Discover Classes. Earn Rewards.

Playwriting Classes NYC

Upcoming schedule view

Learn the art of crafting compelling narratives and dynamic characters in playwriting classes in NYC, where participants will explore the fundamentals of dramatic structure and develop their own unique voice as playwrights.

5 classes have spots left

TV Bible Writing

Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY

Do you have an idea for an awesome TV show? Have you written a TV pilot and want to take the next step? You’re ready for this 4-week workshop where you’ll learn how to organically craft a successful TV series bible. With an emphasis on in-class exercises, group participation and deconstructing successful examples of the form, we’ll start from the seed of your idea, and develop it into a killer pitch document. By the end of this course, you’ll...

(43) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$375

2 sessions

Gift it!

Meditative Writing

Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY

The goal of meditative writing is to return you to that time, when finding your voice as a writer was as easy as being yourself, and raw creativity flowed as effortlessly as inspiration. You’ll learn to banish writer’s block forever, find inspiration in an instant, and discover the heart of your story and your characters, by tapping into your own voice as a writer, and your deepest creative instincts. Each session begins with a short guided...

(43) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$375

4 sessions

Gift it!

TV Pilot Writing

Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY

Whether you’re writing a TV Drama, TV Comedy, Dramedy or Web Series pilot, a great TV Series Pilot must do more than just tell a great story. It must suggest a blueprint for every episode that follows: a model for a unique structural engine that will generate the same genre experience, in a slightly different way, episode after episode and season after season. In this TV Pilot Weekend with Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger, you’ll...

(43) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$899

2 sessions

Gift it!
Discover Classes. Earn Rewards.

Playwriting Classes Gift Card

Thousands of classes & experiences. No expiration. Gift an experience this holiday season and make it a memorable one. Lock in a price with the Inflation Buster Gift Card Price Adjuster™

Buy a Gift Card

The Web Series

Primary Stages ESPA @ 307 W 38th St, New York, NY

“Web Therapy,” “Very Mary-Kate,” and “Broad City” are just three hilarious examples of web series: the short form programming created especially for the internet and designed with the immediacy of the audience in mind. This digital marriage of screen and television writing is a platform for writers to do what they want, unrestricted by producers or censors and uniquely positioned to go viral. Over the course of this 10-week class, our...

(11) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$580

10 sessions

Gift it!

Write Your Screenplay Level 3

Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY

Available exclusively to students who have completed our Level 1 & 2 classes and member of our Protrack Mentorship program and limited to only 12 students, our Level 3 workshop provides a close knit community for serious writers to workshop their scenes through in-class table reads and get advanced feedback on their scripts. About this Course: A Screenwriting Workshop for Serious Writers With an intimate class size and extensive opportunities...

(43) Advanced 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$1,200

10 sessions

Gift it!

Write Your Screenplay Level 2

Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY

Now that you’ve learned the foundations of structure in Write Your Screenplay, it’s time to take your Art and your Craft to the next level in this Level 2 Screenwriting Workshop. While most screenwriting classes try to juggle both the art and the craft of writing at the same time, this class takes a different approach, focusing first on exercises to find the story you really want to tell, then taking that seed and...

(43) Intermediate 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$575

6 sessions

Gift it!

TV Pilot Crash Course

The New York Screenwriter's Lab @ 104 W 14th St, New York, NY

The One-Day TV Pilot Crash Course will give you a comprehensive overview of a structure and elements that combine to create a successful TV show (comedy or drama). Through lecture, exercises and discussion. The topics covered will include: The various structures used in TV. And which structure will best suit needs of your show. How to pack your show with enough conflict to generate multiple seasons worth of fresh-feeling stories. How to create...

(5) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$175
Gift it!

10 Week Evening Screenwriting

International Film Institute of New York @ 440 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Screenplays demand a specific structure. In this seminar students will begin with an idea and during the first five sessions build a coherent treatment of the events and major emotional arcs of the film's three acts. In the final five sessions students will begin and complete the first act and an outline of their feature length screenplay. Topics to be discussed will include: Cinematic Storytelling: The Foundation of Filmmaking Good Stories...

(5) Beginner 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$800

10 sessions

Gift it!

The Outline and the Beat Sheet

Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY

Everybody knows an outline can be a vital tool for developing the structure of a screenplay, and a necessary requirement when working with producers and directors. But how do you outline a screenplay without losing touch with your instincts, or following the same old tired formulas?  In this workshop with award winning screenwriter Joe Gilford, you’ll learn a new approach to outlining that begins with character and grows organically from...

(43) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$350

4 sessions

Gift it!

Intro to TV Writing: 4 Week Screenwriting

Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY

For writers brand new to television, looking to dip a toe in the water before embarking on our Writers Room Workshops in TV Comedy, TV Drama and Web Series, this new 4 Week intro class provides a foundation in TV and Web Series Writing.  You’ll get writing from the very first day, find and develop an idea that inspires you, and begin to shape the characters, themes and world of the show you’ve always wanted to write.

