La MaMa International Symposium for Directors and Playwright Retreat

May 12, 2010 by ddjdstar

                        11th Annual La MaMa International Symposium for Directors to be held July 17 – August 7, 2010

                               The Playwright Retreat to  be held July 5 – 15, 2010 at La MaMa Umbria in Spoleto, Italy.
          Jean Guy Lecat, from the Peter Brook Company in Paris joins Ong Keng Sen from Singapore, Ivica Buljan from Croatia, Split Britches (Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver), hip-hop theatre artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph and media collaborators Andrea Paciotto and Jan Klug from Italy and The Netherlands, respectively for this summer’s Symposium (plus other artists to be announced.)
          In addition to workshops with these artists, the Symposium experience includes accommodation in a 500-year old former convent, freshly prepared traditional Umbrian meals, visits to cultural attractions in Umbria, performances at summer festivals, sagras (community fairs), opportunities to share your work with colleagues and develop collaborations.
            You may attend for a 2-week session, July 17 – July 31, or a 3-week session, July 17 – August 7.
            Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage will facilitate the 4th Annual La MaMa International Playwright Retreat in Spoleto, Italy this summer. During the 10-day retreat to be held July 5-15, Ms. Nottage will lead writers through a process designed to help them explore and develop new projects and those already in progress. La MaMa Umbria offers an inspirational hillside setting for playwrights to write far from the distractions of normal life.
            The Retreat experience includes accommodation in a 500-year old former convent, freshly prepared traditional Umbrian meals, visits to cultural attractions in Umbria, performances at summer festivals, sagras (community fairs), opportunities to share your work with colleagues and develop collaborations.

 
            Space is limited. Application forms and additional information are available at lamama.org (click on Italy.)

            I find that the very idea of being allowed to spend time at the symposium with all the great minds of global theatre has deepened            my knowledge of theatre in the whole world. – Rhodessa Jones

          The La MaMa International Directing Symposium was one of the highlights of my recent career.  It was a rejuvenating experience           and an inspiration to work with so many different people from so many different backgrounds in such an incredible setting. – Susan         Shaughnessy