Playwriting Workshop
Class Overview: Playwriting Workshop
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
Words & Silence: Playwriting Workshop runs on Sunday mornings, from 9am-12pm, MST. All sessions are held virtually on Zoom. The 7th and final session is 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
TIME: 9am-12pm MST
LOCATION: Virtually (Zoom)
If you are interested in taking a class, please see the Dramaturgy Masterclass page.
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.
How to Register
Click the button below to register for Words & Silence: Playwriting Workshop
Important: The next Playwriting Workshop will start September 13th, 2026. The current online class available is the Dramaturgy Masterclass.
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.