[NEohioPAL]Playwriting Workshop with Sarah Morton

Tue Jan 9 11:00:04 PST 2007

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PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS
Taught by local playwright Sarah Morton=20

In this 8-session intensive,  students will explore the fundamentals of=20
playwriting,  including dramatic structure, story, theatrical language/ dial=
ogue,=20
and character development. Learn how to transform your ideas from the page i=
nto=20
vivid, dynamic, and theatrical writing for the stage.  Discover your own=20
unique voice as a playwright, in a small, supportive workshop setting.=20

Workshop is geared towards beginning playwrights, but all levels of=20
experience are welcome.  =20

Class meets on Monday evenings, from 6:30- 9 pm.=20
February 5- March 26* =20
at Loganberry Books on Larchmere Rd., near Shaker Square, in Shaker Heights.=
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* Students are expected to make every effort to attend class regularly. Plea=
se
check your schedules carefully before registering. =20

Investment:  $160

Enrollment is limited to 8 students.  Please register early!=20

Questions, or to register, please contact Sarah Morton at smorton8 at aol.com,
 Or call (216) 534-7543.=20

About the instructor:=20

Sarah Morton has been called =E2=80=98the Cleveland area's most consistently=
=20
entertaining and intellectually satisfying playwright."  Her play, NIGHT BLO=
OMERS, was=20
recently produced by Dobama Theatre, and presented as part of  Fusion Fest=20
2006 at The Cleveland Play House. She performed her solo piece, 4 MINUTES TO=
=20
HAPPY at The New York International Fringe Festival and Cleveland Public The=
atre,=20
where it was nominated for a Northern Ohio Live Theatre Achievement Award an=
d=20
a Cleveland Theater Collective award for Best Actress.  Other  productions=20
include  THREE WORDS with Great Lakes Theatre Festival (tour),  NIGHT BLOOME=
RS=20
with Emerging Artists Theater in NYC, and SAFETY at Dobama Theatre.  She has=
=20
been an artist/teacher in residence at Cleveland State University, Cleveland=
=20
School of the Arts, Shaker Heights High School, and Hathaway Brown School, a=
nd an=20
education staff member at Cleveland Public Theatre, where she taught Writing=
=20
for Solo Performance for beginning and advanced adult students.  For the pas=
t=20
eight years, she has been teaching and designing curriculum for The Clevelan=
d=20
Play House's  highly regarded  Young Playwrights Workshop, a program for=20
gifted high school writers.=20

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<DIV>PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS<BR>Taught by local playwright Sarah Mor=
ton </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In this 8-session intensive,  students will explore the fundamenta=
ls of playwriting,  including dramatic structure, story, theatrical lan=
guage/ dialogue, and character development. Learn how to transform your idea=
s from the page into vivid, dynamic, and theatrical writing for the sta=
ge.  Discover your own unique voice as a playwright, in a small, suppor=
tive workshop setting. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Workshop is geared towards beginning playwrights, but all levels of exp=
erience are welcome.   </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Class meets on Monday evenings, from 6:30- 9 pm. <BR>February 5- March=20=
26*  <BR>at Loganberry Books on Larchmere Rd., near Shaker Square, in S=
haker Heights.   </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>* Students are expected to make every effort to attend class regularly.=
 Please<BR>check your schedules carefully before registering.  </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Investment:  $160</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Enrollment is limited to 8 students.  Please register early! </DIV=
>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Questions, or to register, please contact Sarah Morton at <A href=3D"ma=
ilto:smorton8 at aol.com">smorton8 at aol.com</A>,<BR> Or call (216) 534-7543=
. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>About the instructor: </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Sarah Morton has been called =E2=80=98the Cleveland area's most consist=
ently entertaining and intellectually satisfying playwright."  Her play=
, NIGHT BLOOMERS, was recently produced by Dobama Theatre, and presented as=20=
part of  Fusion Fest 2006 at The Cleveland Play House. She performed he=
r solo piece, 4 MINUTES TO HAPPY at The New York International Fringe Festiv=
al and Cleveland Public Theatre, where it was nominated for a Northern Ohio=20=
Live Theatre Achievement Award and a Cleveland Theater Collective award for=20=
Best Actress.  Other  productions include  THREE WORDS with G=
reat Lakes Theatre Festival (tour),  NIGHT BLOOMERS with Emerging Artis=
ts Theater in NYC, and SAFETY at Dobama Theatre.  She has been an artis=
t/teacher in residence at Cleveland State University, Cleveland School of th=
e Arts, Shaker Heights High School, and Hathaway Brown School, and an educat=
ion staff member at Cleveland Public Theatre, where she taught Writing for S=
olo Performance for beginning and advanced adult students.  For the pas=
t eight years, she has been teaching and designing curriculum for The Clevel=
and Play House's  highly regarded  Young Playwrights Workshop, a p=
rogram for gifted high school writers. </DIV>
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