2021 SEVEN DEVILS PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE - JUNE 7 - 19

The 2021 Conference will feature the development and online presentation of  work of four playwrights, selected from 650 open submissions, a free online playwriting workshop led by 2021 featured playwright Tira Palmquist, PLUS two live and in person workshops in McCall, Idaho led by the founders of Boise's Campfire Theatre Festival. Company artists will also serve as mentors for students in the McCall Donnelly High School drama class.

WORKSHOPS

Saturday, June 12
Live in McCall!

Join us in McCall for 1 or both of these exciting in-person workshops led by Boise's Campfire Theatre Festival!
11am - 1pm MT
WRITE IT OUT!
Come together to share, create and theatricalize your own stories. The Campfire Theatre Festival team wants you to uplift your voice and share it with your community. 
1pm - 2:30pm MT
Lunch with Campfire! 
Join the Campfire Crew as we break bread. We would love the chance to get to know you and give you a taste of what we do in Boise. 
2:30-4:30pm MT
Let's Make Some Theatre! 
The Campfire Theatre Festival team will guide you through creating a mini play made by and about the community. This workshop is for collaborating and celebrating coming together! ​

Saturday, June 19
Live on Zoom

1:00 - 4:00pm ET
FILLING THE FRAME
Even the smallest detail can lead to a compelling story. Using candid photography as a creative jump-start, Tira Palmquist will lead us through an exercise, paying keen attention to the surprising or funny details in photographs, and using those observations to build a character, a life, a story.

READINGS

BODY + BLOOD
​by Shannon TL Kearns
As whispers become a roar and threats mount, Joshua stands in front of his congregation plagued by doubts. He knows he is called and yet he can’t help but wonder if it makes a difference. If he can make a difference. If he’s enough. Or if maybe he’s too much of too many things-- transgender man, bartender, priest—too fractured to heal the suffering souls of others. But when, in a moment of chaos, he calls out in despair the answer is clear: there is more to this story.

​​Wednesday, June 16th at 8pm ET  ​​
7pm Central / 6pm Mountain / 5pm Pacific

Read Shannon's bio

​​Thursday, June 17th at 8pm EDT  ​​
7pm Central / 6pm Mountain / 5pm Pacific

Read Yilong's bio
GOOD ENEMY
​by Yilong Liu
Determined to reconnect with his daughter, Howard embarks on a cross-country road trip that forces him to confront his past as a young cop in China during the 1980’s, a period of rapid change in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. As he struggles to navigate new challenges brought about by economic reforms and the explosion of western music, literature, and lifestyle that followed, Howard finds himself caught up in an undercover mission that will change the trajectory of his life and set him forever adrift from the world he called home.
THE BODY'S MIDNIGHT
​by Tira Palmquist
Determined to put a troubling diagnosis in the rearview mirror, Anne and her husband David embark on the perfect American road trip. They have a map, a destination, an impressive list of cool spots to stop along the way and a timeline that should put them in Minneapolis just in time for the birth of their first grandchild. But what if their perfect plan is merely a distraction from the complicated, ridiculous, occasionally breathtaking and often far messier journey they’d hoped to avoid? Bearing witness to the beauty of things, even as they disappear, Ann and David struggle to come to terms with the unexpected and unavoidable journey of their lives.​

Friday, June 18th at 8pm EDT  ​​
7pm Central / 6pm Mountain / 5pm Pacific

Read Tira's bio

Saturday, June 19th at 8pm EDT  ​​
7pm Central / 6pm Mountain / 5pm Pacific

Read Eric's bio
CRYING ON TELEVISION
​by R. Eric Thomas
Mackenzie and Ellison aren't friends. Well, they aren't Friends, as in Ross, Rachel, et. al. They're real people in a real apartment building with a real need for connection and a real love of television. So they should be friends. Except Mackenzie doesn't actually live in the building--she's plant-sitting--and Ellison doesn't know she exists. But if Mackenzie’s learned anything from television, it’s the transformative power of elaborate hijinks.
We received over 650 script submissions this year. Join us in celebrating our 2021 finalists and semi-finalists.
Check out the 2021 FINALISTS!
Check out the 2021 Semi Finalists! 

Seven Devils recognizes and celebrates the generosity and support of our partners,
​benefactors & sponsors in McCall, Idaho.

With you in spirit, until we can be with you in person

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CONTACT US:  
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