• Class Name: Flying Solo: Page to Stage
• Class Type:
• Date: 25/04/2013Continued dates: 27/04/2013, 14:00-17:00. 02/05/2013, 14:00-17:00. 04/05/2013, 14:00-17:00. 09/05/2013, 14:00-17:00. 11/05/2013, 14:00-17:00. 16/05/2013, 14:00-17:00. 18/05/2013, 14:00-17:00.

• Time: 14:00 - 17:00
• Location: AC Rehearsal Studio
• Prerequisites:
• Tutors: Peter Michael Marino

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• Class Details: In a time when more and more actors are doing solo shows, this workshop is vital for any performer who doesn’t want to simply wait for the right role to come along. Flying Solo: Page to Stage is a 4-week course for actors, improvisers, writers and comedians who are eager to create original performance material based on their own stories, observations, experiences and/or original characters. Starting with idea-generating sessions and utilising writing and performance exercises in an environment that’s safe, fun and full of possibilities, we’ll find the truth in your stories and characters and take them from A-Z. Together, we'll discover effective ways to bring your stories to theatrical life by showing – not telling. We will work on themes, building suspense, basic comedy tools, editing, creating a “want” and an obstacle – and creating a strong beginning, middle and end. Participants will work on their pieces at home in between sessions, leading to a final 3-hour session to further refine the piece. The finished pieces will be performed in front of an invited audience at the conclusion of the course.
• Tutor Information:

  Peter Michael Marino:

  Peter Michael Marino is an award-winning, NYC-based writer, teacher, director and actor. He is the creator and co-producer of SOLOCOM, which launched over 150 original solo comedies at NYC’s The People’s Improv Theater. His own solo comedy, Desperately Seeking the Exit, received 5-star reviews at the 2012 & 2013 Edinburgh Fringe and chronicled the making and unmaking of his musical Desperately Seeking Susan, which played in London and Tokyo. This critically acclaimed show transferred to London’s Leicester Square Theatre in 2013 after sold-out runs in NYC, Florida, Philadelphia, Hollywood and Adelaide, Australia. Peter received the 2010 & 2011 Backstage Readers Choice Award for Favourite Comedy Teacher for his ongoing Flying Solo classes at The PIT. Solo show directing credits include: Nice T*ts, 20 & Out, From Como to Homo, Delilah Dix: America’s Showgirl, Mad Man, Margo Rose LIVE!, Head Games, Chickapalooza, and dozens more. Theatre directing credits include A Christmas Twist, Don’t Pick Up, Jackie Lantern’s Halloween Revenge, Character Witness and the development of dozens of new works with Tom Fontana (Copper) at the Writers Theater. Other writing and performance credits include the award-winning NYC cabaret-spoofs All About Me! and More About Me!, and Hollywood Nurses – an homage to the lesbian pulp novels of the 1950s. His voice can be heard on dozens of TV and radio commercials and he banged on cans in STOMP for five years Off-Broadway. His current show Late with Lance! plays the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe (www.LanceShow.com). For more information, visit www.petermmarino.com