We’ve all been to readings where, after thirty seconds, our eyes are glazed over and we’re thinking about what to pick up for dinner on the way home. We’re here to fix that.
Performing Prose offers one-on-one and small group coaching designed to equip writers with the tools to engage and connect with their audiences during public readings of their work.
Under the guidance of two professional actor-educators, writers are empowered to harness the fundamentals of performance, including vocal variation, phrasing, character development, authenticity, and more. Pulling technique from our experience (which includes a combined four decades as actors, three decades as teachers, and fifteen summers at the nationally renowned Sewanee Writer’s Conference), we have meticulously crafted a curriculum specifically tailored to authors who are ready to make their next reading sing.
“Think of all the interactions you’ve had in life, and how much more fun if the person you talk to is engaged and refreshing. It doesn’t just create a good feeling, it creates an openness and a desire to know more. A great reading is that — it’s an opening gambit. A great reading makes people go, ‘I have to know this person. I have to know more about this person. I have to read everything they’ve ever written.”