Mastering Playwriting: Writing Characters, Dialogue and Stories for the Stage
You’ve Written a Play. Now What
A course by Ronán Noone , Playwright, Screenwriter, and Teacher
About the video: You’ve Written a Play. Now What
Overview
“You have a play, but where do you bring it? I will discuss some ideas about organizing a reading of your play. Who do you contact and connect with when you want someone to read your play? How do you find the right theatre for your play? If a theatre commits to doing your play, what can you expect once you go into production? ”
In this video lesson Ronán Noone addresses the topic: You’ve Written a Play. Now What, which is part of the Domestika online course: Mastering Playwriting: Writing Characters, Dialogue and Stories for the Stage. Master playwriting fundamentals: create powerful plots, develop characters, and learn storytelling techniques for stage and screen.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now you have written a play. But where do you bring it? In this lesson, I will discuss some ideas about organizing a reading of your play. Who do you contact and connect with? When you want someone to read your play. And how do you find the right theater for your play? If a theatre commits to doing your play, or can you expect once you go into production? Well, first, you need to invite actor friends to your house. print out the script and organize a reading of the script. Maybe even cook some chili. Invite them over. Feed them. After the reading and based on the conversation, you can finis...”
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Course summary for: Mastering Playwriting: Writing Characters, Dialogue and Stories for the Stage
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Ronán Noone
A course by Ronán Noone
Ronán Noone is a playwright, screenwriter, and teacher. After graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism, he started working for various newspapers in his native Ireland. With time, Ronán realized that although he had a passion for storytelling, journalism wasn’t his medium. He started writing plays and eventually immigrated to the U.S. to study with Nobel laureate Derek Walcott at Boston University.
His plays have been on stages in Spain, Ireland, Canada, Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, London, UK, India, and the U.S. Ronán has won a national award for playwriting from the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and the prestigious Boston, Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Script, including three best new play awards from the Independent Reviewers of New England.
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