Release The Critic, Access Your Authentic Voice,
Discover Your Story Matters

Inspiration & Guidance:
-Elizabeth Gilbert TED Talk On Creativity
-Manhattan Theatre Club Virtual Performance Series, Including Acclaimed Solo-Show Neat by Charlayne Woodward through 5/25
-Writing Exercise - The Magic of Thank You

Gorgeous Stories May 8, 4pm, pdt & May 15, 4pm, pdt- On Zoom
-Be Inspired by Fierce Women & 3 Brave Men Sharing True Stories & Solo-Show excerpts from the Spring Classes
-Show Recording Available for 4 days after The Show

FREE CONSULT: Story, Solo-Show, Dream Project or Jumpstart Your Writing & Creativity

Ordinary People Become Extraordinary When We Hear Their Stories- Tell Yours!
-8 Week Online Classes Start As Of May 18
-Memoir, Personal Essays, Solo-Shows, Storytelling, Alt Comedy, Plays, Poetry, Fiction, Creative Expression/Journaling
-Sliding Scale Discount Available_
-*New Students: Take 1 Pro-Rated Class To Sample The Creative Rites Method*

Pet Lit: Meditate & Write With Your Pet: Using Our Animals As Catalysts For Creativity - Starts May 21
-8 Week Online Session Using Our Pets To Enhance The Creative Process for Writing or Drawing/Painting, etc - All Forms of Creative Expression
-Sliding Scale Discount Available
-If There's Interest, Class could be Mondays 12:30, pdt, Or Mondays, 7pm, pdt-

Pam Levin's Astrologically Screwed, Premieres in the Whitefire Theatre SoloFest 5/7, 7pm, pdt
-Pam's Funny, Moving Show, Developed in the Solo-Show Master Class, can be viewed for 72 hrs Following the Show

Develop, Workshop & Perform Your Solo-Show - Starts In June
-Online 6 Month Solo-Show Master Class
-PANDEMIC DISCOUNT AVAILABLE
-Free Solo-Show Consult
-Also Offered - 8 Wk Online Classes, Coaching, Script Critiques, Project Consults To Start, Continue or Finish Your Solo-Show

-Creative Rites Referrals
-Refer a Friend and Receive a Class Discount or Coaching Session

-Creative Rites Services:
-Coaching, Critiques, Project Consults, Creative Tune-Ups, Mini-Writing
Retreats & Coaching Packages to Start, Continue or Finish Your Dream Project

Invitation to join the CREATIVE RITES SANCTUARY
I've started Creative Rites Sanctuary on Facebook as a place for community, connection and well-being.
You're welcome to post any form of your creative expression, or art that moves you, or anything you find soothing or inspiring. I've already posted lots of resources and Arts offerings. There are 2 pages- You can join the Creative Rites Sanctuary - Public Page
The Creative Rites Sanctuary Group is Private and only accessible/viewable to members. You can request to join on the facebook page or Click here to request to join The Creative Rites Sanctuary Group Page

Creative Rites Story Sanctuary

Online Classes For Community, Creativity & Well-Being

New Session Starts as of May 18

Stories are the way we connect.
Stories are the way we understand ourselves and the world.

Classes For All Forms Of Creative Writing
- Memoir, Personal Essays, Solo-Shows, Storytelling, Alt Comedy,
TED Talks, Poetry, Fiction, Journaling, Plays, Screenplays

We're all affected by the Covid Pandemic, so having community, connection and creative expression is a way to help yourself cope during this challenging time. Thank goodness for the technology that allows us to safely gather as a group and see and hear each other.

Whether you're working on a project you want to keep going with and receive support, guidance and encouragement, or would love to take a break from the stress of the world, to nurture your creative spirit-- I'd be overjoyed for us to create, have fun, laugh, mine the absurdities and be part of the sacred giving & receiving of each other's stories, wisdom and experiences.

Be part of a supportive, creative community and receive guidance to release the inner-critic, write from a wildly creative place, strengthen your storytelling skills and discover the deepest truth of your stories.

