WriteNow Workshop - Tuesdays, April 28 - May 26
Allison Linker, Jess Beveridge, Cynthia Granville, and Jami Simon. Photo by Emily Hewitt.
5 Week On-line Session via ZOOM! End of Season Presentation on Tuesday, June 2nd in the evening.
12:00-1pm Writers Write, followed by discussion at 1pm
1:20pm Actors Begin to Check-in
1:30-4:30pm Scenes are cast and read
YOU MUST SCHEDULE AHEAD!
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 3 hours are devoted to reading scenes, followed by guided discussion.
Writing individually in a group is very 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.
ACTORS: There is no fee to participate. However, due to on-line constraints, you must be scheduled to attend.
WE WILL BEGIN Spring WriteNow Workshop Tuesday April 28th and share 5 weeks of Tuesdays 12-4:30pm (longer because we'll need the time to check in with each other, and it's Zoom) ending with a 6th event as an End of Season Presentation on Tuesday, June 2nd in the evening.
I will provide prompts for writers to write from 12-1pm during which time actors (those who don't choose to write) will join me for a check-in so we can continue to hear from you as we are currently doing. WRITERS can either write with us, sound off (mute your computer) OR write offline until 1pm. At 1pm each writer will do the check-in and respond to how the writing went (process). At 1:30 or so we will begin to hear 5 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.
CASTING - WRITERS will have to give me time to cast, so 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.
SCRIPTS - WRITERS please send your excerpts asap! Monday preferred.
FEES for WRITERS - (actors write for free, the prompts are sent to actors who ask for them)
WRITERS = weekly $10/prompt & process (if you have questions, if you need support, please do not hesitate to reach out to me) OR IN ADVANCE $40/Spring Workshop for all 5 sessions!
DEVELOPMENT = $40/session minimum pay-what-you-can (if you can afford more, I will accept more - if you need financial assistance, please let me know)
I have a limited number of development slots. Please let me know if you want 1-5, and I will try to accommodate your request. Anyone who has at least 1 development slot may participate in the End of Season Presentation as a writer.
DATES are all Tuesdays 12pm 4/28, 5/5, 5/12. 5/19, 5/26 with an Evening Presentation on Tuesday June 2nd
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.
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.
At the end of the Spring season, a full-length play developed in WNWorkshop 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 WNWorkshop, 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
Thank you,
Emma and The 29th Street Playwrights Collective
12:00-1pm Writers Write, followed by discussion at 1pm
1:20pm Actors Begin to Check-in
1:30-4:30pm Scenes are cast and read
YOU MUST SCHEDULE AHEAD!
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 3 hours are devoted to reading scenes, followed by guided discussion.
Writing individually in a group is very 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.
ACTORS: There is no fee to participate. However, due to on-line constraints, you must be scheduled to attend.
WE WILL BEGIN Spring WriteNow Workshop Tuesday April 28th and share 5 weeks of Tuesdays 12-4:30pm (longer because we'll need the time to check in with each other, and it's Zoom) ending with a 6th event as an End of Season Presentation on Tuesday, June 2nd in the evening.
I will provide prompts for writers to write from 12-1pm during which time actors (those who don't choose to write) will join me for a check-in so we can continue to hear from you as we are currently doing. WRITERS can either write with us, sound off (mute your computer) OR write offline until 1pm. At 1pm each writer will do the check-in and respond to how the writing went (process). At 1:30 or so we will begin to hear 5 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.
CASTING - WRITERS will have to give me time to cast, so 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.
SCRIPTS - WRITERS please send your excerpts asap! Monday preferred.
FEES for WRITERS - (actors write for free, the prompts are sent to actors who ask for them)
WRITERS = weekly $10/prompt & process (if you have questions, if you need support, please do not hesitate to reach out to me) OR IN ADVANCE $40/Spring Workshop for all 5 sessions!
DEVELOPMENT = $40/session minimum pay-what-you-can (if you can afford more, I will accept more - if you need financial assistance, please let me know)
I have a limited number of development slots. Please let me know if you want 1-5, and I will try to accommodate your request. Anyone who has at least 1 development slot may participate in the End of Season Presentation as a writer.
DATES are all Tuesdays 12pm 4/28, 5/5, 5/12. 5/19, 5/26 with an Evening Presentation on Tuesday June 2nd
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.
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.
At the end of the Spring season, a full-length play developed in WNWorkshop 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 WNWorkshop, 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
Thank you,
Emma and The 29th Street Playwrights Collective
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!
