Join director-producers Amy Clare Tasker (London) and Laura Lundy (New York) for a 3-hour practical workshop on how to get your play finished, polished and produced. Through a group presentation, break-out coaching sessions, and Q&A, Laura and Amy will help you identify your goals, and next steps towards building creative partnerships and getting your show on stage.
Who could benefit from this course?
Playwrights and screenwriters, solo performers, actors wanting to write their own work, emerging writers, artists of other disciplines wanting to branch out.
How does it work?
Bring your notebook, your dreams, your frustrations, and your questions, and settle in for an interactive presentation with break-out coaching sessions and Q&A. This event will take place in person, upstairs in Studio 1 at The Cockpit.
What do you gain?
- An understanding of the importance of visibility and creative partnerships, and how to build both.
- New connections with fellow writers and theatre makers.
- Access to further opportunities at The Cockpit.
- Confidence and momentum to keep writing and developing your work.
Dates, Times & Cost
Saturday 29 October at 11:00am - 2:00pm
£9 early bird (book by 17 October)
£10 regular price
This event is related to a longer course: Write and Stage Your Original Play. Find out more...
LAURA LUNDY (NEW YORK)
Laura is a Theatre Producer and Creative Consultant. She is the Founder of Blue Panther Productions, guiding artists internationally to a sustainable career. Laura develops and produces new work in New York and London. Broadway: Children of a Lesser God, 2018 revival (Associate Producer), Off Broadway: The Brothers Khan, An American Story (Creative Producer). Lead Producer credits include: London, Off West End: Love Goddess, The Rita Hayworth Musical (Nov/Dec 2022). London Independent: Love Goddess, the Cabaret (Sept/Oct 2021), What They Said About Love, Colette Uncensored, and Me, Myself and Rita (2017-2019). New York independent: AROUSAL by George Pfirrmann and The Singularity by Crystal Jackson (New York premieres, The Flea Theater/Virago Theatre), The Oy of Sex with Alicia Dattner. Chicago/Barcelona/London/New York tour, Dylan Brody’s Driving Hollywood. San Francisco/Los Angeles: Ransom, Texas by William Bivins. San Francisco Bay Area: Zombie Vixens from Hell-The Musical. Other directing credits include the critically acclaimed 20th anniversary San Francisco production of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. Laura trained at Pomona College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (12-Month Intensive, London).
@lauralundycoaching - Blue Panther Productions
AMY CLARE TASKER (LONDON)
Alongside running Theatre Maker at The Cockpit, Amy is codirector of Pinecone Performance Lab and Voila! Europe Theatre Festival. With Pinecone, she writes, performs, directs, and facilitates the London Devised Theatre Intensive. Amy's latest show HOT (Helen of Troy) premiered at The Cockpit in February 2020. With Voila! Europe, she programmes and produces an annual festival of European Theatre. In London since 2013, her work has been seen at Rich Mix, Camden People’s Theatre, Theatre Delicatessen, LOST Theatre, Cockpit Theatre, Canal Cafe Theatre, Theatre Utopia, Upstart Theatre's DARE Festival at Shoreditch Town Hall, and the Southbank Centre’s Women of the World Festival. Amy began her career in San Francisco, where she was artistic director of Inkblot Ensemble, and an associate artist with Cutting Ball Theater and EXIT Theatre. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in Drama, after a year at the University of Manchester as an international exchange student.
@AmyClareTasker - www.amyclaretasker.com
Testimonials
"Working with Laura has been life-changing. My show sold out at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, I’ve received four play commissions, and a screenwriting fellowship. Laura lifts me up, helps me see the bigger picture, and how to attain it."
- Anya Pearson, Writer/Producer/Activist, Made to Dance in Burning Buildings, Joe’s Pub, New York City
"Laura's approach to story, seeing characters from different perspectives, understanding the different dimensions of the work -- adds a tremendous amount of insight to the whole process of playwriting and production. I look forward to working with her again!"
- Scott Charles, playwright, Dinners With Augie, The Call-Girl's Dilemma
"Laura’s expert consultation on my play elevated it to a level I had envisioned but couldn’t quite reach on my own. With her extensive experience in all aspects of theater--the artistic as well as the nitty-gritty facets of production--she is able to discern what works and what doesn’t. Her input was invaluable and the process enlivening."
- Nina Solomita, Playwright, After the Sermon, Production Ready Script, 2015
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