Official Deb Norton Teacher Page

2008 SCHEDULE

MARCH
Freeing the Writer
Dates: Starts March 24, 7-10pm and runs for for 10 Mondays (skipping March 31st), to end on May 26th.
Fee: $300.
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

Engaging the Feminine Heroic
Engaging the Feminine Heroic
A Powerful New Writer's Workshop for Women with Dara Marks and Deb Norton

Engaging the Feminine Heroic is an ongoing, twice-monthly workshop that concentrates on helping women writers access and utilize their own internal creative vision in order to write stronger and more compelling stories. The goal of this workshop is to eventually produce a fully mountable theatrical piece of one-act plays that will contain overarching feminine themes.

This workshop will use mythic stories as a means of entering more deeply into communication with the feminine mysteries surrounding our shared experiences of maidenhood, marriage, childbirth, menopause, crone wisdom and death. Whereas most of the popular myths in our culture are grounded in the mascu- line heroic journeys of characters like Achilles, Odysseus, Hercules, and Apollo, we will focus instead on the feminine heroic journey. This includes, but is not limited to, the epic archetypal stories of Demeter and Persephone, Psyche, Inanna, Hera and Aphrodite.

Archetypes are universal patterns of human behavior that we all consciously or unconsciously recognize. There is enormous power when a story taps into archetypal characters or situations because they enable the audience to identify with the story on the deepest possible levels. In particular, mythic stories have survived because they constantly reveal to each new generation the patterning of human experience.

Thursday, March 20 at 7p at Theater 150 in Ojai Join us for an introductory/sign-up meeting (Everyone is invited to attend this meeting without any obligation.) During this meeting we will lay out the course and clarify what will be expected of every participant. email Deb. to RSVP for the introductory meeting.

The actual workshop will commence on Saturday, April 12th. It will run from 10am to 2pm and will continue to meet every other Saturday. Cost $100 per month.

Fuddy Meers
Deb will be performing the role of Claire in Theater 150's upcoming comedy, "Fuddy Meers." Opening April 4th, it tells the story of an amnesiac, Claire, who wakes up every morning having forgotten everything that happened prior to going to sleep. At the beginning of the story, Claire is kidnapped by a man in a ski mask who claims to be her brother, who tells her he is saving her from her husband - a dangerous man who might be planning to kill her. She spends the rest of this overly eventful day trying to understand the truth about herself and her dysfunctional, disabled and very disarming family. The play, written by David Lindsey Abaire, is funny, suspenseful and surprising. Information about tickets and dates can be found at Theater 150's website

FEBRUARY
Student 10-Minute Play Showcase
A reading of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Sunday Morning Writers Group: Tara Jefferey, George Miller, Helen Merriman, Sheila Murphy, Carrie Rosenbloom and Lisa Snider. Plays will be read by members of the Theater 150 acting ensemble. It's highly advisable to pre-purchase tickets. These events tend to sell out.
February 9th and 10th at 5pm
At Theater 150, 316 Matillija Street, Ojai, Ca
Suggested Donation $10.00 (Tix available thru Theater 150's website 1-2 weeks prior to event)

JANUARY
Freeing the Writer
Dates: 10 Saturdays, 10:00am-1:00pm, January 12th - March 15th
Fee: $300.
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

Student 10-Minute Play Showcase
A reading of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Monday Night Writers Group: Shed Behar, Leslie Hidley, Lisa Kalechstein, Tom Krause, Nancy Kurland, Nancy Main, Ron Segal and Rachel Ticotin. Plays will be read by members of the Theater 150 acting ensemble. It's highly advisable to pre-purchase tickets. These events tend to sell out.
January 21st, 22nd and 23rd at 7pm (Sun.-Tues.)
At Theater 150, 316 Matillija Street, Ojai, Ca
Suggested Donation $10.00 (Tix available thru Theater 150's website 1-2 weeks prior to event)

2007 SCHEDULE

OCTOBER
Freeing the Writer
Dates: 10 Sundays, 10:30am-1:30pm, October 7th - December 16th (SKIPPING November 25th)
Fee: $300.
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

