20% Theatre Company Chicago http://twentypercentchicago.blogspirit.com/new-play-development/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:44:20 -0600 All Rights Reserved http://twentypercentchicago.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/10/24/new-play-development.html http://twentypercentchicago.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/10/24/new-play-development.html noreply@blogspirit.com () New Play Development Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:00:18 -0500 <p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Garamond;">Producing works written by women is inherent to 20%’s stated mission. With this comes the necessity of opportunities for new play development focused on women’s work, which is currently lacking in the theatrical field. Through <i>Snapshots</i>, 20%’s short play festival which provides for performance opportunities for unpublished works by Chicago-area female playwrights; <i>Work Shop</i> which allows for the development of a new work through audience and artist feedback, and the company’s dedication to producing area and world premier works 20% is committed to the labor-intensive process needed to nurture new works of theatre. Through the development of the female voice in theatre, 20% can work towards equal representation on a national level.</span></p>