Bindlestiff Studio presents...
Stories High Directing Workshop with Jeffrey Lo
ONLINE classes via Zoom
$75 for 6 classes, Tuesdays at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
August 4th - September 1st, Final presentation on Tuesday, September 15th
Contact: storieshigh@bindlestiffstudio.org
ABOUT THE COURSE:
This supportive class will guide you through general script analysis and discuss specific strategies for directing in a web-based world. For the final class, a short play written in the Stories High playwriting workshops will be distributed to prepare a final directorial presentation.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:
Jeffrey Lo is a Filipino-American playwright and director based in the Bay Area.
He is the recipient of the 2014 Leigh Weimers Emerging Arist Award, the 2012 Emerging Artist Laureate by Arts Council Silicon Valley and Theatre Bay Area Director's TITAN Award. Selected directing credits include The Language Archive and The Santaland Diaries at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Vietgone at Capital Stage, A Doll’s House, Part 2 and Eurydice at Palo Alto Players (TBA Awards finalist for Best Direction), Peter and the Starcatcher and Noises Off at Hillbarn Theatre, The Grapes of Wrath, The Crucible and Yellow Face at Los Altos Stage Company and Uncle Vanya at the Pear Theatre (BATCC award for Best Production).
As a playwright, his plays have been produced and workshopped at BindleStiff Studio, City Lights Theatre Company and Custom Made Theatre Company. His play Writing Fragments Home was a finalist for the Bay Area Playwright's Conference and a semi-finalist for the O'Neill Playwright's Conference. Jeffrey has also worked with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, San Jose Repertory and is a company member of Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company and SF Playground In addition to his work in theatre he works as an educator and advocate for issues of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and has served as a grant panelist for the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Silicon Valley Creates and Theatre Bay Area.
He is the Casting Director at the Tony Award Winning TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, a graduate of the Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute and a proud alumnus of the UC Irvine Drama Department.
For more visit: www.JeffreyWritesAPlay.com
Accepting Tax-Deductible Donations on the Artists' Behalf!
Please help Bindlestiff artists during this unprecedented crisis. Many have been laid-off, furloughed, or can no longer earn income through performing. 100% of the donations raised (less any third-party processing/service fees) will be distributed to artists in our community. Note: Donations cannot be applied towards registration for the workshop.