Featured News | May 17, 2013
Actors’ Mission is an innovative theatre company in Rock Springs that has received three Grants to Organizations (GTO) grants and one Open Door grant from the Wyoming Arts Council. This “call for entries” comes from its web site:
Are you a writer? Has a piece of theatrical genius been languishing in your desk drawer, patiently (or impatiently) waiting for someone to realize its genius and produce it? Do you live in the state of Wyoming? If you answered yes to the above questions then you’ll be happy to know that Actors’ Mission is once again putting out the call for local and regional playwrights to submit original scripts to the AM readers’ committee to be considered for the 2014 season.
Ever since the first original performed by AM, Sharon Dolan’s “Terms of Surrender”, original scripts have been a part of the AM script line-up. As part of the theater’s ongoing mission to encourage its own diversity and growth by supporting the arts in many forms, original scripts play an important role. The readers’ committee is always on the look-out for exciting new originals, be they comedies, dramas or anything in between.
Four originals have been performed to date by Actors’ Mission: the aforementioned “Terms of Surrender” by Sharon Dolan, a historical piece about Sweetwater County performed in its actual historical setting of the old train depot. “Pariah”, a drama about a veteran of war, by Donovan Rawlings. “Mother’s Day” a comedy/drama about the relationship between mothers and daughters by Nina Kessner and “The Geography of Heaven”, a drama about the light and dark sides of faith and the healing power of mercy, also by Nina Kessner. A fifth original, “Behind Stone Masks”, a historical-fiction/Drama set in Nazi Germany, by Aaron Volner, is set to be produced this fall.With that kind of variety in original works being produced by the Actors’ Mission, won’t your piece fit right in?
Submissions from any part of the state of Wyoming are welcome. All submissions must be completed works. Actors’ Mission will assume all production costs and offer a fully staged production of any selected original scripts in lieu of royalty fees. For more information on how to submit your original script contact Actors’ Mission via Facebook, the Contact Us page, or by leaving a comment on this post. Direct your messages to Nina Kessner, the current Vice President of Actors’ Mission and head of the readers’ committee.
Caption for photo on home page: Jonas Dickson (above) and Tom Volner (below) perform in Nina Kessner’s “The Geography of Heaven”
The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.
