THEA 270 Introduction to Playwriting
This course gies each student a venue to daydream. We will spend most of our time in class writing, sharing our writing, and responding to each other's work. We will also work in groups and dvise plays and performances. We honor and celebrate the best fruits of our daydreams. Besides learning the technical expectations and forms that a playwright follows, each student will understand the fundamental apsects of playwriting: character, conflict/dilemma, dialogue, objectives, setting, subtext, action, reversals, resolution, emotions, believability, and spontaneity. you will also learn how to re write effectively. Prerequisite: None