UPDATE FOR THE NEW YEAR, JAN. 88
QUERIES SENT OUT:
Rosita Sarnoff
Seven Q3es
Sherwood Forest Theatre
Shubert Organization
Smith College
Southern Cal. Center for the Arts
Southernmost Productions
Springside Inn
Stage Left Theatre
Stage West
Stages of Community Enrichment
Roger L. Stevens
plays returned:
MIB
COLDWATER COMMUNITY FORM
OLD LOG NOT THEIR 'CUP OF TEA'
SCOTT BRIEFER FORM
COCONUT GROVE NICE
ILLUSTRATED STAGE NICE
PIER ONE NICE
SMALL TOWN
TRENTON THEATRE GUILD NO REPLY
BUSH THEATRE NICE
MURDER
DAYTONA PLAYHOUSE NOTHING
CRAWLSPACE
CARROLL COLLEGE NOTHING
FOURTH STREET PLAYHOUSE NO FORWARDING ADDRESS
ONE FLIGHT UP NOTHING
plays submitted:
MIB
our buds at AS OF YET
CONSTELLATION ENTERPRISES
ENSEMBLE THEATRE CO
PHILIP ROSE
PROCESS STUDIO
REP THEATRE AT BUCKS COUNTY
VICTORIAN THEATRE
ZOILUS II PRODUCTIONS
LONDON STAR PRODUCTIONS
SMALL TOWN
NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS SHOWCASE
COURTYARD PLAYERS
MURDER
AS OF YET theatre
CRAWLSPACE
FOUNTAIN THEATRE
PLAY AND PLAYERS
ZACHARY SCOTT
MELTING MAN
NEW ARTS THEATRE
PRIMARY STAGES CO.
VICTORY GARDENS
WASHINGTON U.
BLACK BLOOD
PITTSBURGH PLAYHOUSE
PLAYWRIGHT'S ALLIANCE
THEATRE IN THE WORKS
Twenty two play submissions. 12 queries. A fair submission month. A lot
of fighting between me and mike, but hopefully that is over. I apologize
for my contribution to the rash of hurt feelings. So you can stop
basking in the heat, matt.
Congrats on the production. You're both winners, and A-okey dokey with
me.
Working on Stig, draft 3. Slow, but hopefully by the time you get this,
I will be done.
I think in all fairness to you Mike, I should bow out of collaborating
on the phone messages for now. Realistically, I got Stig, then some one
acts, then ideas for Collier Bros. I probably should work on those
instead. It irks me to miss an opportunity, but I have to start doing
that.Update for February, 88
Queries Sent out:
Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute
Studio Arena Theatre
Long Beach Community Players
Synthaxia Theatre Co.
Tacoma Actors' Guild
Mark Taper Forum
The Theatre
Theatre IV
Theatre Center Philadelphia
Theatre 40
Theatre of the Edge
Theatre on the Square
Plays returned:
MURDER
American Stage -- No new Work
Atlantic and Pacific Rennaissance -- "Not for us"
MIB
The Acting Group -- Form
Constellation Enterprises -- Wants one act
CRAWLSPACE
People's light and theatre -- "A sweet little piece"
Michael Weinstein -- form
BLACK BLOOD
Pittsburgh Playhouse -- No new works
SMALL TOWN
Broken Arrow Community -- Nothing.
Plays sent out:
MIB
Zachary Scott Theatre
Theatre Rapport
Zoilus II productions
Melting Man
TOPI
Screenwrights
U of Utah
Working Theatre
Kind of a slow month for submissions. As I was afraid of when we had
our big meeting over Xmas, we're only doing minimums. I think we may have
to up the ante as far as minimums. Also, we may have to quit counting
three one acts sent to a single theatre as three submissions, although
I'm guilty of that myself somewhat. But if we have a ten play minimum
a month, that's only about three submissions if we count plays sent in
triplicate. Since I'm running out of query addresses, I'm going to
start hitting the unsolicited markets to get bites on our work before
we send them shit. That may help reduce the number of submissions to
theatres that wouldn't touch our work with a ten foot pole. Then we
may have to split up the work because damned if I'm going to send out
a hundred queries a month when there's a five/month minimum.
