OVERVIEW:
Led by award-winning theatre practitioner Leigh Fondakowski (Head Writer, The Laramie Project), this interactive workshop will help you learn how to make theatre out of real life stories. Throughout this workshop you will stage several short pieces based on real events. During Week 1 you will learn how to use a diverse array of creative investigative methodologies to create nonfictional theatre productions. During Week 2, you will learn how to shape raw text into compelling theatrical moments by experimenting with diverse theatrical forms including props, costumes, lights, architecture, and sound. The workshop will conclude with several public work-in-progress showings at a NYC theatre.
INSTRUCTOR:
Leigh Fondakowski was the head writer of The Laramie Project and has been a member of Tectonic Theatre Project since 1995. She is an Emmy-nominated co-screenwriter for the adaptation of The Laramie Project for HBO, and a co-writer of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. Some of her other plays include The People’s Temple, created from interview with Jonestown survivors (Berkeley Repertory Theatre, American Theater Company, Perseverance Theatre, Guthrie Theater) and SPILL, inspired by the aftermath of the BP oil spill (TimeLine Theater). Her book Jonestown was published by University of Minnesota Press (2013).
SCHEDULE:
Week 1: Nov. 30, Dec. 2-4 (6:30pm-10:00pm), Dec. 5-6 (10:00am-2:00pm)
Week 2: Dec. 14-18 (6:30pm-10:00pm), Dec. 19-20 (10:00am-10:00pm)
LOCATION:
Week 1 meetings will be held at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus.
Week 2 meetings and performances will be held at New York Theatre Workshop’s Fourth Street Theatre.
FEE:
$370 (due by 11/13)
If you have any questions, please contact: info@LifeJacketTheatre.org, and you can sign up directly here.