Instructor: Charles Busch
Tony-nominated playwright Charles Busch (The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Die Mommie Die, Psycho Beach Party) will guide students, both beginning and advanced, through the process of constructing a play from conception to outline or first and final draft. The structure of a comic line can be as precise as a bar of classical music, and you will have the benefit of working with an instructor possessing over forty years of experience in the field of comic playwrighting. Having performed in many of his own plays, students with the desire to act in their work will have the rare opportunity to work with a legendary actor/playwright. Students have the choice of working on one act or full length plays already in progress or enjoy assignments geared to the creation of new work, both comic and dramatic.
Charles Busch is the author The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, which ran nearly two years on Broadway and received a Tony nomination for Best Play, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, one of the longest running plays in Off-Broadway history. He wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays, Psycho Beach Party and Die Mommie Die, the latter of which won him the Best Performance Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Mr. Busch is the recipient of a special Drama Desk Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright. The Dramatist’s Guild has honored him with the Flora Roberts Award for sustained commitment to the theatre. His autobiography, Leading Lady; The Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy is published by BenBella books.
