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BE A WRITER IN NEW YORK CITY. URBAN RETREAT: A Summer Writers WorkshopSaturday, July 12—Sunday, July 20, 2008 “I can’t explain how wonderful it is to be sitting in a dark theatre, knowing that your play is next and being absolutely terrified that your play is next.” Playwright Alison Stine on her experiences
YPI’s URBAN RETREAT is a nine-day intensive program in playwriting for writers
aged 14 to 21. URBAN RETREAT participants: § Take daily writing workshops conducted by YPI teaching artists that allow you to explore the basic elements of playwriting, discover new ideas and situations to write about, share and receive feedback on your work, and revise and deepen your writing. § Engage in luncheon roundtable discussions related to the craft and business of playwriting with theater professionals. § Attend Broadway and Off Broadway shows. § Receive one-on-one feedback on your writing from a professional dramaturg. § Write a new short play. § Rehearse with a professional director and actors in preparation for an Off Broadway staged reading of your play to be produced at the conclusion of URBAN RETREAT. In 1981, Stephen Sondheim and other members of the Dramatists Guild brought renowned British director and educator Gerald Chapman from London’s Royal Court Theatre to New York to inspire a new generation of playwrights. Out of this collaboration came the groundbreaking Young Playwrights Festival and Writing On Your Feet! Workshops. Through these programs, over 30,000 young people have been exposed to the art of playwriting. Now we’re making our process available to you. You can study playwriting in the world’s most exciting theater environment at YPI’s Urban Retreat! Retreat participants will take two to three intensive workshops daily. These sessions are designed to get you started on a play, help you create complex characters and distinctive dialogue, offer solutions to writer’s block, and explore revisions. You will also attend discussions and lectures by prominent theater artists and work one-on-one with our teaching artists on revising and deepening your writing; and you will collaborate with professional dramaturgs, directors, and actors on the production of your new play. Interspersed with this intensive study will be outings to Broadway and Off Broadway productions.Urban Retreat participants will live in dormitory-style housing, supervised by responsible resident advisors. Tuition for the Urban Retreat is
$1650,
including meals, housing, theater tickets, and local transportation.
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