(43) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$375

4 sessions

Gift it!

TV Writing Workshop: The 1-Hour Pilot

Primary Stages ESPA @ 307 W 38th St, New York, NY

This 4-day, two weekend workshop will focus on the core elements of writing an original 1-hour dramatic series pilot script—from premise to outline to completed teleplay. This workshop might be for you if you: Are a writer who has written in other formats and want to learn the fundamentals of creating a one hour series. Have taken the TV Writing Workshop: The 1-Hour Spec Script at ESPA. Want to write an original 1-hour drama pilot script....

(11) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$400

4 sessions

Gift it!

Craft: A 4-Week Screenwriting Intensive

Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY

What is the fastest most efficient way to master something? Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. In this class you will be focusing strictly on Craft. By stepping away from your story and your characters we get the opportunity to really dig in and morph your craft into the most effective tools in your arsenal. Before they ever step out onto the field, pitchers train. A pitcher will throw curveball after curveball after curve ball until...

(43) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$375

4 sessions

Gift it!

Voice and Shakespeare Workshop

Linklater Center @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

The goal of this workshop is to expand the actor’s vocal, physical, emotional and imaginative responsiveness to language through the Linklater voice work and to apply it to the delights and demands of Shakespeare’s text.  After warming up the voice and body’s ability to release tension, open resonance, wake up range for a variety of expression and find clarity in articulation for complex thoughts, we will examine the structure of Shakespeare’s...

(31) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$180

2 sessions

Gift it!

Meditative Screenwriting

Meditative Writing @ 39 W 29th St, New York, NY

Workshop your script, get immediate feedback crafted specifically to your voice and your needs. Discover how to use meditation, neuroscience, and psychology to write more powerful and evocative scripts. Get clear working definitions of the craft elements that will subconsciously lead to stronger storytelling with great structure. Learn how to give, receive, and ask for feedback that actually helps you! (check your ego at the door.) Limited to...

(5) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$315

4 sessions

Gift it!

Filmmaking Essentials: Screenwriting

NYC Center for Media Education @ 175 E 104th St, New York, NY

Learn the essentials of crafting a compelling screenplay

(1) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Fundamentals of Screenwriting: Plot Construction

NYC Center for Media Education @ 175 E 104th St, New York, NY

Unlock the secrets to crafting a captivating screenplay with the Fundamentals of Screenwriting course at NYC Center for Media Education. Learn how to construct a well-structured plot using proven techniques, such as the three-act structure and the story circle. Perfect for both beginners and seasoned writers, this class provides the necessary tools to create engaging narratives for both feature and short films.

(1) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Screenwriting Basics - One Day Intensive

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

This four-hour course covers the basics of screenwriting, from premise to outline to finished draft. Plus tips on building a career and maintaining a consistent work ethic. And your instructor will share his own story of how a self-taught guy with no connections got to make a Hollywood movie with major stars. Students of all levels are welcome.

(252) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Writing for a TV Series: Inside the Writers' Room

Made in NY Media Center by IFP @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY

The television and streaming programs available to viewers today are more vibrant and varied than ever before. This one-day, six-hour intensive taught by a working TV writer will introduce you to the fundamentals of writing a TV series. You’ll learn how a writers’ room works as a team to create stories, and you’ll come away with tips for writing your own spec pilot. Instructor Laura Marks (The Good Fight, The Expanse, The Exorcist) will lead...

(33) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$150
Gift it!

"Anatomy of a One-Liner" Joke Writing Course

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

"Anatomy of a 1-Liner", is a two-hour joke writing course which describes the various types of 1-Liner jokes used in monologues and roasts, and teaches how to write them. Students will also be able to have a few of their own jokes "punched up" at the end of the course.

(252) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules

Playwriting Intensive I: Process

The Barrow Group Acting School @ 312 W 36th St, New York, NY

There is nothing like a deadline to get you writing and keep you going! Modeling on The Barrow Group aesthetic of using “tools,” this workshop includes in-class writing and out-of-class homework. As a supportive collective we’ll read and discuss our pages in class.  Whether you are looking at finishing a first draft of a play or improving your writing process with scenes and one-acts, this workshop will provide you with positive support...

(66) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$545

10 sessions

Gift it!
Reset all filters.

No results found

Try removing some filters.

Playwriting Classes in NYC are rated 4.5 stars based on 452 verified reviews from actual CourseHorse.com purchasers.

CourseHorse Gift Cards

  • Creative & unique gift for any occasion
  • Thousands of classes & experiences
  • No expiration date
  • Instant e-delivery (or choose a date)
  • Add a personalized message
  • Lock in a price with the Inflation Buster Gift Card Price Adjuster™
Buy a Gift Card
gift card with the CourseHorse logo gift card with the CourseHorse logo
Loading...