A NOTE ABOUT OUR SCHEDULE:
We have filled the schedule with topic-specific workshops and activities, all of them optional, depending on your preferences. This is a choose-your-own-adventure kind of event. We can keep you busy with all things theater-camp from morning through evening if you like, but you're also more than welcome to take an hour, or two, or more, to find a quiet writing spot and create!
Day 1
Arrival starting at 3pm EST
5:30pm socializing and appetizers
6pm dinner
7pm Welcome and intros
7:30pm Zoom with Andrea J. Loney, How Writing and Performing Standup Prepared Me For Kidlit.
Day 2
8am Breakfast
9am Generative workshop sessions: These will focus on ideas in progress, with sessions like Improv For Writers (No Performance Required); Mining Your Core Material; and also, optionally, spoken improv games.
11am Zoom workshop with Andrea J. Loney: Public Speaking For Kidlit Creators
12pm Lunch
1pm Walking office hour
2pm Developmental workshop sessions: These will focus on stories in progress, with sessions such as Thinking Like An Actor/Director on the Page; and scene work for your stories, using volunteer actors from the class.
5:30pm Socializing and appetizers
6pm Dinner
7pm Your choice: Movie night ("Theater Camp," of course)
-- OR -- A performative workshop. These sessions might focus on improvisation, public readings, school visits, or other out-facing tasks of the writer/author.
Day 3
Similar to Friday, with a focus on topics of interest to the group.
Day 4
8am Breakfast
9am Final workshop session and sharing of work.
12pm Lunch and goodbyes