SLAM Theatre

SLAM is a live theatre game where playwrights face off in a 5-minute battle-of-the-plays. Playwrights show new work within a timed setting and are judged by industry professionals and their peers. The winner's prize: a free evening in the Tank’s theatre space. The competition is four weeks long--three weeks of round one and a final week for round two. See The Rules section for more information on how to play. Week 5 will showcase the winner of the previous month's SLAM Champion. SLAM takes place on Sundays at 7 pm, downstairs at the Tank Theatre, 354 West 45th St. at 9th Ave. Weeks 1-4 are $5 (no one turned away). Week 5, The reading in the space is FREE to attend. Check back to find out when our next season of SLAM begins! join our mailing list * indicates required Email Address * First Name Last Name Have you attended SLAM Theatre before? Yes, as an audience member yes, as a judge yes, as a playwright yes, as an actor yes, as a playwright and actor yes, as a judge, playwright, and actor yes, as a judge and actor yes, as a judge and playwright no I am a (select all that apply) Playwright Actor Director Theatre professional Theatre student Theatre Lover Something else Email Format html text mobile Close try { var jqueryLoaded=jQuery; jqueryLoaded=true; } catch(err) { var jqueryLoaded=false; } if (!jqueryLoaded) { var head= document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; var script= document.createElement('script'); script.type= 'text/javascript'; script.src= 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js'; head.appendChild(script); } var fnames = new Array();var ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[2]='LNAME';ftypes[2]='text';fnames[4]='MMERGE4';ftypes[4]='dropdown';var err_style = ''; try{ err_style = mc_custom_error_style; } catch(e){ err_style = 'margin: 1em 0 0 0; padding: 1em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background: FFEEEE none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-weight: bold; float: left; z-index: 1; width: 80%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: FF0000;'; } var head= document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; var style= document.createElement('style'); style.type= 'text/css'; if (style.styleSheet) { style.styleSheet.cssText = '.mce_inline_error {' + err_style + '}'; } else { style.appendChild(document.createTextNode('.mce_inline_error {' + err_style + '}')); } head.appendChild(style); $(document).ready( function($) { var options = { errorClass: 'mce_inline_error', errorElement: 'div', onkeyup: function(){}, onfocusout:function(){}, onblur:function(){} }; var mce_validator = $("#mc-embedded-subscribe-form").validate(options); options = { url: 'http://tumblr.us2.list-manage2.com/subscribe/post-json?u=98e3dfec28e7c3fe6e889ba16&id=4d5c1b385a&c=?', type: 'GET', dataType: 'json', contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", beforeSubmit: function(){ $('#mce_tmp_error_msg').remove(); $('.datefield','#mc_embed_signup').each( function(){ var txt = 'filled'; var fields = new Array(); var i = 0; $(':text', this).each( function(){ fields[i] = this; i++; }); $(':hidden', this).each( function(){ if ( fields[0].value=='MM' && fields[1].value=='DD' && fields[2].value=='YYYY' ){ this.value = ''; } else if ( fields[0].value=='' && fields[1].value=='' && fields[2].value=='' ){ this.value = ''; } else { this.value = fields[0].value+'/'+fields[1].value+'/'+fields[2].value; } }); }); return mce_validator.form(); }, success: mce_success_cb }; $('#mc-embedded-subscribe-form').ajaxForm(options); }); function mce_success_cb(resp){ $('#mce-success-response').hide(); $('#mce-error-response').hide(); if (resp.result=="success"){ $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show(); $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(resp.msg); $('#mc-embedded-subscribe-form').each(function(){ this.reset(); }); } else { var index = -1; var msg; try { var parts = resp.msg.split(' - ',2); if (parts[1]==undefined){ msg = resp.msg; } else { i = parseInt(parts[0]); if (i.toString() == parts[0]){ index = parts[0]; msg = parts[1]; } else { index = -1; msg = resp.msg; } } } catch(e){ index = -1; msg = resp.msg; } try{ if (index== -1){ $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show(); $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg); } else { err_id = 'mce_tmp_error_msg'; html = '

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[thetanknyc]

[slamtheatre]

thetanknyc:

Check out this behind the scene footage - interviews with the cast and crew.  All totally crush worthy… it’s got us thinking, ‘WE love Sam Stone!’

So proud to see how much this piece has grown!! Go check out the turn of "I Loved Sam Stone" at the Tank this weekend!

[slamtheatre]

[and-iquote-blog]

[cloverliff]

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.

James Dean (via thethinkablethinks)

[autumn-equin0x-blog]

You don’t want to work without being paid, but it’s better than not working at all.

Robert Cohen (via autumnharrison)

[slamtheatre]

TONIGHT!

Is your last chance to enter a play into the SLAM competition in May. We're taking the summer off so your next chance isn't until September... dont wait! Bring whatever you're working on, wherever it is in the process, and see actors cold-read your work on stage AND get feedback from judges!

You have nothing to lose and everything to gain--if you make it to the finals next week you could win an evening in the Tank's theatre space to produce your play, plus some cash to pay your actors. All the profit from SLAM in May goes towards co-producing the winning play (co producers being you+the Tank).

Don't delay, bring your play! More info on how SLAM works is on our tumblr homepage...along with an email-list sign up.

And if you're not a playwright, just come along and you can act or just watch the action.

See you tonight!

xoxo

Team SLAM

[fmedesmarais-deactivated2016122]

I need this theatre to tell me stories, and to tell them to me as it alone can tell them: as legends and yet looking me straight in the eye.

