This event is part of the LOCAL Lab 2015 Festival.

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LOCAL Lab Master Playwriting Workshop with Jill Rafson

Doors Time: 10:45 a.m.
Event Start Time: 11:00 a.m.
Event End Time: 1:00 p.m.

Taught by Jill Rafson (Literary Manager of the renowned Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City).

About Jill Rafson:

JILL RAFSON is the literary manager of Roundabout Theatre Company, where she also serves as associate producer for Roundabout Underground and acts as the key staff member for the company’s New Play Initiative. Plays developed with Roundabout include Stephen Karam’s Speech & Debate and Sons of the Prophet(Pulitzer Finalist), Adam Gwon’s Ordinary Days, Kim Rosenstock’sTigers Be Still, David West Read’s The Dream of the Burning Boy, and Julia Cho’s The Language Archive. Jill has worked with The Broadway League, New York City Center, and ART/NY and has been a member of the Artistic Council for the O’Neill Playwrights Conference, in addition to reading scripts for Vineyard Theatre and Deutsch/Open City Films. Jill is a dramaturg for rising theater company CollaborationTown, served as script consultant for “The Importance of Being Earnest HD” (screened worldwide), and has been a guest lecturer for the Commercial Theatre Institute and guest blogger for World Theater Day. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University.

In 2011, LOCAL Theater Company launched in Boulder, Colo. with a sold-out production at Chautauqua Auditorium of “Stories by Heart” featuring John Lithgow.  Specializing in original works of exceptional quality, LOCAL engages audiences through innovative performances that spark camaraderie, learning, and contemplation, and provide a resourceful environment for theater artists to take creative risks, and develop their work.

For current artist bios, see www.LOCALTheaterCompany.org.