OLLI at SOU

Adapt a Script for Readers Theater

In this course, students will participate in the process of adapting a script from a short story or other genre into a 10- to 15-minute staged performance, utilizing a radio/readers theater format. The source script must come from a previously published work. Students will also have the opportunity to direct their project, as well as act in classmates’ productions before a live audience at SOU’s Meese Auditorium. Each class session will include lecture and discussion of script examples and script format. The course will culminate in a readers theater performance of each student’s final script. This course will be taught in conjunction with Acting for Readers Theater. Research and script writing will require some work outside class. Everyone is welcome, and no previous experience is required.

Adapt a Script for Readers Theater – In-Person
Item Number: W26ARTS300A
Dates: 1/9/2026 - 3/13/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 6
Seats Available: 2
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room C
Instructor: Robbi McMinimy, Daniel Stephens

In this course, students will participate in the process of adapting a script from a short story or other genre into a 10- to 15-minute staged performance, utilizing a radio/readers theater format. The source script must come from a previously published work. Students will also have the opportunity to direct their project, as well as act in classmates’ productions before a live audience at SOU’s Meese Auditorium. Each class session will include lecture and discussion of script examples and script format. The course will culminate in a readers theater performance of each student’s final script. This course will be taught in conjunction with Acting for Readers Theater. Research and script writing will require some work outside class. Everyone is welcome, and no previous experience is required.

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