Call for Papers, Panels, Workshops Details | - Dates: March 4 - 7, 2004
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Submissions due: 10/25/03
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FOCUS: The Playwriting Symposium of the Mid-America Theatre Conference (March 4-7, 2004, in Chicago) will address the identity of the playwright as a social and political being focusing on the artist’s responsibilities and roles as a member of various communities in contemporary America. TOPIC CONSIDERATIONS: Panels and Workshops should consider the idea of “community” in its broadest possible context. The Playwright as Member of a Community |
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As a political construct Renowned playwrights, such as William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Bertolt Brecht, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Tony Kushner, and August Wilson have addressed societal and political issues of their era in their works. Papers and panels should focus on the contemporary Playwright’s political and/or social obligation(s) to the community/society in America. How do playwrights educate their audiences about or respond as artists to forceful and salient issues, such as war, racial and sexual relations, crises unique to big cities, immigration and multiculturalism, art and censorship, poverty, mental illness, religious intolerance, political unrest, corruption of power, and the transformation of the American presidency. As an academic construct What is the playwright’s role and status as a member of the academic community? As a teacher, how can the playwright best function in the classroom? What is the playwright’s role in working with new plays? How does the playwright fulfill his/her pedagogical obligations? As a professional theatre construct What is the playwright’s role as collaborator with other theatre artists (actors, directors, designers, etc.)? Critical and historical papers are invited as well as discussion panels on policies and positions. (NOTE: We would like to steer away from panels on the relationship between playwright and director/dramaturg at this time.) As a social construct What is the playwright’s role in regards to interfacing with specific local communities; i.e., creating docudramas or pageants, relating with clergy, etc. Taken together, the papers, panels, and workshops should present an eclectic web of social thought and imagination that are uniquely American, offering participants a splendid, honest study of a rich society in search of itself. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: - Submitters of accepted proposals
must be registered for the Mid-America Theatre Conference
(MATC) and present at the symposium for the
presentation.
- All submissions must be received by
October 25, 2003.
- The time limit for individual papers
is fifteen minutes. Complete panels or workshops should not
exceed seventy-five minutes—including a question and
answer period. It may be possible to schedule a double
session for a workshop.
- On a separate title page, please
indicate TITLE OF SUBMISSION; AUTHOR’S NAME;
ADDRESSES (including E-MAIL ADDRESS), PHONE NUMBERS and
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE or STATE AFFILIATION. Please do not
staple this page to the body of the paper or proposal.
This page will be separated from the paper or proposal
before being read by the panel.
- Indicate the title of the paper or
proposal on the first page of the text, but nowhere
acknowledge the author’s identity (this includes in
headers/footers).
- Please submit three (3) copies of
the paper or proposal.
- Papers and proposals will not be
returned. The paper will be recycled.
- Acceptance will be acknowledged by the first week of February 2004.
Please submit proposals by October 25, 2003. - Leslie Sloan Orr, Ph.D.
- Co-Chair, Playwriting
Symposium
- School of Theatre
- Campus Box 5700
- Illinois State
University
- Normal, IL 61790-5700
- (309) 438-2895
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