This class explores techniques for adapting public domain novels and stories into plays. We will discuss how to pick your source material, how to decide the style of adaptation, how to convert narration into dialogue, and how to approach the process of editing and devising. Using Ken Kelleher and Jennifer Le Blanc’s co-adaption of Far from the Madding Crowd, students will read and act scenes to better understand the process of developing a story for the stage.
Instructor: Jennifer Le Blanc
- Mon 7–9:30pm
11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8
$325