Women Playwrights International call for submissions

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Women Playwrights International Conference 2006
“Cultural Liberty in a Diverse World”

The 2006 Women Playwrights International Conference will be taking place 
November 5-10th, 2006 (Jakarta) and November 11-12th, 2006 (Bali).  Margaret 
Hollingsworth and Hope McIntyre are the country co-representatives for 
Canada and as such have been asked by the conference organizers to submit 
the Canadian playwrights who will be sharing their work as part of the 
conference.  Of course the conference is open for anyone to attend, but we 
will be coordinating the Canadians who will participate in panels and 
workshops at the conference.  We have begun exploring possible funding 
sources and would be willing to seek funding through official bodies for 
those who are chosen to participate.  Please understand that at this point 
we have no guaranteed funding and each individual would be expected to also 
seek her own funding in addition to the work we will be doing for the whole 
delegation.  We would ask all those interested to submit a letter to us 
stating if you are interested in participating in panels, or conducting a 
workshop and outlining what you feel you have to contribute to the daily 
themes or overall theme of the conference.  Please also let us know if you 
have acting ability (delegates often act as readers for other playwrights at 
the conference), and include a CV, 150-word bio and a sample of your work.  
The full conference agenda, as well as a conference description from Ratna 
Sarumpaet (the Conference Chair) is available on-line at:  
www.playwrightsguild.com/pgc/pdfs/pgc_womenscaucus.pdf .

The Main Theme of the Conference: “Cultural Liberty in a Diverse World”

Daily Themes:
“Identity, Community and the Role of Diversity”
“Language, Culture and Structure”
“Dramatic/Performance text, Cultural Context and Intertextual Practices”
“Stage, State and Ideology”
“Freedom, Human Rights, and Power”

This is the 7th Women Playwrights International Conference with past 
conferences having taken place in all over the world.  Most recently the 
2003 conference was held in Manila (Philippines).  The event brings together 
women playwrights from all over the globe to share their work, discuss their 
craft, network and experience theatre from an entirely new cultural 
perspective.

Letters of interest and any questions can be directed to:

Hope McIntyre
Women’s Caucus Chair
Playwrights Guild of Canada
242 Cathedral Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
R2W 0X3
(204) 586-2236
raregem3 at hotmail.com

DEADLINE:  February 15th, 2006