Apr 25, 2020 | 11:00am–1:00pm
¡Fabulism!
Expand Storytelling through Magic
By J. Julian Christopher
Writing Class
Writers will learn to develop theatrical worlds not limited to everyday conversation and typical dramatic structure. Fabulism combines the best of all worlds, including science fiction, fable, fantasy, horror, realism, and fairytale, and injects them into everyday life. Through a series of exercises, writers will expand their own realistic worlds and explode them into new and innovative ways to tell stories on the dramatic stage. Let the magic commence. No experience needed... Just a paper and pen!
J. Julian Christopher is a Queer, Puerto Rican and Dominican playwright. He holds an MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama. Playwriting awards include: New Dramatist Residency (Class of 2025), 2019/2020 Rita Goldberg Playwrights' Workshop Fellow at The Lark, 2017 & 2018 Pipeline Theatre Company PlayLab, 2018 LaGuardia Community College’s LGBTQ History Project Grant, 2015 Queens Arts Council Grant, 2009 Public Theater Emerging Writers Group, and 2014 Best New Work Motif Award. Productions include: Man Boobs (Pride Films & Plays, 2011), Nico was a Fashion Model (Counter-Productions Theatre Company, 2013), Animals Commit Suicide (First Floor Theater, 2015), Locusts Have No King (INTAR, 2016), and Bundle of Sticks (INTAR, 2020). He wrote the book for LatinXoxo at Joe's Pub in 2019. Other plays include, Alligator Mouth, anOTHER, ¡OSO FABULOSO! & The Bear Backs, Julio Down by the Schoolyard, and Bruise & Thorn (2018 PlayPenn Conference). He is a co-producer and co-writer of the hit web series, Bulk and an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Queensborough Community College.
This class will be offered via ZOOM so you will need a laptop, tablet or phone that is Zoom-ready and enabled.
Date: Saturday April 25th, 2020
Time: 11 am - 1pm
RSVP: @email
Cost: $40 donation. Donations will be made via Venmo.
Payment and Zoom Details will be sent along with your RSVP confirmation.
*This is an Emergency Fund project, a program run independently by New Dramatists playwrights to share knowledge and at the same time raise funds to support one another in life emergencies -- a great way to spend a Saturday with New Dramatists!*