Hollins Certificate in New Play Dramaturgy

Hollins University's Playwright’s Lab offers an MFA in playwriting (with concentrations in dramaturgy, directing, performance, plays for youth, plays with music and/or applied theatre). We also offer an MA in theatre and New Play Development as well as certificate programs in New Play Directing, New Play Dramaturgy, and New Play Performance. We are also proud sponsors of the SETC 10-minute play festival! Come visit our booth at the Ed Expo and find out more about our unique programs! Application deadlines always extended for SETC participants!

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Calling all dramaturgs! We are currently taking applications for the cohort of dramaturgs that begins in summer of 2024, and only applications begun before February 15th will be considered for scholarships.

Dramaturgs in this cohort will get an immersive, high-intensity introduction to the skills specific to new play dramatrugy, which includes participating in season selection, interviewing, collaboration with playwrights and directors, research, public speaking, and so much more!

If you’d like to have a zoom meeting with me to discuss the program, please go to the program website and request more information, and we will send you a Calendly link to schedule a zoom interview. https://www.hollins.edu/programs/certificate-in-new-play-dramaturgy/

At present, you cannot apply online, and you will also need to request a paper application. If enrolled this summer, you’d be taking:

THEA 510: Playscript Analysis (4) Gogerty (Analytic)
Required of All First Year Students
T TH 9-Noon
Intensive critical analysis of the playscript as a blueprint for production covering representative texts from a range of theatre styles, genres, and periods. Plays are considered in both their original historical/cultural context as well as implications for contemporary audiences. Course covers major approaches to dramatic criticism and the tools used in theatre research. (Required for all first-year students)

THEA 520: Narrative Theory (4) Ristau (Creative)
Required of All First Year Students
W F 2-5
Introduction to the basics of storytelling and the creation of dramatic texts using both organic and formulaic models with an emphasis on the one act play. Students will learn to observe the world for meaning, build characters, place characters in settings, write monologues, create dialogue between characters, and lay the groundwork for longer, more substantive work. (Required for all first-year students)

THEA 511: DRAMATURGY (4) (Barre)
Playwriting Elective, Applied Theatre Concentration, Dramaturgy Elective, MA Elective
WF 9-Noon
Intensive study in theoretical and practical approaches to the realization of a text on the stage. Historical research, criticism, play analysis, conceptualization for production, cutting, adaptation, literary management, evaluation of text, advocacy of new writers, development of new plays, audience development, public relations, publicity, and arts education are all touched upon in this comprehensive survey of the role of the dramaturg. (Required for Dramaturgy Certificate and Dramaturgy Concentration in the MA in New Play Development--strongly encouraged for the MFA)

THEA 563: Dramaturgs in Collaboration (2) Barre (Collaboration) (Upstairs Studio)
Dramaturgy Certificate, Playwriting Elective, MA Elective
M 9-Noon
Guided instruction in the collaborative process leading up to the presentation of a new play in our playwright’s festival of staged readings at the end of the summer session. Dramaturgs will facilitate effective conversations between playwright and director, as well as provide additional information to the acting company under the guidance of the resident dramaturg and/or the course instructor. Coursework will include the creation of a detailed production notebook, dramaturg’s notes, mockup of a lobby display, and an objective critique/review of the public reading to which they have been assigned. (Required for Dramaturgy Certificate)

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Excited to meet the prospective students in our back to back to back Zoom interviews this week via SETC's LiNK auditions. We are seeking excellent playwright, actors, directors and dramaturgs for summer 2023! We have an average of 5 open slots in each of our five programs (including the new Master of Arts in Theatre and New Play Development). If you weren't able to participate in LiNK, contact us to set up an online interview with the program director between now and our February 5th deadline for applications.

Now accepting applications and inquiries for summer of 2023! Check out the website, and write to us to make an appointment for a zoom interview with the program director. Will you be at KCACTF Region IV or SETC this year? Find us there and we can discuss the program in person!

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