Application Period: 1 Feb - 20 Mar 2024
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The next iteration of the Playwright's Professional Development Residency (PPDR) will run from May 2024 and March 2025. This comes off the back of a joyous year-long pilot run that has helped shape how and why we are holding this residency. Our inaugural residents greatly benefited from the time and space to reflect on their work, the challenge and rigour of this residency, as well as the camaraderie of working as a group. We have been so thrilled and privileged to witness their growth as artists.
We are now inviting up to 4 early-career playwrights who are serious about focusing on their creative development for two years, and who could benefit from the rigour and challenge of this residency. These writers should see themselves thriving in a writer’s group dynamic.
This edition of the PPDR is facilitated by programme co-leads Joel Tan and Jean Tay. Residents will receive a modest stipend during the term of the residency.
Interested playwrights will have to apply through an open call and selection/interview process. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview with the Programme Leads in early April 2024. Results will be announced by 20 April 2024.
To qualify for this Residency, you must:
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Interested to find out more?
This is a dedicated two-year residency with a structured studio programme designed and run by the residency facilitator(s), complemented by numerous public presentation opportunities in the form of reading events, artist sharings and workshops.
The underlying philosophy of this residency is to develop the writer, not just the play. We’re providing time, space, and support for writers looking to gain a greater awareness of their voice and point of view, and also to challenge and build their artistry.
The residency does this through a group format that emphasises mutual support, friendship, and respect, and through a programme that balances reading, discussion, critique and writing. This residency weaves in several opportunities to write and present over its two years. Writers will also have access to workshops with professional theatre-makers, and other industry immersion opportunities.
This residency aims to:
The 2024-2026 residency is a two-year studio programme comprising the following phases:
Residents, together with the residency facilitators, meet to read and discuss plays to hone in on questions of craft, politics, artistry, and their personal point of view. This culminates in a public sharing of writing at the end of the chapter.
The residency hones in on a line of creative inquiry that’s shaped by the desires and interests of the group, continuing the work of reading, discussing, and writing. Weekly meetings will take place to discuss craft-related issues and aspirations, and include engaging with guest speakers via masterclasses and artist-talks. This culminates in a public sharing at the end of the chapter.
The second year gives writers time and space to develop a full length work from idea to a finished draft. The play will be presented as a dramatized reading at the end of the year. The residency structure will focus on group support and critique of these plays, and also expand to provide writers with more tailored support, e.g. engaging with mentors, community groups, shadowing professional processes etc.
Early-career playwrights who have had at least 1 full-length staging, whether self-produced or as part of a festival/company season. They should also have received some level of training in the form of mentorships, workshop intensives, or formal courses.
We are looking for playwrights who have a demonstrable commitment to the craft, a strong interest in developing their practice, and a desire to work at a professional level. We’ll choose residents based on a writing sample and interview.
This is a dedicated long-form residency with a structured studio programme designed and run by the residency facilitators, complemented by numerous public presentation opportunities. Centre 42 will also seek ways to engage the residents in workshop opportunities, and actively connect the residents with professional theatre-makers. The residents will also receive a modest stipend for the duration of the residency.
Active commitment and participation throughout the residency. Writers should also be keen to be part of and benefit from an intensive group structure, and be able to bring openness and generosity to this space.
This residency runs for two years and takes in a new studio (group of residents) once every other year. Applications are currently open, until 20 March 2024 for the next residency is slated to commence in May 2024.
