If you're curious about stepping into the world of playwriting - welcome! In this 10-week class, Iraisa Ann will help you build a toolbox of the fundamentals, so your first play (and each play you write after that!) can be built on a strong foundation.

This class might be for you if you are:

• A budding playwright who wants to explore an idea that you've been trying to write forever.

• A theater artist boldly crossing the line from one discipline to another and ready to start writing!

• A novelist or poet searching for a new form.

In this class you will:

• Build a toolbox of the fundamentals, including discussions on character, Western dramatic structure, and dialogue.

• For the first half of the semester, generate new work through in-class writing exercises, using these to connect with your subconscious and tap into the characters that are in your heart.

• In the second half of the semester, focus on workshopping and revising your own short play, bringing in 10 pages each week to share with the class.

• Share your pages and exercises aloud as a class and have feedback sessions led by Iraisa, learning how to share and receive creative feedback with your peers.

• Read a full length and short play at the beginning of the semester to understand fundamental concepts and have a shared vocabulary. Throughout the semester, Iraisa will give non-mandatory reading and viewing suggestions tailored to each playwright to help you on your writing journey.

• Find community and motivation through and with your fellow artists.

By the end of this class you will:

• Have an understanding of playwriting fundamentals and the workshop process.

• Have written (and re-written) your own ten-minute piece and feel empowered to take your writing into the world, whether through expanding your characters into a full-length play or submitting your short work to festivals.

• Feel inspired and ready to create!

• Be ready for The First Draft!