WHAT- The Powerhouse Theatre in association with the critically acclaimed Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble and award-winning playwright Kit Steinkellner have put together a playwriting program to service the remarkably creative high school community in the Los Angeles area.
In this workshop, students will learn how to create stunning stories, dazzling dialogue and unforgettable characters. Within this electrifying atmosphere, students will be taught how to cultivate their own original voices as writers. Each student will write a one-act play that will receive a reading at the Powerhouse Theater in April.
WHY- First of all because it is the most thrilling and rewarding way a high-schooler can spend his/her Saturday afternoons. Secondly it very well may turn out to be the beginning of a long and thrilling career as a playwright, screenwriter, and/or television writer. Lastly, because it is a superb way to bolster and diversify your resume for college. UCLA Theater and Film, USC Film, NYU Theater/Film, UC Berkley, Stanford, and Columbia are just a few of the prestigious universities that have admitted students based on their high school playwriting experience
WHERE AND WHEN-This program is a ten-week course. Classes will meet every Saturday afternoon, February 7th through April 11th, from 1PM to 4PM at the Powerhouse Theater in Santa Monica (3116 2nd Street, between Rose and Marine, just off Main)
WAIT, BUT HOW MUCH? The fee for the ten-week workshop is $350.00.
Partial scholarships are available, please enquire if needed.
I WANT IN, WHAT DO I DO?-To apply for the workshop, please email kit@powerhousetheatre.com for an application. Applications are due by email no later than February 3rd, 2009. The workshop accepts applicants by rolling admission. The workshop maximum is 10 students.
WHO TEACHES IT-As a playwright, Kit Steinkellner has been produced nationally; credits include Off Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C, and the Hudson, Egyptian, and Powerhouse Theaters in Los Angeles. Her most recent play ?Quixotic?
garnered her rave reviews, including a ?Critic?s Choice? from the LA Times. Recent writing awards include the 2007 Tim Robbins Award for Playwriting, the Kennedy Center’s 2008 National Student Playwriting Award, the 2008 Jack Nicholson Prize in Screenwriting and a 2008 Sundance Theater Lab Playwriting Fellowship. She is currently completing her MFA in Screenwriting/ Television Showrunning at UCLA.
