EDUCATION
Classes for Adults
Summer * Fall * Spring * ONLINE REGISTRATION
Fall and Spring Classes for Adults 2009-10
Acting & Performance Workshop ONLINE REGISTRATION Instructor:
Registration Deadlines: FALL - Sept 29, 2009
SPRING - Feb 23, 2010
Please note: If class attendance numbers are not met by registration deadlines, classes will be cancelled. Don't delay---register today!
Develop and refine acting skills such as stage awareness, improvisation, character development, monologue work, and script analysis. These techniques may be applied through various performance materials, advancing from basic storytelling to contemporary drama (Miller, Wasserstein, Simon, etc.) A director-led rehearsal process will prepare the actors for final public presentation.
Days: Tuesdays Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm Number of classes: 10 Fall Semester: Oct 6 - Dec 15, 2009 (no class 11/24) Spring Semester: Mar 2 - May 11, 2010 (no class 3/30) Tuition: $275 ($250 for returning students)
Playwriting Workshop ONLINE REGISTRATION Instructor: John Pietrowski
Registration Deadline: FALL - Sept 7, 2009
SPRING (1) - Dec 4, 2009
SPRING (2) - Feb 15, 2010
SUMMER (1) - Apr 26, 2010
Please note: If class attendance numbers are not met by registration deadlines, classes will be cancelled. Don't delay---register today!
This will be a basic workshop class where students share work in a supportive environment. Enrollment is open to students of all levels of experience, classes will provide exercises to beginners working on their first play as well as experienced writers who are further down the road.
Days: Mondays Time: 7:00 - 9:30 pm Number of classes: 10 Fall Semester: Sept 14 - Nov 23, 2009 (no class 10/5) Spring Semester (1): Dec 7, 2009 - Feb 1, 2010 Spring Semester (2): Feb 22 - Apr 26, 2010 Summer Semester (1): May 3 - July 12, 2010 Tuition: $275 ($250 returning students)
Poetry Workshop Instructor: TBA This workshop for beginning and experienced poets focuses on writing and sharing. Work with peers and instructors to polish your poems. Learn how and where to submit your work for publication and how to present it to an audience. To conclude the course, interested participants will give a public reading for family and friends
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TBA - Call the Education Office at (973) 514-1787, ext. 21 or email at education@ptnj.org if you are interested in this class. Time: TBA Number of classes: TBA Fall Semester: TBA Spring Semester: TBA Tuition: TBA
Writing Prose Narrative ONLINE REGISTRATION
Instructor: Meredith Sue Willis
Registration Deadline: FALL - Oct 8, 2009
Please note: If class attendance numbers are not met by registration deadlines, classes will be cancelled. Don't delay---register today!
Explore your experience and imagination through prose narrative forms: fiction, memoir, personal essay, and more! Emphasis will be on point of view, voice, dialogue, and creative revision. Through in-class writing assignments and short readings, you'll begin to write the stories you have been carrying inside–or telling to your friends!
Days: Thursdays Time: 12:30 - 2:30 pm Number of classes: 5 Fall Semester: Oct 15 - Nov 12, 2009 Spring Semester: TBA Tuition: $150
Reading, Writing, Response ** NEW ** ONLINE REGISTRATION
Instructor: TBA Participants bring in a short piece, or an excerpt, to be read to the group. The artist leads the group in writing exercises and a critique session to spark deeper development of the work.
Days: Thursdays Time: 12:30 - 4:30 pm Number of classes: 1 Fall Semester: N/A Spring Semester: Feb 25, 2010 Tuition: $75
Screenwriting Instructor: TBA
Registration Deadline: TBA
Please note: If class attendance numbers are not met by registration deadlines, classes will be cancelled. Don't delay---register today!
This class is meant for those wanting to get a fresh (or first) take on the craft of screenwriting. The class will begin with the fundamentals of screenwriting: character development, plot development, structure, conflict, and dialogue. Students will then work on "the pitch", a beat sheet, and then finally a screenplay. Students will receive detailed feedback from the instructor and peers. By the end of the class students may complete a first act of a three act screenplay, be able to pitch it in a variety of ways, and learn how and where to submit the work for consideration.
