{"id":141339,"date":"2025-05-07T17:32:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/a-note-from-whitney-17-april\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T17:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:32:30","slug":"a-note-from-whitney-17-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/a-note-from-whitney-17-april\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note From Whitney, 17 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t17.04.25\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hello <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Grif-friend<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I hope this e mail finds you effectively and also you\u2019re organising some thrilling plans for the 2 upcoming lengthy weekends\u2014you deserve it! My identify\u2019s <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whitney<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and I\u2019m writing as a seasonal Associate Producer at Griffin at present supporting the workforce throughout a busy and thrilling interval of play readings and applications. Diehard members of the Grif-family could join that I used to be beforehand Griffin\u2019s Admin and Programs Manager (circa 2019 \u2013 2022). For me, it was a time of rising keen on the Kings Cross group and historical past, deepening my appreciation for brand spanking new writing, constructing COVID-safe on-line broadcast studios within the workplace, making new lifelong greatest mates and starting to dream about what services the brand new theatre post-redevelopment may comprise. In the month I\u2019ve been again, I\u2019ve been delighted to witness the organisation evolving and see palpable progress of the corporate\u2019s inventive applications.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We have heard a learn of <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Happy Feraren<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s new work and we are able to\u2019t share a lot but it surely\u2019s going to be an excellent one. We hosted a powerful showcase of the fruits of labor by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/creative-programs\/griffin-studio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Griffin Studio<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 2024 artists, a year-long inventive lab for early profession playwrights. I used to be impressed by the efforts of the playwrights <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Josipa Draisma<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jorjia Gillis <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jacob Parker<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the way confidently they took this system by the horns. Side observe\u2014three of Griffin\u2019s 2025 Season playwrights are Griffin Studio alumni, together with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreabo\/\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Koreaboo<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> playwright <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Michelle Lim Davidson,<\/span><\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/birdsong-of-tomorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Birdsong of Tomorrow<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">playwright <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nathan Harrison<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/whitefella-yella-tree-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whit<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">efella Yella Tree<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> playwright <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dylan Van Den Berg<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since returning to Griffin I\u2019m happy to see the continuation of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/creative-programs\/griffin-ambassadors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Griffin Ambassadors<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> program, the place a cohort of highschool college students from NSW attend Griffin performs and workshops without spending a dime! Our subsequent workshop is definitely simply across the nook on 10 May\u2014any budding dramatists can apply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cognitoforms.com\/GriffinTheatreCompany1\/_2025GRIFFINAMBASSADORSAPPLICATION\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a>! I&#8217;m additionally excitedly working in the direction of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2025 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/griffintheatre.com.au\/whats-on\/2025-griffin-award-keynote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Griffin Award &amp; Keynote<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> this yr, offered in partnership with Sydney Writers\u2019 Festival. The Keynote, delivered this yr by icon <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Leah Purcell <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Black Chicks Talking<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Drover\u2019s Wife<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, is a brand new addition since my earlier time on the firm. Combining a playwriting award that has a robust historical past of elevating the subsequent pressing Australian play with a state-of-play tackle by an trade chief is genius! Being held at Carriageworks with Sydney Writers\u2019 Festival this yr means much more folks can attend, and we hope you&#8217;ll be able to be part of us!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thanks for studying when you ought to be planning your vacation to-read record.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wishing you all a secure and treat-filled lengthy weekend!\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>Whitney\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whitney Richards<br \/>Associate Producer<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] 17.04.25 Hello Grif-friend! I hope this e mail finds you effectively and also you\u2019re organising some thrilling plans for the 2 upcoming lengthy weekends\u2014you deserve it! My identify\u2019s Whitney and I\u2019m writing as a seasonal Associate Producer at Griffin at present supporting the workforce throughout a busy and thrilling interval of play readings and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[236,1733,7785],"class_list":{"0":"post-141339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-drama","8":"tag-april","9":"tag-note","10":"tag-whitney"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}