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Elisabeth Ledwell

Posted 04-04-2020 10:01

I would love to see it. Thank you!

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Marc Raia

Posted 04-05-2020 07:14

Hi,
Would also like to have a look at any/all scripts that are designed to be performed on Zoom.
We also lost our spring production, but if there's the possibility of doing something live online,
would definitely consider it.
Thank you!
Marc Raia
Upper Theatre
Seven Hills School
Cincinnati OH

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Marc Raia
Theatre Teacher and Director
Cincinnati OH
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-04-2020 09:26
From: Don Zolidis
Subject: Zoom productions

Hi there!

Playscripts is going to be releasing plays that can be performed on Zoom at the rate of 3-4 per week, starting Tuesday.

I've got a new one, 10 WAYS TO SURVIVE LIFE IN A QUARANTINE, that's extremely flexible, can use some singing talent, and can be performed and streamed from your students' rooms. It also calls for the kids to create their own sets and costumes out of what they have available, so it's not simply memorizing a monologue and standing in front of a camera. The cast size can accommodate 12-32 actors (there's a longer version and a shorter version) and the play should be up and available to read online on Tuesday.

I can send you a preview if you like since it's not up quite yet on their website.

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Don Zolidis
Austin TX

Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2020 08:35
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Zoom productions

Good morning all! I had a production planned of Arsenic and Old Lace for May 8 and 9. Right now, we are scheduled to return May 4th. If that happens, I foresee a staged reading of the play, but just in case, I am considering another alternative.

I have a cast of 14 - 5 men and 9 women, and 2 female assistant directors. I would love to find some short (5-10 minute) plays with a connected theme that they could do on Zoom to record and send to their classmates (with the appropriate royalties paid, of course. We are a small school of about 200 students.) I am the kind of director who uses a lot of movement to keep things interesting, and this is tough going on zoom. I've thought of radio shows, but they are rarely visually interesting. (NPR has tons available on their website which we used years ago. My favorite response from Garrison Keillor - use them all you like for educational purposes. No royalties.)

Any ideas would be appreciated! My cast ranges from 7th through 12th grade (though just 3 junior high students.) I have some singing talent, too, among my group of 16. Most are not set up for advanced editing at home.

So, hive mind, send me your best ideas!

Thank you!

Elisabeth Ledwell

Falmouth Academy

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James Denison

Posted 04-05-2020 17:04

Would love to see this!

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James Denison
Ellensburg WA
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-04-2020 09:26
From: Don Zolidis
Subject: Zoom productions

Hi there!

Playscripts is going to be releasing plays that can be performed on Zoom at the rate of 3-4 per week, starting Tuesday.

I've got a new one, 10 WAYS TO SURVIVE LIFE IN A QUARANTINE, that's extremely flexible, can use some singing talent, and can be performed and streamed from your students' rooms. It also calls for the kids to create their own sets and costumes out of what they have available, so it's not simply memorizing a monologue and standing in front of a camera. The cast size can accommodate 12-32 actors (there's a longer version and a shorter version) and the play should be up and available to read online on Tuesday.

I can send you a preview if you like since it's not up quite yet on their website.

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Don Zolidis
Austin TX

Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2020 08:35
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Zoom productions

Good morning all! I had a production planned of Arsenic and Old Lace for May 8 and 9. Right now, we are scheduled to return May 4th. If that happens, I foresee a staged reading of the play, but just in case, I am considering another alternative.

I have a cast of 14 - 5 men and 9 women, and 2 female assistant directors. I would love to find some short (5-10 minute) plays with a connected theme that they could do on Zoom to record and send to their classmates (with the appropriate royalties paid, of course. We are a small school of about 200 students.) I am the kind of director who uses a lot of movement to keep things interesting, and this is tough going on zoom. I've thought of radio shows, but they are rarely visually interesting. (NPR has tons available on their website which we used years ago. My favorite response from Garrison Keillor - use them all you like for educational purposes. No royalties.)

Any ideas would be appreciated! My cast ranges from 7th through 12th grade (though just 3 junior high students.) I have some singing talent, too, among my group of 16. Most are not set up for advanced editing at home.

