Randy Reinholz, at his table read of Under a Big Sky, 2019

A note from your blog authors!
The Writers-in-Residence program gives us the opportunity to invite writers to Seven Devils to work on a new play entirely on their own schedule, and without any pressure to cast or rehearse their play (though we often hold unrehearsed table readings for them so they can hear their play outloud).

Sometimes, these writers come to McCall with a play idea; sometimes, they come with a few pages already started. Often, like Randy Reinholz, they find that something else happens, and their play is transformed. 

Making these kinds of opportunities is priceless to the writers, and we charge them nothing for the experience. You can help make it possible for even more writers to come to McCall by donating today at www.sevendevils.org. 

A note from the blog authors!

As Jeni says, every play comes to the conference at a different stage in its development, and every play leaves at a different stage in its development.

At Seven Devils, there are different programs designed for different kinds of processes -- like the Playwright's Intensives, a week of work that focuses on writing rather than staging, which gives the playwrights the opportunity to explore a play on their terms.

​We have such admiration for these playwrights -- and so today's Thank You is to them, for being brave, for being ambitious, for being audacious! You inspire us!

From Brian Watkins  (General Store, 2012) Seven Devils was the first place that I felt my work was truly upheld as the important center of the process. A place where writers would crawl out of their respective isolation, into a light of enthusiasm, and even collective reverence, for the playwright’s work. When I had doubts about my play, Seven Devils countered with creative support. My play left McCall with wind in its sails. For that, I am forever grateful."

It was the beauty of the land, the space to think, and the kindness of the people I encountered at Seven Devils, that empowered me to rewrite a script formally called Design Sense, that became Under a Big Sky. It was a page one rewrite...  I continue to be grateful for the vision, tenacity and care that the leadership of Seven Devils has gathered together to hold this conference each year. It was wonderful to be a Native playwright, Choctaw to be exact, in a place that was both connected to the land yet the folks who were not Native didn’t require me to explain who I was or what I was trying to do. I was able to focus on the work I needed to get done. 
  - Randy Reinholz