Chicago Dramatists Hosts An Arthur Kopit Workshop 2/20/2010

FIRESIDE CHAT- February 20 at 2:00pm at Chicago Dramatists as part of the Saturday Series A FIRESIDE CHAT with major American playwright Arthur Kopit Moderated by Artistic Director Russ Tutterow

MASTER CLASS
Sunday 2/21/2010 - 10:00AM - 5:00PM (full participation) - $300 Sunday 2/21/2010 - 12:00 - 5:00 PM, (observe only) - $100

Major American playwright and master teacher Arthur Kopit brings his acclaimed Master Class to Chicago Dramatists for a select 12 playwrights, plus observers. Full participant playwrights will spend the morning writing scenes with Mr. Kopit. (Playwrights must bring a laptop.) The afternoon will be spent hearing these scenes read in the theatre by Chicago Dramatists' favorite actors and critiqued by Mr. Kopit. Observer playwrights may join the class at noon. After the class, the entire group will adjourn to a nearby restaurant for an informal, cash-bar, post mortem and continued discussion. The entire day will be an invaluable, one-of-a-kind, developmental experience for everyone involved.

HOW TO APPLY: Full participation ($300) is by invitation and limited to 12 Chicago Dramatists Resident and Network Playwrights. Resident Playwrights should contact Artistic Director Russ Tutterow to enroll. Network Playwrights are asked to submit a 10-page sample and their bio or resume to Mr. Tutterow at rtutterow@chicagodramatists.org. An unlimited number of observers ($100) may join the group at 12:00 PM

Arthur Kopit is the author of: "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad;" "Indians" (Tony Nominee, Finalist for Pulitzer Prize); "Wings" (Tony Nominee, Finalist for Pulitzer Prize); a new translation of Ibsen's "Ghosts;" the book for the musical "Nine" (score by Maury Yeston; Tony Award for Best Musical, 1982; Tony Award for Best Musical revival, 2003); "End of the World, with Symposium to Follow;" the book for the musical "Phantom" (score by Maury Yeston); the book for the musical "High Society" (score by Cole Porter, additional lyrics by Susan Birkenhead); "Road to Nirvana;" "BecauseHeCan" (originally entitled "Y2K") and many others. As a teacher, Arthur Kopit has taught playwriting at the Rita and Burton Goldberg Graduate Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU, the Yale Drama School, Yale College, Columbia University, Harvard and Princeton. Kopit is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council and The Lark Play Development Center, where he heads The Lark Playwrights' Workshop.

* ³Nine² is to be released as a motion picture, directed by Rob Marshall, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Judy Dench, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Marion Cotillard, and Fergie, in December, 2009)

Photo credit: Walter McBride

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