Announcing the 2007-08 Season

BRAVA to area theaters who are
producing 22% of plays that were written by women!

Call for Short Plays - DeadlineOct 1, 2007
Open to women playwrights in nine states of the Southeast: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA
Guidelines

Summer's End by Martha Humphreys- a Reading directed by Tre Garrett October 15, 2007 at 7pm

Studio Theatre,398 W. Amelia Street, Downtown Orlando (just west of I-4)

Summer's End centers around cousins Millie and Carolyn, just coming of age in 1964, who are forced to face some of the harsh realities of an unpopular war and family life in Tidewater, VA.
$3 admission/donation

Regina Taylor in Residence - February 8-10, 2008

Readings of her new play Magnolia, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard; Be Boyd is directing.

Regina Taylor is a charter member of WPI's National Advisory Council and a Golden Globe winner! A current star of the CBS show The Unit, Ms.Taylor has teamed with WPI to help develop her new play Magnolia in Central Florida.

Staged production of winning play(s) - May 15-26, 2008

Our Short Play competition will culminate in a staged production of the chosen original script(s). We plan to produce the show in the 2008 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, but due to the lottery selection of productions, we cannot confirm that venue.

Third annual Playwriting Workshop

General contact: Jennifer Cavenaugh, 407-691-1268, jcavenaugh@rollins.edu

Building on the success of our most recent playwriting workshop, WPI will be hosting its 3rd Annual in 2008, again featuring Deborah Brevoort (author of The Women of Lockerbie) as facilitator and workshop leader. Ten women participated in the 2007 workshop, all of whom gave positive feedback on their time with Ms. Brevoort and the lessons learned. For 2008, we hope to make the workshop available to more participants by offering scholarships to promising women playwrights. If you'd like to sponsor a playwright or would like more information, please contact Jennifer Cavenaugh.

Wave of Women Writers (WOWW!) - Season long emphasis on plays written by women that are being produced by various theater companies in Central Florida. They'll be promoted and publicized as never before, so our loyal fans and newest devotees can follow the growing wave of interest in plays by notable and emerging women playwrights!

What they're saying about WPI

WPI is a great organization, producing readings and even productions of plays by women and promoting their work in general. I was a workshop leader in 2006; Deb Brevoort in 2007. They sponsored a reading of my play Gulf View Drive for Playfest and covered my expenses. They have strong leadership and a dedicated group of board members. I've been very impressed for the three years I've known them.