USE EVERY INGREDIENT: Writing Against the Clock

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A Dramatis Personae Workshop with Diana Burbano
Monday, November 16th at 7:00 -9:00 PM CST

Admission: $15-$35

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In preparation for ScriptWorks annual Weekend Fling, we are presenting this workshop with playwright, performer, and teaching artist, Diana Burbano.  During the Weekend Fling, ScriptWorks members have 48 hours to write a ten-minute play using three contributed ingredients. The event culminates in a public reading of the freshly-penned scripts at 5:30 PM on Sunday, November  22nd. Eight plays will be selected from those written during the Fling for production in the OUT OF INK 2027 short-play showcase in April/May at Hyde Park Theatre.

In this hands-on workshop, playwright and longtime South Coast Repertory teaching artist Diana Burbano shares practical tools for writing under pressure. You’ll learn how to get started fast, how to turn a list of required ingredients into a story instead of a checklist, and how to rapidly shape a ten-minute play. Expect quick exercises, generous feedback, and permission to be messy. You’ll leave with a good plan for your Fling weekend.

ABOUT DIANA BURBANO

Diana Burbano emigrated from Colombia with stories to tell. Named to the Los Angeles Times’ “La Vanguardia” 2022, she is a playwright, performer, teaching artist, and advocate whose work lives at the intersection of identity, resistance, and belonging. Her plays include Ghosts of Bogotá (AlterTheater, Actors Theatre of Charlotte), Sapience (Princess Grace Award finalist), Fabulous Monsters (Kilroys List), and Beheading Columbus (2023 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Finalist). Trained at the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, she has taught for over twenty years at South Coast Repertory, Center Theatre Group, and Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble. dianaburbano.com