A casual discussion with a literary manager with ten years experience. If you are a playwright with questions about submitting your plays with someone who has read for the O'Neill, PlayPenn, Seven Devils, Great Plains Theatre Conference, and is the current Literary Manager for Bay Area Playwrights Festival, happy to answer. How is literary management evolving from being less of a gatekeeper and more of a passionate advocate for writers? What are some good strategies for writing artistic statements, goals, and objectives? If time, we'll do a short writing prompt at the end.
Heather Helinsky is a freelance dramaturg based in Philadelphia and the Literary Manager for Playwrights Foundation. For the Kennedy Center: guest dramaturg various KCACTF regional festivals since 2012, VSA Discovery Series, past reader for Steinberg/David Mark Cohen award, and Undergraduate... Read More →
