in person
with John Markland
January 6th – Feb 24th
We are restructuring part of the Markland Studio to be production focused. This will be an on going yearlong venture. It will not be a typical class structure, instead, it will work as a production/theatre company.
There will be 8-week workshop sessions, during which actors, writers and directors will be grouped together into pods. The mission will be different for each pod, but they will work together to create, rehearse, and produce a single project with a deadline. These projects may include short film, play, vertical series, feature film, one-man show, podcast series etc.
We will cycle the pods so that pod one workshops January/February and pod two March/April. At the end of the second cycle certain projects will go into some form of production while others will be further developed for production in late summer or fall. The mission is to create authentic, human-driven stories that align with the highest level of work in each medium.
There will be a lot of challenging work both in the studio and outside with a great deal of responsibility to carry the project through to fruition while cultivating a tight, fully functioning production team. I will be guiding each of project as an artistic producer and pulling on collaborators in the industry throughout the process to help engage recourses necessary to bring each project to life.
The program will require a lot of creative juice, grit, tenacity and humility and no task or position will beneath anyone. I will consider scripts and ideas prior to the launch of the program but we will also be creating them throughout. I will be interviewing each actor, writer and director so reach out ASAP because we will be hitting the road running in January.