Winter 2011 Crafting Plays Playwrighting Classes
and
Playwrights’ Lab
with The Playwrights’ Center of SF’s Dramaturge Suze Allen

Playwrights Lab

Carve out three hours once a week to devote yourself to your playwrighting. Weekly themes, exercises, readings and critique will get your juices flowing, the pages written and give you the opportunity to collaborate with fellow playwrights. As a dramaturge, I read a lot of plays and I know that playwrights who participate in classes and labs get to the heart of their play faster by honing their craft with structural advice and exploration, fact finding exercises and feedback from others who know the business.
Tuesdays 6:30 – 9:30 6 week Session
January 11 – February 15 2011

Crafting Plays Workshop Series

How do you write a great play? This Crafting Plays workshop series takes you from raw idea to final draft and marketing. Part lecture, play readings and writing exercises, these two-hour classes are informative and hands- on. Learn the skills to make your plays electric and rich and get them in the theatre. Whichever road you take into the dramatic writing process, you need a good road map or you can get lost. Find your way with Crafting Plays.
Saturdays from 3pm – 5pm

Going Deep - Rewriting, Refining Your Second Draft
Nail down what you really want to say in your play. Solidify your premise and put your play into a synopsis. This workshop focuses on how you get from your first draft to your second with vibrant dialogue, free from exposition, and rich in subtext and revelation. January 22, 2011

Collaboration -Tools for the Ultimate Final Draft- Actors, Directors, Dramaturges, and Readings
A director, dramaturge and actors will be on hand to give you insight into your scripts as we explore the process of final draft.
February 19, 2011

Writing Marketing Materials for Your Plays
Need a concise bio, a crisp and intriguing synopsis, a one-paragraph blurb, a press release or a cover letter so you can market your play or send it out? This workshop provides you with the tools, tips, and feedback you need to create appealing marketing materials. Working on your synopsis and blurb also help you define and refine what your play is really about. March 19, 2011

FMI 207.205.0636

Where: SF Writers and Actors’ Studio 149 Prospect Ave SF, CA 94110

Crafting Plays Cost: $60 per class ($40 for PCSF Members) $150 for any 3 classes
Playwrights’ Lab Cost: $225 per session or $400 for 2

To Sign-Up: Suze Allen suze@playwrightscentersf.org
See our website for payment information and link:
http://www.playwrightscentersf.org/

Instructor Suze Allen, a 25- year veteran of the theatre, is an author, playwright, teacher, director and dramaturge. Herwork has been produced at The Marsh, Brava!, The Climate, Intersection for the Arts. The Phoenix, The Working Women’sFestival, Out North Contemporary Art House in Alaska, and TheSF and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. Suze taught playwrightingat the Women on Writing conference at Skyline College and
currently teaches Mama-logues, ongoing writing workouts forMamas and Women in Transition writing and yoga workshopsat the Esalen Institute in Big Sur as well as in the East Bay andSan Francisco.

Suze is the founder of The Maine Playwrights’ Lab and Short Works festival, Iambe’s Bones Studio, and Fresh New WorksSan Francisco. She is the resident dramaturge at The Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco and the acting Director of Developmental Readings. Suze’s book, The Time StarvedWoman’s Guide to Emotional Wellbeing with Dr. SD Shanti is on sale now! Her business, Manuscript Mentor, helps turn dreams and ideas into effective, vibrant writing.
www.manuscriptmentor.com / www.suzeallen.com