Master Classes
An integral part of our Perspectives on Playwriting (POP) program, our Master Classes offer sessions with some of the most dynamic artists working in the American theater.
Classes consist of lecture-style presentations by teachers, sometimes including interactive writing exercises. Each session also includes a Q&A with attendees, facilitated by members of the Playwrights artistic staff.
Watch the latest Master Classes:
Our first collection of live digital events ran from April through June, 2020, and we hosted a second series between October and December.
Note that each class runs about 75-minutes in total, and is fully closed-captioned.
Will Arbery (Heroes of the Fourth Turning) - View class here
Clare Barron (Dance Nation) - View class here
Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop) - View class here
Larissa FastHorse (The Thanksgiving Play) - View class here
Aleshea Harris (What to Send Up When It Goes Down) - View class here
Raja Feather Kelly (choreographer of If Pretty Hurts..., A Strange Loop) — View class here
Jaclyn Backhaus (Wives, Men On Boats) — View class here
Heather Christian ("Prime," Animal Wisdom) — View class here
Heather Raffo (Noura, Nine Parts of Desire) — View class here
Craig Lucas (I Was Most Alive with You, Prelude to a Kiss, The Light in the Piazza) — View class here
Kit Yan and Melissa Li (Kleban Prize-winning team behind Interstate) — View class here
Kirsten Childs (Bella, The Bubbly Black Girl...) and Alison Koch (Soundstage digital producer) — View class here
Sarah Lunnie (What the Constitution Means to Me) and Abigail Bengson (My Joy is Heavy!)— View class here
Robert O'Hara (Slave Play, Bootycandy) and Clint Ramos (Mankind, Eclipsed) — View class here