Upcoming Writing/Acting Workshop
Just received some news on the following introductory writing/acting workshop by Rasaka Theatre and DesiLit. Sounds pretty cool, sign up if you can!Rasaka Theatre / DesiLit Creativity Workshop
Saturday, December 2, 2006
Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Rm 720
DesiLit and Rasaka Theatre cordially invite you to participate in our introductory creativity workshops!9 - noon: Morning session: ActingAn introduction to acting. This workshop is geared for beginners -- no experience needed! We'll do group and individual exercises designed to unlock your inner actor.
Instructors: Anjali Thawani and Bobby Zaman.
Noon - 1: Lunch (brown bag)Bring your lunch and join us for a discussion of the life of the creative artist; we'll talk about finding inspiration, finding time and discipline to create, and if time permits, we may even talk about starting to market yourself and your work.
1 - 4: Afternoon session: WritingAn introduction to writing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. This workshop is geared for beginners -- no experience needed! We'll do exercises that introduce you to all four genres, and by the end of the workshop, you'll leave with a complete piece of writing. Instructors: Bobby Zaman and Mary Anne Mohanraj.
Cost: $30/session; $50/entire day.Space will be limited to ten participants/session.To reserve your spot, please e-mail Mary Anne Mohanraj at: info@desilit.org
Instructor Bios:
Anjali Thawani is delighted to once again be working with Rasaka Theater Company. A graduate of the University of Illinois BFA program in Acting, she has worked throughout Chicago in various venues, including The Stage Left Theater, and with The Steppenwolf Theater Company (Summer Arts.) Favorite roles include Darlene in Balm In Gilead, Viola in Twelfth Knight, the Infanta in Stories from a Garden (world premiere cast), and of course, any role that she has ever played for Rasaka.
Mary Anne Mohanraj is the author of BODIES IN MOTION, a set of Sri Lankan-American linked stories, covering two families and three generations (HarperCollins). She teaches fiction at Vermont College and Roosevelt University, and is working on a follow-up book, THE ARRANGEMENT, a contemporary threesome novel (forthcoming HarperCollins). Mohanraj recently received an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Prose. She currently serves as the Executive Director of DesiLit (www.desilit.org), an organization that works to support S. Asian and diaspora literature, and also directs the Speculative Literature Foundation (www.speclit.org). Mohanraj was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. http://www.maryannemohanraj.com
Bobby Zaman is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago with degrees in English Literature/Writing & Theatre. He has been working as a playwright and actor in the Chicago theatre scene for the past 12 years. During this time Bobby has worked with such companies as the Next Theatre Company, Keyhole Theatre Company, Saint Sebastian Players, Polarity Ensemble Theatre, The Theatre Building Chicago, Arts Lane Absolute Shakespeare Company, Rasaka Theatre Company and many more. His latest play THE PALACE received a staged reading with Rasaka Theatre Company in May of this year and is currently being shopped around for near future production. Bobby is currently at work on a trilogy of plays.
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