Words & Silence: Playwriting Workshop
Class Overview
Words & Silence: Playwriting Workshop is a 7-week online workshop, dedicated to helping playwrights refine their dramatic skills, develop new work, and/or workshop plays already in progress. Writers are invited to do any combination of the following in class:
Bring in a play they’re currently writing, that they’d like to workshop/develop
Bring in a play they’ve already written, that they’d like to workshop/revise
Bring in the germ of a play, that they’d like to flesh out and develop (with writing exercises/prompts/etc), or develop a new play over the course of the class (using writing exercises/prompts/etc).
The class itself is workshop-based in style: each session, writers have pages read and discussed by both the cohort and the instructor. Additionally, writing prompts/exercises are provided to help students generate new material and spur creativity; those same exercises and prompts can be applied to existing work, to help jumpstart writers on work they feel has stalled. Whether you want to develop a new play, workshop a piece in progress, or bring in a play for a tune-up, there are tools and exercises available to you. All levels welcome.
Dates, Time, Locations: Winter Session 2026
Words & Silence: Playwriting Workshop will run on Sunday mornings from January 11th - February 22nd, 2026. All sessions will be held from 9am-12pm, MST. All sessions will be held virtually on Zoom. The 7th and final session, held on February 22nd, will be a Zoom reading of writer's work-in-progress, featuring professional actors. This final reading will be open to an invited audience.
DATES: 7 Sundays, January 11th - February 22nd, 2026
Class 1: Sunday, January 11th, 2026 (9am-12pm, MST)
Class 2: Sunday, January 18th, 2026 (9am-12pm, MST)
Class 3: Sunday, January 25th, 2026 (9am-12pm, MST)
Class 4: Sunday, February 1st, 2026 (9am-12pm, MST)
Class 5: Sunday, February 8th, 2026 (9am-12pm, MST)
Class 6: Sunday, February 15th, 2026 (9am-12pm, MST)
Class 7: Sunday, February 22nd, 2026 (9am-12pm, MST) **Online reading of student work in progress.
TIME: 9am-12pm MST
LOCATION: Virtually (Zoom)
Cost
The class fee is $325, with a set amount of sliding-scale slots available for those who qualify. Payment is due at the time of registration.
Final Presentation of Student Works-In-Progress
The final class will be a Zoom reading of student work featuring professional actors, for an invited audience.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations made 10 calendar days before the start date of the first class receive a 100% refund.
Cancellations made 7 calendar days before the start date of the first class receive a %75 refund.
Cancellations made 5 calendar days before the start date of the first class receive a %50 refund.
Cancellations made within 48 hours of the start date of the first class receive no refund.
No refunds are offered to writers who withdraw from a class after the class has started.
How to Register
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