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Storytelling with Robert Weinstein
Class Description
Want to learn how to tell a story from some of the best storytellers in NYC? Of course you do! Magnet Theater Storytelling Instructors Adam Wade (20 time Moth Story Slam Champion) and Robert Weinstein (The Moth Podcast/Radio Hour) will teach you how how to take personal experiences from your life and create stories that are universal and identifiable for an audience. You'll be blown away at how engaging your personal stories can be! Whether you're a Moth Slam Champion in the making, a writer seeking to fine tune your narrative skills, or someone who wants the confidence and ability to get in front of people and be heard -- this class will help.
In this class you will learn the basic elements of telling a narrative story, how to take a crowd by surprise and make them care, how to be real and truthful on stage, and how to discover and communicate the real meaning behind your experience. Classes will include verbal and written exercises, examples of performances from some of the finest storytellers, and various techniques and approaches to prepare yourself for a performance of your story.
What you'll get out of the class: at least one polished, six-to-eight minute story -- which could be a Moth Story Slam winner, the beginning of a one-person show, or a personal essay -- and the fundamentals needed to develop future stories.
The class concludes with a graduation performance where you will perform your personal story in front of a live, super-supportive audience!
Robert Weinstein in an actor, writer, storyteller, and librarian who has worked as an intern, a tech, and a House Manager at the Magnet Theater. Before making his way up the Magnet chain, Robert studied acting and theater at the University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS), Ecole Internationale du Theatre Jacques Lecoq (Paris, France), Kiklos Teatro (Padova, Italy) and The Magnet Theater.
His plays, screenplays and essays have been featured in Narratively.com, Readers Digest, The Cherry Picking Festival, The Central Pennsylvania Theater & Dance Festival, The Melbourne Fringe Festival, The Royal Flush Film Festival, and in one Houghton Mifflin textbook that he is still waiting for a copy of. He has told stories in RISK!, (Mostly) True Things, Now You're Talking, Whatever Happened to the Nerds, The Nights our Lives, The Moth, and The Armando Diaz Experience - his favorite show in the entire world.
Robert lives in Brooklyn with his wife, daughter and cat.
Full Session Schedule
Session Schedule*
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Jul 17, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor) -
Jul 24, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor) -
Aug 7, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor) -
Aug 14, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor) -
Aug 21, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor) -
Aug 28, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
Show Schedule*
- Aug 30, 2019, 8:00 PM
at Magnet Studio Theater
(22 W. 32nd St, 10th floor - Room A)
*scheduling subject to change
