Tag: theater arts
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Writing Comedy: From Page to Rehearsal to Stage
I had the extreme pleasure of watching my new play (co-written with a team of student writers), Grandparents’ War, at its debut the other night. Once the audience shows up and the lights go down, everything changes, and a writer finally gets to see (and hear) if the words he has written resonate off the…
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Villains: An exercise in drama & writing
In my Intro to Theater Arts class, we did an exercise on villains. Everyone had to choose an especially wicked villain from a movie or book. I told them to chose someone who would be particularly unpleasant to be with in real life. Then, they had to pretend that they had to act the part…
Author Mark W Sasse 