New script software SCRIPTOPIA to be launched

4/15/2014 2:25pm

SCRIPTOPIA a new software application is being launched May 1st, according to its founder, stage director Kay Matschullat. Ms. Matschullat was joined in the creation of Sciptopia by Andrew Mirsky and Marc Huey. The software will be unveiled on May 1 (3:00 to 5:00 PM) – at an event featuring the creators and theater artists who will demonstrate the app – at the Lark Play Development Center (311 W 43 St). Available on computers, tablets and smart phones, Scriptopia promises to revolutionize the development and rehearsal process for playwrights, directors and theater artists everywhere by streamlining some of the theater's most crucial, time-honored, time-consuming and archaic practices – script changes.

Among the leading features of Scriptopia:

--writer’s script changes go instantaneously to artistic team

--instant comparison between old and new versions of the script

--revisions can be shared and heard immediately

--actors can highlight scripts – and save personal notes through various re-writes -- with one click

--directors and stage managers can instantly share notes selectively or with all members of the company

--stage managers can share blocking notes without interruption

--sides at auditions a thing of the past

--time and money-saver making efficient use of working hours

--paper-saving practice that is good for the planet!

--a myriad of advantages particular to the artist's discipline and needs

For further information visit www.scriptopia.co. Press contact: Sam Rudy (575-0263)...