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Watch Gi60 UK 2009 now!: http://video-2.leedsmet.ac.uk/Asx/?mswmext=.asx&id=2009%7C4l%7CLqqgFeRj*
Gi60 UK 2009 review from The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/jun/09/sixty-second-plays-theatre
Gi60 2009.
Taking place on Friday 5 June 2009 at 7.30pm, the Viaduct Theatre, Dean Clough, Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK and on Friday 12 June and Saturday 13 June 2009 at 8.00pm, New Workshop Theater, Brooklyn College, New York, USA.
For tickets and information for the New Workshop Theater, Brooklyn College performances, please telephone: (718) 951-5000 X 2768 or email: rbonczek@brooklyn.cuny.edu.
Deadline for entries Friday May 15th 2009 - submissions now closed.
Thank you to all of you who submitted plays to Gi60, we received in excess of 500 entries this year from all over the world, and after much deliberation this is our list of the 100 plays to be performed at our two venues:
Gi60 UK 2009
1. CONFRONTATION by Amy Ignatow
2. CREATIVE WRITING by Andrew MacLarty
3. LET'S GO METS!!! by Anthony R. Ponzio
4. BRAD AND FORSYTHIA PART III by Aurora De Pena
5. BRAD AND FORSYTHIA by Aurora De Pena
6. UNTITLED by Dee Grijak
7. KHESS by Dwayne Yancey
8. HOUSEHUNTING FOR GHOSTS by Emma Hardy
9. FEELINGS, NOTHING MORE THAN...? by Jim MacNerland
10. CURTAIN SPEECH by M. Rigney Ryan
11. THE DRUGS DON'T WORK by Mark Tomlinson
12. FARTHER & SON by Richard Nathan
13. DEAN CLOUGH MILLS by 1858 Rose Bonczek
14. ALMANTES SUNT ALMANTES by Scott Mason
15. TUMMY TIRADE by Stacy Lane
16. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE by Steven Ayckbourn
17. ME TO YOU by Vic Allen
18. ORWELL THAT ENDS WELL by Zach Elliott-Hatton
19. GOLDFISH by Clare Girvan
20. ADVICE by Bobby Brook
21. YOU CAN'T STICK THAT IN THERE by Darin Bail
22. AUDITION MONOLOGUE #3 by Dwayne Yancey
23. CATS AND DOGS AND... by Greg Carraway
24. SPEED DATING by Lorna Poustie
25. SUPER-DAVE by Lee Barnes
26. EAT ALL OF IT by Tom Carrozza
27. + & - by David Muncaster
28. INVERSE NINJA LAW by Russ Thorne
29. AS TIME GOES BY by Yohanan Kaldi
30. THREE FEET FROM DOOM by Laura E Goodin
31. DING-DONGED by Tom Carrozza
32. PURPLE BANANA by Josh Wall
33. ZINGMAN & HEPSTER by Bruce Shearer
34. THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF HUMANS, BEING. by Helen Elliott
35. SCHOOL OF THOUGHT by Mark Harvey Levine
36. NOTIFY NEXT OF KIN by Dwayne Yancey
37. A QUANTITY OF KINDNESS by Jim MacNerland
38. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA'S PARTY by Joel Dean
39. LEGO by Luke Galloway
40. BLUE-BLOODED BLUE BOTTLES by M. Sweeney Lawless
41. MAN UP!!! JUICE by Mack Exilus
42. DIGNITY AND LOVE: OINTMENT AND FLY by Terry Collins
43. PSYCHOLOGIST by Henry Raby
44. A MAN WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND by Joel Dean
45. SUPERHEE'S PACKAGE by Ramona Floyd
46. ONE OF THOSE DAYS by Richard Nathan
47. THE RAMP by Robert Boatride
48. OVERHEARD AT THE 7PM SCREENING OF WATCHMAN by Ruben Carbajal
49. OOZE OF MUSE by Tom Carrozza
50. THE SHOW BEFORE by Zoie Gibson
Gi60 2009 U.S.
