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Conference Concludes! 

LMDA finished a great 2012 conference on July 1st!  Special thanks to Jane Barnette, Celise Kalke, The Alliance Theatre, Kennesaw State University and the entire conference planning team for pulling off a fantastic event.

Missed out this year?  You can check out what people were saying/doing on Twitter by searching #LMDA12.

2012 ECD Travel Grant Recipients 

The Literary Managers and Dramatrugs of the Americas is pleased to announce the recipients of the 7th Annual Early Career Dramaturg Conference Travel Grant.  Winners were selected by a committee made up of LMDA board members, including Janine Sobeck, Beth Blickers, Debra Cardona, LaRonika Thomas and Stephen Colella.

Congratulations go to:

Morgan Goldstein (Boston)

Andre Alexander Lancaster (NYC)

Alex Leidy (Washington DC)

Lia Munro (Toronto)

Rachel Steinberg (Toronto)

and

Early Bird Registration for Atlanta Conference Ends June 4! 

There are just a few days left to take advantage of the Early Bird Registration for the 2012 LMDA Conference in Atlanta!  Don't miss out on the opportunity to meet and engage with your fellow LMDAers!  Click here to register now!

Conference Brochure Now Available 

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 Receives NEA Art Works Grant 

Submitted by JanineSobeck on May 4, 2012 - 6:53pm

The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Receives NEA Art Works Grant to Support Annual Conference

Grant part of NEA announcement of 788 Art Works grants and

$24.81 million in funding nationwide

[New York, NY]— National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced April 25, 2012 that the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) is one of 788 not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. LMDA is recommended for a $10,000 grant to support their annual conference, held this year in Atlanta, GA. The 788 Art Works grants total $24.81 million and support the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts.

Apply For an ECD Conference Travel Grant! 

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.

Upcoming Deadline: Dramaturgy Debut Panel 

The Dramaturgy Focus Group for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) sponsors a competitive DEBUT PANEL to showcase outstanding and innovative work by emerging dramaturgs in educational and professional theatre. If you are a graduate student, intern, or new professional dramaturg and have provided dramaturgy for a production or event during the past three years, you are eligible to apply. This panel is adjudicated by both academic and professional theatre dramaturgs in the Americas.

The deadline for 2012 is April 10.  Submission guidelines can be found HERE

Nominations Open for Elliott Hayes Award 

Submitted by Danielle on March 26, 2012 - 12:36pm

The LMDA Prize in Dramaturgy recognizes excellence in dramaturgical work on a specific project. The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2012. Named in honor of Elliott Hayes, the former dramaturg and literary manager at The Stratford Festival, the prize is awarded in recognition of contributions by dramaturgs to the conception, development and production of theatre or to educational projects in dramaturgy. 

For more information and for application materials, click here.

Photo credit:  Tanya Tanya by Olga Mukhina.  Adapted by Kate Moira Ryan.  Towson University December 2009. Part of the New Russian Drama Project spearheaded by 2010 Elliott Hayes Award winner Robyn Quick.

Emerging Dramaturgs: A Significant Opportunity to Spotlight Your Work 

Submitted by csorelle on March 15, 2012 - 6:06pm

If you are an emerging dramaturg or witnessed a noteworthy dramaturgical project by an emerging dramaturg in the last few seasons, please consider this opportunity for our early-career LMDA members.  The ASSOCIATION FOR THEATRE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (ATHE) sponsors the annual DEBUT PANEL COMPETITION.  The Dramaturgy Focus Group is pleased to offer this opportunity for dramaturgs from any nation to submit their work for possible acceptance and presentation at the  AUGUST 2-5, 2012, Washington, DC, conference.  APPLICATIONS may be submitted online and the deadline approaches:  APRIL 10, 2012.  ATHE Dramaturgy Focus Group leadership offers a significant level of career support in the form of advice, networking and possible publication opportunity for our debut panelists.  Please spread the word!  For information about the application process, contact Debut Panel Chair Cindy SoRelle (Cynthia.SoRelle@gmail.com).  Conference information: www.athe.org

Call for Submissions: Pure Research Toronto 2012 

In association with the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto 

Research Period: October 15-20, 2012 

Application Deadline: May 1, 2012, 5pm (EST)

There are few places in Canada where in-depth theatrical research can be explored without the pressure of developing or performing a new work.  Nightswimming's unique Pure Research program provides space, money and resources to artists who are pursuing provocative theatrical questions.

 
 
 
 
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