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

WRITING FOR THE STAGE

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

  • 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 February 24

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

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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)
    Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
    Starting February 19

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

  • Instructor: Calamity West (Writer, Roundabout/Underground, The Goodman, Williamstown)
    Thursdays from 7:00pm – 10:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting February 20

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    Instructor: Tasha Gordon-Solmon (Writer and Director; Writing Faculty, NYU Tisch)
    Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting February 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 February 19

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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 February 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)
    Mondays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting March 17

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  • Instructor: AriDy Nox (Writer, Librettist, Multi-disciplinary black femme storyteller, Black Girl in Paris, A Walless Church)
    Tuesdays from 2:00pm – 5:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting February 25

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  • John Gould Rubin (Director, Turn Me Loose Off-Broadway; former Co-Artistic Director and Executive Director of LAByrinth Theater Company)
    Mondays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting February 24

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  • Instructor: Caridad Svich (Writer, OBIE Winner for Lifetime Achievement)
    Tuesdays from 5:00pm – 8:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting February 18

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    Instructor: Stefanie Zadravec (Writer, The Electric Baby at Two River Theatre Company)
    Mondays from 7:30pm – 10:30pm ET
    Starting February 24

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    Instructor: Megan Carter (Creative Producer and Dramaturg, former Producing Director of SITI Company)
    Tuesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting April 1

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WRITING FOR THE SCreen

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

  • Instructor: Daniel Talbott (Writer, “The Conners” and “The Mist”; Artistic Director, Rising Phoenix Rep)
    Sundays from 1:00pm – 3:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting March 16

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WORKSHOPS

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

  • Instructor: Mêlisa Annis (Writer, Director, and Dramaturg; Faculty, NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing Program)
    Two-weekend workshop on March 21-23 and 28-30
    Zoom

    Weekend 1: Curing The Block - Stretching Your Creative Muscles
    Weekend 2: Building Blocks - Writing Your First Draft

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  • Instructor: Erin Daley (Artistic Director, Primary Stages)
    Thursday, March 20 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Includes a ticket to our upcoming show, Amerikin by Chisa Hutchinson

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