Playwright Marketing with Patrick Gabridge (Ep. 18)

Patrick Gabridge came highly recommended because of his Playwright Marketing Binge, which he leads twice a year with many other playwrights as a way to get their name and work seen & potentially produced. He was kind enough to stop by the show & tell us about that & also how he created a niche genre and production opportunities with his company, Plays in Place.   

(And some behind-the-scenes scoop: Melissa's sound cut out with just a few minutes to go, & Patrick was a total pro and answered the remaining questions that Melissa typed to him, & the audio was seamlessly edited in post. Whew.)

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Patrick got started with site-specific historical plays
• Why sometimes it's better to write plays that can only be produced under a full moon
• Why he started the Playwright Submission Binge
• TONS of tips on how playwrights can market themselves better

Resources Mentioned
Playwright Submission Binge
Plays in Place
NYCPlaywrights

About Our Guest
Patrick Gabridge is an award-winning writer and theatre-maker who has written a number of adaptations and also has a special talent for creating site-specific plays. With his company, Plays in Place, he’s created plays in partnership with many museums & historic sites, including Mount Auburn Cemetery, Boston’s Old State House, the Roosevelt Cottage on Campobello Island, & the MIT Museum. His full-length plays have been produced in the US & South Korea, and his short plays and have received more than 1,000 productions from theatres and schools around the world. He’s been involved with helping playwrights market their work for many years—he started the publication Market InSight for Playwrights back in 1993, and founded & still runs the Playwright Submission Binge, an online community focused on marketing. He’s also a screenwriter, novelist, & a writer of audio plays.

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