Block A
How to apply to Block A 2010
Explore the fundamentals of playwriting in a lively, collegial environment under the mentorship of a nationally-recognized playwright. Participants should have some writing experience, but may cross over from other theatrical practices or writing disciplines. A small group (6-8 writers) meets once a week October - early December. You do not have to have a draft in progress to participate. Individual dramaturgy is not provided outside of class.
Cost: $100 (payment will be requested upon acceptance to the program in August) Applicants must be PTC members in good standing. Writers who cannot afford the course fee can contact Heidi Taylor to apply for a waiver.
TBA - likely mid-July 2012
Application checklist:
1. A completed application form.
2. Up to date Playwright membership (if a new member, purchase your membership online here)
3.Ten pages of recent writing, theatrical writing preferred. Please note the source of your writing sample (class assignment, blog, one act play, etc.).
FORMAT: Times or Courier 12-point font is preferred. Pages must be numbered, with the name of the play in the footer.
Use ONE of the following options:
a. Hard copies must be unbound on 8 1/2” x 11” paper. Bound, three-hole punched or stapled scripts cannot be accepted.
b. Digital copies in PDF format, saved with the author’s first initial, last name and blocka11 as the file title (e.g. wshakespeareblocka11.pdf).The letter: A letter describing what your playwriting goals are, and what you hope to explore in the workshop. Digital applications: attach your pitch and letter as one file in PDF format: authornameletter.pdf (e.g. amillerletter.pdf).
4. A playwright’s resume (or for emerging writers, a resume detailing formal and informal education and creative work to date). Digital applications: attach resume in PDF format: authornameresume.pdf (e.g. twilliamsresume.pdf).
Submit hard-copy applications to:
Block A
Playwrights Theatre Centre
#201 – 1398 Cartwright Street
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8
Submit digital applications to: plays@playwrightstheatre.com, with “Block A submission” in the subject line, and the PDFs of your letter, resume, and writing sample attached. Digital applications will only be processed once the application form and membership has been received.
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATION PACKAGES:
TBA - likely mid-July 2012
Results will be announced:
one month after application deadline
Please allow enough time for your submission and membership fee to reach the PTC office by the deadline. For more information, contact Heidi Taylor at heidi@playwrightstheatre.com.
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Block P
Call for Applications: Block P – Self-production for emerging writers
To assist emerging playwrights in charting their own path to production, PTC is offering a mentorship preparing three writers to apply for a BYOV at the 2011 Vancouver Fringe Festival. Producer, director and designer Ilena Lee Cramer (former Artistic Director of Screaming Weenie, former Managing Producer of Rumble Productions) will offer the participants a template for small-scale self-production, from developing a creative team to budgeting and scheduling. Participants must be willing to raise their own funding to produce their projects, including application fees for the Fringe Festival BYOV program. The writers may choose to cooperate on a shared program or work individually. Previous Block P participants have gone on to site-specific production (The Escape Artists), and establishing their own BYOV (Wet Ink Collective - Vancouver Fringe East Side).
TBA - likely mid-July 2012
Notification: one month after submission deadline
Start date: August 30 (meeting time to be arranged with successful applicants)
Commitment: Participants must be available to attend bi-weekly sessions, as well as a minimum of three fringe BYOV productions.
Cost: $100 (payment will be requested upon acceptance to the program in August). Membership fee is $25; participants must cover the cost of their Fringe tickets including fringe membership. Writers who cannot afford the course fee can contact Heidi Taylor to apply for a waiver.
Application checklist:
1. A completed application form.
2. Up to date Playwright membership (apply here)
3. Fifteen pages of recent writing, theatrical writing preferred. Please note where the writing sample is from (class assignment, blog, one act play, etc.).
FORMAT: Times or Courier 12-point font is preferred. Pages must be numbered, with the name of the play in the footer.
Use ONE of the following options:
a. Hard copies must be unbound on 8 1/2” x 11” paper. Bound, three-hole punched or stapled scripts cannot be accepted.
b. Digital copies in PDF format, saved with the author’s first initial, last name and blockp11 as the file title (e.g. wshakespeareblocka10.pdf).
4. The letter: A letter describing your producing experience and playwriting background. Digital applications: letter in PDF format: authornameletter.pdf (e.g. amillerletter.pdf).
5. A playwright’s resume (or for emerging writers, a resume detailing formal and informal education and creative work to date). Digital applications: attach resume in PDF format: authornameresume.pdf (e.g. twilliamsresume.pdf).
Submit hard-copy applications to:
Block P
Playwrights Theatre Centre
#201 – 1398 Cartwright Street
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8
Submit digital applications to: plays@playwrightstheatre.com, with “Block P submission” in the subject line, and the PDFs of your letter, resume, and writing sample attached. Digital applications will only be processed once the application form and membership has been received.
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATION PACKAGES:
TBA - likely mid-July 2012
Results will be announced:
one month after submission deadline
Please allow enough time for your submission and membership fee to reach the PTC office by the deadline. For more information, contact Heidi Taylor at 604-685-6228 ext. 102 or heidi@playwrightstheatre.com.
NB: PTC has no producing relationship with the playwrights selected for the program, nor is acceptance in the Vancouver Fringe Festival guaranteed
Production mentor
Ilena Lee Cramer has worked with many theatre companies in artistic, management, administrative, grant writing, fundraising and promotional capacities. She is the former Managing Producer of Rumble Productions – one of Vancouver’s premier independent theatre companies and producer of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Ilena was the founding Artistic Director of Screaming Weenie Productions for which she produced and directed numerous original works (see www.screamingweenie.com). She has also directed for Theatre Positive in Vancouver and for KDQ & Co in Alaska. As a designer her work has been seen most recently in Transmission by Tanya Marquardt, as well as at SFU and for Rumble Productions. She completed her BA in directing and design at the University of Alaska in 1993, and studied performance in St. Petersburg with some of the foremost Russian theatres.
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Block D
Open to dramaturgs, directors, writers, choreographers, and other creators interested in the conceptual architecture of new work, Block D is a dramaturgical discussion group led by PTC Executive Director and Literary Manager Martin Kinch. The group meets biweekly for eight sessions (March-June), to engage in practical and theoretical discussions about the process of dramaturgy. Sessions are tailored to the experience and interests of the 6-8 participants. Past participants have joined the reader pool for PTC's Dramaturgical Reading Program, our play report by-request service.
Deadline: February 21st, 2012
Runs March to June
Participants must be Playwright members of PTC ($25 annual fee), but participation in the Block is free.
To apply: send a letter explaining your interest in Block D and a current resume to heidi@playwrightstheatre.com with Block D in the subject line.
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