2015 Schedule - City Theatre

Scholars Only
All Participants
OYO Meals
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Event
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CityWrights Launch Party & Presentation of the
City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting
(Included in all CityWrights fee)
LILT LOUNGE @ the Epic Hotel
Friday, June 26, 2015
Playwrights
8:15 AM - 8:55 AM
Registration & Coffee
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
*Recorded live via
HowlRoundTV
Why Does Fixing Gender Parity Matter?
A Conversation about the Lily's, The Count, The Kilroys, NNPN and You!
Moderated by Susan Bernfield
[Cusi Cram, Deb Laufer, Gwydion Suilebhan, Lauren Yee, Lisa Dozier-King, & Marsha Norman]
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
*Recorded live via
HowlRoundTV
From Development to Production- SMARTY-PANTS: Women to Listen to
Besides Our Mothers
Moderated by Susi Westfall
[Abigail Katz, Casey McLain, Elaine Romero, Lisa Dozier-King,
Susan Bernfield, & Susan Schulman]
NPX and Marketing Your Work Online
[Deborah Laufer, Donna Hoke, & Gwydion Suilebhan]
11:45AM – 12:45 PM
Publishing: Dramtic Publishing, Samuel French and OOB
Amy Marsh and Casey McLain (Samuel French)
Linda Hajan (Dramatic Publishing)
Elaine Romero, Lauren Yee, Steve Yockey, & Suzanne Miller
Business Intensive: Know Your Rights and Updates on Trends
Bruce Miller (Washington Square Arts & Film)
Susan Schulman (Susan Schulman, A Literary Agency)
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Key Note Lunch: Women's Voices Being Heard
Marsha Norman
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Introduction of the CityWrights Publication and Teaching Masters
With Michael Bigelow Dixon
2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Writers Blocks
With the Masters
Cusi Cram, Deb Laufer, Leslie Ayvazian Anderson, & Michael Bigelow Dixon
5:30 PM - 7:15 PM
Dinner at The Café at Books & Books
Arsht Center
(suggested choice of dining)
(Transportation Provided to and from Books and Books)
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
SUMMER SHORTS Performance
At the Adrienne Arsht Center
(Discount tickets available)
Post Show: Mix and Mingle with the Summer Shorts Company at Books & Books
Saturday, June 27, 2015
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Playwrights
COFFEE & YOGA STRETCH
Expert Instructor Provided by the Epic Hotel
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Writers Blocks
With the Masters
Cusi Cram, Deb Laufer, Leslie Ayvazian Anderson, & Michael Bigelow Dixon
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Q&A with Marsha Norman and Christine Dolen (Miami Herald)
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 AM – 2:15 AM
*Recorded live via
HowlRoundTV
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
LUNCH OYO
Breaking it Down: Tips and Strategies from the Trenches
Moderated by Amy Marsh
[Donna Hoke, France-Luce Benson, Lauren Yee,
Leslie Ayvazian Anderson, & Susan Bernfield ]
Storytelling in Other Medias
Writing for Television, Streaming, Web-Series, and Stand Up
Moderated by Bruce Miller
[Cusi Cram, Kelly Younger, Neena Beber, Steve Yockey,
Susan Miller, & R. Eric Thomas]
Physical Playwriting
Words and Movement
Workshop with Lauren Feldman
I’ve Written The Play- Now What?
Workshop with Abigail Katz
Writing for the Musical Theatre
Workshop with Marsha Norman
(Sign Up Required)
(3:30pm-5:30pm)
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:45 PM
8:00 PM
Sunday, June 28, 2015
10:00 AM - 12:45 PM
Dinner OYO (recommended restaurants)
In Their Own Words
Readings of new work by the Masters
And City Theatre National Award Finalists
At the Olympia Theatre
Playwrights
“The Sunday Papers”
Cuban Breakfast with Readings of the CityWrights Project and City Theatre National Award Finalists & Scholars
SCHEDULE AS OF 5/28/2015