Page to Stage is a guided program to help you turn a story from an idea to a complete work ready to be performed at a live reading. Each quarter we release the theme of which all of our events for those three months will be centered.
Our winter 2025 theme is Period Fiction! A period piece is defined as a modern work of literature that is set in a past time period. Any literary piece set on or before 1999 is considered period fiction.
Over the next three months, we will work to get our pieces stage-ready. Local author Allison Alsup will lead a generative writing workshop with prompts to help you develop story ideas in the genre of period fiction.
This event is free and open to all writers. No RSVP necessary.
About Allison Alsup
Allison Alsup is an award-winning writer, teacher, and editor. She holds an M.F.A. in fiction from Emerson College. Her debut novel, Foreign Seed was published by Keylight Books, a niche imprint of Turner Publishing reserved for works with significant screen potential.
A co-founder of the non-profit New Orleans Writers Workshop (NOWW) Allison currently serves as its Creative Director. She also oversees NOWW’s developmental editing services, working one on one with clients in multiple genres as well as teaching several craft-based workshops each year.
Previously Allison taught writing and literature full-time at the University of New Orleans, and creative writing through the Loyola Writing Institute at Loyola University, New Orleans. As a teacher, editor and mentor with over two decades of experience of working with writers, Allison has helped hundreds of students and clients hone their craft and achieve their creative goals, including publishing first stories, completing novels, and creating successful M.F.A. application portfolios.