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Learn the art of crafting compelling narratives and dynamic characters in playwriting classes in NYC, where participants will explore the fundamentals of dramatic structure and develop their own unique voice as playwrights.

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Weekend Workshop: Playwriting Jumpstart

The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY

For playwrights, actors, directors, designers and anyone interested in exploring the creative process and broadening their skills in storytelling. Whether you are new to playwriting or in the middle of a project, you already possess, deep inside you, everything you need to jumpstart your art and bring forth your unique voice. For theatre artists and writers of all genres looking for ideas, this workshop includes a series of in-class exercises which...

(66) Beginner 18 and older
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$225

2 sessions

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Ten-Minute Playlab

The Barrow Group Acting School

Using exercises and assignments we’ll write, workshop and revise our ten-minute plays; by the end of our time together you’ll be ready to submit your work to contests. And, best of all, the Ten-Minute Playlab will culminate in a rehearsed reading of the plays, performed by Barrow Group actors.

(66) All levels 18 and older
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Teen Playwriting (Ages 14-17)

The Barrow Group Acting School @ Virtual Classroom

Students will explore the most effective way to tell stories in dramatic form and will finish the class with an original short play. Through study of traditional dramatic structure and exercises, students will work from conception to complete draft, resulting in an original short play. Students will bring in material to each class to be read and discussed in a teacher-led session where we explore “what story do we hope to tell and is that...

(66) All levels 14 - 17 years old
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$275

6 sessions

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Storytelling Structure

Primary Stages ESPA

What is it you want to say with that play? What perspective do you bring to the piece to make it uniquely yours? And, most importantly, why are you working on it in the first place? This 6-week seminar forces you to examine all of these questions in order to approach every play with the goal of telling this story right now and for this reason. With Tessa LaNeve, Director of ESPA and freelance dramaturg, you’ll look at work from Vince Gilligan to...

(11) Intermediate 18 and older
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Playwriting II: Revisions

The Barrow Group Acting School

You’ll leave this workshop with a new set of skills and handouts to help focus your revisions. You’ve got a draft of a scene or short play – what’s next? Maybe you’ve heard your words spoken aloud and maybe you haven’t, but writing is rewriting and this workshop will give you a set of tools for your current and future work. Through exercises, examples and a series of questions, you will look at your plays with new eyes and fresh ideas....

(66) All levels 18 and older
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Screenwriting Alchemy

Meditative Writing @ Virtual Classroom

4 Week workshop for Screenwriters, TV writers, & Web series creators First, middle, or final drafts. Learn how to turn any pages - into great ones.  Cliche transforms into familiar but different, expository morphs into extraordinary, confusing into profound, and average into extraordinary.  ​Discover how to shape-shift for the creation of a magnificent screenplay.  In this workshop, we focus on you. Your mind, Your story,...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$399

4 sessions

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Elements of Playwriting

Irish Arts Center @ 150 W 46th St, New York, NY

From Farquhar to Beckett, to Behan and Friel, Ireland has produced many of the world's major dramatists. Join Playwrights Honor Molloy and Joseph Goodrich for an eight-week journey through the Elements of Playwriting. Character, dialogue and plot will be examined through writing exercises, table readings, as well as the study and discussion of selected scenes from Irish Theatre. Each participant will develop and complete a ten-minute play in the...

(51) All levels 18 and older
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$180

8 sessions

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Playwriting II: Writing a Full-Length Play

Irish Arts Center

A continuation of Playwriting I. Students will go from writing a short play or scene to attempting to write a full-length script. You will be guided through advanced writing exercises and reading of plays, and through in-class feedback and sharing, students will leave class with either a draft of a new work or significant portion of a completed draft.  Come prepared to share pages, and are required to either supply their own printed pages...

(51) All levels 18 and older
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Screenwriting Shadow Structure

Meditative Writing

Are you feeling lost with screenplay structure but don't like the paint by number algorithms handed to the masses by the screenwriting books?Would you like to discover ways of approaching structure that allow your character and story to be as unique as you are while still meeting the requirements of the industry?Would you like to feel structure as an extension of yourself and your voice rather than an external attachment?Would you prefer...

(5) Beginner 18 and older
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Writing for Stage and Screen

West Side YMCA - Community Arts @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY

Bring your story to life on stage or screen with a workshop at the West Side YMCA - Community Arts. Learn the fundamentals of dramatic writing, including story development, character creation, and dialogue, while receiving constructive feedback to inspire you towards completion. Whether you have a script in progress or simply want to be inspired, this course is perfect for all levels.

