Monthly Archives: June 2014

Literary Laureates 2014 FREE
Locations: Page-Walker Arts & History Center and The Cary Sunday, September 14, 2014 All Workshops start at 3 p.m. at Page-Walker Arts & History Center Panel Discussion and Reading at The Cary at 6 p.m.

Enjoy a unique “Meet and Learn” opportunity. Four free writing workshops will be offered by Piedmont Laureates: Jaki Shelton-Green, Ian Finley, Scott Huler and Carrie Knowles.  Topics include: poetry, playwriting, non-fiction and fiction. After the workshops, there will be a panel discussion and reading by the Laureates, followed by a reception. There will also be a pop-up bookstore during the event and Laureates will be available to sign books. 

“Climbing Down the Ladder of Writing Head First…”: Poetry Workshop with Jaki Shelton Green, 2009 Piedmont Laureate Poems often get stuck inside our stories, fiction, nonfiction, and our folklore.  How do we reclaim voice and revision?  How do sensory, detail, metaphor, and imagery serve as bridges between the story of the poem and the unleashing of the poem? Participants will play around with their own narrative memories/ cerebral lore and create poems in this excavation.  Prior to class, email your poems to: wildwoman46@hotmail.com.
79801 Sun Sep 14 3-5 p.m.

“How to Tell a True Story in a True Way”:  Non-Fiction Workshop with Scott Huler, 2011 Piedmont Laureate Do we live in a golden age of nonfiction, with radio enterprises like StoryCorps making the telling of true stories a legitimate art form? Or do we live in the nonfiction End Times, with “reality” TV and a tide of faked memoirs? We live in both. Learn how to tell the difference — and how to tell a true story in a true way. 
79803 Sun Sep 14 3-5 p.m.

“How to Begin”: Theatre / Playwriting Workshop with Ian Finley, 2012 Piedmont Laureate An introduction to dramatic structure and the tools to prevent writers block and the fear of the blank page.
79804 Sun Sep 14 3-5 p.m.

“No Problem, No Story”: Short Fiction Workshop with Carrie Knowles, 2014 Piedmont Laureate You need a main character and a problem…when you’ve got those two things, you can begin to build a story. Designed to get your main character knee deep in a plot that’s ready to unfold, this workshop will help you develop a believable main character, find the problem, let the character make decisions both good and bad, and talk. 
79805 Sun Sep 14 3-5 p.m.

Piedmont Laureate Panel Discussion and Reading Sunday, September 14 | 6 p.m.
The Cary
Spend a thought provoking evening with Piedmont Laureates Jaki Shelton Green, Scott Huler, Ian Finley and Carrie Knowles. The Laureates will be reading from their latest works and answering your questions about writing and the writing life. Reception with light refreshments after the program. No registration necessary

The 12th Annual PlaySlam will be presented by ArtsCenter Stage and the Playwrights Roundtable on Saturday evening, September 27, 2014 at 8:00PM. North Carolina-based playwrights are eligible to submit scripts for the competition.

Playwrights MUST be present at the Arts Center on the day of show, to direct rehearsals of their plays between 4:00PM and 6:00PM, and be present for the show that evening.

Submissions will accepted from July 7-August 1, 2014.

SCRIPTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNTIL JULY 7th. Submissions will be cut off when 13 playwrights, each submitting a pairs of scripts, have been received.

Email your scripts to the Roundtable: “artscenter.playwrights@gmail.com”
Plays will be selected on a “first come, first served” basis. ONLY the first 13 playwrights who submit properly will be included in the show. SO SUBMIT EARLY AS YOU CAN!
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How PlaySlam Works:

All playwrights must submit EXACTLY 2 scripts (1 play for each round) of 1-to-3 minutes in length.
Day of SHOW: The acting ensemble rehearses all plays, directed by the playwrights.

All 13 of the Round 1 plays are performed.
The audience votes on their 5 favorite plays.
Scorekeepers collect and tally ballots during intermission.
The authors of the audience’s 5 favorite plays move on to the Finals/Round 2 with their Round 2 play.
The acting ensemble performs the 5 Finalist/Round 2 plays.
The audience votes on their favorite Round 2 play.
The Scorekeepers tally audience ballots for Rounds 2.
The playwright with the most votes from Round 2 wins cold, hard cash! 100 bucks of it!

How to Submit:
Submit 2 scripts at the same time to email address above, after July 7^th, 2014.
Cover sheet MUST indicate one of the scripts as the Round 1 play, the other as the Round 2 play.
Plays must run 1-to-3 minutes in length.
Plays must be submitted in a WORD or PDF File only.

Each script should include a title page with: title, list of characters, setting, a tagline (one-sentence description) of your play, as well as being labeled for either Round 1 or Round 2.

The first 13 playwrights to enter completed submissions (2 plays/per playwright, one for each round, in the correct format with tag lines etc) will be entered into the 12th Annual PlaySlam.

The winning playwright takes home $100.
Invite all your friends and families to pack the audience, and obtain an unfair advantage!

FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE ROUNDTABLE:   artscenter.playwrights@gmail.com

If you would like to volunteer to support the work of local playwrights in the Triangle, consider joining our 2014-2015 Board of Directors.  If you would like to be considered for a position on the Board, please complete our 2014-2015 Board Member Application Form and send it to Lydia Sbityakov at lydia@caryplaywrightsforum.org.  Thanks!  We look forward to working with you!

The Cary Playwrights’ Forum has been working on the plans for a number of theatrical projects for the 2014 – 2015 fiscal year! See our Calendar of Events listed below and check our website for further details regarding deadlines for auditions and play submissions throughout the year!  Also, if you like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter you will have the latest information!

Calendar of Events for 2014-2015

August – Lazy Daze
Aug 25 –  Script submission deadline for production at The Cary
Oct –  Auditions for production at The Cary
Nov 21 & 22  – Full Production at The Cary
(Fri, Sat night and Sat matinee)

Dec – Jan  – Workshop series with Ian Finley

January  – 24 Play Festival

Feb 1st –  Script submission deadline for production in CAC
April  – Auditions for full production at CAC
April –  Spring Daze
June 5-7  – Full Production at CAC

Playwrights meet monthly on the third Wednesday at 7 pm in the conference room at the Cary Arts Center. Free and open to all.