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Equal Employment Opportunity Committee
Meeting Notice
October 4, Monday at 6pm
Theatre for Young America, Mission Center Mall, 4881 Johnson Drive
Sponsored by local AEA and AFTRA members, this newly-formed group is open
to anyone interested in seeing hiring in theatre, radio, television and film
done on the basis of skill, regardless of race or disability. Co-chaired by
Kip Niven and Dick Solowicz.
Call TYA at (913) 831-2131 for more information.
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Missouri Rep Announces Play Change
Missouri Repertory Theatre plans to present Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s
Inherit the Wind
, replacing Ronald Harwood’s Taking Sides. The drama is based on the 1925
Scopes "monkey trial," when John Thomas Scopes was put on trial for
teaching the theory of evolution in defiance of state law.
Earlier this year, the Kansas State Board of Education voted to eliminate
the requirement to teach evolution as part of the science curriculum. This
vote has raised many questions in Kansas and attracted national attention to
the issue.
The Rep’s artistic director, George Keathley, who will direct the play,
says the Rep decided to present this play as a way to examine the issues raised
by the vote. Keathley adds that the playwrights stressed the play is not about
the theory of evolution versus the literal interpretation of the Bible.
Rather, its major theme is the dignity of the human mind.
Inherit the Wind
will run January 18 to February 6, 2000.
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Expressions!
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KC STAGE November deadline:
Friday, October 15.
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An evening celebrating youth excellence in the performing arts
October 30 – Saturday at 7:30pm
Theatre for Young America, Mission Center Mall, 4881 Johnson Drive
Master of Ceremonies: Bryan Busby, channel 9 chief meteorologist
Director: Valerie Mackey, associate artistic director of TYA
Expressions! will include vocal and instrumental music, as well as dance
and drama presentations. Local arts professionals will observe the performance
and provide written responses for the young artists. A prize drawing and
dessert reception follow the performance. An art sale will offer exhibited
works of young visual artists.
Expressions! is the fifth annual Dedicated to the Children event sponsored
by the Junior Women’s Symphony Alliance and is the first partnership of JWSA
and TYA.
Call TYA at (913) 831-2131 for more information.
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Writer’s Corner
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Rockhurst University Plays-in-Progress Workshop
Manuscripts of plays that have never been performed or given a public reading
will be accepted now through
November 1
for the workshop on December 1.
Send manuscripts with a stamped, self-addressed return envelope to:
Charles Kovich
Dept. of English
Rockhurst University
1100 Rockhurst Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
Questions? Call
(816) 501-4607
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Wanted: Women Playwrights
Potluck Productions
Now in its fifth year, Potluck has produced five shows representing the new
works of women playwrights. Each show is fully staged.
Guidelines: submit short plays and monologues including musicals, comedies and
dramas that run no longer than 30 minutes. Two securely bound copies of each
script are required, with a title page including name, address and telephone
number. Multiple entries accepted. Enclose a SASE for confirmation.
No scripts will be returned. Playwrights will be notified of the status of
their material by mid-March.
Deadline: January 30, 2000
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Send submissions to:
Potluck Productions
480 Lakeshore West
Lake Quivira, KS 66106
Questions? Contact Glendora Davis at
(913) 631-9406
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