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Introduction to Playwriting
**No workshops are scheduled at this time. Check back for future dates!**
Have you ever wanted to write a play? Ever written a play and wondered how to improve it? Ever had an idea you wanted to see on stage? New Edgecliff Theatre is now offering a weekend intensive playwriting course for anyone: from beginners who have never dabbled in playwriting to professionals wanting to get back to the basics. No matter what your level, if you want to write for the stage, then this is the course for you. Taught by professional playwright Catie O’Keefe, who’s plays have been performed and published in the US and UK, this course aims to get you comfortable with writing monologues, short scenes, developing characters and plot and finding your voice as a writer. For one weekend, engage in thought provoking exercises, learn the necessary tools and challenge yourself to write for the stage. In theatre, the possibilities are endless-help bring them to life.
How to Apply
New Edgecliff Theatre’s Introduction to Playwiritng course is open to anyone 16-22 years of age with an interest in playwriting- no previous experience is required. The cost for this weekend course is $90/participant. Composition books and writing utensils will be provided for all participants. Space is limited! Each workshop will be limited to 10 participants. To reserve your space, complete the online form here. Payment is due prior to the first day of class.
About the Instructor
Catie O’Keefe holds a BA in Theatre from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon USA and a Masters in Playwriting from Royal Holloway University of London. Her work has been performed in London at the Jerwood Centre, Southwark Theatre, Henley Fringe Festival, The Royal Court Upstairs, Theatre 503 and the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She participated in the Fall 2007 session of the Royal Court’s Young Writers Program and also the 2008 Invitation Class back at the Royal Court. The Space Between My Head and My Body premiered at London’s Theatre 503 and then transferred to the Underbelly Baby Belly 3 in Edinburgh (now available for purchase through Original Works Publishing). Her Play Deception, Illusion and Nate has been performed in the US and as part of the Dyssing Monday’s Dyslexic festival in October 2008 and again in the Henley Fringe Festival in July 2009 in the UK. Extraction was produced in March 2010 at the Camden Etc. Theatre. An Apartment with Grace was one of six winners to be produced for The Louisiana State University Outworks Festival in April 2010. Her latest projects include a reading of The Burning Mann at the Aronoff Center in March 2011 with CPI, Darker produced by New Edgecliff Theatre in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival June 2011 and a reading of Extraction in New York with Davenport Theatrical. She is currently a recipient of the Peggy Ramsay Grant who works in the UK and the US.
