The Playwriting Process

Have you ever watched a play, a movie, or your favorite show and thought, "I could write something like that"? Have you imagined a cast of characters waiting to come to life on the page? The Playwriting Process is a class for anyone who has a story to tell and wants to learn how to bring it to the stage.

Each week, we explore a different piece of the craft. One session might be about creating characters, another about building a world, another about structuring a story from start to finish. We start each class with the idea and then put it into practice. By the end of each session, you've added something new to a play you're building from scratch, with guidance from the instructor and the support of your fellow writers.

The class ends with a table read: professional actors come in, perform your play out loud, and stay to answer your questions. It's the same first step that every new play takes in the professional theater world, and it's a moment you won't forget. Along the way, we go out together to see a new play on stage, so the work we're doing in class connects to the living world of theater.