Practical Playwriting
How to Write for Commercial Production
TRU Beginnings: Opportunities for Early Development - this Saturday!
This one-day intensive will be taught by Diana Amsterdam (The Dodgers, Fast Girls, Sex and Death, Carnival Round the Central Figure), TRU's Program Director for Playwrights. With segments of the workshop taught by commercial producer Patrick Blake (The 39 Steps, Bedlam Theater's Hamlet/St. Joan, The Exonerated, In the Continuum, Play Dead), marketing consultants Bob Ost and Gary Hughes who will help writers capture the essence of their piece in an effective synopsis, and presentation coach Gillien Goll who will teach you how to present yourself successfully. The day ends with a panel of commercial producers who will offer feedback on writers' pitches as well as suggest appropriate markets for the works.
Confirmed producer panelists include Pat Addiss (Gigi, Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike, Love Letters revival, Promises, Promises, A Christmas Story, Buyer and Cellar, Dinner with the Boys), Margot Astrachan (Ghost the musical, A Gentleman's Guide..., Ghost the musical, The Realistic Joneses, Around the World in Eighty Days, On a Clear Day...) and Patricia Klausner (Pippin, Stick Fly, The Scottsboro Boys, Trip to Bountiful).
For more information/sign-up instructions, click here: http://www.truonline.org/PracticalPlaywritingAug15.htm
Desotelle Studio, NuBox Theater
Practical Playwriting: How to Write for Commercial Production
Saturday, Aug 22, 2015, 11:00 AM
John Desotelle Studio, 300 W 43rd St, New York, NY
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Curriculum
11am-12:00 How to Write a Play that a Producer Wants to Produce - dramaturgical principles taught by Diana Amsterdam
12:00-12:30 When and How to Submit Your Work - taught by Diana Amsterdam
12:30-1:30pm Practical Considerations: What Things Cost, What Producers Look For - practical guidelines taught by Patrick Blake
1:30-2:30 Lunch Break
2:30-3:30 Getting to the Essence: A Good Synopsis and How to Pitch It - taught by Bob Ost and Gary Hughes, working with each writer individually to discover the compelling essence of your work
3:30-4:15 Practicing Your Pitch - taught by Gillien Goll
- Reducing Stress, Increasing Confidence
- Physical Ed: Body Language, Focus, Eye Contact
- Pitching with Passion
4:30-5:30 Identifying Your Market - an inter-active "pitch" session with feedback from producers Pat Addiss, Margot Astrachan and Patricia Klausner (see bios below).
A writer's workshop with a happy ending: a chance to pitch your work to a trio of real producers.
Pat Addiss
Margot Astrachan
Patricia Klausner
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