The Dirty Blondes to Present DEADLINE One-Day-Play Festival at Galapagos Art Space, 11/24

The Dirty Blondes announce their third one-day-play festival, DEADLINE on November 24, 2013 at renowned Galapagos Art Space. The Brooklyn-based company will bring together the best of New York's avant-garde playwrights, directors, and actors to work intensively on creating a night of original work over the course of only one day. The culminating performance will feature six original 10-minute plays centered on a newspaper headline from that day. Founding member and playwright Ashley Jacobson will create commercial interludes as a sneak peek into the development of her next work, The Tunnel Play. After-party immediately following the performance.

The mission of The Dirty Blondes is to develop beautiful and subversive new works of theater and foster a community of diverse artists dedicated to creativity and collaboration. This is the third one-day play festival for the group with previous events bringing in more than 1000 audience members, garnering a listing in The New York Times and as a Critic's Pick in The L Magazine. Currently in the application process, each participating artist will be chosen for their outstanding merit, eclectic resume and proven ability to create dynamic works that function outside conventional thought. Interdisciplinary and diverse artists are encouraged to apply. The final line?up for DEADLINE will be announced on November 18.

DEADLINE will focus on the writing and rehearsal process as an extremely fruitful, efficient development period where individual artists randomly come together to collaborate and create an unpredictable new play. The writing prompt will be pulled straight from the headlines - encouraging the artists to confront topical stories in a creative way. The goal is to encourage artists to produce their best work possible in a very short amount of time. The final result will be a performance based on raw emotion, first instincts, and uncensored creativity. The evening will be filled with drinks, spontaneous theater, and a jumping after-party.

For more information: http://thedirtyblondes.org/.

Galapagos Art Space is a 9,000 sq ft Obie Award winning cultural venue located in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Galapagos is about to become New York City's first LEED certified 'green' cultural venue. It has a 1,600 sq ft lake inside the building, with island seating on the lake, and the lake is surrounded by a beautiful, operatic style mezzanine. Galapagos Art Space is a brand catalyst, helping individuals and projects incubate their work through the critical Early Stages and launch themselves into global success. http://galapagosartspace.com/

The Dirty Blondes was founded with a mission to develop beautiful and subversive new works of theater by fostering a community of diverse artists dedicated to creativity and collaboration. Founded by Elizabeth Sarkday and Ashley Jacobson, The Dirty Blondes have presented sold-out works at The Secret Theater, The Bleecker Street Theater, and The Brick Theater. The American Play, a premiere work based on the famed novel, American Psycho, garnered top honors (Outstanding Production of a New Play) at the 2012 Planet Connections Theater Festivity, along with awards for Outstanding Lighting and Outstanding Direction. Productions by The Dirty Blondes have been declared "truly poetic" (AndrewAndrew) and "chilling, dark and bitingly funny", and "stunning from the first moment to the last,"(Karen Tortara-Lee, The Happiest Medium).

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