The Short Stack: Navigating Short Play Festivals
Don’t sell yourself short! Short play festivals are a common way for emerging playwrights to get their work out there, and navigating the multitude of festivals can be daunting sometimes. This webinar will compare different models of short play festivals from Fringe festivals to ten-minute play festivals, both in Canada and internationally. The webinar will explore the pros and pitfalls of being part of a short-play circuit. Led by seasoned short-play veteran playwright Jessica Anderson, this session will include tips and tricks to guide your next short play venture to success.
Join us Wednesday March 27th, 2024 at 12pm PDT/ 1pm YT, CST, MDT/ 2pm CDT/ 3pm ET & 4pm ADT/ 4:30pm NFLD.
FREE Registration for PGC Members.
Non Members $21 + Tax.
ASL will be provided.
Jessica Anderson is a playwright currently based in Toronto. Jessica was the recipient of the 2012 RBC Tarragon Emerging Playwrights Award for her full-length play The Gods and Calvin Brewer. Her first full- length play My Purple Wig was short-listed for the RBC Tarragon Under Thirty Award, the Herman Voaden Award and won the Special Merit Award in TheatreBC’s National Playwriting Contest. My Purple Wig premiered Off- Broadway at the Lion Theatre in November of 2013. Her third full-length play, A Different Kind of Job, premiered as part of Theatre Aquarius’ TA2 Studio Series in December 2015. A Different Kind of Job was remounted by Bad Timing Productions in October of 2018. Jessica has participated in six different types of short play festivals (some over multiple years) from 2011-2023. Her short plays have been produced at the Extremely Short Play festival in Ottawa, the InspiraTO festival in Toronto, the Just Acts Play Festival in Calgary, the HamilTEN festival in Hamilton, the Grand River Arts Festival in Brantford and the Short and Sweet Festival in Sydney, Australia. Jessica was the OAC playwright-in-residence for Tottering Biped Theatre for 2016/17. She was a participant in the 2014 Stratford Playwright’s Retreat, an inaugural member of the 1000 Islands playwrights’ unit and was a member of the Theatre Aquarius Playwright’s Unit from 2014-2018. Jessica was also the Interim Festival Director for the record-breaking 2016 Hamilton Fringe Festival. www.jessicaanderson.ca
Craft Bites
PGC members have been paired up to share their work and discuss the craft of playwriting with one another. You can tune into these live events and get a glimpse of what these theatre creators have been up to!
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