Seeding the Science: A Playwriting Workshop with Kate Douglas - hosted by Cultivate Theatre Project

Seeding the Science: A Playwriting Workshop with Kate Douglas
Hosted by Cultivate Theatre Project

Join us for a one-day workshop exploring environmental themes, questions, and research in playwriting. The afternoon opens with a talk by Kate Douglas on approaches to environmental writing, followed by live readings and feedback sessions with selected participant playwrights.

This is a unique chance to see three environmentally-engaged plays read aloud and hear Kate's process as she guides each playwright toward what comes next. Whether you're a theatre artist, a science-minded audience member, or simply curious how environmental stories move from the page to stage, you'll leave with a firsthand look at new work in development.

All are welcome to attend as observers - no professional playwriting experience required. Given the workshop's content, we suggest attendees be 16 or older.

Kate is a writer, performer, and composer creating work about how our outer landscapes impact our inner landscapes. Recent work:The Apiary (NYT Critic’s Pick, Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), My Dog is Dead (Ancram Center for the Arts) and hag with Grace McLean (Vivace Award). She is the recipient of the Jonathan Larson Award for music & lyrics and the Next Forever Commission (Princeton University, The Civilians). She has been awarded residencies at SPACE on Ryder Farm, Swale House on Governors Island, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Millay Arts, and Goodspeed Musicals, among others. Alum of the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program, Colt Coeur, The Civilians R&D Group, GTG Speakers Corner, and The Orchard Project Greenhouse. Performance credits include Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More (where she also held the title of Associate Artist), Liz Phair's 30th Anniversary Tour of her seminal album Exile in Guyville, and Fernando Rubio’s Everything by my side. www.kate-douglas.com

Cultivate Theatre Project is a transdisciplinary conservation-theatre initiative aimed to increase science identity in the theatre industry through science literacy; connection to nature; community engagement; and understanding of conservation issues local to NYC.

Mission

CTP strives to foster science identity, environmental stewardship, and science communication in the theatre industry by empowering theatre artists to see themselves as participants of science and agents of change within their medium. We reject the gatekeeping of science and believe everyone has the right to participate in science.

Vision

To create environmental action opportunities for audiences and artists alike through the creation of new transdisciplinary theatrical works.