FEBRUARY 2012

THE 39TH ANNUAL SEASON OF THE FRANK SILVERA WRITERS' WORKSHOP IN FY 2011-12

The FSWW opens its 2012 Feb. Series of new plays & Playwrights Workshop Seminars, 3-5pm, Sat., February. 04, 2012

 

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Jan. 29

 

Submissions are now open for new plays for Emerging Playwrights for FY 2012 at the FSWW in New York City

 

Jan. 30

 

Jan. 31

 

 

 

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Please note the e-mail address for the Workshop: playrite@earthlink.net, & the website:http://www.fsww.org

Mailing Address: The Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, P.O. Box 1791, Manhattanville Station, NY, NY 10027-1791

(212) 281-8832 Tel.

Garland Lee Thompson, Founder/Executive Director of the FSWW

 

 

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The return of the FSWW Larry Neal Memorial Playwrights Seminar Series at Teachers College, Columbia Univ., 525 W. 120th St., New York, NY 10027, in Room # 157 Thorndike Hall (Enter between Bway & Amsterdam Ave.)

 

 

 

 

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The monthly Harlem Arts Alliance meeting - Riverside Church Theatre, 91 Claremont Ave., NYC, NY 10027

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Off day

No Reading due to a schedule conflict at the Dwyer Cultural Center. The FSWW returns Feb. 13, 2012, at 6:30pm.

 

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The return of the FSWW Larry Neal Memorial Playwrights Seminar Series at Teachers College, Columbia Univ., 525 W. 120th St., New York, NY 10027, in Room # 157 Thorndike Hall (Enter between Bway & Amsterdam Ave.)

 

 

 

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The FSWW returns with a reading of a play by Carole Gregory, at the Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 20027. (Enter on West 123 St. to the lower Level)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Valentine's Day

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The return of the FSWW Larry Neal Memorial Playwrights Seminar Series at Teachers College, Columbia Univ., 525 W. 120th St., New York, NY 10027, in Room # 157 Thorndike Hall (Enter between Bway & Amsterdam Ave.)

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The FSWW returns with a reading of a play, to be announced, at the Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 20027. (Enter on West 123 St. to the lower Level)

 

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The return of the FSWW Larry Neal Memorial Playwrights Seminar Series at Teachers College, Columbia Univ., 525 W. 120th St., New York, NY 10027, in Room # 157 Thorndike Hall (Enter between Bway & Amsterdam Ave.)

 

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The FSWW returns with a reading of a play, to be announced, at the Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 20027. (Enter on West 123 St. to the lower Level)

 

 

 

 

 

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Mar. 5/ 6:30 pm

The FSWW returns with a reading of a play, to be announced, at the Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 20027. (Enter on West 123 St. to the lower Level)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Workshop is Supported by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29 - Leap Year 2012

 

NOTE:

The Workshop is supported by NYSCA

(http://www.fsww.org)

 

Support donations by Dr. Carlton & Dr. Barbara Molette, Producer Scottie Davis, Shirley L. Poole, Exec. Director of the One Hundred Black Women & Natsu Ifill, of the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs (Retired Program Specialist)

 

 

 

 

New funding has been made possible by the Puffin Foundation, Ltd.

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A special grant to the FSWW from the Bloomberg Philanthropies, for the for the FY 2011-12.

NOTE: The Workshop has been supported by the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs

& Harlemlive Online Youth Magazine and the Institute for Learning Technologies of Teachers College, Columbia Univ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mar. 3 \3 - 5 pm

The return of the FSWW Larry Neal Memorial Playwrights Seminar Series at Teachers College, Columbia Univ., 525 W. 120th St., New York, NY 10027, in Room # 157 Thorndike Hall (Enter between Bway & Amsterdam Ave.)

 

 

 

 

Registration for the Workshop's Larry Neal Memorial Playwrights' Seminar Series for FY 2011-12, will be again in Jan., 2012, Saturday, 3-5:00 pm, hosted by the HarlemLive Internet Youth Magazine & the Institute For Learning Technology, at Teachers College/Columbia University. Enter via the Main Hall at 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027 (Between Bway & Amsterdam Ave. Check the Security desk on how to reach the new Room # 157, Thorndike Hall assignment).  

SUBMISSIONS WILL BE OPEN FOR NEW PLAYS IN THE FY 2012, MONDAY READING/CRITIQUE SERIES, FOR PLAYWRIGHTS LIVING IN THE NEW YORK CITY, TRI-STATE AREA & AS WELL AS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE READERS THEATRE SERIES OF NEW PLAYS WAS AGAIN AT THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE FESTIVAL IN WINSTON-SALEM, NC (AUGUST 1- 6, 2011), AND WILL RETURN IN AUGUST, 2013.


 

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