RAW Summer Festival 2010

RAW NOW UPGRADED TO FULL PRODUCTIONS!

Ladies in Waiting
by Zazu
directed by Cris Cassell
Members of the Free Scott Peterson Death Row Pen Pals Club wait for their chance to visit the condemned prisoner.
CAST:
Crystal - Melissa Claire
Bonnie - Anna Smith
Bethany - Shirley Hall
Myra - Linda Livingston
Dodge - Alma Deleon

Arousal
by George Pfirrmann
directed by Alex Kuskulis
A young man with Asperger’s tries to seek relief from his loneliness in the company of an Ukrainian immigrant who is running from her own problems. A comedy about connections, lost and found.
CAST:
Albena - Ariana Hooper
Clifford - Romolo Wilkinson

Turning the Tables
by Kathleen Bradley
directed by Dale Camden
A widow and her son are opening
Cafe Frou Frou after the head of the family dies unexpectedly. Problems arise when the famous chef quits and escalate from bad to worse in this fast paced farce.

CAST:
Shirley - Ruth Rosen
Larry - Burl Lampert
Wendell - Jeffrey Orth
Gwendolyn - Pennell Chapin
Marge - JoAna Gray
Stanley - David Crane

ADVISORY: Language and situations may be inappropriate for children.
PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED.

Production Staff

Set Design - Ian Swift
Light Design - Joshua Ferrise
Sound Design - Maddy Boom
Stage Manager - Suzie Hughes
Asst. Stage Manager – Joshua Ferrise
Sound Operator – Suzie Hughes
Light Operator – Sandi Rubay
Graphic Design – Mark Shepard
Co-production Managers - Tinka Ross, John Clevenger
Publicist - Shelley Klaner
Photographer - Patricia Finn

Thursday-Sunday, August 19-22
Thurs - Sat Aug. 19-21 at 8:00pm
Sunday Aug. 22 2:00pm *

( * followed by talk back with playwrights)

ADMISSION:
$10 all seats
Festival Pass: buy 4 tickets $30
Reservations: 415-456-9555 ext 3
or through Brown Paper Tickets

RAW Purpose

Photo: Christina Blomberg

The purpose of RAW is to give playwrights a forum for trying out new works, and to encourage theatre-goers to participate in getting new works "on their feet."

For RVP's 2009-2010 Season, RAW will present two mini-festivals of FULLY PRODUCED programs at the Barn. Both full-length plays and programs of short works may be included in the festivals, depending largely on the quality and quantity of scripts received. A moderated talk-back session with the audience follows the programs, in which viewers are encouraged to respond to the playwright’s questions and give their impressions of the work.

Media Contact

Producer Tinka Ross of San Rafael 415-454-4715 or tinkar at rossvalleyplayers.com.

RAW Script Submission

Script Submission Guidelines

We accept works from Bay Area residents only. Playwrights are expected to attend the program and participate, if a talk-back session with the audience is scheduled.

Plays accepted have been between 10 and 90 pages and of all genres except children's plays or musicals. Scripts must be in standard format (see Submission Format box below).
Presenting your work in this professional manner and uniform style helps us immensely in estimating the running time of your play.

Plays should not have received a previous full production in the Bay Area. If your play is selected for a production with RAW, and you subsequently discover it is being produced elsewhere prior to your RAW production, it is your responsibility to notify RAW immediately.

Plays which have been previously work shopped and are ready for full production are not only accepted but are preferred.

HOW: Submission of scripts is by electronic means only, as an attachment in a Word or RTF file.

WHEN: RAW is now accepting ONE ACTS ONLY (running time 30 to 50 minutes) for the Summer Festival on Aug 19-22. DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2010.

*Submission Format (VERY IMPORTANT!)

FONT: 12 point
MARGINS: Side margins are 11⁄4"
CHARACTER NAME in capitals in the CENTER of the page. Single space between the character's name and his/her speech. Before the NEXT character's name, there is a DOUBLE space.
STAGE DIRECTIONS: Indented and in parentheses
Pages are numbered.
INCLUDE the following in a SINGLE file: your synopsis, bio and the entire script with character descriptions.
Submit to raw at rossvalleyplayers.com.

RAW Actor Sign-up

Actor Sign-up
If you wish to be notified of upcoming auditions, and have not been receiving e-mail notices, please sign up in the audition section of this website.

RAW Director Applications

Director Applications
If you are interested in directing, please submit a brief resume to raw at rossvalleyplayers.com

RAW History

History of RAW
The Ross Valley Players has a long history of supporting original theatrical work. In the 1930s, members submitted scripts for competition with the winners being presented at the annual membership meetings. The 1950s saw staged readings and in the 1980s RAT (Ross Alternative Theatre) presented both readings and full productions of plays by local playwrights. In 2000, the idea of reading new scripts was revived as a membership perk and in 2004, RAW (Ross Alternative Works) was formed. It began in conjunction with HAVEN. In the 1990s, late actor/director Ben Dickson spearheaded HAVEN to facilitate theatre artists practicing their craft in a non-critical, open and creative atmosphere; a safe haven. RAW continued in that spirit while presenting a series of readings coinciding with the RVP season for the past five seasons. The new format of two mini festivals per season begins with RVP's 80th consecutive season.

RAW Winter Festival 2010

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2010 Winter Festival
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