WRITING POWERHOUSE 10-MINUTE PLAYS

WRITING POWERHOUSE 10-MINUTE PLAYS, an online workshop will be presented by Jonathan Josephson on Sunday, September 29, 4-5:30 pm Pacific Time. This workshop is suitable for folks just starting to write ten-minute plays as well as those with some experience with the short form.

Short plays are an exciting and efficient way for playwrights to explore new theatrical ideas and for theatres to get to know new writers. Ten-minute plays are easy to produce; fast to read; can be written in just a few hours; and can provide more imaginative freedom than a piece that may require dozens of hours and buckets of blood, sweat, and tears before arriving at a first draft. The best short plays pack all the wallop of their evening-length counterparts and can become a signature part of a playwright's body of work, especially for early and mid-career writers. In this workshop we will examine the opportunities and upsides of 10-minute playwriting, discuss structure hacks and global approaches that will help make your plays stand out from the stack, and uncover best practices for short play submissions, all in support of getting your dramatic stories ready for the stage. Join us for a hands-on workshop with time for questions and feedback. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Jonathan Josephson: Fifty of Jonathan's plays have been produced at site-specific locations, schools, and theatres around the world including Actors Theatre of Louisville (Humana Festival), Milwaukee Rep (RepLab), the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Play Festival (Festival Winner), Alternative Theatre Company (Off-Broadway), Warner Theatre (International Play Festival), Chance Theater, Mountain View Mausoleum, Pasadena Museum of History, and the LA County Arboretum. His short plays have been recognized by Short+Sweet Dublin (Best Playwright), Short+Sweet Los Angeles (Judge's Award), ATL Heideman Award (Five-time Finalist), City Theatre National Short Play Award (Finalist), Heartland Theatre Festival, and many others. His dramatic work has been included in several Smith and Kraus Best 10-Minute Plays and Best Monologues collections. Twenty-six of his plays are published by Concord Theatricals, Stage Rights, Playscripts, YouthPLAYS, Original Works Publishing, Stage It! and other publishers. B.A. Theatre: Playwriting, UCSD. DG, ALAP. [jonathanjosephson.com]

REGISTRATION: 

$17 for Play Cafe members, $30 for non-members.  Closer to the date, registrants will be sent an email with Zoom instructions from programs@playcafe.org. This email might land in a spam folder. Members, write to programs@playcafe.org to request the discount code.