WriteNow Workshop - Wednesdays beginning January 13- March 17
With Emma Goldman-Sherman
Allison Linker, Jess Beveridge, Cynthia Granville, and Jami Simon. Photo by Emily Hewitt.
Wednesdays, 12pm-4pm (Eastern Time) for 10 Weeks on-line via ZOOM!
Beginning Jan 13 thru March 17th
End of Season Presentation on March 18, at 7pm with a 6pm call.
12:00-1pm Writers write to a prompt, followed by discussion at 1pm
1:25pm Actors join
1:30-3:30pm Scenes are cast and read
3:30pm Community time for updates, announcements and connection
Contact Emma Goldman-Sherman at emmagoldmansherman@gmail.com
Include a headshot/resume (actors) or a brief bio (writers).
HOW IT WORKS
The first hour is devoted to writing. Writers come and write to a prompt. The next 1/2 hour is a craft discussion, followed by the arrival of the actors. The final hours are devoted to reading scenes, followed by guided discussion and a Community gathering.
Writing in a group is helpful because we learn to push through blocks that can trip us up at home. Because everyone else in the room is writing, the pressure to continue helps us learn to push ourselves, and that habit teaches us that we can go further than we think we can, and we are often grateful for that little extra push! When we return home, we are able to work better, for longer periods, with greater focus. Writers do not share what was just written although we do discuss how the writing itself went and other craft topics.
I will provide prompts for writers to write from 12-1pm. At 1pm each writer will do the check-in and respond to how the writing went (process). At 1:30 we will begin to hear excerpts 10-15 minutes in length and respond to those. Writers may wish to direct me to ask any questions they want answered to make it as useful as possible for them.
FEES FOR WRITERS:
WRITING WRITER - arrive at noon and write for an hour with a prompt $10/week, participate in the process discussion and respond to the developing work
DEVELOPING WRITER - develop new work and have scene read, 10 -15 minutes at a time for $40/week, participating in responses to other developing work
ACTOR-WRITER - arrive at noon and write for an hour with a prompt for FREE, participate in the process discussion and respond to developing work
ACTORS: There is no fee to participate. This is your space to sharpen your skills, grow your community.
FEEDBACK is always given with the writer's needs in mind. I believe that feedback should be healthy and nurturing, and I work to create a safe space for everyone involved. I try to capture everyone's comments in a typed document that I send via email with my own notes, and I encourage you to take your own notes.
CASTING - WRITERS please send in your character breakdowns EARLY - Saturday preferably.
ACTORS - I will do my best to use as many of you as I can. SCRIPTS will be sent ahead of time, but you are not obligated to work on them beforehand.
SEASON PRESENTATION: At the end of each season, there is a presentation of excerpts onstage with actors. It is a celebration of the work we accomplished with workshop participants and their invited guests. Regular and Drop-In Writers are asked to participate. There is a reception, and a professional photographer is brought in to take stills of the actors.
The End of WINTER Season Presentation MARCH 18 at 7pm via Zoom. Call is at 6pm.
At the end of the Spring season, a full-length play developed in WriteNow Workshop is chosen to be presented as
The Michael Warren Powell Memorial Reading at The Dramatists Guild Foundation's Music Room over the summer.
Our Inaugural Michael Warren Powell Memorial Reading 2016 was SURVIVORS by James Masten
2017 AFTER THE PARTY by Michelle Ghatan
2018 INDEPENDENCE DAY by John Robert Tillotson
2019 WEST END BEACH CLUB by Andy Feist-Stein
If you are interested in becoming a member of the WriteNow Workshop, either as an actor or as a writer, or both, because actors make the best writers, please contact Emma Goldman-Sherman at emmagoldmansherman@gmail.com
Beginning Jan 13 thru March 17th
End of Season Presentation on March 18, at 7pm with a 6pm call.