Days:
TBA - Call the Education Office at (973) 514-1787, ext. 21 or email at education@ptnj.org if you are interested in this class. Time: TBA Number of classes: TBA Fall Semester: TBA Spring Semester: TBA Tuition: TBA
Improvisation Workshop Instructor: Jane Keitel Take 1, 2 or all 5 sessions! This class will introduce you to the fundamentals of improvisation — acting and reacting in the moment and without a script. Whether you want to build those "think on your feet" skills or just want to have a fun night out with some friends, this improv class will have you laughing.
Days:
TBA - Call the Education Office at (973) 514-1787, ext. 21 or email at education@ptnj.org if you are interested in this class. Time: TBA Number of classes: TBA Fall Semester: TBA Spring Semester: TBA Tuition: TBA
The Business of Acting (ages 18 and up) Instructor/Photographer: Alex Sarian
Registration Deadline: TBA
Please note: If class attendance numbers are not met by registration deadlines, classes will be cancelled. Don't delay---register today!
Days:
TBA - Call the Education Office at (973) 514-1787, ext. 21 or email at education@ptnj.org if you are interested in this class. Time: TBA Number of classes: TBA Fall Semester: TBA Spring Semester: TBA Tuition: TBA
Dramaturgy: One-on-One Instructor: TBA Design your own play-development process Tailored to the speed of the playwright, you can work one-on-one with a play expert from the PTNJ staff to develop your ideas, and then work independently at your own time and pace. Times are flexible: meet with your teacher three times for about an hour each time or meet twice for an hour and a half. The choice is yours. This play-development approach is based on the belief that each writer has his or her own needs. Once you've finished your play, you might even consider a staged reading with professional actors. Call the education office at (973) 514 -1787, ext 21 for further information about costs, and availability of mentors.
Summer 2010 Classes for Adults
Playwriting Workshop ONLINE REGISTRATION Instructor: John Pietrowski
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, July 6th
Please note: If class attendance numbers are not met by registration deadlines, classes may be cancelled. Don't delay---register today!
This will be a basic workshop class where students share work in a supportive environment. Enrollment is open to students of all levels of experience, classes will provide exercises to beginners working on their first play as well as experienced writers who are further down the road.
Days: Mondays Time: 7:00 - 9:30pm Number of classes: 10 Summer Session
July 12 - Sept 27
Class Meets on These Dates:
July 12, 19 / Aug 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Sept 13, 20, 27Tuition: $275
Adult Class Teaching Artist Bios
Steven M. Hollow is a professional actor, director and writer who has coached many business professionals to be more successful speakers. In 2003 Mr. Hollow was named a Distinguished Teaching Artist the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and in 2004, he received the Governor's Award for Arts Education.
John Pietrowski is the Artistic Director of Playwrights Theatre, where he has directed numerous world premiere productions of plays in his 15-year tenure. A winner of the Agnes E. Nixon playwriting award at Northwestern University for two of his plays, he has had readings and productions of plays at theatres in New Jersey and New York.Carolyn Hunt is an actor, director and playwright. She is the founder of Common Thread Playback Theatre, Inc. and served as the company's artistic director from 1994-2000. Carolyn's play, The Front Porch, was performed in 1998 for a symposium on Welfare Reform, sponsored in part by United Way of Morris County.
Meredith Sue Willis is a veteran teacher of writing to children through the New Jersey Writers Project and adults at New York University. Her books include Personal Fiction Writing and Deep Revision as well as Oradell at Sea, Dwight's House and Other Stories, and Billie of Fish House Lane.
Jane Keitel (Actor) Degrees from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Montclair State University; improv training at Chicago City Limits; acting and music teacher for 15 years, Jane Keitel has performed many roles on professional NJ stages, including productions of The Good German and Where the Sun Never Sets as part of Playwrights Theatre’s 2006-07 season.
Alex Sarian is a professional photographer and performing arts consultant who has designed and taught acting classes and workshops in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South America & Europe. Overseas, he recently coached the Actor's Repertory Theatre's production of Richard III and served as assistant to Oscar-winning director Eugenio Zannetti for Educating Rita.
Samuel Brett Williams (Playwright/Screenwriter) An accomplished, award-winning playwright, Brett teaches Screenwriting, Expository Writing, and Basic Composition for Rutgers University.
