Plays to Comic Books & Comic Books to Plays! Let’s Get Episodic
Saturday, January 25
2-4 pm ET
Hybrid event; open to the public, including mentees, mentors and members. Required for Playwriting.
Many playwrights use their skills in dramatic storytelling, breaking story, world-building, and strong dialogue to foster new work not just in theater but in television, graphic novels, and musicals. We’ll explore these skills in several fun short writing exercises, and take one of them to explore in a new medium for you.
This workshop will take place both virtually and at
Girls Write Now Headquarters
247 W 37th Street, Suite 10
To attend this event, create a Girls Write Now account and register for this event through the portal.
Meet the Teaching Artist
Crystal Skillman
CRYSTAL SKILLMAN is an internationally award-winning playwright and comic book author. American Theatre has noted that “Crystal’s work is theatrical, fun, and full of heart. Many of her plays are known for a comic book style.” Those plays include both Geek!, her love letter to cosplayers, originally written for Qui Nguyen’s theater company, published by Concord Theatricals for YA, and put on at high schools around the world, as well as King Kirby, co-written with NYTimes Best-Selling author Fred Van Lente. A NYTimes Critics’ Choice drama (and popular fictional podcast on Broadway Podcast Network), King Kirby is about the life of brilliant comic book artist Jack Kirby dubbed a “pop culture Death of a Salesman”. Fred and Crystal’s graphic novel Eat Fighter just came out from Rocketship Entertainment. Their first joint writing comics together was Adventure Time for Ka-BOOM! (Princess BubbleGum Collection). Theatrical works include: Open, The Rocket Men, Rain and Zoe Save the World, and Mary and Max the musical adapted from the award-winning animated film featuring music/lyrics by Bobby Cronin. Parallel Lil, a comic book and theatrical series, debuts at Montverde Academy in Orlando this spring. She has written for Wondery Kids, Girl Tales, and Marvel comics.
This event is open to:
all mentees, all mentors, members and the public
