Calling All Playwrights, Poets, Performers and Composers!
Submissions are now open for Voices Found Repertory’s first New Works Festival!
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Our three-day virtual event will showcase never-before-produced short plays, scenes, poetry, and songs from all over the country, spotlighting Milwaukeean artists. So tune in, order in, and lean in with us as we come together and share the art that’s been getting us through an especially tough winter!
We need a variety of talented individuals to bring this festival together.
Playwrights, Poets, and Composers: We will be accepting submissions of new, original, unproduced plays, scenes, poems, and songs written after 2019. Plays must have a read time between 3-20 minutes. No maximum or minimum number of characters.
Our submission theme is: High Places.
Actors/ Readers: Anyone who would like to submit their name for consideration to act or read the new works please submit a headshot and resume, including any virtual productions you have participated in.
Deadlines:
Submissions due March 26
Actor applications due March 26
Festival dates: April 23, 24, 25 (up to 3 evenings, depending on volume of responses)
Please send any submissions or applications to voicesfoundrep@gmail.com for consideration.
We need a variety of talented individuals to bring this festival together.
Playwrights, Poets, and Composers: We will be accepting submissions of new, original, unproduced plays, scenes, poems, and songs written after 2019. Plays must have a read time between 3-20 minutes. No maximum or minimum number of characters.
Our submission theme is: High Places.
Actors/ Readers: Anyone who would like to submit their name for consideration to act or read the new works please submit a headshot and resume, including any virtual productions you have participated in.
Deadlines:
Submissions due March 26
Actor applications due March 26
Festival dates: April 23, 24, 25 (up to 3 evenings, depending on volume of responses)
Please send any submissions or applications to voicesfoundrep@gmail.com for consideration.
A Word from our Board of Directors
“Sometimes the very evils we want to fight in the world, the broken behaviors we blame on others, are also alive in us and in need of our attention, our kindness, our understanding, our healing. Sometimes what we long to see changed in the world is an inside job.” Elizabeth Lesser.
In the spirit of the new year, Voices Found Rep’s Board of Directors would like to share our collective resolutions toward making our theatre spaces safer and more equitable for artists to work and play together. We want to be true to our company name and give people who might otherwise go unheard a chance to find their voice.
The Board has been hard at work interviewing a variety of company members (actors, stage managers and directors) to ascertain how we can better serve our community, supporters, and beneficiaries. Based on this feedback, we are taking concrete steps to improve in the following areas: making our sexual harassment policy more accessible, continuing our no-tolerance policy regarding racial discrimination, clarifying channels of communication, promoting safety, and providing support to our team leaders. We have already begun to initiate changes based on the input we received, and in the spirit of transparency we would like to share some of those changes with you now.
The Board of Directors has been restructured and will include the following:
We profess and uphold a zero-tolerance sexual harassment policy and remain committed to the standards set by the claim we shared in July of 2020: Not in our House. “We commit to using our voices to support those brave enough to come forward and empower those that continue to do so.” Our sexual harassment policy is available to anyone who requests it, and will be included in onboarding materials for all actors and production team members.
Our safety guidelines have been updated to promote consistent channels for feedback and raise the standard of communication going forward. Additionally, we are making strides in overall organization, especially to expedite timelines of payment.
We will be offering opportunities for ongoing education and training, and resources for fostering inclusivity will be made available to our company leaders, especially our stage managers and directors. More information on this will be made accessible on our website and social media platforms at a later date.
Each year we are reminded of the beautiful generosity and support of the Milwaukee theatre community, and this year is certainly no exception. We apologize for any discomfort or unintentional harm caused as our company continues to grow and learn. We only ask for your continued patience as we navigate forward, and we will strive to remain open to your feedback.
We hope you’ll join us, armed with Maya Angelou’s words, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
As always, we are grateful to play and work with you.
From our family to yours, Happy New Year.
In the spirit of the new year, Voices Found Rep’s Board of Directors would like to share our collective resolutions toward making our theatre spaces safer and more equitable for artists to work and play together. We want to be true to our company name and give people who might otherwise go unheard a chance to find their voice.
The Board has been hard at work interviewing a variety of company members (actors, stage managers and directors) to ascertain how we can better serve our community, supporters, and beneficiaries. Based on this feedback, we are taking concrete steps to improve in the following areas: making our sexual harassment policy more accessible, continuing our no-tolerance policy regarding racial discrimination, clarifying channels of communication, promoting safety, and providing support to our team leaders. We have already begun to initiate changes based on the input we received, and in the spirit of transparency we would like to share some of those changes with you now.
The Board of Directors has been restructured and will include the following:
- Claire Tidwell (Chief Administrative Officer)
- Brittany Haut (Business Technician)
- Sarah Zapiain (Company Manager/ H.R. Manager)
- Alexis Furseth (Marketing Director)
- Andy Montano (Artistic Director)
- Jessica Trznadel (Fundraising Coordinator)
- Hannah Kubiak (Education and Hospitality Coordinator)
We profess and uphold a zero-tolerance sexual harassment policy and remain committed to the standards set by the claim we shared in July of 2020: Not in our House. “We commit to using our voices to support those brave enough to come forward and empower those that continue to do so.” Our sexual harassment policy is available to anyone who requests it, and will be included in onboarding materials for all actors and production team members.
Our safety guidelines have been updated to promote consistent channels for feedback and raise the standard of communication going forward. Additionally, we are making strides in overall organization, especially to expedite timelines of payment.
We will be offering opportunities for ongoing education and training, and resources for fostering inclusivity will be made available to our company leaders, especially our stage managers and directors. More information on this will be made accessible on our website and social media platforms at a later date.
Each year we are reminded of the beautiful generosity and support of the Milwaukee theatre community, and this year is certainly no exception. We apologize for any discomfort or unintentional harm caused as our company continues to grow and learn. We only ask for your continued patience as we navigate forward, and we will strive to remain open to your feedback.
We hope you’ll join us, armed with Maya Angelou’s words, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
As always, we are grateful to play and work with you.
From our family to yours, Happy New Year.
Coming Up Next from VFR
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Did you know? Voices Found hosts regular readings and events on our Twitch channel! Join us every month for our Theatre & Chill events. Our free readings are casual and laid back, but still help you get in your theatre fix. We'll see you soon!
Our February Theatre & Chill reading will be PYGMALION by George Bernard Shaw. |
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Voices Found Repertory is a team of resourceful problem solvers interested in passionate, empathetic stagings of Shakespeare's plays, and in producing new work with imagination and integrity. Our mission is to create theatre that unifies its audience; to develop a common artistic vocabulary and allow artists to work, learn, and play together; to establish and uphold an inclusive safe space for exploration, communication, and empathy.
"O, NEVER SAY THAT I WAS FALSE OF HEART."
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