Informal, unrehearsed readings of early-draft work by ScriptWorks members
Nationally recognized playwright Caridad Svich, of Salvage Vanguard Theatre's Fugitive Pieces, Thrush, and Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (a rave fable),...
A Dramatis Personae Workshop on Visual Dramaturgy In this interactive visual dramaturgy workshop, we will explore how the elements of design in a script can influence what is possible in a staged...
Opening of FronteraFest 2020, starting with the Short Fringe at Hyde Park Theatre, and running through February 15th. The Long Fringe runs Jan. 22 - Feb. 2. Tickets available at hydeparktheatre.org
The December Salon is a chance for members to preview their FronteraFest Short Fringe pieces and get feedback.
Deadline to apply for Groundwork Grants or Revision Resource funding for projects created or developed in the 1st quarter (Jan - Mar.) of 2019
Bring your freshly-printed 10-minute masterpiece to the Fling Salon to hear it read or just come hear what others have written.
The Weekend Fling is a writing weekend where ScriptWorks members have 48 hours to write a ten-minute play using three contributed ingredients. It culminates with the Weekend Fling Salon where we...
Come kick-off the Weekend Fling with ScriptWorks friends. Hear the ingredients read aloud and get your communal creative juices flowing. We'll get a big table on the 2nd floor and everyone can...
Monthly readings of early-draft work by ScriptWorks members
The FronteraFest 101 workshop, led by ScriptWorks Executive Artistic Director and FronteraFest Producer Christina J. Moore, will guide participants through the process of preparing a piece for...
Deadline to apply for a Commission to create a piece for the FronteraFest Short Fringe
Deadline to apply for Groundwork Grants or Revision Resource funding for projects created or developed in the 4th quarter (Oct - Dec.) of 2019
ScriptWorks members and their families, as well as community collaborators, and those interested in finding out more about ScriptWorks are invited to the 19th Annual Meet & Greet to launch our...
Application deadline for ScriptWorks quarterly funding programs: Groundwork Grants and Revision Resource funding. Guidelines and application available on the Programs page.
The Living Play: a master class in the craft of story-making for the stage This lively master class centers on the primary ways in which we bring the stage to life (Motion, Status, Time) – and...
Robots, automatons, household appliances, and humans are a few of the artificially “intelligent" characters in this year’s Out of Ink production inspired by one of the three contributed rules...
A Dramatis Personae Workshop with Helen Sneed Publishing and licensing ensure the long-term success of a play or musical in the national and international markets. This workshop will explore the...
FronteraFest component featuring performances in private homes and other unexpected locales.
ScriptWorks featured Commission piece in the FronteraFest Short Fringe - Big Guy by Max Langert. See www.hydeparktheatre.org for complete details and tickets.
ScriptWorks featured Commission piece in the FronteraFest Short Fringe - Posers by Kyle John Schmidt. See www.hydeparktheatre.org for complete details and tickets.
ScriptWorks featured Commission piece in the FronteraFest Short Fringe - Darling is the Night by Jack Darling. See www.hydeparktheatre.org for complete details and tickets.
FronteraFest component featuring longer pieces 45-90 pieces long.
ScriptWorks featured Commission piece in the FronteraFest Short Fringe - Action Bike: Prequel by Eva Suter. See www.hydeparktheatre.org for complete details and tickets.
The beginning of FronteraFest - a five-weeks long performance festival we co-produce with Hyde Park Theatre. Check hydeparktheatre.org for complete info and tickets.
This Salon is dedicated to members who'd like to preview their FronteraFest Short Fringe pieces.
The culmination of the Weekend Fling where members read their freshly-penned ten-minute plays.
A 48-hour writing event where members write 10-minute plays using three contributed ingredients. The weekend culminates in the Fling Salon where we read the freshly-penned plays. Eight of the...
Writing is Writing is Rewriting is Writing with Caridad Svich ScriptWorks offers the flexibility of online learning for this five-week intensive geared toward re-animating your plays in progress,...
Monthly reading of early-draft work by ScriptWorks members
Learn the ins and outs of self-producing in FronteraFest from the festival producer, Christina J. Moore
Come kick off our new season with fellow writers and supporters from the community. Free and open to all!
The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) is America’s largest and longest running short-form theatre company. Founded by Producing Artistic Director Dominic D’Andrea, the 1MPF is a barometer...
Our friends at Story Bar present their monthly workshop on creativity as a contemplative practice and how to use mindfulness as a tool for engaging in the arts and society. This...
Join us for a night of celebrating our history and looking toward our future!
The Feng Shui of Rewriting with John Walch The French call it “élan vital”, the Romans called it “vital spark,” smoothie makers in Berkley call it “raw fuel”, hipsters in Brooklyn...
Deadline for members in good standing to apply for Seed Support funding for a project in development
Informal monthly readings of early-draft work by our members. Open to members, prospective members, and the featured writer's invited guests.
A five-week long workshop, conducted by email! Nationally recognized playwright Caridad Svich, of Salvage Vanguard Theatre's Fugitive Pieces, Thrush, and Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon...
KJ Sanchez, founder and CEO of American Records and author of documentary plays such as ReEntry and X’s and O’s will conduct a three-hour workshop on documentary play-making. She will cover...
Eight ten-minute plays selected from those written over 48 hours using three contributed ingredients during our Weekend Fling.
Informal monthly readings of early-draft work by our members. Open to members, prospective members, and the featured writer's invited guests. The December Salon focuses on work written for the...
Salon featuring the freshly-written plays of the Weekend Fling.
A happy hour event to kick off the Weekend Fling, where members have 48-hours to write a ten-minute play using three arbitrary ingredients.
Four commissions are awarded to members to present work in the FronteraFest Short Fringe. See the FF Commission application for complete information.
