Post on 16-Apr-2017
CREATING AND EVALUATING TEXT
PLAYWRIGHT
• Inspiration• Real Life Experiences (The Glass Menagerie) • Collaboration (Kaufman & Hart)• Actual Events (The Laramie Project)• Serendipity (If You’re the Guy)
• Process• Write• Re-write• Workshops/Readings• Produce
David Hare on Playwriting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8N2WwZFNDo
CRITIC
DRAMATURG
PRODUCER
AGENT
MARKETING TEAM
• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pDCGlWsQhc
AUDIENCE
ASSIGNMENT
• Play Treatment• 400 Words• Summary of the major points of
a story you think you would like to write.
• This can be from your life, a version of a non-theatrical story you know, something you heard on the news, an interesting idea you have, etc
• Must be typed & printed out• Due Wednesday
THE MOST FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT
Hip Hop Shakespeare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY