FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 08/25/08
PRESS CONTACT: Bridget Bean, Gorilla Theatre (813) 765-1486 info@gorillatheatre.com
PUBLIC CONTACT: Reservations (813) 879-2914 www.gorillatheatre.com
TEEN PLAY WRITING CLASSES
AT THE GORILLA THEATRE
The Gorilla Theatre, as part of their annual Young Dramatists Project, is now offering a course which focuses on the actual writing of scripts for the theatre. This Young Dramatists Script Building Class will consist of ten classes taught by James Rayfield, YDP Artistic Director.
YOUNG DRAMATISTS SCRIPT BUILDING - For Ages 13-18
CLASS DESCRIPTION
The classes will focus on taking young dramatists imagination from the tantalizing idea to the finished stage ready play. Class work will employ improvisational writing exercises which explore such concerns as exposition, characters, plotting, and dialogue. Eventually from working on these brief scenes the authors will move on to write a one-act play that is suitable for submission to the Gorilla Theatre's Young Dramatists Project where the authors will have a change to have their plays selected for a full production.
Students do not have to have any experience in writing for the class, but they must have a willingness to explore their own world and find the best means to put some of that world on stage.
During class students will spend time writing and sharing their work with others for feedback. Rather than lecturing the students, the instructor will present exercises which give the students hands-on experience in solving the challenges of good writing for the theatre. There will assignments which will require some writing outside of class to complete and some class time will be spent examining examples of good playwriting.
Class will meet at the Gorilla Theatre near Legends Field on Mondays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. There will be ten classes and students need to be between 14 and 18 years of age to enroll. Tuition will be $200. To enroll and for more information contact Bridget Bean at (813) 354-0550.
DATES
Mondays 4-5 p.m. starting September 22, 08
Sept 22, 29
Oct 6, 13, 27
Nov 3, 10, 17
Dec 8, 15
FEES
$200 payable in advance
INSTRUCTOR
James Rayfield
INSTRUCTOR BIO
James Rayfield has been an theatre educator, director, and playwright for over thirty years. He has published eight plays for high school theatre. One of his latest one-acts "Ten Actors In Search of a Cell Phone" has received over sixty productions across the United States. He recently created a monologue from the letters of Spanish American War soldier Henry Dobson for the series of historical characters presented at the Plant Museum.
In addition he has had plays produced by Stage Works, Tampa Tongues, Ground Zero, and in New York at the Expanded Arts Center and Manhattan Class Company. He has been selected as Best Local Playwright by Creative Loafing and Teacher of the Year by Florida Association of Theatre Educators.
Since its inception he was worked has dramaturg for the Gorilla Theatre's Young Dramatists Project and is current the Artistic Director for YDP. He taught theatre (including acting and playwriting) at Blake School for the Arts for many years and currently teaches Adult Acting at the Patel Conservatory.
For further information and to register for classes, please visit www.gorillatheatre.com or call 813-354-0550
Living theatre for thinking minds!
Tucked away in the same Tampa location for over 15 years, the Gorilla Theatre boasts an intimate, welcoming environment and a fascinating season of plays and music.
Isn't it time you discovered the Gorilla Theatre? Call us today for season information and directions to your new favorite venue.
PRESS CONTACT: Bridget Bean, Gorilla Theatre (813) 765-1486 info@gorillatheatre.com
PUBLIC CONTACT: Reservations (813) 879-2914 www.gorillatheatre.com
TEEN PLAY WRITING CLASSES
AT THE GORILLA THEATRE
The Gorilla Theatre, as part of their annual Young Dramatists Project, is now offering a course which focuses on the actual writing of scripts for the theatre. This Young Dramatists Script Building Class will consist of ten classes taught by James Rayfield, YDP Artistic Director.
YOUNG DRAMATISTS SCRIPT BUILDING - For Ages 13-18
CLASS DESCRIPTION
The classes will focus on taking young dramatists imagination from the tantalizing idea to the finished stage ready play. Class work will employ improvisational writing exercises which explore such concerns as exposition, characters, plotting, and dialogue. Eventually from working on these brief scenes the authors will move on to write a one-act play that is suitable for submission to the Gorilla Theatre's Young Dramatists Project where the authors will have a change to have their plays selected for a full production.
Students do not have to have any experience in writing for the class, but they must have a willingness to explore their own world and find the best means to put some of that world on stage.
During class students will spend time writing and sharing their work with others for feedback. Rather than lecturing the students, the instructor will present exercises which give the students hands-on experience in solving the challenges of good writing for the theatre. There will assignments which will require some writing outside of class to complete and some class time will be spent examining examples of good playwriting.
Class will meet at the Gorilla Theatre near Legends Field on Mondays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. There will be ten classes and students need to be between 14 and 18 years of age to enroll. Tuition will be $200. To enroll and for more information contact Bridget Bean at (813) 354-0550.
DATES
Mondays 4-5 p.m. starting September 22, 08
Sept 22, 29
Oct 6, 13, 27
Nov 3, 10, 17
Dec 8, 15
FEES
$200 payable in advance
INSTRUCTOR
James Rayfield
INSTRUCTOR BIO
James Rayfield has been an theatre educator, director, and playwright for over thirty years. He has published eight plays for high school theatre. One of his latest one-acts "Ten Actors In Search of a Cell Phone" has received over sixty productions across the United States. He recently created a monologue from the letters of Spanish American War soldier Henry Dobson for the series of historical characters presented at the Plant Museum.
In addition he has had plays produced by Stage Works, Tampa Tongues, Ground Zero, and in New York at the Expanded Arts Center and Manhattan Class Company. He has been selected as Best Local Playwright by Creative Loafing and Teacher of the Year by Florida Association of Theatre Educators.
Since its inception he was worked has dramaturg for the Gorilla Theatre's Young Dramatists Project and is current the Artistic Director for YDP. He taught theatre (including acting and playwriting) at Blake School for the Arts for many years and currently teaches Adult Acting at the Patel Conservatory.
For further information and to register for classes, please visit www.gorillatheatre.com or call 813-354-0550
Living theatre for thinking minds!
Tucked away in the same Tampa location for over 15 years, the Gorilla Theatre boasts an intimate, welcoming environment and a fascinating season of plays and music.
Isn't it time you discovered the Gorilla Theatre? Call us today for season information and directions to your new favorite venue.
