Kumu Kahua offers Playwriting Intensive (Sep10)

Honolulu, HI: Sept 11th, one-day playwriting intensive. The One-Day Intensive is a fun, fast-paced immersion into playwriting. The Intensive will provide an excellent overview of the craft of playwriting, ideal for both beginner and advanced writers. There will be an emphasis on character, language, narrative strategies, and plasticity of the stage. Come in to class with a notepad, pen, or laptop and desire to sharpen your writing muscles. There will be writing exercises, brief lectures, and time to share and discuss work. There will be an hour and a half lunch break, which will also include time to write. By the end of the day, you’ll be a more knowledgeable and skilled writer. For more information, or to reserve a place in the class, call the Kumu Kahua Theatre Business Office at 536-4222.

Susan Soon He Stanton’s plays have been produced or developed by Barnyard Theater, Flea Theater, Joe’s Pub, Kennedy Center, Ontario's Kitchener Festival, Kumu Kahua, Honolulu Theater for Youth, London's Institute of Contemporary Art, InkWell, Manhattan Theater Club’s Studio Space, Miles Memorial Playhouse, New Century Theater Company, and New Sounds Theatre. Yale School of Drama and Cabaret productions include Art of Preservation, Cygnus, The Underneath, and things are against us [les choses sont contre nous]. In 2009, Kumu Kahua Theatre produced two of her plays in rep, Whatever Happened to John Boy Kihano? and remount of Art of Preservation, also produced by Kumu Kahua in 2008. The Underneath, workshopped at the Kennedy Center in 2009. Her play, Navigator, a commission from the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, will be produced this fall. She has a feature-film development grant and best screenplay award from the Sloan Foundation and a commission from Red Sky Films. In 2003, she became the Literary Manager of New Sounds Theatre. She is a regular contributor for Audrey Magazine. Susan has a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing. In 2010, she graduated with an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, where she was awarded the Eugene O’Neill Memorial Scholarship and the Audrey Woods Scholarship. She is from Honolulu, Hawai'i and is currently in residence at the Honolulu Theatre for Youth.

Fact Sheet
WHAT: One-Day Playwriting Intensive. Open to writers of all levels
WHEN: Saturday, September 11.
10:00am - 12:00pm
1:30pm -3 pm (The lunch break is also for writing time.)
WHERE: Kumu Kahua Theatre
46 Merchant Street
Downtown Honolulu
COST: $45
Kumu Kahua productions are being supported by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts celebrating more than thirty years of culture and the arts in Hawai‘i (with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts); The Annenberg Foundation; the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Kirk W. Caldwell, Acting Mayor; and Foundations, Businesses and Patrons.

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	One-Day Playwriting Intensive With Award-Winning Playwright! Honolulu, HI: Sept 11th, one-day playwriting intensive. The One-Day Intensive is a fun, fast-paced immersion into playwriting. The Intensive will provide an excellent overview of the craft of playwriting, ideal for both beginner and advanced writers. There will be an emphasis on character, language, narrative strategies, and plasticity of the stage. Come in to class with a notepad, pen, or laptop and desire to sharpen your writing muscles. There will be writing exercises, brief lectures, and time to share and discuss work. There will be an hour and a half lunch break, which will also include time to write. By the end of the day, you’ll be a more knowledgeable and skilled writer. For more information, or to reserve a place in the class, call the Kumu Kahua Theatre Business Office at 536-4222. Susan Soon He Stanton’s plays have been produced or developed by Barnyard Theater, Flea Theater, Joe’s Pub, Kennedy Center, Ontario's Kitchener Festival, Kumu Kahua, Honolulu Theater for Youth, London's Institute of Contemporary Art, InkWell, Manhattan Theater Club’s Studio Space, Miles Memorial Playhouse, New Century Theater Company, and New Sounds Theatre. Yale School of Drama and Cabaret productions include Art of Preservation, Cygnus, The Underneath, and things are against us [les choses sont contre nous]. In 2009, Kumu Kahua Theatre produced two of her plays in rep, Whatever Happened to John Boy Kihano? and remount of Art of Preservation, also produced by Kumu Kahua in 2008. The Underneath, workshopped at the Kennedy Center in 2009. Her play, Navigator, a commission from the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, will be produced this fall. She has a feature-film development grant and best screenplay award from the Sloan Foundation and a commission from Red Sky Films. In 2003, she became the Literary Manager of New Sounds Theatre. She is a regular contributor for Audrey Magazine. Susan has a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing. In 2010, she graduated with an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, where she was awarded the Eugene O’Neill Memorial Scholarship and the Audrey Woods Scholarship. She is from Honolulu, Hawai'i and is currently in residence at the Honolulu Theatre for Youth. Fact Sheet WHAT: One-Day Playwriting Intensive. Open to writers of all levels WHEN: Saturday, September 11. 10:00am - 12:00pm 1:30pm -3 pm (The lunch break is also for writing time.) WHERE: Kumu Kahua Theatre 46 Merchant Street Downtown Honolulu COST: $45 Kumu Kahua productions are being supported by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts celebrating more than thirty years of culture and the arts in Hawai‘i (with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts); The Annenberg Foundation; the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Kirk W. Caldwell, Acting Mayor; and Foundations, Businesses and Patrons. Home \| News \| Calendar \| Directory \| Plays \| Library/Storefront \| Timeline Copyright 2010, Roger W. Tang Questions? Email

One-Day Playwriting Intensive With Award-Winning Playwright!