SEPTEMBER
Student 10-Minute Play Showcase
A reading of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Monday Night Writers Group: Shed Behar, Tara Jefferey, Leslie Hidley, Tom Krause, Nancy Main, Sheila Murphy, Pam Schubert, Ron Segal and Journey Wade-Hak. Plays will be read by members of the Theater 150 acting ensemble. It's highly advisable to pre-purchase tickets. These events tend to sell out.
September 18th, 19th and 20th (Mon-Wed) at 7pm
At Theater 150, 918 East Ojai Avenue, Ojai, Ca
Suggested Donation $7.00 (Tix available thru Theater 150's website 1-2 weeks prior to event)

AUGUST
Freeing the Writer
Dates: 10 Thursdays, 7-10pm, August 30th - November 15th (SKIPPING two weeks in the middle, September 20th and 27th)
Fee: $300
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

MAY
Freeing the Writer
Dates: 12 consecutive Thursdays, 7-10pm, May 17th - July 26th (skipping July the 7th)
Fee: $300
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

MARCH
Freeing the Writer
Dates: 12 consecutive Mondays), 7-10pm, March 26th - May 28st Fee: $280.
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

JANUARY
Freeing the Writer
Dates: 10 consecutive Mondays), 7-10pm, January 8th - March 12th Fee: $275.
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

Freeing the Writer
Dates: 12 consecutive Saturdays, January 13th - March 17th, 9am-12pm Fee: $275.
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

Student 10-Minute Play Showcase
A reading of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Saturday Morning Writers Group: Martin Gewirtz, Maude Huey-Kenyon, Nancy Main, Katy Meigs, Carlene Sikorsky, Betsy Stx, Paul Weaver and Eannah Wildish. Plays will be read by members of the Theater 150 acting ensemble. It's highly advisable to pre-purchase tickets. These events tend to sell out.
January 18th, 19th and 20th at 8pm
At Theater 150, 918 East Ojai Avenue, Ojai, Ca
Suggested Donation $7.00 (Tix available thru Theater 150's website 1-2 weeks prior to event)

Teen One-Act Play Showcase
A reading of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Teen Writers Group: Laignee Barron, Amanda Beldon, Lucy Bellwood, Julia Bosson, Anna Reeser, Jeffrey Reeser, Journey Wade-Hak and Stuart Winekoff. Plays will be read by members of the Theater 150 acting ensemble. It's highly advisable to pre-purchase tickets. These events tend to sell out.
January 26th, 27th at 8pm and 28th at 7pm
At Theater 150, 918 East Ojai Avenue, Ojai, Ca
Suggested Donation $7.00 (Tix available thru Theater 150's website 1-2 weeks prior to event)

2006 SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER
Freeing the Writer
Dates: 10 consecutive Mondays, September 18th - November 20th, 7-10pm Fee: $275.
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

10-Minute Play Workshop
Dates: 12 consecutive Saturdays (Skipping Thanksgiving holidays), September 9th - December 2nd, 10-1pm Fee: $275.
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

JUNE
Freeing the Writer
Dates: 10 consecutive Mondays, June 5th - August 7th, 7- 10pm
Fee: $275
For more information or to reserve a space email Deb.

Saving the World One Story at a Time
A Ten-Minute Play Festival at Theater 150 Deb and her favorite co-actor Chris Nottoli, will be performing her play, The Romance in an evening of seven new 10-minute plays.
Dates: May 26th-28th, June 2nd-4th and 9th-11th (May 26th Preview, May 27th Gala Opening), Fri. and Sat. 8pm, Sun. 7pm
Tickets: Gala $50, Reg. $18, Sun. 2 for 1
For more information: theater150.org

MAY
Reading at Dutton's Brentwood Bookstore
11975 San Vicente Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90049
310) 476-6263
Friday, May 12 at 7pm
Deb will be reading an excerpt from an essay recently published in the anthology, The May Queen (Tarcher Penguin). Also reading, will be Kimberley Askew, Meghan Daum, Heather Juergensen, Andrea Nicole Richesin, and Erin Cressida Wilson.

