Acting 101 for Writers
Course Type: ONLINE and IN-PERSON
Maximum of 10 participants
Class: Acting 101 for writers, how to act a song using only the words (no music), aka “monologuing” a song.
Objective: Writers who have never been an actor can use this as an opportunity to learn how to be “directed” on how to monologue a song.
This class is designed for writers who who want to experience the way an actor works with a director when working on a song. Writers will have the opportunity to see their work from the other side of the page when a solo song they have written is directed and acted out. Writers will also get the opportunity to get “on stage” and be directed in the art of acting out a song as a monologue - a common technique used by actors and directors to stage a song, and to get to the heart of the acting of the song.
Participants will each bring a printed version of the lyrics to a song they have written, and will then trade songs with other participants. Each person will then get the chance to work one on one with the director to act through a song - looking at the beats, the story and the emotions depicted in the words. There are no costumes, props or musicians needed, this is only an actor, a writer, a director, and a stage (or a Zoom window).
A great opportunity to hear how your words would be approached by a creative team in production.