Dear Mr Goode,

We are hoping to mount a production of your play MURDER BY MIDNIGHT The Further Adventures of DICK PISTON, HOTEL DETECTIVE (but not much further) in May/June this year, as part of our Directing Theatre classes' presentation of short plays. Can you please inform us if the amateur rights to perform this play are available and, if so, how much they would cost?

The details of our proposed production are as follows:

Producer: Theatre Arts, Curtin University, Perth Western Australia No. of performances: 2 (two) Dates: Wednesday 30th May & Friday 1st June, 2017 Venue: The New Hayman Theatre, Curtin University, Kent Street Bentley, Western Australia, 6102 No. of seats: 50 Ticket price: All Tickets $10 (Aus)

We would be grateful for any information relevant to this request. If you do require more information from me, please do not hesitate to reply or contact myself on the contacts given below.

Kind regards Leigh

Leigh Brennan Hayman Theatre Administrator | School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts

Curtin University GPO Box U1987, Perth Western Australia 6845 Kent Street, Bentley Western Australia 6102

Curtin's Hayman Theatre Company is the showcase for students studying Theatre Arts at Curtin, the longest established tertiary theatre course in WA. Theatre Arts at Curtin has produced many successful theatre professionals. These include popular film and television performers such as Frances O'Connor (MANSFIELD PARK, AI), Mandy McElhinney (MDA, THE BANK), and Kate Atkinson (BLUE HEELERS, SEA CHANGE) as well as successful local theatre actors such as Michael Loney, Caroline Mackenzie, Gibson Nolte and James Sollis.

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Would you mind if I used your script for an upcoming school theatre play?

1. Total of 3 performances, Saturday and Sunday night, Sunday matinee.
2. It will be staged within the school hall of Sri Emas International School, Malaysia.
3. Drama Department of Ace Edventure's schools.
4. 15-16 July 2017 (Week 1); 22-23 July 2017 (Week 2). Performance will be in either Week 1 or Week 2.

https://sriemas.edu.my/blog/the-ace-fest-2017/

THE ACE FEST 2017

Wow, it's been a whirlwind of a month here! ACE Fest 2017 ended with a bang the prior weekend with Performance Day, capping off a month full of incredible dramas, dance and vocals performances as well as art galleries and workshops. We've had two weekends of our Student Directed Festival (SDF), where students do, well, everything from acting and directing to managing backstage and front of house work. Then we had the Art.c Gallery + Workshops and finally, Performance Day. We'll attempt to give anyone who didn't manage to drop by any of these outstanding options a bit of a recap of things, but obviously we'll fall a little short of what it was like in person. So first things first: Student Directed Festival The SDF has been around for quite a while now but it just never fails to impress, even when you measure this entirely student-driven project against drama productions by professionals. Over the first two weekends of the ACE Fest, we've had some great performances such as 'Chaos' which entertained the audience to no end with its brilliant script and, of course, the students' acting chops. In a nutshell, it's about the inevitable decay of society when people start to pull on a door which is clearly marked 'PUSH'. Hilarious!

'Gray Matter' was another one which resounded with the audience. It's about stereotypes, and how we can get caught up in our perceptions of others, but with a nice little twist. Just like every year before this one, our SDF was a success simply because of how it all panned out: Our students driving this thing, pouring their sweat and tears into their scripts, and sacrificing their time week in, week out in an effort to make it all come together. It's important to remember that these are full-time high school kids who have a lot going on: Classes, coursework, exams, sports, hobbies, family obligations - Just how they manage it bring it all in balance is one of the most remarkable experiences of being here. Simply fantastic! Here are some of the best shots:

PHOTOS

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Art.c Gallery & Workshop

After the two weekends of some seriously thrilling drama performances, the Art.c Gallery & Workshop was next. Held at Rendezbrew Cafe in TTDI. The event showcased some of the finest work across the board from our Art & Design students and offered workshops teaching skills like Stamp Printing and the aptly named Papercutting Wonders. It's always amazing to see the kinds of works our kids produce, and there's never been a year where we don't walk away impressed. This year would prove to be no different:

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Performance Day

With SDF and the Art.c Gallery & Workshop in the books, there was only Performance Day left and our students would let the ACE Fest 2017 end with a crescendo! On Performance Day, a selection of some the best dramas, vocal performances and dance routines from all our events through the year come together for three shows and it's easily one of the highlights of the school year. As always it's just too difficult to single out any one of the acts as the best, so let's just have the pictures do the talking:

With a resounding success, we bid farewell to the ACE Fest 2017. The show must go on though, as they say, and so it will. Next year's ACE Fest still feels quite a while away but for the kids and teachers involved in it, the groundwork is already now being laid in their Skills Enhancement classes. As with everything, a healthy balance is important and we strongly believe in bringing tough academics into a nice little tandem with the performing arts. Celebrating this year's ACE Fest is that much sweeter when we can not only highlight our students successes on stage but also those on the world stage of academic achievements, so to say. What do we mean by that? Have a read right here!

NOTE TO SELF - IN 2018 STUDENTS FROM THE same school directed the same play for the same festival which makes me wonder if this one was cancelled before going up? facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SriEmasInternationalSchool/

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SASS at the CSU Riverina Playhouse is just around the corner! Come and see the third year Acting students at CSU's Wagga Wagga campus act and direct in their 'One Act Wonders' event spanning two weeks. We're very excited to announce all the plays that are being staged throughout the four seasons!

