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Free Write with Kelly DuMar Voices of Unsung Heroines - Writing Photo Inspired Monologues for the Stage
You know them––women from your family history and community who have achieved the remarkable–but their stories are as yet unwritten. You want to bring HERSTORY to a wider audience. In this free-write workshop you’ll develop a draft of a short, dramatic monologue for the stage, inspired by voices of unsung heroines – a woman from your personal life or from history, a woman from the past or present who has not been noticed or praised for doing her practical or creative work, being brave, or achieving her dreams by overcoming hardship. This workshop will help you artistically express your unsung heroine’s experiences through the medium of theatre in an engaging way for an audience. Bring 1-3 photos of unsung heroines (from your life or from history) to write from. Beginning and experienced writers are welcome!
Kelly DuMar is a poet, playwright and writing workshop facilitator for new and experienced writers. Author of three poetry collections, her poems are published in Thrush, Glassworks, Bellevue Literary Review, Tupelo Quarterly, and many more journals. Kelly’s plays have been staged around the US and Canada, and are published by dramatic publishers. Kelly is also author of Before You Forget - The Wisdom of Writing Diaries for Your Children. She produced the Our Voices Festival of Boston Area Women Playwrights, held at Wellesley College, for twelve years, and she produces the weeklong summer Play Lab for the International Women’s Writing Guild, where she served as a board member for five years. Kelly frequently teaches Your Memoir As Monologue for the Transformative Language Arts Network. Kelly founded the Farm Pond Writers Collective (now the Charles River Writers) to guide women to write from their personal photos, develop their artistic voices and connect deeply with their creative lives. Currently, Kelly produces and hosts the monthly Open Mic for the Journal of Expressive Writing. She shares her nature photos and creative writing in her daily blog, #NewThisDay at kellydumar.com/blog