Action Speaks Louder than Words!
Saturday, March 24th, 1:00 to 4:00PM
"We are what we do despite what we say we are."

Onion Man Productions is offering a single-session workshop focused on helping the
playwright reveal intricate plot lines and develop the internal mind of characters using action instead of dialogue. Discussion and exercises will address using action to replace exposition, increase tension, heighten stakes, and reveal the private thoughts of major and minor character.

Goal – for the writer to come out of the experience with at least one scene that reveals
significant plot details and one scene that shows the heart and mind of a major or minor character. This class is offered by Onion Man Productions in association with Lionheart Theater Company (www.lionhearttheatre.org). The class is taught by Daphne Mintz, Atlanta-area playwright and playwriting coach.

Instructor: Greg Fitzgerald
Monday nights, 7:00 to 9:00
April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Class size: Limit 6

Learn the unique craft of screenwriting. Concepts of visual storytelling for the cinema and proper screenplay format will be covered. Students will participate in roundtable "read & reacts" as they develop their own screenplay.

Greg Fitzgerald is a graduate of Central Washington University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Video Communications in 1997. While in college, Greg was one of three head writer/producer/directors of the sketch comedy show Central Underground, which earned various awards from the National Broadcasting Society. Since then, Greg has spent time working on both sides of the camera in television and film in various capacities, including directing, producing, writing, editing, and acting. His career began in news as a reporter, anchor, and producer for KTWO Television in Casper, WY, where he often worked as a "one man band", writing, shooting, and editing his own stories. Greg then transitioned to writing and producing commercials and creating public service announcements. His work has received many accolades including the Wyoming Association of Broadcasting award for best television commercial in 1999. Over the last decade, Greg has worked in film and video production as an independent contractor, and has plans to start his own production company in the next year.

James Beck, Instructor
Saturdays, April 21st - May 19th, 2012, 11am to 1pm

A five-week class focused on learning the basics of writing a play and developing your own 10-minute play. Goal:  for the writer to come out of the experience with at least one 10-minute play. This is Onion Man's signature class and is great for anyone, with or without theatre experience, to explore writing and creativity.

Class size limited to 8 people or less, Participants will need something to write with and on.
(The cost for class is purposefully kept low as the class is offered as a community outreach effort.)

James Beck, Instructor
Next session tba.  If you have interest, email james@onionmanproductions.com

This is a new class designed as a follow up class for Just Write! It will help students develop a full-length play and to put the story they want to tell on the page.

Requirements: Either have taken Onion Man’s "Just Write" class or have worked with Onion Man Literary Manager, Daphne Mintz. Otherwise, a participant needs to have some playwriting experience and may be asked to submit a writing sample for consideration.

Participants must bring either a play in progress they want to work on or the idea of concept for a play.