Drama Foundry Writers' Group Next Meeting: LOCATION CHANGE! and special meeting

Our next meeting is on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the Upper Arlington Library Lane Road Branch. The location change is due to the fact that during the beginning of December, space was not available at the main UA branch library. 

This will be a special meeting because members who are interested in submitting a 10-minute play to the Heartland Theater Company's 10-minute Play Festival can have their piece read before they submit it. The deadline for entries to be considered after revisions will be January 1, 2010. The final deadline will be February 1, 2010.

John Dranschak, The Drama Foundry casting director and international man of mystery, has thrown down the gauntlet and challenged Arvin Donner, TDF founder, to submit a piece with him. Arvin has taken the challenge. Any other dramatic writers are welcome to join and have their piece read at this meeting (space available) before submitting their play.

The Drama Foundry's Peace and Happiness Council was kind of enough to accommodate the member writers by ruling that the month of November as being wrong and possibly evil giving the member writer's time to prepare their plays for the festival.

All participating writers at this next meeting will be asked to bring something to eat or drink. Assistance will be given to writers requesting help casting for their play. We look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting. Good luck with your writing. For any further questions please contact us at the following yahoo.com email address: thedramafoundry

State Peace and Happiness Council Boycotts November

The Drama Foundry's Peace and Happiness Council has unanimously decided to boycott the month of November. It has been concluded that the month is inheritantly flawed and possibly evil.

The council decided that Numa Pompilius, one of the traditional kings of Rome, who originally decided to add 2 months to the Romulus (Roman) calendar was wrong. The council believes it is better to leave out the months of January and February of the calendar and create a nebulous happy time since it is cold as hell in Ohio and nothing really happens here this time of year anyway. Also, it was decided by the council that the name "November" derived from the Roman word Novem meaning nine (as in the ninth month) is inheritantly misleading since November is the eleventh month.

The possible evil inheritant in this month derives from the mass slaughter and consumption of turkeys during this time of year, the forced contact and interaction between the general public and annoying relatives from social rituals and holidays associated with this month, and the increase in televised sporting events that make scheduling meetings on Saturday afternoons impossible.

The Peace and Happiness Council asks you to just ignore this month and to focus on your writing or on practicing your acting skills.Do not dilly dally around waiting for us to schedule a meeting this month. Do not go outside, eat meals with relatives you hate, or watch T.V. If you would like to file a protest to the decision, you may do so. If you have material you would like to be read please submit to the yahoo.com email address: thedramafoundry

See you next month. (That is unless you have something ready to read right now.)

Deputy Assistant Minister for Propaganda and State Secrets


Arvin Donner