[NEohioPAL] “Tricks of the Trade:Creative Writing for Aspiring Playwrights, Screen & Fiction Writers"

sue holland johnson suehollandjohnson at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 30 18:15:49 PDT 2008




                              WAKE UP And LIVE’s Actors’ Studio
                                                         offers . . . 
    “Tricks of the Trade: 
      Creative Writing for Aspiring Playwrights, Screen and Fiction Writers”
with 
Sue Johnson, Ruby Fox and Gary Webster.
                                                                Summer Saturdays in ‘08
Sat. 7/12, Sat. 7/19, Sat. 7/26 
12:00 – 2:00 P
  
WHO:  Aspiring Playwrights, Screen and Fiction Writers
 
WHAT:  A workshop series to help you develop your creative work.  Explore how you can develop and translate your creative writing ideas into actual content.  Discuss and read your work-in-progress to fellow writers in an informal setting and get feedback.  Here’s your chance to express your creativity through developing and writing drama, comedy or ‘dramedy' and get insights and advice from experienced writers and directors.
 
See your story develop and evolve into a one-act play, video or other performance piece which may be considered for production in upcoming “PlayActs” Performances.
 
 WHEN: Saturdays, 7/12, 7/19 & 7/26  
             12:00 – 2:00  P
 
 WHERE: Email wakeup4664 at aol.com for Info and Shaker Heights Location
 
 HOW: Johnson, Fox & Webster will help you “fine tune and tweak” the fundamentals of writing. Hone your skills or learn how to combine the elements (exposition, setting, characters, plot, theme, climax, denouement, etc.) in the craft of writing a stage play, screen play, or fiction, which tells a story through strong characters and events: Concept, Content, & Format for each genre. 
 
FEE:  $15.00  each session 
 
[NOTE:  You may need to bring multiple copies of pages to be read/worked on at 
                each session. ]
 
The instructors . . .
Sue Johnson, Director of the WAKE UP And LIVE's Actors' Studio, is an actor, director, producer and coach who writes and co-authors plays with Ruby Fox and Gary Webster. Fox, Webster and Johnson co-wrote Harlem Blues, which was staged in “PlayActs” Performances, 2004. Fox and Johnson were co-writers with Gary Webster who conceived and wrote My Big Fat Dysfunctional Office, commissioned by the Ohio Education Association.
 Sue produces, directs and co-hosts “WAKE UP And LIVE with the ARTS” and “A New You For A New Life.” The programs air on Cox Cable, ch. 45  and Cleveland Access, ch. 26.  Johnson's "Tricks of the Trade: Craft, Career & Professional Development" workshops and private coaching are well-known throughout the performing arts and business community.
           For more information about the WAKE UP And LIVE's Actors' Studio "PlayActs" Performances, Productions, Training or, about being a guest on “WAKE UP And LIVE with the ARTS” or “A New You For A New Life,” email: wakeup4664 at aol.com. Or, go to www.wakeupandlives.org.
 
 
Robert “Ruby” Fox, Playwright –in – Residence, has written both drama and comedy which reflect his deep understanding of people, their foibles and triumphs.  Over the years, he has written such diverse pieces as Wednesdays with Hilda which addresses race relations and touches the heart with Jewish heritage and, Sophie’s Legacy, which takes an improbable look at “creative pregnancy.”  Recently, Ruby and his work were the focus of the Actors’ Studio TV program, WAKE UP And LIVE with the ARTS where local actors read excerpts of his play, Date Mates.  Ruby is also co-author, along with Gary Webster and Sue Johnson of Harlem Blues, a play about four female African-American actors in Harlem, which sprung from his fertile imagination. Ruby also was part of the writing team for Webster’s My Big Fat Dysfunctional Office which was commissioned by the Ohio Education Association.   Currently, and for the past 6 years, Ruby has been leading a
 writers’ group that meets the first and third Tuesday of every month at Borders Books at Severance Town Center in Cleveland Heights, OH.
 
In 2005, Ruby celebrated his 80th birthday with a huge surprise birthday party given by his wife, Donna, and his family, where he saw his original one-act plays, Wednesdays with Hilda and Celibacy Odyssey performed at the Cleveland Playhouse.  He has been  featured twice  in the Cleveland Jewish News as an “elder” person and playwright of distinction.   The WAKE UP And LIVE’s Actors’ Studio dedicated its 2005-06 season of “PlayActs” to Ruby.  In September, 2005, Ruby and Celibacy Odyssey  headed to the Big Apple, where Celibacy Odyssey, “a farcical fantasy romp,” was performed off-Broadway at the Studio Theatre.  
Ruby, a resident of University Heights, is considered a late bloomer.  He chose the field of writing for live theatre, because of his admiration for live performances and their writers.  He was in his late sixties when he began and discovered a hidden talent that he didn’t realize he had.  Since, he has written two movies, Shanghai Journey, and Murrow’s Children, which is now being considered for production.  His plays have been read at the Cleveland Playhouse, Cuyahoga Community College and Ensemble Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio.  
 
 
Gary Webster, Playwright – in – Residence, had “PlayActs” Performances, 2006-07 dedicated to him in recognition of his extraordinary writing contributions to WAKE UP And LIVE’s Actors’ Studio.  Gary has been working with WAKE UP And LIVE since 1998.  As a prolific sketch writer, he co-wrote Harlem Blues with Fox and Johnson, and was the head writer on My Big, Fat Dysfunctional Office, which was performed in Columbus, OH, before an appreciative group of members of the Ohio Education Association. His full-length play, Strictly Platonic?  premiered as a stage reading  in  “PlayActs” Performances,  2007.
Gary has been writing plays since high school. The first he can remember was written in eleventh grade. It was titled "This Wasn't What I Had in Mind," and the topic was...surprise...relationships!  He followed that up with parodies of several Shakespearian plays.  Gary made his directorial debut with Saturday Confessions, A Priest’s Tale, which was performed at Cleveland Public Theater.  He’s been a member of Fox’s writing group for years. His playwright's training came via Bob Noll's class at the Cleveland Playhouse.   Gary is the morning announcer and operations manager at WBKC/AM-1460 in Painesville, in addition to being a performer, essayist, and director.   You can find more of Webster’s work at www.keepwriting.net.
  
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