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Hola,
April Yvette Thompson here,
Tony-winning producer, writer,
actor, coach & the Founder/CEO
of TheDreamUnLocked
Boutique Coaching
for Actors & Writers.
Using TheDreamingOutLoud Technique
I discuss in my Ted Talk: ReWrite Your Story
I teach folks
EXACTLY
what they don't
teach you in
MFA programs,
writing programs,
acting studios &
the studio of life.
If the answer is
YES,
to even one of
those questions...
April Yvette Thompson here,
Tony-winning producer, writer,
actor, coach & the Founder/CEO
of TheDreamUnLocked
Boutique Coaching
for Actors & Writers.
Using TheDreamingOutLoud Technique
I discuss in my Ted Talk: ReWrite Your Story
I teach folks
EXACTLY
what they don't
teach you in
MFA programs,
writing programs,
acting studios &
the studio of life.
- Ready to quit your
day job & start
making a living
doing what you love
& being well paid for it? - Are you ready to start
booking the kind of
work that allows you
to soar at your craft
while still buying a house,
traveling the world,
planning a wedding
& having a family that
doesn't have to starve
for your art?
- Are you ready to
get unstuck,
find your purpose
& your joy?
If the answer is
YES,
to even one of
those questions...
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TheDreamingOutLoud Technique
is an excavation of your major emotional type.
Learning your emotional type is the key to cracking open your soul's purpose to create work as an
who heals the places where we are broken the places that hold our fears, wishes hopes & dreams hostage. DreamingOutLoud is about
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Who is theDreamingOutLoud Technique for?
ActorBecause once you know your purpose and your gifts...no one can take that away from you or make you feel like less than...because you know your worth you're unstoppable An actor with years of training, tons of credits and still collecting unemployment in between jobs? Here's a secret: every other single job in the world pays employees more money each year as they gain experience or employees will leave. Acting is the only profession I know of where people work for $400 per week, their entire careers. APPLY TO 1. Find work that has meaning for you & creates stable income 2. Find an agent/manager who is as gifted at their craft of representing you as you are at the craft of storytelling/acting. 3. How to use your EMOTIONAL TYPE to create a unique personal brand that doubles your auditions & makes you fearless in the audition room |
WriterThe writer working a day job watching your peers get published, join TV show writing teams, go on book tours, premiere at Sundance while you work the day job you thought would give you security, but really it's just blocking your dreams & exhausting your spirit.
Here's the skinny: writers block is fear in drag. The block is an emotional one because you are not in line with your purpose, your life mission, that's where the richest, most profound storytelling lives -- in the stories your soul already knows. APPLY TO 1. Figure Out Your four major emotional chords (the life lessons you were put here to get right this time) These are the keys to learning your purpose and the key emotional and psychological issues you're an expert at exploring as you create character & story in line with your recurring emotional chords. 2. Find the money and the time to support your writing 3. Move past WritersBlock (fear in drag) & having too many irons in the fire to accomplish your goal |
DreamerA mid-life genius bored with your job, disillusioned by the promise that money would make everything alright, worried that there are more years behind you than in front of you & you've barely scratched the surface of your dreams?
PSSSST You wouldn't want more unless you were actually put here to do more bec nothing good comes out of your comfort zone. APPLY TO 1. Find work that has meaning for you & creates stable income 2. Start your own Business or Project that Resonates with Your Four Major Emotional Chords which are the life lessons you were put here to get right this time. Because once you know your purpose, saying 'no' to things that no longer serve you is easy. 3. Cut the fat & work smarter, not harder so that pursuing your dream becomes do-able even with all of your other obligations (family, day job, etc) |
RULE NUMBER TWO
thoughts
become
things
RULE NUMBER THREE
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know your worth & then add tax |
RULE NUMBER FOUR
the universe
is constantly
conspiring
to give you
everything
you want,
but
it's up to you
to get over the
bullshit
that's telling you
that you can't
or you don't
deserve it
--SassyFrassCypressIndigo
How to Be
a Working
TV Actor
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RULE NUMBER FIVE
What other
people think
you're capable of
is none of your
damn business
-April Yvette Thompson's
TedTalk, Rewrite Your Story
RULE NUMBER SIX
It's OK
to start
writing
even if
you don't
have a
clear idea
of what
you're going
to write
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- Are you stuck in a rut?
