Writers Intensive Winter 2020
What It Is:
A weekly writer’s group that runs for 8 weeks, with no more than 4 writers. Each weekly session will last two hours, with a pair of writers presenting for one hour (including discussion). Writers will alternate so that each writer presents every other week, for a total of four times. There will two be moderators/facilitators/dramaturges to run the intensive.
When is it:
Week of January 21 through March 13
Criteria for admission:
Writer must submit a pdf draft of a full-length script, as well as provide a statement of rewrite goals. Scripts and the statement will be evaluated by the artistic staff, and selections will be made based on those materials, along with demand for the intensive. The script can be a first-draft, or something that has been worked on many different times. We are agnostic as to form and content. It should not have had a production.
Scripts must be in pdf format, and rewrite goals must also be in a separate pdf document. All submissions must be sent to info@workshoptheater.org.
Expectations of the writer:
Be present at all 8 sessions.
Set aside time to address rewrite ideas between sessions.
Have read the other three scripts before the intensive starts.
Be willing to read (act) each other’s work, as needed.
Provide printed pages for readers when presenting
A digital headshot and brief bio for The Workshop website
Casting:
The intensive will focus on the reading of the text, rather than the performance of the text. As such, emphasis will be on the writers and moderators reading their fellow participants work. Additional actors will be recruited by both writers and moderators, as needed.
Cost:
Free