This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts
JAW: A Playwrights Festival
July 15-29, 2013
JAW is Portland Center Stage’s developmental festival of new work for the stage. For two crazy weeks in July, JAW: A Playwrights Festival takes over the Armory, inside and out. And as always, we’ll present spanking new works in progress that will explode your expectations of what live performance can do.
Since launching in 1999, JAW's principal focus continues to be the playwright and the creative process. For two weeks, four-to-six playwrights (chosen from over 200 submissions nationwide) collaborate with directors, dramaturgs, actors, and other theater professionals from across the U.S. to read, revise, and sometimes completely re-write their scripts, discovering through the process what does or does not work in the transition from page to stage. Joining them are “Promising Playwrights,” 4-to-6 high school students selected from PCS’s Visions & Voices program, who write and develop their own short plays, working alongside the professionals. All of the playwrights’ works are then presented in staged readings for the public.
Since 2007, JAW: A Playwrights Festival has been entirely free to the public, offering a wide range of events that celebrate creativity and community.
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JAW 2013 PLAYS | JAW SCHEDULE | MADE IN OREGON | DEVISE & CONQUER | ARTIST LABS | JAW STAFF | JAW HISTORY
jaw plays & playwrights
JAW 2013 selections will be announced IMMINENTLY. Please check back on this page!
jaw schedule at-a-glance
The JAW Festival culminates with FREE Public Readings on the Main Stage. No reservations required--it's ALL FREE.
No schedule of plays at this time, but mark your calendars for July 27 & 28, 2013.
made in oregon
devise & conquer
New performance pieces created especially for JAW by local performers fill up the Armory and spill into its environs during the Big Weekend.
We will announce the line-up for Devise & Conquer in June 2013. Stay tuned!
community artist labs
Artists from across the nation conduct labs for our local community. Topics range from playwriting and directing to the biz. Admission is FREE, but in order to maintain a high level of quality, attendance for each Lab is limited and determined by random lottery.
We will announce the line-up for JAW 2013 Community Artist Labs in June. Check back!
jaw staff
Just a few of the hardworking folks behind the JAW festival. Contact us at jaw@pcs.org.
Rose Riordan - JAW Festival Director
Kelsey Tyler - JAW Festival Producer
Brandon Woolley - JAW Company Manager
Sarah Mitchell - JAW Coordinator
promising playwrights
New scripts from four Portland-area high schools playwrights serve as curtain-raisers Big Weekend readings on Saturday and Sunday. These Promising Playwrights are selected from our Visions & Voices Playwriting Program, a residency program offered to Portland-area schools.
script submission
Somewhere in Time
May 28 — June 30
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The People’s Republic of Portland
April 23 — June 30
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