Whether you're writing your first play or your hundredth, it's not always easy to set the creative wheels in motion. This 8-week class will guide you through the development of your first draft. 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 Winter and your 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:
About Winter's approach to The First Draft
Winter sees the class as being part of a sacred team, all working to elevate the work. She will seek for you to be an active participant in your own development as a writer and expect you to pay close attention to the puzzles and obstacles your fellow writers come up against, because the thing someone is trying to unlock may be a mirror for something your own play needs. You can begin the first class with a piece you're already writing or only an idea of your project – Winter will help you clarify your writerly and emotional instincts so you can serve your play and your characters, and write the play in a way that is true to your vision. The goal of this class is to mine your personal truths along with what compels you about the world around you to determine what's drawing you to write the play and how to go in deep from the start.
REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULE
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Winter Miller (Writer, In Darfur at The Public Theater, No One Is Forgotten at Rattlestick)
Tuesdays from 11:00am – 2:00pm ET
May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23
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.
SCHEDULE
Tuesdays from 11:00am – 2:00pm ET
LOCATION
Online
PRICING
Returning Students: $460
New Students: $480
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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.