Any help on this please?
2006-08-31 09:54:41 · 8 answers · asked by Kal-el 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Well, there is an old tradition of "readers theater". It's a collection of actors who simply sit on stools and read scripts out loud for a small audience and the author. Often there are several authors who want it and it's typically just scenes. Feedback follows.
That's a very good way to get started. If you can't find such a group, not even at the local college, then start your own. Put it in a bar and have tuesdays be reading night for an hour then let them wimpy poets have a crack at the mic.
Another way is to get your script done by a local college. Theater schools often embrace the idea of making a new work and teaching the process of re-writes. If I recall correctly, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas came out of a college.
And last of all, go to college for it. The big key is to get your work out there. Shopping it about may work but I think it's much better to actively be working.
That is assuming you are already working at your craft.
break a leg.
2006-08-31 10:10:13 · answer #1 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just to clarify, the correct spelling of someone who writes plays is playwright. Why, god, why can no one get that right? I would suggest enrolling in a playwriting class or degree program, and submitting your work to festivals and competitions. There are zillions of them listed on the web.
2006-09-01 07:57:58 · answer #2 · answered by kaligirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean beccomign a playright? Or acting. Each is difficult and I would start with school plays and community theater.
2006-08-31 11:45:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if you are a good writer and you are known for your plays, try writing yourself into a play and see if it's ok with whoever casts your plays
2006-09-01 11:25:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Know playwrites, and pick their brains. I know one... Jonathan dorf, look him up online. He has a website... www.jondorf.com/ Look around, I think he'll help you. Email him and ask him this question. He's a Harvard Graduate, Ibelieve. I took a master class from him (Theatre major) and read one of his plays... they SEEM corny- and they are- but he knows what he's talking about.
2006-08-31 10:52:17 · answer #5 · answered by Tasya 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
start with comedies then little by little work Ur way up 2 drama, i would start with a Shakespeare play (1 that's a comedy)
2006-08-31 12:57:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Attend performances of plays and read as many as possible.
2006-08-31 10:06:57 · answer #7 · answered by Queen Nefertiti 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try community theater.
2006-08-31 10:00:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