The Missoula Colony 13


June 14-21, 2008
Montana Theatre, PARTV Center
The University of Montana

Join us in celebrating thirteen years of discovery and creativity! Montana Repertory Theatre, the professional theatre in residence at The University of Montana, is proud to present Missoula Colony 13: A Gathering of Artists in Support of the Writer's Craft, continuing our tradition of of inviting noted and award-winning playwrights from across the nation to gather for instruction and celebration of the craft of writing for the stage and screen.

Total Immersion: A Scriptwriting Intensive
June 14-15, 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Cost: $50 if registered by June 13 / $60 at the door

Learn everything you need to know about writing for the stage and screen--in just two days!

As the kick-off event of our gathering, Montana Rep invites you to take part in a two-day total immersion in the art and craft of writing scripts for film and theatre, led by one of America's premier writers, William Mastrosimone.

Mr. Mastrosimone's enormously successful output spans the worlds of stage, film, and television. His plays, including The Wool Gatherer, Extremities, and Shivaree, have been produced worldwide. He went on to adapt Extremities for the film starring Farrah Fawcett. As a writer for television, he is known for the "into the West" mini-series, "Benedict Arnold," "The Burning Season," and the acclaimed mini-series "Sinatra." Mr. Mastrosimone has worked with the best in New York and Hollywood and is pleased to share his writing expertise with Colony participants.

This is a rare opportunity to learn from one of the true masters of writing for stage and screen. We invite you to observe and question Mr. Mastrosimone as he guides ten young writers through the steps of creating material for the stage, film, and television. This challenging event, comprising two eleven-hour days, will include lunch and dinner breaks, affording participants the opportunity to mingle with writers and follow up on topics discussed in the session. The Total Immersion event is bound to be entertaining, exciting, enlightening, challenging, and great fun.

This unique intensive is limited to only fifty participants.

To register for the Total Immersion weekend, or to learn more about the The Missoula Colony 13, please contact Salina Chatlain, assistant to the Rep's artistic director, at (406) 243-6809, or by e-mail.