"Men
decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy,
hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion than by reality,
authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute."
- Marcus
Tullius Cicero
The
Greensboro Playwrights Forum
The
group meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 pm in the
City Arts conference room in the Greensboro Cultural Center on the
corner of Davie and Friendly.
The facilitator of the Greensboro Playwrights Forum is Stephen
Hyers. The meetings are free and open to the public. We are
greatly encouraged by the number of actors and new playwrights that
attend each month.
Stephen D. Hyers is the director/founder of the Greensboro Playwrights'
Forum which began in 1993 as part of the growing programs of the
City Arts Division of the Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department.
As Drama Director of this department, he is extremely active in
the North Carolina playwrights community. His original plays have
been presented at High Point University, Carson-Newman College,
Spare Parts Theatre Co., High Point Theatre and Playmakers Repertory
Theatre. He works professionally as a freelance actor, director
and fight choreographer. He is an adjunct instructor at Elon University.
Visit his web site at www.playwrightsforum.org.
Remember,
our assignments are not graded, feel free to change any of the above
elements, write it this month or a year from now. It is always welcome.
If it inspires you to write a longer piece, great! Don't let it
interfere with your other writing and ENJOY!
Sincerely,
Stephen D. Hyers
Drama Director
CITY ARTS
200 N. Davie Street, Box #2
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 335-6426
(336) 373-2659 – Fax
www.city-arts.org
You
can e-mail Stephen at stephen.hyers@ci.greensboro.nc.us or you can
go to the Greensboro Playwright's web site: www.ci.greensboro.nc.us/leisure/drama.
GREENSBORO
CHILDREN'S THEATRE
City Arts Drama was formed in 1971 as part of the City of
Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department's commitment to its citizens
who enjoy the arts, both as audience and as participants. City Arts
Drama currently operates the Livestock Players Musical Theatre and
Livestock Players Second Stage. It also sponsors and continues to
develop the Greensboro Children's Theatre and Greensboro Playwrights'
Forum. Workshops, classes and volunteer opportunities are available
year round. For more information please call (336) 373-2728 or send
e-mail to: barbara.britton@ci.greensboro.nc.us.
N.C.
New Play Project
The Greensboro Playwrights' Forum is proud to sponsor the
annual North Carolina New Play Project. The New Play Project provides
opportunities to living playwrights across North Carolina to workshop
their plays and then have them presented in a workshop/development
environment. It has included the plays, Jacob's Ladder by
John Fennell, Shadow of Eldorado by Steve Willis,
Making Art by Karen Dresser, Spanish Church
by Bret Murphy, The Girl of My Dreams and A Life
for Herself by Carole Jackson, Monday by Sheryle
Criswell, Reunion by Michael Bohen, The Americanization
of Grams by John Ellis, The Monster Tales by Mary
Jett Parsley, A Path of Bees by Craig Alexander Lyon
and Saint Patrick's Well by David Brendan Hopes. Your
play could be next!
N.C.
Playwrights Alliance
The North Carolina Playwrights Alliance seeks to unite and
serve playwrights of North Carolina through the promotion, advocacy
and production of playwrights' work and the creation of state, regional,
national and global productions and networking opportunities. For
more information about the North Carolina Playwrights Alliance,
contact June Guralnick, 919-280-3486, june@juneguralnick.com
or Ann Marie Oliva, (704) 554-9400.
Looking for a place to submit your work? Visit the American Association
of Community Theatre at www.aact.org
and click on play contests.
Sincerely,
Stephen D. Hyers
Drama Director
City Arts
Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department
PO Box 3136
Greensboro NC 27402-3136
TEL: (336) 335-6426
FAX: (336) 373-2659
www.ci.greensboro.nc.us/leisure/drama
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