Events at MWT
Monday 12th August @ 7pm
The Winter Read
ZOOM
At our sixth workshop for 2024, regional playwright Melissa Forge (pictured below) will lead a discussion of Prima Facie, the standout 2018 play by Suzie Miller. *Please note that RSVPs for participating in this group discussion closed on 3rd July. However, if you would like to attend The Winter Read as an audience member, please email us by 5pm on Fri 19th July at: melbournewriterstheatre@gmail.com Looking forward to a cosy winter read!
About the Facilitator
Mel Forge is a Macedon Ranges-based writer and actor. In 2023, she wrote and performed in the award-winning short play The Worst Thing Is, produced as part of Essendon Theatre Company’s ‘We Wrote Some Plays’ season, and recently her monologue Things To Do was selected by Beaumaris Theatre for performance in their
Monologue Festival. When not reading or writing, trying to remember lines, or helping out behind the scenes on the committee of The Mount Players, Mel can be found trying to find new ways to finance her travel to wherever in the world Suzie Miller’s latest work is showing.
2 0 2 4 W O R K S H O P S
MWT members and non-members alike are warmly invited to attend our Workshops, which in 2024 run on Zoom from 7pm – 8pm on the first MONDAY of the month. At the end of each Workshop attendees can choose to stay online, have a chat and share news.
In some months we will offer an Event instead of a workshop. Details are below.
Put these dates in your 2024 diary!
February 5
Workshop #1
Outstanding Plays contain …
Facilitator: Brooke Fairley
*Zoom
This first workshop for 2024 will be preceded by the AGM at 6pm.
March 4
Workshop #2
Writing Great Dialogue
Facilitator: Megan J. Riedl
* Zoom
April 8
Workshop #3
Know your Characters
Facilitators: Louise Hopewell & Jennifer Munday
* Zoom
Saturday May 4 @ 2pm – 4pm
EVENT
Scripts @ The Dock
Excerpts from 8 new MWT plays are read by actors
* The Performance Space – Library at the Dock
June 3
Workshop #4
Story, Story, STORY
Facilitator: Naomi Sumner Chan
* Zoom
July 1
Workshop #5
Writing Historical Drama
Panelists: Karyn Lee Greig & Bruce Shearer
* Zoom
August 12
Workshop #6
The Winter Read
Group discussion of the play Prima Facie
Facilitator: Melissa Forge
* Zoom
September 2
EVENT
Monologue Soiree
5 new MWT monologues are read by actors
* Zoom
October 7
Workshop #7
Getting those Grants
Facilitator: Clare Mendes
* Zoom
November 11
EVENT
Short Play Soiree
5 new MWT short plays are read by actors
* Zoom
Monday 2nd Sept @ 7pm
The Monologue Soiree
ZOOM
Do you love writing monologues? At this annual online showcase we will present five new monologues by MWT playwrights. If you have a high quality, previously unproduced monologue of up to 10 minutes that you would like considered for this event, please send it with a 50w synopsis by 5pm on Wednesday 31st July to: melbournewriterstheatre@gmail.com
*If you’d like to be in the Audience for this event, please RSVP as well! An enjoyable night awaits.
