THE STRUCTURE OF STORIES
Tony Meneses was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and raised in Albuquerque and Dallas. His plays include Guadalupe in the Guest Room, The Women of Padilla, twenty50, The Hombres, and El Borracho. He’s an alum of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Ars Nova Play Group, the Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at Ucross, Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship, Youngblood, and has been previously developed at the LARK Playwrights’ Week, the Berkeley Rep Ground Floor, the Colorado New Play Summit, and The Old Globe Powers New Voices Festival. He’s a two-time recipient of the Kennedy Center Latinx Playwriting Award, is published by Dramatists Play Service, and has been previously commissioned by the Denver Center, Two River Theater, and The Juilliard School; he is currently under commission from The Old Globe. Education: The University of Texas at Austin, Iowa Playwrights Workshop, Juilliard.
Whether we're writing Naturalism or something more out there, how we structure our plays is a place for a lot of imagination. We can play with plot, character development, exposition, even spectacle, all through how we shape our worlds. Linear chronology is oft the de facto structure, but this class will challenge how we render an audience's experience even if we do write traditional beginning’s, middle's and end's. The goal is to innovate and surprise the container that we place our storytelling in.
DATES
Lecture - Tuesday, March 22, 2022 | 6-7pm MT (8-9pm ET)
Lesson 1 - Thursday, March 24, 2022 | 6-7:30pm MT (8-9:30pm ET)
Lesson 2 - Thursday, March 31, 2022 | 6-7:30pm MT
Lesson 3 - Tuesday, April 5, 2022 | 6-7:30pm MT
Lesson 4 - Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 6-7:30pm MT
$199 - Season 11 Members
$249 - Non Members
NOTE: This course is limited to 10 participants. All meetings will be held virtually.
Financial assistance for the Writing for Stage & Screen courses is available. Please contact Associate Artistic Director Nick Chase for more info: nick@localtheaterco.org
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