1. Attend class regularly, fully prepared, and take part in the activities of the day.
2. Participate in the playwriting exercises assigned during the first three weeks of the term.
3. Fully perform the tasks required of them as a part of a play development team; including rehearsal/rewrite phase, staged
reading/rewrite phase and final performance/final draft phase.

This class will begin with a three week focus on playwriting exercises that will stress how a play is constructed and workshopped into its' final form. All students will take part in a variety of ways, with a special emphasis on moving each student away from the specific task ( actor, director, playwright ) for which they enrolled in the class. During the third week of the term, the teams ( one playwright, one director, and a full cast of actors ) will be assigned by the instructor. From this point forward, the team will develop the play through the stages of sit down readings, staged readings and workshop production performances. The expectations of each group of students are as follows:

PLAYWRIGHTS

You will be expected to turn in a revised script at three predetermined dates for each new phase of the class. Your job will be to take an active part of all of the rehearsals and presentations by watching and taking notes geared for rewrites, conferring with the director, actors, designer and instructor about the development of the text, and turning in a final draft of the play as it will be performed at the end of this class.

DIRECTORS

You will be expected to discuss the play with the playwright during every phase of the workshop, write a short Theme/Interpretation paper concerning the play and the development process (4-5 pages), work closely with the actors helping them to develop their characters, and fully stage the play over the course of the term. You will coordinate meetings outside of class time for all rehearsals, script conferences and meetings with the designer.

ACTORS

You will be expected to attend all rehearsals you are called for fully prepared to work, develop the character assigned to you as completely as possible, provide your comments, opinions and insights about your character when and where appropriate, and give a final performance during finals week. You will also be assigned a research project concerning a professional play development workshop. This will be 4-5 pages long and shared with the class

All students will be expected to participate in the scripts they are not involved with by carefully observing all rehearsals in class and taking part in discussions after readings and performances. This is an important part of participating in the class.

1-16 Discuss the class, new play development & identify actors, directors, playwrights & designers/// ASSIGNMENT: Playwriting exercise #1
1-18 Lecture Discussion: The Various Types of Play Development

1-23 Playwriting exercise #1/// ASSIGNMENT: Playwriting exercise #2
1-25 Playwriting exercise #1 Scripts/Synopsis due

1-30 Playwriting exercise #2/// Directors/Designers Assigned
2-1 Playwriting exercise #2/// ASSIGNMENT: Read Shadow of a Man by Cherrie Moraga

2-6 First Meetings of the Teams/// Actors Assigned
2-8 Rehearse First Read Through

2-13 First Read Through's
2-15 First Read Through's

2-20 Discuss First Read Through's & Shadow of a Man
2-22 T.B.A./ ASSIGNMENT: Read A Dream of Canaries by Diana Saenz

2-27 Rehearse for Minimally Staged Reading Rewrites Due to Directors 2-26
3-1 Rehearse for Minimally Staged Reading

3-6 Presentation of Minimally Staged Readings
3-8 Presentation of Minimally Staged Readings/// Discuss A Dream of Canaries

Spring Break - March 10-18

3-20 Rehearse for Staged Readings/// Rewrites Due to Directors 3-19
3-22 Rehearse for Staged Readings/// ASSIGNMENT: Read Miriam's Flowers by Migdalia Cruz

3-27 Rehearse for Staged Readings
3-29 Rehearse for Staged Readings & Discuss Miriam's Flowers

4-3 Present Staged Readings
4-5 Present Staged Readings & Discuss

4-10 Begin Rehearsals for Workshop Performances/// Rewrites Due to Directors 4-9
4-12 Rehearsals for Workshop Performances

4-17 Migdalia Cruz Workshop
4-19 Migdalia Cruz Workshop

4-24 Rehearsals for Workshop Performances
4-26 Rehearsals for Workshop Performances

5-1 Rehearsals for Workshop Performances
5-3 Rehearsals for Workshop Performances/// Final Written Work Due 5-4

FINAL PERFORMANCES /// 4:00 P.M. - 5:55 P.M. on Wednesday 5-9