Special Event: Screenwriting Incubator

April 13 |  11:00 am - 12:30 pm

90 minutes. A portion of all donations are shared with the filmmakers.
Burlington Beer Company | 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT

The Vermont Production Collective (VPC) presents: A Staged Reading Of New Vermont-based Screenplays

VPC invites you to a Staged Reading of selected scenes from new works for film, developed over the last nine months in the Vermont Screenplay Incubator by 5 local screenwriters. The stories, while all set in Vermont, will transport us back in time, from a deep dive into how federal decisions affected a rural VT farmer in the 1960s, to what was really on the mind of teenagers in the 1980s. Other stories explore what actions an ever-changing physical appearance may drive someone to take, why another may choose a quiet life in the Green Mountains, and even give us answers as to how the Vatican’s powers could reach Barre. A cohort of local actors will bring the scenes to life and provide you with a look into the filmmaking process for narrative fiction films.

Join us to determine who wins the ‘audience award’ sponsored by FastLights and Vermont Magazine, which will help support production of the winning film.

*The award will be announced at the 5:30pm Filmmakers’ Reception on Saturday, sponsored by VPC*

• Solve for X and Why – Written by Marianne DiMascio
• The Island of Misfit Toys – Written by Ben Johnson
• Metamorphosizer – Written by Billy Bob Thompson
• Windmill Hill – Written by Sam T. McFarland
• I Am My Domain – Written by Sean Kirby

*The project, I Am My Domain, is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Vermont Community Foundation.