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FRANK SILVERA WRITERS' WORKSHOP IS AT IT AGAIN IN FY 2008 THE NEXT SCHEDULED MONDAY READING/CRITIQUE OF A PLAY: PLEASE NOTE: Due to the Spring Break and a scheduling conflict at the Harlem School of the Arts, the Workshop will not present its Monday night Reading/Critique Series on May 5, 2008. The Workshop will return to present its Monday night Reading/Critique Series of a new Play, to be announced, Written by M. Younger Roberts, Monday, May 12, 2008, 6:30pm Hosted by the Harlem School of the Arts, 645 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10030 (Between West 141st Street & West 145th Street - A, B, C or D Train to West 145th Street). For further information regarding the FSWW's May Reading/Critique schedule, please view the Workshop’s Website://www.fsww.org (Free to the Arts & the public community) Please view the Calendar on the Workshop’s website for any and all updates and confirmations of schedule changes. For
further information contact: Garland LeeThompson, Founder/Exec.
Dir. (212) 281-8832, Email:
playrite@earthlink.net, THE FSWW'S CURRENT ATTRACTIONS IN MAY, 2008 AT THE 13TH ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: THEATER
FOR THE NEW CITY AGAIN INVITES THE FRANK SILVERA WRITERS’
WORKSHOP A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF A NEW PLAY, "SPIRIT SISTERS” (Synopsis: Two mysterious (Spirits) “sisters” from a women's past force her to hear these “voices” and remember long buried memories of her tragic childhood, that is driving her mad.) Written by DIANE DEVEAUX MEMORIAL WEEKEND, THE DATE & TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED. LOCATION: THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, 155
FIRST AVENUE (Funded in part through the New York State Council on the Arts, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Carnegie Corporation of New York & private contributions)
HarlemLive Internet Youth Magazine will proudly host The Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop's Thirty fifth Anniversary of its Larry Neal Memorial Playwrights' Seminar Series Please Note: The Workshop's Larry Neal Memorial Playwrights' Seminar Series will return in the Spring term on Saturdays, 3-5pm, at Teachers College/Columbia Univ., 525 W. 120th St. (Bet. Broadway & Amsterdam Ave.), Room 157, Thorndike Hall (Playwrights, actors & directors are welcome to attend also.). Take the #1 Train to West 116th St. and walk north of the main campus to West 120th St., between Bway & Amsterdam Ave.) Visit our website: www.fsww.org and click on Calendar For further information, call the FSWW at (212) 281-8832, FSWW's Mailing Address: P. O. Box 1791, Manhattanville Station, New York, NY 10027 Email: playrite@earthlink.net
to pay tribute to the History of BLACK THEATRE In New York &The National Black Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame and Museum.THE 2005 BLACK THEATER AWARD was presented to GARLAND LEE THOMPSON SR., Co-founder/Executive Director of THE FRANK SILVERA WRITERS' WORKSHOP, INC., for 34 years of continuous and dedicated service to BLACK THEATRE IN HARLEM and beyond, by THE GREATER HARLEM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,The special event was held on Wednesday, July 13, 2005, 5:30pm. The special ANNUAL HARLEM WEEK RECEPTION and celebration was at GRACIE MANSION (East End Avenue at 88th Street, New York City) THE FRANK SILVERA WRITERS' WORKSHOP RETURNS TO TEACHERS COLLEGE/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
In addition to the FSWW Annual Open House, the HarlemLive Internet Youth Magazine will again host the Workshop for its Registration for the Workshop's Larry Neal Memorial Playwrights' Seminar Series will continue on Saturday, 3 - 5pm, at 525 West 120th St., Teachers College/Columbia Univ., Room 157, Thorndike Hall (Bet. Bway & Amsterdam Ave.) For further information, Call (212) 281-8832 tel., or e-mail: playrite@earthlink.net. The mailing address of the Workshop is c/o Garland Lee Thompson, founder/executive director, PO Box 1791, Manhattanville Station, New York, NY 10027. We are proud & grateful
