Workshops

June 6-Session Storytelling Workshop with Kevin Allison (SOLD OUT)

The Story Studio’s 6-session storytelling workshop, taught by Kevin Allison, provides students with an encouraging, constructive environment in which to practice storytelling each week and receive feedback from their instructor and peers. Exercises in class focus on classic story structuring, building suspense, eliciting emotion, recreating drama, digging deeper into a story’s meaning, and using your voice and body to add levels to your listeners’ experience, so that your story stays with them. The class size will be limited to allow maximum individual attention and storytelling practice time for each student in each class session.

This class is open to all students. No experience required.

Class will meet from 7-10pm on Tuesdays at CAP 21, 18 West 18th Street, on 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2 and 7/9. The sixth and final session on Monday 7/18 will be a class show for friends and family and will take place from 8-10pm at the  3 of Cups restaurant’s downstairs lounge at 83 1st Avenue at 5th St, NYC.

Sign up with a friend and get 15% off the price of the course! Email jc@thestorystudio.org with your friend’s name, and once you’ve both signed up, you will receive your rebate.

June 11th
CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, NYC
$350

June 1-day Storytelling for Business Workshop with Kevin Allison

This class will meet from 10am-5pm on Saturday June 15, with a one hour break for lunch. The class location will be CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, room 609.

In this workshop, participants apply the principles of compelling storytelling to communicate more effectively on the job. Brief lectures and hands-on exercises focus on bringing an emotionally resonant arc to brand biographies, personal anecdotes for professional networking, and vision-into-action stories.

In one day, participants will get a chance to share and receive feedback on one short story of their choosing. The instructor confers with each student via email prior to the day of the workshop to help the student prepare appropriate story content to workshop.

This class is open to all students. No experience required.

Sign up with a friend and get 15% off the price of the course! Email jc@thestorystudio.org with your friend’s name, and once you’ve both signed up, you will receive your rebate.

June 15th
CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, NYC
$150

June 2-day Storytelling Workshop with Kevin Allison

Day 1: Saturday June 22, 10am-2pm
Day 2: Sunday June 23, 12-2:30pm

The class will take place at CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, NYC. The 2-Day Storytelling Workshop is a compressed version of the 6-session class, with a smaller class size to allow for maximum stage and feedback time for each student, and a break between sessions to allow students time to develop their stories. Perfect for dipping your toes into storytelling waters for the first time, or a quick brush up on your skills if you’re a seasoned pro.

Day 1 consists of exercises that will help you identify and refine a story to tell to the class. Day 2 is when students will perform their stories in class and receive in-depth feedback from their instructor and classmates.

This class is open to all students. No experience required.

Sign up with a friend and you will each receive 15% off the price of the course! Email jc@thestorystudio.org with your friend’s name, and once you’ve both registered for the class, you will each receive your rebates.

June 22nd
CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, NYC
$150

July 6-Session Storytelling Workshop with Kevin Allison

The Story Studio’s 6-session storytelling workshop, taught by Kevin Allison, provides students with an encouraging, constructive environment in which to practice storytelling each week and receive feedback from their instructor and peers. Exercises in class focus on classic story structuring, building suspense, eliciting emotion, recreating drama, digging deeper into a story’s meaning, and using your voice and body to add levels to your listeners’ experience, so that your story stays with them. The class size will be limited to allow maximum individual attention and storytelling practice time for each student in each class session.

This class is open to all students. No experience required.

Class will meet from 7-10pm on Wednesdays at CAP 21, 18 West 18th Street, room 507 on 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31 and 8/7. The sixth and final session on Thursday 8/15 will be a class show for friends and family and will take place from 8-10pm at the 3 of Cups restaurant’s downstairs lounge at 83 1st Avenue at 5th St, NYC.

Sign up with a friend and get 15% off the price of the course! Email jc@thestorystudio.org with your friend’s name, and once you’ve both signed up, you will receive your rebate.

July 10th
CAP 21, 18 West 18th Street, room 507
$350

July 1-day Storytelling for Business Workshop with Dawn Fraser

This class will meet from 10am-5pm on Saturday July 13, with a one hour break for lunch. The class location will be CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, room 609.

In this workshop, participants apply the principles of compelling storytelling to communicate more effectively on the job. Brief lectures and hands-on exercises focus on bringing an emotionally resonant arc to brand biographies, personal anecdotes for professional networking, and vision-into-action stories.

In one day, participants will get a chance to share and receive feedback on one short story of their choosing. The instructor confers with each student via email prior to the day of the workshop to help the student prepare appropriate story content to workshop.

This class is open to all students. No experience required.

