Anna Walker installs her work for the Sans Merci Gallery (November 2008)

Window Galleries

The Bloomington Playwrights Project seeks artists to create "mini¬galleries" in its window box at the theatre on 9th Street. Selected artists will receive a small materials stipend. Each installation will be up for four weeks before and during the run of each of the Mainstage shows in the season. This opportunity will provide a public art space within the Bloomington Entertainment & Arts District, showcase the work of local artists and further enhance the building's image.

GUIDELINES:

• Installations must incorporate the name of the play.

• Proposals should include a description of the proposed display emphasizing how it relates to the themes of the specific show and two to three examples of past works (JPG or PDF), emailed to Managing Director Gabe Gloden at bppwrite@newplays.org.

• Scripts for some of the plays are available to read upon request.

DEADLINE to Submit Proposals: Four weeks prior to the opening of each show.

Cadillac by Bill Jepsen

Themes: Sales, Ethics/Morality, Capitalism, Cars

Description: Howard Austin treats every customer at Lindy Motors like they're special-not at all the stereotypical used car salesman. But as the hours tick away on the last selling day of the month, those principles are challenged and he must choose between his own career and a customer's life-long dream. Debates of ethics and morality erupt in the most unlikely of places: a used car lot.

Installation: January 11 - 23, 2010

Display Dates: January 24 - February 13, 2010

80s Shorts

Themes: Ronald Reagan, Michael Jackson, Rubik's Cubes, etc.

Description: We commissioned some of our favorite playwrights to pen short plays taking place the 1980s, the BPP's first decade.

Installation: March 12 - 26, 2010

Display Dates: March 27 - April 10, 2010

BloomingPlays Festival

Themes: Growth/Development, Theatre, Celebration

Description: The BPP concludes its 30th Anniversary Season with a celebration of new Hoosier plays. Each began as a seedling script, undergoing extensive revision and workshopping as part of the BloomingPlays Development Series here at the BPP, blossoming into these fully-formed works on our Mainstage theatre.

Installation: April 30 - May 7, 2010

Display Dates: May 8 - 29, 2010

Contact:

Gabe Gloden
Managing Director
bppwrite@newplays.org

812.334.1188

Funding for the 09/10 Window Galleries comes, in part, from the Bloomington Community Arts Commission