ACT's Adult Playwrights Program Winter 2011 Schedule Announced

ACT's Adult Playwrights Program Winter 2011
After the successful premiere of the Adult Playwrights Program (APP) in the fall of 2010, ACT's Education Department is excited to offer two APP classes in the winter of 2011, APP INTRO TO PLAYWRITING and APP INTERMEDIATE PLAYWRITING.

APP INTRO TO PLAYWRITING
If you have ever wanted to learn the art of playwriting and have the support to grow your ideas, here is your chance! Intro to Playwriting is for beginners or any playwright who wants to revisit the basics. This fun interactive course will explore character development, dialogue, conflict in action and more. Every participant will write scenes under the guidance of local playwrights and YPP teaching artists, Kristina Sutherland and Juliet Waller Pruzan. The class will conclude with a showcase of student work; professional actors will read from selected scenes at a public event at ACT!

Class Dates: Wednesdays, February 9 - April 6, 2011, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Meets at ACT, 700 Union Street, Seattle, WA 98101
Early Registration Cost: $350 - Deposit received by January 28th, 2011*
Regular Registration Cost: $400 - Deposit received after January 28th, 2011*
ACT Member Price: $325
*A non-refundable deposit of $75 guarantees your spot in a course. Full payment for the APP is due February 4th, 2011.
Maximum Enrollment: 20

Bios
Kristina Sutherland is the Director of Education at ACT and the co-founder and Artistic Director of Macha Monkey Productions. The author of several plays produced in Seattle and beyond; Kristina was recently nominated for a Gregory Award and an American Theatre Critics Association Award for Nancy, Frank and Joe which she co-created with Desiree Prewitt.

Juliet Waller Pruzan is a playwright, choreographer, and dancer. A fan of collaboration she co-writes plays with Bret Fetzer and creates dance theater pieces with Stephen Hando. She also creates work independently. Her work has been seen throughout Seattle and the Northwest, as well as in New York, Tennessee, Europe, and Indonesia.

APP INTERMEDIATE PLAYWRITING: Reinventing the Wheel
There is nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things we don't know.
-Ambrose Bierce
As writers, it is our duty to tell and retell universal human stories in new, unique ways that titillate, illuminate, and resonate with contemporary audiences. The primary focus of the class will be advancing your current project through writing exercises, and sharing and discussion of scenes of your own choosing. In addition, through selected readings and focused writing exercises, we will explore ways to utilize our own unique experiences and views of the world to create works that are both vital and original. This intermediate class is the perfect opportunity to make headway on that play in progress, or start writing your next one.

Class Dates: Tuesdays, February 8 - April 5, 2011, 6:30 - 9:30 PM
Meets at ACT, 700 Union Street, Seattle, WA 98101
Early Registration Cost: $350 - Deposit received by January 28th, 2011*
Regular Registration Cost: $400 - Deposit received after January 28th, 2011*
ACT Member Price: $325
*A non-refundable deposit of $75 guarantees your spot in a course. Full payment for the APP is due February 4th, 2011.
Maximum Enrollment: 20

Bio
Stephanie Timm is currently playwright in residence at ACT Theatre. Most recently, she was nominated for a Gregory Award for New Century Theatre Company's premiere of "On the Nature of Dust." Her play "Crumbs Are Also Bread" was published in the recent Rain City Projects Manifesto Series, edited by Steven Dietz. Her plays have been produced and developed at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Icicle Creek Theatre Festival, Kennedy Center, Lark Theatre, Boots Up Theatre Company, Washington Ensemble Theatre, and Live Girls! among others. Stephanie received her MFA from UC San Diego. Stephanie has taught playwriting at every level.

All profits from the APP will help to fund the fall 2011 Young Playwrights Program providing much needed assistance to at least one low-income Puget Sound school that could not otherwise afford the program.

The Young Playwrights Program, ACT's flagship education program, sends professional playwrights/teaching artists into Puget Sound schools for ten weeks to teach the basics of playwriting. ACT's YPP equips participants with tools for creative self-expression, endowing them with self-confidence and the sense that their ideas-about themselves, their world, and the challenges they face-matter, and their voices will be heard.

"ACT has shown me how to take an idea and make a world."
-Ellie Drayton, Seattle Girls' School

ACT's Adult Playwrights Program Policies and Procedures

Contact Information
Please direct all correspondence regarding the Adult Playwrights Program to Kristina Sutherland, Director of Education.

Email: Kristina.sutherland@acttheatre.org
Direct line: 206-292-7660 ext. 1338

ACT
Attention: Kristina Sutherland
700 Union Street
Seattle, WA 98101

Deposits and Payment Due Date
We accept cash, checks, American Express, Visa and MasterCard.
Because enrollment is limited, a minimum, non-refundable deposit of $75 is required to hold a student's place in the Adult Playwrights Program.
Payment for the class is due before the first day of class.

ReturnEd Checks
A handling fee of $25 will be charged for processing returnEd Checks.

Refunds
There are no refunds after the first day of any APP class.
To drop the class, the student must give WRITTEN notice to Kristina Sutherland, Director of Education, by email or mail. Ms. Sutherland will contact you within 2 business days to confirm your notice.

Withdrawal for Illness or Military Service
After the first day of class, refunds will be granted only in the case of (1) serious illness or (2) military service. To request a refund, you must submit a letter WITH DOCUMENTATION (medical certificate in the case of illness or induction papers in the case of military service) by mail to Ms. Sutherland. State the nature of the problem or your reason for withdrawal, and the date of the last class attended.

 

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