Intermediate Playwriting
Adult Playwriting Program
January 13 - February 24, 2013
Sundays 10:00am - 12:30pm or 1:00pm - 3:30pm

APP INTERMEDIATE PLAYWRITING - Winter 2013

It happens to every writer sooner or later. You open up your play in progress, and you find yourself just sitting there, staring at a blinking cursor...stuck. Whether you are trying to get inspired for a new idea, or in the midst of struggling to rewrite a current play, it's valuable to have tools and techniques that can get your work moving again. In this class we will focus on looking outside of the genre of theatre and playwriting to utilize other sources of inspiration.

The primary focus of the class will be advancing your current project through sharing and discussion of scenes of your own choosing. In addition, through selected writing exercises, we'll explore how to derive techniques and tricks from music, dance, and other sources.

To enroll, click the calendar to the right.

Class Dates: Sundays, January 13 - Febraury 24, 2013. 
Section 1 meets 10:00am - 12:30pm. Showcase of student work February 28.
Section 2 meets 1:00pm - 3:30pm. Showcase of students work March 1.
All classes and showcase at ACT, 700 Union Street, Seattle, WA 98101

 

Early Registration Cost: $350 - Deposit received by January 3, 2013*
Regular Registration Cost: $400 - Deposit received after January 3, 2013*
ACT Member Price: $325
*A non-refundable deposit of $75 guarantees your spot in the course. Full payment for this APP class is due January 14,2013.
Maximum Enrollment: 10

To enroll, click the calendar on the right side of the page.

Stephanie Timm is company playwright for New Century Theatre Company, and recently finished a year-long residency with ACT Theatre. She was commissioned by 5th Avenue Musical Theatre to write Rosie the Riveter! with composer Albert Evans. 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 also teaches at Cornish College of the Arts, and writes for video games. Stephanie received her MFA from UC San Diego.

All profit from the APP will help to fund the 2012 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 playwright/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

 

Titles, dates, ticket pricing, and venues subject to change.