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WORKSHOPS
Workshop 1 with Ruth Danon
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Workshop 2 with Ken Foster
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Workshop 3 with Shane Bly Killoran
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Three consecutive live writing and storytelling intensives, limited to 12 participants each.
10:00am - 12:00pm
WORKSHOP 1
Ruth Danon, PhD, Founder of Creative and Expository Writing program NYU-School of Prof. Studies, Poetry-Live Writing Workshops, Atlas Studios Reading Series; Four poetry collections, including upcoming "Turn Up The Heat"
Workshop: Live Writing Poetry - Access what may or may not be conscious and get it on the page. Generate written material and leave the workshop with a deeper experience as writers of poetry.
12:00pm - 2:00pm
WORKSHOP 2
Ken Foster, Author of national bestseller, The Dogs Who Found Me, and others; journalist and editor of KGB Bar Reader and Dog Culture. Work appears in The New York Times, Bark, Fence, The Village Voice, Newsday, Salon, McSweeney’s and others.
Workshop: Is It Memoir? Is It Fiction? - Work with personal stories and fictional forms, review published work, and refine the formal expression of your material. Bring a draft or generate new material with prompts.
2:00pm - 4:00pm
WORKSHOP 3
Shane Bly Killoran, Playwright/Dramaturg, Producer, dramaturgy in narratives. Founder of HitHouseCreative. Television and stage production. Conceived, created and produced the 2016 Women and War Festival in London, United Kingdom. Served as dramaturg on multiple productions (A Doll's House, Blythe the Spirits, etc.) and created film series at Beacon Theater.
Workshop: From Stage to Page - Using classical and modern play passages, this workshop will add life to your stories by exploring how dramaturgy can be used to break down and inform narrative.
10:00am - 12:00pm
WORKSHOP 1
Ruth Danon, PhD, Founder of Creative and Expository Writing program NYU-School of Prof. Studies, Poetry-Live Writing Workshops, Atlas Studios Reading Series; Four poetry collections, including upcoming "Turn Up The Heat"
Workshop: Live Writing Poetry - Access what may or may not be conscious and get it on the page. Generate written material and leave the workshop with a deeper experience as writers of poetry.
12:00pm - 2:00pm
WORKSHOP 2
Ken Foster, Author of national bestseller, The Dogs Who Found Me, and others; journalist and editor of KGB Bar Reader and Dog Culture. Work appears in The New York Times, Bark, Fence, The Village Voice, Newsday, Salon, McSweeney’s and others.
Workshop: Is It Memoir? Is It Fiction? - Work with personal stories and fictional forms, review published work, and refine the formal expression of your material. Bring a draft or generate new material with prompts.
2:00pm - 4:00pm
WORKSHOP 3
Shane Bly Killoran, Playwright/Dramaturg, Producer, dramaturgy in narratives. Founder of HitHouseCreative. Television and stage production. Conceived, created and produced the 2016 Women and War Festival in London, United Kingdom. Served as dramaturg on multiple productions (A Doll's House, Blythe the Spirits, etc.) and created film series at Beacon Theater.
Workshop: From Stage to Page - Using classical and modern play passages, this workshop will add life to your stories by exploring how dramaturgy can be used to break down and inform narrative.
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