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Monday, June 26, 2006

Parks & Public: "365"

Something the Public is doing well!

To produce Suzan-Lori Parks's ambitious cycle of 365 short plays--entitled 365 Days/365 Plays (yes, she wrote one a day for a year)--the Public knows it can't do it alone. So they're looking for collaborators. So if you're a small company anywhere in NYC, apply!

You can also read more about the project here.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

This idea is idiotic. SLP has lost her mind. What decadent bullshit. And what a waste of $$$

Anonymous said...

I don't think she's a good playwright, in my opinion - she's not really a dramatist at all, just a decent poet who happened to be in the right place at the right time - just my opinion, that's all, but I wish they'd spend their time looking to new playwrights and not slumming wealthy poets.

Anonymous said...

whoa, hold on boys. i agree with anonymous1 that this is an imbecilic project -- a gimmick, really. but come on, she is indeed a fine playwright. imperceptible mutabilities, her first major work, is poetic, yes, but dramatically scored and structured -- as are later works, though some are more successful than others. and wealthy???? what? because she has a teaching job? puh-leeze.

Anonymous said...

she wrote a musical for disney about the coon show to end all coon shows, the harlem globetrotters

Anonymous said...

It's hard to get into the mind of a theatre administrator who would look at this project and conclude that it's the best use of the organization's intellectual and financial capital.

Andrew said...

Gimmicky, perhaps a bit, but I think it's exciting. And according to my quick reading of the guidelines, all the individual companies will bear all of the production costs--the Public just lends marketing support (not a small thing when you're the Public. As for Suzan Lori Parks--I confess to being bewildered sometimes when I try to read her plays, but the ones I've seen--Venus, Fucking A, Topdog--have all had lots to recommend them: vivid, surprising characters, strong narratives, great language. And what's more--they're never boring. I mean that as high praise. Granted, there are bound to some (even plenty) stinkers in 365 days, but what a great way to make theater a daily experience, and to potentially see lots of work from lots of different companies without having to risk huge amounts of time and money as an audience member.

Art said...

This is best marketing an individual playwright has ever done!

The branding goes as ubiquitous and as deep as the Microsoft Windows/DOS/Desktop revolution.

No theatre without a Susan Lori Parks Play!

"And forget Amway, with the Susan Lori Parks System, royalties will just be rolling in! I'm going to try and get in on this as soon as possible?"

After all, the marketing and branding alone that is attached to being a Certified Susan Lori Parks Distributor could reap untold fortunes.

Perhaps we could have an SLP University where theatres could learn exactly how to properly present a Susan Lori Parks project. The tuition could be written off as business expense.

Some Frequently Asked Questions from our users:

"Once I have the SLP module installed, will it be able to interface with my other applications?"

"Will I be able to do joint marketing ventures using the Susan Lori Parks Logo?"

"The Play Susan Lori Parks wrote when she had the flu and was dehydrated last December isn't really working for us, can we get a different one?"

Call Today!!!