About The Blogger

Jasmine Brown is a writer, producer, director and Jill of all trades. She graduated from SUNY Purchase with a BFA in Dramatic Writing. Currently, she is Co-Artistic Director of Between Us Productions and has been producing plays, readings, improv battles and stand up comedy for over four years. Jasmine is a New York native and when she is not writing she enjoys scifi and fantasy novels, Chinese food and playing with her two cats. Visit the Between Us Productions website: http://www.wix.com/betweenusproductions/between-us .

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Announcing our first ever workshop

Storytelling is easy. Everyone I've ever met who found out that I'm a playwright has been more than happy to pour me a drink and tell me what I should write about next.  But, writing is hard. There's a process, it takes time. There are rules, those you follow and those you can break once in a while. 

So many actors I know struggle to find the part that would showcase their talent, so many directors struggle to find work that fits their vision. But with the tools and the practice, they could easily be writing it themselves. 

That's why Between Us Productions is hold our first ever workshop. 

Writing for Actors, Directors and Other Creative Folk

The class will be held on Thursday evenings this summer from July 12th-August 16th, 7-9pm in a midtown location TBD. It will end with a reading of the original work developed, with actors and directors being encouraged to cast within the class but with Between Us Productions providing additional casting support. Though there will be a few surprise guests, the class will be primarily taught by me, Jasmine Brown. 

Besides being Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Between Us Productions, I have a BFA in Dramatic Writing with a focus in Playwrighting and have had my work produced all over Manhattan, including the Director's Studio, Nicu's Spoon, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, the Signature Theatre, Where Eagles Dare and with the Strawberry Festival. I am also a certified substitute teacher for the Board of Education of New York. 

Classes will be $150 for six weeks.  We will only be accepting ten students for this class so contact us now if you want to reserve a spot and please forward this to anyone else you think might be interested. 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Pictures and updates

Hi, all! It's been a while. First of all, I wanted to put up some pictures from our improv show, The Ring,  at Nuyorican Poet's Cafe (which is quite a fun space). There are more on our facebook page. 

 Samantha Jones, our host.





Unfortunately, we have decided to suspend our improv program for the time being due to refocusing our business, but Samantha Jones is planning on continuing with The Ring and we will be letting you know about that.

Finally, we are committed to advertising the work of members of the Between Us family in the future. The first spotlight is a reading featuring Elliot Crown, one of our favorite actors, going through May 11th.

http://www.facebook.com/events/425231784171185/

We also have a lot of new events of our own coming up, so stayed tuned!