Playwriting

Playwriting

Adult Multi-Week | This class has been canceled

1812 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220 United States

Animation

All Levels

3/29/2018-5/17/2018

6:30 PM-9:00 PM EDT on Th

$180.00

$162.00

$5.00

Explore what it means to be a playwright, someone who drafts, crafts and builds a play. We’ll cover structure, treatment, conflict, character development, setting, plot and the difference between writing for the stage and screen. Plan to read and watch both monologues and scenes, then write several of your own.

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Jones, Doug

Douglas Jones has written and seen produced more than forty plays and screenplays, including the musical Bojangles (music by Tony Award-winning Charles Strouse, lyrics by Academy Award-winning Sammy Cahn), The Turn of The Screw, and his award-winning Songs from Bedlam. His docudrama 1607: A Nation Takes Root is on display every day at the Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center. He was awarded the Virginia Commission for the Arts Playwriting Grant in 2006, the Martha Hill Newell Playwrights Award in 2015, and the Emyl Jenkins Award in 2016. He teaches at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and The Visual Arts Center, and is a voting member of The Dramatists Guild. Website: www.douglasjoneswriter.com