Play Writing I: Exploring The Craft with Dicky Nesenger (Seattle Session with Freehold Theatre)

Play Writing I: Exploring The Craft This playwriting class examines the characteristics of plays from the writer's perspective. The principles of dramatic technique such as conflict, character as action, dialogue, and spectacle will be made clear through class discussion, analyzing scenes from both classic and contemporary plays, and writing exercises that focus on specific elements of craft. Emphasis will be given on building effective, compelling storylines through the invisible thread of emotion that connects idea to character, form, and audience. January 14 - March 4 Thursdays 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. $325 (Tier I); $375 (Tier II) Tier level is based on household income. To register; www.freeholdtheatre.org or call us at (206)323-7499 M.F.A. Playwriting, Goddard College. Dickey worked in the film industry for seventeen years as a script supervisor before turning her attention to playwriting. Her first play was produced in 1984 at the Met Theatre in Los Angeles and since then her plays have been produced throughout the United States. Recent productions and workshops include The Looking Glass Theatre and Abingdon Theatre Complex in New York, New Jersey Repertory, Ashland Short Play Festival where she received the Critics Choice Pick, Boston's Out-Of-Bounds Theatre Festival, and Seattle's Live Girls. A Heinemann Finalist for Best Ten-Minute Play, The Green Lake Monster was published by Knock Press in 2005 and received a Pushcart Prize nomination. Her monologue Sunday Drive will appear in 2009 Fall Issue of Knock. A recipient of a Seattle Arts Commission Individual Grant for her screenplay Mason's Muse, Dickey also serves as a lecturer on film and Shakespeare studies at Northwest Film Forum and Richard Hugo House. She mentors for PATH for Art, a Seattle based community outreach program, and serves as panelist for Artist Trust Foundation and Advisory Editor for Knock Press at Antioch University Seattle. To read our Fall E-Newsletter with great articles from faculty and students, go to; http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs025/1102313671991/archive/1102694569389.html