On March 28, Keith Scales will teach an all-day Playwriting workshop for us at MainStage in Eureka, the goal of which is to teach you as much as possible about creating works for the stage, including such topics as space, time, and conflict, the role played by the audience and, in particular, what an actor needs from a writer if the play is to succeed. Participants will develop a ten-minute play during and after the workshop, with Keith's mentoring, and have the chance to read it the following Thursday.
Born and raised in London, England, Keith Scales has acted in more than
200 plays and directed nearly 100 productions in professional regional theatre. He has written and acted in Ireland, Japan, France, Greece, London, and Prague. From 1993–2009 he served as artistic director of the Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon, for which he wrote line-for-line English versions of sixteen ancient Greek plays. In 2011, he relocated from Oregon to Eureka Springs to concentrate on creating original works for page, stage and screen. Keith currently creates and directs the dramatic presentations at the Crescent and Basin Park hotels, including his own one-man show of Eureka's infamous Dr. Baker.
If you love theatre, come try your hand at your own play. Learn from a master.
Jessie will serve an Italian meal for us on Thursday at 5 pm.
Bring some of your writing to share with the group.
From the Director . . .
About the Money
People often ask how VWS is funded. They assume that since we are a 501c3 nonprofit, money is falling from the sky. Sadly, no.
Our expenses fall into five categories:
Workshops: Teachers are given the receipts from the first ten paying students and the school gets the rest. The free workshops, such as those given to anyone under eighteen, come from the school's portion. When attendance is ten or less, we absorb the advertising, such as boosting FaceBook posts or printing the posters and handouts. Overall, we break even on workshops.
Building payment, repairs, lawn care, utilities, & internet: We have a long-suffering donor who wishes his wife would play the horses instead of directing VWS.
Weekly incidental expenses: With Jessie cooking on Thursdays, the $3 you pay for the meal buys the food and covers coffee, paper supplies, and cleaning products.
Outreach: We want as many people as possible to FIND US so that we can help them tell their stories. Since we don't have money for print advertising, our FRIENDS group has paid for most of our outreach, including our membership in the Chamber of Commerce, the lights to help our building stand out at night, our posters and rack cards, our advertising in Basin Park, and our coming Rogers billboard.
Special Projects: Likewise, our FRIENDS have paid for the second exit, our workbook printer, our recent handrail, library books.
People assume we are funded by a government grant or Walton money. I wish. For the VWS to be sustainable after me, we need more funding to cover those monthly expenses and to upgrade our workshops, expand our outreach, and improve our library.
But I'm trusting that if we are
serving our purpose, benefactors will arise who
cherish creative writing as art, history, empowerment & connection.
Pub Ops On Writing
Shroud Magazine
Thrilling Tales of Dark Wonder Well-written Dark Fiction
Alison wants everyone to read
this blog post and let it sink in.
Meet a Village Writer
Gail Larimer
Gail says she's a lucky girl, since writing has been her day job for sixty years. From the time she was 14, Gail worked in journalism and has experience in both newspapers and magazines. Now, she writes award-winning short stories and is working on a mystery novel. She takes workshops, participates in our Fiction Writing Circle and is a regular at Writers' Night Out.
We love her smile.
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Village Writers try to give their team the best clues at last Thursday's game night.
Jessie inspires us to inspire ourselves at her workshop, Be Your Own Coach.
Oddly, everyone's personal coach had a mustache.
Open Mic Night at Brews
Wednesday 18 @ 6 pm
We had some requests
for a handrail. And . . .
we cantie our horses to it.
Calendar
March 18 - Writers' Night Out - 5-7
March 22 - Poetry Roundelay - 2-4 March 28 - Playwriting Workshop - 10-4
April 11 - Blogging - 9-4
April 25 - Publishing Excerpts from Your Memoir - 1-4
Social Media Links The MISSION of the Village Writing School is to foster a vibrant literary community in Northwest Arkansas and to provide resources for ALL writers who seek to improve their craft.
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THE VILLAGE WRITING SCHOOL IS A 501c3 ORGANIZATION.
