As soon as you finish your last line of dialogue, the need for rewrites begins. This 10-week class will help you tackle the revision process and develop a stronger version of your play. Open to new and returning students located anywhere in the world, this class will be run just like a real-life writing room, interacting with your instructor and classmates live via Zoom.
This class might be for you if you:
In this class you will:
By the end of this class you will:
REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULE
Section A:
Instructor: Calamity West (Writer, Roundabout/Underground, The Goodman, Williamstown)
Tuesdays from 7:00pm – 10:00pm ET
February 20, 27, March 5, 12, 19, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
This playwriting intensive is designed for writers looking to craft a second draft of an original work. This exciting and deeply collaborative course will offer writers an inspired, supportive, enthusiastic, and fresh look at their first-drafts from a myriad of perspectives through a traditional workshop process. Playwrights will be expected to enter the workshop with a list of goals and questions they're looking to implement into future drafts; they will also be expected to read each other's first drafts so as to have a collective understanding of where the plays have been - and where they're looking to go. If you have a first-draft stocked away in a drawer and don't know what to do next – this is the course for you!
Section B:
Instructor: Stefanie Zadravec (Writer, The Electric Baby at Two River Theatre Company)
Wednesdays from 7:30pm – 10:30pm ET
February 28, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24, May 1
This class is geared toward empowering writers to guide their own play development process. Writers will begin by articulating their goals for their new draft. Then, writers will present sections of their plays (20-30 pages) every other week. Writers receive feedback and responses to the work from the group, filtered through a series of prompts given by Stefanie. These prompts are designed to respect the process of new play development, so each writer develops the tools and confidence to solve the problems of their play, and empowers them to steer conversations that are productive and helpful. Occasionally writers will be asked to complete writing exercises to help support, scene by scene, imagery and themes that emerge in their work.
About the online platform for this class:
Zoom Meeting is easy to start, join, and use to collaborate online in a personable way via desktop or mobile without complicated set-ups. The Zoom Meeting Host (your ESPA instructor or administrator) sends out a meeting link and at the time of your class, you just click the link to launch the virtual classroom via your web browser. In the Zoom Meeting, each participant can share their webcam so that you're not only hearing your instructor and classmates but seeing them too, making it feel similar to being in one of the studios at ESPA. Other exciting collaborative Zoom features include Breakout Rooms in which students can meet in smaller groups, "Raise Your Hand" feature to better facilitate balanced conversation, Video Sharing, and File Transfer for your assignments. If you can't log in via a computer, there are also options to phone into the meeting so you can still participate in the class even if you find yourself without computer or internet access. And Zoom has an Apple and Android app, making it possible to take part in class from any device.
Calamity West
Stefanie Zadravec
LOCATION
Online!
PRICING
Returning Students: $560
New Students: $580
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FOR MORE INFO
Learn more about How It Works. For more information, please call 212.840.9705 or email espa@primarystages.org.