Essential’s flagship community playwriting course!
Participants learn about the elements of playwriting by studying examples, hearing from professional playwrights from within their own community, and sharing writing exercises of their own.
Classes are 90 minutes long and meet weekly.
Upcoming:
Introduction to Playwriting (June 2024)
About this event: An introduction to the art and form of playwriting!
Participants will learn about the
Now in its second year, the Southern Fried Bake-Off is an exhilarating 24 hours where participants write, rehearse, and perform brand new plays based on a Bake-Off theme and a list of “ingredients.”
“We want to come together and create new work just for the fun of it,” shares Bake-Off co-creator Emily McClain, “and the Bake Off model allows for maximum creative challenge in a short time frame like a 24 hour plays festival.”
Our first Bake-Off was so much fun, we’ve got ourselves a new tradition!
The Concept: Using the Paula Vogel Bake Off model, a group of playwrights will come together and write individual plays that are inspired from a central piece of art/theme and list of “ingredients” that must be present in their plays in some way.
Level up with this playwriting intensive!
Bootcamp participants create a 10 minute play over the course of four weeks. The class concludes with a public showcase performed by professional actors as part of our annual Play Festival!
Bootcamp cohort meets weekly for 90 minutes.
Why 10 Minute Plays?
“Writing a 10 Minute Play is a valuable skill for writers at any level because the discipline to tell a complete story in only 9 or 10 pages of dialogue forces us to really focus on the heart of the conflict and making the core relationships clear and strong.
