WNEP Producing Master Class WHEN: Sunday, July 17 12PM – 4PM WHERE: TBA Overview: The environment in 21st century Chicago is glutted with shows – shows started by someone with a passion for the new, the untried, or merely the unrequited opportunity. The vast majority of these shows end on the cairn stone pile of ill-conceived artistic and financial failures, only being seen by friends and family and lambasted by the critical press (if the press bothers to see the show at all). Previous Students have written about the class: “As someone who has gone to college and graduate school for acting, I can honestly say that your workshop was one of the best classes I have ever taken on the business side of putting up a show.” “If you didn't know how to produce a show, you did coming out of it. It focused on so many issues that I would have ignored.” “I think the single greatest thing was the workbook you gave us to take home. Your teaching was superb, but having a hard copy to follow later when we're all trying to remember things from the class was awesome.” The class is four hours in length and will be accompanied by a series of handouts and templates that have a proven track record. Armed with lectures, worksheets, hands on exercises and Q&A, no one attending will leave without at least a fundamental working head start on producing a show with a fighting chance in the jungle known as Chicago theater. THE INSTRUCTOR: Don Hall is the producer of over 60 original theatrical productions in Chicago, many receiving both critical and commercial success. The founder and Executive Director of WNEP Theater, Hall has nearly twelve years experience in the realm of creating and effectively producing and promoting Off-Loop theater. FEES: $100.00 Class is limited to 30 students SIGN UP DEADLINE: July 13 by 5PM TO REGISTER: Email Don at hall@wneptheater.org Type “MASTERCLASS” in the Subject line. Include your name, phone number and preferred method of payment (CHECK or PayPal)