Writing The Play That Only You Can Write with Sarah Mantell (Zoom)
Mon, Sep 08
|Zoom
The best plays are created when we excavate our brains and write honestly about the wild things we find there. In this workshop, I will lead you through a series of exercises--list making, free writing, and world building--until you you find yourself writing the play that only you can write.


Time & Location
Sep 08, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Zoom
About the event
What is your favorite play? Does it feel like it arrived fully formed from the brain of its author? Does reading it make you feel like you know that person even if you've never met? That's because the best plays are created when writers are honest about what makes them scared, and joyful, and ashamed, and excited (often all at the same time.) The best plays are created when we excavate our brains and write honestly about the wild things we find there. In this workshop, I will lead you through a series of exercises--list making, free writing, and world building--until you you find yourself writing the play that only you can write.
This is a 6-week course meeting on Monday nights, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., on September 8, 15, 22, 29, October 6, and October 20. (Zoom)
Bio: Sarah Mantell (they/them) is the recipient of the 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn…
Tickets
General Admission
$335.00
+$8.38 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00