It's never enough, but we sure as hell don't want to get caught
with a New York production and nothing left to look forward to. And we
will if we don't work now. Really. I'm not kidding.
Good luck on stigmata, matt. Via condidos.
kj
Crawlspace
TOPI
Screenwrights
U of Utah
Black blood
TOPI
Screenwrights
U of Utah
Working Theatre
Sketches
ABC (yeah, the network)
Western Public Radio
TIC Radio Theatre Workshop
Small Town
As of Yet TheatreUpdate for March, 1988
Queries sent to the following places:
Theatre West
Theatre X
Theatrevisions
Theatreworks (california)
Theatrical Outfit
Theatrical Resources
Thompson Theatre
Tiber Theatre Co.
TNT of North Jersey
Triplex
Tulane Center Stage
21st Street Theatre Co.
New query system queries sent to the following:
AART
A Contemporary Theatre
Actors' Rep theatre
Actors' Space
Actors' Theatre of Sonoma County
Actors' Theatre of Tulsa
Actors' Workshop
Academy Theatre
The Acting Company
Actors for Themselves
Actors Lab
Actors Space
Alley Theatre
The American Place
African Caribbean
Adelphian Players
Alburquerque Little Th.
American Conservatory
American Stage
American Stage Direct.
American Theatre of Actors
Anniston Comm. Theatre
Arena Players
Play Returns:
MIB
Philip Rose Nice
Melting Man
Miami Beach Community theatre in transition
Lehigh U. Nice
Primary Stage One fucking page out of order
Sketches
ABC Sent to fucker Mike
Play Sends
Ark
American Writers Theatre
Maxwell Anderson
American Place
Ark Cliff Investing
Ark Community Playhouse
Performers Ensemble
People's Light and Theatre
Taso
Women in Theatre
Shadows
Taso
Pit
Taso
Sketches
As of Yet Theatre
American Radio Theatre
R. Bean's Voice
Murder
City Theatre Festival
Global Theatre Co.
MIB
M+M Entertainment at the pilot
Mother's Theatre
Sunset Playhouse
As you can see, I have a hefty submission list this month WITHOUT
including those pussy multiple submissions. Pay no heed Matt. This is
between me and Rapunzle. I can meet those woos quotas without fucking
cheating. I ain't beatin the meat when it comes to submitting.
As you have probably noticed, I have included a list of theatres.
These are the official theatres to target for the new query system. As
you will recall, I sent you both copies of queries. Send one (1) of
these with each resume, numbering one (1); in addition, send a single
(1) SASE with each resume/query pair. You can favor these over the
Canada addresses, Matt (they're cheaper!). If you don't have the
addresses for any of these, let me know. Mike will probably want to
favor the globe addresses over these, although these are a good list
when the globe runs out.
I feel sorry for you Matt for spending so much money that will be
burned in one afternoon. But I look forward to it anyway because, well,
it's not my fucking money. And my regrets to the woosmaster for the IRS
clamping down. Can't blame them, though. It's about time they got their
cut of all that money.update for april, 1988
queries sent to the following places:
24th st. Experiment
U of Missouri
U of New Orleans
U of Texas
University Theatre
Waissman Productions
Wayside Theatre
Robert Whitehead
Wo/Man's Showcase
Women's Interart Center
plays rejected from the following theatres:
MIB
Smallbeer theatre co. nice reject
Sunset Playhouse nothing
Indian Rivers suspended
MURDER
City Theatre Festival gone
Global Theatre co. didn't like
ARK
Acting Group P.O. Box closed
Maxwell Anderson Form reject
CRAWLSPACE
Artreach loved it, but can't play to "prepubescents"
Reston Rep out of business
Rooftop rep defunct
BLACK BLOOD
Angel's Touch no one acts
Working theatre form
MELTING MAN
Reckless dialogues Not taking works until fall
Trinity theatre 1-d characters. wants to see stig
Working theatre form
SKETCHES
R. Bean's voice theatre thought it a stage play
PLAYS SENT:
MIB
Indian Rivers all ready rejected
Albert Poland
Detroit Rep theatre requested
Florida Theatre Connection
MURDER
Fort Smith
Detroit Rep. requested
Empty Space requested
Florida Theatre Conn.
Pier One
ARK
Actors workshop
Artreach all ready rejected
Eccentric Circles
Ensemble Studio NY
Front Row theatre co.
