Writing an Original Play or Musical With a Social Voice 2017

WRITING AN ORIGINAL PLAY OR MUSICAL WITH A SOCIAL VOICE

Aspiring composers, lyricists and book writers will explore the process of creating an original work that might stage a change.
Topics will include:

Finding a story to tell
Clearing source material
Structuring your story
Assembling a creative team

Presented by

Jim Hoare: Vice President, Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW). Jim taught Theatre, including play writing and composition, for 31 years. He has presented workshops throughout the USA, and in 2011 he received the New York State Theatre Education Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. This is Jim’s 40th year in Educational Theatre.

Jim Hoare will be joined by playwright, J. Julian Christopher, http://www.jjulianchristopher.com/. Julian almost exclusively writes works with a social voice and will how he uses his art to affect change

Theatrical Rights Worldwide

Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW) represents a wide range of musicals. Broadway titles include JERSEY BOYS, THE COLOR PURPLE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, SPAMALOT, MEMPHIS, BIG FISH, GHOST and ALL SHOOK UP. TRW also has a new division, TriVelup, that develops and promotes new works.

STAGE THE CHANGE
This project is made possible with funds from The Arts Reach Fund at Long Island Community Foundation and the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Huntington Arts Council. HEARTS (Helping Enrich the Arts of Port Washington)- Fiscal Sponsor.

Stage the Change is co-sponsored by Hauppauge Public Schools and the Tiles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post

This project is made possible with funds from the Arts Reach Fund at Long Island Community Foundation the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.