<div dir="ltr"><div>March 15, 2018</div><div><br></div><div>Dear Potential Director,</div><div><br></div><div>The Ides of March is upon us, meaning that there are approximately two weeks left before Workshop Players’ deadline for submitting to direct in our 2019-2020 season, which will be our 72nd continuous season.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have directed for us before, you need not submit a resume, but we will need:</div><div>1)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>A list of 3-5 shows you are interested in directing.</div><div>2)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Accompanying those titles should be a description of the plays that may be copied and pasted from the licensing agency.</div><div>3)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Your explanation of why/how the show would work in our unique space.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have not directed for us before, we need the above items, plus a theatrical resume.</div><div>We are looking for shows that are:</div><div>1)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Family Friendly</div><div>2)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Include or are aimed at children</div><div>3)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shows with title familiarity</div><div>4)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Potentially Christmas selections</div><div>5)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shows of interest to you from the list below.</div><div><br></div><div>Please note that we have not “vetted” the below shows for “workability” in our space as that is the job of the director’s vision. If you choose one or more from the list, please justify how/why it would work in our space.</div><div>We look forward to April 1st (no fooling) to hear from you. Send applications to me at <a href="mailto:joeandpatprice@centurytel.net">joeandpatprice@centurytel.net</a></div><div><br></div><div>This is a reminder that Workshop Players Theater is a volunteer organization and that there is no stipend for directing … just the joy of making magic through theatre.</div><div><br></div><div>Pat Price</div><div><br></div><div>Musicals: </div><div>Chicago </div><div>Godspell</div><div>Little Shop of Horrors </div><div>Man of La Mancha</div><div>Honk! (a musical for children) </div><div>Seussical</div><div>Pippin </div><div>Baby</div><div>The Last Five Years</div><div><br></div><div>Dramas:</div><div>Glass Menagerie</div><div>Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? </div><div>Streetcar Named Desire </div><div>Death of a Salesman</div><div>Bus Stop</div><div>Crimes of the Heart </div><div>Lion in Winter </div><div>Doubt</div><div>Proof</div><div>Lost in Yonkers—dramatic comedy</div><div><br></div><div>Comedies</div><div>Odd Couple—but change it up to do the female version </div><div>Harvey</div><div>Clybourne Park </div><div>The Humans</div><div>Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike</div><div>The Play that Goes Wrong</div><div>The Good Doctor</div><div><br></div><div>Additionally, these are plays that the play reading committee “slept” (in other words, liked but did not choose in the past)</div><div><br></div><div>Hail Mary, by Tom Dudzick Comedy 2m 3f Playscripts , Inc.</div><div>Life With Father by Lindsay/Crouse (done in 1978) 8m, 8f 5 teens Comedy, Dramatists Boeing, Boeing by Marc Campletti, Comedy, 2m. 4f Samuel French</div><div>Butterflies Are Free, by Leonard Bersne Comedy, 2m, 2f, Samuel French </div><div>First Night, by Jack Neary, Comedy, 1m, 1f Samuel French</div><div>Philadelphia Story, by Philip Barry, Comedy, 9m, 6f, Samuel French </div><div>Sunshine Boys, by Neil Simon, Comedy. 5m, 2f, Samuel French</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Workshop Players</span><br style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font style="font-family:georgia,serif">44820 Middle Ridge Road, Amherst, OH 44001 <br>Box Office: 440-988</font><font style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">-</span></font><font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">5613</span></font><font style="font-weight:700"> (Box Office hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.)<br><a href="mailto:contact@workshopplayers.com" target="_blank">contact@workshopplayers.com</a><br><a href="http://www.workshopplayers.com" target="_blank">www.workshopplayers.com</a><br><br></font>"If all the world's a stage, I want better lighting!"</div></div></div>
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