Seattle Bound Blog: The Journey of a Play to Production

Step Seven: Matching Funds.

Step Seven: Matching Funds.

Great news! Women’s Work Productions has been given a $10,000 matching funds donation by the Miller Group Charitable Trust for the production of “Carried by the Current.” We have to raise the first $10,000 to access the matching funds and, actually, we’re already a good chunk of the way there . . .

Step Five: Lockdown

Well there we were rolling along quite nicely, gathering momentum and then—well then you know the rest. The last preview we performed was at the lovely Camano Schoolhouse three days before the word came down from the governor’s office—no more group gatherings. I...

Step Four: Rewrites

We leapt into Women’s History Month this year not just because February gave us an extra day to boost us into March but because of the preview we performed February 27th at Edmonds Bookshop. It crackled with electricity. I had rewritten one of the scenes in the play...

Step Two: Behind the Scenes

The Journey of a Play to Production. Step Two: Behind The Scenes As you may have figured out from our last blog post, we’re all actors here at Women’s Work Productions, which means our favorite thing to do is be on stage communing with the audience. But sometimes in...

Step One: Letting Go

The Journey of a Play to Production. Step One: Letting Go It was Sarah that started the ball rolling. Sarah and Pilar. They got chatting in April 2018 and the conversation wound around to Sarah telling Pilar the premise of my play, Carried by the Current. It makes...