Playwriting Fundamentals (Winter 2024) (Online)

01/10/2024 - 02/28/2024

Category

Class

Admission

  • $325.00

Location

Online

Summary

Sessions: 7 Wednesdays
Session Dates: Jan 10, 17, 24,
Feb 07, 14, 21, 28
Session Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Central Time

Description

Playwriting Fundamentals (Winter 2024) (Online)

7 Wednesdays
Jan 10 - Feb 28
6:00 pm - 9:00pm Central Time

Instructor: Marsha Estell

Students will learn the Core Principles of dramatic writing by analyzing/discussing published work. Explore their unique voice, through writing exercises, and creating 10 minute plays or the first 20 - 30 pages of a larger work. They will give and receive constructive feedback to cohorts.
 
Marsha Estell is a resident playwright alumna at Chicago Dramatists, 2010 3Arts/Ragdale Fellow, and recipient of the Illinois Arts Council Fellowship for Playwriting. Her plays include Heat, which had its world premiere at Chicago Dramatists and was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Outstanding New Work and many other award-winning works. She teaches playwriting, and solo performance workshops around the country. She is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity.
 

Classes will be held via Zoom!

Instructors will send out Zoom invites one day before class begins. We encourage students to setup a Zoom account for themselves before class if they have not already to ensure when class begins you are able to jump straight into the art!

Sessions/Weekday 7 Wednesdays
Session Dates

Jan 10, 17, 24
Feb 07, 14, 21, 28

No class on Jan 31

Time 6:00pm - 9:00pm Central Time
Notes

This class is ideal for beginner students.