ZOOM Improv-to-Script Workshop with Kristine Niven

Mondays,  6-8 pmEastern

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The Workshop
Improv to Script is a workshop for writers, directors, actors and improvisors–anyone looking to create scripted material. Using techniques developed by improvisors and writers from early Viola Spolin through Jeffrey Sweet, we explore the use of improvisation as one of the tools to create and heighten scripted work.

Workshop Format
You will bring in scripted pages you are working on.  We will read your words the same as in any playreading group EXCEPT, we may offer to improvise your script with the characters you’ve created, or we may continue beyond your written pages and improvise a direction for the play to move forward.  You may also bring in a short scenario or an idea from which we will improvise start to finish.

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What you will Get
Often authors come to a place in their script where they are uncertain as to where their characters are leading them.  An improvisation will give you ideas about what the characters may be saying to you.  You may take the actor’s words directly into your script, alter them to fit your style, or even disregard them altogether.

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You will be guided through this process by Kristine Niven, Artistic Co-Director Emerita, ANDTheatre Company; Director of AND’s Improv-to-Script Summer Salt Retreat; former Administrative Director of Second City Training Center-NY.

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Cost
$60 per month ($15 per session) or pay what you can. If you’re currently underfunded, come anyway; we’re here to support you in your art!

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Ways to Pay
PayPal - ArtNewDir@aol.com
Venmo - https://venmo.com/ANDtheatre (code 8950)
If you want to pay by check, please make it out to Artistic New Directions and mail it to 250 West 90th Street #15G, New York, NY 10024 

A Reminder and a Zoom-link are sent out each week to confirm your ability to participate that week. 

 

To Register or for more information - ANDTheatreCo@gmail.com