wlpg newsletters

october 2012 newsletter - Pacific Shorts, Featured Playwrights and much more!

Editors — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:02:12 +0000

The 1st 'WLPG Shorts' program at the 2012 Kijimuna Festa in Okinawa

Thanks so much to everyone involved in the first ever WLPG Shorts program!!!

Pacific Shorts was a collaboration between WLPG, playwright/professor Toyoko Nishida, Kijimuna Festa, and ASSITEJ Japan to create original short plays addressing the festival's theme for 2012. The theme of the festival was "For Tomorrow - Theatre as 'Nuchigusui' for Children". The word 'Nuchigusui' means 'medicine for life' in the Okinawan language. In 2011, an unprecedented earthquake, tsunami, and an accident at a nuclear power station hit Japan. With that in mind, seven emerging playwrights from three countries were given the opportunity to write short plays inspired by this idea of 'Nuchigusui' – plays which will help heal children confronting troubles and give them a healthy vision, filled with optimism, for the future.

Read about the event and the plays submitted.

Check out the photo gallery of the event.

may 2012 newsletter - 1 year/400 members/53 countries

Editors — Tue, 29 May 2012 12:08:07 +0000

Hard to believe it’s been a year since our website and network were launched – the time has moved so quickly and so slowly. Many thanks to all of our members, all those who come visit our website, for all those who believe in the power of new plays for young audiences. Unexpected and wonderful connections keep happening – playwrights from one country who are produced and/or published in another. Let’s keep talking and writing, and spread the word to all your colleagues and friends in your city, your country, your region. This newsletter is jam-packed with reports on the New Visions/New Voices play development workshop/showcase, four featured playwrights, lots of articles and opportunities.

march 2012 newsletter - 350+ members!

Editors — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:18:43 +0000

350+ members!

As of March 2012 WLPG (Write Local. Play Global) had more than three hundred and fifty members in some forty-seven countries! Wow! We welcome recent members from countries such as Iceland, Russia, and Kenya.

We are also hard at work planning WLPG events in Australia and at the Kijimuna Festival in Okinawa. As these plans are finalized, we will (of course) let everyone know.

But meanwhile, many thanks for being part of the network, and for your commitment to the value of playwriting for young audiences. We look forward to knowing more about each of you, and the important work you're doing.

december 2011 newsletter - thanks for a fantastic year!

Editors — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:51:48 +0000

Thanks for a fantastic year!

Little did we know, when we started work on our website in April this year, that by the end of 2011 Write Local. Play Global would:

· have more than 300 members from 46 countries
· be the first-ever network member of ASSITEJ
· be planning WLPG activities on four continents

Of course it’s all due to you.

Thanks for joining, sending information, promoting the network and for your commitment to the value of playwriting for young audiences. We guarantee we’ll be back next year with the latest news, info and a few surprises.

october 2011 newsletter - 'yep, we’re official – in 50+ languages'

Editors — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:18:43 +0000

Yep, we’re official – in 50+ languages

It’s official. Playwrights for young audiences now have their own voice in ASSITEJ, the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People.

Write Local. Play Global. recently applied to be the first ASSITEJ network member – until now, only the ASSITEJ national centres in a country could be official members of the association. At the recent meeting of the ASSITEJ International Executive Committee in Makeevka, Ukraine the Executive Committee voted in favour of our application. This is part of a new strategy of ASSITEJ that recognizes how people network around the world. ASSITEJ now actively supports not only the vital national centres, but also ASSITEJ networks of like interests and regions.

So what does this mean?

Playwrights for young audiences can now take part in the official activities of ASSITEJ through WLPG. While there are ASSITEJ Centres in 80+ countries, a number of WLPG members are in countries that do not have national centres. Playwright delegates can attend the General Assembly at each Congress and take part in the debates, propose motions and vote. Through WLPG, playwrights around the world can now formulate their own ideas about policies and initiatives that can develop and support their work and advocate within ASSITEJ to make them happen.

september 2011 newsletter

Editors — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:41:19 +0000

Shameless self-promotion and finding information more easily
We’ve been tweaking the WLPG website, finding more ways for WLPG members to let us know what they’re doing:
• We are now listing theatres that develop new work in our organizations/events/resources database. Does your theatre have a commitment to developing new work? If so, let us know and we’ll post the information.
• We’ve just launched a What’s happening? blog on the site. Please send information on your region or your country. Feel free to even ‘shamelessly self-promote’ yourself, your company or your best friend. So long as it’s (vaguely) about Theatre for Young Audiences and isn’t offensive, go for it!

august 2011 newsletter

Editors — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:30:09 +0000

220 + Members, 30 + countries

Still less than three months old, we have grown to more than 220 members from over 30 countries. Take a look at our diverse Community to see playwrights, directors, producers, composers, arts managers, teaching artists and educators who create, support, develop, critique and view plays for young audiences around the world.

june 2011 newsletter

Editors — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:32:00 +0000

AN AMAZING TIME...

Playwrights for young audiences have let the world hear their unique voices in the last few months – at the ASSITEJ World Congress in Sweden and Denmark, and online at writelocalplayglobal.org.

The Playwright Slams at the Congress featured 31 playwrights from 20 countries in 15 languages. An amazing time... In the words of Australian Jim Lawson, “It is unlikely to hear so many writers from so many different countries in one place anywhere else. May there be many more slams ahead!” See below for the link to our coverage of the four Slams.

Online the network continues to grow and grow. Within in a few short months we have grown to 140 members from over 20 countries! We have over 50 listings for playwrights worldwide and have posted news about events and initiatives in five continents.