WRITING classes

Welcome to the ESPA Writing Department!

“The content of the classes is nothing short of extraordinary. Receiving feedback from teachers who are working theater artists has tranformed me from a fledgling to an emerging artist in a very short period of time. It is the ESPA community that makes it unlike any other performing arts school.”

- ESPA Writing Student

FALL 2026 writing classes will be both in person and online

classes will open for registration on Monday, July 20 at 1pm.

WRITING FOR THE STAGE

We offer the following in-person classes in the Fall of 2026:

  • Instructor: Iraisa Ann Reilly (Writer and Actor, A Bodega Princess Remembers La Fiesta de Los Reyes Magos, 1998 at EST; Faculty, NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing Program)
    Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
    Starting September 9

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    Instructor: Michael Walkup (Artistic Director, Page 73)
    Mondays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios South Oxford Space (138 S. Oxford St. BROOKLYN)
    Starting September 21

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We offer the following online classes in the Fall of 2026:

  • Instructor: Gina Femia (Kilroy’s List and Leah Ryan Prize honoree)
    Tuesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 15

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    Instructor: Caridad Svich (Writer, OBIE Winner for Lifetime Achievement, Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama and Performance Art)
    Wednesdays from 5:00pm – 8:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 30

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    Instructor: Calamity West (Writer, FEAST! at the Goodman Theatre, Laurents Hatcher Award Winner)
    Thursdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting October 8

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  • Instructor: Gina Femia (Kilroy’s List and Leah Ryan Prize honoree)
    Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 16

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  • Instructor: Tasha Gordon-Solmon (Writer, Director, and Lyricist; Faculty, NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing Program)
    Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 16

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  • Instructor: Matthew Paul Olmos (Writer, a home what howls at Steppenwolf, so go the ghost of mexico, part one at La Mama)
    Tuesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 15

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  • Instructor: Winter Miller (Writer, In Darfur at The Public Theater, No One Is Forgotten at Rattlestick)
    Tuesdays from 5:00pm – 8:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 15

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    Instructor: Stefanie Zadravec (Writer, The Electric Baby at Two River Theatre Company)
    Wednesdays from 7:30pm – 10:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 16

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WORKSHOPS

We offer the following online workshop in the Fall of 2026:

  • Instructor: Erin Daley (Artistic Director, Primary Stages)
    Date to be announced
    Zoom

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