So, hive mind, send me your best ideas!

Thank you!

Elisabeth Ledwell

Falmouth Academy

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Myndee Washington

Posted 04-06-2020 07:38

I would love to read a preview of your new play! My kids love your plays!

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Myndee Washington
Music/ Drama Director
Union Park Charter Academy
Wesley Chapel, FL
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-04-2020 09:26
From: Don Zolidis
Subject: Zoom productions

Hi there!

Playscripts is going to be releasing plays that can be performed on Zoom at the rate of 3-4 per week, starting Tuesday.

I've got a new one, 10 WAYS TO SURVIVE LIFE IN A QUARANTINE, that's extremely flexible, can use some singing talent, and can be performed and streamed from your students' rooms. It also calls for the kids to create their own sets and costumes out of what they have available, so it's not simply memorizing a monologue and standing in front of a camera. The cast size can accommodate 12-32 actors (there's a longer version and a shorter version) and the play should be up and available to read online on Tuesday.

I can send you a preview if you like since it's not up quite yet on their website.

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Don Zolidis
Austin TX

Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2020 08:35
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Zoom productions

Good morning all! I had a production planned of Arsenic and Old Lace for May 8 and 9. Right now, we are scheduled to return May 4th. If that happens, I foresee a staged reading of the play, but just in case, I am considering another alternative.

I have a cast of 14 - 5 men and 9 women, and 2 female assistant directors. I would love to find some short (5-10 minute) plays with a connected theme that they could do on Zoom to record and send to their classmates (with the appropriate royalties paid, of course. We are a small school of about 200 students.) I am the kind of director who uses a lot of movement to keep things interesting, and this is tough going on zoom. I've thought of radio shows, but they are rarely visually interesting. (NPR has tons available on their website which we used years ago. My favorite response from Garrison Keillor - use them all you like for educational purposes. No royalties.)

Any ideas would be appreciated! My cast ranges from 7th through 12th grade (though just 3 junior high students.) I have some singing talent, too, among my group of 16. Most are not set up for advanced editing at home.

So, hive mind, send me your best ideas!

Thank you!

Elisabeth Ledwell

Falmouth Academy

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Amber Walter

Posted 04-07-2020 09:46

I would love to see this as well! Thanks!

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Amber Walter
Centennial CO
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Original Message

Original Message:
Sent: 04-04-2020 09:26
From: Don Zolidis
Subject: Zoom productions

Hi there!

Playscripts is going to be releasing plays that can be performed on Zoom at the rate of 3-4 per week, starting Tuesday.

I've got a new one, 10 WAYS TO SURVIVE LIFE IN A QUARANTINE, that's extremely flexible, can use some singing talent, and can be performed and streamed from your students' rooms. It also calls for the kids to create their own sets and costumes out of what they have available, so it's not simply memorizing a monologue and standing in front of a camera. The cast size can accommodate 12-32 actors (there's a longer version and a shorter version) and the play should be up and available to read online on Tuesday.

I can send you a preview if you like since it's not up quite yet on their website.

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Don Zolidis
Austin TX

Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2020 08:35
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Zoom productions

Good morning all! I had a production planned of Arsenic and Old Lace for May 8 and 9. Right now, we are scheduled to return May 4th. If that happens, I foresee a staged reading of the play, but just in case, I am considering another alternative.

I have a cast of 14 - 5 men and 9 women, and 2 female assistant directors. I would love to find some short (5-10 minute) plays with a connected theme that they could do on Zoom to record and send to their classmates (with the appropriate royalties paid, of course. We are a small school of about 200 students.) I am the kind of director who uses a lot of movement to keep things interesting, and this is tough going on zoom. I've thought of radio shows, but they are rarely visually interesting. (NPR has tons available on their website which we used years ago. My favorite response from Garrison Keillor - use them all you like for educational purposes. No royalties.)

Any ideas would be appreciated! My cast ranges from 7th through 12th grade (though just 3 junior high students.) I have some singing talent, too, among my group of 16. Most are not set up for advanced editing at home.

So, hive mind, send me your best ideas!

Thank you!

