365 DAYS / 365 PLAYS

BY SUZAN-LORI PARKS

Make Theater. Make History.

WHAT IS 365 DAYS/365 PLAYS?

365 Days/365 Plays started in November 2002 when Suzan-Lori Parks committed to writing a play a day for the next 365 days. From Nov 13, 2006– Nov 12, 2007 the 365 Days/365 Plays National Festival will present the work simultaneously across the country, creating the largest collaboration in the history of American theater.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

On November 13, 2002, Pulitzer-prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks got an idea to write a play a day for a year. She began that very day, finishing one year later. The resulting play cycle, called 365 Days/365Plays, is a daily meditation on an artistic life. Some plays are very short, less than a page. Others last forever.

The 365 National Festival invites every theater in the world to join a grassroots premiere of this play cycle. Over 600 theaters are producing the plays in Atlanta, Austin, Canada, Chicago, Colorado, Greater Texas, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York, Northeast, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Southeast, Universities (365U), Washington DC Area, Western US and in universities (365U). Produced by Bonnie Metzgar and Suzan-Lori Parks, the 365 Festival will be performed from November 13, 2006 through November 12, 2007.

Plays can be produced in traditional theater spaces or site-specific locations. They can be staged readings or fully produced. Participating theaters will each present seven plays, representing one week of this play cycle, before then passing the cycle on to the next theater in a cultural relay race that celebrates the community of theater artists around the world.

Synchronicity joins with the 365 Festival to celebrate the widely diverse cross-section of over 45 theater and dance companies and universities who are participating in the Atlanta component of 365. Make Theater. Make History.

Information about the 365 Plays in Atlanta

National 365 Plays Project