In this hands-on workshop, Anna Chatterton will lead participants through exercises that are designed for writing for the stage. We will explore the art of monologues, write believable dialogue, create convincing characters and learn the key differences between prose and playwriting. Come ready to write.

About the facilitator: Anna Chatterton is a playwright, librettist and actor based in Hamilton.  She is a two-time finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama. Her published writing includes the plays Within the Glass, Quiver, Cowgirl Up, Gertrude and Alice and upcoming Children of Fire (non-fiction). Anna’s plays and operas have been produced across Canada and the United States. Anna is the winner of a City of Hamilton Arts Award, and a Toronto Theatre Critics Award. As a librettist, Anna's work has won an LA Independent Women Film Award for ‘Best Narrative Feature’ and the 2024 Opera America Artistic Creation Award (Sweat) and has been nominated for a Juno Award (Breathe). She was a finalist for a Hamilton Literary Award for Fiction and nominated for five Dora Mavor Moore Awards, winning one. Anna is currently a Creator in Residence at Theatre Aquarius and has been in residence at seven theatres.

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