Play On

A Free Summer Playwriting Program

Do you like theater or really dramatic stories? Would you like to write a play? Would you like to see your play performed?

If the answer is “yes”- join us next summer at Play On!

In this 7 week summer program you will:

  • Learn how to read scripts and important dramatic elements like dialogue, characters, and plot

  • Write your own 5-10 minute play, getting feedback from the group plus a 1:1 session with your playwriting teacher

  • See your script be rehearsed by a professional director and a group of actors

  • See a staged reading performance of your work at Moore Jackson Community Garden

 

Meet Your Playwriting Teacher

Angela Santillo is a writer and artist based in New York City. She has developed curriculum and taught drama and playwriting at schools in the Bronx, Westchester County, throughout Vermont with Northern Stage, and as a volunteer teaching artist with The Possibility Project (NYC). She recently was a visiting professor at Saint Mary’s College where she taught a winter course in how to make documentary theater. Her plays have been produced around the country including productions in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Asheville. Her play A Stupendous Illusion of Reality was recently a finalist for Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women. She has an MFA in Theater from Sarah Lawrence College. www.angelasantillo.com.

Check out images from the staged readings of plays written by recent students!

photos by Jessica Johnston of Creating Playtime

From a Play On! parent:

“A great experience that really felt like something out of college - an experience that you don’t find anywhere else. I wish more things like this would be offered.”