Thespian Production is theater group of producers and playwrights, pursuing an non profit statue, who would like to bring social awareness to the community of southwest region of Florida. We want to meetup with local actors , playwrights and directors to introduce our organization's mission and forge a production about domestic violence.

Calling all would-be and actualized writers for stage and screen! Calling all improv'ers, actors, and those who are interested in trying dramatic improv for the first time! **** We also need a videographer **** The Plan: Writers come with the basics of a scene they have in mind. They know what takes place and who the characters are. It can be any genre. The actors (the writers themselves can be actors, if they wish) take the stage and improv the scene, following the plot points that the writer h …

Reverie Productions' writers lab is a playwriting lab that meets twice a month, either at Reverie Production's midtown office or in an alternate space. Meetings are typically 2 to 2 1/2 hrs long, with 5-6 writer's sharing short works or pieces of full length plays, although screenplays and other writing is welcome as well. Actors are also welcome to be a part of the process, and read parts from plays and be part of the feedback process. There will be a 'From the lab' reading series for pla …

We are producers of diverse poetry and performing arts events in New York City, formed using the philosophies of the most progressive intellectual and artistic movements of the last century (i.e. The Harlem Renaissance, the Beat Poets & most notably the Nuyorican Movement). Our popular monthly “People's Open Mic” series has also become a rite of passage for anyone looking to step into the realm of of cultural expression in New York City as our stage and audience welcomes newcomers during every s …

Check us out at http://www.acersnyc.c... This is not a class. We're actors working together to provide each other with support on auditions and on goal setting. We provide a venue where you can take the techniques you learned in class and put them to use in preparation for an audition, whether it be for an agent, casting director, or manager. We provide suggestions after a performance, but they are merely suggestions, which you are free to accept or not. Ultimately, the choices you make for a p …

The mission of this group is to share our love of international theater through group outings to plays and other international theater events, with an emphasis on theatrical productions created by living playwrights and bold, experimental theater companies from around the world. We strive to make these wonderful shows accessible to our members by offering them the student group rate. This group is coordinated by Into This City international acting and foreign language school. Actfrench.com

SCRIPT REVIEW, THE CRAFT, THE BUSINESS, & NETWORKING. The NYC Screenwriters Collective is a not for profit screenwriting workshop that teaches the craft of screenwriting, offers free script coverage, networking, and discourse on the business of screenwriting, film, and television. We review feature length screenplays and teleplays written by our members as well as produced screenwriters of acclaimed film and television. Our members enjoy discounts to the preeminent screenwriting seminars and cou …

We are the Greater New York Independent Publishers Association (“GNYIPA”), a small, select professional level group of people involve with book publishing, writing, book design, book promotion, and self publishing. Our published works comprise a wide range of subjects and genres, including: non-fiction, fiction, self-help, history, LGBT literature, art, photography, playwrights, memoirs, children’s books, and other genres. You do not need to be a published author to join GNYIPA, but you need to …

Fresh Fruit Festival presents themed monthly mix-and-mingle networking events for LGBTQ artists and supporters every 3rd Thursday of the month at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the Lower East Side from 7pm-9pm. A brief artistic presentation by our notable invited guests is followed by a lively, candid moderated panel discussion between the artists and audience. 1/2 priced drinks for the first half-hour. $10 cover. Great company. Great cocktails. Great connections.

This group was created to help writers advance their skills and help writers network with other writers, filmmakers and producers. This groups focus is for screenwriters and playwrights but all writers are welcome to join!

This is a group for anyone interested in Caribbean Playwriting ,poetry and storytelling. I started this group because I have recently established my own caribbean theatre and I am looking to find artists who have always had a passion for any of the above mediums to explore the caribbean heritage as well as the influences of migrating to the US.

The Ivy League Alumni Club of New York City Welcome, New York City Ivy Leaguers! We are a face-to-face social network of alumni from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Upenn, and Yale. We host professional networking events and publish a weekly newsletter with job postings catered to alumni of these schools in the New York City area.  We also organize career enhancing professional events weekly and monthly in our city. In order to become an official member of this group, …

The thing Artists and Activists have in common is a passion for their work. I hope to mesh these passions in this group. Art, political and social activism have long been happy bedfellows. Think of Picasso’s Guernica Night, Susan Crile’s Abu Graib series, and more locally to Connecticut, the Cycle of Terror and Tragedy, September 11 by Graydon Parrish housed at the New Britain Museum of American Art. As they say, a picture says a thousand words and what better way to convey these kinds of messag …

Thespian Production is a theater production company who has been producing plays in small to medium sized venues. Our success has been built on the aspirations of directors, actors, public relationships and support from communities. We are starting a playwriting workshop series. This series will consist of 6 workshops which introduces the craft of writing for the theater. Through weekly assignments, in class writing exercises, and work on a sustained piece, students explore scene structure, acti …