Friday Night

Writers/ Actors Lab Performance, Buffet and Reception
Friday, August 1st
6:00 - 9:00pm
Mt. Hood Ballrooml

Moderated by Gigi Rosenberg and presented by a team of Portland's top professional actors who read scenes from screenplays submitted by conference participants. Join us for this entertaining evening where you'll hear your colleagues' latest scripts and have a chance to offer them moderated feedback in this collaborative, lively theatrical setting. Learn what works and what doesn't, join in the critique, and have a wild time with live theater. This is the third year for the Writers / Actors Lab, and it is always great fun.

The buffet, a Western BBQ, begins at 6 P.M.; performance and dessert begins at 7 p.m. See below for information on how to submit a scene for consideration. The “Western Roundup” buffet dinner includes BBQ chicken, cheeseburgers, garden burgers, Kielbasa sausages and all the trimmings, corn on the cob, steak fries, coleslaw, potato salad, and baked beans. The dessert includes Grandmas Dutch Apple Pie a la mode.

Registration options: You must select the option to attend the Writers & Actors Lab and choose either the buffet ($35) or coffee/dessert only ($15). You may also purchase additional tickets ($35 or $15) for guests to attend with you.

Writers/Actors Lab Entries
Submission Deadline June 20th, 2008

Submit your latest script for the chance to have a scene from it read by professional actors in front of a live audience on Friday evening. Get feedback from moderator Gigi Rosenberg and your peers. Discover what works and what doesn't in this collaborative laboratory. For more information.

Watch a video clip from last years performance!

Gigi Rosenberg (www.gigirosenberg.com) is a memoirist and essayist whose work appears in Writer's Digest, The Oregonian, Willamette Week, The Jewish Review and Parenting (forthcoming). As a workshop leader she coaches writers and artists how to talk about, write about and fund their creative endeavors. She has taught in New York City at The Foundation Center and for the American Society of Media Photographers. Her hands-on workshops have been featured at: Lewis and Clark College’s NW Writing Institute, Self Employment in the Arts Conference in Chicago, Artist Trust in Seattle and BizArt Conference in Edmonds, Washington. She has performed her dramatic monologues at Seattle’s On The Boards, Pacific University, CoHo Theater and Performance Works NW. Her radio commentary “The Hanukkah Bush” was featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting.