All art starts with an idea...Ours was to give women directors and writers a space to experiment, to learn, and to develop. A space to focus on the process rather than the product, and to take risks and make mistakes.
Plato states that True Artists are those which give birth to a new reality.
Directors and playwrights work together and create a new world from the story
they are telling. It takes a lot of courage to create this world!
The best way to gain confidence as a director or playwright and to find your art is to practice, practice, practice. Unfortunately, the rising costs of a production and fierce competition means there are few places for artists to do this.
Every production becomes precious - and this creates an atmosphere of great pressure where risks are impossible.
Our new works Forum strives to solve this dilemma.
We are a place where risks can be taken. We want artists to find their voice...
even if mistakes are made along the way. The Forum is a sketch book...it is not the masterpiece. It is a place to workshop and try new ideas...we put the emphasis on the creative process rather than a finished commercial product.
A place to practice, practice, practice.
WINTER 2002 FORUM
Artists Presented:
Shari Johnson, Kate Marks, Valentina Benrexi, Nicole Mack,
Audrey Neddermann, Krystal Osborne, Norah Turnham, and Erin Winebark
Playwrights for Winter 2007:
Ruth Tyndall Baker, Jean K. Hedgecock, Lila Rose Kaplan, Celia McBride, Terri McKinstry, Kate McLeod, Judith Pratt, Yasmine Rana, Robin Reese, Stephanie Timm, Karin Diann Wiliams, and Lauren D. Yee
Dana Dobreva, Melody Erfani, Gretchen Ferris, Ariel Francoeur, Laura Hirschberg, Naima Moffet-Warden, Christina Neubrand, Eva Gabrielle Schelbaum, Ashley Scoles, Katherine Sommer and Abigail Strange
Playwrights (or adaptation credits) for Spring 2011:
Annie Berke, Dana Dobreva, Mary Flanagan, Gabrielle Fox, Laura Hirschberg, Jane Miller, Naima Moffet-Warden, Maiya Pendleton, Bella Poynton,Yasmine Beverly Rana and Allison Ungar
Karyn Joy DeYoung, Gretchen Ferris, Estefania Fadul, Jessy Grossman, Laura Hirschberg,
Anais Koivisto, Christina Neubrand, Ashley Scoles, Sarah Simmons and Katherine Sommer
Playwrights (or adaptation credits) for Winter 2011:
Jennifer Barclay, Brit Hawkins, K. Alexa Mavromatis, Nina Mansfield, Jan O’Connor, Laura Rohrman, Katherine Sommer, Leigh Steiner, Elizabeth Swearingen and Karin Diann Williams
