Roles 4 Women is preparing for this year's Script Development Project and are very excited to announce that playwright Megan Coles joins Liz Solo and Jen Skywalker in the development of three new works.
Megan will be developing her new two act play The Battery. Liz will be working on adapting new fiction for stage in Housewife and Damage. Jen Skywalker's much anticipated Ersa will go through choreography and re-writes.
Stay tuned here for news of presentations from this workshop process. Thanks to all who submitted and inquired about this project. We will be offering it again next year.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Call for Submissions
Roles 4 Women Theatre Company is pleased to announce a Call for Submissions to this year's R4W Script Development Workshop. We invite submissions of new full length theatre scripts from women playwrights. Plays may be submitted in any stage of development as long as they feature strong roles for women.
The workshop process will involve facilitated sessions with actors and a paid month long writing period. The workshop sessions will culminate in a live performance of excerpts from each of three new plays.
Please submit one copy of the work to be developed along with any credentials (C.V. or resume) to:
Roles 4 Women
P.O. Box 2383, Station C
St. John's, NL
A1C 6E7
You are also welcome to make your submission via e-mail, (preferably in PDF format), to:
roles4women@gmail.com
Exact dates to be determined but workshops will be happening during the months of August and September 2009.
Feel free to Email for more info
DEADLINE for Submission is: Friday, July 31, 2009
This year's Script Development Series made possible by the generous support of the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
The workshop process will involve facilitated sessions with actors and a paid month long writing period. The workshop sessions will culminate in a live performance of excerpts from each of three new plays.
Please submit one copy of the work to be developed along with any credentials (C.V. or resume) to:
Roles 4 Women
P.O. Box 2383, Station C
St. John's, NL
A1C 6E7
You are also welcome to make your submission via e-mail, (preferably in PDF format), to:
roles4women@gmail.com
Exact dates to be determined but workshops will be happening during the months of August and September 2009.
Feel free to Email for more info
DEADLINE for Submission is: Friday, July 31, 2009
This year's Script Development Series made possible by the generous support of the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
"Machine" receives Dramatic Script Award
Liz Solo's new screenplay Machine , developed through Roles 4 Women 2008 Script Development Workshops, receives the Best Dramatic Script Award at this year's Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Competition. The other award recipient in this category was Wanda Nolan.
Read an excerpt from the script here: "Machine" Excerpt
photo from Second Front performance of Large Hardon Collider.
Read an excerpt from the script here: "Machine" Excerpt
photo from Second Front performance of Large Hardon Collider.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
R4W at "Zoom In On Girls"
Liz Solo and Jen Skywalker are off to Halifax in May to attend the Atlantic regional Zoom In On Girls event - a gathering of individuals and organizations who work with girls and young women. The Zoom events focus on issues related to young women. Participants are invited to share their experiences and knowledge while exploring action strategies. We look forward to meeting and sharing our work with other women from around the Atlantic provinces.
This event was generated by the Girls Action Foundation. R4W members have been working with this wonderful organization since 2006. Please visit their website to find out more their work.
from Girls Action Website
"Fondation filles d’action - Girls Action Foundation is a national charitable organization that inspires and supports the empowerment, leadership and healthy development of girls across Canada. Grounded in research and girls’ realities, our innovative programs address: violence prevention, community engagement, media literacy education, health promotion, anti-racism and healthy sexuality. Our programs combine creative expression, knowledge and skill building activities, mentorship, community action and fun. Through local girls' programs and the national network, Girls Action works to raise awareness and mobilize action towards the elimination of violence and discrimination.
At Girls Action we believe that every girl should have what she needs to participate fully in society. Our activities create opportunities for girls and young women to build their strength, discover their power and gain the confidence they need to bring their gifts to the world. Building a movement of active, engaged young women and organizations across Canada, we envision a new generation committed to creating a just and peaceful world."
This event was generated by the Girls Action Foundation. R4W members have been working with this wonderful organization since 2006. Please visit their website to find out more their work.
from Girls Action Website
"Fondation filles d’action - Girls Action Foundation is a national charitable organization that inspires and supports the empowerment, leadership and healthy development of girls across Canada. Grounded in research and girls’ realities, our innovative programs address: violence prevention, community engagement, media literacy education, health promotion, anti-racism and healthy sexuality. Our programs combine creative expression, knowledge and skill building activities, mentorship, community action and fun. Through local girls' programs and the national network, Girls Action works to raise awareness and mobilize action towards the elimination of violence and discrimination.
