ANPF Reunites OSF's Original 1997 Cast for
a Reading of Death of
a Salesman
ANPF will present a
dramatic reading of Arthur
Miller's Death of a Salesman on Labor Day, September 6, at 8
p.m. at Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Black Swan Theatre.
Through
the
gracious cooperation of OSF's 1997 cast members and OSF
Artistic Director Bill
Rauch, ANPF is proud to reunite OSF’s impressive original lineup,
which includes Tony DeBruno, Michael Elich, Bill Geisslinger, Kirsten
Giroux,
David Kelly, William Langan, Gregory Linington, Dee Maaske, U. Jonathan Toppo, and Douglas Rowe. Narration is by Robin Goodwin Nordli. Rowe, ANPF's artistic
director, originally came to Ashland to perform the role
of Willy Loman in OSF's 1997 production. The play
received strong reviews and is fondly remembered by theatergoers lucky
enough
to have seen it. For an in-depth article, check out our summer 2010 newsletter. Tickets
are
$20
and
are
availableat Paddington
Station, 125 E Main Street in downtown Ashland, and by calling (541) 488-7995.
The Envelope Please... Announcing
the Winning Playwrights for ANPF's Flagship Festival
Technicolor Life by Jami Brandli Jami
Brandli’s play The Sinker had
its
world
premiere
at
HotCity
Theatre
in
St.
Louis in May 2010, and she
was recently a visiting playwright at the 2010 WordBridge Playwrights
Lab. Jami lives in Pasadena with her husband, Brian Polak, where she’s at
work on scripts for both stage and screen as well as writing a novel. At her day
job, she teaches writing at Lesley University’s MFA program in Boston.
The Exceptionals by Bob Clyman Robert
Clyman’s works have been produced across the nation at leading
repertory theatres from California to
New York. His awards include a Eugene O’Neill Summer Conference
Fellowship, an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, an Edward
Albee Foundation Fellowship, and a nomination for an Outer Circle
Critics Award for best script in 2008.
A
Gold
Star
in
the
Window by
Harlene
Goodrich Harlene
Goodrich is a late bloomer, having returned to the University of
Southern California at age 50 to earn a master’s degree in professional
writing. Since graduating she has won playwriting competitions in
California, Iowa, and New York. Her short play Picture Perfect was published
by Samuel French in the Best of Off-On Broadway series for 2006. She
filled six journals extolling the beauty of the California coastline
when she and her husband walked from the Mexican border to Oregon in
2005.
The
Insidious
Impact
of
Antonby
David
Hilder David
Hilder’s short play Just Exactly
Like was a finalist for the
2010 Heideman Award. His other plays and musicals have been produced in
New York by Raw Impressions, theAtrainplays, Ensemble Theater, and many
more. David is also a director and a recovering actor.
ANPF
will welcome these playwrights to Ashland for ANPF 2010, October
20 through 24, at the First Congregational Church, 717 Siskiyou
Boulevard. We are now in our eighteenth year. Click here
to view the archive of past winners.
Playwrights, patrons, readers,
actors, and fellow lovers of theatre—we want to hear from you! We're
always looking
for novel ideas
for fundraisers, and we welcome your comments and suggestions.
Want to get involved? Please contact us and share your vision for
keeping the festival alive and well!
Whether your gift is large or small, it is you—our members—who make it
possible for us to continue to
bring new plays to the stage. These fresh works come to life through the
voices of professional actors on our Ashland stage. You can help
make this happen by becoming a member of
ANPF—one of the premier new plays festivals in the country.
All gifts
are significant and
tax-deductible, and every little bit helps. We appreciate
your ongoing support.
Founded in 1992,
Ashland New Plays
Festival is a nonprofit organization, managed by a volunteer board of
directors, that encourages playwrights in the creation of new works
through
public readings. We also offer an educational forum to the community
through
discussions and workshops.
ANPF's flagship festival is its international playwright competition
that
culminates in the reading of four new plays culled from hundreds of
submissions
by a cadre of volunteer readers. This unique and much-loved event
features
performances by actors from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the
community.
These readings and the discussions that follow are a rich theatrical
experience
for audiences, and the guest playwrights look to our sophisticated
playgoers
for responses to their works as they evolve from the page to the stage.
In
those magic exchanges of feedback, audience comments may help turn a
very good
play into a masterpiece or encourage a playwright to continue his or
her
efforts in the challenging endeavor of bringing a new work to the
public.
The heart of ANPF is our Play Selection Committee, which starts with
organizational and training meetings in the fall and then reads blinded
scripts
through the winter and the spring. Using a scoring system, readers
reduce the
submissions from several hundred to around 35. At that point
discussions lead
to eight semifinalists. The four winning scripts are selected by the
four
theatrical directors. The ANPF Board of Directors takes it from there,
planning
a five-day festival in beautiful Ashland, Oregon, that draws
playwrights and
theatre lovers from far and wide for a week of workshops, readings, and
playwright appreciation as we celebrate new works for the stage.
OUR MISSION Ashland
New
Plays
Festival
assists
playwrights
in
the development of new works through
public
readings and offers an educational forum to the community through
discussions
and workshops.
ANPF
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Frederick
F. Wright, President
Terry Ansnes, Vice President
Elizabeth von Radics, Secretary
Dolores Marx, Treasurer
Amanda Berkeley
Melissa Brown
Bill Faiia
Tilly Gibbs
Jan Lofthouse
Gray McKee
Mary Pat Power
Norma Wright
ANPF ADVISORY BOARD
Douglas Rowe, Artistic Director Federico
Behncke
Orion Bradshaw
Richard Elmore
Robert Frank
Jonathan Haugen
Michael Hume
Cristofer Jean
Liisa Ivary
John Pribyl
Caroline Shaffer
Eddie Wallace
Derrick Lee Weeden
Lyda Woods
Angela Workman
ANPF will present a
dramatic reading of Arthur
Miller's Death of a Salesman on Labor Day, September 6, at 8
p.m. at Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Black Swan Theatre.
