TuckerCon - - Archon

From Page To Stage
When you hear that your favorite book or
movie has been “optioned” for a film or
television mini-series, you may feel both
elation and dread. Anytime a book is being
adapted for stage, screen, or some other
performing arts medium, change is
inevitable. And it is this change that fans of
particular titles abhor and resent from
Hollywood. When occurrences or characters
absent from the original story appear,
(Minority Report, The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen, Legends of
Earthsea) or a successful book fails as a film
(Timeline, Queen of the Damned), the go-to
excuse is “Books rarely translate well…”; but if this were the case, why do Harry Potter, Lord of the
Rings, and The X-Men films continue to succeed at the box office?
These questions are answered with interest in From Page to Stage, a workshop in adapting literature
for the performing arts, presented by Lani Tupu and Tee Morris.
Lani Tupu (Commander Crais and the voice of Pilot from Farscape) and Tee Morris (author of
MOREVI and Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword) bring their collected experiences
as actors and writers together in From Page to Stage (FP2S), a look into one of the toughest aspects
of entertainment: adapting published works for stage, film, or radio. This interactive two-hour seminar
will take its participants through the process of written work being adapted for stage. Ending with a
candid and honest discussion on when things work or when writers get lost in translation, From Page
to Stage gives you an idea of what to expect on the road between published work and blockbuster
movie.
For more detail on what the workshop entails see Tee Morris’ website:
http://www.teemorris.com/frompage2stage/
The workshop is $75.00 for 3 hours. Enrollment in advance is preferred, and you can do that through
http://www.archonstl.org/31 then click on the menu path for Workshops, if space is still available you
may purchase at the convention, too. Everyone must bring a full pad of 8 ½ x 11 paper and pen or
pencil.
Please Note:
This workshop is neither organized or operated by TuckerCon - The 9th NASFiC/Archon 31and the fees do not go to the
convention.
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