Cost

$370

Playwriting

Day

Wednesdays

Dates

Sep 16 - Oct 21

Time

7 - 9:30 PM

Instructor

Instructor

Allyson Currin

An exploration of the many aspects of playwriting, including characterization, dialogue, the unspoken word, stage directions, plot, the playwright-director relationship, script formats, and marketing. All students develop a ten-minute play which receives a reading during the final class meeting. Recommended for acting as well as playwriting students.

Class Size*

6-10 

* Note: Small class sizes are a fundamental part of our training philosophy at The Theatre Lab. Classes are intentionally kept small to ensure every person receives extensive personalized feedback from instructors and meaningful collaboration with other students. If a class is full, we encourage you to join the waitlist, and we will contact you if a spot becomes available.

Recommended Next Steps

Students who complete this class often continue with:

  • Directing
  • Meisner I
  • The Stanislavski Method

Class availability depends on the session. Return to our course catalogue to explore what is currently open for enrollment.

Tuition Discount

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Class Policies

We encourage all students to review our Adult Class Policies prior to enrolling.

Location

In Person

Sessions

Fall I

10 in stock

Instructor

Allyson Currin

Allyson is a playwright, whose most recent world premiere of Sooner/Later just closed at Cincinnati Playhouse, and will have its DC premiere in 2019 at Mosaic Theatre. Other playwriting credits include The Silver Belles (Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre), High School Alien (Cincinnati Playhouse), Unleashed! (The John F. Kennedy Center), The Carolina Layaway Grail (The Welders), Caesar and Dada (WSC Avant Bard), Hercules in Russia (Doorway Arts Ensemble), The Dancing Princesses (Imagination Stage), Treadwell: Bright and Dark (American Century Theatre), Benched (Pinky Swear Productions), Church of the Open Mind* and The Subject (Charter Theatre), Learning Curves (Washington Shakespeare Company) and Amstel in Tel Aviv* and Dancing With Ourselves (Source Theatre Company). Currin is a Founding Member of The Welders, a DC-based playwrights’ collective, which received the Helen Hayes Awards’ John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company. She is also an actor with numerous film, television and stage appearances. (*Nomination, Helen Hayes Awards Outstanding New Play)

You can connect with Allyson on her website or on Twitter.

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