Playwriting for Children’s Theater
From Draft to Production 2
A course by Piers Torday , Children's Author and Playwright
About the video: From Draft to Production 2
Overview
“Plays aren't designed to be read, they're designed to be performed! In the second part of this lesson, we will continue to transform our blueprints into a 3D performance. ”
In this video lesson Piers Torday addresses the topic: From Draft to Production 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playwriting for Children’s Theater. Bring your ideas to life on stage by learning how to write plays for children and families, from the initial idea to opening night.
Partial transcription of the video
“From Draft to Production What I'd like to do is read again. Ok. With those changes, add a little reaction and change the "health and safety" line. Now, ordinarily, as a writer, it would probably be the director giving the actor some notes. I'm wearing two hats today. When we both talked about the play just now, you were talking about how Mole wants to feel warm, safe and is nervous about taking his first steps. Can you lean into that when you play it, and begin by Mole being nervous and gradually come out of your zone? Mara, as Rat, you were saying that you think they will be friends and sh...”
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Course summary for: Playwriting for Children’s Theater
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Category
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Areas
Children's Literature, Communication, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Script
Piers Torday
A course by Piers Torday
Piers Torday is an author, playwright, and educator from Northumberland, England. As a children’s author, he is dedicated to harnessing the power of imagination through creative writing. The art of writing has always been present in Piers' life: He wrote his first cartoon at age seven, which was about a superhero called Super Sid, and won a competition in a local newspaper. His father, the late Paul Torday, is the author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, which was later adapted into a film.
For Piers, writing children’s novels is a way to engage young readers, inspire them to ask big questions, and shape the minds of tomorrow. His most notable work includes The Lost Magician, The Frozen Sea, The Last Wild Trilogy, and There May Be a Castle. Piers also received the Guardian Award for Children’s Fiction in 2014. In a review for the trilogy, The Times states that Piers is “the new master of books for children.”
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