STUDIO 4 x 4 CALL FOR PLAYWRIGHTS
Four new playwrights, four new plays, Fortune Theatre Studio
Fortune Theatre’s Studio 4 x 4 Young Playwrights Initiative is looking for local passionate young writers with a long-term interest in writing for live theatre.
There are four places for writers, aged between 18 and 35, to join this project for ten weeks beginning Saturday 13 October, 2012.
The selected playwrights will meet for one three-hour weekly session for ten weeks with a script advisor, two trainee directors and the artistic director of the theatre. In addition to the ten weekly sessions, writers will also receive one-on-one coaching sessions as they develop short scripts for a public rehearsed-reading presentation in the Fortune Theatre Studio the week beginning 10 December.
This is an exciting opportunity for four writers to observe first-hand all the processes that go into developing a new work, creating live professional theatre, and working first hand with industry professionals.
TO APPLY:
E-mail a script you have written (in WORD and a manageable size please) and a statement of intent to:
Artistic Director Lara Macgregor:
Or mail to:
Fortune Theatre
Attn: Lara Macgregor
P.O. Box 5351
Dunedin 9058
Or hand-deliver to:
Fortune Theatre
Attn: Lara Macgregor
231 Stuart Street
Dunedin 9016
DEADLINE for applications: 5pm Friday 28 September.
The script may be any length, and does not have to have been performed.
The statement of intent should outline your plans for a short (15 minute) piece of theatre to be developed over the ten weeks, and should explain how you expect to benefit from the initiative.
Applicants may be asked to attend an interview within the first week of October.
This course is free for the selected writers to attend.
Any questions, please contact
