Be Here Now: Writing for Live Performance
Weeks 8, 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Heinz Recreation Center | Ages 14 to 21
We all get enough of screens: spend a week exploring the art of writing for theater and the process of bringing a script to life. We'll explore what it means to write for live performance, dive into character and story development, and focus on how to make a voice explode off the page. Each writer will create a character and write a monologue for them, then work together to refine and rehearse our stories. We'll finish with a performance of this new collection of monologues for an invited audience, giving young playwrights the full page-to-stage experience. A lot can happen in a week!
Class Times
Please come to class prepared with the following materials:
- Laptop or tablet
- Notebook/paper
- Pen/pencil
Emily DeDakis
B.A. Tulane University; M.A. & Ph.D, Creative Writing, Queen's University Belfast. Dramaturg & producer with 12 years' experience developing scripts & performances for immersive, 24-hour, multimedia, community, devised, verbatim & dance theatre. Multiform writer, often collaborates with sound artists. Coordinator & mentor for Fighting Words NI, Young Playwrights program (2019-2022); guest lecturer in playwriting at Ulster University (2019 & 2021).
