Playwriting Workshop: Drama and Dramaturgy
ENGLISH CEDD
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Course Information
Description
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of both playwriting and dramaturgy. Dramaturgs facilitate the realization of plays through a variety of practices, from suggesting revisions to scripts to conducting research about plays’ subject matter or historical context. In the first half of the semester, students will hone essential skills by reading and discussing plays and completing playwriting and dramaturgy exercises. In the second half of the semester, students will draft their own one-act play while serving as dramaturg for another student’s play-in-progress. Readings will consist (with a handful of exceptions) of plays written in the last thirty years by playwrights in the early stages of their careers.
Class Notes
Admission by application only. For information on specific application requirements and instructions, please see the full course listing on the English Department website.
DEADLINE: For all Spring 2027 workshops, applications will open by Wednesday, October 21 and are due via Submittable by 11:59pm on Saturday, November 7. Students will be notified of admissions decisions by 5:00pm ET on Tuesday, November 10. Workshops will meet the first week of classes.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
