About the WRITE ON! Residency
Through a structured and dynamic process developed by Playwrights Project, WRITE ON! enables students to experience success as writers. Inventive theatre games, improvisations, readings, and writing exercises lead to the developement of scripted scenes. Assignments may be linked thematically to curriculum and adapted for varying levels of English proficiency. Students draw from experience, observation and imagination to create characters and situations of importance to them. Playwrights Project's approach builds a safe environment in which candor and risk-taking are encouraged in students' writing. Peer evaluation and revision are emphasized.
Following a planning session with your Teaching Artist, the residency may begin with an introductory session in which actors present model scenes, by teens and adults, to illustrate live theatre. The Teaching Artist then conducts 8-14 classroom sessons (50-60 minutes,) ending with readings of the students' work. These may be performed by professional actors (our most popular finale) or by the students.
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