This conference is sponsored by:
This conference is presented in partnership between SCRiB LAB and Parley, a Seattle-based collaborative production company that develops & launches experimental, affordable dramatic art in all forms.
The Seattle Playwriting Conference is for all interested playwrights, theatre artists, and community members. The goal is to provide time and space for professional development, networking, resource learning, and connecting with our local playwriting community.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
9 am: registration
10 am: Keynote Speech & Welcome Exercise
presented by Miriam (SCRiB LAB) and Rebecca (Parley)
11 am: Workshop: Practice Your Art
How to find the joy in writing, create a writing practice, and get yourself to the page.
12:15 pm: Panel: New Works Development
Artistic leaders of local companies discuss how they center playwrights and their work through readings, workshops, and other development opportunities.
Panelists include: Asha Dore (Parley), Jenn Ruzumna & Lisa Every (Seattle Public Theater), Maggie Lee (Rain City Projects), Shana Bestock (ACT), Suzanne Cohen (Mirror Stage)
Moderated by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
1:15 pm: lunch break
2 pm: Workshop: Promote Yourself
How to talk about your work, put yourself out there, and promote yourself as a playwright.
3:15 pm: Panel: Producing New Plays
Artistic leaders of local companies speak about how they select new work, develop seasons, involve playwrights in production, and support the community.
Panelists include: Idris Goodwin (Seattle Children’s Theatre), Kathryn Stewart (Copious Love), Nelle Tankus & Suz Pontill (WET), Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth (Parley), Roger Tang (Pork Filled Productions)
Moderated by Miriam Tobin
4:15 pm: Party!
network, socialize, meet fellow playwrights & theatre companies, eat & drink
EXHIBiTORS & PANELiSTS
18th & Union, ACT, Copious Love, Drunken Owl, Edmonds Driftwood Players, Latitude Theatre, MAP Theatre, Mirror Stage, Parley, Penguin Productions, Pork Filled Productions, Rain City Projects, SCRiB LAB, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, The Shattered Glass Project, Theatre Puget Sound, The Underground Theater, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Yun Theatre
** Registration is now closed. **
If you would like to attend the conference, please come to Hugo House between 9 - 10am tomorrow during registration hour and pay in person. Thank you.
regular rate: $45
for anyone able to pay the regular registration rate
reduced rate: $30
for students, members of TPS and Dramatist Guild, and anyone requesting support
boosted rate: $60
for anyone able to support the community with a little extra to pay-it-forward
There are several scholarships available. To apply, please email miriam@scriblab.org with your request for a scholarship and your goals for attending this conference.