Playwriting

Grades: 6 – 12
Price:
6 sessions: $1,200
12 sessions: $2,400
Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts, Social and Emotional Development, Social Studies, Theater

Students will learn the foundations of dramatic storytelling and gain a better understanding of what “makes” a play. Students will learn how discretion and misdirection build conflict, write compelling dialogue, create complex characters. This residency concludes with a student-generated short scene or play.

Generous support provided by The Joan and Allen Bildner Family Fund, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., The Arts Education Endowment Fund in honor of Raymond C. Chambers, Jennifer A. Chalsty, Judy and Stewart Colton, Toby and Leon Cooperman, Mimi and Edwin Feliciano, The Izzo Family, Don Katz & Leslie Larson, McCrane Foundation, Inc., care of Margrit McCrane, The MCJ Amelior Foundation, Albert+ and Katharine Merck+, David & Marian Rocker, Steven and Beverly Rubenstein Charitable Foundation, The Sagner Companies/The Sagner Family Foundation, The John Strangfeld and Mary Kay Strangfeld Foundation, and an anonymous donor