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From The Page To The Stage: A One-Person Show Workshop

Writing Pad East
Los Angeles , CA

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Are you an actor or a comedian yearning for your 15 minutes of fame? A solo-show could help launch your career and get you the attention that you deserve. Award-winning actress and improvisor Pam Murphy will show you how to make your solo-show so hysterical and moving, the audience will be putty in your hands. Through fun, in-class writing exercises and balanced workshopping, you'll learn how to transform personal events into compelling tales, how to spice up your truth, and how to pull your show together with a compelling theme. Pam will also share her secrets for getting your show produced. By the end of this class, you'll have completed a draft of a stellar solo-show and you'll even have the chance to perform a section of it at a professional theater! It really won't be long until an audience is laughing, crying and shouting, "Bravo!" just for you!

Instructor: Pam Murphy
Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11 (5 Tues. nights, 1 rehearsal, 1 performance)
7:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Cost: $525 (Includes snacks and tea)
Location: Writing Pad East (688 S Santa Fe, Apt. 312 Los Angeles, CA 90021)
Note: Class will be limited to 9 students.

About Pam Murphy:
Pam Murphy is a writer, actor and comedian who has been performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatres in NY and LA since 2003. You can currently see Pam perform every Friday night at the UCB Theatre with You're F'ed Up Family and in various other shows. Pam has written two solo shows, Like Me and The C Word, which she performed for sold out audiences in NY and LA. The C Word was named The Best Solo Show of the Year by Time Out New York magazine and was nominated for an ECNY Award. Pam has voiced characters for the Pixar's Monsters University, appeared on Welcome to Sweden, 30 Rock, Happy Endings, Comedy Bang! Bang, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Jeselnik Offensive. Pam and Sue, a pilot that she co-wrote and stars in with Sue Galloway, was an Official Selection in the New York Television Festival.