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Stage & ScreenScreenwriting 101
Want to see your name in lights? An award-winning screenwriter will help you start writing the script that may be Hollywood’s next blockbuster. Learn about story plotting, creating scenes, round and flat characters, character arcs, dialogue, the three-act structure, loglines, formatting, contests, Writers Guild agents, script registration and much more. Bonus: See scenes from films that illustrate class points.
Play Development
Playwrights need to hear their work read with actors and in front of an audience in order to know what works and what doesn’t work. This intermediate playwriting course is designed to give a playwright that feedback. Students are asked to work on a one act play (about 10 minutes long). The play will have 2 characters. Then, actors will be brought in to read the pieces on the final night, and the playwrights will have the option to have their work read in front of an audience.
Stand-up Comedy Workshop
Stand-up comedy is the art of writing jokes blended with the art of performing them. In this 6-week supportive experiential workshop the students will learn the basics of comedy writing and performing. Students will develop original material outside of class and perform each week for one another in a supportive atmosphere. Some in-class writing and exercises will take place. Material covered will include: types of humor, style, attitude, segues, A&B material, ad lib, microphone usage, juxtaposition joke writing, progressive comedy. The class will culminate with a show the final day of class. No experience necessary, beginners and pros welcome. Warning: class can get pretty jovial. “Depends” available onsite at nominal cost. Instructor is a former standup comic who has performed with Ellen DeGeneres, Robin Williams, and Paula Poundstone.
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The Beautiful Necessity: The Regulating Lines of Claude Bragdon’s Transcendental ArchitectureWednesday, Aug. 4, 7 p.m. “In nature, in number, in geometry, in music, also, there is but one law, a law infinitely simple, infinitely subtle, incommunicable, evanescent. It is what Emerson calls the Beautiful Necessity. Gentlemen, let us build altars to that Beautiful Necessity.” First Fridays / Wide Open MicHosted by Norm Davis Along with other local galleries and performance spaces, W&B will be open on the first Friday evenings of each month hosting Wide Open Mic, and a series of other readings and performances in our Verb Café and Performance Space. Known for its eclectic mix, Wide Open Mic welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds. It is Rochester’s longer-running open mic, hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of HazMat Review. Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by Wanda Schubmehl Now in its 26th year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the W&B Performance Space. Senior Reading GroupHosted by Norm Davis Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable atmosphere at W&B. Members Night EventsWed., August 11th 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Adult If you aren’t a member of W&B, here is your chance to join at the door and enjoy a special read-aloud with audience participation on August 11th. The Bertrand Russell SocietyHosted by David White The Bertrand Russell Society was formed shortly after Russell’s death in 1970. Russell was born in 1872 and worked in fields such as mathematical logic; philosophy; social, religious, and educational reform; anti-war protests and politics. An accomplished writer, Russell received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just to members of the society.
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