QP Announces 2013- 2014 Season!
Deathtrap
The ultimate twisted mystery by Ira Levin
Directed by Russell Greene
September 13,14,20,21,22,27,28 2013
Becky’s New Car
A devious and delightful romp down a road not taken by Steven Dietz
Directed by Mark Baumhardt
November 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 2013
Suburban Holidays Fundraiser
2ndAnnual One Act Playwright Festival ~ a new QP’s holiday tradition
Directed by Patrick Cleary and Donna Corbett
December 12,13,14,15 2013
Frankenstein
The classic and suspenseful horror and love story by Fred Carmichael
Directed by Kimberly Fanning
January 24, 25, 31 & February 1,2,7,8 2014
Sordid Lives
Drama League cult classic black comedy by Del Shores
Directed by Patrick Cleary
March 21, 22, 28, 29, 30 & April 4, 5 2014
Criminal Hearts
A quirky, humorous, psychological crime story by Jane Martin
Directed by Nancy Curran Willis
May 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 30, 31 2014
Calling All Playwrights!
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Suburban Holidays is Back!!
Quannapowitt Players is seeking one-act play submissions from New England playwrights for their New Works Playwright Festival Suburban Holidays II, scheduled for December 2013. Submissions must be received by July 31, 2013
Have you seen The Nutcracker too many times? Can you recite the speeches by every ghost in A Christmas Carol by heart? It’s time for some new holiday traditions! Suburban Holidays II explores the theme of the holiday season in whatever form that means for the playwright, in a town “very much like Reading, Massachusetts.” As this festival is being produced in December, a preference for date-appropriate holidays (Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, etc.). We’re looking for unique perspectives on what a holiday-themed play can be, as an alternative to A Christmas Carol and other traditional holiday shows.
* Plays will be fully produced, with a full set, costumes, props, sound cues and rep lighting. The set will consist of two-three interior room spaces (such as a living room, dining room, kitchen, etc.).
* One-act plays of any length will be considered and there are no restrictions on cast size.
* Original musicals will also be considered with musical accompaniment restricted to a keyboardist.
* Playwrights may submit up to three plays. If more than three are sent, then none will be considered.
* Preference is given to playwrights from Massachusetts, though any New England playwright (MA, CT, NH, ME, VT) may submit. If you are not a resident of New England, your play will not be considered for this festival.
* Plays must be submitted electronically in MS Word or PDF format, written in standard play format
* Plays must be the original works of the playwrights and unpublished at the time of production. Preference is given to unproduced works, but works with limited production runs will be considered.
* Playwrights whose pieces are chosen will be notified via email and selections will also be posted on the Quannapowitt Players website.
* Send plays to the Festival Producer/Director, Patrick Cleary at patrickjamescleary@gmail.com. Paper copies of plays will not be accepted.
If you have any questions about this festival or the guideline submissions, please contact Patrick Cleary and include the subject line Suburban Holidays.
QP Member Spotlight April 2013
There are so many interesting people who have graced the QP stage, designed, schlepped and given their passion freely to make QP the best community theater possible. Some of these generous folks still live in New England or have moved to far off places like California, but so many do other interesting artistic things in their life, so we have decided to highlight some of these folks from time to time.
There first two QP folks to be spotlighted are Mary Carrig and Jon Sachs.
Mary is the driving force behind the Conejo Valley Shakespeare Society’s Youth Shakespeare Company in California. Her goal was to keep creating exciting ways for children to understand and love Shakespeare the way she does. Mary graced the QP stage many times as one of our favorite Shakespeare actresses. Her youth group has been chosen to do the voice-over work for an interactive iPad app that will coincide with a children’s book of songs that are portrayed as being sung by characters from Shakespeare.
Read more and see the ipad voice-over video: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/feb/06/conejo-valley-youth-actors-lend-voices-to-ipad/#ixzz2KyhvnjKp
Jon has been taking the exceptional QP Headshots and Production photos for many years now, in addition to his professional photography, graphic art and web design business. In his spare time Jon just takes photographs for the pleasure of it! Recently he stumbled upon a group of over 50 old farm trucks sitting on a dirt lot in Sprague, Washington that belong to a fellow named Dave Jones. He fell in love with Dave’s old trucks and the two of them decided to work together to let more people know about them. So Jon has created a beautiful book of photographs of these amazing charming old trucks. See the details at Jon’s website www.jonsachs.com
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