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Submit one-act plays to new Manzanita competition
Two writing
workshops are set
for playwrights
MANZANITA — Save the
date, and start writing: The
Hoffman Center for the Arts
will host a new one-act play
competition.
Submissions for the
competition will be due Jan.
14, 2017. Each entry will be
randomly assigned to one of
three judges, who will judge
them blindly. The top three
submissions will be per-
formed in a reader’s theater
event at the Hoffman Center
on March 11.
The judges are Anne
Osborne Coopersmith of
Nehalem, George Dzundza
of Tillamook, and Carole
Zucker of Portland.
Coopersmith is a local
actor with the Tillamook
Association for the Perform-
ing Arts, the Coaster Theatre
and the Riverbend Players.
She has adapted material for,
directed and read in reader’s
theater as well as acted in
multi-act plays.
Dzundza is well known as
a character actor for his roles
on stage and in front of the
camera, including “The Deer
Hunter,” “Basic Instinct,”
“Law & Order” and “Grey’s
Anatomy.” Dzunda has been
involved in productions on
Broadway, national tours,
off-Broadway, regional the-
ater and community theater.
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Concordia University in
Montreal, Quebec, where she
taught for over 20 years. She
has a doctorate from New
York University in cinema
studies, is the author of seven
books, and has taught at The
Portland Actors Conservatory
and The Portland Playhouse.
Prospective playwrights
for the competition will have
the opportunity to attend
two workshops focused on
play writing on Nov. 5 at the
Hoffman Center.
From 9:30 to 10:30, Sue
Jelineo and Linda Macahon
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Carole Zucker of Portland is
one of the judges.
of the Riverbend Players will
offer a free “Introduction to
Script Writing” workshop,
which will cover format,
character development, plot,
dialogue writing, and what
directors and actors like
and dislike about scripts.
There will also be a ques-
tion-and-answer session
about the competition. Each
participant will leave with a
handout. To register for the
workshop, email hoffman-
center@nehalemtel.net with
“Script-writing Workshop” in
the subject line.
The class that follows,
“Script Interpretation and
Text Analysis,” from 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m., with an hour lunch
break, is presented by Zuck-
er. The class will consider
the novella of “The Postman
Always Rings Twice,” study-
ing how it was adapted from
two different versions of the
David Mamet screenplay and
considering how the scripts
changed during production.
Zucker will have the group
look at acting, writing and
directing, to see how the text
changes from book to screen-
play and to consider how this
affects the participants’ own
script writing.
Students will be responsi-
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Guidelines the One-Act
Play Competition submis-
sions are as follows:
• Format should be a
Microsoft Word document.
Include the play title only on
the document; do not include
your name. One-act plays
should be 30 minutes or less,
which equates to a script of
30 pages or fewer. The play
description should begin with
brief description of setting
and a list of characters,
including any important char-
acteristics (age, gender, etc.)
As these plays will be per-
formed in a reader’s theater
format, use stage directions
sparingly if at all. Charac-
ter name should be in caps
followed by dialog. Use one
blank line after each charac-
ter’s dialog for readability.
• Send your submission
as an attachment by email
to Sue Jelineo at sjelineo@
nehalemtel.net. Include in
your email message the title
of your play, your full name,
and a short writer’s bio with
a maximum of 50 words.
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