Community Playmaking
Free Adult Playwriting Workshops Culminating an Evening of Short Plays Performed by Professional Actors
Two River Theater, in partnership with Project Write Now, has launched an engagement program called Community Playmaking. Run in collaboration with local non-profits, it is open to adults from diverse, underserved communities free of charge. Participants engage in a series of free playwriting workshops fostering their creativity to write their own original short plays which are then performed by professional actors. Community Playmaking requires no prior experience—just a desire to learn and share stories.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
PLAYWRIGHTING WORKSHOPS
Participants attend 8-10 weeks of playwriting classes onsite at their organization to learn the basics of dramatic structure, form, and character. Then they write their own original monologues, interludes, or 10-minute plays.
STAGED READINGS
Each iteration of Community Playmaking culminates in a staged reading of the newly minted playwrights’ plays performed by professional actors.
PREVIOUS COLLABORATIONS
OCT - DEC / 2024
Staff, volunteers, and clients of Lunch Break worked for eight weeks to write their plays with PWN Executive Director and Co-Founder Jennifer Chauhan and TRT Director of Education Kate Cordaro. The reading was directed by Kate Cordaro and featured Brittany Bellizeare, Laura Dadap, Hiram Delgado, Duane Noch, Reynaldo Piniella, Heather Velasquez, and Sondra Weimar.
FEB - APR / 2025
Members of Shore House worked with PWN’s Jennifer Chauhan, Lisa Hartsgrove, and Chloe Scardino, and TRT’s Kate Cordaro for eight weeks to write their plays. The staged reading, held at the Long Branch Arts and Cultural Center, was directed by Kate Cordaro and featured Bailey Dumlao, Tiffany Francés, Alex Lin, Reynaldo Piniella, Triney Sandoval, and Sondra Weimar.
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