HOUSE is a two-phase project currently in progress.
In the first stage, it will be an anthology to be published
and made available to the public in early 2007. In
the second stage it will be a live performance. Although
some submissions will overlap, some submissions will
only be accepted for the HOUSE anthology, and some
submissions will only be accepted for the HOUSE live
performance. Thus, the live performance and the anthology
will not be identical.
The anthology and the live performance challenge authors
to consider the question “what is a house?” but
from two slightly different angles:
1. The anthology challenges authors to write a
strong narrative piece (fiction or non-fiction) set
in a particular room in a house, or revolving around
the concept of a house, with at least one strong
central character of a particular age. Setting and
age are essential in the story because, as a house
contains different rooms, so does a life contain
different stages. There is no limit to the length
of the submitted piece. The project is organic, with
the editor influencing the final editing so that
the various pieces form a whole. The aim is that
when a reader has finished the anthology, he/she
will have the impression that they have read one
connecting narrative, even though the characters
and the settings have changed.
2. The live performance piece must take place in
one room of a house. The room must have some relevance
to the piece of writing. The character (s) must be
of a particular age, and their age, and the problem
or challenge that they face, must be relevant to
what is going on in the piece. (i.e. - we all face
different challenges at different ages of our life
or handle stages differently as to houses. Houses
and their various rooms are witness to the lives
of people. ) HOUSE is broken up into 9 performances
of approximately 5 minutes duration apiece. Each
performance represents a stage of life. The performances
in the first half of HOUSE represent the ages 10,
20, 30, 40, and 50. The performances of the second
half of HOUSE represent the ages 60, 70, 80, and
90.
3. All other aspects of the HOUSE project will remain
secret until the anthology is released and the live
performance is in preparation.
4. For the second phase of HOUSE, we are looking
for:
- Actors and actresses interested in performing
the various pieces
- Artists interested in interpreting the various
rooms
If you are an artist, set designer, or performer interested
in working on HOUSE, please register on our web site,
make a request for the full details of the HOUSE project,
and we will send you the project proposal. |
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I am a house
Built upon stone.
An ark in a sea
Of humanity.
Blood bone and skin and,
Mostly my mind,
Form the in-sides and outs of
The fortress of me.
I am a house.
Furnished with thoughts,
I burn with the fuel
Of creation.
I am a home
To the ones whom I love.
A shelter. A roof.
A foundation. |
