Performing Your Text

For writers interested in giving voice to their text, either at live readings, or in recorded form, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to confront frequent obstacles to reading or performing your own work. Using tools commonly employed by actors, we’ll explore the inherent multiplicity of our own voices, discover our emotional and vocal ranges and embrace our variable personas as we engage with character and story.

Open to writers of all levels and genres with a work-in-progress. This is a 2-week workshop, with a 2-hour session each week. Please prepare for approximately 1-2 hours of work between sessions.

This 2-week workshop meets on Thursdays from 6-8pm at LitArts RI on the following dates:
Thurs, May 14
Thurs, May 21

About Your Teaching Artist

HUGO PIERRE MARTIN (he/him) is a professional actor, voiceover artist and hobbyist audioseries maker. He is beginning his teaching journey by running workshops at Massarts, Brown, RISD and other colleges in the area. He consults staff, faculty and students on podcasting and voiceover at the BAI at Brown University.

Community Access Lottery

LitArts RI offers a lottery for free admission to those who are from a community that has faced institutional barriers in the writing and publishing worlds or who lack access to resources and could not otherwise afford to attend. The lottery closes 2 weeks before each workshop, at which time entrants will be notified if they are a recipient of one of the free seats.

To enter the lottery, press the red "Get tickets" button at the top right of your screen, then scroll down to add a "Community Access Lottery Ticket" to your cart and check out.

Safe and Brave Space Policy

Writing workshops can be vulnerable spaces. As a literary arts organization, LitArts RI is committed to providing a safe, brave, inclusive and accessible space to all participants, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, citizenship status, age, size, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Be sensitive, be supportive, be respectful and engage with care. Discriminatory, hateful, and threatening content will not be tolerated; we ask that you bring any concerns to our attention immediately.

Accessibility

LitArts RI is wheelchair accessible. The organization is actively committed to cultivating a community that values and reflects diversity, equity and inclusivity and to providing programming that is accessible to all attendees. Please let us know about any accommodations we can make to allow you to participate fully in this event.

Health Safety Guidelines

If you have tested positive for Covid-19 within a few days of attending an event at LitArts RI, please contact Staff so we can let others know of possible exposure. We ask that you wait 14 days or until testing negative to return to the Center.

This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.