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Calling All Playwrights
Beginning on June 5, the Saigon Writers Club will be making history. Well, sort of..... We're definitely going to be part of Saigon's theatrical history, and that's just plain cool.
We are very proud to collaborate with Short+Sweet Vietnam. This is a global performing arts festival that has staged theatre, dance, cabaret, and song festivals around the world. Its niche is the production of 10-minute plays.
In October and November of this year, Short+Sweet Vietnam will be hosting a total of 20 10-minute plays at the IDECAF Theater in Saigon. It will be a competition with recognition for Best Play, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Writer. It will be the first time ever for Short+Sweet to host its festival in Vietnam. First timers in all the above categories (writers, directors, and actors) are encouraged to sign up.
The Saigon Writers Club role in this history-making event is to work with the award-winning playwright Alex Broun on the scripts. As noted below, we will host four sessions on how to write a 10-minute play and get it ready for production on stage. Alex Broun is your teacher and the Saigon Writers Club is your host and support network. This is your chance to also be part of history.
Signup has begun. The tuition fee for this playwright writing course is VND 3,000,000 inclusive of all materials, all four sessions of teaching, submission of the play to the festival, and your play will also be published in the Saigon Writers Club 2024 Short Story Anthology.
Download the agenda from the link below to get more details. Book your spot now by transferring the tuition fee to:
Account: Huynh Thi Kim Thao
Account Number: 31110001337187
Bank: BIDV
The arts community of Ho Chi Minh City is really lucky to have Short+Sweet. This is your chance to be part of this luck and also to support the arts community of Saigon. We need your support.
Please reach out directly to me with your questions (Tel: 0904347591 or by email to sam@yespi.net).
Why not give this a shot? Better yet, why not recruit your own director and actors from your personal network and make it a project for you and your friends and family. Forward this newsletter onto them.
Think about it??? How often do you have a chance to perform in a play of your own making on the IDECAF stage of Saigon? This is your chance.
I hope to see you on June 5.
Cheers and Happy Writing.
Sam
Script Writing Workshop
Program Agenda
(each bullet point below represents a specific task, with a handout, that will be completed during the two-hour session)
Class One – June 5 from 7 to 9:00 PM
· What is a 10-minute play?
· What to write about
· Theatricality
· Possible styles
· Four stages of writing
Class Two – June 12 from 7 to 9:00 PM
· Six Stages of your story
· Set up, Escalation, & Pay off
· Getting to know the characters
· Character questions
Class Three – June 19 from 7 to 9:00 PM
· What makes good dialogue?
· Dialogue editing exercise
· Surprise
· Script format example
· Rumpole of Sydenham line
· Script assessment form
Final Class Four – June 25 from 7 to 9:00 PM
· The secret to writing
· Top 12 tips to writing a 10-minute play
Sample 10-Minute Plays
The program syllabus will include two 10-minute plays for your review.
Examples of styles (Multiple direct address): 10,000 cigarettes by Alex Broun
Example of styles (One location, character based): The First Fireworks by Alex Broun
Mastering the Art of the 10-minute Play
Alex Broun is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter from Australia. He has collaborated with the Short+Sweet Festivals for more than 20 years. Over his career, he has had more than 100 different ten-minute plays produced more than 2,000 times in over 50 countries as well as in several languages.
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