PLAYWRIGHTS
PROGRAMS FOR PLAYWRIGHTS
THE WRITER’S GYM
A fun and structured space to find and flex your writing muscles. Using bite-sized writing-then-hearing activities to tackle scripting challenges help playwrights immediately discover the consequences of their choices. Topics range from how to properly format a script to the essentials of story, character, theme, and action. Suitable for beginners and emerging playwrights.
THE SCRIPT LABS
For one-act plays that are mid-development, a Script Lab will provide dramaturgical feedback by experienced facilitators along with an actor-reading to help you get your writing to the next stage. The script must be a complete play or draft, not a scene or scenes. Other playwrights and guests of the playwright are encouraged to attend and contribute their feedback.
THE SCRIPT CIRCLE
The Script Circle is a supportive cohort of playwrights each with a play in mind or in progress and is offered for different levels of writing experience. The script circle is goal-focused, aiming for various submission deadlines and production opportunities beyond sharing for fun and feedback. This is not a writing course though guidance and incentive are provided by the facilitator.
CALL FOR PLAY SUBMISSIONS
RIVERBEND THEATRE
Riverbend Theatre publicly staged readings of full-length unproduced plays by Albertan playwrights.
https://www.riverbendtheatre.com/
Heartland One-Act Play Festival
the zone level of the Alberta Drama Festival. Self-produced projects of existing scripts or new works are staged and adjudicated at Central Alberta Theatre in April. One show will advance to the provincial festival in May.
