“Writing Short Plays” with Emily Emerson

This workshop is sponsored by Winston-Salem Writers' 10-Minute Play Festival.

This is a generative workshop for anyone wanting to learn techniques on writing 10-Minute plays. While only a short amount of time, these plays challenge writers to compress the traditional play structure. We will learn how to distill plot, character, and dialogue down to the essential points, and look at some plays that do exactly this. This workshop is for any and all writers, not just playwrights. Emily Emerson (she/her) is a writer and actress originally from St. Paul, Minnesota. Her plays include The Field (off-Broadway premiere with the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, 2018; Barter Theatre's Appalachian Festivals of Plays & Playwrights 2020), Patient Endeavor (Ruby Slipper Fringe Festival participant, 2015), and Blue Whale. Awards include being chosen as a Kennedy Center-American College Theatre Festival 10-Minute Play Finalist with her play, Secrets Don't Make Friends, as well as the recipient…