H80.2409.901       2 Credits

An intensive workshop for graduate students as they cultivate and refine the craft of dramatic writing. Using the resources of local actors and directors in the area, students generate dramatic writing for the lab each week that then requires the student to collaborate on a staged reading of that work with the actors and directors. The presentation of work is critical for all dramatists, and although the craft here is theatrical, the development of character, dialogue, and action in dramatic space is relevant to film writers as well as playwrights. After each reading, a purposeful discussion of the work follows, conducted by the moderator (instructor) and one guest member of the Department of Dramatic Writing faculty. The actors and directors for each piece as well as the class fully participate in the discussion.