Online CLASS:

TOOLS for Effective Playwriting Submissions

The submission process is a required (and sometimes dreaded) aspect of most playwright development and industry opportunities. This 8-week class will help you conquer the overwhelming task of submitting your work.

This class might be for you if you:

  • Are an emerging playwright with at least 2-3 plays you are ready to begin submitting for opportunities.

  • Have plans to submit your work to specific upcoming opportunities.

  • Have submission experience, but want to refine your applications and maximize your impact. 

  • Writers must have at least 2-3 completed, submission-ready plays in order to take this class. This class will focus on submissions for development and industry opportunities, and will not cover cold submissions to theaters, producers, or directors for production.

In this class you will:

  • Learn best practices about when to submit, what to submit, and tools for how to submit.

  • Look at samples of personal statements, project proposals, CVs, and more to understand what does and doesn’t work in applications.

  • Be assigned sample submission questions and bring in your responses for discussion.

  • Bring in your own application materials to discuss in class, led by Matthew, in order to refine your materials and make them as effective as possible.

  • If you're looking at specific submission opportunities, bring in these submission requirements to strategize your approach.

By the end of this class you will have:

  • A better sense of what theaters and organizations are asking for in their submission processes.

  • The ability to personalize your submission materials for any opportunity.

  • Tools and strategies that you can apply to future submissions to increase your effectiveness and specificity.

FACULTY
Matthew Paul Olmos

SCHEDULE
Mondays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET

LOCATION
Online!

PRICING
Returning Students: $440
New Students: $480
Learn about our Payment Plans.

FOR MORE INFO
Learn more about How It Works.
For more information, please call 212.840.9705 x215 or email espa@primarystages.org.

REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULE

Instructor: Matthew Paul Olmos (Writer, a home what howls at Steppenwolf, so go the ghost of mexico, part one at La Mama)
Mondays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm ET
June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28, August 11, 18

  • Please email espa@primarystages.org to request registration. To ensure that you're enrolling in the class that is best for you and your needs as an artist, please also email 2-3 sentences about why you're seeking out this class right now.

  • 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.