Sessions
National Playwriting Program (NPP) Orientation Meeting
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Wed
AUDITIONS for Festival Projects: NPP 10-Minute Play Festival, NPP Rehearsed Readings, and Devised Theatre Initiative
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Wed
NPP Production Meeting
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Thu
NPP One Act Play Readings #1 - WIRE TAPS by Emma Swain & WHERE MUSHROOMS GROW by Sebastian Ffrench (followed by response)
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Thu
Agency in theater-making and writing in a devising process
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM Thu
NPP Production Meeting
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Fri
NPP One Act Play Readings #2 - MISS JULIE by Amber Palmer & DISPLACE: A STREET THEATRE ONE-ACT by Zoha Bharwani (followed by response)
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Fri
NPP - Ten Minute Play Festival TECH
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Fri
NPP Ten Minute Play Festival
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Sat
National Meeting
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Sat
Andrew is an award-winning playwright and theatre-artist based in Detroit. Originally from the UK, Andrew has an MA in Cross-sectoral and Community Arts from Goldsmiths College-The University of London. He currently teaches theatre at the University of Michigan-Flint and is a project manager for TimeSlips, an award-winning international non-profit that promotes creative engagement techniques for people living with Dementia and memory loss. Andrew also serves as the Region III Chair of the National Playwriting Program for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and works as a teaching artist and facilitator with a variety of social service and arts organizations throughout South East Michigan. His play Bloom has been produced across the US and internationally, and is available through Dramatic Publishing, Inc.