Horizon Theatre Co.
Laguna Moulton requested
Primary Stages co
BLACK BLOOD
Angel's Touch all ready rejected
Kalamazoo Civic maybe this will be more traditional?
MELTING MAN
Galveston the Performance
Oldcastle theatre
Theatrical Resources
Trinity Theatre all ready rejected
U of Nevada
CRAWLSPACE
Rooftop Rep all ready rejected
SKETCHES
Parsifal Films
26 play submissions. Numerous returns. A heavy month. You did a
great job on Stig, slick. Pull yourself together slick. We're
screenwriters now. Spike needs us.
update for may, 1988
queries sent to the following places:
Woodstock playhouse
Worcester Foothills Theatre Co.
WPA Theatre
Yadkin Arts Council
Yale Rep Theatre
Yucaipa Little Theatre
AART
A Contemporary Theatre
Actors' Rep theatre Santa Monica
Actors' Space
Actors' Theatre of Sonoma County
Actors' Theatre of Tulsa
Actors' Workshop
Academy Theatre
The Acting Company
Actors for Themselves
Actors Lab
Actors Space
Alley Theatre
The American Place
African Caribbean
Adelphian Players
Alburquerque Little Th.
American Conservatory
American Stage
American Stage Direct.
American Theatre of Actors
Anniston Comm. Theatre
Arena Players
REJECTS FROM THE FOLLOWING PLACES:
SMALL TOWN
Pennsylvania stage One and 1/2 fucking years
MIB
Academy Theatre Very nice, 1-d characters
Pennsylvania stage Only kept 1 fucking year
Bristol Riverside Nice form
BLACK BLOOD
Hudson Guild Takes no one acts
MELTING MAN
New Arts Thought cruel
ARK
People's light and theatre form
SKETCHES
TIC Radio Form
American Radio Unread
MURDER
Ponca Playhouse Hated with their entire damned souls
SUBMISSIONS:::::::
ARK
Company one
ARK (Cont.)
O'Neill Theatre Center
R.I.F.T.
Vigilante Players
CRAWLSPACE
Princeton Rep. requested
SHADOWS
Shipping Dock requested
SKETCHES
Eastern Montana requested
MURDER
Raft Theatre requested
Ponca Playhouse See above reject
MIB
Mary K. Frank Broadway producer
I don't have much to say to you two GOONS this month. Incorporating the
ark into stig and cutting out submissions of our other one acts puts a
clamp on my submissions. I'll have to wait until we (I) finish stig.
Until then, I think I'll have to make do with MIB and MURDER, my true
friends. And my truck.
By the way, Matt, thanks for the stig notes. Do good on the one acts. Do
good on the screenplay.
Update for June, 1988
Detroit Rep Theatre
Dorset Theatre Festival
John Drew Theatre
Downstairs Cabaret
Driftwood Showboat
Eastern Montana College
Empty Space
Jack Essex Prod.
Etre Ensemble
Fairbanks Drama Ass.
Fairfield Civic Theatre
Fallon House Theatre
Family
Fargo-Moorhead
First City Players
First Run Prod
Jules Fisher
Fostoria Footlighters
Forum
Fostoria Footlighters
Gene Frankel Theatre
Fratelli Bologna
---------------------------REJECTS--------------------------------
ARK
Eccentric Circles Out of Business
O'Neill Theatre Form
CRAWLSPACE
Princeton Rep Didn't like idea
BLACK BLOOD
theatre in the works Season filled
SKETCHES
Eastern Montana Nothing
MIB
Detroit Rep Too weird
---------------------------SUBMISSIONS----------------------------
CRAWLSPACE
Box 600 -- The stage (England)
Bush Theatre, London
Cervantes (London)
BLACK BLOOD
Boxx 600 -- The stage
Bush Theatre
Cervantes (London)
Quartz Theatre request
MELTING MAN
Box 600 -- The stage
Bush Theatre
Cervantes (London)
SKETCHES
NO elephant
NU Plays
Talking Information
THE PACT
Staret requested
SMALL TOWN
Staret requested
MIB
William Hunt
Richard Horner
MURDER
Lone Wolf
Another good month for submissions. We now have a Hollywood
production, and there's no mystery how that came about. I've sent out
probably close to 100 copies of murder in a year and one half, and I
think that's the way to approach stig. I do have a few addresses which
have requested stig, and hopefully they'll still look at it. I do have
faith that stig will be produced, but unfortunately it will be at least
another two years before we see it on stage. I had hoped the query
system I developed would shorten that somewhat, but it doesn't seem to
be working as well as I had hoped. I'm thinking we might send out
adverstisings for stig only now. Maybe that would do it. Good luck on
the draft Mike, and happy birthday. You're a yankee doodle dandy. UPDATE FOR JULY, 1988
QUERIES SENT TO:
Furman U.
