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Association of Writers and Writing Programs
2010 Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado
Panel Today at 1:30

Playwriting: Rapture, Mystery and Practicalities. (Todd Ristau, Art Borreca, Bonnie Metzgar, Rebecca Rugg, Lisa Schlesinger, Rob Handel) This panel addresses questions on the craft of playwriting such as: Are plays a form of literature or are they merely blueprints for production? How is playwriting different from other forms of creative writing? How does the playwright's first goal of production, rather than publication, change the writing practice and product? How do we address these differences of craft for people who have seen and read little drama? Finally, how does a play move successfully from the page to the stage?

"If playwright Nell Leyshon is ­overawed by the prospect of ­making history, she's hiding it well. It was announced this week that Leyshon had been ­commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe to write a drama for the ­theatre – the first woman to be asked since its opening in 1599."

http://cmuptm.blogspot.com/2010/02/globes-400-year-wait-is-over.html

(via News from the "Real World")