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Garland Lee Thompson, Founder/Executive Director of the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop Foundation, Inc., received an AUDELCO (BLACK THEATRE RECOGNITION) PIONEER AWARD for 2003 (Photo courtesy of English photographer Graham MacIndoe (In the Feb. 26, 2003 article, "HARLEM UPRISING," by Sarah Adams in the "O" Magazine of London, England) 1.) For new playwrights at the Workshop: What to bring or Mail - A copy of a new play, (The FSWW Mailing address: P.O. Box 1791, Manhattanville Station, New York, NY 10027) 2.) Actors: Bring a photo & resume for the Actors' Pool File, 3.) Directors: Bring a resume and a photo for the Directors' Pool, if available. For further info. Call (212) 281-8832 phone Email: playrite@earthlink.net, Website: http://www.fsww.org. Hopefully the Workshop will only need to seek donations and not charge. So it will not cost one the "shirt off one's back." And you can join in the discussion afterwards. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. WE HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT! AND PLEASE KEEP IN CONTACT. WE LOVE AND NEED YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. (Note: We are looking forward to seeing many playwrights, directors and actors there, for your presence and your critique. ATTENTION: HARLEM ARTS ORGANIZATIONS & ARTISTS, SEE THE WEBSITE TO JOIN THE HARLEM ARTS ALLIANCE! THE FRANK SILVERA WRITERS' WORKSHOP IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE HARLEM ARTS ALLIANCE, WHICH IS A GROWING COLLECTIVE OF THEATRE, DANCE, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, AND VISUAL ARTISTS (PRODUCER VOZA RIVERS IS THE CHAIRMAN, (212-926-0104 TEL). THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS LINDA WALTON AND A NEW STAFF IS IN PLACE. THE WORKSHOP'S FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GARLAND LEE THOMPSON, IS A STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER & A BOARD MEMBER OF THE HARLEM ARTS ALLIANCE). FOR APPLICATION INFORMATION CALL 212-926-0104. THE HARLEM ARTS ALLIANCE WILL MEET AGAIN ON MONDAY, MAY 5, 2008. THE TIME: 10:00AM TO 12 NOON & THE LOCATION IS AT THE THEATRE OF THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH, 91 Claremont Avenue (at West 120th St., NYC 10027, West of Broadway).
Garland Lee Thompson & the late poet Richard Bartee, founding members of the Harlem Arts Alliance, would often meet on a sunny day on West 125th Street, in Harlem, NY THE HARLEM ARTS ALLIANCE HAS RECEIVED A $750,000 GRANT FROM THE UPPER MANHATTAN EMPOWERMENT ZONE. OTHER SUPPORT CAME FROM THE J. P. MORGAN/CHASE FOUNDATION, THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, THE ARTS & BUSINESS COUNCIL AND IS RECEIVING ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE NYC DEPT. OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, NYSCA, NYFA AND THE OFFICES OF THE MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENT. THE PLAYWRIGHT SEMINARS WILL REOPEN AT TEACHERS COLLEGE/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY We are pleased to announce the Workshop's continued relationship in FY 2008 with our Saturday afternoon Playwrights' Workshop host, HarlemLive Internet Youth Magazine & the Institute for Learning Technologies at Teachers College/Columbia University. After the Christmas and New Year's Holiday break, our very active Saturday afternoon Larry Neal Memorial Playwrights' Seminar Series, continues on Saturdays with registration & orientation, in Room 157, Thorndike Hall, at Teachers College/Columbia University, Saturday, 3-5pm. Enter via the Main Hall at 525 W. 120 Street (Bet. Bway & Amsterdam Ave.). For registration & further information, Call the Workshop office at (212) 281-8832 tel. or email: playrite@earthlink.net The FSWW is supported by the NYSCA, NY City Dept. of Cultural Affairs, The Center for Arts Management & Technology of Carnegie Mellon University & The Institute For Learning Technologies at Teachers College/Columbia University, the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation on New York. The Workshop is pleased to announce that the New York State Council on the Arts, has extended the Workshop's Multi-Year, Special Arts Services Program Grant support for the year to FY 2007-08.)
