Workshops taught by Thea

• Finding the Deep Voice - some writing reports facts, other writing analyzes them. But writing must ring true for it to be believable and accessible to the reader. Deep voice writing is from your guts, and when you write from deep inside yourself, your reader is glued to your words. You will learn how to write like you speak and then to explore the deep voice with images and moments that will electrify your reader. Based on LA poet Jack Grapes’ Method Writing. High school or adult.

• What’s Your Carbon Footprint? - How much energy do you use? Are you living beyond the resources of the planet? This 3-hour workshop helps you see your carbon footprint and learn how to be proactive and visualize the future. Longer class would explore climate change and solutions. High school or adult

• Writing About Climate Change - Climate change is arguably the greatest threat facing humanity, yet people are writing about everything else except what’s happening to the planet. It is through stories people can be motivated. Whether you’re one of the 69% of Americans concerned about climate change or one of the doubtful 9%, come learn how to share your thoughts in effectively-written poems, stories, or essays. Through our personal writings, we can sway others to take action. High school or adult

• We Did It For You! Play Reading Workshop - There was a time when women had no rights in America. From the Puritan Revolution to our modern liberated society, the play We Did It For You! Women's Journey Through History is the story of how it changed, told by the women who were there. In an engaging 3-hour intense workshop, participants will delve into the script without the effort and learn first-hand what these amazing women in history went through to fight for our rights. High school or adult. A staged reading can be done afterwards. We also have curriculum for a class that continues into breaking out of cultural constraints and patriarchal domination.

• Are You Ready for the Good? - The Swallow and the Nightingale sparks thinking about problems in our modern society and what people can do to upend the imbalance affecting life on this planet. But if we can't see the big picture, morality is confusing, and we don't want to resist evil, how can one be ready for the Good? In this 4 hour workshop, author Thea Iberall shares her insights as she talks about the myth of the swallow and the nightingale, the symbolism of the seven valleys, and the potency of Gandhi's seven social sins. High school or adult

Contact Thea Iberall at theaiberall@yahoo.com