August 10, 2009

OOHP seeks Snowdance scripts for 2010

The Sixth Street Theatre's Over Our Head Players are seeking submissions for the “2010 Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy Festival.

Snowdance” is open to original, unpublished 10-minute or shorter comedies for the stage. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 1. Entries may be sent to Snowdance, c/o Sixth Street Theatre, 318 Sixth Street, Racine, Wisconsin, 53403.

Winning entries will be performed by the OOHP Snowdance ensemble at Sixth Street Theatre in February 2010. At each performance, audience members can vote for their favorite comedy; the audience favorites will earn cash prizes for the playwright: $300 to "Best in Snow," and $100 to second and third place.

Rules for the Snowdance Comedy Competition, which is open to everyone without age or geographic restriction, are relatively simple: The competition is open to unpublished, 10 minute or shorter comedies free of royalty and copyright restrictions; musicals, adaptations, and translations are not eligible. One entry per playwright, postmarked by Nov. 1. The writer’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address should be on the title page only. The title page should also include a cast list and a one- to three- sentence synopsis of the play. Plays can have a cast of one to five characters; plays should be easily staged, avoiding elaborate set requirements. Manuscripts should be typed and securely bound. Two copies should be submitted.

Complete rules are also available on the theatre website. Questions can be directed to Rich Smith via the box office, at (262)632-6802, or by e-mail. Scripts will not be returned.

OOHP will present Snowdance from Jan. 29 - Feb. 28, 2010. OOHP Artistic Director Rich Smith leads the Snowdance ensemble.

19 comments:

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  2. We've got the state's highest minority infant mortality rate, our unemployment figures are atrocious and we're playing around with skits? Snowdance sounds like a snow job to me. Until we solve our poverty problem, we have no business fooling with non-essentials. Maybe the super-solvent John-Swines should host the productions at "Whitebread" to amuse their pet yuppies. Who knows? With their bucks, perhaps the prizes will be better. Anyone who's shopped for groceries recently can tell you that a century note buys next to zilch.

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  3. Anon 11:55pm is an mental midget.

    Minority infant mortality rates? Unemployment figures? John Swines? Groceries?

    Did you even read the article or is this your response to everything positive that is going on in Racine?

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  4. Even a mental midget may be right--this arty-tarty town seems to excel at frills while neglecting the necessities. In part, this mentality is derived from the personal philosophy of a corporate clan whose leaders got a wee bit too chummy with Frank Lloyd Wright and took Ayn Rand's noxious novels as gospel. Still, it's not completely fair to blame the Carnauba Court for all the nonsense in the Dumbbell City. Let's never forget that other oligarchic families exert an unwholesome influence as well. What's more, our upper-middle class yuppies clamor for this stuff because Mater and Pater reared them to like it and use it as a status symbol. Finally, there's our own responsibility for the farcical situation. Had we stood up and demanded that people in authority pay attention to the needs of the victims among us, the elitists would have backed away from amateur theatrical performances in favor of useful activities.

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  5. When I told a friend that a town with the state's second-highest unemployment rate was hosting a skit contest, he hooted and said that we deserved to have this bunk crammed down our gullets--any workers with functioning brains would have told the rich to confine such stuff to their country clubs. Ladies and gentlemen, we're in the middle of a depression that could make the aftermath of the Crash of '29 look like a church picnic. The last thing we need is well-intentioned yuppies prancing and preening while the rest of us sink into penury, poverty and pounding pugnacious pain.

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  6. Let's see if we can find a win-win solution to the conflict here. By all means,we should have Snowdance. However, maybe if some profits from Snowdance went to the Food Bank or HALO, poor folks and low-income retirees wouldn't resent it. Perhaps they'd even view it as something good instead of what they think it is--a venue for arrogant yuppies employed by a certain culture-loving corporation.Speaking of privileged people, assuming the J-Wax executives performed more public service, they and their employers wouldn't be hated the way they are in this "house divided" of a sorry city.

