Creative Collaboration in Writing and Performance
S06
Kirk Jackson
This class is about surviving the crucible of creative collaboration to satisfy the instant gratification of a hungry audience. Students write, produce, and perform serialized stories. The class will divide into story line teams; each team writes and performs three scenes of a developing narrative every week. Each episode will necessitate meeting at least four times per week with your group: 1) to write a first draft; 2) to rewrite a performance draft; 3) to rehearse/tech the performance; and 4) to perform for the campus community the combined alternating scenes from all story lines. The first half of the term will be devoted to collaborative writing exercises and assignments used to develop formulas for quick generation and collaborative processing of material, to establish teams and each story’s genre. Performances constitute the second half of the term.