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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

A marketing "blurb," or short description, of your stage work is vital to excite the interest of producers, artistic directors, literary managers, festivals, publishers, and audiences. A blurb is a few sentences introducing your central dramatic action, used in promotional materials to hook the reader. You might be asked for a blurb by a theatre if you're trying to self-produce your play. You might use it when submitting your play to theatres for possible production, or on your play's page on the New Play Exchange. Or, on an application form, it might be called "a 100 word description." In this workshop, we'll begin a ten-minute overview of best practices for writing your short play description. Then, we'll work with your existing play blurbs (bring one to paste into Chat!) to focus them for maximum impact, eliminate unnecessary language, and help your play stand out from the crowd.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Patricia Milton is Resident Playwright at Central Works, and her plays have been produced around the world. UPCOMING: The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective will be produced in Ashland, Oregon by the Collaborative Theater Project, October 9-November 2, 2025. 

REGISTRATION

$17 for 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.