CREATING AND EVALUATING TEXT

PLAYWRIGHT

• Inspiration• Real Life Experiences (The Glass Menagerie) • Collaboration (Kaufman & Hart)• Actual Events (The Laramie Project)• Serendipity (If You’re the Guy)

• Process• Write• Re-write• Workshops/Readings• Produce

David Hare on Playwriting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8N2WwZFNDo

CRITIC

DRAMATURG

PRODUCER

AGENT

MARKETING TEAM

• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pDCGlWsQhc

AUDIENCE

ASSIGNMENT

• Play Treatment• 400 Words• Summary of the major points of

a story you think you would like to write.

• This can be from your life, a version of a non-theatrical story you know, something you heard on the news, an interesting idea you have, etc

• Must be typed & printed out• Due Wednesday

THE MOST FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT

Hip Hop Shakespeare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY