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IN THIS ISSUE:
- ANNUAL MEETING & 12TH NITE PARTY
- WE'RE FINE, THANK YOU!
- NEW ALAP PHONE # (AND MORE CHANGES)
- NEW WORKS LAB UPDATE (AND CHANGES)
- GAY PLAY READING FESTIVAL
- AN EVENING WITH ROBERT PATRICK
- PHOTOS!
- NewsFLASHes
2012 ANNUAL MEETING & 12TH NITE PARTY!
Can you believe it’s 2012?!? Seems like just yesterday we lived through all those problems with Y2K. Oh wait, there weren’t any problems with Y2K. Never mind.
Anyway, it’s time for another ALAP Annual Meeting and 12th Nite Party – yay! Once again, our host will be the Zephyr Theatre on Melrose – yay! We’ll gather at 7:30 PM – yay! – for a brief business meeting, then adjourn for an hour or so of socializing, drinking, and stuffing sweet treats down our gullets. Sound good? You bet!
The evening is FREE and open to all, members and non-members alike, so come join us – it’ll be fun!
WHEN & WHERE: Monday, January 16, 2012
7:30 PM Meeting, followed by the 12th Nite Party
Zephyr Theatre
7456 Melrose Avenue, LA (between Gardner & Vista)
Parking Garage (fee charged) @ Melrose & Gardner, also street parking
This event is FREE, but you must make a reservation! To reserve, send an email to events@laplaywrights.org and include your full name and how many in your party.
We're Fine, Thank You!
As some of you know, on December 12, Co-Chair Jon Dorf had surgery to remove a benign growth near his salivary gland; nine days later, Co-Chair Dan Berkowitz had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee. For those of you who have asked, we’re both doing fine, thank you! And even though we let it be known – several times, in fact – that those 2 weeks or so were the perfect time for a coup, none of the Vice Chairs rose to overthrow us. Dang...
NEW ALAP PHONE # (WITH MORE CHANGES ON THE WAY!)
You’re going to be seeing lots of changes in ALAP this year, and this is the first: we have a new phone number: 323-696-ALAP (2527 for those who can’t read). From now on, that’s the number to call to reach us, though, as has been for case for a couple of years, sending an email is still much quicker.
We are also investigating making ALAP its own stand-alone 501c3 charitable/ educational organization (at the moment we’re a project of Community Partners, and our tax-exempt status derives through them.) Vice Chair Gary Young has drawn up a plan and timetable, and we will be working on it. Naturally, we want to make sure we do everything correctly, but we don’t have the money to hire the lawyers of The Good Wife. Or even Harry’s Law. Therefore, if you are an attorney or an accountant with not-for-profit experience, and would be willing to help us pro bono with this – we promise not to overwhelm you! – please let Jon or Dan know ASAP. We’d really appreciate it.
NEW WORKS LAB UPDATE (AND CHANGES HERE TOO!)
The ALAP New Works Lab is about to celebrate its 10th Anniversary – another milestone hard to believe! In those years, the Lab – along with its partners at many of the best theatres in the area – has provided table reads of dozens of plays in the early stages of development, when they can most benefit from being heard aloud for the first time.
Isabel Storey ran the Lab for its first 8 years, then turned over the reins to Teri Graves at the beginning of 2010. Teri has decided it’s time to concentrate on her own work, and Alison Hills has agreed to be the new Lab Coordinator. Many thanks to Isabel and Teri, and congratulations and best wishes to Alison!
The purpose of the Lab is to aid in the development of new work, so previously read or produced plays should be submitted only if they have been significantly rewritten. The Labs are not open to the public. For submission guidelines and more info, visit the ALAP website.
ALAP AND WEST HOLLYWOOD PARTNER AGAIN FOR GAY FEST
ALAP is happy to report that the City of West Hollywood’s Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission has awarded us a grant to present a Lesbian & Gay Play Reading Festival as part of the City’s celebration of Gay Pride Month in June. This will be the fourth year in a row ALAP has received such a grant.
Click here to download the rules and submission form. It can also be downloaded from the website: scroll to the bottom of the right-hand column on the front page and you’ll find the link.
Please make sure to read the rules, and note that only current members of ALAP are eligible to submit.
