Forge Core
$4,500
one-time engagement
- CEO-led dramaturgical development across Phases I through III.
- Thematic and philosophical interrogation.
- Clarification of the central dramatic question.
- Structural analysis of plot and character architecture.
For Artists · a paid programme, not a production
Creative Development
The highest level of creative development resource available in the international theatre industry, applied with singular focus to the writer’s work.
Forge · led personally by Adam Kay, CEO & Founder
Forge is not a workshop. It is not a feedback session.
Forge is a paid, intensive creative development programme within the GMF ecosystem, designed for writers whose work demonstrates genuine potential and requires structured, senior-level development to reach its full theatrical ambition.
Forge is not a workshop and not a feedback session. It is the highest level of creative development resource available in the international theatre industry, applied with singular focus to the writer’s work.
The Forge process is led personally by Adam Kay, CEO & Founder of Global Mosaic Foundation.
Through Forge, the writer is not working with a single dramaturg. They are working with an organisation.
The process
The Forge process moves through six stages, each building deliberately on the last. The duration is shaped by the writer — by how they receive, respond, and execute — not by an arbitrary timeline. Forge is designed to produce the best possible version of the play.
- I
Thematic & Philosophical Interrogation
Identifying the questions the play is genuinely asking, and ensuring its dramatic architecture serves them.
- II
The Dramatic Question
Clarifying the central dramatic engine and sharpening its alignment with the play’s intellectual ambitions.
- III
Structure, Plot & Character Development
Analysing and rebuilding the play’s architecture from the inside.
- IV
Scene-level Writing
Targeted, practical work at the level of the page.
- V
Workshop Reading & Structured Feedback
A formal reading designed to test the work against an audience.
- VI
Rewriting & Further Development
As many cycles as the work genuinely requires.
Engagement
Forge is offered at two levels, allowing the writer to engage at the point that best reflects their current needs and ambitions. All pricing is in United States Dollars.
Forge Full
$11,000
one-time engagement
- All six development phases.
- Full access to the GMF ecosystem as a creative resource — publicity, communications, the international network of directors and producers, and institutional knowledge of the organisation.
- Early Commitment rate available at $9,500 — same scope as Forge Full, reduced rate for artists committing upfront.
- Additional rewrite cycles $1,200 per cycle.
The writer is not working with a dramaturg. They are working with an organisation.
Every Forge engagement begins with a conversation about the play and where it currently stands.
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