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.

PLAYWRIGHT RESOURCES

ALBERTA PLAYWRIGHTS NETWORK