WORKSHOP DETAILS

When you watch a horror movie, do you ever wonder what dark magic the creators used to bring those terrifying moments to life? How do they summon bone-chilling performances from actors, or craft visuals so haunting they linger long after the screen goes dark? Directing is a shadowy craft, often cloaked in mystery, and working in genres like horror and comedy requires a special kind of alchemy.

In this workshop, we’ll peer behind the curtain and uncover the secrets of the director’s role. Through a series of sinister exercises, you'll begin to understand how directors conjure fear, tension, and even laughter from the depths of a script. Ready to take the reins and master the art of cinematic sorcery? Enter… if you dare.

WORKSHOP LEADER

Taylor Reynolds is an OBIE-award winning director based in New York, originally from Chicago. Her work centers around joyful collaboration and new play development. Selected directing credits: Primary Trust (Signature Theatre), The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes (Woolly Mammoth), Fat Ham (Studio Theatre, Helen Hayes nomination for Best Director), This Land Was Made (Vineyard Theatre), Clyde's (Berkeley Rep/Huntington Theatre), La Race (Page 73/Working Theater), Tambo & Bones (Playwrights Horizons/CTG), Man Cave (Page 73), The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, New York Times Critic's Pick), Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally (Baltimore Center Stage/Playwrights Realm),and Plano (Clubbed Thumb, Drama Desk nomination for Best Director). Taylor has also worked as a director and collaborator with companies including The Movement Theatre Company, Keen Company, Ojai Playwrights Conference, MCC, EST, New Georges, and The 24 Hour Plays. She is a New Georges Affiliated Artist, 2021 LPTW Lucille Lortel Award recipient, 2017-2018 Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow, and Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab alum.