“Hot scenes” are the building blocks of good plays: scenes where characters are pushed beyond their comfort zones and compelled to make revealing choices. This 8-week class will focus on dreaming up, drafting, and developing these exciting scenes.

Adam will offer intuitive approaches and strategic tools to help you fulfill your intentions for your script. Rewriting scenes—to make them as “hot” as possible, propelling the audience to the next scene in your play—will be a major component of this course.

Writers of any level are welcome as long as you have some playwriting experience. This class is not for first-time playwrights – if you are new to the craft or looking to better understand the art of playwriting, please check out our Fundamentals of Playwriting class!

This class might be for you if you:

• Have started a new play, and are seeking feedback about advancing it.

• Have an idea for a new play, but are not sure where to start.

• Want to be challenged in a classroom environment that’s run like a professional playwriting workshop.

In this class you will:

• Present pages that are read aloud in class, receiving feedback from your fellow writers and the instructor.

• Learn techniques to help you organize and heighten your scenes, so that they’ll have the strongest possible impact on an audience.

By the end of this class you will:

• Know how to make the tools of dramatic writing your own, so that your scenes have both a structure and your unique voice.

• Complete a group of scenes that you can develop into a full-length play.