Theatre 261 - Writing for the Theatre

WRITING FOR THEATRE I

Spring
2020
01
4.00
Leonard Berkman
Th 01:20-04:00
Smith College
30225-S20
THEATR 114
lberkman@smith.edu
30226
The means and methods of the playwright and the writer for television and the cinema. Analysis of the structure and dialogue of a few selected plays. Weekly and biweekly exercises in writing for various media. Goal for beginning playwrights: to draft a one-act play by the end of the semester. Plays by students are considered for staging. L and P with writing sample required, best submitted weeks prior to registration.
Writing Sample Required.
Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.