_GAIA AND CUCHIPINOY ANNOUNCE THE THREE MUSES READING SERIES AND ARE NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS

Cuchipinoy Productions, in collaboration with _gaia, is proud to announce the THREE MUSES READING SERIES, a quarterly reading series that showcases the work of women playwrights. The first reading, named after the Muse Calliope, will be in June of this year and will be held at _gaia Studio in Hoboken, NJ.

_gaia and Cuchipinoy Productions are working in collaboration to provide a forum for the voice of women. We support the work of writers, directors, and actors from all ethnic backgrounds in promoting work for and about women. Our goal is to help performing artists raise awareness on issues which color the lives of women. Women should be seen and heard; their voices inspire, support, educate.

We are now accepting submissions to be considered for the series. Submissions received by May 23rd will be considered for the June reading. All other submissions will be considered for future readings.

Guidelines for Submission:

1. The work must examine issues concerning women and/or feature principal women characters.
2. At this time, we are only accepting plays written for the theatre (no screenplays, poetry, short stories, etc). Plays can be full length, one-act, or a collection of related one-acts. Shorter plays may be combined with plays from other playwrights to make up a full evening.
3. Playwright should preferably be from the New York Metro area or be willing to provide for her own travel/lodging expenses to attend the reading and rehearsals.
4. Selected works will be assigned a director and cast from our pool of talented actors. Generally, readings will be given 8-12 hours of rehearsal with the playwright present.
5. All submissions must include the playwright's bio or resume, a cover letter, and a copy of the full script. Submissions may be made by email or through the postal service. Email submissions must be in Microsoft Word or RTF format.

-- Send email submissions to: info@cuchipinoy.com with "Three Muses Reading Series" in the subject line.
-- Send postal mail submissions to: 
Jonathan Calindas
Cuchipinoy Productions
Three Muses Reading Series
244 Madison Ave. #277
New York, NY, 10016.  

For more information visit www.cuchipinoy.com. For any questions, email us at info@cuchipinoy.com.

Cuchipinoy is an exciting new theatre company dedicated to presenting plays that reflect the American multi-ethnic landscape and to providing opportunities to actors, writers and directors of all ethnicities. As a predominantly young company, we embrace new, innovative, and daring plays as well as groundbreaking interpretations of the classics. We welcome writers, directors, actors, and designers that push the boundaries of American theatre. We strive to create productions that will reflect the new, uncharted frightening, complex, and exciting world that we live in today. Visit www.cuchipinoy.com for the news of our latest exploits and to join our mailing list.

_gaia is a collective of women, for women, for the making of textiles, clothing, printmaking, painting, architecture, music, film, photography, science, the performing arts, writing, environmental, social and political activism. All things which color the lives of the women involved. We actively promote and support the work of local women artists while developing programming to reach out to and help emerging artists in need of studio space, facilities and resources. We are also developing an art education program to span all ages and genders. In our pursuit of awareness we also concentrate on activism, from the issues in the local community to global issues affecting the lives of women. Email info@gaiastudio.org for more information on _gaia, an environment for the creative process.

Questions? Email gwangung@u.washington.edu