NEXT FINAL DRAUGHT is Monday NOVEMBER 17th - It's "A Couple of PILOTS in a Bar" Night

HEY it's "A Couple of PILOTS in a Bar" Night - (AKA Take Me To The Pilots)
- The BAR is "The Other Space" and the PILOTS we are READING are:

OUTBOUND - A sit-com pilot by ERIN McGECHAEN
&
CHAI - A sit-com pilot by MICHAEL C NACHOFF

Our PANEL this week: ANDREW WILLIAMSON & TRACY D. SMITH

PLEASE NOTE THE KITCHEN WILL BE CLOSED ON Nov. 17th - Only Chips & Chocolate Bars Available (The Kitchen will re-open on Nov. 24, 2008)

 So Why Not Bring A Friend...Have a Drink...Hear the Readings, Network & Socialize - who could ask for more

 FINAL DRAUGHT Producers: Bronwen Smith, John Prowse, Maryth Gilroy & Jason Broadfoot

 Let's pack the place every Monday!

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.(Bar & Doors Open),
Casting starts at 7:10 p.m.,
Readings start at 8 p.m. - Admission by Donation.

WHERE: The Other Space - (formerly "The Restaurant at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre") at the corner of Georgia & Cambie (above the Media Club).

NEED A MAP: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Cambie+%40+West+Georgia%2C+Vancouver%2C+BC

- The Other Space has a Full Bar & also some snacks available  (THE KITCHEN WILL BE CLOSED ON NOV. 17th ONLY)

BIZ BOOKS DOOR PRIZE EVERY WEEK

FUN/Readings/Drinks/Comedy/Socializing/ GREAT Food
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 WELCOME TO OUR NEW SPONSORS:

 BC Producers' Branch - Canadian Film and Television Production Association http://www.cftpa.ca
&
Videomatica
http://www.videomatica.ca

Don't forget about our Longtime Sponsors:
Biz Books, Hoarse Raven Theatre, Left Right Minds, & Final Draft
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HAVE YOU SUBMITTED YET? Then why not SUBMIT right now? Remember when Last Year You said "I'll Submit Next Year"...well "Next Year" is about to begin...SUBMIT.

SO WHY NOT SUBMIT A SCRIPT, SCREENPLAY, RADIOPLAY, SHORT, ONE-ACT...you get the idea..(submissions@finaldraught.com)

The First 1/2 of SEASON #7 is Scheduled EVERY MONDAY from October 20th - December 8th.

CHECK BACK HERE FOR UPDATES & EVENTS or JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP to stay Up-To Date. 

November 13, 2008 - 7:29pm


What We Read at FINAL DRAUGHT - MONDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2008

FINAL DRAUGHT SCRIPT READING - MONDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2008

WE READ:

Regifted - A sit-com pilot by Robert Chomiak

                       And

Plan 10  - An excerpt from a feature by Shawn Wilson and John Kozak

The PANEL was Blake Corbet & SAM DULMAGE

The HOSTS were Janet Glassford & Bronwen Smith

November 5, 2008 - 7:04pm


FINAL DRAUGHT on Monday Nov. 3, 2008

The Scripts we read were:

Prudent - A short film by Michael Shandrick
And
An excerpt from I'll Be Bach - A feature by Murray Allan Thorne

The Panel was Cameron Labine and John Ritchie

Your Hosts for the Evening were:  Janet Glassford & Jason Broadfoot

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DONATIONS from Nov. 3rd Final Draught were DONATED TO: The First Annual BABZ, A Fundraising Event Benefiting Babz Chula

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In Final Draught's 6th Season we read Control Alt Delete by Cameron Labine & we were happy to see this film at the 2008 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.

(If we have read your script in the past and you have made the film, had it in a Festival, Optioned the script...let us know - it makes us happy that we were able to assist.

November 3, 2008 - 12:10pm


FD on Monday Oct. 27th, 2008

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On October 27th We Read:
THE EMERGENCY, a short film by ALEX DAFOE
And
An excerpt from PITCH OUT, A feature film by MICHELLE MULDOON

The PANEL was: RAJVINDER UPPAL and MEGHAN CIANA DOIDGE (Meghan is replacing Kraig X. Wenman due to illness)
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October 29, 2008 - 6:14pm


FINAL DRAUGHT RETURNED from Vacation on Mon. OCT. 20

Were You READY...FINAL DRAUGHT SCRIPT READING SERIES RETURNED MONDAY Oct. 20, 2008 with Season #7! 

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FINAL DRAUGHT READING SERIES started off a NEW SEASON of Script Reading on MONDAY OCTOBER 20th, 2008 (and every Monday until we take a Break in December).

