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The Playwrights Center of SF -- Master Class with Anthony Clarvoe

13 Ways of Looking at a Character with Anthony Clarvoe

Writing drama is writing people. Not just any people: people who want things from each other, badly, now, and act to try to get them. But a cast of characters isn't just a bunch of desiring people; it's a constellation of ways to be in the world. It's a web of relationships. A character is an opportunity for an actor to show the world what she has to share about human experience. How do we do all this, while telling our stories and exploring our themes? Award-winning, internationally produced playwright and teacher Anthony Clarvoe will share a baker's dozen (and probably a few more) ways to bring your people to life.

ABOUT ANTHONY CLARVOE
Anthony Clarvoe has received American Theatre Critics, Will Glickman, Bay Area Theatre Critics, LA Drama Critics, Elliot Norton, and Edgerton New American Play awards; fellowships from the Guggenheim, Irvine, Jerome, and McKnight Foundations, NEA, TCG/Pew Charitable Trusts, and Kennedy Center; commissions from South Coast Rep, Mark Taper Forum, and Playwrights Horizons; and the Berrilla Kerr Award for his contributions to American theater. Productions include Pick Up Ax (South Coast Rep, San Jose Rep), The Living (Denver Center), Let's Play Two (South Coast Rep), Ambition Facing West (Trinity Rep, Theatreworks), Ctrl+Alt+Delete (San Jose Rep, George St. Playhouse), The Brothers Karamazov (Cincinnati Playhouse, Circle X), Show and Tell (Rep Theatre of St. Louis), and Our Practical Heaven (Aurora Theatre). His plays are published by Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. The Art of Sacrifice was published last year by Random House in the anthology Plays for Two. Anthony is a regular instructor at the Playwrights Foundation, Stagebridge, and Playground, and a lecturer at St. Mary's College and UC Berkeley OLLI.

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This class will be held at 246 Van Ness Avenue (Grove and Van Ness) From 10am to 1pm.

Cost for PCSF members - $45
Cost for non-members - $105 includes the class and a one-year PCSF Membership.