The Emerging Artists Trust is forming an intensive workshop to start at the end of this month for screenwriters and actors. 16 writers and 10 actors will meet for 3 hours a week in a process that will dramatically improve their storytelling craft, their analytical skills, and their ability to work successfully within our highly collaborative industry.
Meetings work in a round-robin fashion, with 4 writers showing their work each session. Each writer will bring 20-25 pages of a screenplay in development and cast from the cadre of actors, who will then cold-read the material. After each reading, the group will offer feedback and constructive criticism moderated by Steve Barr, a screenwriter living in New Zealand after 16 years in the Hollywood industry. Once an entire screenplay has been through this process, the writer will have the option of a full reading of the script, to which they can invite an audience.
Here's some more info on the workshop and how to apply.