Script Development Workshops — The Shattered Glass Project

Centering the creative development of women, non-binary and trans playwrights through workshop rehearsals and performances of new plays, the Script Development Workshops provide opportunities for playwrights to see their scripts move from words on a page to life.

Plays in Progress
January-May 2025

A Monthly Series of Script Development Workshops Capped with Staged Readings

Includes

A director and up to 4 actors who are compensated. Playwright receives a small royalty.
Up to 12 hours of rehearsals over 2 to 3 weeks.
1 public performance in-person at the MLK FAME Center Studio Space and including audience participation and a recording of the performance using the Zoom platform.
Click here for our goals & logistics document, outlining playwright and director expectations.

Intended for

Complete scripts which have been through a more extensive artistic development process and would benefit from a public performance.
Scripts which have received a full production or which are currently being workshopped by another company are not eligible for this program.

How to Submit a script

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Upload 10 page script sample with cover sheet including contact information (PDF Format only)
Tell us about your goals for yourself and your script!

Interested in Directing? Applications for directors are welcome - see below.

Objectives for this format

The staged-reading format offers the playwright an opportunity to:

learn how their script is handled in a basic production format by a director and cast.
collaborate with a director and cast to answer questions and guide the interpretation of their script.
witness the impact on their story of minimal production elements, as determined by the director.
evaluate the impact of their story through feedback from audience members as well as other theatre artists.
receive usable inquiry-based feedback through facilitated feedback discussions.
build connections with Seattle-based directors and actors.

Application deadline: October 30, 2024

Submit a Script for Plays in Progress 2025

6_Familiar Kill -pl.Barbara Lindsey-dir. Maureen Hawkins - 01-22-2021.jpg — Zoom-based Play Workshops

Plays which are not selected for the Plays in Progress 2025 series may also be eligible for this Zoom-based reading process

Includes

A director and up to 4 actors who receive small stipends.
2 rehearsals, one week apart, allowing for rewrites.
1 full private readthrough following the 2nd rehearsal.
On the Zoom Meeting platform

Intended for

Complete scripts which would benefit from a more extensive artistic engagement beyond a simple table reading.

Objectives for this Format

The workshop format goes one step beyond the standard table reading, offering the playwright the opportunity to:

hear their script aloud;
observe how other theatre artists understand and interact with their story and the characters within the story; and
spend a week engaged in an intensive rewriting process based on insight from the rehearsals and feedback from other theater artists.

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Directors for Plays in Progress 2025

While the primary focus in this program is on the playwright, the Script Development Workshops of both types offer an opportunity for current and emerging directors to practice their skills in a collaborative environment.

Director’s Responsibilities

Preparation, Rehearsals and Casting: Directors are asked to read the script and to make any of their own usual preparations for directing in terms of script analysis; to assist the producer with casting; and to assist the producer in scheduling the Zoom read-through and the rehearsals during the week of the workshop. Directors are also asked to review the basic CRP outline, to have a sense of the feedback process that will be followed; directors will be part of the response group after the performance of their script.
Meetings: TSGP will schedule at least one Zoom meeting prior to the workshop including one team meeting between the playwright and their director to allow the director to ask questions and talk with the playwright about their script and their goals.
Deadlines: Following the Zoom-based readthrough, the playwright will have an opportunity to revise their script. The due date for submitting the script which will be used for the workshop will be no later than two weeks prior to the beginning of rehearsals, to allow the director sufficient time to prepare.

How to apply:

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Upload PDF copy of directing resume
Respond to the following questions:
- Tell us about your rehearsal process as a director working with new scripts and playwrights. How do you approach a new script? What is your favorite question for a playwright? (2 or 3 paragraphs)
- Many of the scripts submitted to TSGP are stories centered on trauma of different kinds, including racial, sexual, and gender-based. Tell us about your experience (as a director, an actor, a stage manager or other creative role) working with actors on scripts where characters have experienced trauma or where the story told is difficult or emotionally draining. How have you led a rehearsal or resolved such situations? (2 or 3 paragraphs)

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