LAINI Musical - Play Writing

Workshop Description

Thank you for choosing an activity your child is interested in! This is where you register for PLAYWRITING. Your daughter will be in a group with a maximum of 12 participants, from grades 1 to 8. They will be led by professional artist Djennie Laguerre, along with our workshop facilitator and coordinator, Carolina Rojas. Together, they will spend the sessions developing a story for our musical, creating characters, writing dialogue, and setting up action. Their creation will serve as the guidelines for the other three groups working on dancing, singing, and costume making. This is a great experience for igniting creativity and imagination (they will be encouraged to create original stories, characters, and scenarios), engaging their problem-solving skills, enhancing their literacy skills, and working collaboratively (this is a group creation). It will also boost their self-expression and confidence. PROGRAMME KEY DATES: Sept 16 to Nov 25 on Mondays – 4:30 pm to 6 pm Rehearsal #1 for all groups: Wednesday, November 27, from 4:30 pm to 6 pm Rehearsal #2 for all groups: Thursday, November 28, from 4:30 pm to 6 pm Show for parents: Thursday, November 28, at 6 pm DJENNIE LAGUERRE: Djennie Laguerre, actor, author, and storyteller, is a graduate of the Stella Adler Acting Conservatory (New York) and the University of Ottawa (BAC in Art; Theatre and Literature). She has been acclaimed as the performer and author of Manman la mer at Théâtre la Catapulte. She is the author and performer of Rendez-Vous with Home/Lakay at the SummerWorks Festival, 2008, and at the Théâtre français de Toronto, 2010. It was also presented in several storytelling festivals such as Les contes nomades (NAC) and Le Festival du loup de Lafontaine et Festival Les vieux m'ont conté. She is proud of the ambitious tour of both English and French versions of Rendez-vous with Home/Lakay with the iconic Black Theatre Workshop (Montreal, February 2018 and November 2019) and the English version with Roseneath Theatre in Toronto in 2020. In 2020-21, she won the Best Actress Prix Rideau Award for her performance in Manman la mer, and the production team won Best Production. She received the Spotlight Award at the SummerWorks Festival in 2008 for Rendez-Vous with Home. She is a Dora Awards nominee for Outstanding Performance - Individual for Rendez-Vous with Home 2020, for Outstanding Performance - Individual for Les Zinspirés, and for Outstanding Performance - Ensemble.