Season 1: October 11 and 12, 7.30pm
Echos by Joseph Shipley, directed by Mitch Summerfield
A Midnight Clear by L.B Hamilton, directed by Grace Juhasz
Bang on the Nerve by Van Badham, directed by Stephanie Van Lieshout
Cinema Limbo by Wade Bradford, directed by Pam Pongthavornsawadi

Season 2: October 13, 7.30pm, October 14, 2.00pm
The Wedding Story by Julianne Homokay, directed by Timothy Cusack
Call of the Revolution by Leonid Andereyvo, directed by Rhys Parton
Sonnets by William Shakespeare, directed by Taku Chipangura
10,000 Cigarettes by Alex Broun, directed by Emily Hosie

Season 3: October 18 and 19, 7.30pm
A Question of Sex by Arnold Bennett, directed by Genevieve Jarrett
PWND by Kitt Lavoie, directed by Liam O'Halloran
Why Do You Smoke So Much Lily by Tennessee Williams, directed by Demmi-Lee Skye
A Short History of Weather by Jonathan Yukich, directed by Taku Chipangura

Season 4: October 20 and 21, 7.30pm
The Chicken or the Egg by Reyelly Robinson, directed by Maddie Russell
David Williamson's Sanctuary, directed by Marcus Wright
The Game by Louise Bryant, directed by Annie Petts
Murder by Midnight by Geoff Goode, directed by John Jones
Post-It Notes on a Marriage by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman, directed by Michael Baker

Hello Mr. Goode

I am contacting you in hopes to gain information to the performance rights of your play "Murder by Midnight". I am an acting student at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. For my final assessment I have been tasked with directing a one act play of my choosing for our University Theatre Ensemble's "Stage And Screen Showcase" (SASS). The SASS assessment consists of each student directing a play and performing in another while learning the different techniques of directing during the production. As part of this task we are to go about this as professionally as we would have to in the real world outside our education, thus entailing the need to purchase the rights to the plays that are copyrighted.

I would like to know if the rights are available at all? If so, how much would it cost to be performed for two nights? And who/where would payment be sent to?

The information for the showcase: � SASS will run for eight nights between the 11th Oct and the 21st Oct with sixteen other one act plays.
� "Murder by Midnight" will be performed once per night on the 20th and 21st of October 2017, alongside three other short plays at the CSU Riverina Playhouse here in Wagga Wagga. (only with permissions of course)
� Ticket prices are not set yet, but they usually sit around $10-$15 AUD.
� The Riverina Playhouse seats a maximum of 249 people.
� SASS is part of an assessment and is therefore a non-profit event.

If you have any questions regarding the overall showcase or to the performance of the play, I'll happily answer in further detail. If you would like to speak to my lecturers, I can give you their contact details.

Thank you,
John W. Jones,
CSU Student.

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Hello Jeff,

We are an amateur community theatre group called Infinite Imagination located in Camrose, Alberta, Canada. We would like to perform Murder By Midnight a total of three times in the coming months.

The first performance would be in the small town of Ryley, Alberta for their annual Small Business Awards Dinner on Oct 21. They anticipate about 80 to 100 people for this event. Ticket price is 45 dollars, but this also includes an evening dinner. The organizers will give us a small honorarium to cover performance rights, costume expenses and travel.

The next two performances would be Dec 1 and 2 at the Bailey Theatre in Camrose, Alberta, which will also be a dinner event. Capacity for this event would be about 80 persons per night. Ticket price is 55 dollars each (again, includes dinner).

We look forward to hearing from you regarding the cost for these three performances, plus payment details. Thank-you!

Best regards,
Kevin Schole....for Infinite Imagination

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Hello Jeff,

We are an amateur community theatre group called Infinite Imagination located in Camrose, Alberta, Canada. We would like to perform Murder By Midnight a total of three times in the coming months.

The first performance would be in the small town of Ryley, Alberta for their annual Small Business Awards Dinner on Oct 21. They anticipate about 80 to 100 people for this event. Ticket price is 45 dollars, but this also includes an evening dinner. The organizers will give us a small honorarium to cover performance rights, costume expenses and travel.

The next two performances would be Dec 1 and 2 at the Bailey Theatre in Camrose, Alberta, which will also be a dinner event. Capacity for this event would be about 80 persons per night. Ticket price is 55 dollars each (again, includes dinner).

We look forward to hearing from you regarding the cost for these three performances, plus payment details. Thank-you!

Best regards,
Kevin Schole....for Infinite Imagination

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https://orgsync.com/91593/chapter Tulane's sole organization dedicated to student-run theatre and dance for the university community! We put together dance performances, student-written and student-directed plays, themed nights of short scenes and more. We welcome students of all majors to act and dance, write, design, costume, direct, stage manage-- the list goes on and on. https://www.facebook.com/TUperformingartssociety/

Mr. Goode,

I am writing to enquire about the rights for your short play, "Murder at Midnight". The play would be performed by university students as part of a small production, all student run and directed. The performance will be mid-November.

Please let me know what other information you need from me, and I am really looking forward to directing your play!

Thank you,
Franny Senkowsky

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