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Fundamentals of Playwriting with Aaron Ricciardi

Dive into the world of playwriting, where the art of drama, comedy, and musicals meets the fundamentals of character, plot, and dialogue. Explore dramatic structure, tone, and style through lectures and hands-on scene generation. This course will spark your creativity, whether you're new to playwriting or seeking to refine your craft, and set the stage for future works.

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Description

The word play means different things to different people. To some people, a play is Neil Simon. To some, it’s Aeschylus. To others, it’s Young Jean Lee. To most, it’s a musical.

In this breakneck course, we will attempt to uncover what at its heart a play is. Whether comedy or drama, naturalism or expressionism, straight or musical, what are the fundamentals of playwriting? We will look at dramatic structure, style, tone, character, plot, and dialogue, in an effort to understand what makes dramatic writing a cohesive discipline and what it might have in common with other forms of writing. Through lecture, discussion, and the in-class generation of your own scenes, this class will give writers a taste of the playwright’s craft, in order to spark creativity in this exciting but mystifying form, and hopefully lead you to continue your playwright’s journey in our other upcoming classes, “Starting a New Play” and “Writing the One-Act Play.”

Enrollment is limited to 15 students.

Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

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Online programs: An access link will be emailed to you after purchase.

Refund Policy

In the event that some or all of the meetings of the program cannot happen in person, programs will be held at the scheduled time in a virtual format via a video conferencing platform. The programs will continue through hands-on, at-home activities, lectures, presentations, and/or group discussions. No refunds will be issued should any portion of a course be held virtually.

We are not responsible for providing makeup classes or issuing refunds for programs missed as a result of illness, emergencies or other events beyond our control.

There are no refunds for outings, classes or workshops that meet fewer than three times per semester.

If you are unable to attend, you may contact [email protected] prior to the first date for a receipt that enables you to claim your contribution as a tax-deductible gift.

Unless otherwise noted in program description, the following schedule applies to programs which meet three times or more per semester:

  • To receive a 95% refund, written request must be received 14 business days prior to the first session.
  • To receive a 75% refund, written request must be received at least 2 business days prior to the first session.
  • To receive a 50% refund, written request must be received at least 2 business days prior to the second session.
  • After that, refunds cannot be granted.

All refund requests must be submitted in writing to [email protected]

Refunds are computed from the date written notice is received. To receive a refund, you must enclose the original of your confirmation letter.

Please allow three to four weeks for processing of your refund request.

Processing fees, membership fees, auditions fees and class or exercise cards are not refundable. No cash refunds.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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