Life Stories announces 2010 Playwrights In Residence Program

13 Mar 2010, 6:51 PM by Juliagrob

Life Stories is proud to announce our 2010 Playwrights In Residence Program.  Five emerging NYC playwrights will be selected to take on the task of writing 5 original one act plays in collaboration with our Life Stories Students.

Heres how it works: 

Each student will create a character based on someone they know. 

They will create a detailed character outline and "I want" monologue to give to their writers.

Writers will each receive a pre-determined cast. 

In groups students will share their characters and create original monologues inspired by their writers, who will provide both a secret and detailed memory for the actor's characters. 

Over the course of 3 sessions, playwrights will bring in drafts to further refine and develop a script in collaboration with their actors. 

5 weeks later, these 5 original plays will premier at the Acorn Theater on April 25th.

Stay tuned for updates!