Just wanted to take a few moments to thank you for join you for joining us at: NYC Playwrights Collective. It is truly a wonderful experience to see and share with other playwrights that share the same passion for the theatre.

I love the idea of working with other playwrights and actors in the writing process, though actors are not necessarily the writers. The actors give me [initial] characters and the form of the story. I truly value the special relationship that develops between actors and playwrights. When writing for actors or with actors, (for the stage)

I listen to their biography, ideas, opinions, things they say casually; and the music behind their voices. Conceive of a scene and arrive at an idea for a scene and visualize the scene, enter it imaginatively and use the actor's voice as a score; later, words can arise out of that music. Later a story emerges when one character butts up against another. It's only recent that I started this process and I think its working.

Please go to the following link and feel free to join our playwright group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nycplaywrightscollective/


Some of my work as a playwright can be viewed at

www.group2theatre.com

Thanks for your support ahead of time.

John Pallotta