(30) All levels 18 and older
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$450

9 sessions

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TV Writing I: 10-Week Workshop

Gotham Writers Workshop @ 555 8th Ave, New York, NY

Learn the art of crafting addictive TV shows in this immersive workshop. From understanding the unique rules of each show to mastering dramatic-writing craft, you'll gain the skills needed to create captivating scripts that hook viewers. Whether you aspire to write comedy or drama, this course will set you on the path to success in the TV industry.

(745) Beginner 18 and older
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$490

10 sessions

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TV Comedy Writing - Level 1

Jacob Krueger Studio @ Virtual Classroom

This is the only class of its kind—run like a real writer’s room on a 30 minute TV comedy series, taught by a professional showrunner with over 25 years of industry experience—and featuring the work of a community of talented student writers. Working with your classmates, and under the showrunning mentorship of Jerry Perzigian, you’ll develop a premise, structure, and episode for a new TV Comedy Series. What You’ll Learn You’ll learn...

(43) All levels 16 and older
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$375

4 sessions

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TV Drama Writing Weekend Intensive

Jacob Krueger Studio @ Virtual Classroom

Join writers from all over the world and your teacher, Pulitzer Prize nominated author, TV writer, screenwriter, professor, and former HBO executive, Stephen Molton, for this unique Television Drama Weekend Intensive Workshop. Get ready to dive deep into the structure of of the pilot and learn what makes a drama pilot sell. Collaborate live through our special online format or attend at our NYC studio. Limited space available. More than just a writing...

(43) All levels 18 and older
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$375

2 sessions

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Screenwriting Structure

Primary Stages ESPA

Describing his process, Woody Allen has said, “The idea emerges and once it gets to the writing stage, all the work’s been done.  It’s really all the pre-work that’s the real heavy work.”   This 10-week class will focus on all the “pre-work” that goes into transforming the glimmer of an idea into a full length screenplay. You will first screen several contemporary films and analyze the basic principles of the traditional three-act...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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Writing for TV II

The Barrow Group Acting School @ Virtual Classroom

You’ve got your story. You’ve got your characters. You’ve got the world of your show. Now all you have to is WRITE IT. Writing for TV II will guide you through the process of writing a TV pilot. It will help you navigate the dauntingly specific challenges of the form (the classic guideline requires each pilot to hit 15 specific story beats) while never losing sight of what is thrilling and unique about it. Writing for TV II will be a combination...

(66) Intermediate 18 and older
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$425

8 sessions

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5 Week Evening Screenwriting

International Film Institute of New York

In this seminar students will begin with an idea and during the first five sessions build a coherent treatment of the events and major emotional arcs of the film's three acts. Screenplays demand a specific structure. In the final five sessions students will begin and complete the first act and an outline of their feature length screenplay. Topics to be discussed will include: Cinematic Storytelling: The Foundation of Filmmaking Good Stories...

(5) Beginner 16 and older
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TV Drama Writing

Jacob Krueger Studio

Join writers from all over the world and your teacher, Pulitzer Prize nominated author, TV writer, screenwriter, professor, and former HBO executive, Stephen Molton, for this unique Television Drama Weekend Intensive Workshop. Get ready to dive deep into the structure of of the pilot and learn what makes a drama pilot sell. Collaborate live through our special online format or attend at our NYC studio. Learn how to develop a series pilot that shows...

(43) All levels 18 and older
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Screenwriting: Birthing The First Draft

Meditative Writing @ Virtual Classroom

Are you an artist and have the desire to write a screenplay but find that most approaches rob you of the art and feel like an algorithm meant to hack a system? Art cannot be planned. Great works require a surrender. Yet a screenplay is a beast and often times, complete surrender can leave you with 150 pages that you're not sure what to do with. This is why we've created a new workshop just for you. This is 8 weeks of assisted self-discovery...

(5) Beginner 18 and older
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$245

8 sessions

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Screenwriting: Getting Your (Second) Act Together

Primary Stages ESPA

Full Course Name: Screenwriting Workshop: Getting Your (Second) Act Together  The main enemy for the protagonist is the antagonist. The main enemy in writing a screenplay is the infamous Second-Act Problem. Meet your foe head on in this 2-day workshop, and explore strategies for developing a problem-proof premise and conflict. With Kate, you will take an in-depth look at how to excite your audience with a hero who is challenged along a meaningful...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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The Elements of Storytelling

Cherry Lane Theatre

Elements of Storytelling will explore the differences and similarities of writing for television, film and stage.  The class will be built around questions from the audience, addressing issues such as dramatic structure, creating memorable characters, auditory vs. visual approaches to storytelling, as well as tackle the basic question: What makes a story compelling?  Examples will be given and the class will be asked to participate in exercises,...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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