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ArtAge Publications
Newsletter
April, 2019
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Bonnie's Column:
Technology comes to Senior Theatre
Seniors love their electronic gadgets. They cruise
the internet with abandon, share connections on Facebook, and Skype
with grandchildren. But, I’ve been wondering how have older adults
adapted technology to Senior Theatre? How are they taking
advantage of it to build and market their Senior Theatre
companies? How is it used in rehearsal and performance?
To answer these questions, we’ve created a Technology and Senior
Theatre Survey so we can better understand how you're implementing
it in your creative work. Your responses will guide us as we help
you utilize it more efficiently.
This month, we feature plays that focus on Technology. You’ll find
characters frustrated with tech support, ones who have sent
e-blasts to the wrong people with terrible and fun consequences,
along with others who have fallen under the telemarketer’s spell.
Actors and audience members relate and laugh out loud!
If you’d like to read more about how older adults are including
technology in their lives, turn to this excellent article, Tech Adoption Climbs Among Older Adults.
Again, thanks for helping us with the survey!
Best in theatre,
Bonnie L. Vorenberg
ArtAge Publication's President
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Technology and Senior Theatre Survey 
We want to hear about how you use technology in your Senior
Theatre. What do you like? What do you dislike? What do you want to
know about technology? Tell us in this survey. We
look forward to reading your responses!
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Plays About Technology
Check out these humorous and engaging plays about the
adventures and misadventures of using technology! Perform them
separately or together to create a longer production. E-scripts on sale until
April 28!
Undo
10 minute comedy
1 man, 2 women
Liz and Marjorie spark a community scandal when they accidentally
hit send on a provocative email, blasting it out to the entire Wine
Wednesday chat group.
For…Press Or Say…
12 minute comedy
1 man, 2 women
Those automatic phone services! They don’t seem to understand what
you say and they have too many choices. But David’s wife knows
how to get past all of those annoying menus.
Betta Daze
60 minute comedy
1 man, 2 women
Michelle is a technologically challenged senior in a retirement
community. Betta is her virtual computerized assistant. How can
they learn how to work together?
Hi Tech
17 minute comedy
1 man, 1 woman (who plays 7 different voices) plus an off stage
voice
A man trying to get his television to work calls Tomorrow’s
Electronics and receives the usual, but unusual, telephone
merry-go-round from the female operators!
Tech
Support
15 minute comedy
2 women or 2 men or 2 either
An older person calls tech support to get their new computer
and printer working. On the other end of the line,
somewhere in Calcutta, India, tech support is
anything but helpful!
Home
Shopping Hijinks
15 minute comedy
1 man, 2 women
Aunt Boo needs help with housework so she succumbs to a
telemarketer’s charm and orders a robot. Instead of
a mechanical robot, Aunt Boo gets a handsome hunk
dressed in aluminum foil!
For more Plays on a Theme, visit our website.
Save $5 on
e-scripts of the above shows until April 28th!
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Send in Your Plays
Every two years we hold a reading season to
pick plays for the next catalog. Now is the time for us to
select new plays, books, and materials for our 2020-2021
catalog. Our goal is to meet the needs of older performers, from
amateur to professional, so the catalog has something for everyone,
from short and easy sketches to 3-act musicals.
What to
submit: The Senior Theatre collection features
plays and musicals of all lengths, but short shows which run up to
20 minutes are the most popular. Directors look for comedies with
mainly female casts that require few technical elements and ones
that can be staged as readers theatre. Successfully performed shows
have senior casts with up-to-date, feisty characters in modern and
relatable situations. Well-written roles should challenge
performers, yet be fun to stage.
Before you send material, please review our catalog and read Writing Plays for Senior Theatre. Check
out the Writers' Guidelines to learn more
about our submission guidelines and where to send your
hard copy materials. Deadline:
July 15, 2019
Learn more
by attending the Playwright's
Information Session. This phone session will help
you discover how to craft shows that directors and actors will use.
Attend on Wednesday, May 8 at 2:30PM Pacific Time. It's easy and
only costs $15. Call in at the scheduled time and join a
stimulating discussion about plays for Senior Theatre. Don't worry
if you can't be present; we can send a link of a recording after
the session. Click here to sign up for the
Information Session.
We look forward to reading your work!
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Attend AACTFest
June 18-22
AACTFest 2019, America’s National Community Theatre Festival, is
coming to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania this June. This special
conference brings together twelve winning productions that have
received top honors in state and regional festivals. They will be
performed in the lovely and historic Majestic Theater along with
six youth theatre shows from across the country. There's a lot of
learning available at the event. You can attend theatre management
and youth theatre conferences plus educational workshops, vendor
displays, design and monologue competitions. The schedule is
rounded out with social events, networking opportunities, and the
always-fun awards presentation.
The 2019 Workshops explore a variety of topics such as diversity in
casting, how to involve seniors in theatre, and many other
artistic, education, management, marketing, and technical theatre
areas of interest.
Mark your calendar and attend this great celebration of American
community theatre!
Click here for more information and to
register.
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