Gaslamp Quarter
Will Geer Theatricum
Georgetown Prod.
Globe of great South.
Golden Gate Actors
Grambling State
Greater Grand Forks
Haight Ashbury
Hampton Playhouse
RETURNS FROM:
SMALL TOWN
Panda Talent Agency not read
MURDER
Westbeth Theatre Nice
West Coast Ensemble Form
MIB
Richard Horner Funny, but not enough
William Hunt Too many scenes
ARK
American Place Theatre Form
Ensemble Studio Nice
Primary Stages Nice
SKETCHES
Talking Information Gone
SUBMISSIONS TO:
MIB
George St. Playhouse
Academy Theatre
Theatre Southwest
Circle in the Square
New World Theatre
Ryan Rep. co.
Angel's Touch
MELTING MAN
Donmar Prod. (London)
CRAWLSPACE
Donmar Prod (London)
SKETCHES
Swan Productions
Earplay
Players Press
Koch/Marshall Productions
Meriwether Publishing (I know, I know. This was a mistake.)
The usual month for submissions. Seem to be getting back real old
copies of Murder, MIB, etc.
Good job on Stig, Mike.
With regards to the photo shoot, I think the worst thing we can do
is begin to believe our own publicity. Also, I need the press release so
I can do my stuff in UT.
For you Matt, I consider us even after the brutalization I had to
endure from you during the photo shoot. I was hurting pretty bad from
the car accident, and I was attempting to salvage whatever was left of
my self esteem when you decided to put on the steel toed boots. I have
no idea how much all of this is going to cost me. But it is nice to know
that when my life turns in a split second to the worse I have friends
that I can count on. Just remember that any indiscretions I've done in
the past, I will no longer feel guilty about. It's obvious that when you
forgive, you also don't forget, and I refuse to go on paying.
Thanks for the address, Mike. I'm getting contest listings to you
ASAP. I've bought THE PLAYWRIGHTS COMPANION and THE DRAMATISTS
SOURCEBOOK this year, so I'm not going to contribute anything to THE
DRAMATISTS BIBLE this year. I haven't gotten the third one yet, but I am
compiling my play addresses for STIG. I'll get the addresses to Matt
when I've finished it. I'm considering sending the COMPANION since it
doesn't seem to be much different from the BIBLE.
Good luck on the COLLIER play. Update for August, 88
QUERIES SENT TO
Haight Ashbury Rep.
Billie Holiday
Home:Theat. for New
Honolulu Comm.
Huntington Playhouse
Illinois Theat. Center
Independent Eye
Karamu House
Kumu Kahua
Laguna Moulton
RETURNS:
CRAWLSPACE
Box 600, The stage Not looking for new plays
Carroll College Nothing
Bush Theatre London Called us sexists
BLACK BLOOD
Box 600, The stage Not looking for new plays
Bush Theatre London Hates us
MELTING MAN
Box 600, The stage Not looking for new plays
Bush Theatre London Fucking Limies
MURDER
Asolo State Nice form
Florida Theatre Conn. Accepted MIB, so what the hell
SMALL TOWN
Alhambra dinner theat. Form
MIB
Albert Poland Nice Form
Sends
MIB
Actors' Workshop
STIGMATA
Actors' Workshop
Asolo State
City Theatre Festival
Cliff Investing
Detroit Rep
Bush Theatre London (got out before I could stop it)
LA Theatre Works
Robert Lussier
Oldcastle Theatre Co.
STIGMATA (CONT.)
