Friday Night Write

Did you ever write something, and it went really well?  Did you find yourself creating ideas or images you'd never imagined?  Does your writing take you to a different world?  A zone of creating that you can't quite explain?  Maybe you're a writer, or could be, or would like to be, or just curious.  Come meet other writers, write and read, think, create, help and hear each other out.  It's a unique person who'd enjoy this.  Maybe you?  Come find out.

FreePlays.org and the First Street Playhouse in Batavia are proud to sponsor Friday Night Write, a writing workshop especially for persons 18 and younger, though all ages are welcome, as long as you know how to write.  Come join us on 2nd and 4th Fridays from March through May 2007 at the First Street Playhouse.  Drop in any time from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM; stay as late as 11:00 PM.  We'll be writing scripts for little kids, for their summer workshop called "Around the World in 7 Plays".  Writers are also free to write anything else they want.  Stories, poetry, journal entries, anything.

Hear your lines read and your thoughts spoken.  Get excited or relax, ponder, get "in the zone", help other writers, get helped.  Help us write scripts for little kids; publish your scripts on www.FreePlays.org (both optional).  Add an attractive item to your college application.  Or begin your career as a famous playwright.  Or just do it on a lark.  As long as it's writing, come do it with us.

Our schedule varies, but roughly:

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM:  Arrive any time during this period.  Younger authors (ages 10 - 12 or so) are especially welcome at this time.  Meet at First Street Playhouse's Fiore stage, congregate, and write.  Occasional short breakout or collaboration sessions.  Possibly (depending on demand) a presentation on the special nature of playwriting.  Maybe some reader's theater for younger authors' works.

8:00 PM:  Pizza and drinks.  Younger authors may leave at or before this time.

8:20 PM - 9:00 PM:  Reader's theatre, reading each others' works onstage.

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM:  More writing, possibly another reader's theatre session.

Want more information?  Call the First Street Playhouse at  406-6367 or drop in (it's at the corner of First & Water Streets in Batavia), or write to Paul.

Help Spread The Word:

Tell others about Friday Night Write.  Do you know anyone who likes to write?  Ask them to come.  Writing in the company of other writers is great.

Here's a flyer you can print and give away.  Here's a poster you can print and post.

A note to parents and guardians:

Regarding little kids:  Friday Night Writes are chaperoned and safe.  Because we'll be writing plays for little kids, and because kids as young as 9 years old may be present, during the earlier hours, language and themes will be age-appropriate for youngsters.  This will be a quiet, clean, event.  Want to stick around and make sure?  You are welcome, as long as you will agree write!  This is an event for writers.  Everyone writes, everyone reads.

Children as young as 9 years old are welcome (FreePlays.org has published a play written by a 9-year-old author), but children 12 and under require prior approval from the workshop leader.  This is easy to get, just call the number given above, or write to Paul.

Regarding bigger kids:  After the little kids go home, older authors may explore more mature themes.  17- and 18-year old authors in a writing workshop, supported by others who respect and value ability and insight, can and do write with passion and depth.  Their writing sometimes deals with topics you may be uncomfortable with.  If you would like to learn more about this, and what are our limits to authors' expression, write to Paul.

If your child completes one or more plays, if and only if you agree, they may publish their play on FreePlays.org, which distributes scripts freely to anyone who may use them.  This is optional.

Source Stories:

During Friday Night Write, some of us, some of the time, will be writing scripts for children's plays.  We support First Street Playhouse's annual performance workshop for tots age 3 through 7, called "Around the World in Seven Plays".

We will base our plays on folk tales.  Here are some:
Some of the above folk stories are labeled "Project Gutenberg".  These works are for public, free use - their use is controlled by the Project Gutenberg License
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