Elisabeth Ledwell

Falmouth Academy

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System

Posted 04-07-2020 19:47

Would ditto everyone's comments about previewing - actually one of the two shows we lost was The One-Act Play Disaster, which the kids loved so I'm sure they'd be excited about a back up by you!

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Sharkey Andrews
Teacher, Special Education | Artistic Director, Theatre
DC Public Schools
Washington DC
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Original Message

Original Message:
Sent: 04-04-2020 09:26
From: Don Zolidis
Subject: Zoom productions

Hi there!

Playscripts is going to be releasing plays that can be performed on Zoom at the rate of 3-4 per week, starting Tuesday.

I've got a new one, 10 WAYS TO SURVIVE LIFE IN A QUARANTINE, that's extremely flexible, can use some singing talent, and can be performed and streamed from your students' rooms. It also calls for the kids to create their own sets and costumes out of what they have available, so it's not simply memorizing a monologue and standing in front of a camera. The cast size can accommodate 12-32 actors (there's a longer version and a shorter version) and the play should be up and available to read online on Tuesday.

I can send you a preview if you like since it's not up quite yet on their website.

------------------------------
Don Zolidis
Austin TX

Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2020 08:35
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Zoom productions

Good morning all! I had a production planned of Arsenic and Old Lace for May 8 and 9. Right now, we are scheduled to return May 4th. If that happens, I foresee a staged reading of the play, but just in case, I am considering another alternative.

I have a cast of 14 - 5 men and 9 women, and 2 female assistant directors. I would love to find some short (5-10 minute) plays with a connected theme that they could do on Zoom to record and send to their classmates (with the appropriate royalties paid, of course. We are a small school of about 200 students.) I am the kind of director who uses a lot of movement to keep things interesting, and this is tough going on zoom. I've thought of radio shows, but they are rarely visually interesting. (NPR has tons available on their website which we used years ago. My favorite response from Garrison Keillor - use them all you like for educational purposes. No royalties.)

Any ideas would be appreciated! My cast ranges from 7th through 12th grade (though just 3 junior high students.) I have some singing talent, too, among my group of 16. Most are not set up for advanced editing at home.

So, hive mind, send me your best ideas!

Thank you!

Elisabeth Ledwell

Falmouth Academy

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Christina Kemmerer

Posted 04-20-2020 14:21

Hi Don,
I'd love to read your script. Can you send me a link? ckemmerer@stpaulsmd.org

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Christina Kemmerer
Upper School Theatre Director
Brooklandville MD
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Original Message

Original Message:
Sent: 04-04-2020 09:26
From: Don Zolidis
Subject: Zoom productions

Hi there!

Playscripts is going to be releasing plays that can be performed on Zoom at the rate of 3-4 per week, starting Tuesday.

I've got a new one, 10 WAYS TO SURVIVE LIFE IN A QUARANTINE, that's extremely flexible, can use some singing talent, and can be performed and streamed from your students' rooms. It also calls for the kids to create their own sets and costumes out of what they have available, so it's not simply memorizing a monologue and standing in front of a camera. The cast size can accommodate 12-32 actors (there's a longer version and a shorter version) and the play should be up and available to read online on Tuesday.

I can send you a preview if you like since it's not up quite yet on their website.

------------------------------
Don Zolidis
Austin TX

Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2020 08:35
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Zoom productions

Good morning all! I had a production planned of Arsenic and Old Lace for May 8 and 9. Right now, we are scheduled to return May 4th. If that happens, I foresee a staged reading of the play, but just in case, I am considering another alternative.

I have a cast of 14 - 5 men and 9 women, and 2 female assistant directors. I would love to find some short (5-10 minute) plays with a connected theme that they could do on Zoom to record and send to their classmates (with the appropriate royalties paid, of course. We are a small school of about 200 students.) I am the kind of director who uses a lot of movement to keep things interesting, and this is tough going on zoom. I've thought of radio shows, but they are rarely visually interesting. (NPR has tons available on their website which we used years ago. My favorite response from Garrison Keillor - use them all you like for educational purposes. No royalties.)

Any ideas would be appreciated! My cast ranges from 7th through 12th grade (though just 3 junior high students.) I have some singing talent, too, among my group of 16. Most are not set up for advanced editing at home.

