Past Play Cafe/Musical Cafe

Educational Workshops and Master Classes

• PLOT STRUCTURE IN THEATRE, FILM, TV & AUDIO DRAMA
  presented on-line by writer-producer Rick Toscan
  Feb. 25, 2024.

• CREATING & EDITING COMPELLING DIALOGUE IN PLAYS, SCREENPLAYS & AUDIO DRAMA, presented on-line by Rick Toscan. October 12, 2023.

• AUDIO RECORDING FOR MUSICAL WRITING – TIPS, TRICKS, AND METHODS, presented on-line by Justin Rayna. September 10, 2023.

• MARKET YOUR PLAY WITH A COMPELLING BLURB, presented on-line by Patricia Milton, May 21, 2023.

• STORY AND SCRIPT STRUCTURES IN THEATRE, AUDIO DRAMA, FILM, AND TELEVISION: an online workshop for writers by writer-producer Rick Toscan. April 23, 2023.

• INTRODUCING PUPPETRY INTO THE THEATRICAL PALETTE, presented on-line by Wes Sanders and Debra Wise, co-founders of Underground Railway Theater. March 26, 2023.

• WRITING FOR THE VOICE: an online workshop presented by music director and composer Sheela Ramesh. February 26, 2023.

• Q & A WITH THE KILBANES, an on-line workshop, December 4, 2022.

• COMIC WRITING FOR DRAMATISTS - BRINGING THE FUNNY, an on-line workshop with playwright Anthony Clarvoe, September 18, 2022.

• AUDIO DRAMA WRITERS’ ROOM: READINGS & CRITIQUES OF YOUR SCRIPTS, an online workshop with writer-producer Rick Toscan, July 17, 2022.

• ADAPTATION FOR THE STAGE workshop presented by Gary Graves. On-line. May 1, 2022.

• MARKET YOUR PLAY WITH A COMPELLING BLURB workshop presented by Patricia Milton. On-line. March 13, 2022.

• WRITING FOR THE EAR: CREATING SCRIPTS FOR CONTEMPORARY AUDIO DRAMA workshop presented by Rick Toscan. On-line. February 20, 2022.

• WORKING WITH A MUSIC DIRECTOR presented by Billy Wolfe. On-line. November 7, 2021.

• MUSIC FOR PLAYS presented by composer Richard Jennings. On-line. October 17, 2021.

• EMPLOYING SUBTEXT IN PLAYS & SCREENPLAYS presented by writer-producer Rick Toscan. On-line. September 19, 2021.

• WRITING PLAYS DRAWN FROM HISTORY workshop presented by Gary Graves. On-line. August 15, 2021.

• IMPROVE YOUR MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, ARRANGEMENTS, AND MIXES workshop with McKay Garner. On-line. July 18, 2021.

• WORKING WITH A DIRECTOR ON YOUR PLAY workshop presented by Norman Gee. On-line. June 6, 2021.

• JEDI DRAMATURGY workshop (JEDI stands for “justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) presented by Melissa Hillman. On-line. May 16, 2021.

• WRITING FOR THE EAR: THE VISUAL ART & CRAFT OF AUDIO (RADIO) DRAMA workshop presented by Rick Toscan. On-line. April 25, 2021.

• THE CRAFT OF MUSIC & LYRICS IN STORYTELLING presented by Min Kahng. On-line. March 7, 2021.

• PATTERN & CONTOUR IN MUSICALS: MOTIVATING CHARACTERS TO SING & DANCE. presented by Allison Bergman. On-line. Feb. 28, 2021.

• The Dramaturgy of Worldbuilding, presented by Melissa Hillman, On-line. Nov. 29, 2020.

• Dramatic and Comic Action in Musical Theatre Songs - A Song and Scene Class, Presented by Elise Dewsberry and Scott Guy of New Musicals, Inc. On-line. October 24, 2020.

• Song-aturgy: How Musical Theatre Songs Work with Min Kahng. On-line. October 18, 2020.

• Crowdfunding for Self Production with Tracy Held. On-line. September 20, 2020.

• Digital Self-Marketing for Playwrights with Min Kahng. On-line. September 13, 2020.

• Market Your Play with a Compelling Blurb with Patricia Milton. On-line. August 30, 2020.

• Q & A with Poet / Playwright Dave Harris. On-line.  August 23, 2020.

• Discussion with composer Rona Siddiqui on what it takes to create

       theatre in New York. On-line. May 24, 2020.

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