Join me for my 4-week monologue play lab which begins Wed., February 26, 2025, from 7-9:00 p.m. Eastern on Zoom, and includes writing sessions on March 5, March 12, same times, & a showcase, free & open to the public, on Zoom, Wed., April 2, 2025, from 7-8:30 p.m. featuring talented actors performing participant’s monologues.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT EXPIRES SOON

COST: $175 BEFORE FEB. 15. $195 AFTER

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 7:00 P.M. EASTERN ON ZOOM

Please join Kelly DuMar for this reading of new writing by participants in her recent IWWG Writing Webinar: Putting Our Grandmothers on the Page. Ten writers will read their new writing in prose, poetry and more about the grandmothers who have influenced their lives. Grandmothers are a universal archetype and a rich territory for creative writing. But we face challenges of writing past cultural stereotypes and breaking historical silences. How do we leap beyond sentimentality to grapple with shifting historical changes and cultural expectations? This panel of readers will share new writing from prompts of personal photos, objects, and memory. Please join us to listen to the voices of grandmothers––you’ll be inspired to explore your own grandmothers.

Readers: Greta Sesheta, Jeanne Schneider, Sharon B., Laura L Balius Engel, Leslie Beth Neustadt, Kathy Kluge, Helene Kelly, Holly Bonsara, Paula Mate, Karen Webber

Kelly DuMaris a poet, playwright and workshop facilitator from Boston. She’s author of four poetry collections and she teaches Play Labs and produces Monologue Showcases for the International Women’s Writing Guild and the Transformative Language Arts Network. Kelly produces the Featured Open Mic for the Journal of Expressive Writing.