East West Players

August 18th - October 6th 

TUESDAYS 

ONLINE 

7PM-10PM 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Take your play from idea to first draft! In this eight-week playwriting workshop, playwrights will write and develop a new play in a supportive and creative environment. Designed for playwrights with an existing idea, this class focuses on process, accountability, and sharpening your work through weekly generation of new pages and dramaturgical discussion.

Each session offers playwrights the opportunity to hear pages read aloud, receive immediate and constructive feedback, and engage in conversation about structure, character, scene work, and storytelling. By the end of the eight weeks, writers will move from idea to first draft while building a sustainable writing practice within a community of fellow playwrights.

This class is ideal for playwrights who already have a play idea and are looking for artistic support and a space to generate material towards a first draft.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Nicholas Pilapil is a Filipino American playwright. His produced plays include God Will Do The Rest (Artists at Play & Latino Theater Company), The Bottoming Process (IAMA Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Ignition Festival of New Plays), and Luca & Uri (Playwrights’ Arena & The Victory Theatre Center). His play if all that You take from this is courage, then I've no regrets is a winner of the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival. His plays have also been developed with Geffen Playhouse, Abingdon Theatre Company, American Stage, Boston Court Pasadena, CIRCA Pintig, Playwrights Foundation, Theater Mu, Theatre Rhinoceros, The Fountain Theatre, and The Workshop Theater, among others. His work is also published by Samuel French, Smith and Kraus, 1319 Press, Astringent Press, and Kuweno Co. He is alum of The Writers' Room at the Geffen Playhouse, IAMA Theatre Company's inaugrual Emerging Playwrights Lab, Boston Court Pasadena's Playwrights Group, Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA's The Ignite Project, The Vagrancy Playwrights Group, Playground-LA, and artEquity. Nicholas currently serves as Director of IAMA Theatre Company's Emerging Playwrights Lab and moderator of Artists at Play's The Neighbohood Project Playwrights Group.

Refunds and Cancellations:

We understand that not all classes work out and that emergencies happen. If a cancellation were to occur either before or after the class, we will issue a full refund, minus credit card processing fees (3% of the cost). If a cancellation occurs after the second course, 10% of the course cost will be deducted from the total, in addition to the 3% credit card processing fee. If an emergency occurs that makes it so that the student is unable to finish the course, EWP and the student will discuss best steps for moving forward