So, hive mind, send me your best ideas!

Thank you!

Elisabeth Ledwell

Falmouth Academy

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Maria Stadtmueller

Posted 05-16-2020 13:44

@donzolidis

I would also love to see your 10 WAYS TO SURVIVE LIFE IN A QUARANTINE

Maria Stadtmueller
St. Augustine School
Kendall Park, NJ
StadtFamily@juno.com

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Karen Fairbank

Posted 04-06-2020 10:55

I would love to get your advice on a zoom production for my class. My 8th grade is rehearsing a production with me 3 hrs a week of Derek Benfields Beyond a Joke. We have 8 cast members and myself. We are zooming to rehearse. Thanks

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Karen Fairbank
Director, eighth grade play
Thomas Jefferson School
St. Louis MO
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-05-2020 22:48
From: Ian McWethy
Subject: Zoom productions

Just to follow up on what Don said, Stage Partners is also creating plays to be done on zoom. They have a monologue play STRANDED: VIEWS FROM A QUARANTINE written by 21 contributing playwrights. You can read the whole script for free. Lesson plans and more plays will come from them soon too.

Playscripts, along with new and adapted plays for zoom, will be launching "how to guides" for staging plays on zoom like webinar. I did a zoom production/workshop of a new play I wrote BAD AUDITIONS... ON CAMERA. It was really fun and worked way better than I thought I would. You can watch the production here. I'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjLofon7Xv0 Happy to share any thoughts and insights I gained from my quickie zoom production.

I'll have a new play published at Playscripts for zoom on Tuesday as well and the weeks that follow as well. Happy to send any previews to anyone.

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Ian McWethy
Arlington VA

Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2020 08:35
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Zoom productions

Good morning all! I had a production planned of Arsenic and Old Lace for May 8 and 9. Right now, we are scheduled to return May 4th. If that happens, I foresee a staged reading of the play, but just in case, I am considering another alternative.

I have a cast of 14 - 5 men and 9 women, and 2 female assistant directors. I would love to find some short (5-10 minute) plays with a connected theme that they could do on Zoom to record and send to their classmates (with the appropriate royalties paid, of course. We are a small school of about 200 students.) I am the kind of director who uses a lot of movement to keep things interesting, and this is tough going on zoom. I've thought of radio shows, but they are rarely visually interesting. (NPR has tons available on their website which we used years ago. My favorite response from Garrison Keillor - use them all you like for educational purposes. No royalties.)

Any ideas would be appreciated! My cast ranges from 7th through 12th grade (though just 3 junior high students.) I have some singing talent, too, among my group of 16. Most are not set up for advanced editing at home.

So, hive mind, send me your best ideas!

Thank you!

Elisabeth Ledwell

Falmouth Academy

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Steven Slaughter

Posted 04-07-2020 06:43

Enjoyed this version of Bad Auditions, Ian.

Would love any previews as well.

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Steven Slaughter
English/Theatre
Rosslyn Academy
Nairobi, Kenya

"Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts." - W Berry
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-05-2020 22:48
From: Ian McWethy
Subject: Zoom productions

Just to follow up on what Don said, Stage Partners is also creating plays to be done on zoom. They have a monologue play STRANDED: VIEWS FROM A QUARANTINE written by 21 contributing playwrights. You can read the whole script for free. Lesson plans and more plays will come from them soon too.

Playscripts, along with new and adapted plays for zoom, will be launching "how to guides" for staging plays on zoom like webinar. I did a zoom production/workshop of a new play I wrote BAD AUDITIONS... ON CAMERA. It was really fun and worked way better than I thought I would. You can watch the production here. I'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjLofon7Xv0 Happy to share any thoughts and insights I gained from my quickie zoom production.

I'll have a new play published at Playscripts for zoom on Tuesday as well and the weeks that follow as well. Happy to send any previews to anyone.

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Ian McWethy
Arlington VA

Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2020 08:35
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Zoom productions

Good morning all! I had a production planned of Arsenic and Old Lace for May 8 and 9. Right now, we are scheduled to return May 4th. If that happens, I foresee a staged reading of the play, but just in case, I am considering another alternative.

