Student Organized Seminar (396-0-1)

Topic

10-Minute Play Festival

Instructors

Laura Schellhardt

Meeting Info

Wirtz 230 Instruct Black Box: Fri 12:00PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

The seminar involves weekly workshops of each writer's play, weekly writing assignments designed to aid
revision, and conversations around best new play development practices. Each writer will be given a faculty or
alumni mentor to act as an additional guide for revisions. Students are evaluated on their contribution to a
supportive workshop environment, their ability to meet deadlines, and the growth of their plays based on goals
they articulate early in the process.

Registration Requirements

Class attendees are based on selection by a panel of judges. Students will submit ten minute plays that will be evaluated based on plot, strength of characters, and overall writing. A panel consisting of the ten minute teachers, Laura Schellhardt and Julie Marie Myatt will pick 5 plays, and those students will be a part of this class.

Learning Objectives

- Discuss each writer's work in a generative and supportive manner.
- Identify opportunities for improvement in their own work
- Practice the craft of creative workshops among peers.
- Navigate the writer's involvement in director selection and casting
- Communicate with directors and actors during the rehearsal process
- Showcase their work for an audience of peers and professionals

Class Materials (Required)

I Am Not Batman by Marco Ramirez
3:59 Drag Race by Marco Ramirez
Additionally, various 10 minute plays will be brought in by students, and it will be required that they are read
before class for discussion of techniques used in the plays.

Class Attributes

Permission of department