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Playwriting Workshop

Instructed by Gayle Stahlhuth

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Instructor Gayle Stahlhuth, artistic director of Classic American Tales, uses writing and simple acting exercises to trigger the writer's imagination. The workshop is geared for those who have written plays, as well as those who have always wanted to try their hand at writing a play. Participants are encouraged to create short plays during the workshop.

Gayle Stahlhuth has performed off-Broadway (Manhattan Theatre Club, etc.) in national tours (Cabaret, Fiddler, etc.), regional theater (Gateway Playhouse in Long Island, etc.), television (various soaps, etc.), radio (jingles and Voice of America), and on the Chautauqua Circuit. As Producing Artistic Director of East Lynne Theater Company from 1999 - 2023, along with her husband, Lee O'Connor, the Technical Director from 1999 - 2021, she produced 120 shows, including 22 world premieres and 12 NJ premieres, and directed most of them. Her adaptations for ELTC include Tales by Twain, that also ran at Surflight Theatre; Spoon River, based on the famous Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, and The Ransom of Red Chief based on O. Henry's classic tale. Excellent reviews for her work as a director and performer at ELTC appeared in "The New York Times," "The Philadelphia Inquirer," and other publications in print and online, as well as PBS TV Station WHYY. 

She is also founder of Classic American Tales, a company for presenting story readings and plays about the human condition that have stood the test of time, as well as new works that relate to the many facets of what it means to be “American.”. Learn more here: http://www.classicamericantales.org/ 

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