SAVE THE DATE FOR AN EVENING WITH ROBERT PATRICK
We'll give you all the details in the March NewsFlash, but mark your calendars now for Tuesday evening, March 27, and plan to spend An Evening with Robert Patrick. ALAP’s first Honorary Member will talk about playwriting and the origins of the Off-Off Broadway movement and gay theatre in America. It’ll be fascinating – don’t miss it!
PHOTOS - THE MOST FUN PART OF THE NEWSFLASH!
Co-Chair Jon Dorf (standing at L) and others at the November Salo(o)n, hosted by Vice Chair Catherine Pelonero, seated C
Dale Griffiths Stamos responds to a question during the Story Structure Workshop she conducted at the Promenade Playhouse in December. And no, we didn't design the set for the workshop...
L-R, Jon Dorf, Teri Graves holding the certificate presented to her for her service to the New Works Lab, Alison Hills, and Dan Berkowitz
The New Works Lab through the ages: L-R, Teri Graves, Alison Hills, Isabel Storey.
And in case you're wondering, the picture isn't fuzzy, it's your eyes: better see a doctor.
ALAP's Ruling Junta at its annual meeting in December. L-R: Peter Colley, Dan Berkowitz, Gary Young, Gene Lesser, Alison Hills, Jon Dorf, and Teri Graves.
Missing because they were either sick or out of town: Ann L. Gibbs, Diane Grant, Jan O'Connor, and Catherine Pelonero.
So it's really not the Ruling Junta after all, is it?
Oh well, never mind...
NewsFLASHes
UPCOMING: JAN 12-FEB 18: Arthur Jolly’s Bath Time Is Fun Time, Pick of the Vine Fest, Little Fish Theatre, 777 Centre St, San Pedro, 310-512-6030… JAN 13-22: Talkin’ It to the Streets: Paul Elliott’s Ledge, Ledger and the Legend and Jeremy Kehoe’s Car Plays, Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica Bl, Hollywood, 323-906-1152… JAN 19-23: Terry McFadden’s 30 Love, Universal Theatre 10-Min Fest, 236 Commercial St, Provincetown, MA, 508-487-9259… JAN 20: Alan Stillson’s Thank You, Minerva (reading), Dramatists Guild @ ANMT, 5628 Vineland Av, NoHo, 818-884-4284… THRU MAR 6: Terry McFadden’s 30 Love, Short+Sweet Sydney Fest, Newtown Theatre, King & Bray Sts, Sydney, 02-9519-5081…
CONGRATS: To Alexandra, Ann L. Gibbs, Cailin Harrison, and Art Shulman, who all had work in the Holiday MonoSlam at Secret Rose in Dec; Alexandra won 2nd Prize… Judith Allen, Christine DiGiovanni, Cailin Harrison, Kres Mersky, and Thomas J. Misuraca, who all had work in the MonoSlam at the Secret Rose in Nov… Ron Burch and Mary Steelsmith, who both had work done at Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis in Dec… T. S. Cook, whose The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Lone Fishermen Who Have Found Dead Bodies was done at Fierce Backbone in Dec… Louis Felder, Anne Flanagan, John Lane, and Michael Sadler, who all had work done at 3 Roses in Dec… Duke Howard, whose novel One Eyed Dog in the Birdhouse Blue is available on Kindle… Karen Knotts, whose Tied Up in Knotts was done at Santa Monica Playhouse in Nov… Jan O’Connor, whose Garden of Ashes was done by Looking Glass Theatre, NYC in Dec… Felix Racelis, who participated in Secret Rose’s U-Stream Telethon, in which plays were written, rehearsed, and performed in 1 day, in Dec… Nicole Gabriella Scipione, who had a 1-min play done by Cornerstone and NY 1-Min Play Festival in Nov… Lucy Wang, who was chosen the Annenberg Beach House Writer in Residence 2012…
SEND US YOUR NEWS! NewsFlash is for you! If you have news – an opening, a reading, a grant, an assignation! – send it to us at the ALAP address or e-mail to newsflash@LAPlaywrights.org. Deadline for the next issue is February 23.
EMAILS TO REMEMBER
DAN BERKOWITZ (CO-CHAIR)
DanB@LAPlaywrights.org
JONATHAN DORF (CO-CHAIR)
JonD@LAPlaywrights.org
ALAP is a project of Community Partners