San Diego Peace Corps Association VAMP Showcase - Not Like the Others
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So Say We All is honored to partner with the San Diego Peace Corps Association to bring the stories and experiences of its members about their time of service to the stage. Participating storytellers will perform in front of a live audience on Saturday, April 12th at Inzane Brewing in Vista at 7pm. This showcase theme is, "Not Like the Others." Any conceivable interpretation of the theme is welcome!
Send us your true stories about your service abroad and its aftermath, whether poignant, hilarious, heartbreaking, or any combination of your lived human experience. We look forward to reading them!
About the VAMP Storytelling process:
Produced by So Say We All, a 501c3 literary and performing arts nonprofit based in Southern CA, The VAMP Storytelling Showcase is a highly-produced, non-fiction, multimedia reading series. Each showcase revolves around a different theme, which is heavily open to interpretation by submitting writers. Out of each round of submitting writers, a cohort is selected to work together over the course of 3-4 weeks in read-and-critique sessions, provided with writing and performance coaches, and finally provided with a live showcase to perform their original true stories.
READ FIRST BEFORE SUBMITTING:
- Work should fall between 7-10 minutes in length, however we will consider any length within reason on the understanding that the work will be edited down as close to this length as possible while maintaining its integrity. Between 140-160 words per minute is an average guide. Style, voice, and literary form can vary widely, but we're looking for true, non-fiction stories that usually involve a transformation (of you, a character, a place, etc.) and offer an insight that we can relate to.
- Please be aware that there is a coaching and critique process for all accepted VAMP submissions. Coaching sessions & crits are MANDATORY. If your piece is accepted and you can't make scheduled sessions, please let us know right away. All reasonable accommodations will be made. We want you to give the best performance possible when we put you on stage.
- So Say We All does not claim any ownership or first-time publication rights to pieces submitted to the VAMP Storytelling Showcase. VAMP is a writing workshop and performance forum. We accept previously published / performed work as long as the submitter is willing to participate in the rewrite process.
We look forward to reading your work!
Best,
So Say We All & SDPCA