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  7. Where did these four Anon's come from? You got a problem with this Snowdance project and complaints, put your name on the comment you post. I'd like to really see you for whatever you are.

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  8. Dear Lefty, I'm responsible for only one of the comments. My gripe isn't Snowdance as such. Rather, it's the way our privileged class can fund non-essentials and squander time on nonsense when people are losing their jobs, their health insurance and their homes. Back in the eighteenth century Marie Antoinette did the same thing. Instead of helping the poor, she staged plays and skits at her Petit Trianon Palace Theater. We all know what happened to Marie Antoinette once the French Revolution--and some heads--started to roll.

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  9. As always- I post with my identity- because I believe the anon. posters are cowards and I will not reply to any that always try to pick fights here. Simple as that.

    OOHPS IS a NON-PROFIT organization- supported by a VOLUNTEER base. It is an organization that sustains and BUILDS our community. They provide a valued service that statistically SPIKES when economic times are challenging.

    I am PROUD to be a part of an organization that offers laughs in a community that has experienced more than it's share of challenges.

    Those of you who value the arts, get it. Those of you who slam it, don't. There are more reasons now than ever to support the arts in our community.

    The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~e.e. cummings

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  10. Lisa Tylla-Christensen8/25/2009 6:24 PM

    I am supporter of the arts (among other things) in this community. I would like to thank you, Joan for your comments. You said what I wanted to say, in a much nicer way.

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  11. Karen Hamilton8/25/2009 8:36 PM

    Thank you, Joan. I couldn't believe what I was reading in the comments from "Anonymous". I am 65years old, hardly a "yuppie" and certainly not rich. I have never worked at SCJ. I volunteer at the Racine Theatre Guild (RTG) and am a season ticket holder at OOHP. Racine is very fortunate to have so many wonderful people voluntarily share their various talents with the rest of us for our enjoyment. Yes, Racine has it's problems, but we can't spend every minute looking at the bleak side of life. Maybe those anonymous posters should try finding out more about these groups. They just might find something to feel good about.

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  12. Eric Goodwin8/25/2009 11:00 PM

    I find it interesting that the unnamed posts give no outline as to the solutions for all the ill’s here in Wisconsin. I hope that they don’t waste time in frivolous pastimes and are always working 24/7 to solve all the problems of society. You will certainly have our undying gratitude if you become our savior.

    But wait on second review it comes to light that you do waste time on frivolous pastimes by bloging about frivolous pastimes.

    A paradox indeed.

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  13. concerned with unemployment and infant mortality rates? get involved in politics. these people just want to put on a few plays, leave 'em alone!

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  14. NOBODY puts Snowdance in a corner.

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  15. OOHPIES love BOOBIES!

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  16. What a moron this guy is. Sixth Street is VOLUNTEER based and brings people downtown who SPEND MONEY (before AND after each show) at local restaurants, bars, gas stations, etc. If anything, this is stimulating the local economy. Now go eat some cake and calm down.

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  17. Abusive language doesn't solve our problems. Let's agree to disagree and treat each other as we'd like to be treated.

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  18. The sad fact remains that we're playing with nonessentials while more and more of our fellow-citizens sink into poverty. We've got a depression that could make the aftermath of the Crash of 1929 look like the sack race at a church picnic, our minority infant mortality rate is the worst in the state and the Waxtrash oppress us every chance they get. We ought to be organizing to change the system instead of indulging in silly games.

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  19. A pal of mine from Illinois recently visited our tarted-up arty downtown. He couldn't believe the contrast between the painted chairs and planters jammed with pricey flowers on the one hand and the empty storefronts on the other. As he saw the situation, neither Snowdance nor any other yuppie festival could improve Racine's moribund economy. Even so, he opined that those who liked Snowdance should be allowed to enjoy it. Have fun, but don't delude yourselves into thinking that events such as Snowdance will solve this sick company town's problems.

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