In the Reading/Critique Series, the Workshop's membership of playwrights, directors and actors will listen carefully to the plays and examine them with the playwright present, in the important critique process that has long been the principle and lasting component of the Workshop. The Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, a nonprofit Theatre arts organization that is open to the Theatre arts community and interested general public. The Workshop's archive collection can be viewed at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Attention to all playwrights: The Workshop is now accepting the new works of emerging and known playwrights, to follow in the foot steps of thousands of other known and new playwrights, who shall make historical cultural strives in the quest for theatrical and dramatic excellence in the year of 2008 in the new millennium. THE 2009 NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE FESTIVAL RETURNS AUGUST 3-8, 2009 The Readers Theatre Series of New Plays (30 new plays), coordinated by Garland Lee Thompson, Founder/executive director of the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop of New York, will again be presented during the week-long (August 3-8 2007) National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, NC. (Website:http://www.nbtf.org). THE READERS THEATRE SERIES OF NEW WORKS AT THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE FESTIVAL One of the integral components of the Festival is the Readers' Theatre Series of New Works. The series is designed to showcase the work of minority playwrights and these works can be one acts or full-length plays (Multi-Characters plays are preferred. One person plays are still in pilot mode only, to service as many as new playwrights as possible). Garland Lee Thompson, Executive and Artistic Director of the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, is the curator of the series. The series is made up of two components. The first is "New Plays At High Noon" and the original component, "Theatre Conversations At Midnight." Seating is limited at the Midnight readings. EMAIL SCRIPTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!! *A formal letter of introduction clearly stating the following information: Writer's Name, address, city, state, zip, phone numbers (home, office, cell), email & website. *Play synopsis *Cast Breakdown Sheet *Typed script, Double spaced *Font: Times Roman or Arial - 12 pt. *Three-hole punched *Please do not staple script *Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard so we may acknowledge receipt of your script. Mail one (1) script, to this address: The Readers' Theatre Series c/o Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop P. O. Box 1791 Manhattanville Station, NY 10027 Mail one (1) script, to this address: National Black Theatre Festival Readers Theatre Series, 610 Coliseum Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27106, The NBTF office tel. (336) 723-2266, Website://www.nbtf.org For further information, please contact Garland Lee Thompson at (212) 281-8832 or e-mail: playrite@earthlink.net. For additional information about the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop visit their website: http://www.fsww.org The Festival was
founded by the late Producing Artistic Director, Larry Leon Hamlin
(right), Founder of the North Carolina Black The 2007 Festival was attended by some 65 to 75,000 Theatre professionals, such as noted actor and the National Co-Chairman Hank Williams, and a large loyal following of the general public from throughout the South and around the country. A large delegation of New York actors, directors, designers and leading producers attended the Festival as in the past years. So, the main hotel, the Marriott Hotel, was again completely booked.We are speaking of famous persons, such the "Theatre living legend," Producer Woodie King Jr., who has been in attendance at every National Black Theatre Festival since the original one, founded by Hamlin, with Dr. Maya Angelou (the first National Chairperson) in the fateful summer of 1989. The noted New York Producer Voza Rivers, was awarded the new Larry Leon Hamlin Producer's Award for his life-time achievements in Theatre.
Note: Our spiritual leader & Yoruba High Priest, Dr. Olasope Oyelaran of Winston-Salem State University, led the Closing Libation Ceremony (A special salute and celebration for our Ancestor Larry Leon Hamlin) and Grand Processional on Saturday night, August 4, 2007. And now we shall move on to prepare for the return of the August 3-8, 2009 Festival, in Winston-Salem, NC, our spiritual home and "Holy Ground." Ashe! THE READING/CRITIQUE SERIES OF THE WORKSHOP For further information Call the Workshop's office at (212) 281-8832 tel., (212) 281-8839 fax, or e-mail: playrite@earthlink.net (The FSWW has been supported by the NYSCA, NY City Council/Dept. of Cultural Affairs, the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, J. P. Morgan/Chase Smart Re-grant Program/Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the National Black Theatre Festival of Winston-Salem, NC, The Edler G. Hawkins Foundation, the Institute For Learning Technologies of Teachers College/Columbia Univ., the Center for Arts Management & Technology of Carnegie Mellon University, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Time Warner. Inc., the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Dr. Carlton Molette, Dr. Barbara Molette & private contributions)
The late great actor/director/producer, Frank Silvera, 1914 -1970 (born in Kingston, Jamaica), was honored posthumously, with the Mediamix sponsored FY 2000 "Doctor Bird" Award in Kingston, Jamaica,for his years of acting work in the American film and television industry. (More than forty films and TV series)
(THE DOCTOR BIRD AWARDS IN FILM AND TELEVISION OF KINGSTON, JAMAICA, W. I) Frank Silvera also had a long stage and American Theatre career and history in the American Negro Theatre in Harlem, New York's BroadwayTheatre, in Hollywood, San Francisco and the USA. (He founded his Frank Silvera Theatre
of Being in Los Angeles, Ca. in the 1960's)
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The Mayor of the City of New York, HON. MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG, in
concert with THE GREATER HARLEM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presented an
OUTDOOR GARDEN RECEPTION Celebrating HARLEM WEEK'S 31ST ANNIVERSARY,
The coming schedule of the
Saturday and Monday Reading/Critique Series will be posted on the
Workshop's 
Repertory
Theatre of Winston-Salem, NC. 
Dr.
Maya Angelou (seen left with the Workshop's Founder/executive
director Garland Lee Thompson, at her home during the National Black
Theatre Festival in 1995), did originally bring in TV star &
producer Orpah Winfrey and the Pulitzer Prize playwright August
Wilson, to be the only two "stars" that were honored
at the original 1989 opening gala dinner, and the rest is history!
And now it was time to prepare for the 2009 National Black Theatre
Festival and the opening Gala and special Tribute to the late Founder
Larry Leon Hamlin, who is now an Ancestor. Ashe!
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