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 2025 writing classes will be both in person and online

Fall classes will open for registration on Thursday, July 24 at 1pm.

WRITING FOR THE STAGE

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

  • Instructor: Gina Femia (Kilroy’s List and Leah Ryan Prize honoree)
    Tuesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
    Starting September 16

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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 September 24

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  • Instructor: Adam Kraar (Writer, Wild Terrain at EST, Alternating Currents at The Working Theater)
    Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios South Oxford Space (138 S. Oxford St. BROOKLYN)
    Starting October 8

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  • Instructor: Mêlisa Annis (Writer, Director, and Dramaturg; Faculty, NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing Program)
    Thursdays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
    Starting September 18

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

  • Instructor: Caridad Svich (Writer, OBIE Winner for Lifetime Achievement, 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship in Drama and Performance Art)
    Thursdays from 5:00pm – 8:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 18

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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 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 23

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    Instructor: Calamity West (Writer, Roundabout/Underground, The Goodman, Williamstown)
    Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting October 1

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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 17

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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)
    Tuesdays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    Starting September 16

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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 16

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  • Instructor: Stefanie Zadravec (Writer, The Electric Baby at Two River Theatre Company)
    Mondays from 7:30pm – 10:30pm ET
    Starting September 15

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    Instructor: Megan Carter (Creative Producer and Dramaturg, former Producing Director of SITI Company)
    Tuesdays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 16

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    Instructor: Winter Miller (Writer, In Darfur at The Public Theater, No One Is Forgotten at Rattlestick)
    Wednesdays from 5:00pm – 8:00pm ET
    Starting September 17

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WORKSHOPS

We offer the following online workshop in the Fall of 2025:

  • Instructor: Erin Daley (Artistic Director, Primary Stages)
    Thursday, November 20 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm ET
    Zoom

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