[image: http://www.idafestival.org]Hi, guys! The ID America Festival opens *
Saturday*(tomorrow)! To all of you who have already bought tickets that's
great - and I know several of you were planning on it, so if you haven't
already now is the time!

In the words of Jared Silver "To pay off my sleep debt, I've sold off all my
terminating punctuation except the exclamation point and pawned all my
sentence structrures but the simple declarative!" We at QVA have been hard
at work getting everything up and running and I'm very excited about seeing
this festival (which I have been working on for more than a year) see the
light of day!

Tickets are available at www.idafestival.org/tickets.html! Some performances
are already closed to sold-out, so we recommend buying in advance!
Information is available below and at www.idafestival.org! And don't forget
to check out our awesome reading series, which is only $5 or FREE for
students or anyone who works in education!

Thanks,
Eve!

P.S. Want to see a show for FREE? We need ticket takers! It helps us out,
only takes an hour of your time, and entitles you to come to any show that
isn't sold out! E-mail me for details if you're interested!

*Quo Vadimus Arts
is proud to present the**
ID AMERICA FESTIVAL*


24 Short Plays About American Identity

*Written by Playwrights from around the Nation
Performed In New York City, November 10-21, 2007*

*Quo Vadimus Arts will kick-off the ID America Festival showcasing 30 plays
from 15 different states this November. Playwrights from around the nation
convene in New York City from November 10 - 20 at the Clemente Soto Velez
Center (107 Suffolk St.)*

Plays will be divided into three evenings: *American
Psyche<http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html>
*, *American Culture <http://www.idafestival.org/americanculture.html>* and
*American Dreams <http://www.idafestival.org/americandreams.html>*. Each
evening contains eight plays and will perform several times throughout the
festival. November 18th, 19th and 20th will feature a Best of Festival
Showcase with plays from each evening, picked by audiences and a panel of
judges.

A festival pass to see all three shows is $35; individual tickets are $15.
Tickets can be ordered through TheaterMania at 212-352-3110 or online at
www.idafestival.org <http://www.idafestival.org/tickets.html>
/tickets.html<http://www.idafestival.org/tickets.html>.
Detailed information regarding the festival, the plays, and schedules is
below:

*American Dreams <http://www.idafestival.org/americandreams.html>*
Directed by Josh Gelb <http://www.idafestival.org/crewbios.html#JGelb>

*with David Palmer Brown, Veronica Bruce, Dominique Fishback, Dina
Kirschenbaum, Adam Laupus, Mark Lindberg, Molly Pope, Karina Richardson, and
Anna Savant*

*Judge: John G. Schultz, Executive Director, Young Audiences New York*

The American dream means something different for everyone. From the
nightmare of the notorious Sacco & Vanzetti to the aspirations of an Upper
East Side cocker spaniel with eating issues, the dreams we explore in this
evening are singularly American. In the course of an evening, Irish
immigrants, fallen soldiers and heiresses will chase their American dreams.

*Showtimes:*
Sat, Nov 10th at
4:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html;jsessionid=C630F4E5343D17\
16FEF2BAE63F0AFB20?method=showPerformance&reset=user&perfId=265371&code=>;
Sun, Nov 11th at
3:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265381&code=>;

Mon, Nov 12th at
9:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265391&code=>;
Wed, Nov 14th at
7:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265411&code=>;

Thurs, Nov 15th at
9:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265401&code=>;
Sat, Nov 17th at
8:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=270151&code=>

*Alarm <http://www.idafestival.org/americandreams.html#Alarm>*
by Paul Moulton, *Chicago, Illinois*
*Appetite <http://www.idafestival.org/americandreams.html#Appetite> *
by Caren Skibell, *Dallas, Texas *
*Night Before Last <http://www.idafestival.org/americandreams.html#Night>*
by Doug Reed, *Richmond, Virginia *
*Normal Is A Country <http://www.idafestival.org/americandreams.html#Normal>
*
by Steven Schutzman, *San Francisco, California *
*Onus On Us <http://www.idafestival.org/americandreams.html#Onus>*
by Cheryl Games, *Youngstown, Ohio *
*Peace Talk <http://www.idafestival.org/americandreams.html#Peace>*
by James McLindon, *Schenectady, New York *
*Prospect Park <http://www.idafestival.org/americandreams.html#Prospect>*
by Brendan O'Brien, *Raynham, Massachusetts*
*Upgrade <http://www.idafestival.org/americandreams.html#Upgrade>*
by Albert Pergande, *Milwaukee, Wisconsin*


