Lyceum Series – Janelle Gray – Ready, Set… Dialogue: Writing For The Stage

Welcome to the lyceum.

These free, monthly workshops are held on the third Saturday of the month, and offer writers of every genre and skill level an opportunity to learn, experiment and develop their craft. We hope you’ll join us!

This two-hour workshop will explore the differences between screenwriting and playwriting in order to capitalize on tools that make a strong script for the stage. The class uses scripts that demonstrate how to create and develop setting through character and dialogue. Participants will learn to identify characteristics about their protagonist and setting that will help them develop authentic dialogue that makes a script stand out.

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Janelle Gray is a creative, scholar, and instructor from Dallas, Texas. Her portfolio consists of four books, an album, plays, short films, multiple TV series, and feature films. Gray holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Spanish from Stephen F. Austin and a Master of Liberal Arts in Creative Writing and Literature from Harvard University Extension School and is a doctoral candidate at The University of Texas at Dallas. Gray is a produced playwright whose interdisciplinary methodology explores the connections between creative works, history, and actions toward equity in creative and academic spaces.