Seattle Rep Writers Group
Seattle Rep is interested in fostering the talent of Northwest playwrights at all stages of their careers, from emerging new voices to established professionals.
This program provides a structure for writers to challenge, encourage and motivate each other through a two-year conversation about their work.
2011-2013 Writers Group (l to r): Emily Conbere, Vincent Delaney, Stephanie Timm, Elizabeth Heffron, Al Frank
2011-2013 Writers Group participants are:
- Emily Conbere
- Vincent Delaney
- Al Frank
- Elizabeth Heffron
- Stephanie Timm
Participants in the group 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.
To be eligible, writers must live at within commuting distance of Seattle for at least nine months out of the year (Sept-May).
Applications for the 2012-2014 cycle will be accepted starting June 2012.
From Mid-May through June, theatre-goers will have the unique opportunity to experience new plays by the Seattle Rep Writers Group. The readings are free and open to the public and will take place on Fridays at 3:00 p.m. in Seattle Rep’s PONCHO Forum.
- May 4 - Foreclosure
by Vincent Delaney, directed by Anita Montgomery
What happens when your best friends lose their home but refuse to leave it? Foreclosure examines what we really owe our neighbors and takes a sharply comical look at a modern collapse that shows no sign of ending.
- May 11 – The Harold Scholarship
by Emily Conbere, directed by Erin Kraft
After the loss of their son six months prior, Mr. and Mrs. Harold invite the son’s best friend to spend the weekend with them. During this time, they offer him a scholarship with stakes that are exceedingly high.
- May 18 – The Weatherman Project
by Elizabeth Heffron and Kit Bakke, directed by Sheila Daniels
How far would you be willing to go to fix the problems you see in your country? In 1968, five young people are about to find out.
- June 1 – Ain’t No Place Like Home
by Al Frank, directed by Kaytlin McIntyre
It’s late June and Seattle is heating up. People camping in the I-5 greenbelt known as ‘the jungle’ worry about change. With no place else to go, they’re hoping a peaceful summer will keep them out of sight– at least until after the fireworks.
- June 15 – Rats in the Garden of Eden
by Stephanie Timm, directed by Kathleen Collins
When Pearl shows up at her younger sister Opal’s doorstep with a suitcase and a box of "sensual products" to sell after a long, mysterious absence, she finds Opal living in an insular world of romance novels and poetry. Rats in the Garden of Eden explores what happens when someone has to choose between fantasy or reality—one leads to madness, the other to inevitable disappointment.
