[Reader-list] UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR PLAY WRITES

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Please forward the announcement below to any writers, artists, scientists,
etc. who may find it of interest.

And please excuse the impersonal nature of this e-mail!

With best wishes,
Nancy Kawalek


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Nancy Kawalek
Studio Professor
Director, Professional Artists Lab
Department of Film Studies
Media Arts & Technology
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-4010
Phone: (805) 893-7244
Fax: (801) 383-3860
E-mail: kawalek at filmstudies.ucsb.edu
URL: www.proartslab.ucsb.edu

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR PLAYS ABOUT
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WITH $10,000 PRIZE

The Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute at the
University of California, Santa Barbara announce a collaborative effort, the
first International STAGE Script Competition, open to plays about science
and technology.

The winning script in the Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating
Exploration (STAGE) competition will receive $10,000 USD; a staged reading
with a cast of professional actors and simultaneous participation in an
awards event with distinguished professionals from the worlds of theatre,
film, science and technology; and the opportunity to go through the
Professional Artists Lab's development process, which includes access to
advice and guidance from professional theatre and film artists as well as
experts in the fields of science, engineering and technology.

Scripts will be judged by an esteemed panel of jurors from both the arts and
sciences. Thus far, the judges include two Nobel Laureates:  Dr. David Gross
(Physics, 2004) and Dr. Alan Heeger (Chemistry, 2000). Additional judges to
be announced shortly.

Submitted plays must explore scientific and/or technological stories,
themes, issues or events. (The competition is not open to plays written in
the genre of science fiction.) Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 15. The
winning play will be announced on June 15, 2006. For details about the
competition and submission guidelines, visit
http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage/.

STAGE endeavors to:

- catalyze the development of art that depicts the technological age in
which we live
- foster new and imaginative voices and methods of storytelling
- cultivate appreciation and collaboration between the two cultures of
science and art
- promote understanding of the sciences in the public arena
- accomplish all of the above within an international community

The Professional Artists Lab (www.proartslab.ucsb.edu) is a dynamic artistic
laboratory in the Department of Film Studies and the Media Arts and
Technology Program at UCSB, in which professional actors, directors, writers
and producers create and develop new works in film, theatre, television,
radio and multi-media performance.

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) (www.cnsi.ucsb.edu), one of the
prestigious California Institutes for Science and Innovation, focuses on
dramatic breakthroughs in materials, devices and resulting technologies,
made possible by controlling form and function at the nanoscale. These
breakthroughs are being accomplished through the integration of many science
and engineering disciplines, and will have broad applications for innovation
in communication, biomedical, energy and environmental technologies.

The Professional Artists Lab and CNSI plan to launch many other
collaborations, including STAGE 2, a similar competition for screenplays
about science and technology.







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