[BATA] LIZ DUFFY ADAMS teaches a THREE WEEK, SIX SESSION WORKSHOP in February 2004

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CONTEMPORARY MASTERS; PLAYWRITING WORKSHOPS
IN FEBRUARY
WRITING TO THE FINISH LINE =AD A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO IMPOSSIBLE TASKS

Here from New York---
The phenomenal LIZ DUFFY ADAMS teaches a THREE WEEK, SIX SESSION WORKSHOP in=
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February 2004
Do Not Miss this Opportunity to study with a master writer!!

Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7p-10pm
February 3, 5, 10, 12, 17 & 19
Final class will showcase student work with professional actors
$210. for six workshops
SCHOLARSHIPS are available by application

Call 415-626-0453, ext 110 for more information!!
Visit: www.playwrightsfoundation.org

THE WORKSHOP
This workshop is designed with a flexible structure that will allow students=
=20
to either start from scratch and write a play in three weeks OR deeply revis=
e=20
a play that=B9s already written (or started).

Students will be introduced to a series of writing exercises, drawn from=20
Liz=B9s current work practices and experience as well as borrowed from other=
=20
playwrights she=B9s worked with (including Mac Wellman, Suzan-Lori Parks, Do=
nald=20
Margulies, Eric Overmyer and Maria Irene Fornes). Writing explorations will=20=
include=20
sessions on narrative, character, structure, language, theatricality, influe=
n
ce, and alternative approaches to freeing your unique voice, all in the most=
=20
practical, hands-on way. You will learn the secret art of transposing recycl=
ing=20
and re-combining old ideas in surprising and unpredictable ways =AD to creat=
e=20
luminous characters and dramatically complex stories.

In other words, you will write. A lot.

Sessions will also be studded with quotes from people and works that have=20
inspired and influenced her, and will include a comprehensive list of Liz Ad=
am=B9s=20
reading recommendations.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Back by popular demand to teach her third workshop for PF, LIZ DUFFY ADAMS,=20=
a=20
Bay Area Playwrights Festival Alumnus (Dog Act, 2002) is well known for her=20
dexterity and skill in originating bold, specific language particular to liv=
e=20
theater. She returns to San Francisco from her home in New York City as a=20
playwright-in-residence, to continue the process of a co-commissioned new wo=
rk with=20
Crowded Fire. Liz Duffy Adams has endeared herself to the Bay Area theater=20
community as a brilliant and purely original dramatist of rare talent and gr=
ace=20
.Her work is known to Bay Area theater goers for her thrilling, prophetic an=
d=20
moving The Train Play, which premiered in San Francisco in 2002, subsequent=20=
to=20
the festival, in a critically acclaimed production by Crowded Fire.=20

Dog Act (BAPF 2002) will receive its world premiere in September in a=20
collaborative production by SHOTGUN PLAYERS and PLAYWRIGHTS FOUNDATION and d=
irected=20
by Kent Nicholson. Ms. Adams has had ten of her plays produced including Poo=
dle=20
With Guitar and Dark Glasses, published in Applause=B9s Best American Short=20
Plays 2000-2001.

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ith a master writer!!<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN styl=
e=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7p-10pm<BR>February=20=
3, 5, 10, 12, 17 &amp; 19<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Final clas=
s will showcase student work with professional actors<BR></SPAN></B>$210. fo=
r six workshops<BR>SCHOLARSHIPS are available by application<BR><BR>Call 415=
-626-0453, ext 110 for more information!!<BR>Visit: www.playwrightsfoundatio=
n.org<BR><BR><B><FONT color=3D#ffa70f><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLO=
R: #ffa70f">THE WORKSHOP<BR></SPAN></FONT></B>This workshop is designed with=
 a flexible structure that will allow students to either start from scratch=20=
and write a play in three weeks OR deeply revise a play that=B9s already wri=
tten (or started).<BR><BR>Students will be introduced to a series of writing=
 exercises, drawn from Liz=B9s current work practices and experience as well=
 as borrowed from other playwrights she=B9s worked with (including Mac Wellm=
an, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Suza=
n-Lori</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <=
/SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Parks</SP=
AN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, Donald Mar=
gulies, Eric Overmyer and Maria Irene Fornes). Writing explorations will inc=
lude sessions on narrative, character, structure, language, theatricality, i=
nfluence, and alternative approaches to freeing your unique voice, all in th=
e most practical, hands-on way. You will learn the secret art of transposing=
 recycling and re-combining old ideas in surprising and unpredictable ways &=
shy; to create luminous characters and dramatically complex stories.<BR><BR>=
In other words, you will write. A lot.<BR><BR>Sessions will also be studded=20=
with quotes from people and works that have inspired and influenced her, and=
 will include a comprehensive list of Liz Adam=B9s reading recommendations.<=
BR><BR><B><FONT color=3D#ffa70f><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #ff=
a70f">ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT<BR></SPAN></FONT>Back by popular demand to teach=20=
her third workshop for PF, LIZ DUFFY ADAMS, a Bay Area Playwrights Festival=20=
Alumnus (<I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-STYLE: italic">Dog Act, 2002</SPAN></I>) is=20=
well known for her dexterity and skill</B> <B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bo=
ld">in originating bold, specific language particular to live theater.</SPAN=
></B> She returns to </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FA=
MILY: Arial">San Francisco</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"FO=
NT-FAMILY: Arial"> from her home in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN s=
tyle=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New York City</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial><S=
PAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> as a playwright-in-residence, to continue=20=
the process of a co-commissioned new work with Crowded Fire. <B><SPAN style=
=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Liz Duffy Adams</SPAN></B> has endeared herself to th=
e Bay Area theater community as a brilliant and purely original dramatist of=
 rare talent and grace .Her work is known to Bay Area theater goers for her=20=
thrilling, prophetic and moving <B><I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT=
-STYLE: italic">The Train Play</SPAN></I></B>, which premiered in San Franci=
sco in 2002, subsequent to the festival, in a critically acclaimed productio=
n by Crowded Fire. <BR><BR><B><I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYL=
E: italic">Dog Act</SPAN></I></B> (BAPF 2002) will receive its world premier=
e in September in a collaborative production by SHOTGUN PLAYERS and PLAYWRIG=
HTS FOUNDATION and directed by Kent Nicholson. Ms. Adams has had ten of her=20=
plays produced including Poodle With Guitar and Dark Glasses, published in A=
pplause=B9s Best American Short Plays 2000-2001.</SPAN></FONT></P></BODY></H=
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