Poetry, Play and Performance: Writing and Performing Your Stories
Friday & Saturday - Feb. 19 & 20, 2010
Oakland Community College
Orchard Ridge Campus
Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 
1:45- Welcome and overview
2:00-3:00- Dr. David James “Playwriting 101: Tips from an Insider” Dr. James is a Published Author, College Instructor and Poet Join us for this wonderful session that helps you write your own one-acts!
3:00-4:00- Solo Performances and Feedback – Watch others perform, or register yourself and bring your own 2-4 minute poetry or cutting. These solo performances are done in break-out rooms.
4:00-4:45- Lake Superior State University presents: "Running for the Storm Cellar" from Escaping Tornado Season, a story in poems by Julie Williams. Featuring Kadie Brinks, Gabrielle Castillo, Trevor Lanuzza, and Wayne A. Thompson. Adapted and Directed by Gary L. Balfantz.
4:45-5:00- Lee Stille EMU
5:00-5:30- EMU Group Performances "This Person" By Miranda July, Adapted and Directed by Brian Carbine & "Children's Rhymes" by Langston Hughes adapted and directed by Kristala Pouncy.
5:30-7:00- Dinner Break - schools with group performances please contact me for dinner reservations
7:00-8:30- Kimberly Dark "Becoming the Subject of Your Own Story" Join spoken word performer and sociologist Kimberly Dark for a fun and illuminating evening that will help you see yourself and share your gifts as a more powerful person. Through this series of poems, stories and audience interactions, Kimberly addresses body image, sexuality, and our tendency toward self-objectification – seeing our bodies and our lives through the gaze of others, rather than truly living in ourselves. (rather than the object of another's gaze)
8:30-9:00 Feedback and questions
Saturday, February 20, 2010
9:00- The Theatre and Coffee Area (J-177) are Open
9:15-9:45-Anita Rich from Eastern Michigan University will facilitate an interactive workshop exploring warm-up exercises. Come and join in, or watch and learn.
9:45-10:45- Matthew Olzmann - Poetry Workshop "Writing Identity, Real and Imagined." Matthew is a published poet who has worked with many high school and college students. Join us as he helps you to craft your poetry!
10:45-11:15-Eastern Michigan University group performance, "Sex and Sunsets" by Tim Sandlin Adapted and Directed by Barbara Danner.
11:30-11:45-African American Folklore performed by Alani Weathers
12:00-12:30–Oakland Community College group performance: Working Poor: A Performance in Two Parts Featuring Lilli Bishop, Jennifer Ward, Chris Brogan, Mollie Macadam, Mary Moon, Amb Beaver, Kelly McCalpin, Stefan Petrat-Reum, and Jessie Agnew
12:30-12:45–Henry Ford II High School Performers Jeff Butts and Sarah Pavlik present “Bunny Bunny”
12:45-1:15- Lunch On-Site for those who pack a lunch or for schools who have registered their performers.
1:15-2:15- Solo Performances and Feedback – Watch others perform, or register yourself and bring your own 2-4 minute poetry or cutting. These solo performances are done in break-out rooms.
2:30-4:00- Dee Matthews “Bare Bones: How to use voice and gesture in Performance Poetry” Dee is the 3rd ranked female performance poet in the world! Short discussion to follow the workshop.