Dear Director, We, at Workshop Players, are launching into the process of planning for our 71st season. As the longest running theater-in-the-round in the state of Ohio, we are pleased to invite you to apply to direct during the 2018-2019 season. For several years we put together our season based solely upon submission by directors choosing shows that each had a vision to direct. Though I stand by this process and philosophy, we deviated last year asking for submissions from the first 5 decades our our existence. For the 71st we want to amend the process again while still maintaining director ownership. Below is a list of shows with NAME RECOGNITION. Many are taken from compilations of “The Best Plays of the Past 100 years”. Many are dramas or musicals. There are few comedies from those lists, yet we want to maintain a balance of genres and styles, so we are still interested in including comedies. Please note that though we are presenting a list, we have not thought through the technical aspects of presenting any of these shows in our unique space. That is, as always, the job of the director. We invite you to peruse the list to see if any of the titles intrigue you as a director, get a copy and think through those production elements. We further invite you to make a combination of suggestions to us, choosing 1-2 from the list below, plus 1-2 suggestions of your own if you wish…especially those that fit into the follow categories. Beyond the list below, we are especially interested in FAMILY FRIENDLY SHOWS, AND SHOWS SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT CHILDREN (not necessarily including children in the cast —-could be adults performing a show that would bring children into the theater). If you have already directed at Workshop Players, you need not submit a resume or application, merely your list of play submissions that include and overview of the play and WHY and HOW you believe each would fit into our space. If you have not directed with us, pleas submit a resume along with your submissions. Send them to joeandpatprice@centurytel.net. These submissions are due March 15 (Beware the Ides of March). Directors will be interviewed the second week of April by the Board of Trustees when 5 directors will be chosen. The play reading committee will then read all of the plays submitted and meet with each director in August to finalize a balanced, interesting season. Thank you for your potential interest in working with us. Please recall that Workshop Players Theater is a volunteer organization and there is not stipend for directing, just the joy of making a script come alive in an intimate space. Sincerely, Pat Price Play Reading Committee Chair Send to: Pat Price joeandpatprice@centurytel.net (see list of plays below) Musicals: Chicago Godspell Little Shop of Horrors Man of La Mancha Honk! (a musical for children) Seussical Pippin Forever Plaid Baby The Last Five Years The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Dramas: Glass Menagerie Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? Streetcar Named Desire Death of a Salesman Bus Stop One Flew Over the Cuckoos’ Nest Crimes of the Heart Lion in Winter August Osage County Doubt Night Watch Comedies Odd Couple—but change it up to do the female version since we did the male version recently Charlotte’s Web —children’s show Harvey Additionally, these are plays that the play reading committee liked, but did not choose in the past Hail Mary, by Tom Dudzick, Comedy, 2m 3f Playscripts, Inc. Life With Father by Lindsay/Crouse, Family comedy, 8m, 8f 5 teens,, Dramatists Boeing, Boeing, by Marc Campletti, Comedy, 2m. 4f, Samuel French Butterflies Are Free, by Leonard Bersne, Comedy, 2m, 2f, Samuel French First Night, by Jack Neary, Comedy, 1m, 1f ,Samuel French Philadelphia Story, by Philip Barry, Comedy, 9m, 6f, Samuel French Sunshine Boys, by Neil Simon, Comedy, 5m, 2f, Samuel French The Good Doctor, by Neil Simon, Comedy, flexible cast, Samuel French Leading Ladies, by Ken Ludwig, Comedy, 5m, 3f, Samuel French Panache, by Don Gordon —Script available from Pat Price upon request -- Workshop Players 44820 Middle Ridge Road, Amherst, OH 44001 Box Office: 440-988-5613 (Box Office hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.) contact@workshopplayers.com www.workshopplayers.com "If all the world's a stage, I want better lighting!"