Each class is self-contained, so you won't be behind if you begin after the session's started, space permitting.
Special Offer For New Students
-Take 1 class and if it's a good fit, you can then register for the session

8 Week Class Schedule -
Tuesdays 12:30pm, pdt Starts May 18
Wednesday 7pm, pdt Starts May 19

If there's interest- a WEEKDAY/WEEKNIGHT can be added - Please Email me your class day interest & availability

The 8 Week session culminates in a Class Reading- 'Gorgeous Stories'
You'll have the opportunity to share a work-in-progress Story, Solo-Show excerpt, Memoir excerpt, Personal Essay, Poetry or any form of creative expression, for an invited audience. Live on Zoom - Date TBA in July

All Classes are on Zoom
If you don't have Zoom- it's easy to use & quick to download
Download A FREE ZOOM ACCOUNT HERE

8 Week Class Tuition
Standard Rate - $425
For those who are working, or able to pay the standard rate.
Paying the standard rate helps Creative Rites offer a sliding scale discount for those financially impacted by the Pandemic

Sliding Scale Rate - $285-$375
For those financially impacted by the Pandemic. Pay at the highest rate that's workable for you.

Tuition Payment plans can be arranged

Donations For Scholarships
If you happen to be in the position to help subsidize those that can't afford class, you can make a donation towards the Sliding Scale Tuition as well as
full Scholarships

For More Info & To Register
terrie@creativerites.com / (310) 281-3175

All classes are taught concurrently except for the 6 Month Solo-Show Master Class, so you can write in any genre & your feedback is tailored to whatever you're working on in class

If you're not able to fit classes into your schedule or prefer to work One-on-One, Private Coaching is also available- via phone, Zoom, Skype or Facetime

-Creative Rites Services:
-Coaching, Critiques, Project Consults, Creative Tune-Ups, Mini-Writing Retreats & Coaching Packages to Start, Continue or Finish Your Dream Project
Coaching can be done by phone, Zoom, Skype or Facetime

Creative Rite-es include; Doctors, plumbers, visual artists, actors, writers, moms, therapists, lawyers, an ex-nun, an infomercial producer, a neuroscientist, a ballerina AND.. LARAINE NEWMAN (original SNL Cast Member), JACKIE TOHN (Glow) MELORA HARDIN (The Office, Transparent) OLIVIA D'ABO (The Wonder Years) HEATHER WOODBURY (Obie-Award Winner) ANN RANDOLPH (Squeezebox, produced by Mel Brooks/Anne Bancroft, Off-Broadway) JOHN FUGELSANG (Sirius Radio Host, PBS- The American Dream, Best Monologist- Manhattan Theater Club) LOUISE GOFFIN (Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter) CATHY LADMAN (National Stand-Up, I'm Dying Up Here) MELANIE CHARTOFF (Broadway, RugRats) ROMA MAFFIA (Nip & Tuck) ROBERT WISDOM (The Wire), JEANNE DARST (Fiction Ruined My Family) LISA CRON (Wired For Story & Story Genius) SHAWN HOWARD (The Single Guy) CATHERYN BROCKETT (The Dysfunctional Family Fun Book) ANDREA ASKOWITZ (My Miserable, Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy) SUSAN ISAACS (Angry Conversations With God- Memoir & Solo-Show- Winner Best Adaption, United Solo-Show Festival) HANK ROSENFELD (The Wicked Wit Of The West) STEVE MIZE Best Comedy- United Solo-Show Festival) JONNA IVIN (Will Love For Crumbs) JEAN FRANZBLAU (Coming Out Kinky) LIZ FEMI (Take Me To The Poorhouse-Best International Show- Hollywood Fringe Festival, Best Solo-Show Nominee-NAACP Theatre Awards) MICHAEL KASS (Ceremony-Best in Show- San Francisco Fringe Festival) STEVE MIZE (Life Audited- Best Comedy, United Solo-Show Festival) JACK SUNDMACHER (Fragmented-Selected to be published by The United Solo-Show Festival) AUDREY FREUDBERG (Breaking Through The Wall) CINDY CHANIN (Broadway-Annie & The Secret Garden) JENNIFER HOWD (Sit, Walk, Don't Talk) & Kelly Carlin (Carlin Home Companion- Memoir & Solo-Show)

Fun Class- Pet Lit: Meditate & Write (Or Draw/Paint) With Your Pet

Have fun and experience the benefits our pets can have on our writing and creative process to Release judgement, Be in the moment, De-stress & Connect us to our playful creative spiri.t

This class is about tapping into our animal's energy and their connection with us, to calm, soothe and connect us to our creativity and imagination without judgement. You’ll be guided through a mindfulness meditation with your pet and then writing prompts to generate material, with fellow pet lovers.

