CityWrights Symposium for Playwrights at City Theatre

City Theatre presented the CityWrights Symposium for Playwrights livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 15 June and Saturday 16 June 2012.

City Theatre’s CityWrights is the second annual professional symposium held during its Summer Shorts Festival in June. It is the only dedicated symposium in the region that brings together both national and local playwrights with master playwrights as well as agents, publishers, actors, directors, technology experts, and artistic and business leaders working in the national theatre community. CityWrights goes to the heart of a playwright's craft by offering master classes and workshops, readings and dialogue that concentrate on craft, technique, and creative development. Also, panels and forums are held to inform and explore the artistic, professional, and technological developments impacting the way playwrights are working today.

The following sessions were livestreamed on HowlRound TV at howlround.tv. To participate in online discussion with the panelists and attendees, put the hashtag "#howlround" in your Twitter messages to get seen.

FRIDAY, JUNE 15

Producing & Self-Producing: The Art & Business of Putting up the Show
​Roland Tec, Rachel Routh, Christian Parker, Joan Stein, Moderated by Andie Arthur

7 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 9 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10 a.m. EDT (New York) / 14:00 GMT / 3 p.m. BST (London) / 4 p.m. CEST (Berlin) / 7:30 p.m. IST (Mumbai) / 12 a.m. EST Sat, June 16 (Sydney).

Keynote by P. Carl
Director & editor of HowlRound at Emerson College

9:15 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 11:15 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12:15 p.m. EDT (New York) / 16:15 GMT / 5:15 p.m. BST (London) / 6:15 p.m. CEST (Berlin) / 9:45 p.m. IST (Mumbai).

Q&A with Christopher Durang moderated by P. Carl

1:10 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 3:10 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4:10 p.m. EDT (New York) / 20:10 GMT / 9:10 p.m. BST (London) / 10:10 p.m. CEST (Berlin).

SATURDAY, JUNE 16

The Art of Collaboration in the Making of New Work: A Round Table
​Joan Stein, Christian Parker, Leslie Ayvazian, Moderator: Rachel Routh

10:45 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 12:45 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1:45 p.m. EDT (New York) / 17:45 GMT / 6:45 p.m. BST (London) / 7:45 p.m. CEST (Berlin) / 11:15 p.m. IST (Mumbai).

The Playwright as Actor & Director
Christopher Durang & Leslie Ayvazian, Moderator: Christine Dolen (Miami Herald critic)

12 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 2 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3 p.m. EDT (New York) / 19:00 GMT / 8 p.m. BST (London) / 9 p.m. CEST (Berlin):

Submissions & Commissions: A Roundtable
Christian Parker, Rachel Routh, Joan Stein, South Florida Artistic Directors John Manzelli (City Theatre) & Ricky Martinez (New Theatre), Moderator: Susi Westfall

1 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 3 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4 p.m. EDT (New York) / 20:00 GMT / 9 p.m. BST (London) / 10 p.m. CEST (Berlin).

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