SPECIAL EVENT: A New Monologue Showcase:
Voices of Healing & Transformation
The IWWG Winter Monologue Lab, led by Kelly DuMar, is proud to host a special theatrical event, showcasing Voices for Healing and Transformation. On Sunday, February 11, 2024, from 7-8:30 p.m., ET. Writers will present new monologues for the stage, performed by actors.
In writing monologues for the stage, a story begins as words on the page. The next stage of development is to have the monologue performed by an actor in front of an audience. In this monologue showcase, class participants who have been developing monologues over six weeks will have the chance to see their writing performed by an actor for an audience––you.
Stella Adler called theater the “seeing place”––the place we come to see the truth about our lives and social situation. Oscar Wilde called theater “the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” And August Wilson was, “fascinated by the idea of an audience as a community of people who gather willingly to bear witness.” We invite you, our audience, to share in making dynamic theater with us, by being present for this showcase of brand new stage monologues. This intimate and powerful experience will present writing by class participants––read by actors––is part of the critical page-to-stage development process that all new plays need. Please join us, and share the vitality of your presence and your witness as our much-appreciated audience.
This evening of staged readings is free and open to the public and will take place via the online video conferencing platform Zoom, directed by Kelly DuMar
Kelly DuMar is a poet, playwright and workshop facilitator from Boston. She’s author of four poetry collections, including jinx and heavenly calling, published by Lily Poetry Review Books, 2023. Her poems, plays and images are published widely. For decades Kelly has taught a variety of creative writing workshops, including play labs with showcases for the International Women’s Writing Guild and the Transformative Language Arts Network. Kelly produces the Featured Open Mic for the Journal of Expressive Writing. Reach her at kellydumar.com