You're also welcome to use the class writing time for journaling, or a
story or project you're working on. OR- YOU CAN DRAW, PAINT etc. - ALL FORMS OF WRITING & CREATIVE EXPRESSION
And then everyone shares what they wrote or created in class.

NO PREVIOUS WRITING EXPERIENCE NEEDED.

8 Week Online Class Starts May 21
Friday, 12:30pm pdt, On Zoom

If there's interest, class could be on Monday, 12:30pm, pdt
or Monday 7pm, pdt
Let me know your class day availability

Download A FREE ZOOM ACCOUNT HERE

Tuition
$425 - For those that are working or able to pay the standard rate. Paying at this rate helps Creative Rites offer a sliding scale discount for those financially impacted by the Pandemic

Sliding Scale Tuition
$285 - $375 For those financially impacted by the Pandemic. Pay at the highest rate that's workable for you

Tuition payment plans can be arranged
Donations accepted to go towards full or partial scholarships

For More Info/To Register
terrie@creativerites.com / 310-281-3175

Dare Yourself To Dazzle: Create & Soar On-Stage

Guidance, Support & Community To Create, Workshop & Perform
Your Solo-Show In 6 Months

Online Solo-Show Master Class

New Session Starts In June

Pandemic Tuition Discount Available
- Small Class Size, Enrollment by interview/invitation
- The Class Day & Time will be selected based on what works for everyone's schedule & time zone.

Call For A Complementary Consultation

If you'd like guidance & support. here's how I can help during our consultation:
-How to begin developing a Solo-Show
-A jumpstart to continue or finish your Solo-Show
- Chat about your idea(s) for a Solo-Show
- Questions about Solo-Shows and the opportunities and benefits of Solo-Performance
- Address challenges and doubts you may have about creating and/or performing a Solo-Show

To schedule your Consult & More Info- (310) 281-3175 / terrie@creativerites.com / www.creativerites.com

Here's a way to make your Solo-Show Dream A Reality.
If you've always wanted to develop a Solo-Show and don't know where to start, or--you've been working on a Solo-Show and want to finally finish it.

You'll receive guidance, support, encouragement & community to Create, Workshop & Perform a Full-Length Solo-Show. From the first draft to a workshop performance, through weekly classes, writing and performance exercises and assignments, private coaching and script critiques

Nobody is born knowing how to do a One-Person Show.
Everyone has doubts of whether they can create a show or if anyone will care about their story. That's the beauty of being in community with your solo-performance classmates. You cheer each other on, you become engaged and connected to each other's stories. And you have a safe, supportive place to try things out.

I know what it takes to create a solo-show since I am a Solo-Performer. I know the doubts, obstacles and fears that arise and apply my knowledge and experience as a Solo-Performer, Facilitator, Director & Dramaturge to help you mine the humor, truth and wisdom of what you want to say with clarity, authenticity and theatricality

The only requirement to take this class is the willingness to discover the
story you need and want to tell.

I can help you investigate the story that wants to emerge and then help you shape and structure your creative vision.

The class culminates with a full length workshop performance for an invited audience.