Sign up with a friend and get 15% off the price of the course! Email jc@thestorystudio.org with your friend’s name, and once you’ve both signed up, you will receive your rebate.

July 13th
CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, room 609
$150

July 2-day Storytelling Workshop with David Crabb

Day 1: Saturday July 27, 10am-2pm CAP 21 Room 609
Day 2: Sunday July 28, 12-2:30pm CAP 21 Room 609

The class will take place at CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, NYC. The 2-Day Storytelling Workshop is a compressed version of the 6-session class, with a smaller class size to allow for maximum stage and feedback time for each student, and a break between sessions to allow students time to develop their stories. Perfect for dipping your toes into storytelling waters for the first time, or a quick brush up on your skills if you’re a seasoned pro.

Day 1 consists of exercises that will help you identify and refine a story to tell to the class. Day 2 is when students will perform their stories in class and receive in-depth feedback from their instructor and classmates.

This class is open to all students. No experience required.

Sign up with a friend and you will each receive 15% off the price of the course! Email jc@thestorystudio.org with your friend’s name, and once you’ve both registered for the class, you will each receive your rebates.

July 27th
CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, NYC
$150

August 6-Session Storytelling Workshop with Kevin Allison

The Story Studio’s 6-session storytelling workshop, taught by Kevin Allison, provides students with an encouraging, constructive environment in which to practice storytelling each week and receive feedback from their instructor and peers. Exercises in class focus on classic story structuring, building suspense, eliciting emotion, recreating drama, digging deeper into a story’s meaning, and using your voice and body to add levels to your listeners’ experience, so that your story stays with them. The class size will be limited to allow maximum individual attention and storytelling practice time for each student in each class session.

This class is open to all students. No experience required.

Class will meet from 7-10pm on Tuesdays at CAP 21, 18 West 18th Street, room 507 on 8/13, 8/20, 8/27, 9/3 and 9/10. The sixth and final session on Thursday 9/19 will be a class show for friends and family and will take place from 8-10pm at the  3 of Cups restaurant’s downstairs lounge at 83 1st Avenue at 5th St, NYC.

Sign up with a friend and get 15% off the price of the course! Email jc@thestorystudio.org with your friend’s name, and once you’ve both signed up, you will receive your rebate.

August 13th
CAP 21, 18 West 18th Street, room 507
$350

August 2-day Storytelling Workshop with Kevin Allison

Day 1: Saturday August 24, 10am-2pm CAP 21 Room 609
Day 2: Sunday August 25, 12-2:30pm CAP 21 Room 609

The class will take place at CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, NYC. The 2-Day Storytelling Workshop is a compressed version of the 6-session class, with a smaller class size to allow for maximum stage and feedback time for each student, and a break between sessions to allow students time to develop their stories. Perfect for dipping your toes into storytelling waters for the first time, or a quick brush up on your skills if you’re a seasoned pro.

Day 1 consists of exercises that will help you identify and refine a story to tell to the class. Day 2 is when students will perform their stories in class and receive in-depth feedback from their instructor and classmates.

This class is open to all students. No experience required.

Sign up with a friend and you will each receive 15% off the price of the course! Email jc@thestorystudio.org with your friend’s name, and once you’ve both registered for the class, you will each receive your rebates.

August 24th
CAP 21, 18 West 18th St, NYC
$150

Corporate Workshops

We offer customized corporate workshops for your company. To arrange a corporate workshop, please contact jc@thestorystudio.org. Please also check out our Story Studio Corporate Workshops Promo video.

1-on-1 Storytelling Lessons

The Story Studio also offers private storytelling lessons with Kevin Allison via Skype. This is a great option for anyone who wants more individual, personalized instruction, or for anyone located outside of the New York City area. In these lessons, you will come prepared with 2 stories you’d like to go over, and Kevin will listen to your stories, give feedback, and help you refine them, as well as go over various storytelling techniques and tips.

1-on-1 Skype lessons are scheduled according to your availability. Contact kevin@risk-show.com for more details and to schedule your lesson.

 

REFUND POLICY FOR ALL WORKSHOPS/LESSONS:

Once a place in a workshop has been purchased, no refund will be offered. Credit for a Story Studio workshop or lesson never expires and can be transferred to someone else with advance written notice to and approval from jc@thestorystudio.org If a student purchases a place in a workshop/lesson and needs to reschedule, he/she can do so for any upcoming workshop/lesson of equal value. Credit can also be used to attend combinations of workshops/lessons of lesser value until all credit is used, or to attend a workshop/lesson of greater value, provided that student pays the remainder of the course cost before enrolling. Contact jc@thestorystudio.org with any questions about this policy.