Pulse Ensemble Theatre’s Playwrights’ Lab Contest Name: Deadline: (for ongoing submissions, enter 1/1/3000) Contact Website: Accept Musicals?: Unknown Yes No Accept Plays?: Unknown Yes No Accept Young Audiences?: Unknown Yes No Accept Edgy Material?: Unknown Yes No Accept Radio/Film/TV Scripts?: Unknown Yes No Categories Award Cash Conference Fellowship Festival Production Reading Residency Song Contest Workshop Length Full-length Full-length One-act One-act Short -- Parent -- Contest Tags Description: Visual Text The Playwrights’ Lab. consists of a group of playwrights who meet for three hours a week, on Monday nights, to listen to actors read scenes from their plays. After the readings, there is a constructive discussion about how well the work is serving the objective of the playwright. These are not cold readings, Pulse provides the actors for the scenes, and gets scripts to the actors, so that they can read the scripts before the workshop meets. The group is currently under the leadership of nationally and internationally produced award winning playwright Lezley Steele. All playwrights in the group are expected to participate in discussion about all the works being read, not just their own. The group is never larger than ten playwrights. The Lab. is a four-month (consecutive) session. At the end of the four months, if the work is ready, it will receive a public reading. Pulse casts the play and provides the director. Playwrights are welcome to continue working on their play until it is deemed ready for a public reading. This is not a beginning level class. The Playwright must have a work in progress, and be willing to continue working on the script; this is not a workshop for people who consider that their work is already completed. The fee is $100. per month, payable, in advance or on the last session of each month (for the next month). Playwrights are admitted into the group based upon their writing skills and enthusiasm for the process. Contact Name - FIRST: LAST: Contact Title: Contact Email: Contact Phone: Contact Address1: Contact Address2: Contact City: Contact State: Contact Zip: Contact Country: Comments from NMI Staff: Visual Text Develops work of each playwright in 4-month workshop. Group (limit 10) meets 3 hours/week to read scenes with discussion afterward. Presents two showcases of 3 works/year. Some plays selected for further development. Group is under the leadership of Award winning playwright Lezley Steele. Fees $100/month.