People's Light and Theatre
Plutonium Players
Albert Poland
Primary Stages
Producers Collaborative
Stop Gap
Trinity Theatre
Victory Gardens
VIV Enterprises
Wooly Mammoth
PUBLICITY SUBS
S.L. Tribune
Deseret News
Catalyst
Utah Daily Chronicle
Utah Holiday
The Event
U.U. Alumni
C.U. Alumni
Junction City News
The Private Eye
KSTU (13)
KUTV (2)
KUED (7)
KTVX (4)
KSL (5)
KOOG (30)
Magna Times
Davis County clipper
Ogden Standard Examiner
KTALK
KUER
ABC
KLCY
KBER
I know this update is early, so what. What do you want me to do?
Well, Stig is off and running. I hope to have about sixty copies of it
out before the end of the year. I can't guarantee a production this
year, but I sure am going to try, because I want you guys to like me
again.
UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER, 1988
Queries sent to:
Playhouse 51
Playhouse on the Square
Playwrights Horizons
Playwright's Platform
Ponca PlAyhouse
Poplar Pike Playhouse
Princeton Rep.
Quaigh Theatre
Quartz Theatre
Raft Theatre
Rainbow theatre Co.
Rise Rep Theatre
Roberts & Blank
More publicity releases sent to:
Late Night Yeah, I know.
Playboy Yeah, yeah.
Parade Just fucking shut up.
Repertoire This is the Utah Arts Council Mag.
So these are long shots.
Play rejects from:
STIGMATA
People's Light and Theatre Rarely does new work
Robert Lussier Frenchy bastard has moved
MURDER
Original Theatre co (Evanston, IL) **MIKE**MIKE** ATTENTION!
do you know this theatre? Was it
called something else at one time?
I have no record of sending it. Don't
lose any sleep over it.
BLACK BLOOD
Quaigh Theatre Nice
MELTING MAN
Unknown but to the theatre and God
SKETCHES
Earplay Not for us
MIB
Barter Theatre Wants something more conventional
Ferndale Repertory Producing some local hick's work
Submissions to:
SKETCHES
Duck and Cover Comedy Group Gracefully given by that Mike fellow
MIB
Theatreworks Yeah, that's right mike. I'm sending to a contest.
I'm tired of your B.S., and I'm taking over.
MIB SUBS (CONT.)
Theatre Studio We'll show that fucker
Theatre Three Rep
STIGMATA
Theatre Studio Yeah, we'll show him (See fucker comment above)
Abbeville Opera House
Zev Bufman
Alexander H. Cohen
Luther Davis Can you imagine Stig produced by a guy called
Luther?
Illustrated Stage Sorry Matt, this was a mistake
M & M Entertainment
Medicine Show Theatre
New Playwrights' Theatre
Performers Ensemble
MURDER
Theatre Studio Ooh, is that fucker going to be sorry
BLACK BLOOD
Theatre Studio Maybe we're over doing it? Naaah. That fucker.
CRAWLSPACE
Theatre Studio That sweet cheeks don't know what he's into
MELTING MAN
Theatre Studio Up his ass with that "play" of his (sweet cheek's)
Save a pencil, save a tree. Query addresses:
Rooftop Rep.
Sacramento Theatre Co
San Fransisco Actors
San Fransisco Rep.
Santa Clara U. Theatre
Schenectady Civic Play.
Second Stage
Second Story Ensemble
SEW Productions
Richmond Shepard
Shipping Dock
Shubert Organization
Roy A. Sommlyo
Solano Arts Theatre
Sonoma Vintage
***********RETURNS ******************
ARK
STUDIO THEATRE nothing
MELTING MAN
STUDIO THEATRE
CRAWLSPACE
STUDIO THEATRE
SKETCHES
FORCE TEN Not doing this type of stuff anymore
PLAYERS PRESS Limited market
MIB
THEATRE SOUTHWEST
STUDIO THEATRE nothing
STIGMATA
PRODUCERS COLLABORATIVE
STOP GAP
WOOLY MAMMOTH (I was really counting on this, and I'm real
upset about it.)
