Online classes and individual mentoring through the Dramatists Guild Institute:
Cheryl is a faculty member of the Dramatists Guild Institute, America’s most innovative home for theatrical writing. She teaches online courses for the Institute, including the Architecture of Musicals, and The Contemporary Musical Theatre Heroine.
Current course offerings are available here: https://www.dginstitute.org.
Cheryl is also a mentor for musical writers through the Institute’s Plays in Progress program, providing feedback for musical projects.
More info about Plays in Progress here: https://www.dginstitute.org/plays-in-progress
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Individual script consultation and professional mentoring:
Cheryl Coons provides clear, expert, and timely feedback for writers in a supportive and encouraging way. She also provides career guidance and mentoring for writers of musicals who are navigating the process of submissions to development programs and producing theatres. Whether you have a completed draft of a musical, a submission sample you’d like feedback on, a project that is at a crossroads, or simply an idea you’d like to develop as a musical, Cheryl can offer a helpful perspective on what you’re creating, and tools to finish the job. Her goal is to encourage and inspire you, give you concrete feedback to support you in refining your writing, and help you create a plan for next steps for developing and marketing your work.
Fees
Fees for script consultation and coaching are based on an hourly rate. Script consultations and coaching sessions can take place in person, or by telephone or video conference over Zoom.