Over this unique one-day session, writers will have an opportunity to complete several dramatic playwriting exercises, share their work, and read scenes from new plays as well as discuss how to learn from them. Crystal Skillman, who teaches at Pace University and ESPA Primary Stages, will be leading the workshop. She uses techniques from theatre, TV, comic books, audio books, and musical theater writing to teach new students creative methods of developing scenes. Students will emerge with a notebook full of material and a new 10 minute play.

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More about Crystal Skillman:
Skillman’s plays include Geek, Cut, Pulp Vérité, King Kirby, Rain, and Zoe Save the World (winner of the 2018 Earth Matters On Stage New Play Competition). She is the recipient of a NY Innovative Theater Award, and her work is a three-time New York Times Critics’ Pick. Crystal is the musical theater book-writer of Mary and Max (Composer/Lyricist Bobby Cronin) premiering this fall at Theatre Calgary, and Postcard American Town (Composer/Lyricist Lynne Shankel). Comic book/TV credits include Adventure Time, Eat Fighter (Line Webtoon), and Paper Heroes (top three pilots, Final Draft Big Break Contest), written with her husband and co-writer Fred Van Lente. Crystal is represented by UTA. For more information, please visit www.crystalskillman.com.