by
Robert Castle
Three students ignore the current lesson on Hinduism and the caste system and want to know from their teacher whether war is ever justified. The teacher, at first ignoring the rebellious students, finally deigns to answer their question. The students dissatisfied with the answer, argue with the teacher and then embark on outright rebellion, all in the name of keeping high grades.
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Richard Kotulski, a PDC board member, talks about Philadelphia, New Plays, and the future of PDC
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Fresh Fish
May 9, 2008
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pdc members share their accomplishments
Richard Kotulski: My play Silence will be performed by the Walking Fish Theatre in May, 2008.
Samuel Toll: "A CAB FUGUE" just finished a six week run at the Atwater Playhouse in L. A. "DEATH FOR HIRE" produced in the American Globe Theatre Fifteen Minute Festival in New York. "INTERVENTION BLUES," a PDC production, presented at the Spark Festival. "REVENGE IS BEST SERVED COLD" produced at The Cringe Festival in New York. "ALIENS SAVED MY MARRIAGE" Opening May 1st in Toronto's Inspirato Festival of short plays."PAULA'S ROOM" Semi-Finalist 2007 ONE-ACT CONTEST at FirstStageLA.
Walter Vail: My play, NEIGHBORS, produced by Vagabond Acting Troupe a year ago, was given a second production by Inspira Theatre Company at Society Hill Playhouse on April 17 & 18, 2008.
Walter Vail: My one act play, DOWNSIZING THE FAMILY is included in Vagabond Acting Troupe's current One Act Play Festival at Second Stage at The Adrian, playing May 1&2 at 8:00pm and May 3 at 2:00pm.
Greg Romero: My full-length play, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LULLABY YOU'VE EVER HEARD, opens on May 7th in Dallas, TX. The production is the first of three of my plays to be produced over the next three years by Audacity Theatre Lab.
Jonathan Dorf: HIGH SCHOOL (non) MUSICAL has just been published by Playscripts.
Bill Hollenbach: INSIDE THE GATEHOUSE is a semi-finalist the Dayton Playhouse's FutureFest '08 at the end of July.
Donald Drake: My full-length The Last Appointment was one of the winners of the 2008 International Mystery Writers Festival in Owensboro, Kentucky, and a full production of the play will be given throughout the 10-day festival June, 2008.
Donald Drake: Winner of 2008 Hudson River Classics Showcase Theatere Award for my full-length play Proper Protcol to be given a stage reading May 17, 2008
Joseph Greenfield: My play THROW THE VIRGIN IN THE VOLCANO had an eight production run at the Shubin theater during June 2007. The play also had a first Monday reading in June 2004.
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Equity Staged Reading Guidelines....
By Richard Kotulski
A couple people have asked about the use of Actors Equity Association (the professional union of Actors and Stage Managers) members for Staged Readings and other developmental workshops with PDC. Below are the general rules governing the use of Equity members in staged readings with LORT theatres. I was told once by somebody at Equity, though I don't remember who and it was some time ago and they may have changed their minds, that these guidelines would apply generally to non-LORTs as well.
Equity Actors (“Actors”) may participate in Stage Readings under the following guidelines:
1) Rehearsal hours are limited to a maximum of 15 hours (20 hours for musicals) for rehearsals and
actual Reading(s), such times to be at the Actor’s convenience. If the total hours for the rehearsal(s)
and Reading(s) extend beyond the specified number of hours previously listed, then each Equity
Actor is to receive a stipend of $100.00 in addition to basic transportation reimbursement. In no
event shall the total hours for the rehearsal(s) and Reading(s) be more than 29 hours.
2) Maximum of three (3) Readings. All Readings and rehearsals must be within a 14-day period.
3) No sets, props, wigs, make-up, or costumes.
4) No advertising or reviews.
5) No admission charged or donations solicited; cannot be offered as a “subscriber bonus.”
6) No solicitation for or of backers.
7) For invited audiences only. (If Programs are provided, the names of all AEA members in the
production are to be designated by an asterisk (*) with the indication that Actors and Stage
Managers so designated are members of Equity.)
8) Book in hand, no memorization, only minimum staging with no choreography permitted.
9) Actors must be reimbursed at no less than their actual expenses as submitted by Actor.
10) No Non-Resident Aliens may be used under the terms of these Guidelines.
11) No televising, broadcasting, visual and/or sound recording, motion picture filming or videotaping, in
whole or in part.
12) Theatre agrees to actively solicit ethnic minorities, women and actors with disabilities (consistent
with the Americans with Disabilities Act) for the current Reading and for all future Readings.
13) All rehearsal and presentation spaces must be wheelchair accessible.
14) The Stage Reading Guidelines must be posted at all rehearsals and presentations.
15) The Actor is hereby notified that participating in a Stage Reading Guidelines Presentation is not
considered employment with reference to the Rehearsal Rules in either the Production Contract,
Rule 58(E) or the Off-Broadway Contract, Rule 54(K), both of which are entitled Attendance at.
16) The Theatre agrees that, for the Actor, the stage reading must be a project for which the Actor truly
volunteers.
17) There may be only one use of the Stage Reading Guidelines per project within a six-month
period without the express written permission of Equity.
Comments:
Lee Pucklis said on 2008-04-16:
Thanks Richard. FYI: keep in mind there is an Equity Stage Reading Guidelines application and an Equity Staged Reading Guidelines application. Each is different regarding stipend, rehearsal rules, movement on stage, line memorization, etc. If interested, simply go to the Actors Equity website --it's all there. I had a great time working with the NYC/Philadelphia Equity rep (a former Philly stage manager)making arrangements on the Equity Stage Reading Guidelines application when I produced WHAT I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ with an ace Equity cast. Believe me, Equity actors are available to work in these circumstances as long as there is a good/great/wonderful (subjective) script. LP
Greg Romero said on 2008-04-15:
Thanks for posting, Richard.