*American Culture <http://www.idafestival.org/americanculture.html> *
Directed by Kerry Whigham<http://www.idafestival.org/crewbios.html#KWhigham>

*with Janice Amano, Daryl Denner, Brittany Felton, Alexandra Henrikson,
Roger Lirtsman, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Wil Petre, Paola Poucel, Julian
Schwartz, Yesenia Tromp, Kyle Walters, and Kristina Wilson*

*Judge:** ** Jen Bender, Resident Director, The Lion King*

American culture is the blending of many different peoples from around the
world into something new. It is cell phones, cowboys, American Idol and bar
fights. It is something reshaped and altered in the forges of September 11th
and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Playwrights from coast to coast
examine our cultural differences and search for commonality.

*Showtimes:*
Sat, Nov 10th at
2:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html;jsessionid=C630F4E5343D17\
16FEF2BAE63F0AFB20?method=showPerformance&reset=user&perfId=265341&code=>;
Sun, Nov 11th at
7:30PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265351&code=>;

Tues, Nov 13th at
7:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265321&code=>;
Wed, Nov 14th at
9:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265361&code=>;

Fri, Nov 16th at
7:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265331&code=>;
Sat, Nov 17th at
6:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=270141&code=>

*Asparagus <http://www.idafestival.org/americanculture.html#Asparagus>*
by Schatzie Schaefers, *Anchorage, Alaska*
*Bobby Hebert* <http://www.idafestival.org/americanculture.html#Hebert>
by Samuel Brett Williams, *Hot Springs, Arkansas *
*Close Encounter <http://www.idafestival.org/americanculture.html#Encounter>
*
by Amy Tofte, *Brookings, South Dakota*
*Human Resources <http://www.idafestival.org/americanculture.html#Resources>
*
by Mike Folie, *Belford, New Jersey*
*Interpreting a Dream<http://www.idafestival.org/americanculture.html#Dream>
*
by Judy Klass, *New York, New York*
*The New Sign <http://www.idafestival.org/americanculture.html#Sign>*
by K. Biadaszkiewicz, *Wyandotte, Michigan*
*Please Pass the Salt <http://www.idafestival.org/americanculture.html#Salt>
*
by Debbie Wiess,* Lexington, Massachusetts*
*Shift: A Political
Allegory<http://www.idafestival.org/americanculture.html#Shift>
*
by Jordan Smedberg, *Minocqua, Wisconsin*


*American Psyche <http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html>*
Directed by Deena Selenow<http://www.idafestival.org/crewbios.html#DSelenow>

*with Colin Fisher, Julie Katz, Pearce Larson, Michael Mergo, Chelsea
Palano, Elizabeth Romanski, Nandini Sonnad, and Hallie York*

*Judge: Jules Feiffer, Cartoonist, Novelist, Playwright*

A look into the minds of various Americans reveals a young woman's fear of
attack, a couple's voyeuristic tendencies and a teenage girl's medicated
struggle with sanity. Some journeys inward reveal inner superheroes while
others reveal helplessness and paranoia. Our playwrights reach into their
own psyches and present us with uniquely American frames of mind.

*Showtimes:*
Sat, Nov 10th at
8:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html;jsessionid=C630F4E5343D17\
16FEF2BAE63F0AFB20?method=showPerformance&reset=user&perfId=265421&code=>;
Mon, Nov 12th at
7:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265431&code=>;

Tues, Nov 13th at
9:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265451&code=>;
Thurs, Nov 15th at
7:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265441&code=>;

Fri, Nov 16th at
9:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=265461&code=>;
Sat, Nov 17th at
2:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=270161&code=>

*Followed <http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html#Followed>*
by Edith Weiss, *Mittelschefflenz, Germany*
*Here To Serve You <http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html#Serve>*
by Barbara Lindsay, *Santa Monica, California *
*Moment <http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html#Moment> *
by Matt Haldeman, *Abington, Pennsylvania*
*Run of the River <http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html#River>*
by William Kovacsik, *Massapequa, New York *
*Simultaneity <http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html#Simultaneity>*
by Melanie Wallner, *New York, New York*
*Soapbox <http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html#Soapbox>*
by Carl Brandt Long, *Cleveland, Ohio*
*Superhero <http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html#Superhero>*
by Mark Harvey Levine, *Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*
*To Darfur <http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html#Darfur>*
by Erik Christian Hanson, *Monroe, Connecticut*

*Best of Festival* <http://www.idafestival.org/americanpsyche.html>
Only have time for one show? Come see the best of ID America!
Our 'best of festival' performances will consist of 5-8 shows selected by
our audience and esteemed festival judges.


