WRITING FOR STAGE & SCREEN
Have a story to tell, but you're not sure where to start? Are you a playwright who's looking to learn from a fellow writer? Writing for Stage & Screen will sharpen your narrative skills and introduce you to new entry points into your story.
Each workshop and free lecture will be conducted via a secure Zoom link. Start writing YOUR story today, from the comfort and safety of your home.
NOTE: Season 11 Writing for Stage & Screen classes have now concluded. Stay tuned for our Season 12 announcement.
Past classes
THE ART OF PITCHING
Instructor: Sheila Callaghan
How do you distill your idea for a tv series or feature film into a compelling pitch that you can present to executives and other decision makers? Screenwriter/Producer Sheila Callaghan (Shameless, Showtime; co-founder of The Kilroys) details the ins and outs of the pitch and helps you shape your idea into one that answers the questions: why must this story be told now? and why am I the person to tell it?
$199 - Season 11 Members (see below)
$249 - non-Members
January 8, 15, 29, 27, 2022
TELL YOUR STORY
Instructor: Rachel Fowler
Filmmaker, coach and Local’s former Literary Manager Rachel Fowler shows you how to translate your personal experiences into dramatic form.
Learn more HERE
$249 - Season 11 Members (see below)
$299 - non-Members
February 10, 17, 24, March 3, 2022
PREPARING TO GO TO SCRIPT
Instructor: Adam Mervis
Filmmaker and screenwriter Adam Mervis (21 Bridges, The National Champions) teaches you how to craft your idea into a well-constructed feature film blueprint.
Learn more HERE
$199 - Season 11 Members (see below)
$249 - non-Members
March 22, 2022
THE STRUCTURE OF STORIES
Instructor: Tony Meneses
Playwright Tony Meneses (Twenty50, DCPA) teaches you innovative and surprising ways to shape your play.
Learn more HERE
Want to receive discounts on ALL Writing for Stage & Screen courses?
Become a Season 11 Member today and save!
As a Season 11 Member, you receive:
$5 TICKETS TO ALL VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS, including FALL LOCAL LAB (regularly $15)
Experience the cutting edge of new American plays from the comfort and safety of your home.
$15 TICKETS TO ALL LIVE, IN-PERSON READINGS, including SPRING LOCAL LAB (regularly $30)
New plays, every stage. This season, we will be presenting work throughout Colorado and across the USA. Join us!
$111 ALL-ACCESS PASS TO SPRING LOCAL LAB (regularly $159)
Spring Local Lab is Boulder’s premier new play festival. Experience four new works, party with the creators, and attend workshops during this weekend-long, in-person festival.
DISCOUNTS ON ALL WRITING FOR STAGE & SCREEN COURSES
Learn from leading industry writers and create YOUR story.
ACCESS TO LIVING ROOM LOCAL RECORDINGS
Watch hour-long conversations with some of the most innovative creators working today, including actor and author, John Lithgow, Harvard professor and host of PBS’s Finding Your Roots, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., and visual artist, Alexandra Grant.
