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Theatre: Script Writing for the Educator**
 
Course Description
    

 

This course is designed for educators who wish to write creatively utilizing the dramatic format. Participants will become familiar with the scriptwriting process from, where to get ideas to creating a product that can be performed on stage.
By the end of this course, participants will understand:
  • Aristotle's Elements of Drama and their relationship to writing for theatre
  • The vocabulary necessary to function as a playwright.
  • How to structure a script
  • How to write dialogue
  • Preparing a draft
  • Rewriting to achieve a final product.
 
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