PROPOSALS SOUGHT FOR BI-CO STUDENT THEATER FESTIVAL

Director of Theater Mark Lord has announced a call for proposals for the "Second Occasional Bi-College Student Theater Festival." The festival, to take place next semester, gives students an opportunity to pursue their performance ideas with assistance — in the form of space, funding, publicity, technical support and as much or little guidance as students want — from the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Theater Program.

Proposals are due Monday, Nov. 28, when the classes resume after Thanksgiving Break. A committee will choose "a set of projects that we think we can handle and that will be a good mix of opportunities" by the last day of classes, Lord says.

All Bi-College students are eligible to submit proposals, either as individuals or in groups. "Because we want to be able to support several projects, we will be somewhat predisposed in favor of shorter pieces," Lord says, but there are, aside from the time constraint, very few limitations on what will be considered. "If there's an aesthetic idea that's driving the festival, it's that there are lots of kinds of theater and performance that people in our communities are interested in … and we want to share and support them."

Proposals should include as much information as possible about the projects put forward, but a submissionl that puts forward an intriguing idea need not have every detail worked out, Lord says. Once projects are chosen, the Theater Program will help student directors with the logistics of bringing their ideas to life; Lord can even offer advice on putting together the proposal. For more information, see the Theater Program's Web page or e-mail Lord.

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