Students across the state experience hands-on creative writing exercise led by working playwrights. Through the use of critical thinking, conflict resolution and problem solving activities, students learn how to create a one-act play while exploring their own creative potential.
Elyzabeth Wilder brings her unique skills as a professional playwright to these dynamic programs. Raised on a houseboat in Mobile, Alabama, Elyzabeth moved to New York at the age of 16. Since then she has had plays premiere and read at the Royal Court Theatre in London, Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Barter Theatre in Virginia and the New Jersey Rep. For the past four years Elyzabeth has been a member of Youngblood, the Ensemble Studio Theatre's program for writers under 30. Awards include the Prism Generation Next Screenwriting Fellowship, Tennessee Williams Playwriting Scholarship, Dakin Playwriting Fellowship, Next Step Playwriting Fellowship and a MacDowell Fellowship.
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