Veteran Actor and Playwright to Lead Workshop

Let loose your creative spirit by joining this six-week workshop with veteran actor Bill Cwikowski and playwright Katharine Long, at the Larchmont Public Library. The workshop will teach participants to approach their work from the perspective of both an actor and playwright. The goal is to STRESS-FREE FUN.

Tuesdays, October 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, from 3:45 to 5:45pm. Space is limited. Reservations required. Reception/performance on November 14. This series is made possible in part with funds from Westchester Library System’s Mini-Grant Initiative supported by Entergy.

Actor Bill Cwikowski and playwright Katherine Long, will use on-the-spot exercises, including reading each other’s work aloud and performing each other’s work, and will teach how writers work with performers in the spirit of collaboration. The workshop will also employ character study as a means to clarify the focus of the play and a strong emphasis on the needs and desires of the characters as they apply to the life of the play. With the eyes of both playwright and actor a broader look is given to the development of a play and answers are given as to what the theatrical experience itself is all about.

Bill Cwikowski has been an actor and acting teacher for 45 years. He has a B.A. in Drama from Monmouth University and s M.F.A in Acting from Smith College. He has teaching affiliations with several New York Theatres and is a founding member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre. He has numerous theatre and film credits throughout the country. Most recently he was seen on BOARDWALK EMPIRE and UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT. He resides in Larchmnont.

Katharine Long is a playwright member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre where she also served as Literary Manager. Her plays: GRYZK, SEDALIA RUN, ARIEL BRIGHT, TWO PART HARMONY and UNSEEN FRIENDS, received their first productions there and have since been produced both nationally and internationally. CASTING CORDELIA, her most recent one-act play, will be published in the 2015 edition of The Westchester Review. Samuel French, Broadway Play Publishing and Applause Books have published her work and ARIEL BRIGHT appeared in Ramon Delgado’s collection of Best Short Plays. Katharine Long is a Teaching Artist with the Manhattan Theatre Club and has taught for The Westchester Sandbox Theatre, Young Playwrights, Gotham Writer’s Workshop, The Ensemble Studio Theatre Institute, Playwright’s Horizons, Marymount Manhattan College, Larchmont/Mamaroneck Continuing Education and the 52nd Street Project. She holds a B.A. in Drama from Kenyon College.

For information about the Larchmont Public Library and programs offered and to reserve your spot for this workshop, visit: www.larchmontlibrary.org