Daphnie Sicre presents the AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Adrienne Dawes livestreamed on the worldwide, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV community at howlround.television on Thursday 22 June 2023 at 1 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 3 p.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC -6) / 4 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -7).
The AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour is an unbelievable alternative to study from AfroLatine-led playwrights and theatremakers from all corners of the United States. With a wealth of expertise, they may share their writing practices, experiences, and insightful anecdotes on the method, inspiration, and practices of dramatic writing.
Each week, a unique playwright will deliver their distinctive perspective on easy methods to write dramatic texts. They will provide helpful ideas and prompts primarily based on their social consciousness, approaches to theatrical fashion and type, and methods to successfully talk with their meant audiences. This collection is designed for aspiring writers, college students of dramatic writing, or anybody involved in creating considerate, visceral, and distinctive blueprints for efficiency, whether or not it is for the stage, display, or another medium. Don’t miss out on this distinctive alternative to hone your writing abilities and study from a few of the most gifted voices within the Latine neighborhood.
Daphnie Sicre (curator & moderator) will probably be on-line through HowlRound throughout every session.
ADRIENNE DAWES (she/her/hers) is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and educating artist initially from Austin, TX. Her performs embrace AM I WHITE (B. Iden Payne Award, David Mark Cohen New Play Award), TEEN DAD, HAIRY & SHERRI, and THIS BITCH.
Adrienne acquired her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and studied sketch & improv on the Second City Training Center in Chicago. Recent awards and fellowships embrace: Walter E. Dakin Fellow on the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Alice Judson Hayes Fellow at Ragdale Foundation, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center NPC Finalist, Princess Grace Award Semi-Finalist, and artist residencies with Colt Coeur, PlySpace, and Crosstown Arts.
Her work has been offered by or developed with New Harmony Project, The Fire This Time Festival, Theatre Lab at FAU, Queen City New Play Initiative, Stages Repertory Theatre, Teatro Milagro, National Black Theatre, and English Theatre Berlin, amongst others. She is a proud member of the WGAw, Dramatists Guild, and an organization member of Salvage Vanguard Theater.
Adrienne can be a educating artist skilled with each in-person and distant instruction. She’s taught playwriting and theatre appreciation on the University of Arkansas, arts entrepreneurship with Artist Inc & coached bands for Girls Rock! summer season camps in Austin, Oklahoma City, and Chicago.
Adrienne lately staffed on a restricted collection with ABC Signature/Hulu.