Generative Playwriting with the Internal and External World (with Leslie Gauthier on Zoom)

In this course, students will be given generative, low-stakes writing exercises meant to reveal settings, characters, dialogue, and images in order to excavate and encourage exciting and raw first drafts. From the first draft, students will be given revision tools and guidance on how to form those raw materials into a story for the stage.

This course stands alone, but it pairs well with other generative playwriting courses. If you are a returning student, in this class we discuss effective and positive ways to give and receive feedback. So this course will be both generative and feedback-focused. All are welcome!

Leslie Gauthier is a playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include Elsewhere (semifinalist Rattlestick’s Terrence McNally New Works Incubator, semifinalist LaMama Experiments in Playwriting),  Cul-de-Sac (AFF second-rounder, Terrence McNally New Works semifinalist), and Greetings! From the Mojave (BAM, September 2024). She earned her MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College in 2024, and…