Very happy to announce that The Writer's Refuge will be partnering in the new year and into the future with the Jeff Award-winning theatre company, Edge of the Wood Theatre in Edgebrook.
We look forward to collaborating with them in our future development slate and in our plans for community outreach.
Visit them by going to https://edgeofthewood.com
WHO WE ARE
We don't consider ourselves a traditional "script development company."
The Writer's Refuge is a Chicago based story incubator that believes there is a better way to bring scripts to market.
We believe in a process that nurtures the writer as well as those participants involved in the development process.
And since we are not a production company or a theatre company, there are no strict deadlines.
This is why we say that The Writer's Refuge is a place where creativity finds sanctuary.
The work is done when the work is done.
Brian A. Hill
Founder
Over a career spanning more than thirty years, Brian Hill has worked as an actor and producer in Houston, Denver, Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Chicago.
In 2001 Brian founded Visions & Voices Theatre Co. where in its three year history, produced six shows; 4 of which were Jeff Recommended by the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee with two of the shows receiving awards for Best New Work.
Brian spent ten years as a CSA casting associate in Los Angeles, CA where he worked on such TV shows as Pretty Little Liars, 12 Monkeys, The Purge and a bunch of TV pilots that never saw the light of day.
In 2019, Brian started The Actor’s Refuge as a response to what he had been hearing from actors, as well as to what he was seeing on a daily basis in auditions.
The Actor’s Refuge was created to help start a dialogue about the state of acting and of actor training in this country, as well as to help the actor connect to the joyful act of pretend.
A Chicago launch is anticipated in 2025 to work in conjunction with The Writer's Refuge.