North American Beckett Festival comes to UVic
The call is out for papers and productions for the North American Beckett Festival, to be hosted by UVic's Theatre Department May 3 to 5, 1996. The Festival will feature up to 17 plays by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in addition to videos, papers and a gala dinner. The keynote speaker will be Stanley Gontarski, the editor of the Journal of Beckett Studies at Florida State University.
The Festival Committee is seeking productions of Beckett's plays to complement the works to be staged by the department: Krapp's Last Tape, Act Without Words I, Act Without Words II; plus Steven Young's Pentechnion Theatre Company Productions of Rockaby, That Time, Footfalls, Not I, A Piece of Monologue and Company.
The focus of the application should be on the shorter works of Beckett although his longer plays will be given consideration. Proposals should include: information about the production group, title of the play, the director's curriculum vitae and any special technical requirements. A $500 grant will be available for each production selected.
The committee is also seeking papers exploring the following topics: Beckett in performance (stressing acting, directing and designing Beckett for the stage); women in the performance of Beckett; and Beckett's shorter dramatic works. Other topics will be given equal consideration. Papers may be in English or French and should not exceed 20 minutes speaking time.
Abstracts of up to 500 words should be sent to Prof. Juliana Saxton (Theatre) and production submissions should be sent to Dr. Giles Hogya, Chair of the Theatre Department, by Oct. 15. For further information call 721-8591.
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