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WordWave 2016 or Death at Lake Tahoe

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WordWave_CGSo, why do we tell stories? Is it to entertain? To pass on wisdom? To contemplate life? I think it’s all those things. Stories help us to understand our place in the Universe. Stories give us context. They help us navigate life. If you don’t think story is important try and imagine a world without story. It doesn’t exist.

And so, I’m excited to announce that one of my stories, Death and the Psychiatrist, is going to be part of the 2016 WordWave Festival.

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SAIT 100: 1916 – 2016

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Heritage Hall SAIT, January 1986

Heritage Hall SAIT, January 1986

So, this weekend the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology is celebrating its 100th Anniversary.

And on October 16th SAIT is throwing a big birthday bash with live entertainment, family activities, and a spectacular fireworks finale. And everyone’s invited! To find out more about SAIT’s first one hundred years and this weekend’s birthday celebrations just follow this link: SAIT100. [Read more…]

Five Playwriting Opportunities & Pumpkins

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You know I don’t get why playwriting festivals ask for blind submissions when they don’t accept braille as a submission format.

Bad joke? Yes. Of course that doesn’t mean I don’t have a few thoughts about festivals and their submission requirements.

But before I get to those here is the list of the playwriting festivals and opportunities I have included in this week’s blog:

  1. Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum: Botanicum Seedlings – A Development Series for Playwrights
  2. Tree City Playhouse: 10-Minute Play Competition
  3. Sanguine Theatre Company: Project Playwright Festival
  4. id Theater: Seven Devils Playwrights Conference
  5. Ruby Slippers Theatre, the Vancouver Fringe Festival and Equity in Theatre present: Advance Theatre: New Works by Diverse Women

Further details and links to each festival can be found by scrolling down. In the meantime here are some of my thoughts about entry fees and having to submit never produced work.

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The 2016 Port Elgin Pumpkin Fest Giant Vegetable Weigh-Off Competition!

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