12:00-1pm Writers write to a prompt, followed by discussion at 1pm
1:25pm Actors join
1:30-3:30pm Scenes are cast and read
3:30pm Community time for updates, announcements and connection
Contact Emma Goldman-Sherman at emmagoldmansherman@gmail.com
Include a headshot/resume (actors) or a brief bio (writers).
HOW IT WORKS
The first hour is devoted to writing. Writers come and write to a prompt. The next 1/2 hour is a craft discussion, followed by the arrival of the actors. The final hours are devoted to reading scenes, followed by guided discussion and a Community gathering.
Writing in a group is helpful because we learn to push through blocks that can trip us up at home. Because everyone else in the room is writing, the pressure to continue helps us learn to push ourselves, and that habit teaches us that we can go further than we think we can, and we are often grateful for that little extra push! When we return home, we are able to work better, for longer periods, with greater focus. Writers do not share what was just written although we do discuss how the writing itself went and other craft topics.
I will provide prompts for writers to write from 12-1pm. At 1pm each writer will do the check-in and respond to how the writing went (process). At 1:30 we will begin to hear excerpts 10-15 minutes in length and respond to those. Writers may wish to direct me to ask any questions they want answered to make it as useful as possible for them.
FEES FOR WRITERS:
WRITING WRITER - arrive at noon and write for an hour with a prompt $10/week, participate in the process discussion and respond to the developing work
DEVELOPING WRITER - develop new work and have scene read, 10 -15 minutes at a time for $40/week, participating in responses to other developing work
ACTOR-WRITER - arrive at noon and write for an hour with a prompt for FREE, participate in the process discussion and respond to developing work
ACTORS: There is no fee to participate. This is your space to sharpen your skills, grow your community.
FEEDBACK is always given with the writer's needs in mind. I believe that feedback should be healthy and nurturing, and I work to create a safe space for everyone involved. I try to capture everyone's comments in a typed document that I send via email with my own notes, and I encourage you to take your own notes.
CASTING - WRITERS please send in your character breakdowns EARLY - Saturday preferably.
ACTORS - I will do my best to use as many of you as I can. SCRIPTS will be sent ahead of time, but you are not obligated to work on them beforehand.
SEASON PRESENTATION: At the end of each season, there is a presentation of excerpts onstage with actors. It is a celebration of the work we accomplished with workshop participants and their invited guests. Regular and Drop-In Writers are asked to participate. There is a reception, and a professional photographer is brought in to take stills of the actors.
The End of WINTER Season Presentation MARCH 18 at 7pm via Zoom. Call is at 6pm.
At the end of the Spring season, a full-length play developed in WriteNow Workshop is chosen to be presented as
The Michael Warren Powell Memorial Reading at The Dramatists Guild Foundation's Music Room over the summer.
Our Inaugural Michael Warren Powell Memorial Reading 2016 was SURVIVORS by James Masten
2017 AFTER THE PARTY by Michelle Ghatan
2018 INDEPENDENCE DAY by John Robert Tillotson
2019 WEST END BEACH CLUB by Andy Feist-Stein
If you are interested in becoming a member of the WriteNow Workshop, either as an actor or as a writer, or both, because actors make the best writers, please contact Emma Goldman-Sherman at emmagoldmansherman@gmail.com
Kim Gambino and John Del Vecchio in After the Party by Michelle Ghatan, photo by Emily Hewitt
Kim Gambino and Rich Grunn in Crimes and Miscommunications by Julie Richardson. Photo by Emily Hewitt
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Tyler Gardella and Kyle Minshew in Survivors by James Masten. Photo by Emily Hewitt
Carole Forman in LITA by Suzanne Willette. Photo by Emily Hewitt
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The Talented writers and actors of the Write Now Workshop! June 29th 2016 saw the end of season celebration of writing and collaboration with an evening of short plays, monologues and excerpts from larger pieces. The evening was a HUGE success and enjoyed a large appreciative audience! Sessions resume again in September, we hope everyone has a productive and creative summer!
