A hands-on workshop exploring personal storytelling through an improviser's brain:

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Corey Rosen is a writer, actor, visual effects producer, and storytelling teacher based in San Francisco, California. He is the author of Your Story, Well Told: Creative Strategies to

Develop and Perform Stories that Wow an Audience, a laugh-out-loud, funny, practical and inspiring manual to develop true stories from concept through presentation, and the soon-to-be released A Story for Everything: Mastering Diverse Storytelling for Any Occasion (Dec. 2, TMA Press), a comprehensive guide to storytelling for professional, educational, and personal success.

Corey got his start writing for Comedy Central and Jim Henson Productions. As staff writer for Lucasfilm Animation and Tippett Studio, he wrote the screenplays for several films and theme park rides and attractions exhibiting around the world. He has been featured on The Moth Radio Hour, is a regular contributor and on-air personality for Alice Radio’s “The Sarah and Vinnie Show” and is a company performer at BATS Improv, one of the world’s foremost centers for Improvisational Theater. Corey also hosts The Moth StorySlams and GrandSlams and won their first ever Bay Area StorySlam in 2012.

When not writing, Corey works as a visual effects artist and producer. He has credits on dozens of movies,including several Star Wars films, and Disney’s A Christmas Carol. He has taught in the MFA Animation program at Academy of Art University and for The Writing Pad. He has written and directed television commercials and award-winning short films. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Jenny and two children.