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An 8 Week Course designed to help you explore the depths of your mind,
realize your ideas fully, and get them on stage

Led by NET’s playwright-in-residence Catie O’Keefe

This intensive playwriting course is for people interested in developing and fine-tuning a play script. Over the course of eight weeks, students will read and discuss a myrid of plays, attend and critique a local production and complete a series of writing exercises which will result in a final project. The workshop will culminate with a staged reading of all the students’ final projects at a local theatre.

New Edgecliff Theatre’s Playwright-in-Residence leads this exciting workshop! Catie O’Keefe holds a BA in Theatre from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon and a Masters in Playwriting from Royal Holloway University of London. Her work has been performed in London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, New York City, Portland, Denver, Cincinnati and at The Univserity of Louisiana. She is currently a recipient of the Peggy Ramsay Grant and continues to work in both the US and UK.

The Details

WHEN: Monday evenings from 6-9pm between March 26th and May 14th, 2012

WHERE: Dramakinetics, 4222 Hamilton Ave.,Cincinnati Ohio, 45223

REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must be currently enrolled in a university or college program OR have previously completed one of NET’s Introduction to Playwriting Courses.

Interested parties who do not meet the above requirements may submit a 5-10 page writing sample for consideration. Please see the application for further details.

FEE: $250/student (includes eight play texts, copies of reading material and ticket to see one production in Cincinnati area). Fees must be paid in full prior to the first day of class.

NET strives to offer affordable, yet intensive, workshops for students and adults in the Cincinnati area. However, we understand that some people are bound by many financial obligations that might prevent them from participating in our programs. Therefore, we offer the Aerin Davidson Scholarship to cover full tuition for one student based on financial need and merit. More information is available at the time of application.

Space is limited! Qualified applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis and our class will be capped at 15 participants. Apply [online] early to ensure your spot!

Have you ever wanted to write a play?  Ever written a play and wondered how to improve it?  Ever had an idea you wanted to see on stage?  New Edgecliff Theatre is now offering a weekend intensive Playwriting course for anyone – from beginners who have never dabbled in playwriting, to professionals wanting to get back to the basics.

Taught by professional playwright (and NET’s Playwright in Residence) Catie O’Keefe, who’s plays have been performed and published in the US and UK, this course aims to get writers comfortable with writing monologues, short scenes, developing characters and plot, and finding their voice. For 10 hours, spread over a Saturday and Sunday, they’ll engage in thought provoking exercises, learn the necessary tools and challenge themselves to write for the stage.

Catie O’Keefe holds a BA in Theatre from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon USA and a Masters in Playwriting from Royal Holloway University of London.  Her work has been performed in London at the Jerwood Centre, Southwark Theatre, Henley Fringe Festival, The Royal Court Upstairs, Theatre 503 and the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She participated in the Fall 2007 session of the Royal Court’s Young Writers Program and also the 2008 Invitation Class back at the Royal Court.  The Space Between My Head and My Body premiered at London’s Theatre 503 and then transferred to the Underbelly Baby Belly 3 in Edinburgh (now available for purchase through Original Works Publishing).  Her play Deception, Illusion and Nate has been performed in the US and as part of the Dyssing Monday’s Dyslexic festival in October 2008 and again in the Henley Fringe Festival in July 2009 in the UK. Extraction was produced in March 2010 at the Camden Etc. Theatre. An Apartment with Grace was one of six winners to be produced for The Louisiana State University Outworks Festival in April 2010.   Her latest projects include a reading of The Burning Mann at the Aronoff Center in March 2011 with CPI, Darker, produced by NET in the 2011 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, and a reading of Extraction in New York with Davenport Theatrical.  She is currently a recipient of the Peggy Ramsay Grant and continues to work in both the UK and the US.

Three weekend workshops are available for Fall 2011:
September 17 (9:30am-4pm)-September 18^th (11am-4:30pm)
October 22 (9:30am-4pm)-October 23^rd (11am-4:30pm)
November 17 (9:30am-4pm)-November 18 (11am-4:30pm)

All workshops will be held at Chase Public (in Northside: 1569 Chase Avenue, Suite 4, Cincinnati, OH 45220).

New Edgecliff Theatre’s Introduction to Playwriting course is open to anyone 16-22 years of age with an interest in playwriting. No previous experience is required.  The cost for this weekend course is $90/participant.  Composition books and writing utensils will be provided for all participants. Space is limited!  Each workshop will be limited to 10 participants. To reserve your space, or for more information on both this and the follow-up 8 wk Extensive Playwriting Workshop, go to http://newedgecliff.com/education/playwrighting-workshop/.  Payment is due prior to the first day of class.