[spectre] University of California Announces 2nd STAGE Script Competition

[Professional Artists Lab-UCSB]

Dear NETTIME and SPECTRE,

Thank you for helping us to spread the word about the STAGE International
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With appreciation,
The STAGE Script Competition Staff
University of California, Santa Barbara


ANNOUNCEMENT:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCES 2nd INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WITH
$10,000 PRIZE FOR PLAYS ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Website:  www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage    E-mail:  stage at cnsi.ucsb.edu

The Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute at the
University of California, Santa Barbara continue their collaboration with
the second STAGE International Script Competition, open to plays about
science and technology.

The winning script in the Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating
Exploration (STAGE) competition will receive $10,000 USD; a staged reading
with a cast of professional actors and simultaneous participation in an
awards event with distinguished professionals from the worlds of theatre,
film, science and technology; and the opportunity to go through the
Professional Artists Lab's development process, which includes access to
advice and guidance from professional theatre and film artists as well as
experts in the fields of science, engineering and technology.

Scripts will be judged by an esteemed panel of jurors from both the arts and
sciences. Previous judges included Nobel Laureates David Gross (2004
Physics) and Alan Heeger (2000 Chemistry); playwright and MacArthur Fellow
Luis Alfaro; award-winning theatre, film and television director Arvin
Brown; Dr. Polly Carl, Producing Artistic Director of the Minneapolis
Playwrights' Center; Professional Artists Lab Playwright-in-Residence
Barbara Lebow; and Eduardo Machado, award-winning playwright and Artistic
Director of New York's INTAR Theatre.

Submitted plays must explore scientific and/or technological stories,
themes, issues or events. (The competition is not open to plays written in
the genre of science fiction.) Plays and theatre pieces incorporating
multi-media are encouraged. Material presented in a new form or not entirely
script-based is also eligible. Entries must be postmarked by January 15,
2007. The winning play will be announced on June 15, 2007.

For details about the competition and submission guidelines, visit
www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage. For questions or additional information, please
e-mail stage at cnsi.ucsb.edu.

STAGE endeavors to:

-  foster new and imaginative voices and methods of storytelling.
-  catalyze the development of art that depicts the technological age in
which we live.
-  cultivate appreciation and collaboration between the two cultures of
science and art.
-  promote understanding of the sciences in the public arena.
-  accomplish all of the above within an international community.

The Professional Artists Lab (www.proartslab.ucsb.edu) is a dynamic artistic
laboratory in the Department of Film Studies and the Media Arts and
Technology Program at UCSB, in which professional actors, directors, writers
and producers create and develop new works in film, theatre, television,
radio and multi-media performance.

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) (www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage), one
of the prestigious California Institutes for Science Innovation, focuses on
dramatic breakthroughs in materials, devices and resulting technologies,
made possible by controlling form and function at the nanoscale. These
breakthroughs are being accomplished through the integration of many science
and engineering disciplines, and will have broad applications for innovation
in communication, biomedical, energy and environmental technologies.

The Professional Artists Lab and CNSI plan to launch many other
collaborations, including STAGE 2, a similar competition for screenplays
about science and technology.

A poster for the Competition is available at:
http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage/about/stage_poster_2006.pdf or will be mailed
to you upon your request.

Information about the winners of the first round of the STAGE Competition
may be found at: 
http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=1480.


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STAGE Script Competition
Professional Artists Lab
CNSI - MC 6105
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6105
E-mail: stage at cnsi.ucsb.edu
URL: www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage
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