I have a cast of 14 - 5 men and 9 women, and 2 female assistant directors. I would love to find some short (5-10 minute) plays with a connected theme that they could do on Zoom to record and send to their classmates (with the appropriate royalties paid, of course. We are a small school of about 200 students.) I am the kind of director who uses a lot of movement to keep things interesting, and this is tough going on zoom. I've thought of radio shows, but they are rarely visually interesting. (NPR has tons available on their website which we used years ago. My favorite response from Garrison Keillor - use them all you like for educational purposes. No royalties.)

Any ideas would be appreciated! My cast ranges from 7th through 12th grade (though just 3 junior high students.) I have some singing talent, too, among my group of 16. Most are not set up for advanced editing at home.

So, hive mind, send me your best ideas!

Thank you!

Elisabeth Ledwell

Falmouth Academy

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Christina Vincent

Posted 04-07-2020 11:47

Thanks everyone for this helpful info! Don, I would enjoy reading the preview of your play if it is still available. Ian, thanks for sharing your performance. I would love to know any details you can share about putting together the production over Zoom. Thanks!

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Christina Vincent
Director of Theatre
Bethlehem CT
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Original Message

Original Message:
Sent: 04-05-2020 22:48
From: Ian McWethy
Subject: Zoom productions

Just to follow up on what Don said, Stage Partners is also creating plays to be done on zoom. They have a monologue play STRANDED: VIEWS FROM A QUARANTINE written by 21 contributing playwrights. You can read the whole script for free. Lesson plans and more plays will come from them soon too.

Playscripts, along with new and adapted plays for zoom, will be launching "how to guides" for staging plays on zoom like webinar. I did a zoom production/workshop of a new play I wrote BAD AUDITIONS... ON CAMERA. It was really fun and worked way better than I thought I would. You can watch the production here. I'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjLofon7Xv0 Happy to share any thoughts and insights I gained from my quickie zoom production.

I'll have a new play published at Playscripts for zoom on Tuesday as well and the weeks that follow as well. Happy to send any previews to anyone.

------------------------------
Ian McWethy
Arlington VA

Original Message:
Sent: 04-03-2020 08:35
From: Elisabeth Ledwell
Subject: Zoom productions

Good morning all! I had a production planned of Arsenic and Old Lace for May 8 and 9. Right now, we are scheduled to return May 4th. If that happens, I foresee a staged reading of the play, but just in case, I am considering another alternative.

I have a cast of 14 - 5 men and 9 women, and 2 female assistant directors. I would love to find some short (5-10 minute) plays with a connected theme that they could do on Zoom to record and send to their classmates (with the appropriate royalties paid, of course. We are a small school of about 200 students.) I am the kind of director who uses a lot of movement to keep things interesting, and this is tough going on zoom. I've thought of radio shows, but they are rarely visually interesting. (NPR has tons available on their website which we used years ago. My favorite response from Garrison Keillor - use them all you like for educational purposes. No royalties.)

Any ideas would be appreciated! My cast ranges from 7th through 12th grade (though just 3 junior high students.) I have some singing talent, too, among my group of 16. Most are not set up for advanced editing at home.

So, hive mind, send me your best ideas!

Thank you!

Elisabeth Ledwell

Falmouth Academy

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Elisabeth Ledwell04-03-2020 08:35

Don Zolidis04-04-2020 09:26

Elisabeth Ledwell04-04-2020 10:01

Marc Raia04-05-2020 07:14

James Denison04-05-2020 17:04

Myndee Washington04-06-2020 07:38

Amber Walter04-07-2020 09:46

System04-07-2020 19:47

Marc Raia04-07-2020 19:57

Christina Kemmerer04-20-2020 14:21

Maria Stadtmueller05-16-2020 13:44

Ian McWethy04-05-2020 22:48

Karen Fairbank04-06-2020 10:55

Steven Slaughter04-07-2020 06:43

Christina Vincent04-07-2020 11:47

Kelly Bourget04-08-2020 12:40

Ian McWethy04-08-2020 13:39

Ian McWethy04-08-2020 13:40

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