************SENDS ********************
MELTING MAN
WATERLOO COMMUNITY
CRAWLSPACE
WATERLOO COMMUNITY
BLACK BLOOD
WATERLOO COMMUNITY
SKETCHES
FORCE TEN
MIB
DOROTHY CHANSKY
ICARUS PRODUCTIONS
MURDER
THEATRE OF COMEDY (LONDON)
STIGMATA
AMERICAN PLACE THEATRE
ARTHUR CANTOR
CAPITAL REPERTORY
CIRCLE REPERTORY
COURTYARD PLAYERS
JULIA REVELEY
***********************NOVEMBER UPDATE, 1988************************
Queries to:
South Park Conserv.
Southern Appalachian
Southern Conn. U.
Southern U.
Southernmost Productions
Spokane Interplayers
Stage #1
Stage Left
Stage Three
Stage West
Stages
Stardust Players Ensemble
Staret
State College Comm.
State U. Stony Brook
RETURNS FROM:
MELTING MAN
Galveston, the performance Sent it to Mike
Lakewood Little Theatre Form
Oldcastle Not their stuff
SKETCHES
Force Ten Not their stuff
MIB
Academy Theatre Nice
Mitchell Maxwell Nothing
Circle in the Square Nice
Lakewood Little Form
Playwright's Alliance Very good
Theatre Three Repertory Didn't like resume
Icarus Productions Moved away
Force Ten Leave us alone!
MURDER
Studio Theatre NY Nothing
Shipping Dock Form
STIGMATA
Studio Theatre Nothing
Paul Gamache Mistake
Zev Bufman No such address
Bush Theatre Nice, surprisingly enough
Circle Rep didn't like
City Theatre Festival No such address
Alexander Cohen Liked, but committed (sigh)
Courtyard Players Too pretentious
Cricket Theatre Gone
New Playwright's Theatre Closed
Oldcastle Liked, but not their stuff
SENDS TO:
MIB
Huntington Playhouse
Seven Stages
Force Ten
Wooly Mammoth
Clavis
Illinois Theatre Center
Christopher Hart
Gene Feist
MURDER
Playwright's Alliance
Gene Feist
STIGMATA
Cricket Theatre
Off Center
Old Log
Zachary Scott
Seven Stages
Carole Shorenstein Enterprises
Spectrum
Sunset Playhouse
Theatre Studio (not to be confused with studio theatre)
Theatre Three Rep
Tentron Theatre Guild
Playwright's Alliance
Paul Gamache
Clavis
California Theatre Center
Bailiwick Rep
San Diego Rep
Wisdom Bridge
Denver Center Still haven't got this one back!
They'll produce it for sure!
Circle in the Square
Hmmm--thirty submissions--FULL LENGTH SUBMISSIONS. I was going to
hold off and not submit as much as you this month, mike, but I thought,
"Why should I feel sorry for that FUCK." I'm glad I was able to put
things into perspective.
I'm not sure yet that I'm going to hold off on December submissions.
With what has happened, it might be a good gesture to make it feel
like the group is still moving. It is still moving, Mike, and Thew
and I are behind you.
I'm noticing an odd trend. Our plays seem to be whipping on back
quicker. I attribute this to our growing respectibility. I've also
noticed that more theatres then ever are moving and going out of
business. Hmm.
As for the form to retrieve our lost play-souls, I'm working on it.
So far, it just sounds boorish.
How about this for a novel idea--enclose within our plays one of
those cards that always falls out of magazines. On it is advertisement
for our next play and humorous comments.
Matt, I liked you better as a dead library patron. You know that when
Mark dies in the gutter in his own vomit, you will have to keep
the Pitzer legacy alive.
UPDATE FOR DECEMBER, 1988
QUERIES SENT THIS MONTH TO:
Stop Gap
Lee Strasberg Theatre
Michael Stuart
Studio Theatre
Syracuse Stage
Tampa Players
The Theatre
Theatre artist Marin
Theatre AUM
Theatre by the Grove
Actors Alliance
The Actors' Co. Of Pennsylvania
Alliance Theatre
The American Place
American Rep
American Stage Festival
Arena Stage
The Back Alley
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Boston Post Road Stage Co.
Cetner Stage
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cleveland Play House
Coney Island, USA
Crossroads Theatre Co
Cumberland County Playhouse
Downtown Cabaret
Eureka Theatre Co.
Ford's Theatre
Free Street Theatre
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
New Jersey Shakespeare Festival
City Theatre Co.
New Mexico Repertory Theatre
New City Theatre