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 2024 writing classes will be both in person and online

WRITING FOR THE STAGE

We offer the following in-person classes in the Fall of 2024:

  • Instructor: Michael Walkup (Artistic Director, Page 73)
    Mondays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
    Starting September 23

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    Instructor: Gina Femia (Kilroy's List and Leah Ryan Prize honoree)
    Tuesdays 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: Tash Gordon-Solmon (Writing Faculty, NYU Tisch)
    Wednesdays from 6:00pm – 9:00pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
    Starting October 16

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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 12

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  • Instructor: Adam Kraar (Writer, Wild Terrain at EST, Alternating Currents at The Working Theater)
    Thursdays from 3:00pm – 6:00pm ET
    at ARTNY Studios Midtown (520 8th Avenue)
    Starting October 10

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We offer the following online classes in the Fall of 2024:

  • Instructor: Matthew Paul Olmos (Writer, so go the ghost of mexico, part one at La Mama)
    Mondays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 23

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    Instructor: Calamity West (Writer, Roundabout/Underground, The Goodman, Williamstown)
    Thursdays from 7:00pm – 10:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting September 19

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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 18

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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
    Zoom
    Starting October 1

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

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

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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 October 1

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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 October 2

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WRITING FOR MUSICAL THEATER

We offer the following online class in the Fall of 2024:

  • Instructor: Adam Gwon (Writer, Scotland, PA and Ordinary Days at Roundabout)
    Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
    Zoom
    Staring October 9

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WRITING FOR THE SCreen

We offer the following online class in the Fall of 2024:

  • Instructor: Daniel Talbott (Writer, “The Conners” and “The Mist”; Artistic Director, Rising Phoenix Rep)
    Sundays from 1:00pm – 3:00pm ET
    Zoom
    Starting October 27

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