The Conference
The Black & Latino Playwrights Conference
A workshop and showcase of the work of student and professional Black and Latino playwrights, conducted by professional guest directors / artists.
September 15 - 21, 2008
Staged readings September 19, 20 , 21Mission:
The mission of Texas State University's Black and Latino Playwrights Conference is to study the craft, to nurture the artist, and to celebrate the work.
Description of the Program:
The Department of Theatre and Dance annually sponsors a Bland and Latino PLaywrights Conference that includes professional guest directors and actors, auditions, 3 - 5 days of open rehearsals, and in-class presentations by professional guest artists, culminating with staged reading performances open to the campus and community.
Objectives:
Eugene Lee's acting credits include the television shows Good Times, The White Shadow, The Guiding Light, and The District. His films include The Women of Brewster Place, with Oprah Winfrey, Blacklisted, and Coach Carter. On stage, he has performed in the Pulitzer Prize winning A Soldier's Play with the Negro Ensemble Company and August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean on Broadway. His playwriting credits include East Texas Hot Links, Fear Itself, Somebody Called: A Tale of Two Preachers, Killingsworth, and Twist for the Stage as well as episodes for the television series Homicide: Life on the Streets, Walker Texas Ranger, and The Journey of Allen Strange.
Joe Luis Cedillo is a left-handed, Latino playwright-director. His plays include 69 Portraits of Che, 3 Bulls, Textbooks & Fences, El Colonel, and Lumbre. A native Californian, his work has been featured in the Edge of the World Theatre Festival and at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, CA. He recently premiered a new one-man performance piece, Home: Red, White y Azul. Currently he is attending the University of Iowa for his MFA in Iowa's Playwright's Workshop.
Previously Showcased Plays:
The mission of Texas State University's Black and Latino Playwrights Conference is to study the craft, to nurture the artist, and to celebrate the work.
Description of the Program:
The Department of Theatre and Dance annually sponsors a Bland and Latino PLaywrights Conference that includes professional guest directors and actors, auditions, 3 - 5 days of open rehearsals, and in-class presentations by professional guest artists, culminating with staged reading performances open to the campus and community.
Objectives:
- To provide Texas State University students majoring in theatre with the opportunity to work with professionals for a hands-on week-long lab that includes the collaborative process of "finding a play" in rehearsals, culminating with a public staged reading.
- To showcase the work of Black and Latino playwrights from across the country.
- To annually lend an ear to new voices and help writers, in collaboration with directors, actors, and dramaturgs, shape their stories and hone their craft in an environment that allows the writer to explore and grow and learn fearlessly.
- To share the play with the campus and community in a staged reading for audiences, followed by a discussion and / or questions and answers.
Eugene Lee's acting credits include the television shows Good Times, The White Shadow, The Guiding Light, and The District. His films include The Women of Brewster Place, with Oprah Winfrey, Blacklisted, and Coach Carter. On stage, he has performed in the Pulitzer Prize winning A Soldier's Play with the Negro Ensemble Company and August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean on Broadway. His playwriting credits include East Texas Hot Links, Fear Itself, Somebody Called: A Tale of Two Preachers, Killingsworth, and Twist for the Stage as well as episodes for the television series Homicide: Life on the Streets, Walker Texas Ranger, and The Journey of Allen Strange.Joe Luis Cedillo is a left-handed, Latino playwright-director. His plays include 69 Portraits of Che, 3 Bulls, Textbooks & Fences, El Colonel, and Lumbre. A native Californian, his work has been featured in the Edge of the World Theatre Festival and at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, CA. He recently premiered a new one-man performance piece, Home: Red, White y Azul. Currently he is attending the University of Iowa for his MFA in Iowa's Playwright's Workshop.Previously Showcased Plays:
| 2002 | Somebody Called by Eugene Lee |
| 2003 | Fear Itself by Eugene Lee |
| 2004 | The Peculiar and Sudden Nearness of the Moon by Velina Hasu Houston (Subsequently produced by Sacramento Theatre Company) |
| 2005 | Forty Acres by Robert Alexander 69 Portraits of Che by Joe Luis Cedillo |
| 2006 | Yo Frederick! by Gus Edwards The Faraway Nearby by Amparo Garcia Crow (Subsequently selected as a semi-finalist for Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference |
| 2007 | Common Ground by Antoinette Winstead Before Death Comes for the Archbishop by Elaine Romero |
For more information call (512) 245-2147 or email EL18@txstate.edu or mcgs@txstate.edu
Website: http://www.txstate.edu/mcgs/blpc.html
Website: http://www.txstate.edu/mcgs/blpc.html