Playwriting

In this new 4 Week Playwriting class with Broadway playwright and Pulitzer finalist Lisa D’amour, you’ll develop an organic approach to writing your play or one-person-show. 

Find Your Structure

Whether you’re working on a traditional play or a genre defying work, you’ll learn how to externalize your internal instincts, understand playwriting structure in an intuitive and visceral way and create a powerful journey for yourself and your characters.

Connect to Your Characters

Learn how to get past your inner censor, and tap into the characters and stories inside of you. Build both your voice and your craft as an artist, and learn the secrets of creating compelling dialogue and unforgettable characters on the stage. 

Learn from a Master Playwright

Lisa D’amour has taught at the finest theatre MFA programs in the nation, including a role as interim director of MFA Playwriting at Brown University. Her play Detroit was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and won the Obie Award for Best New American Play. Her plays have been produced on Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Freedman Theater, Playwrights Horizons (NYC), Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago), The National Theater (London) as well as many others across the globe. 

Includes 1:1 Consultation

The class culminates in a 1:1 consultation with a professional writer, with whom you’ll discuss your work, and create a game plan for your future as a writer.