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CLASS DESCRIPTION

It is easy to misinterpret or feel baffled while creating stories around a teenage character. However, right now, there is a renaissance of plays about compelling teens with powerful stories. In this seminar, Margot Connolly will lead students in discussions about how teenage girls are depicted in contemporary plays and dissect what makes these characters so complex and dynamic. Through in-class character development exercises, students will build their equally compelling teenage characters with stories that resonate with today's audiences regardless of age. 

This class is for you if you:

• Are writing about a teenage character and feel they’re underdeveloped. 
• Are interested in a different approach to character development. 
• Have an interest in theater for young audiences. 
• Are interested in learning more about Margot Connolly’s work and approach to writing.

What to expect:

• In-class writing exercises.
• Look at existing examples of compelling teenaged characters and stories.
• Leave with the beginning of a compelling teenaged character (who could grow into something more!).

Important Things to Note:

• When you sign up, you will receive an auto-confirmation email. About a week before the first session you will receive a detailed confirmation email with important information about the seminar including (1) Membership Programs Participation Form (2) The Zoom link (3) Pre-assignments from the instructor and (4) Information about the PWC Membership and Education Team.
• If you have not received this email within an hour of the session, please check your spam folder or reach out to Alayna and she will make sure you have the information you need for the seminar.
• All participants must complete and submit a Membership Programs Participation Form for each seminar or class they want to attend. A link to this form is included in the detailed confirmation email.

Class Type: Playwriting genre               

Class Level: All levels are welcomed

Class Dates: Monday, November 13th

Class Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm CT 

(4:30pm PT, 5:30pm MT, 7:30pm ET)

Where: Online via Zoom, check out this quick video on the process.

Structure: Lecture/presentation, Discussion, Writing prompts, Exercises, In-class readings

Questions: Email Alayna, Membership Programs Manager at alaynab@pwcenter.org

Captioning: For all sessions, we enable Zoom's auto-generated captioning. However, live captioning can be requested (with 2-weeks' notice) via the Membership Programs Participation Form shared in the detailed confirmation email.

Recordings: If you cannot attend a portion of the seminar, we have a Teaching Assistant and/or PWC facilitator taking in-depth notes. These written notes will be shared with all participants at the end of each session. (We record all of our sessions for internal use only. We do not share recordings with participants.)

Participants must register to join this class, Sign Up at the bottom of the page.

NOTE FROM MARGOT

Thinking about teenagers has encouraged me to feel hope for the future, be more kind to my past self, and inspired me to fight for a better world that these teens can inherit. I hope this class can help you find some of the same hope, kindness, and inspiration!

INSTRUCTOR BIO

Margot Connolly is a playwright and librettist originally from Pleasantville, NY. Her plays include Belfast Kind (Winner, JPP's Jewish Playwriting Contest, Patty Abramson Prize Finalist), Quiz Out (Princess Grace Finalist, 2019 Kilroy’s Honorable Mention), The Twitch (Princess Grace Finalist), and Tough (Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival.) Her work has been produced and developed through The Jungle, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Repertory St. Louis, Primary Stages, Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Playwrights Center, the Jewish Plays Project, and The Juilliard School, among others. She's the recipient of an EST/Sloan commission, a former Core Apprentice at the Playwrights Center, and has been a finalist for the Jerome Fellowship, the Emerald Prize, and the Princess Grace Award. She received her BA from Bennington College, her MFA from the University of Iowa’s Playwrights Workshop, and is a recent graduate of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights’ Program at Juilliard.