Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Playwriting Class: Action, Dialogue & Subtext

Instructor: Y York
Instructor Bio: Award-winning playwright Y York is currently working on new plays for People’s Light and Theatre Company and Seattle Children’s Theatre. Her play Accidental Friends will tour this fall as part of the Playhouse’s Off the Hill program. She has written over forty plays which have been produced across the English-speaking world; twenty-five of them have been published. Y has taught playwriting classes and workshops since 1993 at the University of Washington, Freehold Theatre School (Seattle), Arizona State University, Ko`olau Writers Workshop (Kane`ohe, Hawai`i), Bamboo Ridge Tri4Write (Honolulu), Kumu Kahua Theatre (Honolulu), The Last Frontier Playwriting Conference (Alaska), Sarah Lawrence College, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and online. For more info on the playwright, visit www.yyork.com.

Mondays, 6:30-9:00 PM
8 sessions, 2½ hours
September 10, 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29
Fee: $285; $250 early bird discount for registration before August 27

The goals of this class are twofold: one, to write action-driven dialogue that reflects character; and two, to enable the writer to keep going when inspiration wanes. The class can be taken by a beginner, but will also be satisfying to the seasoned playwright. There will be in-class writing exercises and at-home writing assignments that students will read in class.

Preparation. We will not read previously-written work, but writers may use their existing characters and situations in the exercises. Bring paper and pens, not computers or recording devices. Be thinking about at least two characters who know one another and their context.

Register online at www.cincyplay.com or call 513.421.3888.