Deadline for members to apply for Seed Support funding for a project in development.
SERIES B: Rita Anderson, John Boulanger, Raul Garza, Tyler Kosmak, Lindsey Lane, Max Langert, Daria Miyeko Marinelli, Paz Pardo, Jason Rainey, Nettie Reynolds, Sheila Lynch Rinear, Jelisa Jay...
Informal, unrehearsed, readings of early-draft work by ScriptWorks members.
A dog’s toy, a revered text, planets, and the Statue of Liberty are just some of the objects that reveal their thoughts in ScriptWorks’ 19th annual Out of Ink ten-minute play showcase. The...
You've written the play, you've found the perfect workshop/festival/writer's group to take your work to the next level. The only problem now is...how do you knock down the door? In this workshop,...
W/riting the World How do we write/right the rites of our world in all of its trouble and joy? How do we make plays as citizen-artists? This playwriting intensive focuses on the writing of a...
The December Salon focuses on pieces members are developing for the FronteraFest Short Fringe.
THE MAGIC OF REVERSALS All great storytelling uses reversals of character and action to create drama. In this workshop, we'll do exercises exploring reversals and we'll talk about how to use...
Monthly readings of new plays by members. See website for details of this month's Salon.
The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) is America’s largest and longest running short form theatre company, founded by Producing Artistic Director, Dominic D’Andrea, is a barometer project,...
This three-week, reading-intensive class is designed to give playwrights a way of thinking about how and why plays employ non-linear time, play-within-play formats, direct address, monologue, and...
Informal, unrehearsed reading of early draft work by member writers.
A grieving widow, a pilot under siege, a captive woman, and a man who has given up on love are just a few of the people who figure out how to carry on in ScriptWorks’ 18th annual Out of Ink...
Informal unrehearsed readings of early draft work by member writers.
Monthly readings of early-draft work by members. Open to members and prospective members. Details in the newsletter or on the homepage of the website.
This Salon is set aside for members to hear their FronteraFest pieces read.
The culmination of our Weekend Fling, where members write 10 minute plays over 48 hours using three arbitrary ingredients. Come hear the newly-minted ten-minute plays read by an ensemble of actors...
The Living Play: Storymaking for the Stage with Steve Dietz
Monthly readings of early-draft work by members. Open to members and prospective members. Check the newsletter or homepage for details.
FRONTERAFEST 101 A primer in self-producing for the fringe A workshop taught by Christina J. Moore Tuesday, September 9, 7:30 – 9:30pm Hyde Park Theatre 511 W. 43rd St. COST: $5 SW members;...
On Sunday, August 30th from 5:00-7:00pm, ScriptWorks members and their families, as well as area playwrights, actors, directors, designers, technicians, and those interested in finding out more...
What does a dramaturg do anyway? How would you work with one? Should you work with one? Can you be your own dramaturg? Can you be a dramaturg for others? All these mysteries and more will be...
DRAMATIS PERSONAE WORKSHOP Writing is Writing is Rewriting is Writing with Caridad Svich A five-week online workshop starting May 18, 2015 ScriptWorks offers the flexibility of online learning...
OUT OF INK 2015: Random Acts of Magic ScriptWorks 17th Annual Ten Minute Play Showcase Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd St. April 23-25 and April 30-May 2, 2015 at 8 PM Tickets: $15 general...
WRITING PLAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE & YOU WRITE FUNNY A combo workshop taught by Don Zolidis Wednesday, March 18 7-9pm Salvage Vanguard Studio 2803 Manor Road $20 ScriptWorks members/ $30...
The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) & ScriptWorks, In Collaboration with Salvage Vanguard Theatre Present: The 1st Austin One-Minute Play Festival Thursday Aug 28th, Friday Aug 29th, and...
On Sunday, August 24th from 5:00-7:00pm, ScriptWorks members and their families, as well as area playwrights, actors, directors, designers, technicians, and those interested in finding out more...
What do you get when you add three arbitrary ingredients to a gaggle of playwrights, multiply by 48 hours and divide by 10? Without fail, you’ll get ScriptWorks Weekend Fling, where member...
WRITE ON: A PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP with Larry Herold and Kevin Kautzman Whether you’re new to writing for performance or an old hand looking to shake things up, here’s an opportunity to get in...
DRAMATIS PERSONAE WORKSHOP (updated) WRITING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN with SIBYL KEMPSON Sunday, March 23rd 2-4:30pm State Theatre, 719 Congress Ave. $25 SW/$40 General Reservations:...
Guidelines and application on the Programs page
Performances begin in the Long Fringe component of FronteraFest, a five-week long performance festival ScriptWorks co-produces with Hyde Park Theatre. Go to www.hydeparktheatre.org for complete...
Performances begin in the Short Fringe component of FronteraFest, a five-week long performance festival ScriptWorks co-produces with Hyde Park Theatre. Go to www.hydeparktheatre.org for complete...
This Salon is dedicated to hear FronteraFest pieces written by members.
Come hear your newly-minted ten-minute play read by an ensemble of actors you can cast on the spot.
Members have 48 hours to write a ten-minute play using three arbitrary ingredients.
Come hang out and get the ingredients for this year's Weekend Fling!
An informational session with leadership of the Dramatists Guild of America
Monthly Salon reading
Learn the ins and outs of self-producing for the fringe festival
ScriptWorks' Annual Season Kick-off Event
Whether it's avoiding adjectives, employing superheroes, crickets, or trunks, or finding a way to incorporate the opening and closing lines of Finnegan's Wake, ScriptWorks members have been up to...
How do you encompass 3000 years in ten minutes? And do it in 48 hours? That was the challenge set before ScriptWorks members last fall at the annual Weekend Fling 48-hour writing event. At the...
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