- Feel like you've outgrown your job, your life and need a change? - Feel like you need to stir things up and start brainstorming how to get back to living the dreams you set out to accomplish? On this trip you’ll journey to Morocco’s classic destinations, visiting its four imperial cities, its mountains and its desert. Over 17 amazing days you’ll see the stunning colonial architecture and palm-lined boulevards of Rabat, the impressive ramparts and monumental gates of Meknes, the craftsmen, markets, tanneries and mosques of Fes, the endless dunes of the Sahara Desert, the diverse landscapes of the Rif, Middle and High Atlas Mountains, and the storytellers, snake charmers and henna painters of Marrakech’s Djemaa el Fna. Along the way you’ll wander the winding paths of Chefchaouen’s whitewashed medina, go back in time to the Roman Empire at the archaeological site of Volubilis, and discover the 17th century kasbahs of Ait Ben Haddou. With each destination having its own unique history, wonders and highlights, this journey through classic Morocco is one unforgettable cultural adventure! |
Photo by Miles Maker
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November 1-17, 2-18
Day 1: Casablanca
Day 2: Casablanca | Rabat | Chefchaouen
Day 3-4: Chefchaouen | Volubilis | Meknes | Fes
Day 5: Fes
Day 6: Fes | Sahara Camp
Day 7: Sahara Camp | Boumalen Dades
Day 8: Erg Chebbi | Tinejdad | Todra Gorge | Boumalne Dades
Day 9: Boumalne Dades | Skoura | Ait Ben Haddou
Day 10: Ait Ben Haddou | Aremd (High Atlas)
Day 11: Aremd (High Atlas) | Essaouira
Day 12: Essaouira
Day 13: Essaouira
Day 14: Agadi
Day 15: Agadir | Marrakech
Day 16: Marrakech
Day 17: Airport transfer
Day 1: Casablanca
Day 2: Casablanca | Rabat | Chefchaouen
Day 3-4: Chefchaouen | Volubilis | Meknes | Fes
Day 5: Fes
Day 6: Fes | Sahara Camp
Day 7: Sahara Camp | Boumalen Dades
Day 8: Erg Chebbi | Tinejdad | Todra Gorge | Boumalne Dades
Day 9: Boumalne Dades | Skoura | Ait Ben Haddou
Day 10: Ait Ben Haddou | Aremd (High Atlas)
Day 11: Aremd (High Atlas) | Essaouira
Day 12: Essaouira
Day 13: Essaouira
Day 14: Agadi
Day 15: Agadir | Marrakech
Day 16: Marrakech
Day 17: Airport transfer
RULE NUMBER SEVEN
outer
EXPERIENCE
is a reflection of
inner
REALITY
TheDreamUnLocked Client Testimonials
RULE NUMBER EIGHT
what you
FOCUS on,
you CREATE
-gabby bernstein
April Yvette Thompson
is a Tony-winning producer/writer/actor working across media. Film/TV credits include BULL, Blue Caprice, Gotham, Blue Bloods, Babylon Fields, The Exonerated (w/Susan Sarandon & Delroy Lindo), Accidental Husband, Backwards, Babylon Fields, Law & Order & Third Watch, etc. Broadway/Off Broadway credits include Clybourne Park, (Pulitzer & Tony); Vassar Voices (w/Meryl Streep), Good Bread Alley, Liberty City The Exonerated(w/Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss), Medea, King Lear, Macbeth, etc
As SimonSays Entertainment Director of Development, April produced Sundance features: Blue Caprice (w/Isaiah Washington), Mother of George (w/Danai Gurira), Gun Hill Road (w/Esai Morales). April was on the Tony-winning producing teams for 2017 Tony for Best Revival for August Wilson's Jitney directed by Ruben Santiago Hudson and 2012 Tony for Best Revival, Porgy & Bess starring Audra MacDonald (Tony).
April wrote, produced & starred in her Miami Trilogy of plays: Good Bread Alley and Liberty City (Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Lortel noms & Jeff Award) at New York Theatre Workshop. Her latest play, Black Lives is in development at NYTW. April has taught at Rutgers University, Vassar College, Harlem School of the Arts, University of Zimbabwe, Maggie Flanigan Studio and various Universities throughout the United States as a Teaching Artist for The Acting Company. April has served as Artist in Residence at Manhattan Theatre Club, 651 Arts, NYTW and Director/Founder of the The Children’s Defense Fund’s Fundi Freedom Schools where she developed Arts in Education Curriculum for 1500 at-risk students.
EDUCATION: Vassar College, BA and Rutgers University, MFA AprilYvetteThompson.com