At Girls Action we believe that every girl should have what she needs to participate fully in society. Our activities create opportunities for girls and young women to build their strength, discover their power and gain the confidence they need to bring their gifts to the world. Building a movement of active, engaged young women and organizations across Canada, we envision a new generation committed to creating a just and peaceful world."
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Miss You
These photos are of Liz and Jen on the set of Liz's upcoming virtual theatre performance Live Home Alien Birth, taking place at the Alternator Gallery in Kelowna, BC on Saturday April 11th at 8 PM. Special appearances by Second Front and Avatar Orchestra Metaverse.
The large blue sphere is from a virtual installation from Liz Solo's project - Methods For Contacting the Dead. Images appeared in a group show at Lucky's Gallery, Vancouver, curated by Jo Cook. To see more about this work please visit Liz Solo's Machine I Am Blog
The blue sphere is actually a little shrine to the two Grand Dames of the Newfoundland Theatre - Janis Spence and Mercedes Barry - ever loved and never forgotten. Individually, Janis and Mercedes were each pioneers of live original theatre and of feminist theatre in Newfoundland, inspiring thousand with their powerful voices as actors, playwrights, mentors, directors and writers. When they worked together they were an awesome force to be reckoned with, as anyone who saw their productions of Dario Fo and Franco Rama's Female Parts or any of their original work with Resource Center for the Arts and Sheila's Brush Theatre Companys can attest. Roles 4 Women draw inspiration and strength from the memory of their work and example.
In the virtual world of Second Life our avatars visit the memory sphere, called "Miss You", and sit inside the shrine to reflect. "Miss You" is installed on Odyssey Island in Second Life
Photo of Janis Spence and Mercedes Barry by Kent Barrett.
Build in Second Life by Liz Solo.
The large blue sphere is from a virtual installation from Liz Solo's project - Methods For Contacting the Dead. Images appeared in a group show at Lucky's Gallery, Vancouver, curated by Jo Cook. To see more about this work please visit Liz Solo's Machine I Am Blog
The blue sphere is actually a little shrine to the two Grand Dames of the Newfoundland Theatre - Janis Spence and Mercedes Barry - ever loved and never forgotten. Individually, Janis and Mercedes were each pioneers of live original theatre and of feminist theatre in Newfoundland, inspiring thousand with their powerful voices as actors, playwrights, mentors, directors and writers. When they worked together they were an awesome force to be reckoned with, as anyone who saw their productions of Dario Fo and Franco Rama's Female Parts or any of their original work with Resource Center for the Arts and Sheila's Brush Theatre Companys can attest. Roles 4 Women draw inspiration and strength from the memory of their work and example.
In the virtual world of Second Life our avatars visit the memory sphere, called "Miss You", and sit inside the shrine to reflect. "Miss You" is installed on Odyssey Island in Second Life
Photo of Janis Spence and Mercedes Barry by Kent Barrett.
Build in Second Life by Liz Solo.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Exploring the Fairy Tale
Roles 4 Women are working with the idea of the Modern Fairy Tale as a theme for the next series of Experiments in Performance events, coming up in the Spring.
Recently, during one very meditative afternoon, Liz and Jen play with a storyline idea inside of a virtual garden in Second Life.
Reject Room Archives II
Here are some images from our Experiments in Performance presentation at the Reject Room in 2008. For this event artists presented readings from new and experimental work. Featured work by Liz Solo, Vanessa Mary Wade, Anthony Brenton and John C. Goodman.
Welcoming Table.
Liz Solo reads from her published piece The House is Their Cage, (T.O.F.U. Magazine).
Blurry Anthony.
The crowd gets rowdy!
Settling down to Anthony.
Happy after show crowd.
Happy Liz and Jen with happy guys.
Experiments in Performance at the Reject Room is a collaboration between R4W, the i am coop project and the Rock Can Roll Media Collective
Welcoming Table.
Liz Solo reads from her published piece The House is Their Cage, (T.O.F.U. Magazine).
Blurry Anthony.
The crowd gets rowdy!
Settling down to Anthony.
Happy after show crowd.
Happy Liz and Jen with happy guys.
Experiments in Performance at the Reject Room is a collaboration between R4W, the i am coop project and the Rock Can Roll Media Collective
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