KCACTF

• Share Gallery Space: Consider inviting dramaturgs to create poster presentations (similar to the work of designers) highlighting the best or favorite part of their project. Create a Dramaturgy section of the public DTM gallery, so that students who browse the gallery see dramaturgy presented in a familiar way.

• Open Dramaturgy Presentations: Whether dramaturgy students present a poster, a casebook, or a combination, keep the presentations open to all festival attendees, and find an appropriate space that allows a broad range of viewers. Some regions hold their presentations in the DTM/Dramaturgy gallery itself, with dramaturgs presenting beside their poster.

• Meet and Greet/Networking Workshop: Provide a space/time or even a structured workshop for dramaturgs to meet other playwrights and directors at the festival to talk about passion projects, to share what dramaturgs can DO in those partnerships, and to familiarize participants with the processes of production dramaturgy and new play development.

• Pair Dramaturgs with Playwrights for NNPN: Dramaturgs and Playwrights for the 10-minute and One-Act plays can be paired ahead of the festival to provide opportunities for conversations about new work that can continue through the festival. Organizing structured workshops on new play development during the festival will help student dramaturgs and playwrights learn about the tools and the process.

Casebook Samples