Playwrights Theatre Announces the 2014-2015 Adult Playwriting Workshop Schedule

MADISON, N.J. - Sept. 29, 2014 - PRLog -- Playwrights Theatre’s Adult Playwriting Workshop will be held at Playwrights Theatre Administrative Offices, 28 Walnut Street, Madison. Tuition is $275.00 and $250.00 for returning students. Playwrights Theater offers a pro-rated option for late starts (this class only) for individuals that aren’t able to join the class on the first day. For more information and to register, visit www.ptnj.org or call 973-514-1787 X21.

Taught by Playwrights Theatre’s Artistic Director (and 2012 NJ State Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellowship winner), John Pietrowski, this will be a basic workshop class where students share work in a supportive environment. Enrollment is open to students of all levels of experience; classes will provide exercises to beginners working on their first play as well as experienced writers who are further down the road.

“We get a lot done in this workshop environment, and a lot of the work has seen results. Class members have won numerous awards, been finalist at the O’Neill Center, and received NJSCA Fellowships,” said John Pietrowski. “There is a good support system that develops between everyone in the class, beginners and experienced artists alike.”

Summer 2014 Session
Mondays, 7:00-10:00pm
July 7 – October 20, 2014 (no class September 8, 15 and 29)
Pro-rate options are available for late starts for this class only

Fall 2014 Session
Mondays, 7:00-10:00pm
November 10, 2014 – January 12, 2015

Winter 2015 Session
Mondays, 7:00-10:00pm
January 19 – March 23, 2015

Spring 2015 Session
Mondays, 7:00-10:00pm
April 6 - June 15, 2015 (no class May 25)

Summer 2015 Session
Mondays, 7:00-10:00pm
June 22 - August 31, 2015 (no class July 6)

Playwrights Theatre Creative Arts Academy teaches classes year-round for children, teens and adults. The Creative Arts Academy is committed to nurturing independent thinking, artistic and personal development through the literary and performing arts. At the Creative Arts Academy, students are part of a community where self-expression and creativity thrive and every person is a valuable member of the whole. Playwrights Theatre’s Creative Arts Academy strives for artistic excellence while emphasizing the creative process, both of which are vital to the personal, social and academic evolution of students of all ages. Creative Arts Academy instructors are highly experienced professional artists who are perceptive and dynamic in the classroom. Creative Arts Academy teachers are committed to developing their own skills, as well as those of their students, and to refining their artistry through continued practice and education.

For more information and to register, visit www.ptnj.org or call (973) 514-1787 X21.

About Playwrights Theatre:

Founded in 1986, Playwrights Theatre is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit professional theatre and arts education institution dedicated to developing and nurturing the dramatic imagination of artists, students, and audiences. Our New Play Program creates development opportunities for professional writers through readings, workshops and productions, and invites audiences to participate in authentic feedback experiences. Our New Jersey Writers Project, Poetry Out Loud, New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest and Festival, and Creative Arts Academy programs provide a comprehensive and hands-on arts education experience to over 31,000 students, Pre-K through adult.

Writers in the New Play Program are drawn from across the country, including our affiliation with the National New Play Network, a nation-wide group of theatres dedicated to the development and production of new work. Teaching Artists in our Education Programs are professional artists working in their field in the New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. From 2003-2016, we have been designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (along with only five other theatres: The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, George Street Playhouse, McCarter Theatre Center, Two River Theatre and Paper Mill Playhouse) as “an anchor institution that contributes vitally to the quality of life in New Jersey.”

Funding for our activities comes from: the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc., Dramatist Guild Fund, Horizon Foundation of New Jersey, The Shubert Foundation, The Victoria Foundation, and many corporations, foundations and individuals.

Playwrights Theatre is a member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, the National New Play Network, and Madison Arts & Culture Alliance.