Graduate Colloquium (402-0-20)
Topic
New Play Collaboration
Instructors
Thomas Lamar Bradshaw
Danielle Marie Roos
Meeting Info
Louis Hall 105: Thurs 10:00AM - 12:50PM
Louis Hall 106: Thurs 10:00AM - 12:50PM
Wirtz Center BERGEN: Thurs 10:00AM - 12:50PM
Wirtz 215 Instruct Black Box 3: Thurs 10:00AM - 12:50PM
Overview of class
New Play Collaboration I is a collaboration between the MFA directing students and MFA playwrights as well as 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. In addition to second and third 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 Professors Shana Cooper at shanacooper@northwestern.edu and Thomas Bradshaw at t-bradshaw@northwestern.edu, as well as copy TA Danielle Roos daniellemarieroos@gmail.com.
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.