Parnassus' Den supports Australian writers by giving them the opportunity to have their scripts read to the public by professional actors on Monday nights at the Old Fitzroy Theatre. Since its inception, many of the scripts read at PD have been produced locally, nationally and internationally.

 

PD was based at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in Woolloomooloo from 2004 to 2008.

 

In 2009 PD moved its home to the Darlinghurst Theatre, where it holds all of its readings on a monthly basis. 

 

Writers submit their scripts to PD. Each selected script is given a full day's rehearsal on the Monday of the reading itself. The writer attends the reading and the rehearsal and is an active part of the process.

 

All readings occur on Monday nights each month. At the conclusion of the reading the audience, in a moderated discussion, is invited to offer their opinion to the writer on the script. The benefits that writers receive from PD’s readings are not only limited to hearing the script off the page. The audience feedback writers receive from the post reading discussions is a valuable opportunity for writers to hear first hand what an audience thinks of their work giving them a valuable resource to help them re-draft their scripts.

 

Each year, the play (theatre) script judged to be the best script read at PD during the year is awarded THE MITCH MATHEWS AWARD. 

 

Come on down and see what is happening at the cutting edge of Australian writing for performance!

Submit scripts ($50 submission fee) along with your completed membership form - and SSAE to Literary Manager, Drayton Morley, at PO Box 655, Maroubra 2035 to be considered for a reading.

 

 

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