ART plays around

The Avatar Repertory Theater held the first of its weekly playshop events this past Friday.  These regular Friday events, officially called “ART Plays Around,” start at 5 pm, Second Life time.  They are held at the Archon Theater on Cookie and are open to the public.  

The events will consist of performances by the talented company of ART players.  There will be readings of parts of plays being considered for performance by the troupe.  Some will be recognized plays like "Anthony and Cleopatra", "The Seagull", and "Lysistrata."  Others will be plays written by people in Second Life specifically for performance in Second Life, as described in a recent blog Playreading Workshops join Writers and Actors

In addition, there will be selections from plays, dramatic readings (prose or poetry), and comic performances.  In the future, we hope to capture some performances for the Voices of the Virtual Village project.  

The performances of March 13:

• The Interview, by Jack Lefebvre
• Trapped, by Rosie B. Cook
• My Last Duchess, by Robert Browning
• A Pass in the Night, by Kayden Oconnell
• The Dead Parrot Sketch, with our thanks to Monty Python
• Prisoner F, by Jack Lefebre
• The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes

Here is a group photo taken at the closing bow.  The entire ART player troupe is presented (with bios) here: Avatar Repertory Theater

Story quest -- Second Life event for writers

Friday, Mar 20, Long day’s journey into evening.
Goal:  help writers and storytellers to imagine, craft, and share stories
On Storybook Island, you find five story trails: Murder Mystery, Romance,  Fantasy,  Sci Fi,  Creative Non-fiction.
Writer: you choose your trail (genre).  You follow your trail...

Along each trail will be a series of Enchanted Books.  The books provide information to include in the story and clues that lead to other points on the trail as well.  Your Quest will lead you across multiple venues in Second Life.  Your destination will be Karuna (the new HIV/AIDS sim) where participants can sit in scenic surroundings to write, submit their stories, and/or get help from writing coaches.
Prizes will be given and the best stories will be published by inworld publications.   More details here:
The Virtual Worlds Story Project
Also see blog by Jenaia Morane here:
Days of our Second Lives 

London Poetry prize competion -- Jilly Kidd

"The Written Word has a prize competition for the best poem on the theme of London, to arrive by Easter (April 12th). You have a choice of prizes. Either a signed copy of my poetry collection 'Never-Never Land' which I have just held in my hands for the first time, or a cash prize of L$5,000 to spend as you please. I won't be offended if you choose the spondoolicks, as we say in London.
The poem must be your own original work, on the theme of London somehow, and no line limit but don't make it a whole book! When you have your poem ready, pop it on a notecard into my in-tray on the desk in the Meet an Author Bookmarket or in the office near the Waterstage. Put your name at the end of the poem. Good luck!"

More information at Jilly’s blog.