Writing Workshop
Writing for the Theater, with Carl Erikson
This year’s workshop is an introduction to the fundamental needs and processes of effective scripts and librettos. The theater experience is very different from the reader’s experience, so the writer must construct his or her play with those differences clearly in mind and in view. This workshop will show you how to meet these differences with dialogue alone. You will finish the workshop having heard your lines for a scene delivered aloud.
Carl Erikson
Carl Erikson has twenty five years of theater experience doing everything from costuming to directing. He is the founder of The Story Spinners, a performance reading group for which he has prepared and directed three scripts. Over the years Carl has written five plays and has been commissioned to write a play for a group of older actresses. He has also written fiction, non-fiction, an opera libretto, and poetry. Carl finds the writing process endlessly attractive.
A costumer and costume designer, Carl has worked with textiles since his days making costumes for theater projects at Cornell and Boston University. He is also a visual artist and musician.
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