Katie Torpey Offers Class to Help Flesh Out a Screenplay and Find the Writer Within at The Ridgefield Playhouse

What's your story? Is it a movie? Find out in Writing Movies: What's Your Story, a 6-week screenwriting workshop at The Ridgefield Playhouse! Over the course of this class, you will discover and flesh out a movie idea that you are deeply connected to. This class, taught by filmmaker and screenwriter Katie Torpey, focuses on Katie's unique method of how to figure out one of your personal stories by looking at your life and experiences and putting the pieces of the story puzzle together. You will learn the fundamentals of storytelling, screenplay structure and character development. You will turn your newfound story idea into a well-mapped out movie. This workshop is about discovering the writer within you and giving you the confidence to write a story you are meant to tell. Writing Movies: What's Your Story runs Thursdays 7:30pm - 9:30pm, April 12, - May 24 (no class May 3) at The Ridgefield Playhouse, part of the HamletHub Whole New You Series and partially underwritten by Adam Broderick Salon & Spa and Reliance Merchant Services. Space is limited.

Katie Torpey is an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker with an MFA from UCLA School of Film and Television. She has sold several screenplays, written for television, and worked for numerous studios and networks. Her original screenplay, The Perfect Man, was released in theaters in June 2005, starring Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear and Chris Noth. The following year, her romantic comedy, On the Other Side, hit theaters in Bollywood and was a big hit. She wrote and directed the independent film Truth About Kerry, shot in Ireland starring Stana Katic (Castle), which was released in April 2012. She also co-created "Mother Up!" an animated TV series about motherhood starring Eva Longoria. It was one of Hulu's first original TV shows and premiered in 2013-14 and ran for 13 episodes on Hulu and City TV in Canada. She is currently adapting her memoir Just Breathe into a screenplay and her latest script Spaghetti Park is in pre-production. In January 2017, Katie launched her own Production Company Your Story Productions, a Film, Television, and Digital Media Company that focuses on helping writers to discover and write the stories they are meant to tell, ultimately creating content that impacts humanity and makes a difference. Currently, she has two movies and one TV show in development. For more information on Katie visit her website www.katietorpey.com

To register ($425) call or visit the box office, 203-438-5795 or go online at ridgefieldplayhouse.org. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a non-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT.