Solstice Low-Residency MFA innovates again--this just in from my friends there:
The Solstice Seminars: two-day intensives that offer writers the opportunity to explore and deepen their knowledge of craft. The Seminars are designed to build upon and expand the concentrations of the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program by focusing on one aspect or sub-genre of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or writing for young people.
Join us for “Writing for Stage & Screen,” October 29 through 30, 2010. Participants will learn playwriting or screenwriting basics, generate new material, and revise newly created scenes for a staged reading. In addition, students will attend a play in nearby Boston, and enjoy a screening of a film with commentary by distinguished guest Richard Wesley.
Faculty & Guests:
Playwriting instructor Anne-Marie Oomen has written and produced seven plays, including the award-winning “Northern Belles,” inspired by oral histories of women farmers. Her most recent, “Whaddaya Give,” a play with music, continues her dramatic series inspired by Michigan’s history.
Screenwriting instructor Lesley Alicia Tye’s film and television credits range from Costume Designer for the feature Two Coyotes, to Below-the-Line Agent with Casala, Ltd. She has written several feature length screenplays, and was co-writer for the television pilot Devin’s Chronicles for Caspian Sea Entertainment.
Guest Director Bob Owczarek has taught theatre at Dean College, the Boston Conservatory, and Boston University, and is currently retired as professor of drama at Pine Manor College. He has performed in over 25 industrial films, appeared in television commercials, and done extensive radio, TV, and film work.
Richard Wesley, Chair of NYU’s Department of Dramatic Writing, has penned numerous motion-picture screenplays, including Uptown Saturday Night; Let's Do It Again; Native Son; and Fast Forward. His teleplays include Mandela And De Klerk and Bojangles. In 2005 he co-authored (with Jacqueline Woodson) the teleplay for Miracle’s Boys, directed by Spike Lee.
Application deadline: September 24. For more information and complete bios of our faculty, go to: www.pmc.edu/mfa.