Private Coaching Packages Also Offered Tailored To Fit Your Schedule

ONLINE Workshop Package Includes:
- 6 Months of Online weekly classes
- 6 Private Online Coaching Sessions
- 2 Script Critiques
- Handouts: To Help With Structure, Scheduling, Support, Recommended Books & Solo-Shows & The Solo-Show Genre
- FREE Creative Rites Classes the last 5 Weeks leading up to your performance
- 40 min, 50 min & 60 min in-class performances with written feedback- to allow you to workshop large chunks of material & prepare you for the final workshop performance.
- Full Length Live-streamed Workshop Performance for an invited audience
- Post-Show Consult

If you're not able to fit classes into your schedule or prefer to work One-on-One, Private Coaching is also available
-Creative Rites Services:
-Coaching, Critiques, Project Consults, Creative Tune-Ups, Mini-Writing Retreats & Coaching Packages to Start, Continue or Finish Your Dream Project

Solo-Show Clients & Master Class Student's Testimonials:

You're the best at this.
- Mimi Kennedy (Dharma & Greg, Midnight in Paris, Mom)

I think we are doing great work together. it's so great to have to write and think and get something out without the time really to judge it. I'm enjoying the process. Thanks for everything.
-Melora Hardin (The Office, Transparent, Cabaret on Broadway)

Terrie’s class is gold to me. She allows one to explore and go deep in such a safe, nurturing environment. I developed all my pieces in her workshop. Her comments and guidance are so right on! -Ann Randolph 'Sqeezebox' produced by Mel Brooks, 'Loveland' Best Solo-Show, LA Weekly, Inappropriate In All The Right Ways- Touring Nationally & Internationally

Whether you are tapped out or yet to be tapped, Terrie S. will get that maple syrup of the muse flowing. Terrie really helped me out of a creative winter. I recommend her class to any writer or performer. Heather Woodbury, Obie Award-Winner

I was never able to fully integrate my acting and writing until I found Terrie's class. Terrie's nurturing spirit, insight and playful curiosity helped me to develop work I didn't realize I had in me. She helped me write material that mattered, and perform with confidence and vulnerability. I ended up with a solo show and a book deal, and it all came out of Terrie's class. It's the best work I've done in years. -Susan Isaacs, Angry Conversations With God- Memoir & Solo-Show, Best Adapted Solo-Show- United Solo Festival

Terrie helped me to find my authentic voice and gave me the courage to do my one-woman show. I recommend her to anyone who wants to do a solo-show. -Mary-Beth Manning, LA Weekly Best Solo-Show Nominee

I want to thank and congratulate my teacher, Terrie Silverman for guiding me through the writing and performing process which lead to my solo show. An inspiration. She read more than my words, she heard my soul. She kept me off-balance, without letting me fall, and she inspired throughout. I have exercises, habits, and rituals to incite my creativity and being forth inspiration. I now have no fear in the process. Everything is valuable, nothing is fruitless. Thank you. You are an artist teacher.
- Steve Mize, Winner- Best Comedy, 'Life Audited'- United Solo Festival

Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are changing my life.
- Julia Robinson Shimizu, Wacky: Love, Loss, Laughter & Mental Illnes

You are so inspirational, helpful, creative, and kind. - Brian Baldini, Smile Damn It, You're A Clown

Thank you! Honestly, the show would never have gotten written without your workshop.
- Michael Kass-Ceremony, Best in Show- San Francisco Fringe Festival, Pick of the Week- LA WEEKLY, Duende Playwriting Award, Best of the Hollywood Fringe

Thank you Dear Teacher ‪Terrie! This has been such an earth-shaking, enlivening, life changing process you have guided us through and I am so grateful to you for that.- Alan Gaskill, Entitled: An Odyssey of Becoming

I was honored to have this woman, Terrie Silverman, direct both my successful solo shows. Her work is outstanding and her gift to ask qestions and pull out of you your greatest stories in an encouraging, inspiring way is life changing. If you've ever wanted to tell a story, contact Terrie now. - John Fortson, Loveswell- Being developed as a feature film

It's been an amazing experience…thank you a million times for your direction and support. I owe so much to you- my amazing director. - Nancy Murphy, 'Freak Out', Directed by me, Producer's Encore Award, Hollywood Fringe Festival

I could never have gotten that far without your constant support and guidance during my creative wandering and floundering and discovering and crying. I can't fully express how profoundly grateful I am to you for all the guidance and support you provided me over the last six months to bring this story to life. -Laura Carson "Booze, Balls & Bluegrass" Hollywood Fringe Festival
You are so inspirational, helpful, creative, and kind.
- Brian Baldini