Excited about conference?  Head over to the 2012 LMDA Atlanta conference page to download the new conference brochure!  And remember....the early bird registration deadline is May 31st, so make sure you get signed up!

LMDA is proud to offer travel grants to Early Career Dramaturgs for the annual summer conference. LMDA will make cash awards up to $500 towards conference travel and housing. For more information about how to apply, go HERE.

Applications are due by Friday May 11.

Online submissions now being accepted for FULL LENGTH LATINO STAGE PLAYS

Guidelines & Application: repertorio.org/opportunities.

Time stamped Deadline:  Friday, June 1, 2012.

MISSION:

In 2000 MetLife Foundation and Repertorio Español joined forces to establishThe MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition in the hopes of discovering new American plays by established and emerging Latino playwrights writing about the many themes and topics relevant to the Hispanic communities across the United States, plays that may be under the radar in other venues.  It has been our privilege to promote and develop new plays, encourage bright new talent to continue writing plays by providing this forum.

For more information, including the application, go HERE

What topic would you most like to see addressed at this summer’s LMDA conference in Atlanta? Keeping in mind the conference theme (Going Local: Imagining Atlanta through Dramaturgy) and the co-organizers’ desire to foreground positive/generative discussions of race and class in dramaturgy (broadly defined), we invite you to send us your ideas for possible breakout sessions, using the following format:

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Twitter--use the hash-tag #lmda2012
Facebook--post to LMDA’s Facebook page
Listserv--reply to the Query (for details on how to join the discussion list, go here)

A few things to note, before you get started:

1) this is not a call for proposals—we’re not asking you to propose a session, and we’re not asking you to organize anything. Instead, this is a query to determine LMDA-wide interest. Thus,

2) only the topics/speakers with the most (articulated) interest will be chosen.