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Resume: Meredith Bartmon Dramaturgy CV (PDF)
Urbanite Modern Works Festival 2019 Digital Program: MWF Digital Playbill

CV​


Dramaturg: New Play Festival 2020 at FAU Theatre Lab in Boca Raton, Florida
  • Provide feedback in playwrighting sessions for six ten-minute plays as part of the Afternoon of Short Plays program.
  • Provide research packet and rehearsal support for Overactive Letdown by Gina Montet.​

Festival Dramaturg and Play Reader: Modern Works Festival 2019 at Urbanite Theatre in Sarasota, Florida
  • Provide one-on-one feedback for The Last Broadcast by Carey Crim, Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King by Sam Collier and Regular by Marjorie Muller
  • Provide comprehensive research packets and present the material for the directors and actors of all three pieces
  • Moderate all Post Show Discussions during the festival
  • Read and evaluate script submissions during the selection process

​Dramaturgical Assistant: New Year/New Play Fest 2019 at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Provide comprehensive research packets for With by Carter W Lewis, Drift by William Francis Hoffman and Red, White, Black and Blue by Michael McKeever
  • Provide in-depth new play development dramaturgy for Drift by William Francis Hoffman

Festival Dramaturg and Play Reader: 10 Minute Play Fest (Young Playwrights) 2019 at Palm Beach Dramaworks
  • Evaluate and respond critically to play submissions from high schoolers 
  • Assist the ten winners with one-on-one script development
  • Upcoming: I will be joining this program again in 2020. 

Festival Dramaturg: Overnight Theatre Project 2019 at FAU Theatre Lab 
  • Assist four playwrights in writing ten-minute plays in ten hours

Dramaturgical Support: With by Carter W. Lewis at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska
  • The research material I produced for the developmental reading of With at PBD will be used for the rehearsal process of the World Premiere production at Perseverance.

Play Reader: Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020 in San Francisco, California (Literary Manager: Heather Helinsky)

Upcoming: Production Dramaturg:​ I will be production dramaturg for a musical at a regional theatre in Miami in Spring 2020.​

Script Adaptation: Adapt the novel The One-in-a-Million-Boy by Monica Wood into a staged reading script for Palm Beach Dramaworks and The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County

Playwright: My short play Growl and Fog was given a full production by FAU Theatre Lab in 2017 as part of their Future PAGES Project. Boca Raton, Florida.

Playwright: My short play Two Sides to Every Coin was given a staged reading and published by Florida Stage after winning their Young Playwrights Festival in 2003. 
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Comments


“I was so impressed by your presentation the first day… you started us off on such an amazing foot and set the tone so perfectly for me.”
                        – India Marie Paul
Director, Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King, Urbanite Modern Works


“Ultra-gifted dramaturg…I am celebrating having crossed paths with her.”
– William Francis Hoffman
Playwright, Drift, PBD New Year/New Play Fest


"Holy Cow...this is fantastic. Very thorough and helpful."
- Carter W. Lewis
Playwright, With, PBD New Year/New Play Fest 


“She was asked to read and analyze various new works…the reports that she sent me were quite thorough, insightful, and exceptionally written.”
– William Hayes
​PBD Artistic Director

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"Kickass dramaturgical work."
- Jen Diaz
Actor, Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King, Urbanite Modern Works


"It was such a joy working with you."
- Carey Crim
Playwright, The Last Broadcast, Urbanite Modern Works


"The story feels like its come a ways...I think you've Jedi mind-tricked me into thinking about and prioritzing what is better for the story...Thank you for all the help!"
- Brian Cohen
Playwright, Vegan-tarian, Theatre Lab New Play Festival


"I loved our collaboration. Your intelligence and sense of humor brought such an insight to the process."
- Vickie Daignault
Director, Regular, Urbanite Modern Works


"I was immediately aware of Miss Bartmon's passion for dramaturgy, evidenced in the breadth and depth of  work she accomplished. Miss Bartmon is very astute at connecting plot, character and conflict, ensuring that every moment of the play connects accurately and effectively."
- Gary Cadwallader
Director, Drift, PBD New Year/New Play Fest


"We were all impressed by the passion and diligence she brought. She has a keen eye for new play development...[and] is reliable, punctual, and dedicated. She has excellent attention to detail and a calm, steady, and thoughtful demeanor that can focus and illuminate a room."
- Bruce Linser
Director of the Dramaworkshop, Palm Beach Dramaworks
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Present Research 
Script Developing
Moderate Post Show Talks
In-Depth Research Packets
Script Adaptation
Creative Visualization
Rehearsal Support

Training

While my MA is in Acting, E15 actor training had a heavy emphasis on dramaturgy, contextual research, and script analysis. Training also emphasized international theatre styles, devising, artistic collaboration, Shakespeare, movement, voice and extended improvisation. I’ve always been a highly dramaturgical actor – undertaking significant actor-centric research for each contract. Recently, I've begun to formalize and rigorously pursue my natural instinct towards dramaturgy. I'm curious to 'make it up as I go' and seek out mentors. Unlike acting, for which I have extensive formalized training, I'm intrigued by the possibilities of innovation inherent in learning dramaturgy by doing. In the current zeitgeist, it has become urgently important to me to make space for important stories. I wish to contribute to a progressive society through dramaturgical story-telling and to become a more active conduit for change through art.
Subject
Talk Back Moderation

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​Script Analysis



​Playwrighting


Devising
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​Contextual Research
Practitioner
Lucas Garcia
​Working Title Playwrights

Andrea Brooks
David Kwiat
Ben Crystal

​Ed Harris
​Alecky Blythe

Andrea Brooks
​James Harper

​Zois Pigadas
Institution
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America: Conference 2019
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America: Conference 2019

East 15 Acting School in London
New World School of the Arts in Miami
​Author of Shakespeare on Toast

Award Winning Playwright/ East 15 Acting School 
Award Winning Verbatim Playwright/ Workshop

East 15 Acting School
Hobo Theatre

​East 15 Acting School