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Meet Young Playwright Liam Salmon

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LiamSalmon Head 876x1024 Meet Young Playwright Liam SalmonName: Liam Salmon
Company: Young Playwriting Company
Age: 22
School: University of Alberta

Zipperman, Unthinkable and All That’s Left are the three works that I’ve created with the Citadel Young Playwriting Company (YPC) and amazing Dramaturge, Director and mentor; Heather Inglis. Not to mention a series of inspirational and invaluable guest-instructors including Greg MacArthur, Colleen Murphy, Mieko Ouchi and Kenneth T. Williams to name a few.

Before YPC, I’d never really thought about writing plays. Before, I never really finished any piece longer than a few pages. Now – it’s hard to believe that I’ve been part of the Young Companies for almost three years – and what a crazy, amazing, experience it’s been! From writing short pieces of work in first year, a full One Act in second year and now – working towards finishing a full length play in my last year!

I’m looking forward to coming back to class after our break to hear the first draft of my full length piece, tentatively called The Last Dandelion, being read by actors from the Young Acting Company. Each year we’ve had the pleasure of this midpoint reading where the companies come together for table-reads and music-stand-readings which represent a fundamental part of the creation process: hearing your work read out loud.

These last few months are always the craziest – full of drafts, writing, and rewriting, and writing again, over and over and over, at a frantic pace which can be stressful but rewarding. Struggling with your own words – creating a world of text and characters, and everything else along the path towards a presentable draft!

Until next time…

liam sig Meet Young Playwright Liam Salmon



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