Ever wish you had a private solo show writing coach to walk you through the process of writing a solo show that sells?
- Are you actually sick and tired of working for free and feeling like no one cares about the work you put your heart and soul into?
Please know I have been there....and it really sucks...
It makes you feel like giving up
AprilYvette Thompson here!
And I know what it feels like when it's not working.
But I also know what it feels like when it IS working
and I want to help you learn from my mistakes.
I am a Tony-winning producer,
actor and writer who wrote an
off broadway hit solo show,
toured it, did a Ted Talk and
launched a film/tv career as a
result of putting my solo show
out into the world
And I know what it feels like when it's not working.
But I also know what it feels like when it IS working
and I want to help you learn from my mistakes.
I am a Tony-winning producer,
actor and writer who wrote an
off broadway hit solo show,
toured it, did a Ted Talk and
launched a film/tv career as a
result of putting my solo show
out into the world
So How can I Help You
You'll send me your script,
tell me what problems you want solved
and I'll give you page by page notes and
quick, easy solutions to those problems
in 48 hours!
It's called
FixMySoloShow
You'll send me your script,
tell me what problems you want solved
and I'll give you page by page notes and
quick, easy solutions to those problems
in 48 hours!
It's called
FixMySoloShow
Think of it like going to the doctor.
You got a lot of symptoms,
but they don't add up to a cold,
but you're still not feeling better.
You tell the doctor what your problems are
let her figure out exactly what's broken and
write you a prescription
FixMySoloShow is a way to fix what's broken,
get your solo show on its feet, so that you can start:
You got a lot of symptoms,
but they don't add up to a cold,
but you're still not feeling better.
You tell the doctor what your problems are
let her figure out exactly what's broken and
write you a prescription
FixMySoloShow is a way to fix what's broken,
get your solo show on its feet, so that you can start:
- - pitching it to producers
- - building an audience
- - monetizing your solo show
- - applying to solo show festivals
- Are you ready get your show produced
- and make a living at what you were born to do?
April Yvette Thompson is a Tony-winning producer, actor, writer & TheDreamUnLocked Founder.
Film/TV credits include BULL, Blue Caprice, Gotham, Blue Bloods, Babylon Fields, The Exonerated (w/Susan Sarandon & Delroy Lindo), Accidental Husband, Backwards, 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, Antigone & Light Raise the Roof.
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.
Education: Vassar College & Rutgers University.
AprilYvetteThompson.com
SimonSaysEntertainment.com
Film/TV credits include BULL, Blue Caprice, Gotham, Blue Bloods, Babylon Fields, The Exonerated (w/Susan Sarandon & Delroy Lindo), Accidental Husband, Backwards, 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, Antigone & Light Raise the Roof.
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.
Education: Vassar College & Rutgers University.
AprilYvetteThompson.com
SimonSaysEntertainment.com