Hedgebrook

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Nov 2, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$955,122

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Master class retreat series - a series of week-long writing workshops, scheduled throughout the year, that combine hedgebrook's unique retreat experience with the opportunity to be in residence and study with a master teacher. Workshops are offered in a diversity of genres, and are focused on various aspects of the writing craft. Six participants receive five days of workshops, instructor-led group feedback sessions, one-on-one sessions with the instructor as well as an additional day of retreat time. 2011 master class teachers were memoirists honor moore and claire dederer, poet carolyn forche, playwright ellen mclaughlin, novelist ruth ozeki, fiction writer karen joy fowler, poet/novelist victoria redel and screenwriter robin swicord.

Activity 3

Hedgebrook women playwrights festival (hwpf) - celebrates the work of women writing for the theatre. Since the festival's inauguration in 1998, hwpf has played an important role in the genesis and development of 40-50 new plays by women. Alumnae of the festival include recipients of the pulitzer prize, tony and obie awards, and macarthur genius fellows. Each year, four or five playwrights are selected from a competitive pool of writers nominated by prominent theatre professionals. The festival kicks off with a "pre-retreat" weekend: plays are read aloud and discussed in a relaxed setting with an intimate community of theatre professionals. A two-week residency at hedgebrook follows, during which the playwrights work with resident and guest dramaturgs to develop their plays. The festival culminates in public presentations at whidbey island center for the arts and seattle's act theatre. 2011 festival participants were radha blank, molly smith metzler, lisa loomer, alva rodgers and susan soon-he stanton.

Filer

EIN

80-0012629