2014 Young Voices Monologue Festival: What, exactly, is a dramaturg?
With Kate McGrath Young Playwrights’ Resident Teaching Artist Kate McGrath wears many hats: she is an educator, playwright, and dramaturg, whose work for--what’s that, you say?—what is a dramaturg? Good question. As part of the Young Voices process, winning student playwrights work closely with a director, professional actors, and a dramaturg to develop their work and to prepare it for performance. An elusive position, a dramaturg—like Kate—is a wearer of many hats. Since it is a crucial part of the Young Voices process and a unique opportunity for our student playwrights to experience the development of new work, we asked Kate, who is one of three dramaturgs working with students for Young Voices, to explain her role as a dramaturg to find out what exactly that means for the process of taking Young Voices page to the stage. What is your role as a dramaturg in the Young Voices process? I’m an advocate for the playwright, and for the work itself. In the wonderful collaborative world of new play development, many opinions are solicited and come from directors, designers, producers, actors and even the playwright’s own family or friends! Many weigh in about revisions, strengths and weaknesses. A dramaturg’s job (for Young Voices) I think is to assist a monologuist in considering these multiple points of view, and consider revision, but also maintain the integrity and strength of the piece as it was originally written.
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Check out this video featuring several performances from the 2012 Young Voices Monologue Festival! The fourth annual collaboration between Philadelphia Young Playwrights and InterAct Theatre Company, this year’s Monologue Festival featured 17 monologues written by area high school students. The 2012 Young Voices Monologue Festival, presented by Young Playwrights and InterAct Theatre Company, took place from March 28-31 at the Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom Street. See below for press around the event!
- Broadway.com - Philadelphia Weekly - Philadelphia City Paper - Uwishunu.com - Philadelphia Tribune (a special feature on Monologue Festival playwright Einas Hassan) - Delaware County Daily Times (featuring Monologue Festival actress Anjoli Santiago) - Generocity.org (featuring photos and video) - Newsworks.org On Saturday, January 28, the winners of the Young Voices Monologue Festival gathered at InterACT Theatre in Philadelphia for the first of several workshop sessions leading up to the performances of their monologues. See this clip for interviews from a few of the winners as they talk about the importance of this session, as well as clips where they discuss segments that they wan to revise. Young Voices Monologue Festival will play at InterACT Theatre from March 28-31. |
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