PGC Workshops

This is a listing of upcoming workshops offered by PGC.

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An Introduction to the Craft of Writing for the Musical Theatre (Or - All the Rules You Can Decide to Ignore Later!)

Facilitated by Jim Betts

This two-day, 10 hour, intensive workshop focuses on the Lehman Engel principles of Musical Theatre craftsmanship and offers a basic introduction to the principles of writing Book, Music and Lyrics for a musical. This class is highly recommended for beginners or anyone who is unfamiliar with the basic principles and vocabulary of the Musical Theatre.

Where: 401 Richmond St, Suite 350 (PGC's office)

When: May 4th and 5th, noon to 5pm each day

Fee: $100 plus HST  (PGC members); $120 plus HST (non-members)

To register, please email alex@playwrightsguild.ca

For more information, please email adam.white@smiletheatre.com

SPACE IS LIMITED

This workshop is made possible through a partnership between PGC and Smile Theatre.

 

Lyric Writing for the Theatre

Facilitated by Jim Betts

Playwrights who have experimented with moving into musical theatre will have discovered that the craft of writing dialogue is very different from the craft of writing lyrics. Participants will examine lyrics for both their craft and their art, and will write a number of lyrics of their own during a five day course.

This 15-hour introductory course is the basic principles of writing lyrics for the theatre. It will offer a practical look at the mechanics of putting words to music, and of crafting text that sings. Based on Lehman Engel's Their Words Are Music, this course examines lyrics by both the accepted masters of the Music Theatre - from Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim - and the best contemporary musical theatre lyricists, including Jason Robert Brown, Adam Guettel and Leslie Arden.

Where: 401 Richmond St, Suite 350 (PGC's office)

When: May 21, 23, 24, 27 and 29, 2-5pm each day

Fee: $150 plus HST (PGC members); $180 plus HST (non-members)

To register, please email alex@playwrightsguild.ca

For more information, please email adam.white@smiletheatre.com

This workshop is made possible through a partnership between PGC and Smile Theatre.