer is an active participant in the process.”

While noting the service seeks well crafted plays capable of capturing and holding an audience’s attention, Your Theatre’s Artistic Director Edward J. Maguire of Fairhaven adds that the company’s limited technical facilities may put “extravaganzas with hundreds of characters and multiple, intricate settings beyond the service’s reach”.

Plays submitted to the Playwrights’ Original Works Service may be evaluated for one or more presentations: table reading, stage reading, or full stage production.

For consideration, scripts must be typed in standard manuscript format and securely bound. They must include a brief synopsis of the play with a character breakdown and the playwright’s one-page résumé. To be returned, scripts must also include self-addressed, stamped envelopes.

Submissions or requests for additional information should be addressed to: Playwrights’ Original Works Service, Your Theatre Inc., 136 Rivet St., New Bedford MA 02744.

Additional information is available on the theatre’s web site (www.yourtheatre.org) or by calling the theatre at 508/993-0772.