About the Workshop

Every story we tell is the myth of our lives struggling to be heard. This workshop is designed to explore your individual myth, give voice to your emotional, political, and personal truth and create a structure that will carry your story into the world. Whether you’re working on a screenplay, a TV pilot, a stage-play, a one-person show, a novel or a memoir, understanding the basics of story can be helpful. This workshop is less about critiquing the quality of writing and more about applying the principals of story to your work. Come and explore the story you want to tell.

About the Instructor

Celeste Lecesne (he/they) wrote the short film Trevor, which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short, and inspired the founding of The Trevor Project, the largest 24/7 lifeline for LGBTQ+ youth. For over 30 years, Celeste has been telling stories as a playwright, actor, screenwriter, author and producer. The New York Times ranked him “among the most talented solo performers of his (or any) generation.” Celeste is co-founder & Artistic Director of The Future Perfect Project, a national arts initiative dedicated to amplifying the creative voices of LGBTQ+ youth, and he is a recipient of a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship.