Act One, Scene One: Beginning to Find Yourself in the World of Diverse, Modern Playwriting

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If you are new to playwrighting and looking for a safe space to experiment with your burgeoning love of the craft, this is the place for you. In this course, we will make our own plays but will be informed by the diversity that is on our stages right here, right now. Playwrights such as David Henry Hwang, Sarah Ruhl, Dominique Morisseau, Nilaja Sun, C. Julian Jiménez, and many others will be the voices that we elevate as we find our own. A combination of analysis and (primarily) creative workshop, this course will be a great place to start your first (or second, or third, or fourth) play. Toy Theatre: Putting the ‘Play’ in Plays