WORKSHOP
Short Play Writing for Readers Theater
July 19, 2025, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Finley Community Center, Santa Rosa
Cypress Room
Note: This workshop will take place before the July General Meeting
Members: $25
Non-members: $35
| What are the special conditions needed for a Readers Theater play? How is a complete story compressed so it can be told in 10 minutes? What writing techniques capture and hold the attention of the audience? Through the use of a few well-known folktales, participants will put into practice the answers to these questions. Led by Off the Page Readers Theater actors/directors, Hilary Moore & Beth Moise, writers will share the work they create in the workshop, and compare their unique ways of handling this fun and challenging literary form. |
Workshop Presenters
Hilary Moore is an actor-director with Off the Page Readers Theater. She is a poet and recently she began writing prose as well. Hilary has served as a judge for Redwood Writers short play-writing contests, as well as for Off the Page prose-poetry performances.
Beth Moise has performed in musical comedies, dramatic plays and film throughout her life. She studied acting with Howard Orms and with Uta Hagen. In Sonoma County she has performed with Pegasus, 6th Street and Off The Page Readers Theater. She has been a judge for play and prose contests in Sonoma County. A successful performance begins with a play well written and she is dedicated to sharing her experience with Redwood Writers!
