Stefanie's class is run as a professional playwriting workshop. You may work on a brand new idea or pull out an old draft you would like to approach with fresh eyes. Each week, writers bring in 10-12 pages, with feedback and response to each student's work filtered through a series of prompts by Stefanie geared toward empowering writers to guide their own play development process. These are designed to create as much of a professional playwriting workshop environment as possible, and to respect the process of new play development, so each writer can develop the muscles and confidence to solve the problems of their play by asking questions and steering feedback so that it is productive and helpful. Stefanie will encourage you to use the medium of theater to the fullest, while staying true to your voice and vision. She believes that all playwriting is political and that every act our characters take has socio-political implications beyond their particular circumstances. To that end, she will help you look beyond the story you're telling and see the larger context of your work.

Stefanie writes dark, funny character-driven plays that mix straightforward storytelling with poetic rhythms and fantastical story elements, addressing questions of identity, class, power, and loss through the lens of the quotidian: the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Zoom Meeting is easy to start, join, and use to collaborate online in a personable way via desktop or mobile without complicated set-ups. The Zoom Meeting Host (your ESPA instructor or administrator) sends out a meeting link and at the time of your class, you just click the link to launch the virtual classroom via your web browser. In the Zoom Meeting, each participant can share their webcam so that you're not only hearing your instructor and classmates but seeing them too, making it feel similar to being in one of the studios at ESPA. Other exciting collaborative Zoom features include Breakout Rooms in which students can meet in smaller groups, “Raise Your Hand” feature to better facilitate balanced conversation, Screen Sharing, and Chat. If you can't log in via a computer, there are also options to phone into the meeting so you can still participate in the class even if you find yourself without computer or internet access. And Zoom has an Apple and Android app, making it possible to take part in class from any device.