Playwright's Spotlight with Jonathan Cook

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Playwright's Spotlight, I speak to playwright Jonathan Cook about festivals, submission fees, and dealing with rejection. We also discuss the pathway to playwriting with no formal training and learning from reading bad material. Jonathan shares his experience with getting published and his extensive knowledge in creating and producing audio versions of plays as a podcast. Jonathan supplies a lot of great resources in this episode, all which can be found in the show notes. Be sure to take advantage of it all.Jonathan Cook is a playwright, actor, and filmmaker based in Georgia. Many of his short plays have been produced in theaters around the world, and most notably, he was a semi-finalist in the 37th annual Samual French Off-Broadway Festival in New York with his post-apocalyptic play LOBSTER MAN. His play INSURGENTS  was also a semi-finalist in the 2020 ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest. He is  a five-time recipient of the Porter Fleming Literary Award in the playwriting category and some of his works have been published in anthologies by Smith & Kraus. He is also the host and producer of GATHER BY THE GHOSTLIGHT, a collection of plays adapted to an audio only format.To view the video format of this episode, visit the link below -https://youtu.be/0MUIOE8QvVILinks to sites and resources mentioned in this episode - Short + Sweet Festival -https://shortandsweet.orgNew Play Exchange -https://newplayexchange.orgLe Chat Noir -http://www.lcnaugusta.comPlaywright's Binge Blog -https://groups.io/g/playwrightbingeNYC Playwrights -https://www.nycplaywrights.org/Playwrights Center -https://www.nycplaywrights.org/ScreenCraft -https://screencraft.org/Pittsburgh New Works Festival - https://pittsburghnewworks.org/Smith & Kraus -https://www.smithandkraus.com/annualsGather by the Ghostlight -https://gatherbytheghostlight.podbean.comPorter Fleming Literary Competition -https://www.themorris.org/porter-fleming-literary-competition/Contact information for Jonathan Cook and Gather by the Ghostlight [email protected] and socials for James Elden, Punk Monkey Productions and Playwright's SpotlightPunk Monkey Productions - www.punkmonkeyproductions.comPLAY Noir -www.playnoir.comPLAY Noir Anthology –www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.htmlJames Elden -Twitter - @jameseldensauerIG - @alakardrakeFB - fb.com/jameseldensauerPunk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir - Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods                  - @playnoirla IG - @punkmonkeyprods       - @playnoir_la FB - fb.com/playnoir        - fb.com/punkmonkeyproductionsPlaywright's Spotlight -Twitter - @wrightlightpod IG - @playwrights_spotlightPlaywriting services through Los Angeles Collegiate Playwrights Festivalwww.losangelescollegiateplaywrightsfestival.com/services.htmlSupport the show