1. AGREED! By Steve Strangio
2. THE CANDIDATE by Mark Harvey Levine
3. CHARRED STAR by Tom Carrozza
4. CHILD'S POSE by Bill McCarty
5. CONVERSATION by Jay Nickerson
6. CULTY-MATES (A Ritual) by Meron Langsner
7. DATE WITH A DUCK by Lena Leal-Floyd
8. DE BOMB THE BOMB by Lee Barnes
9. DIPTYCH by Alex Dremann
10. DULT EDUCATION by Tom Carrozza
11. EBONICS 101 by Christian Marte
12. FAMILY BUSINESS by Ramona Floyd
13. FLY THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES by Shirley King
14. GHOSTS by Aurora de Pena
15. THE GHOST LAMP by Dwayne Yancey
16. HAVE YOU SEEN MY DOG? by Arthur Jolly
17. HIGHWAY 69 by Paul Barile
18. ICE AGED by Steve Ansell
19. INSPIRATION by Andrew MacLarty
20. INSTANT ANGELS by Olivia Arieti
21. INTERROGATION 101 by Ugo Chukwu
22. KAPTAIN KAMOO'S POINTLESS TV FUN HOUSE by M. Rigney Ryan
23. LESSONS FROM A BROKEN BOARD by Jim MacNerland
24. LOVE IS IN THE KITCHEN by Laurel Lockhart
25. MAGGIE AND MARY by Alison Carr
26. MR. JAMES AND MR. WALKER by Joel Dean
27. MOMENT BEFORE IMPACT by Ruben Carbajal
28. MUCK by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
29. MYTHOS 5 by Robert Boatride
30. ONE MINUTE LYSISTRATA by David Storck, based on "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes
31. ONE MINUTE POEM by Mack Exilus
32. THE OTHER PLACE by Dan Morra
33. OVERHEARD AT A DINER by Jeffrey Sweet
34. PLATO'S CAVE by Mark Harvey Levine
35. A PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY by Anthony R. Ponzio
36. QUALIFICATIONS by Laurel Lockhart
37. THE REVIEW by Kevin Clyne and Catherine Russo
38. SHOES by Ramona Floyd
39. SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? by Natasha Geffen
40. SMOKE by David Kendra
41. SPELLING LESSON by Steven Ayckbourn
42. THE SRC by Kevin Gallagher
43. SUPER FLAVOR by Jose A. Rivera
44. TEXTING by Lisa Bernier
45. THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND by Joan Lunoe
46. THE UNIFIED FIELD THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Dwayne Yancey
47. THE UNWELCOME MAT by Stacey Lane
48. WHY DEATH SHOULDN'T GO TO THE MOVIES by Jennifer Russo
49. WORD OF THE DAY by Margaret Bail
50. YIN YANG by Alex Dremann
Congratultions to you all, and we hope to see you in either Halifax, UK or New York, USA for the live shows.
What is GI60 and how can you be involved?
Now in its sixth international year Screaming Media Productions in association with Dean Clough Mill, Brooklyn College, Hull College, Leeds Metropolitan University and BBC Big Screen are proud to present GI60 (Gone in 60 Seconds) the world's only international, downloadable, one minute play festival.
In June 2009 one hundred brand new pieces of theatre will be performed, fifty in the UK at The Viaduct Theatre, Dean Clough Mill, Halifax and and fifty in the US at The New Workshop Theater, Brooklyn College. Each venue will premiere fifty new plays, each lasting no more than sixty seconds.
Actors at Brooklyn College and in Halifax will perform the plays, which will be recorded and then made available for viewing or download via the internet. Selected pieces will also be screened on the BBC Big Screen in Leeds .
Who can apply?
GI60 is open to everybody; all you need is an idea and an internet connection. In the last five years the GI60 festival has premiered 500 new pieces of work written by people of all ages and backgrounds from around the world. So If you have an idea or something to say, why not write a play?
Deadline for submissions for GI60 2009 is midnight May 15th.
• Plays must last no longer than 60 seconds
• All work must be totally original and the author's own work
• All submissions must be sent by email and must include your name, address and location before the title of your work:
• Individuals may submit as many one minute plays as they wish (one submission per email).
• Entries from schools must include the name of the school and a teachers contact details in addition to the name of the author.
• All submissions must be emailed to: screammedia@yahoo.com
Terms and conditions:
• Copyright remains with the author
• Plays will be made available for download on Youtube after the event
• Plays will only be performed as part of 'Gone in 60 Seconds'
• Plays lasting longer than 60 seconds will not be considered
• The organisers reserve the right to choose the venue for performance
• The organisers may use individual plays to promote the GI60 festival for a period of one year after the festival
• All successful authors will be contacted prior to the event to confirm their acceptance as participants
• There is no submission fee or payment for selected plays
• The organisers reserve the right to cut scripts where necessary
Gi60 is nothing without the imagination, skills and enthusiasm of our writers and for this we thank you.
With best regards
Steve & Rose.
VIDEO: see the full show at:
http://video-2.leedsmet.ac.uk/Asx/?mswmext=.asx&id=1328%7C4o%7CoojVKpya*
PICTURES: See a selection of images from the show at:
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/the_news/slideshow/images/08/080612harrogateoneminuteplays_.htm
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BBC Radio Leeds interview with Steve Ansell, 2008.
Gi60 2008 US press coverage:
Gi60 2008 UK press coverage:
To read the full article go to:
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/theatre/Blink-and-you-might-miss.4092581.jp