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FEBRUARY PRODUCTION -- 'Mysteries Of The Heart And Soul' (16-19 Feb 12, Surfside Playhouse)
HOW: Reservations can be made by contacting Playwrights Workshop via:
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DETAILS: Play-1: Title: Ghost Tale
Author: Gordan England
Director: Joan Dunn
Play-2: Title: Let's Come Clean
Author: Nancy Andrews
Director: Troy Jones
Play-3: Title: Sunshine
Author: Barbara Radcliff
Director: Arlan Ropp
*** UPDATED 25 JAN *** We will read a play at this meeting, 'The Littlest Thing' by Kathy Flanagan.
Welcome to 2012!
The January meeting of Playwrights Workshop will be 3 pm, 28 Jan (Sat), at the Cocoa Library. A reading has not yet been scheduled (as of 12 Jan), but we're still looking for a scipt so check back for updates. We will discuss the upcoming February production.
Reminder: The library has moved us to a new meeting room. We are now in Meeting Room #2, next to where we used to meet.
1. Our December production 'Holiday Flavorings' was 1-4 December. We had 170 score sheets from the audience. This is well above average for our first production of the season, which may have been because it was in early December, rather than our tpical earl November schedule. The audience scored the plays as follows.
TITLEAUTHORRANKSCORE (out of 7)
Christmas Lights Ken Byrnes 3 5.26
Santa Claws William Roeder 2 5.62
The Innkeeps' Tale Mario Busacca 1 5.72
2. Our November/December meeting was 10 Decmber. A new script was read and approved for a future production, 'Guess Who's In The House' by Betty Prisendorf.
The December meeting of Playwights Workshop will be 3:00 pm, 10 Dec (Sat), at the Cocoa Library. We will read a new script, 'Guess Who's In The House', by Betty Prisendorf. We will also review the results of the recent production.
HOW: Reservations can be made by contacting Playwrights Workshop via:
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DETAILS: Play-1: Title: Christmas Lights
Author: Ken Byrnes
Director: Joan Dunn
Play-2: Title: Santa Claws
Author: William P. Roeder
Director: Joan Dunn
Play-3: Title: The Innkeepers' Tale (Note: traditional Christian content)
Author: Mario Busacca
Director: Arlan Ropp
The next meeting of Playwrights Workshop will be 3 pm, 29 Oct (Sat), at Cocoa Library. Two scripts are being scheduled for readings: 'The Innkeeper's Tale' by Mario Busacca, and 'Santa Claws' by William Roeder.
The next meeting of Playwrights Workshop is 3 pm, 24 Sep (Sat), at the Cocoa Library, We plan to read two new scripts, though we are waiting for the authors to confirm they can attend, The scripts will be announced here, once confimed, so stay tuned for updates. We will also discuss our upcoming poductions.
If you didn't get any of our new business cards at the last meeting, ask for some at this meeting.
*** UPDATE *** The two scripts we will read are 'Sunshine' by B.J. Radcliffe (Barb Kreher) and 'Let's Come Clean' by Nancy Andrews.
The first meeting of the 2011-2012 will be 3 pm, 27 Aug (Sat), at the Cocoa Library. We received several scripts over the summer break, so we will read 2 scripts each meeting for the first few meetings. *** UPDATE *** At this meeting, we will read two scripts, 'Christmas Lights' by Ken Byrnes and 'Ghost Tale' by Gordan England.
We need some holiday season themed scripts desperately for the December production!
The schedule for the 2011-2012 season follows.
2011-2012 SEASON
MEETINGS (3 pm, Saturdays, at the Cocoa Library, usally the last Saturday of the month, but with exceptions)
27 Aug
24 Sep
29 Oct
10 Dec (exception to 'last saturday of the month' common practice)
2012 reservations not yet being acepted with Cocoa Library
PRODUCTIONS (Surfside Theater, Cocoa)
1st Production: 8-11 Dec 2011 (we desperately need some holiday season themed scripts!)
2nd Production: 16-19 Feb 2012
3rd Production: 17-20 May 2012
An early production in late Oct-early Nov 2011 may be scheduled at a venue other than Surfside.
The 2010-2011 season of Playwrights Workshop has ended. We are now on summer break. We'll reconvene at the first meeting of the 2011-2012 season, 3 pm, 27 August (Sat), Cocoa Library. That'll give you time to write your new scripts and submit them for a reading!
The Bencich Award for our 2010-2011 season was won by Nancy Andrews for her script 'Night Of Moon'. The Bencich Award is given to the best new script in a Playwrights Workshop production for the season. 'Night Of Moon' was performed in our March 2011 production. The other finaists for the Bench Award were Mike Roy for 'A Real Love Story' and Betty Prisendorf for 'Don't Break A Leg'. This is Nancy's second Bencich, having won last year for the play 'Red Eye'.
The Bencich Award finalists are the plays that had the top three average audience scores from the three productions in the season. These three plays are then performed in a reading. A panel of three theater experts then determines the winner. The panel is seleccted from people who had not seen the finalist plays in the prodictions and are unrealated to the authors, actors, or directors.
Congratulations to our authors, directors, actors, the organizers and all the unsung heros backstage for a successful third production and our 2010-2011 season! A super big thank you goes to Surfside Playhouse for hosting our productions!
THIRD PODUCTION: Our third productionhas held 12-15 May 2011. The average audience scores were as follows.
TITLEAUTHORDIRECTORAVERAGE SCORE (out of 7)
Green is the Color of Envy Susan L. Kneeland Arlan Ropp 4.86
Just for the Hell of It Ken Byrnes Joan Dunn 5.13
Six Inches of Popcorn William Moseley Troy Jones 5.43
2010-2011 SEASON: The 2010-2011 season consisted of three productions each of three plays each for a total of nine new plays by local playwrights. The top tree plays, according to audience average scores, go on to compete for the Bencich Award. Cogratulations to our Bencich Award finalists, as listed below.
TITLEAUTHORPRODUCTION NUMBERAVERAGE SCORE (out of 7)
A Real Love Story Mike Roy 1 5.79
Night of Moon Nancy Andrews 2 5.75
Don't Break a Leg Betty Prisendorf 2 5.58
Again, contraulations to all our authors and thank you to all that helped produce a successful 2010-2011 season!
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