Neptune Theatre School

Learning to Adapt: A Playwriting Workshop

Books, short stories, headlines: they all provide grist for the mill of stage adaptations. Through a series of hands-on exercises and group discussions, this unique masterclass will allow new and established playwrights to explore the various paths into stories, and the process of transforming them into stage plays. What do you preserve? How much can you invent? What tools of the trade do you use to build a stage experience that is both faithful to the original and forged into something different?

Open to all levels.

Emil Sher's adaptation of The Boy In The Moon by Ian Brown was selected as one of the top ten productions of 2017 by The Globe and Mail, and nominated for a 2018 Dora Award for Outstanding New Play. He wrote the book and co-wrote the lyrics for a musical theatre version of Roch Carrier's The Hockey Sweater, which recently played to sold-out houses at the National Arts Centre. Emil's acclaimed stage version of Hana's Suitcase, by Karen Levine has toured Canada and been staged in Chicago, St. Louis, and Seattle, and translated into Hebrew and Italian.

For Adults
Fee: $29+HST
Date: February 3rd, 2019
Time: 6-9pm

If you have any questions feel free to reach out to school@neptunetheatre.com


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