Montana Repertory Theatre Offers Women Creating Theatre Program, Colony 19: 7/12 - 7/19
We're excited about this opportunity to focus on the feminine and to offer time, space, and resources to the gender long underappreciated in the world of theatre.
Three noted playwrights- Deb Laufer, Molly Rice, and Julia Jordan-will lead the Colony along with Salina Chatlain, who has produced the Colony for the past two years.They'll be joined by other women producers, dramaturgs, and directors.
Eight days of writing, laughing, listening, floating, hiking, and learning--an immersion into the creative writing process for stage and screen.
Preliminary Schedule
Panel Discussion (Part One)
July 12 - DIY for Women Theatremakers: Self-Production and Alternative Models
10 am - 2 pm: Introduction to the week and panel with guest artists
3 pm - 6 pm: Rehearsal for staged reading
8 pm: Reading: A new play by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Panel Disucssion (Part Two)
July 13 - DIY for Women Theatremakers: Self-Production and Alternative Models
10 am - 2 pm: Panel continues with guest artists
3 pm - 6 pm: Rehearsal for staged reading
8 pm: Reading: A new play by Molly Rice
Workshop (Day One)
July 14 - Focus on Character
9 - 9:30 am: Coffee
9:30 am - 12:30 pm: Workshop One with guest artists
11 am - 2 pm: Rehearsals for staged readings
3 pm: Reading: The Spindle of Necessity by Carson Grace Becker
8 pm: Reading: Church by Kate Morris
Workshop (Day Two)
July 15 - Focus on Plot
9 - 9:30 am: Coffee
9:30 am - 12:30 pm: Workshop One with guest artists
11 am - 2 pm: Rehearsals for staged readings
3 pm: Readings: Life, Death and Number by Moira Keefe and Funny Bellies by Gaaby Patterson
8 pm: Reading: Controlled Burn by Lojo Simon
Wednesday Evening - 8 pm - Panel Discussion - Film Screening
July 16 - The Politics of Gender Parity: What Has and Has Not Been Accomplished
Screening of Fire Season (A short film by Courtney Saunders)
Workshop (Day Three)
July 17 - Begin work of short plays
9 - 9:30 am: Coffee
9:30 am - 12:30 pm: Start a short play drawing on previous workshops
11 am - 2 pm: Rehearsals for staged readings
3 pm: Readings: To be announced
8 pm: Reading: Pomegranates by Larke Schuldberg
Workshop (Day Four)
July 18 - Continue work on short plays
9 - 9:30 am: Coffee
9:30 am - 12:30 pm: Feedback - continue work on short play
11 am - 2 pm: Rehearsals for staged readings
3 pm: Reading: Leaving Cottonwood by Anita Vatshell
8 pm: Reading: A new play by Julia Jordan
July 19 - Wrapping up the week
9 am: Wrap-up and rehearsing short plays written during workshops
3 pm: Reading: Once Upon a Time in Ancient Greece by Laramie Dean
8 pm: Readings presenting short plays written throughout the week
Costs
ALL-ACCESS BUTTON:
$100 for the series of four workshops, all panel discussions, and all staged readings for the week
WORKSHOPS-ONLY BUTTON:
$75 for the series of four workshops
STAGED READINGS BUTTON:
$75 for all afternoon and evening readings
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS:
$15 for each staged reading and each panel discussion
** Register today for this week of workshops and panel discussions.
Please call:
SALINA CHATLAIN - Producer
(406) 243-6809
salina.chatlain@umontana.edu
Learn more online at montanarep.org
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