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Play for Keeps
Created by Francesca Peppiatt
This is Stockyards Theatre Project's third year to offer this workshop to writers and actresses in the Chicago area. This program was established in order to give theatre artists the opportunity to develop new works for women in a supportive and creative environment. For the last two years this program has developed 20 new one acts during the workshop and presented in a staged reading. Most were created by actresses who wanted to take control of their careers and write a show for themselves.
In Play for Keeps, an actress is paired with a writer to work on a mutual project. Every other week, the entire Play for Keeps workshop group meets for a session of reading and critiquing portions of each project. All that is required to apply is an idea of the subject matter or genre of theatre that interests you so that it is easier to match people up.
If you are already partnered (writer with actress), that's fine as well. All that we ask is that you bring in new ideas to develop during the workshop.
The culmination of the program is a public reading presenting each of the projects from the latest season of Play for Keeps. The 2008 Play for Keeps works will be presented on September 22, 23, and 24 in the evening at The Theatre Building in Chicago, 1225 W Belmont (between Racine and Southport).
2008 Workshops begin Monday, 6/30 6:30-8:30pm at The Theatre Building. To sign up, or to request further information, email us.
This project is partially supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
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