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July 6-20, 2008
A two-week playwriting intensive at the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Participants are
university students, faculty and young professionals from across the
country.
Led by Gary Garrison
Executive Director, The Dramatists Guild
And special master classes
with:
Lee Blessing, Mark Bly,
Melanie Marnich, David Ives, Ken Ludwig, Carlos Murillo, Caleen
Sinnette Jennings, Heather McDonald, Marsha Norman, Howard Shalwitz
and others
Associate Director: Cathy Norgren
Actors-in-Residence: Jennifer Mendenhall and Rick Foucheux
The program consists of rigorous writing workshops and discussions
of the art, craft and business of playwriting with the Program's
Director, Gary Garrison and a wide range of distinguished guest
artists.
Classes will meet 10am-12:30pm, 1:30-6pm daily. Informal concert
readings of participants' work will be scheduled in the evening
during the two-week period. Sunday, July 13th is free.
Participants will visit the Contemporary American Theatre Festival
in Shepherdstown, West Virginia on Saturday, July 12 for sessions
with Artistic Director Ed Herendeen, the playwrights-in-residence
J.T. Rogers, Greg Kotis, Lydia Diamond and Richard Dresser, and to
attend two of the plays premiering at CATF.
During week two, member theatres of the National New Play Network (NNPN)
will be in residence at the Intensive to develop a new play being
considered jointly by those institutions. Intensive participants
will be observers of the process, and have access to and sessions
with the artistic team during the week.
Playwriting Intensive participants will be accepted in three tracks
in 2008
(all tracks will have sessions with each
of the guest artists):
Tuition:
Housing:
Housing information will be
available in the early spring. Prices start at $40 per night.
To Apply:
-a writing and/or teaching resume
-a letter of motivation for attending
-ten pages of a playwriting sample
by: Friday, March
28th.
Invited participants
will be notified by April 25th.
(Early submission and acceptance
notification is possible if applicants' home institutions have
earlier professional development funding deadlines. Please inquire.)
By attached Microsoft Word or PDF documents
To:
ghenry@kennedy-center.org
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