Hélène Cixous, 1986 (via freyadesmarais)

[alliehoule]

Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous.

Stella Adler (via alliehoule)

[teachingliteracy]

[slamtheatre]

fuckyeahbookarts:

Hahha brilliant!

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[slamtheatre]

The Tank, our home, is right off this corner. Love.

[typewritersandwhitelace-deactiv]

so, i'm

[slamtheatre]

typewritersandlacegloves:

writing a play. hopefully putting it on next year as an independent study (high school credits.) eeeeeeeep~

Congrats! You can do it!

[slamtheatre]

clicky to get the details! (go to our tumblr page to sign up for our mailing list and you'll get that message right to your in box!)

[lola-lolita]

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What If...Social Activism Could Inspire New Models of Theatre?

[slamtheatre]

black-candy:

What if performing plays related to politics and social justice, combined with dialogue in live discussions and social media, could reinvigorate a theatre’s connection to its community? Some theatremakers shy away from content that is “too political” or “controversial.” But perhaps this approach misses a key point: Our society is already engaged in political debate; exploring these issues via the arts might enhance and humanize discussion. Perhaps new models with new delivery systems could attract a new audience? Along with all the forms of social media available comes a new opportunity to generate dialogue and engage our communities. What if tackling tough issues in theatre, combined with providing multiple platforms for various responses and an open-minded approach to performance spaces, inspired more people to be part of the conversation and ultimately brought about community transformation? Could social activism and social media ensure a vital future for theatre?

http://tcg-2011.conferencespot.org/talks/16604

oh lawd, someone needs to give me $550 for this conference. really all i want to do is go to that breakout session because it is right up my alley. omg.

sounds amazing... hope you get to do it! It's in LA (Biltmore Hotel Corinthian Room, Thu Jun-16, 2:30 PM PDT- 4:00 PM PDT) and we're in NYC otherwise we'd be all over it! Anyone who goes--report back!? Fabulous lineup and noble goals. Two thumbs up.

[theartoffeary-blog]

[slamtheatre]

theartoffeary:

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being

~Oscar Wilde

<3 so true.

[nprfreshair]

Steve is wonderful to collaborate with and he thinks I am, because I say, ‘Go ahead, raid the dialogue.’ For example, the first line of Mr. Goldstone — ‘Have an egg roll, Mr. Goldstone — was taken from the dialogue. But he means really more than that. He is one of the few, too few, lyricists, who knows that each character speaks differently and sings differently. They have a different diction. So he waited, in the case of Gypsy, so I could write the characters. He would see how they would speak. That affected what lyrics he wrote for them.

Arthur Laurents, on working with Stephen Sondheim. Laurents died on Thursday at the age of 93. (via nprfreshair)

[broadwaybuzz-blog]

Lucille Lortel Award Nominees

[slamtheatre]

broadwaybuzz:

OUTSTANDING PLAY

In the Wake

Other Desert Cities

Peter and the Starcatcher

The Coward

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity

  OUTSTANDING MUSICAL

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

In Transit

The Burnt Part Boys

The Kid

We the People: America Rocks!

  OUTSTANDING SOLO SHOW

Mike Birbiglia’s My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend

Through the Night

  OUTSTANDING REVIVAL

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes 

The Collection & A Kind of Alaska

The Little Foxes

The Misanthrope

Three Sisters 

  OUTSTANDING ALTERNATIVE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE

Gatz

  OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR

John Collins, Gatz Anne Kauffman, This Wide Night Joe Mantello, Other Desert Cities Joe Mantello, The Other Place Leigh Silverman, In the Wake

  OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY

Tracy Bersley, The Witch of Edmonton Steven Hoggett, Peter and the Starcatcher Danny Mefford, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Annie-B Parson, Orlando Gail Pennington Crutchfield, Freckleface Strawberry

  OUTSTANDING LEADACTOR

Desmin Borges, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher André Braugher, The Whipping Man Michael Shannon, Mistakes Were Made Jeremy Strong, The Coward

  OUTSTANDINDG LEAD ACTRESS

Tracee Chimo, Bachelorette Edie Falco, This Wide Night Elizabeth Marvel, The Little Foxes Laurie Metcalf, The Other Place Michele Pawk, A Small Fire

  OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR

Michael Chernus, In the Wake Noah Galvin, The Burnt Part Boys David Patrick Kelly, When I Come to Die David Margulies, After the Revolution Thomas Sadoski, Other Desert Cities

  OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS

Laura Heisler, Kin Linda Lavin, Other Desert Cities Deirdre O’Connell, In the Wake Kristen Schaal, The Coward Lois Smith, After the Revolution

  OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGNER

Rachel Hauck, This Wide Night Anna Louizos, In Transit Jan Versweyveld, The Little Foxes Donyale Werle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher

  OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN 

Gabriel Berry, The Coward Jennifer Caprio, In Transit Cait O’Connor, The Witch of Edmonton Emily Rebholz, This Wide Night David Zinn, Other Desert Cities

  OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

Betsy Adams, When I Come to Die Mark Barton, Gatz Matt Frey, This Wide Night Jesse Klug, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Ben Stanton, The Whipping Man

  OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN

Mikhail Fiksel, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Fitz Patton, The Other Place Mic Pool, The 39 Steps Jon Weston, In Transit Ben Williams, Gatz

2011 Lucille Lortel Award Ceremony will be held tonight at 7 PM. For more info: