life with more cowbell

Man, where is my head at these days?!

I was just reading Theatromania’s review of the New Ideas Festival week three program and nosing about some of their other posts – and was reminded of a very cool, fun and informative playwriting workshop I attended a week and a half ago: playwright Linda Griffiths on Visceral Playwriting. Jeez – guess I’ve been distracted by all the Alumnae work (blog coverage and set painting), as well as the day job.

Anyway. The workshop was organized by the folks at the Playwrights Guild of Canada as part of a series of workshops under the name The Locomotion. It was the first one I was able to attend and I had a blast.

And, because I’m exhausted (not to mention lazy) – and I really like their blog too – see the March 31st post on Theatromania for the details of the workshop: http://www.theatromania.ca/

I partnered with a really nice guy named Peter – and somehow managed to find the guts to get up and present his story, in character and with as much detail as possible (phrasing, body language, tone). And it was great! Folks in the group were very supportive and responsive, and I had a good time telling Peter’s story. I will not divulge his love story – but I will say that I enjoyed it very much, from a storytelling perspective, as well as from a personal perspective. It gave me hope.

I’ll be attending another Locomotion workshop this spring: with playwright Judith Thompson on How to Do Exceptional Readings of Your Own Scripts.

For more info on the PGC, check out their website: http://www.playwrightsguild.ca