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ber. According to the workshop’s
founders, much more is to come.
“The idea for a Writers Workshop
in Mount Pleasant came to me after
I attended one myself in Los Angeles
with Bob McKee,” Sloate said. “Bob
invited 12 writers to bring in their in-
progress plays to share.”
According to Sloate, these 12 writ-
ers responded well to the opportunity
to collaborate, taking notes of con-
structive feedback from one another
and talking about ways to improve
upon the work. So why not bring
the same sort of artistic community
to Mount Pleasant? Because Sloate
and Moreto each care about theater,
it came naturally to them to start the
process, ask for the support of the
town’s CAP commission and form the
subcommittee along with Reiter, who
heartily dove into the project as well.
The idea of the Writers Work-
shop is to present a safe place for
Lowcountry playwrights to have
their pieces performed by actors from
within the community, directed by
professionals and observed by other
workshop members. No one else is
allowed to attend the workshop, a rule
that perpetuates the idea of a closely
knit community solely for artists.
That said, although I attended the
first ever workshop, I am not allowed
to say much about what happened. I
can, however, vouch for the fact that
it was well-received by everyone who
attended – from the writers to the
directors to the actors to the subcom-
mittee members themselves. I caught
up with Sloate, Reiter, Moreto and
Williams during the workshop’s lunch
break, and they all expressed joy at the
“beta version” going well.
“The workshop offers the oppor-
tunity for directors to meet writers,
for one thing,” remarked Reiter. “And
from the perspective of the participat-
ing actors, it’s cool to see the screen-
play all the way through.”
The members of the
Writers Workshop
Subcommittee
include, left to
right, Marie-Louise
Moreto, Teralyn
Reiter, Susan Sloate
and Charlie Williams.
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