EAST WEST PLAYERS UPCOMING PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP
AT THE DAVID HENRY HWANG WRITERS INSTITUTE

SPRING 2010 SESSIONS BEGIN on Saturday, March 20, 2010
SPRING 2010 PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP:
This ten-week workshop is designed to help new and experienced writers start or develop new plays into scripts that are ready to be put on stage. Each four-hour session includes: a warm-up writing exercise, reading and discussion of work in progress, reading assignments from dramatic literature to illustrate and inspire writers with their work, and a closing exercise to focus on the next weekï¿1⁄2s work. The workshop ends with staged readings free to the public at East West Players.
Instructor: DORIS BAIZLEY
March 20, 2010 - June 12, 2010
(No Class on April 3 or May 29, plus one more date TBA)
Saturdays from 10 am - 2 pm
Staged Readings: June 22 - July 1, 2010
Maryknoll Japanese Catholic Center
222 S. Hewitt St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Fee: $400 (ACTS members $375)

Instructor Biography:
Doris Baizley's recent documentary and community-based plays include: ONE DAY/SARAH HOUSE, winner of a 2009 Santa Barbara Independent Award, PEACE CRIMES: THE MINNESOTA 8 vs.THE WAR, produced by The History Theatre and the U. of Minnesota in 2008, and SEXSTING, co-written with defense attorney Susan Raffanti, winner of the Guthrie Theatre/Playwrights Center Two-Headed Challenge Grant, produced at the Salt Lake Acting Company in 2007. She is a founding member of LA Theatre Works and was resident dramaturg for the Mark Taper Forum's Other Voices Programs for theatre artists with disabilities. Her plays MRS. CALIFORNIA, SHILOH RULES, and A CHRISTMAS CAROL have been produced in many U.S. regional theaters including the Mark Taper Forum, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and ACT Seattle. She is currently working on a play about Sister Kenny and the legacy of polio for the History Theatre in St. Paul. ************************************************************************

IMPORTANT NOTICES:
1. The Playwriting Workshop with Doris Baizley is first-come, first-serve.
2. Requests for enrollment should go to EWP Literary Manager Jeff Liu at jliu@eastwestplayers.org. You do not have a confirmed space in either class unless you personally receive an enrollment form and then make the first payment on time.
For more information, visit: www.eastwestplayers.org/arts_education/literary_DHHWI.htm