Resources for Playwrights & Dramaturgs
(under construction/much more to come)
There are already several excellent hubs for playwriting resources on the web. Therefore, this list is here not to duplicate those efforts, but to lead others to those more established resources while also introducing some of my favorites among the newer and/or smaller development organizations.
I'll also be adding to the selected bibliography as time goes on. Please let me know if you have a favorite resource that you think I should include.
LINKS
Dramatists Guild of America
LMDA - Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
NNPN - National New Play Network
2AMt
The Loop
Playwrights Commons - A fairly new Boston-based organization dedicated to cultivating new work. I was lucky enough to take part in two of their programs (The Freedom Arts Retreat & the Summer Playwrights' Playground).
HowlRound: A Journal of the Theatre Commons
The Last Frontier Theatre Conference - This conference was one of my best experiences as a writer in my adult life. I highly recommend it.
The Playwrights Center
Boston Playwrights' Theatre: Playwrights' List
Northwest Playwrights Alliance
Lark Play Development Center - If you ever get an opportunity to have your work developed here, the answer is Yes. I've had amazing experiences here.
Theater Historiography - Lots of great stuff for dramaturgs and theatre scholars.
Writers' Room Confidential
The New York Neo-Futurists - Home of the weekly Twitter Plays writing exercise.
How To Playwright - An new and growing collection of essays
Submission Calendar
I'll also be adding to the selected bibliography as time goes on. Please let me know if you have a favorite resource that you think I should include.
LINKS
Dramatists Guild of America
LMDA - Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
NNPN - National New Play Network
2AMt
The Loop
Playwrights Commons - A fairly new Boston-based organization dedicated to cultivating new work. I was lucky enough to take part in two of their programs (The Freedom Arts Retreat & the Summer Playwrights' Playground).
HowlRound: A Journal of the Theatre Commons
The Last Frontier Theatre Conference - This conference was one of my best experiences as a writer in my adult life. I highly recommend it.
The Playwrights Center
Boston Playwrights' Theatre: Playwrights' List
Northwest Playwrights Alliance
Lark Play Development Center - If you ever get an opportunity to have your work developed here, the answer is Yes. I've had amazing experiences here.
Theater Historiography - Lots of great stuff for dramaturgs and theatre scholars.
Writers' Room Confidential
The New York Neo-Futurists - Home of the weekly Twitter Plays writing exercise.
How To Playwright - An new and growing collection of essays
Submission Calendar
Some Books & Articles About Playwriting That I Recommend
Aristotle. The Poetics
Cole, Susan Letzer. Playwrights in Rehearsal: The Seduction of Company. Routledge
Garrison, Gary. A More Perfect 10: Writing and Producing the Ten-Minute Play. Focus Publishing.
Garrison Gary. The Playwright's Survival Guide: Keeping the Drama In Your Work and Out of Your Life. Heinemann
Jensen, Julie. Playwriting: Brief & Brilliant. Smith & Kraus
Langsner, Meron. "Teaching WRITING THE FIGHT at KC/ACTF" in The Cutting Edge: Newsletter of the Society of American Fight Directors - I've met several fight directors at conferences who told me that they've passed this one along to playwright friends
Nepris, Janet. To Be A Playwright. Routledge
Rivera, Jose. "36 Assumptions About Playwriting"
Savran, David. In Their Own Words: Contemporary American Playwrights. TCG
Singer, Dana. Stage Writer's Handbook: A Complete Business Guide for Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists, and Librettists. TCG.
Spencer, Stuart. The Playwright's Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing. Farber & Farber.
Sweet, Jeffery. The Dramatists Toolkit: The Craft of the Working Playwright. Heinemann.
Some Good Books About Writing in General
Cameron, Julia. The Writer's Life: Insights from the Right to Write - She is something of a creativity guru with several works on the subject to her credit
Oz, Amos. The Story Begins
Strunk & White. The Elements of Style. - A very important book.
Oz, Amos. The Story Begins
Strunk & White. The Elements of Style. - A very important book.
Other Useful Links
Links to Various Articles & Interviews About Meron as a Playwright
Publicity shot from my NNPN residency at New Rep
"All the World's a Stage" - Tufts Graduate E-News
"Drama GSAS Doctoral Student Engages in Unique Project Across State Lines" - Tufts Graduate E-News
"Interview with Playwright Meron Langsner" - The Actor's Role in Developing New Work: Interviews with Playwrights and Directors
"A Few Words from Gi60 Writer Meron Langsner" - Gi60: The World's Only International One-Minute Play Festival
"Israeli Play from Boston Invited to Major Festival in Alaska" - All About Jewish Theatre
"Table Reading" - guest blog post on Backstage @ New Rep
"Who's Who in The Devil's Own Game" - Holland Productions Blog
"Play About a Crucial Week" - The Dedham Transcript
"Memories Kept Through Theatre: One Year Later" - The Brandeis Justice
"Bystander 9/11 A Poignant, Promising Work from Student" - The Brandeis Justice
"Recent Drama Graduate Selected for Prestigious Arts Retreat" - Tufts Graduate E-News
"Teaching 'Writing the Fight' at Region I KC/ACTF" - Scan of an article from The Cutting Edge: Newsletter of the Society of American Fight Directors
"Meron Langsner's Burning Up The Dictionary for TWBW" - Vagabond Theatre Group Blog
"There Were Words: A Recap of Meron Langsner's Burning Up the Dictionary" - Vagabond Theatre Group Blog
"Interview with Meron Langsner: Burning Up the Dictionary" - Vagabond Theatre Group Blog
Meron Langsner: Amazon Author's Page
