“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett
Austin Film Festival lives and breathes to help you fail better. Which actually can mean winning. To help you fail better we are continuing our Playwriting Track!
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
AFF’s Playwriting Track invites all the ‘narratively-inclined’ to join us at what has become the ultimate writers oasis. Whether you are hoping to cultivate craft essentials in your dramatic writing or searching for creative new ways to move forward in your career, come meet others who share your passion and harness the inspiration offered at AFF for playwrights and screenwriters alike.
PLAYWRITING PROGRAMMING: At Austin Film Festival, our passion has always been to further the art and craft of storytelling by championing writers. The panelist roster in the Playwriting Track features writers who have worked in multiple mediums, discussions will explore the development of dialogue, character, action, temporal elements, and, more specifically, how these techniques can serve to inform writing for film, television, theatre and new media.
PANELISTS INCLUDE:
Sofia Alvarez playwright; screenwriter To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Bekah Brunstetter writer/producer This is Us; playwright The Cake
Pierce Cravens producer Oh, Hello (Broadway), Saint Frances
Laura Eason writer/producer The Loudest Voice, Blue Light; playwright Sex with Strangers
Liz Flahive co-creator GLOW; playwright From Up Here (MTC), founding member: Playgroup (Ars Nova)
Carly Mensch co-creator GLOW, Carly’s plays have been developed and produced at Ars Nova theater in NYC among other places.
Samantha Levenshus writer Neon Future (comic book), The Grimm World (play), Holy Unexpected (tv); Development Executive, Script Pipeline
Kirk Lynn The Method Gun; head of the Department of Theatre and Dance at UT; the Artistic Director of The Rude Mechanicals
Elizabeth V. Newman director (stage): ‘A Delicate Ship’ by Anna Ziegler; ‘100 Planes’ by Lila Rose Kaplan; ‘Mocha’ by Eleanor Burgess; (film): ‘Child of Light’ (feature)
Steven Walters head writer/co-creator/co-executive producer 1865: the Audio Drama; writer American Scandal, American History Tellers
Listen to established writers that cross between the stage and screen explore how playwriting techniques including the development of dialogue, character, action, and temporal elements serve to inform writing for film, television, and new media.
CHECK OUT THIS YEAR’S SCHEDULE
View the 2019 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule schedule & directory.
A SAMPLING OF PAST PANELS:
Playwrights in the Writers Room
From Stage to Screen: A Conversation with Stephen Belber
Roundtable: The Art, Craft, and Business of Playwriting
From Script to Stage – The Playwright’s Journey
If you have any questions about badges, please feel free to call us at 512-478-4795 or toll free at 1-800-310-FEST.
*If you entered your play into the Playwriting Competition you are eligible for discounts on all of these badges – to request your discount code please email screenplay@austinfilmfestival.com