Rover Dramawerks
Rover
Dramawerks announces
One Day Only 12!
Call For Participants!
Rover
Dramawerks’ highly anticipated 24-hour play festival, One Day Only is back!
The TWELFTH installment of
“seven short plays from concept to curtain
in just one day”
returns on August 30 at the Courtyard Theater
of Plano!
One Day Only was first produced in the metroplex in May of 2000 by Audacity Productions. Rover Dramawerks teamed up with Audacity for the next three festivals, and Rover went solo to present One Day Only 5 through 12. All of these are productions unlike anything ever done before, even by us! For this is an event in which an entire one-act play festival of seven plays is written, produced, directed, rehearsed, teched, and performed in a single day. Just 24 hours.
At about 9:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29, a group of writers, directors, actors, and technicians will get together for the first time. A brief get-to-know you session will include providing ideas for the writers (to be drawn out of a hat) and taking pictures of the actors (no headshots and resumes are allowed). Then the writers stay at the theatre and work through the night, composing a ten to fifteen minute play based on the subject he/she drew.
At 6:30 a.m. (yes, THAT early!), the directors return. They will quickly read the plays, decide who directs which play, and cast the plays from the pictures taken the night before. The actors show up around 8:00 a.m. and meet with their director and fellow cast members. The writers go home to get some sleep while the plays are blocked, memorized, and rehearsed by the director and actors.
Tech rehearsal begins around 4:00 p.m. Then curtain is at 8:00 p.m., when all of the plays are presented for the first time at the Courtyard Theater of Plano. That’s right – seven world premieres!
And YOU can be a part!
Rover
Dramawerks is looking for a few good writers, directors, and actors for
One Day Only 11,
and we want YOU! Experience is not mandatory,
but
open-mindedness, spontaneity, guts,
and a can-do attitude are MUSTS.
If
you’re interested, please send e-mail to odo12@roverdramawerks.com
STARTING ON MONDAY, AUGUST 11 AT 10:00 A.M.
Do
not try to sign up even a few minutes early –
you will be told to resend
your request.
Note that this procedure is different from some
ODOs in the past.
No one will be allowed to sign up early.
Include
the following information:
| 1. Your
name |
The last
three are for informational purposes only
and will not have any effect on
whether you get in or not –
it really is first come, first served!
REALLY
Please
note that you can do ONLY ONE and you must specify which –
otherwise
you will be listed as an alternate for those roles.
If you would consider
more than one role,
indicate which is your preference and we will try
to accommodate you with your first choice –
again,
you will only be able to do one.
IMPORTANT:
YOU must take the initiative to sign up yourself.
We will not accept sign-ups from third parties.
There
are
7 writer positions,
7
director positions,
and about 40 actor positions.
That's
IT - all - fini - done
Again, this is first come, first served, so if you’re
interested, be by your computer at
10:00 a.m. on Monday,
August 11!
Writer and director positions especially fill up VERY
quickly –
often within MINUTES! The cut-off for signing up is a week
before the event
or as long as roles are available, whichever comes first.
Minimum age requirement for any role is 15.
PLEASE
NOTE: Because the writer and director roles
are limited, we have a “no
three in a row” rule.
This means if you have
participated in the last two One Day Only projects - One Day Only X
and One Day Only 11 - as a writer both times or as a director both times,
you must choose a different role for One Day Only 12. For example, you
might try acting if you’ve been a writer twice. Branch out! Try something
new!
Also note that due to the lightning-fast nature of this project, there is no pay and no comps are provided. However, it is a TOTAL BLAST and well worth your time. You’ll also be amazed at the contacts you’ll make!
We look forward to working with you on this incredibly fun, unique project! For more information, check out www.roverdramawerks.com. and you'll end up right back here BTW ;o)
PLEASE
NOTE: The performance on August 30 at 8:00 p.m. is
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Tickets are only $12, so even if you
are not interested in participating as an actor, writer, or director, we would
love to see you in the audience that night!
ALSO
NOTE: Audience members are not needed for
24 hours
you need to be there ONLY for the resulting
performance at 8:00 p.m. on
August 30 at the Courtyard Theater!