*Showtimes: *Sat, Nov 18th at
3:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=270171&code=>and
7:30PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=270181&code=>;
Mon, Nov 19th at
8:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=270191&code=>;

Tues, Nov 20th at
8:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=270201&code=>

*The festival will also feature a reading series of plays paired with
discussions of the issue at hand. Tickets for these are a mere $5 (or free
for students and educators!)*

*Readings: Assimilation in America<http://www.idafestival.org/assimilation.html>
*
Directed by Michael
Melamedoff<http://www.idafestival.org/crewbios.html#MMelamedoff>
*Showtime: *Sun, Nov 11th at
5:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=270241&code=>

*with Aadya Bedi, Francis Benhamou, Seiko Carter, Alan Cross, David
Hollander, DeVon Jackson, Carol Jacobanis, John Lavelle, and Natalie
Silverlieb*
*An American Christmas<http://www.idafestival.org/assimilation.html#Christmas>
*
by Jennie Berman Eng, *Rockville, Maryland*
*Apologies to Vietnam <http://www.idafestival.org/assimilation.html#Vietnam>
*
by C.S. Hanson, *Sheyenne, North Dakota*



*Readings: Attitudes towards Race <http://www.idafestival.org/race.html>*
Directed by Patty Montesi<http://www.idafestival.org/crewbios.html#PMontesi>
<http://www.idafestival.org/crewbios.html#PMontesi>
*Showtime: *Sun, Nov 18th at
5:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=270251&code=>

* with Enid Deja Aramburu, Amanda Marklin, Azania Dungee, Elliott Chisholm,
Maggie Low, and John Wellington-Simon*
* **Cultural Diversity Ate My
Lunch<http://www.idafestival.org/race.html#Cultural>
*by Alonzo LaMont, Jr., *Baltimore, Maryland*
*One Night at Fern's <http://www.idafestival.org/race.html#Ferns>
*by Darren Canady*, **Topeka, Kansas*

*Readings: Pharmapschology<http://www.idafestival.org/pharmapsychology.html>
*
Directed by Jesse Edward
Rosbrow<http://www.idafestival.org/crewbios.html#JRosbrow>
*Showtime: *Sat, Nov 17th at
4:00PM<https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/performance.html?method=showPerformance&re\
set=user&perfId=270231&code=>

*with Nicolette Callaway, Michael Climek, Mim Granahan, Rich Lovejoy,
Samantha Mason, Gregg David Shore, Alexander Yakovleff, and Morgan Anne Zipf
*

*Orientation Day<http://www.idafestival.org/pharmapsychology.html#Orientation>
*
by Chris Shaw Swanson*, **Euclid, Ohio**
**The 7-Second Itch <http://www.idafestival.org/pharmapsychology.html#Seven>
*
by Stephen Miller *Creston, Iowa*

The highly anticipated ID America Festival was inspired by *Quo
Vadimus Arts<http://www.qvarts.org/>
*' growing concern over the polarization of media in America. News
organizations are increasingly biased towards the left or right, and it is
rare to find an open forum where differing points of view are given equal
weight. QVA searched the country for playwrights to help create a festival
that questions, explores, challenges and celebrates what it means to be
living in America today.

QVA put out the call for submissions, looking for playwrights of all ages,
of all levels of experience, from all over the country. They received 332
submissions, from 219 playwrights, ages 17 - 83, from 33 states and 6
different countries, including Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland and
Nigeria. Visit *www.idafestival.org* <http://www.idafestival.org/> or *
www.qvarts.org* <http://www.qvarts.org/> to learn more about the festival,
the plays and playwrights.





--
Don't miss:
The ID AMERICA FESTIVAL
30 plays about American Identity
Written by playwrights from all over the country
Performed in New York City
Nov. 10-20th at CSV (107 Suffolk St)
www.idafestival.org


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