Radio Drama Scribes with Jack Straw, 7-8th grade
with Corinne Manning and Jekeva Phillips
In Person
In Person Open to all levels
Open to all levels 5 Sessions
5 Sessions In this camp, a partnership between Hugo House and the Jack Straw Cultural Center, students will learn the art of radio drama, through the act of script writing, vocal performance and recording, foley and sound effect production, and audio editing and mixing. This camp will be facilitated by lead writer, Corinne Manning, who is a published writer and educator; audio engineer Dan Guenther, who has worked with Jack Straw as an engineer and teaching artist since 2014; and a guest vocal coach to produce an original production.
This camp will culminate with a presentation of student projects. This camp is for students entering 7th & 8th grade in Fall 2022 and will take place IN-PERSON at the Jack Straw Cultural Center in the University District. Be sure to read our COVID-19 Policies before registering for this camp.
Scholarships are available by application. Questions? Please email youth@hugohouse.org.
Corinne Manning
Corinne Manning's debut story collection We Had No Rules has received starred reviews from Booklist and Publisher's Weekly the latter noting it "exquisitely examines queer relationships with equal parts humor, heartache, and titillation." Corinne has taught for Hugo House since 2011.
Jekeva Phillips
Jekeva Phillips is a writer, performer, and educator. She is Editor-in-Chief of Word Lit Zine, a based lit quarterly, and owner of Paradise Lost Publishing. Her forthcoming poetry chapbook, Les Amants, hit the shelves this spring; and she is currently hard at work on her first novel, Sovereign. You may have seen Jekeva lecturing at Hugo House, performing improv as a member of CSz Seattle, traveling through space with the improvised Star Trek group, Where No Man Has Gone Before, or twirling in aerial fabrics at The School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts. Jekeva is fascinated with storytelling in all of its many forms. Whether the story unfolds under stage lights or between the covers of a book, she loves falling into the unexpected journey.
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