CREATIVE WRITING

at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco

Welcome! CW develops the art and craft of creative writing through instruction, collaboration, and respect. This blog showcases STUDENT WRITING and how to APPLY to Creative Writing.

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Once upon a time, cats were lonely, so they wanted someone whose only purpose in existence was to love and cherish cats. Thus, the Creative Writers were born. Out of the glowing bundle of soft and squishy warmness and fluff was a stack of Post-It notes that absolutely adored cats. Cats named that stack Midori, and that was that.

Playwriting Classes

PlayGround’s 2011-12 Playwriting Intensives

Sign up for PlayGround’s monthly two-hour playwriting master class series with leading Bay Area dramatists and(re)discover your potential as a playwright. All classes take place at A.C.T. Studios, 30 Grant Ave, San Francisco on first Mondays, 7pm-9pm, October through March. Registration is $15 for the October 3 class only; $35 for all subsequent classes ($40 at the door); $100 for six-class subscriptions (a 46% savings!).

For complete class descriptions and instructor bios, visit http://playground-sf.org/classes.shtml.
To register, visit http://playground-sf.org/register.shtml.

October 3 – The Working Playwright, Revisited: Everything You (Still) Need to Know with Aaron Loeb

November 7 –Back to the Basics with Philip Kan Gotanda

December 5 – Writing with an Eye for Staging & Physicality with Mark Jackson

January 2 – Adaptations with Anthony Clarvoe

February 6 – You Write Funny with Peter Sinn Nachtrieb

March 5 – Finding the End with Lauren Gunderson

Suggested Reading: Best of PlayGround series (2001-2011)

Founded in 1994, PlayGround is the Bay Area’s leading playwright incubator. Over the past seventeen years, PlayGround has developed nearly 600 original short plays by 170 early-career Bay Area playwrights and in just the past eight years has commissioned 34 new full-length plays with 7 currently in development. PlayGround works can be seen at the monthly Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, annual Best of PlayGround Festival and PlayGround co-productions in partnership with Bay Area theatres. For more information on PlayGround programs and the upcoming 2011-12 season, visit http://playground-sf.org or call (415) 992-6677.
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