Speak Freely - The Art of Dialogue (Winter 2024) (Online)

01/22/2024 - 01/29/2024

Category

Class

Admission

  • $175.00

Location

Online

Summary

Sessions: 2 Mondays
Session Dates: Jan 22, 29
Session Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Central Time

Description

Speak Freely - The Art of Dialogue (Winter 2024) (Online)

2 Mondays

Jan 22nd & 29th
6:00pm - 9:00pm Central Time

Instructor: Michael Bassett

This two-day workshop introduces exercises designed to explore contemporary dialogue. On the first day, we engage other writers through conversation and bootcamp exercises. On the second day, we provide actors for insight, feedback and extending the exercises of day one.
 
For over a decade, Michael Bassett has taught playwriting, screenwriting, and dramatic structure & theatrical process at Loyola University Chicago. As an actor & playwright, Michael was a member of the celebrated Circle Rep Lab (Circle East) in New York. His plays have been produced in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. He is a two-time Hawthorndon Fellowship recipient, received a Sloan Science and Technology Commission, and was a keynote speaker for the Arts/Science International Conference at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. He has won honors at the Hiroshima, Athens and Rochester Film and Video festivals respectively for his experimental film, The Other. He was one of the film editors for Hyperbaric Productions award-winning documentary, By the People. He has written and directed a number of projects through 13Carat Productions, (13carat.com) including Theatre, Dance, Film, Photography, and Multi-Media installations.
 

Instructors will send out Zoom invites one day before class begins. We encourage students to setup a Zoom account for themselves before class if they have not already to ensure when class begins you are able to jump straight into the art!

Sessions/Weekday 2 Mondays
Session Dates

January 22nd & 29th

Time 6:00pm - 9:00pm Central Time
Notes

This class is ideal for beginner & intermediate students.