CRW 3410 Spring 2022 Weise

Playwright Caryl Churchill says, “You make beauty and it disappears. I love that.” Plays are ethereal by nature: pinned by time and space, here today and gone tomorrow. You cannot see Romeo and Juliet at The Globe as it was originally cast and staged. You can only read about it. How to write a play now? and now? and a play that will last 500 years? Do not underestimate yourself. You are already writing plays when you post a story to Instagram or create a TikTok. But these platforms expect your work only to disappear. They neglect to consider that you are an artist and you aim to “make beauty.” The majority of class time will be spent on the workshop of your short plays.