THE LATEST!
Updated 2/26/2010
MATT’S LATEST E-BOOKS – NOW AVAILABLE!
TELL YOUR STORY: The Art of the Autobiographical Solo Show
BRAND NEW!
Too far away to take one of Matt’s classes? Or are you already a student and want all of Matt’s years of experience and insight at your fingertips? This 100+ page e-book contains:
- A fun, doable, step-by-step process to turn your raw life story into a hilarious, dramatic, focused theatrical storytelling-type solo show!
- All the biggest pitfalls that trip up beginner solo show artists and how to avoid them! (Plus: the Top 5 Most Common Solo Show Topics – and what you need to do to make your show unique and fresh!)
- Instructions on how to form your own “class” of solo show writer/performers – with tons of improv and writing exercises to generate and hone your own work together!
SELF-PRODUCE YOUR SOLO SHOW: NYC Festivals NOW UPDATED FOR 2010!
Get the inside scoop:
- How to successfully apply to festivals like the FringeNYC and the Midtown International Theatre Festival! (Includes tips on formatting your piece, how to write a killer cover letter and copyrighting your solo show!)
- How they did it! In-depth interviews with solo show workshop alumni who reveal the secrets of their success: how they applied to, got in, won rave reviews and sold-out crowds!
- How to handle being a producer AND an actor AND a writer
UPCOMING CLASSES!
Brief Phone Interview Required for Registration
Tel: (646) 707-3463
- Level 1 Solo Show Class
meeting Mondays, 6-9pm
STARTS Monday, March 15th (for 4 weeks)!
Limit: 6 Students!
- Level 2 Solo Show Class
meeting Wednesdays, 6-9pm
STARTS Wednesday, March 10th (for 7 weeks)!
Limit: 5 Students! CLASS FILLED.
(Pre-Requisite: Level 1 Solo Show Class)
Classes fill up fast, and most have a waiting list.
So register NOW to confirm your spot!
To register, or for more info on classes (cost, length...etc):
Go to our “Classes” page.
Want to see what kind of plays or solo shows get written in our classes?
Come see a class showing!
(They’re only $5 and a lot of fun!)
Next class showing:
- Wednesday, March 3rd @ 7pm!
Level Two geniuses Debra Castellano, Kim Katzberg, Jeff Seabaugh & Kath Williams will perform their brand new touching and funny 20-minute solo shows about dominatrix wolf-girls, suburban 3-ways, gay adoption and the art of grieving.
Location:
- The Blackbird Studio Theatre
@ Where Eagles Dare Studios
347 West 36th Street, 13th floor
(bet 8th & 9th aves)
Just $5!
No Reservation Necessary
Photos of some recent Level 2 Solo Show Class Showings:
      
RECENT MATT NEWS:
Matt’s ten-minute play THE STUDENT won the Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival on July 19th, 2009. Out of 718 submissions, 40 were chosen to be performed on the Playwrights Horizons mainstage theatre, and 6 winners (including Matt’s play) were selected for publication and licensing by Samuel French! Book party & reading: Monday, February 22nd@ 5:30pm at the Drama Book Shop. 250 West 40th Street. To purchase a copy:
Matt’s ten-minute comedy HEALTH & FITNESS will be produced in the first ever SoHo Shorts Festival at the SoHo PLAYHOUSE (with other new short plays by Ylfa Edelstein, Kay Gayner, Dean Imperial, Adelaide Mestre and Daniel Reitz) on Monday, March 1st starring Joe Forbrich (Theatre for a New Audience’s MEASURE FOR MEASURE), Michael Brusasco (MISALLIANCE at the Pearl) and Tom Bozell (Law & Order: CI) and directed by Suzanne Agins (Cherry Lane’s JAILBAIT)! For Info/Tix: ww.SohoPlayhouse.com |