The SCRIPTS Read on Monday October 20 were:

Cargasm A short film by Jasper Anson       &

Big Wig A TV pilot by Kennedy Goodkey & Roger Haskett

This PANEL: Jana Williams & Richard Davis 

This Week's Hosts:  Janet Glassford & Jason Broadfoot

 

 

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The First 1/2 of SEASON #7 is Scheuled EVERY MONDAY from October 20th - December 8th.

CHECK BACK HERE FOR UPDATES & EVENTS or JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP to stay Up-To Date. 

GLAD TO SEE ALL OF YOU AT "THE OTHER SPACE" for the kick off of SEASON #7 FINAL DRAUGHT  on Mon. Oct. 20, 2008 - Keep Coming Back & Bring A Friend. 

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October 17, 2008 - 8:00am


The LAST FINAL DRAUGHT of Season 6 is this MONDAY March 24 at "The Other Space" - Stage Plays for WORLD THEATRE DAY

The LAST FINAL DRAUGHT is MONDAY MARCH 24th...Stage Plays in Celebration of WORLD THEATRE DAY

The SCRIPTS Being Read on Mon. MARCH 24 are:

ALL MY DAY JOBS by KIRSTEN VAN RITZEN
and
REDBIRD BLUESKY by CLAIR McCAGUE

The PANEL is: MICHAEL FERA & AARON BUSHKOWSKY

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Check it out...Bring a Friend...
DOORS OPEN @ 6:30 PM (Bar & Drink Specials & Food)

CASTING starts at 7:10 PM     -    READINGS start at 8 PM

BIZ BOOKS DOOR PRIZE EVERY WEEK

FUN/Readings/Drinks/Comedy/Socializing/GREAT Food 

 We are No Longer Accepting Submissions for Season #6 - for Info on Submitting for Season #7 (Fall 2008) check out the "guides 4 writers" tab

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Where is Final Draught / How Do I Find It

THE OTHER SPACE - Corner of West Georgia & Hamilton  (Formerly "The Restaurant at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre")

 - kitty corner across from the Library or next door to the Queen E. Theatre or a couple of blocks up from the Stadium Skytrain Station – However you want to look at it.

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This series aims to provide writers at every level of experience an opportunity to hear their plays, screenplays, and other written work come alive at the hands of Vancouver’s finest pool of actors. We still have cheap drinks, good food, an Esteemed Critical Panel and admission is still by donation.  

OUR PANEL THIS SEASON: Charles Wilkinson, Lucia Frangione, Jason Bourque, Sarah Deakins, Kraig X. Wenman, Clare Hodge, Neil Every, Christopher Donaldson, Bob Hume, Lucia Frangione, Tracy D Smith, Sam Dulmage, Trevor Devall, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Matthew Bissett, Kennedy Goodkey, Cameron Labine, Dylan Akio Smith,Jackson Davies, Charles Wilkinson, Jana Williams, Matt Sinclair

OUR WRITERS THIS SEASON:  Ryan Hoben, Ron Devitt, Michael C Nachoff, Mike Low, Jana Williams, Michell Muldoon, Carrie Ruscheinsky,Anemone Cerridwen,Tracy D. Smith, Claire McCague, Donna Jay,Andrew Genaille,Gracie P Aylward, Jason T. Broadfoot, John Prowse, Kirsten Van Ritzen, Anemone Cerridwen, Tom Elrick, Shane Laporte,Robert Hamilton,Ed Arequel, Michael Nachoff, Olga Anna Ast, Kennedy Goodkey 

2007/08 FINAL DRAUGHT PRODUCERS: Jason Broadfoot, Maryth Gilroy, John Prowse, Bronwen Smith

Our HOSTS This Season Were: Jason Broadfoot, Kristina Agosti, John Prowse, Maryth Gilroy, Bronwen Smith, Janet Glassford
 

SEE YOU SOON - Don't forget to see a play, watch TV (TV Made in BC & Canada), See A Locally Shot Film...go to a reading... this is the FINAL - FINAL DRAUGHT of SEASON 6 - Then...we are on Summer Vacation until Fall 2008 (Check the Websit or Facebook Group for Updates)

*** CHECK OUT: FourPlay at Studio 58 ***
Studio 58, the professional theatre training program at Langara College, presents FourPlay: New Work by Excited Writers running in repertory from March 12 to 30.

This popular festival of one­act plays features original work by Studio 58 students, under the tutelage of award­winning playwright Aaron Bushkowsky and directed by four of BC's finest.

All tickets ONLY $11.00! WARNING: These plays may contain nudity, coarse language and adult themes. To make reservations please contact Tickets Tonight on­line at www.ticketstonight.com or by phone 604.631.2872.

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** Laugh Your Head Off and Support Mental Health! **

STAND UP FOR MENTAL HEALTH 2008 GALA SHOWCASE Sunday April 13 at 7:00 pm at the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver.

