L. Nicol Cabe

An antidote to the derp of the last post! Yay!

First, and most importantly, there’s a new writer’s group forming at Seattle Rep. They are specifically Northwest playwrights, too. This is a very exciting development from a large theatre company, although they have a pretty toned-down expectation of the group.

Participants in the group will receive a modest stipend from the theatre, attend biweekly meetings, utilize Seattle Rep resources, receive complimentary tickets and access to Seattle Rep productions, and present up to one staged reading of a full-length play each year of the program.

A writer’s group of local playwrights is fantastic. I’m sure the Rep wants to see how successful this will be with the public, although I’d caution them that this is definitely a little insular. It sounds like it’s mainly a support group for playwrights who are frankly already successful. But, I look forward to their first series of staged readings, and I hope there’s enough interest that the Rep, and other local theatres, will choose to fully-produce more local plays. Not just from this lucky and talented group, of course, but from all kinds of playwrights.

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Speaking of playwrights, it’s time for National Playwrighting Month, which coincides of course with National Novel Writing Month. I’ve attempted both before, but seem cursed with insane busy-ness in November. So I wish all the playwrights and novelists amazing genius!