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Mark Twain Narrators Wanted for June
HEAR Now Festival


Performance Scholarship Available
 

HEAR Now will once again be presenting A Celebration of Mark Twain! as part of this year's Festival, which takes place from June 9 -12, 2016, in Kansas City, MO.  Each night, beginning on Thursday, June 9th, from 5:00pm-6:15pm, volunteer narrators will read selections from Mark Twain at Prospero's Books in their 2nd floor reader's room.  Up to 4 narrators will be selected for each performance which will again be MC'd nightly by Bob Kaliban for HEAR Now.

At Prospero's Books

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Located at 1800 West 39th Street, Prospero's is one mile from the Festival's primary hotel the Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza.
     2016's A Celebration of Mark Twain! will also include free refreshments nightly for all audience guests and Mark Twain narrators.
Click here for photos and more about 2015's A Celebration of Mark Twain!


Kraus Performance Scholarship

Also returning to HEAR Now's 2016 A Celebration of Mark Twain! is The Kraus Performance Scholarship which will give one Mark Twain narrator a 2016 ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS* to the Festival along with mentor sessions with the Festival's 2016 featured Golden Voice Robin Miles. 
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Golden Voice Mentor Robin Miles

TO NARRATE:
To participate in A Celebration of Mark Twain! only send:
* your name,
* an MP3 sample of up to 3 minutes of your narration from a recently released book (within the last 2 years), and
* your suggestion of what you would like to read from Mark Twain.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION:
 If you would also like to be considered for the Kraus Performance Scholarship please include:
* Resume detailing your work as a narrator and other performance work you have done on stage, film, TV, etc. Additional samples of your work may be requested.
* List three things you would like to improve about your audio performance skills

DEADLINE: Friday, April 29, 2016 at 5:00pm DST

Send all to: hearnowsubmissions2016@gmail.com.

Please put "Mark Twain Submission" on the subject line. The HEAR Now Programming Committee will review all submissions and select up to 12 Mark Twain narrators by May 6, 2016.


 *2016 ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS value is up to $250.00 
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