APRIL
Five Weddings and a Funeral
An evening of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Tuesday Night Writing Group and performed by members of the acting ensemble of Theater 150. It's highly advisable to arrive early. These tend to sell out.
April 21st and 22nd at 8:00 and April 23rd at 7:30
At Theater 150
Suggested Donation $5.00

Ready for Take-Off
An evening of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Monday Night Writing Group and performed by members of the acting ensemble of Theater 150. It's highly advisable to arrive early. These tend to sell out.
April 7th and 8th at 8:00 and April 9th at 7:00
At Theater 150
Suggested Donation $5.00




	2008 SCHEDULE MARCH Freeing the Writer Dates: Starts March 24, 7-10pm and runs for for 10 Mondays (skipping March 31st), to end on May 26th. Fee: $300. For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. Engaging the Feminine Heroic Engaging the Feminine Heroic A Powerful New Writer's Workshop for Women with Dara Marks and Deb Norton Engaging the Feminine Heroic is an ongoing, twice-monthly workshop that concentrates on helping women writers access and utilize their own internal creative vision in order to write stronger and more compelling stories. The goal of this workshop is to eventually produce a fully mountable theatrical piece of one-act plays that will contain overarching feminine themes. This workshop will use mythic stories as a means of entering more deeply into communication with the feminine mysteries surrounding our shared experiences of maidenhood, marriage, childbirth, menopause, crone wisdom and death. Whereas most of the popular myths in our culture are grounded in the mascu- line heroic journeys of characters like Achilles, Odysseus, Hercules, and Apollo, we will focus instead on the feminine heroic journey. This includes, but is not limited to, the epic archetypal stories of Demeter and Persephone, Psyche, Inanna, Hera and Aphrodite. Archetypes are universal patterns of human behavior that we all consciously or unconsciously recognize. There is enormous power when a story taps into archetypal characters or situations because they enable the audience to identify with the story on the deepest possible levels. In particular, mythic stories have survived because they constantly reveal to each new generation the patterning of human experience. Thursday, March 20 at 7p at Theater 150 in Ojai Join us for an introductory/sign-up meeting (Everyone is invited to attend this meeting without any obligation.) During this meeting we will lay out the course and clarify what will be expected of every participant. email Deb. to RSVP for the introductory meeting. The actual workshop will commence on Saturday, April 12th. It will run from 10am to 2pm and will continue to meet every other Saturday. Cost $100 per month. Fuddy Meers Deb will be performing the role of Claire in Theater 150's upcoming comedy, "Fuddy Meers." Opening April 4th, it tells the story of an amnesiac, Claire, who wakes up every morning having forgotten everything that happened prior to going to sleep. At the beginning of the story, Claire is kidnapped by a man in a ski mask who claims to be her brother, who tells her he is saving her from her husband - a dangerous man who might be planning to kill her. She spends the rest of this overly eventful day trying to understand the truth about herself and her dysfunctional, disabled and very disarming family. The play, written by David Lindsey Abaire, is funny, suspenseful and surprising. Information about tickets and dates can be found at Theater 150's website FEBRUARY Student 10-Minute Play Showcase A reading of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Sunday Morning Writers Group: Tara Jefferey, George Miller, Helen Merriman, Sheila Murphy, Carrie Rosenbloom and Lisa Snider. Plays will be read by members of the Theater 150 acting ensemble. It's highly advisable to pre-purchase tickets. These events tend to sell out. February 9th and 10th at 5pm At Theater 150, 316 Matillija Street, Ojai, Ca Suggested Donation $10.00 (Tix available thru Theater 150's website 1-2 weeks prior to event) JANUARY Freeing the Writer Dates: 10 Saturdays, 10:00am-1:00pm, January 12th - March 15th Fee: $300. For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. Student 10-Minute Play Showcase A reading of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Monday Night Writers Group: Shed Behar, Leslie Hidley, Lisa Kalechstein, Tom Krause, Nancy Kurland, Nancy Main, Ron Segal and Rachel Ticotin. Plays will be read by members of the Theater 150 acting ensemble. It's highly advisable to pre-purchase tickets. These events tend to sell out. January 21st, 22nd and 23rd at 7pm (Sun.