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

SUMMER 2025 writing classes will be both in person and online

WRITING FOR THE STAGE

We offer the following in-person classes in the Summer of 2025:

  • Instructor: Gina Femia (Kilroy’s List and Leah Ryan Prize honoree)
    Mondays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
    Starting June 23

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    Instructor: Iraisa Ann Reilly (Writer and Actor, Good Cuban Girls, The Jersey Devil is a Papi Chulo; Faculty, NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing Program)
    Mondays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios South Oxford Space (138 S. Oxford St. BROOKLYN)
    Starting June 30

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    Instructor: Michael Walkup (Artistic Director, Page 73)
    Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios South Oxford Space (138 S. Oxford St. BROOKLYN)
    Starting July 2

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  • Instructor: Adam Kraar (Writer, Wild Terrain at EST, Alternating Currents at The Working Theater)
    Thursdays from 4:00pm – 7:00pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
    Starting June 26

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We offer the following online classes in the Spring of 2025:

  • Instructor: Caridad Svich (Writer, OBIE Winner for Lifetime Achievement, 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama and Performance Art)
    Tuesdays from 5:00pm – 8:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting June 24

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    Instructor: Calamity West (Writer, Roundabout/Underground, The Goodman, Williamstown)
    Thursdays from 7:00pm – 10:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting June 26

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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 June 25

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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)
    Mondays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting June 23

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  • Instructor: William Burke (Writer, curator, and director; Co-Chair, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab)
    Mondays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting June 23

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  • Instructor: Stefanie Zadravec (Writer, The Electric Baby at Two River Theatre Company)
    Mondays from 7:30pm – 10:30pm ET
    Starting June 23

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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
    Starting June 24

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    Instructor: Megan Carter (Creative Producer and Dramaturg, former Producing Director of SITI Company)
    Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting June 25

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WORKSHOPS

We offer the following in-person workshop in the Summer of 2025:

  • Instructor: Melisa Annis (Writer, Director, and Dramaturg; Faculty, NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing Program)
    Two-weekend workshop
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)

    July 11-13 and 18-20
    Fridays from 6:30pm – 9:00pm
    Saturdays from 11:00am – 6:00pm
    Sundays from 12:00pm – 6:00pm

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