Hedgebrook

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010

Signed

Jul 6, 2011

Return Version

2010v3.2

Gross Receipts

$860,864

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Master Class Retreat Series - A series of weeklong Master Class writing workshops scheduled throughout the residency season that combine the retreat experience with the opportunity to be in residence and study with a Master Teacher. This program provides an intense time of study with a small group of writers within the intimate setting of Hedgebrook. Participant fees help to subsidize the Writers in Residence Program. The weeklong Master Classes features a celebrated writer/teacher in residence at Meadow House and up to six participants housed in the cottages. Participants receive five days of writing workshops, instructor-led constructive group feedback sessions, one-on-one sessions with the instuctor as well as an additional day of retreat time. In 2010, Hedgebrook produced Master Classes led by Jane Hamilton, Carolyn Forche, Theresa Rebeck, Ruth Ozeki, and Faith Adiele, providing opportunities to study in various genres with a variety of difference master teachers.

Activity 3

Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival - The Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival (HWPF) celebrates the work of women writing for the theatre. Since the festival's inauguration in 1998, HWPF has supported the work of an impressive array of women playwrights and served an important role in the development of new plays by women. Each year, four playwrights are selected from a highly competitive pool of writers nominated by prominent theatre professionals. The festival begins with a "pre-retreat" weekend, in which the playwrights have the opportunity to get to know one another, hear each other's plays read aloud, and share responses with an intimate group of theatre professionals in a relaxed, convivial atmosphere. This is followed by a two week retreat at Hedgebrook, where each playwright has her own cottage, a dramaturg on-call, the opportunity to work in Hedgebrook's unique combination of solitude and community. The retreat is capped off with public presentations of excerpts from each play. 2010 festival participants were: Lenelle Moise, Danai Gurira, Sherry Kramer, and Sarah Treem.

Filer

EIN

80-0012629