Interdisciplinary Arts 0240 - Playwriting Workshop

This course is a hands-on writing laboratory in which you create original theatrical work. The form can vary widely. You might write: choreopoems, naturalistic plays, plays inspired by oral history, or plays in forms that you invent. The course will help you develop an ear for the voices within you, help you shape them into characters and theatrical worlds, and foster a community of writers defined by generous listening. Your writing process will be supplemented by reading the work of visionary playwrights who challenge oppressive systems, center voices historically absent from the stage, and create a language to meet a world of crisis and possibility. They may include: Constance Congdon, Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota), Spalding Gray, Jeremy O. Harris, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Eduardo Machado, and Dominique Morisseau. Keywords: Playwriting, theater, theatre, writing, play

Time and Narrative Students in this course can expect to spend 6 to 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.