Graduate Colloquium (402-0-30)
Topic
New Play Collaboration
Instructors
Erin E Courtney
Halena S Kays
70 Arts Circle Drive Room 5-168
Meeting Info
Wirtz 215 Instruct Black Box 3: Tues 12:00PM - 2:50PM
Overview of class
This class is a collaboration between the MFA directing students, MFA playwrights and advanced undergraduate directors. Students in this advanced writing class will workshop a complete draft of a play that is approximately 60 pages in length (the page limit will be expanded if the play is chosen for additional workshopping in the spring quarter). The full draft will be read out loud in class and MFA and advanced undergraduate directing students will workshop and present scenes from the play. Students will serve as actors during the reading and workshopping of the play. Playwriting students will be expected to workshop a recent work. An older project may be workshopped if it has undergone significant revisions. This is the first part of a two part class. The second part is a production class which will run in the spring (likely Thursdays 11am-150pm). Four plays from part one of the class will be selected to receive workshop productions in part two. This will culminate in a weekend festival in June where the produced plays will be showcased.
Registration Requirements
In addition to second year graduate directors, this class is open to undergraduate Junior and Senior advanced directing students by permission only. Your participation in New Play Collab I will automatically guarantee you a spot in New Play Collab II in the Spring, where you will direct a workshop of one of the selected plays for the New Work Festival. Please only apply if you can commit to taking the course both Winter and Spring quarters.
Interested undergrads please submit a paragraph that expresses your interest, as well as listing your year, primary directing professor, and significant directing experience to Professor Halena Kays at halena.kays@northwestern.edu
and copy TA Ismael Lara at ismaellara2022@u.northwestern.edu
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Registration in this course is reserved for students in the MFA Directing Program. Other students may register with instructor consent and a permission number.