We are so excited to be able to offer these opportunities!
Essential Elements of Playwriting Drop-In Writer’s Cafe
with Bridgette Dutta Portman
Ten Ways to Get a Laugh – Lectures
with Leanna Keyes
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VIRTUAL
DROP-IN
WRITER’S CAFE
Weekly Saturdays
10:00 am – 12:00 pm (PT)
Classes held on Zoom
Tuition: FREE
(Donations Welcome)
Do you miss being able to write in cafes, surrounded by the aroma of coffee and the companionable tapping of fingers on keys? Come write with playwright Bridgette Dutta Portman on Zoom every Saturday afternoon. We will spend the first few minutes of each session checking in with one another and sharing encouragement and professional resources. Then we will simply WRITE. Work on your play, novel, poem, or whatever your current project may be. Optional prompts will be provided for anyone struggling with writer’s block. Drop in whenever you feel like it, and stay for as long as you please. And while we can’t provide the coffee, you are welcome to bring your own!
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ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF PLAYWRITING
Sundays
January 31 – March 2
6:00 – 8:00 pm (PT)
Course held on Zoom
Tuition: $200
Back by popular demand!
Join Bridgette Dutta Portman in this eight-week ONLINE course, we will delve into the art of writing plays that engage, delight, and move audiences. Using writing exercises, examples, discussion, and feedback from your instructor and peers, you will improve your ability to craft believable, multifaceted characters, write memorable dialogue that drives the play forward, and find the structure that works best for your plot and keeps your audience riveted. We’ll also discuss how to market your work, including strategies for promoting yourself, in-person and online networking, and submitting to contests and development opportunities.
Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced playwright looking to learn new techniques,
this course will give you the tools you need to write plays that get produced.
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Ten Ways to Get a Laugh
Lecture Fee: $75
(Recorded lectures only)
This is a practical course focusing on humor in plays, movies, web content, and television. Laughter is one of the most potent energetic shifts in the course of a scene, and it’s essential for a writer to know why it works, when to use it, and most importantly, how to get it. Through case studies, discussion sections, and practical exercises, students learn ten distinct ways to earn the laugh.
This 5-week course will include a weekly recorded lecture accompanied by a live virtual class. Each recorded lecture will end with an assignment for students to work on in preparation for the virtual class. Lecture recordings will be sent out on Mondays with the virtual class held on the following Thursdays. For those only interested in the recorded lectures, we have a prorated tuition available.
Join Leanna Keyes for five recorded lectures.
Week 1: Introduction & The Structure of Humor
Week 2: Working with Your Audience (Tools 1-3)
Week 3: It’s All in the Words (Tools 4-7)
Week 4: Collaboration (Tools 8-10)
Week 5: Time and a Place for Every Tool
We will be scheduling another course with Leanna soon.
Please contact Justine if you would like to purchase the recordings.
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