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Tell a friend about the Wisconsin Wrights New Play Project.
The Wisconsin Wrights New Play Development Project offers an incredible opportunity to Wisconsin playwrights as it focuses on the development of new works through extensive workshops and public readings.
Created in Fall 2006 through a partnership between the UW–Madison Division of Continuing Studies in Theatre, the UW–Madison University Theatre/Department of Theatre and Drama, the Madison Repertory Theatre, and Edenfred/Terry Family Foundation, Wisconsin Wrights fosters the development of new works by Wisconsin playwrights. Joining us as a producing partner in Fall 2007 was the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. The first three years of Wisconsin Wrights were generously supported by the UW–Madison Anonymous Fund, the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, and the Madison Arts Commission.
Play submission will be accepted on a biannual basis with our next round opening in November 2011 for consideration for workshops in May 2012. Each of the three finalists will be awarded a one week residency at Edenfred (www.edenfred.org) in Madison, Wisconsin. The three plays will be featured as part of the University Theatre summer season with each receiving an intensive one week workshop (with a cast, dramaturg, and director) which culminates in a public reading.
In alternate years Wisconsin Wrights will support further development of work by past finalists and work to provide resources for playwrights to develop their craft.
2009 Finalist "Broken and Entered" by Kurt McGinnis Brown (Madison, WI) will be featured in the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s Montgomery Davis Play Development Series with a staged reading on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 7:30 pm in the Milwaukee Broadway Theatre Centre’s Skylight Bar & Bistro. Reservations are not required, seating is first-come, first-served. The reading is free of charge, with donations kindly accepted. For more information, call (414) 276-8842.
2009 Finalist "Kiritsis" by David Schanker (Madison, WI) will be featured in a staged reading by Forward Theater Company on March 20, 2010 at 7:30 pm in The Rotunda Studio in the Overture Center. General admission seating with a suggested donation of $12.
2009 Finalist "The Lightning Bug" by Rand Higbee (Hager City, WI) will be featured with a staged reading by the Madison Theatre Guild at The Bartell (113 E. Mifflin Street, Madison) in spring 2010.
For synopses and playwright biographies and director biographies visit the Past Finalist page.
Contact Sarah Marty, Program Coordinator for Continuing Studies in Theatre at UW–Madison, at 608-263-2790 or smarty@dcs.wisc.ed
Writing a Successful Screenplay is a one-day workshop offered by UW-Madison Continuing Studies and includes a critique of your first 10 pages.
The Department of Liberal Studies & the Arts is a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies. The units within Continuing Studies provide continuing education programs for lifelong learners, from precollege to seniors, as well as counseling services for adult learners. You will find the UW-Madison Continuing Studies home page at http://www.dcs.wisc.edu, or browse the Web site using the navigational links below.
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