Acting for Writers: A Two-day Generative Workshop
Generative two‑day workshop guiding writers to use theatre staging, design, sound and gesture to deepen prose and poetry
Workshop #2 — Writing Through the Theatre Artist's Lens This session expands upon the actor's toolkit to include the full palette of the theatre artist's tools. Participants will be guided through generative exercises for prose writers and poets that incorporate elements of stage or screen picture: scenic and costume design, props, music and sound, mood or lighting, gestures and facial expression, stillness and silence, and pacing and tone.
About the instructors
Elizabeth Bruce's collection, Universally Adored & Other One Dollar Stories (Vine Leaves Press, 2024) won five indie awards, and received rave reviews in City Paper, Washington Unbound, Literary Titan, and other publications in the US and UK. Her debut novel, And Silent Left the Place, won Washington Writers' Publishing House's Fiction Prize, as well as ForeWord Magazine's Bronze Prize and the Texas Institute of Letters' Finalist Award. A character actor and co-founder of DC's Sanctuary Theatre, Elizabeth co-hosts Creativists in Dialogue: A Podcast Embracing the Creative Life and its Theatre in Community series.
Robert Michael Oliver considers himself a Creativist: poet, theatre artist, novelist, writer, playwright, filmmaker, educator. He has published poems, stories, essays, and articles in journals and online sites over the years, and when Finishing Line Press published The Dark Diary: in 27 refracted moments, he made his official entry into the world of poetry-makers. Holding an MFA in Directing from Virginia Tech and a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Maryland, Michael co-founded The Sanctuary Theatre in 1983.
About the MidnightRose series
MidnightRose is a monthly boutique literary series that showcases multigenerational and multiracial award-winning writers from the Washington Metro area. It is presented by Esther Productions Inc. in partnership with the DC Public Library and The Black Student Fund, and is curated by jonetta rose barras with assistance from the MR Advisory Committee. Funding is provided by KSP LLC with additional support from The Luger Charitable Trust.
Author photos by Nicolas Ortega Ward
Même lieu : Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library
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