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This seminar will explore the stage play across a variety of styles, tones and genres. After reading and analyzing classic theatrical works by Edward Albee, Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Caryl Churchill, Tennessee Williams, Beth Henley and Martin McDonough, students will be inspired to embark on creating their own stage-worthy material. The final goal of the class will be for each playwright to compose a ten-minute one-act play by the end of the summer session. Various assignments will be given along the way which will include writing monologues, two-character scenes, creating situations where the physical environment impacts dramatically on the characters’ lives and more. Students will have their plays read aloud in class and each will be closely analyzed.