"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
"Find out what each character cares most about in the world because then you will have discovered what's at stake. Find a way to express this discovery in action, and then let your people set about finding or holding onto or defending whatever it is."
- Anne Lamott
The Greensboro Playwrights Forum
The facilitator of the Forum is Stephen Hyers. The group meets at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month in the City Arts conference room in the Greensboro Cultural Center, downtown at 200 N. Davie Street, Greensboro.
Our meetings are free and open to the public. We are greatly encouraged by the number of actors and new playwrights that attend each month. You can get complete information about the Greensboro Playwrights Forum by calling Stephen Hyers at (336) 335-6426 or by faxing to (336) 373-2659. You can e-mail Stephen at stephen.hyers@ci.greensboro.nc.us.
GREENSBORO CHILDREN'S THEATRE
"Tales From the Arabian Nights"
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.
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
