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ADAA 2014 SAROYAN PRIZE FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance
LOS ANGELES--The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) is proud to
announce that the William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting will launch a
Human Rights/Social Justice focus, beginning with the 2014 cycle of
the competition. The prize will be awarded for themes which engage
an audience with social and political issues and/or promotes peace,
social justice and human rights.
In continuing with the work of previous years to support Armenian
stories and artists, a special Commendation for Armenian Excellence
will be additionally awarded to a play on an Armenian theme.
Deadline for full-length stage plays is June 15, 2014. A professional
jury will select three finalists from the submissions, and an honorary
jury will determine the grand prizewinner.
The prize will be awarded Human Rights Day, Wednesday, December 10,
2014, at ADAA's annual awards event in Los Angeles.
The 2014 Saroyan Prize Committee includes the following theater
professionals: Erik Ehn, Dean of Playwriting, Brown University,
US; David Lan, Young Vic Theatre, UK; Jose Luis Valenzuela, Los
Angeles Theater Center, US; Catherine Filloux, Playwright, US;
Michael Peretzian, Director, US; Lisa Kirazian, Playwright, US;
Bianca Bagatourian, Playwright, US.
Advisory Theaters for the 2014 Saroyan Prize are: The Pasadena
Playhouse, US; The Young Vic, UK; The Bush Theatre, UK; The Los Angeles
Theater Center, US; Golden Thread Theater, US; The Fountain Theatre,
US. and more.
The late William Saroyan believed that the performing arts were a
powerful tool for facilitating civic engagement and advancing social
change. ADAA, with the advice of its theater and funding partners
around the world, decided to expand the scope of the competition
to promote intercultural understanding and be inclusive of more
playwrights exploring the transformative power of theater to address
issues of global significance. This is certainly in keeping with the
spirit of William Saroyan -- a longtime advocate of human rights. It
will also further the aim of the Armenian arts community as a whole,
in its quest for justice and acceptance.
Scripts can tackle topics as diverse as homelessness, genocide,
human exploitation, whether the conflicts are international, among
groups and individuals, or through political participation. Scripts
can also seek to create understanding of how conflicts can be resolved
nonviolently instead of violently. Other themes can include minority
issues that focus on racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination both in
the United States and abroad, with writers making real and relevant
the impact of human rights issues on our everyday lives. ADAA hopes
this widened scope of the competition will help shed new light on
religious, spiritual, and cultural differences and issues and build
respect for cultural expression and identity in a world that is
experiencing rapid globalization.
Playwrights must submit a half-page synopsis of their play for the
committee to confirm that it is a play dealing with human rights/social
justice, whether Armenian or non-Armenian themed.
Writers will then be invited to submit their full-length script for
consideration.
The Saroyan Playwriting Prize is supported with grants from the William
Saroyan Foundation, which inaugurated the prize at ADAA in 2007,
and by Gagosian Galleries, and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
For submission guidelines, please visit ADAA's newly redesigned
website, armeniandrama.org. Submissions for the prize are electronic
only and must be sent by June 15, 2014 to [email protected].
http://asbarez.com/121113/adaa-2014-saroyan-prize-focuses-on-human-rights-social-justice/
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance
LOS ANGELES--The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) is proud to
announce that the William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting will launch a
Human Rights/Social Justice focus, beginning with the 2014 cycle of
the competition. The prize will be awarded for themes which engage
an audience with social and political issues and/or promotes peace,
social justice and human rights.
In continuing with the work of previous years to support Armenian
stories and artists, a special Commendation for Armenian Excellence
will be additionally awarded to a play on an Armenian theme.
Deadline for full-length stage plays is June 15, 2014. A professional
jury will select three finalists from the submissions, and an honorary
jury will determine the grand prizewinner.
The prize will be awarded Human Rights Day, Wednesday, December 10,
2014, at ADAA's annual awards event in Los Angeles.
The 2014 Saroyan Prize Committee includes the following theater
professionals: Erik Ehn, Dean of Playwriting, Brown University,
US; David Lan, Young Vic Theatre, UK; Jose Luis Valenzuela, Los
Angeles Theater Center, US; Catherine Filloux, Playwright, US;
Michael Peretzian, Director, US; Lisa Kirazian, Playwright, US;
Bianca Bagatourian, Playwright, US.
Advisory Theaters for the 2014 Saroyan Prize are: The Pasadena
Playhouse, US; The Young Vic, UK; The Bush Theatre, UK; The Los Angeles
Theater Center, US; Golden Thread Theater, US; The Fountain Theatre,
US. and more.
The late William Saroyan believed that the performing arts were a
powerful tool for facilitating civic engagement and advancing social
change. ADAA, with the advice of its theater and funding partners
around the world, decided to expand the scope of the competition
to promote intercultural understanding and be inclusive of more
playwrights exploring the transformative power of theater to address
issues of global significance. This is certainly in keeping with the
spirit of William Saroyan -- a longtime advocate of human rights. It
will also further the aim of the Armenian arts community as a whole,
in its quest for justice and acceptance.
Scripts can tackle topics as diverse as homelessness, genocide,
human exploitation, whether the conflicts are international, among
groups and individuals, or through political participation. Scripts
can also seek to create understanding of how conflicts can be resolved
nonviolently instead of violently. Other themes can include minority
issues that focus on racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination both in
the United States and abroad, with writers making real and relevant
the impact of human rights issues on our everyday lives. ADAA hopes
this widened scope of the competition will help shed new light on
religious, spiritual, and cultural differences and issues and build
respect for cultural expression and identity in a world that is
experiencing rapid globalization.
Playwrights must submit a half-page synopsis of their play for the
committee to confirm that it is a play dealing with human rights/social
justice, whether Armenian or non-Armenian themed.
Writers will then be invited to submit their full-length script for
consideration.
The Saroyan Playwriting Prize is supported with grants from the William
Saroyan Foundation, which inaugurated the prize at ADAA in 2007,
and by Gagosian Galleries, and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
For submission guidelines, please visit ADAA's newly redesigned
website, armeniandrama.org. Submissions for the prize are electronic
only and must be sent by June 15, 2014 to [email protected].