2024 Seattle Playwriting Conference

Saturday, Jul 13, 2024
9 am - 5 pm
Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave
Seattle, WA

The 2024 Seattle Playwriting Conference was presented in partnership between SCRiB LAB and Parley. The conference was sponsored by The Dramatists Guild, Theatre Puget Sound, and Seattle Children’s Theatre.

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

• led by Miriam Tobin (SCRiB LAB)

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 (Parley)

1:15 pm: lunch break

2 pm: Workshop: Promote Yourself

• led by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth (Parley)

3:15 pm: Panel: Producing New Plays

• Panelists: Idris Goodwin (Seattle Children’s Theatre), Kendall Uyeji (Pork Filled Productions), Nelle Tankus & Suz Pontill (Washington Ensemble Theatre), Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth (Parley)

• Moderated by Miriam Tobin (SCRiB LAB )

4:15 pm: Party!

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