Classes

Writing Workshop: Dialogue

A Crash Course on Writing Dialogue with Ian Finley

One Afternoon Session!

Dialogue is the engine of all drama, but it can be a finicky subject. This one-day workshop will explore the different styles of dialogue a writer may choose to use on stage, and the unique keys for each of them.

Time, Date, and Location TBA

 

Instructor Bio

IAN FINLEY holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University, where he earned the Harry Kondoleon Award for playwriting. He is the author of plays, including NATIVE (featured at the NCWN 2018 Fall Conference), THE NATURE OF THE NAUTILUS (winner of the Kennedy Center’s Jean Kennedy Smith Award 2002), and the OUR HISTORIES series of plays for Burning Coal Theatre Company. For this body of work, he was named the 2012 Piedmont Laureate. He has taught at Southern Methodist University, as well for the OLLI programs at NC State University and Duke University.

 

UPCOMING CLASSES

Next Level Playwriting with Ian Finley

• Monday Nights in August
• August 8, 15, 22, 29 @ 7:00 – 9:00 PM
• For writers who have a draft of a script or a fully developed idea
• Work will be tailored the writer’s needs
• Explore style, theme, and the unique challenges of producing for the stage

Adaptation for the Stage with Ian Finley

• November 13, 2022 (tentative)
• 1 session
• More details to come