An online Dramatis Personae playwriting workshop focused on WRITING THE 10-MINUTE PLAY.
WRITING THE 10-MINUTE PLAY
$15.00 – $35.00
Description
An online Dramatis Personae Workshop with Alayna Jacqueline Barnes.
A short play can have a powerful impact. Often, the most meaningful questions can be explored deeply in just ten minutes or less. In this seminar, students will learn how to create thought-provoking journey questions for their characters. This will help them develop compelling stories that connect with audiences, inspiring new perspectives and reflections long after the lights go down in the theater.
Alayna Jacqueline is an accomplished playwright, dramaturg, and educator based in Minneapolis, with roots tracing back to Columbus, Ohio. A dedicated advocate for new plays, she actively contributes to the vibrant Twin Cities Playwright Cabal. Renowned for her inventive and avant-garde approach to playwriting, she continually explores novel ways to bend, reshape, and deconstruct narratives for the stage.
Alayna’s work delves into diverse themes, including identity, mental health, women’s relationships, privilege, and the complexities of power dynamics. Her impactful plays have found stages at esteemed venues such as Wonderlust Theater (MN), Lakeshore Players Theatre (MN), Theater Mu (MN), Phoenix Theater (MN), Market Garden Theatre (MN), Renaissance Theaterworks (WI), Playwrights’ Center (MN), MadLab Theater (OH), Lincoln Theater (OH), Pythian Theater (OH), and Haybarn Theater (VT).
Notable among her accomplishments, Alayna’s play ALL OF THE EVERYTHING was featured at the 2019 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, and she further honed her craft during a writing residency at the William Inge Center later that year. In 2020, her play with music, THE RETELLING, captivated audiences during the Twin Cities’ Horrorfest.
Commissioned by Lakeshore Players Theatre, Alayna crafted AN EVENING WITH ELLA AND HAROLD. Her play FOSTERING RESENTMENT, received acclaim through a staged reading at Daleko Arts’ inaugural Cesta Festival in New Prague, MN. Alayna’s most recent commission is a collection of short audio plays that delve into the truth behind an urban legend. These stories can be discovered through QR codes on a journey around the cultural district in St. Paul, MN.
Alayna earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Otterbein University and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Her academic journey reflects her commitment to the intersection of theater, education, and creative writing, a fusion that enriches her distinctive voice in the realm of contemporary playwriting.
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