Creating and Developing Your Solo Show

Discover how to transform your personal stories, experiences, and creative ideas into a compelling solo performance. Designed for aspiring performers, writers, and storytellers, this course explores the fundamentals of developing an original one-person show, from identifying a story worth telling to bringing it to life on stage. Through improvisation, guided imagination, structured writing exercises, and creative exploration, learn how to develop characters, establish a point of view, and shape a narrative using effective storytelling techniques and dramatic structure. Weekly writing assignments, in-class presentations, and constructive feedback provide opportunities to develop your material in a collaborative and supportive environment. Explore the transition from page to stage through introductory staging and rehearsal techniques, gaining practical experience in bringing your words to life through performance. By the end of the course, you'll have developed the foundation of an original solo show and the creative tools to continue refining it for future performance.