Monday, July 25, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
DTLA (downtown), Fabric District in Los Angeles

DESCRIPTION:

The stage is a concrete physical place which asks to be filled, and to be given its own concrete language to speak. - Artaud
 
What is theatrical language? How does it communicate the essence and values of our work? How does it reveal character and conflict? In this seminar, we will work on several approaches to dialogue - rhythm, subtext and character. After a short discussion, we’ll do several exercises to hone your playwriting skills and expand your ideas of theatrical dialogue.

Victoria Stewart

has received the Francesca Primus Award, a McKnight Advancement Grant, the Helen Merrill Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award (finalist), and the Jerome Fellowship as well as residencies at Ucross/Sundance, Hedgebrook, Hermitage, Tofte Lake, Sewanee Writer’s Conference and the Donmar Warehouse. Her plays include RICH GIRL (The Old Globe, Theatre 502, George Street Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Lyric Stage), MERCY WATSON TO THE RESCUE! (Olympia Family Theater, Magik Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Marin Theater Company), HARDBALL (Live Girls Theatre!, SPF), FISSURES (LOST AND FOUND) (Actors Theater of Louisville), CLANDESTINO (Mixed Blood), LIVE GIRLS (Urban Stages, WHAT, Stage Left, Eternal Spiral Project), 800 WORDS: THE TRANSMIGRATION OF PHILIP K. DICK,  (Caravan Theater, Live Girls Theatre!, Workhaus Collective), an adaptation of Henry James’ THE BOSTONIANS and a new play OPHELIA REDUX. She’s a founding member of the Workhaus Collective, an Affiliated Writer with the Playwrights’ Center, a member of WGA West and the Playwrights Union of Los Angeles. Recently, she wrote a screenplay for HBO and she’s developing several projects for TV and film.