UBC Player's Club

The UBC Players’ Club and the Playwright-in-Residence presents:

Impromptu Playwriting Contest

When? Monday January 16th  1-2pm

Where: UBC SUB mainconcourse

The UBC Players’ Club will be holding their first Impromptu Playwriting Contest in January 2012. The contest is simple: you come in, sit down, we give you an envelope with a list of things you must include in your play and you write! Participants will have 60 minutes to write their masterpiece and then hand it in to the Players’ Club where it potentially can be awarded with a variety of prizes! You can even show up the day of and jump right into it—no experience necessary! The only catch is that you will be in the middle of the SUB where UBC students will get to observe the playwriting process. Bring your will and wits maybe you’ll discover you were destined to be a playwright…

Rules
Participants will have 60 minutes to write a play.

You will be given a pen, pad of paper and concealed lists of ideas that must be included in the play in some capacity (either mentioned in the dialogue or somehow play a role in the story).

There will be no laptops, phones or electronic devices permitted: only your wits and the page are allowed.

Once the 60 minutes is up, you will hand in your pieces to be looked at by a panel of judges. The judges will decide the winners and runners up and announce the winners at an award ceremony.

You can write a one-character play, a 15 character play, an epic in iambic pentameter or anything that’s in English and could be performed on stage.

Members: Free! Non-Members: JUST $2

Register by emailing your information to info@ubcplayersclub.com Hurry up! Spots are filling up fast!

Check our our facebook group for more details!

http://www.facebook.com/events/156696631097088/?ref=ts

Our Spring production is right around the corner! We will be producing Micheal Healey’s The Drawer Boy.

This beautiful piece of theatre tells the story of Morgan and Angus, childhood friends and war veterans who share a mysterious secret buried under a comfortable but hard working life on the land. Their routine is interrupted by the arrival of Miles, a young ambitious city actor who stays with them to research farming life for a play he is writing. What follows is an achingly funny battle between age and experience, youth and ideals, city and country life. This uplifting comedy will capture your heart. There is much more in the play than a history of Canadian drama, it’s about the power of and the human need for story-telling.

This production is directed by Mike Mackenzie with Jenna Newton as assistant director. Laurence Hollands plays the role of Morgan, Robert Sidley as Angus and Riley Mcllveen as Miles. The creative team includes UBC students Emily Hartig [Lighting], Nassreen Noorizadeh-Kollou [Set], Chris Pugh [Sound] and Jade Greaves [Graphics].

Dorothy Somerset Studio | 6361 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC | Feb 8-11 8pm| Feb 12 2pm| Tickets: members $5/Non-members $10|Please reserve tickets at thedrawerboy@ubcplayersclub.com | More info at www.ubcplayersclub.com

Call 778-870-0200 to reserve tickets and check out our event on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/159955967447363/

Hey Everyone!

It’s that stressful time of year again when classes are finishing, papers are almost done and exams are right around the corner.

The Players Club invites you to an afternoon of relaxing, forgetting about the chaos of classes and exams and enjoying yourself! Come out on December 2nd (the last day of classes, hooray!!) where we will be providing refreshments and snacks ( think warm coffee and tea), musical entertainment and an arts and crafts table at our Mad Hatter Tea event! We’re happy to announce that members of the UBC Jazz Cafe Club will be preforming at our event. Come and see their lovely talent and for those interested in joing the UBC Jazz Cafe Club, contact ubcjazzcafe@groups.facebook.com!
The location will be at the SUB, in the Partyroom so you can all mark your calendars! You don’t have to stay for the whole thing, you can drop in whenever you like!

As usual, this event is free for all members and only $3 for non-members so make sure to invite your friends!