-Tues.) At Theater 150, 316 Matillija Street, Ojai, Ca Suggested Donation $10.00 (Tix available thru Theater 150's website 1-2 weeks prior to event) 2007 SCHEDULE OCTOBER Freeing the Writer Dates: 10 Sundays, 10:30am-1:30pm, October 7th - December 16th (SKIPPING November 25th) Fee: $300. For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. SEPTEMBER Student 10-Minute Play Showcase A reading of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Monday Night Writers Group: Shed Behar, Tara Jefferey, Leslie Hidley, Tom Krause, Nancy Main, Sheila Murphy, Pam Schubert, Ron Segal and Journey Wade-Hak. Plays will be read by members of the Theater 150 acting ensemble. It's highly advisable to pre-purchase tickets. These events tend to sell out. September 18th, 19th and 20th (Mon-Wed) at 7pm At Theater 150, 918 East Ojai Avenue, Ojai, Ca Suggested Donation $7.00 (Tix available thru Theater 150's website 1-2 weeks prior to event) AUGUST Freeing the Writer Dates: 10 Thursdays, 7-10pm, August 30th - November 15th (SKIPPING two weeks in the middle, September 20th and 27th) Fee: $300 For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. MAY Freeing the Writer Dates: 12 consecutive Thursdays, 7-10pm, May 17th - July 26th (skipping July the 7th) Fee: $300 For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. MARCH Freeing the Writer Dates: 12 consecutive Mondays), 7-10pm, March 26th - May 28st Fee: $280. For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. JANUARY Freeing the Writer Dates: 10 consecutive Mondays), 7-10pm, January 8th - March 12th Fee: $275. For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. Freeing the Writer Dates: 12 consecutive Saturdays, January 13th - March 17th, 9am-12pm Fee: $275. For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. Student 10-Minute Play Showcase A reading of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Saturday Morning Writers Group: Martin Gewirtz, Maude Huey-Kenyon, Nancy Main, Katy Meigs, Carlene Sikorsky, Betsy Stx, Paul Weaver and Eannah Wildish. Plays will be read by members of the Theater 150 acting ensemble. It's highly advisable to pre-purchase tickets. These events tend to sell out. January 18th, 19th and 20th at 8pm At Theater 150, 918 East Ojai Avenue, Ojai, Ca Suggested Donation $7.00 (Tix available thru Theater 150's website 1-2 weeks prior to event) Teen One-Act Play Showcase A reading of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Teen Writers Group: Laignee Barron, Amanda Beldon, Lucy Bellwood, Julia Bosson, Anna Reeser, Jeffrey Reeser, Journey Wade-Hak and Stuart Winekoff. Plays will be read by members of the Theater 150 acting ensemble. It's highly advisable to pre-purchase tickets. These events tend to sell out. January 26th, 27th at 8pm and 28th at 7pm At Theater 150, 918 East Ojai Avenue, Ojai, Ca Suggested Donation $7.00 (Tix available thru Theater 150's website 1-2 weeks prior to event) 2006 SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER Freeing the Writer Dates: 10 consecutive Mondays, September 18th - November 20th, 7-10pm Fee: $275. For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. 10-Minute Play Workshop Dates: 12 consecutive Saturdays (Skipping Thanksgiving holidays), September 9th - December 2nd, 10-1pm Fee: $275. For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. JUNE Freeing the Writer Dates: 10 consecutive Mondays, June 5th - August 7th, 7- 10pm Fee: $275 For more information or to reserve a space email Deb. Saving the World One Story at a Time A Ten-Minute Play Festival at Theater 150 Deb and her favorite co-actor Chris Nottoli, will be performing her play, The Romance in an evening of seven new 10-minute plays. Dates: May 26th-28th, June 2nd-4th and 9th-11th (May 26th Preview, May 27th Gala Opening), Fri. and Sat. 8pm, Sun. 7pm Tickets: Gala $50, Reg. $18, Sun. 2 for 1 For more information: theater150.org MAY Reading at Dutton's Brentwood Bookstore 11975 San Vicente Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90049 310) 476-6263 Friday, May 12 at 7pm Deb will be reading an excerpt from an essay recently published in the anthology, The May Queen (Tarcher Penguin). Also reading, will be Kimberley Askew, Meghan Daum, Heather Juergensen, Andrea Nicole Richesin, and Erin Cressida Wilson. APRIL Five Weddings and a Funeral An evening of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Tuesday Night Writing Group and performed by members of the acting ensemble of Theater 150. It's highly advisable to arrive early. These tend to sell out. April 21st and 22nd at 8:00 and April 23rd at 7:30 At Theater 150 Suggested Donation $5.00 Ready for Take-Off An evening of new 10-minute plays written by Deb's Monday Night Writing Group and performed by members of the acting ensemble of Theater 150. It's highly advisable to arrive early. These tend to sell out. April 7th and 8th at 8:00 and April 9th at 7:00 At Theater 150 Suggested Donation $5.00