Sunday August 30th, 1:00pm to 5:00pm
A virtual workshop on Zoom, open to playwrights everywhere.

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What often holds playwrights back is that they rarely consider the person who will buy and produce their product: the producer.  With all the work, hope and sweat they invest in considering character, theme and plot, playwrights rarely take into account producibility.

This one-day intensive will be taught by TRU Literary Manager Cate Cammarata and commercial producer Patrick Blake (The 39 Steps, My Life Is a Musical, Bedlam Theater's Hamlet/St. Joan, The Exonerated, In the Continuum, Play Dead)  founding artistic director of Rhymes Over Beats.

• WHAT IS PRODUCIBILITY? The fact that producers always ask this question, and playwrights hardly ever do, causes a serious disconnect between the commercial producer and most playwrights.

• WRITING TO A MARKET - We will ask each playwright questions he or she has probably never considered before: What is your market? Who is going to buy tickets? Who is this play written for?

• HOW TO SPEAK "PRODUCER" - Understanding the producer's point of view, and learning to look at your work from a more objective perspective may increase your chances of getting produced.

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Schedule (subject to change):

• How your creative choices influence your budget
• Producible where? What makes a property commercial? What are other markets?
• Managing expectations and knowing who your audience is
• What producers look for in a play, and a partner
• Avoiding encumbrances

• How collaborations work, and what to expect from your composer and co-writers
• The role of the dramaturg in development
• Balance of power: communicating clearly and working with a director

• Steps of development
• What goals to set at each step
• When do I need a lawyer?
• How to get an agent, and do I need one?
• Outline of a reasonable option agreement