Writing from The Heart: Dramaturgy for TheatreWorks Singapore: Beverly (Four-Character Version)

Writing from The Heart

"Writing from The Heart" is a workshop on creative writing, creative drawing, and creative drama. There are three available versions of this workshop: one for beginners on the secondary, tertiary, and graduate levels, and another for practitioners. A third version of this workshop is designed as an outreach program to disadvantaged and underserved audiences such as the disabled, the poor and the marginalized, victims of human trafficking, battered women and abused children, drug rehabilitation center residents, child combatants, children in conflict with the law, prisoners, and gang leaders. This third version incorporates creativity and problem awareness, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, trauma therapy, and peacemaking.

Monday, January 5, 2015

Dramaturgy for TheatreWorks Singapore: Beverly (Four-Character Version)

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Version with four characters

Hello again Beverly!

This version seemed more promising because you present not only two kinds of men but two kinds of women. However, the Wife is underdeveloped and simply drops out toward the middle of the play. I realize that it will take a lot of work to flesh her out and carry her over through the end--and making this a long, full-length play--and so let us go with the version that has only three characters. It is tight and complete, and does not have the melodramatic flair that the addition of the Wife gives us.

For I now realize that this play is not about any of your past loves.

This play is about your two real lovers: Lucre (Dan) and Literature (Man), and how you are constantly torn between making money and living a comfortable life and following your heart and barely surviving.

Indeed, please prepare a clean copy of the three-character version and submit it to TheatreWorks Singapore.