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Writing for Sketch Comedy with Dylan Reiff

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Meets Tues/Thurs 11am-12:30pm | June 23, June 25, June 30, July 2 What makes something funny? How does a comedy writer turn a funny idea into a fully fleshed out sketch? In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of writing for sketch including brainstorming, sketch structure, “heightening” what’s funny, and how to draw on your experience of the world around you to express your own comedic voice. Includes guest visits from professional sketch writers. The final session will feature a table reading of our work. Dylan Reiff is the cofounder and Artistic Director of Kickstand Comedy. He is a teacher, writer and performer with over 15 years of experience in comedy, storytelling, and immersive theater. Reiff has performed across the country and has been featured…

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Free

Truth & Dare: Experiments in Art & Writing with Laura Moulton

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Meets Mon/Weds 11am-12:30pm | July 13, July 15, July 20, July 22, July 27, July 29 In this course, we’ll explore work by contemporary artists and writers and generate our own projects both on the page and in the world. Each week you’ll choose one truth and one dare and work toward a final project that will be a culmination in the medium of your choice. The only rule: follow what you are most curious about. Our workshop will include fun writing prompts, research and lively reports-from-the-field, and group-think collaborations. “Homework” may include adventures like graffiti harvesting, doing anonymous good, writing a short story about a nightclub singer in love with an armadillo, or sending something via postal mail. Laura Moulton is a writer and…

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Free

Songwriting with Chris Funk

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Meets Mon/Weds 1-2:30pm | July 20, July 22, July 27, July 29, Aug 3, Aug 5, Aug 10, Aug 12 Do you write your own music, lyrics, or rhymes? Have you experimented with recording music at home? In this workshop, we’lldissect and analyze song forms together across different genres of music. What makes a song unique? What is the message of the lyrics? What’s the production quality and how was it arranged in the studio? Inspired by what we discover, we’ll challenge ourselves to write and record a new song each week. We’ll also be joined by guest artists and songwriters for QAs about their creative process. This workshop is geared towards students with some basic songwriting experience who’d like to take their skills to…

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Free

Bodecker Foundation Workshops for High School Students – Summer Registration Opens

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Led by professional artists, writers, musicians, and educators, our FREE creative workshops for high school students include a mix of online group activities and offline individual and/or collaborative project work. Class size is generally limited to 12 students. Summer Term Registration Opens Monday May 17

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