This is the debut performance for our all-new 2008 class. Also featuring psychiatrist Judy Allen doing stand-up comedy and discussing treatment options!

With headliner MIKE MACDONALD. As seen on Just for Laughs, CBC, Showtime, Comedy Central, and an Evening at the Improv. Mike has bipolar disorder and is thrilled to help raise awareness around mental illness.

Tickets are only $30.00 each (plus applicable service charges). The best way to get them is through The Arts Club Box Office (604) 687-1644 or go to http://www.vancouvertix.com. (this site may not be live yet though)
Our last event sold out and we had to turn people away, so get your ticket now to avoid disappointment!

Led by counsellor and stand up comic David Granirer, Stand Up For Mental Health (which was featured in the CBC documentary Cracking Up) teaches stand-up comedy to people with mental illness as a way of building confidence and fighting public stigma.

http://www.standupformentalhealth.com

We have to raise all our funds on our own, and this is our chance to keep this life-changing program going.
Please help us spread our message of hope and empowerment by coming to our show and forwarding this email on to everyone you know!

Doors open at 6:00 pm. Get there early and buy a Stand Up For Mental Health Jean Bag or T-Shirt!

People with mental illness are always being told what they can’t do. In Stand Up For Mental Health they get to prove what they CAN do!

March 8, 2008 - 9:54pm


WE WRITE SHORT-SHORTS SHORT WRITING CONTEST - presented by FINAL DRAUGHT SCRIPT READING SERIES - FINALISTS READ MARCH 17th

“Commonly known as "Short-Shorts", Hot Pants are short, tight shorts, usually made of cotton, nylon, or some other common material.  They are meant to emphasize the buttocks and the legs.  Hot pants are sometimes worn with dark tights and knee-length boots to create an edgy, sexy look.  Hot pants were very popular in the early 1970s, but declined in popularity during the late 1970s.  This fashion revived in the 1990s.”

 FINAL DRAUGHT READING SERIES PRESENTS

WE WRITE SHORT-SHORTS

SHORT WRITING CONTEST  

Submit your 15 page short-short to submissions@finaldraught.com (PDF, Word or Final Draft formats are preferred), or attend a reading and drop off your short-short in person, by March 1, 2008 to be eligible to win prizes including Final Draft Professional Scriptwriting Software, Syd Field’s Screenwriting Workshop DVD, How to Write a Screenplay that Sells to Hollywood, or a prize from Biz Books, and MORE…

Any short film or play of any genre is acceptable.  The only criteria other than the 15 page limit is that the term “short-shorts” must appear in your short-short at least once.  3 finalists will be chosen and those 3 short-shorts will be read at Final Draught on March 17, 2008.

AND THE WINNERS WERE...

THE WINNER:  The Long Weekend by Ryan Hoben

Second Place:  Back-Country by Mike Low

Third Place:  Sugarplum's Vision by Michael C Nachoff

Fourth Place:  Who Is Riley Oakes? by Ron Devitt

The Panel/Judges were:
Charles Wilkinson, Lucia Frangione, and Jason Bourque

FINAL DRAUGHT wants to THANK Eveyone who submitted a Short-Short - maybe we will be able to read your work in the future - KEEP WRITING - THANKS AGAIN

 

February 8, 2008 - 8:23pm


The NEW FACEBOOK GROUP is ready to JOIN

NOTICE:  OUR NEW FACEBOOK GROUP IS READY TO JOIN - Keep Up to Date with our FACEBOOK GROUP(Hey - if you joined the OLD GROUP - Please take a sec and join the NEW one - it is now Global Network so everyone can join - Thanks)

November 5, 2007 - 12:50am


SUBMIT Your Script/Screenplay/Short/Pilot TODAY

SUBMIT   SUBMIT   SUBMIT   SUBMIT   SUBMIT

for our 7th Season starting in Fall 2008..

(Season 6 is Full & Almost Over...but never too early to think of next year)

We're always looking for great scripts.

*Shorts  *Features   *One Acts Stage Plays  *Radio Plays   *Full Length Stage Plays  *Animated and *TV Scripts

Check out our guides 4 writers link.

Submit your script TODAY to: submissions@finaldraught.com (submit in Final Draft Format or PDF or MS Word please)

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October 1, 2007 - 9:23pm


On Monday March 10 - We Read

On March 10th we Read: 

MASADA - webisodes by Kennedy Goodkey [ webisodes! Final draught on the leading edge of the new media]

Darkness Knows The Night - an excerpt from the feature by Michell Muldoon

Baristas - an excerpt from the feature by Jana Leigh Williams

The Panel Will Include: Bob Hume & Sarah Deakins

March 11, 2008 - 11:14pm